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How much woke virtue signaling can one take? Even Bill Maher agrees.

dragonwriter 5y ago
> Even Bill Maher agrees. Bill Maher is a shallow elite contrarian, not a progressive that it would make sense to say “Even” about when he agrees with criticism of something perceived to be on the left.
- spiderice 5y ago
  I love how now that he disagrees he's suddenly "not a progressive".
  - dragonwriter 5y ago
    I love that now that you encounter a position that I've held and expressed consistently for long enough that it could legally vote if it was a person, and which has been quite common on the Left for at least as long, you act like its a sudden change. I get that he opposes some things sacred to the Right, and that to people on the Right that makes him Left, but...
  - faeriechangling 5y ago
    Bill Maher back around 9/11 had a slide deck act where he justified racial profiling in airports with a picture of a fundamentalist Muslim in traditional garb going through airport security. He once literally hosted a talk show called "Politically Incorrect" He has always been "I'm leftist, but I have a politically incorrect anti-establishment edge.". He has been saying things like this for decades.
    - slothtrop 5y ago
      Politically Incorrect was canned when, in disagreement on teh show, he said the terrorists weren't cowards, that bombing a country (Iraq) including innocents from offshore was cowardice. Referring of course to physical / mortal cowardice, not moral cowardice, in which case he's right.
  - rsynnott 5y ago
    I mean, he's long been primarily a conspiracy theorist, surely?
    - slothtrop 5y ago
      No?
    - dragonwriter 5y ago
      He occasionally gloms on to a conspiracy theory, but he's more into shallow hot takes without any deeply consistent factual or ethical theory from one moment to the next.
  - kelnos 5y ago
    That's not a new take on Maher, and it's a bit disingenuous to suggest that it is.
- slothtrop 5y ago
  He's an actual Liberal, based on what he purports, unlike many so-called progressives.
- eplanit 5y ago
  Well, a guy with a show called "Politically Incorrect" is supposed to be a contrarian. The Left is so extremist now that it has lost any sense of humor (Maher had to point out the sarcasm to his audience), and it rejects any critical analysis of its agenda/narrative. Mao would be proud.
civilized 5y ago
> Even Bill Maher agrees Even famously pro-woke virtue signaling TV personality Bill Maher agrees!

> Even Bill Maher agrees. Bill Maher is a shallow elite contrarian, not a progressive that it would make sense to say “Even” about when he agrees with criticism of something perceived to be on the left.

spiderice 5y ago
I love how now that he disagrees he's suddenly "not a progressive".
- dragonwriter 5y ago
  I love that now that you encounter a position that I've held and expressed consistently for long enough that it could legally vote if it was a person, and which has been quite common on the Left for at least as long, you act like its a sudden change. I get that he opposes some things sacred to the Right, and that to people on the Right that makes him Left, but...
- faeriechangling 5y ago
  Bill Maher back around 9/11 had a slide deck act where he justified racial profiling in airports with a picture of a fundamentalist Muslim in traditional garb going through airport security. He once literally hosted a talk show called "Politically Incorrect" He has always been "I'm leftist, but I have a politically incorrect anti-establishment edge.". He has been saying things like this for decades.
  - slothtrop 5y ago
    Politically Incorrect was canned when, in disagreement on teh show, he said the terrorists weren't cowards, that bombing a country (Iraq) including innocents from offshore was cowardice. Referring of course to physical / mortal cowardice, not moral cowardice, in which case he's right.
- rsynnott 5y ago
  I mean, he's long been primarily a conspiracy theorist, surely?
  - slothtrop 5y ago
    No?
  - dragonwriter 5y ago
    He occasionally gloms on to a conspiracy theory, but he's more into shallow hot takes without any deeply consistent factual or ethical theory from one moment to the next.
- kelnos 5y ago
  That's not a new take on Maher, and it's a bit disingenuous to suggest that it is.
slothtrop 5y ago
He's an actual Liberal, based on what he purports, unlike many so-called progressives.
eplanit 5y ago
Well, a guy with a show called "Politically Incorrect" is supposed to be a contrarian. The Left is so extremist now that it has lost any sense of humor (Maher had to point out the sarcasm to his audience), and it rejects any critical analysis of its agenda/narrative. Mao would be proud.

civilized 5y ago

> Even Bill Maher agrees Even famously pro-woke virtue signaling TV personality Bill Maher agrees!