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Know-it-all weirdo whines that Kamala Harris won't talk to him (www.mediaite.com)
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But the bigger issue is the left and their ability or their desire to engage with anyone who’s not already in the bubble. And they get a big fat D minus on that. I mean, you see Kamala, I mean, I’m glad she’s doing well, I’m glad we have a real fight now for president. But [she] doesn’t talk to the press. You know? Would never go near me. You know, when you won’t go near the people who are going to vote for you. I’m going to vote for you. Do I have to love everything? No, I don’t. It just shows…

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[–] cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

He has been washed up for the past decade

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Yeah, no argument from me, he's fishing for relevance.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't really understand the vitriol about Maher. Tons of people are way worse. And about all the weird insults to his career... He has a show on HBO. Do you have a show on HBO?

[–] cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I used to be a pretty big fan of Bill Maher.

I say he is washed up because he is VERY vocal about the younger generation not getting comedy and his being "canceled"

The more I heard his whining on the topic the more I realized that he thinks he is a lot more funny than he is.

If the audience isn't laughing maybe its best to ask if your joke was funny before blaming the audience

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not aware of that other than a couple of offhanded comments like "oh come on people". I used to like him a lot more but for some reason everyone HATES him universally now which I don't really get.

[–] cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

~~He kept doubling down on "All muslims are violent" and "Islam is a violent religion"~~

He pushed a lot of anti-muslim rhetoric on his show

Then would bitch that the youth just don't get comedy and that he is being canceled when he would be protested at college campuses.

It got tiring to listen to a multi millionaire complain about these things from the set of his TV show

He doesn't care about comedy or cancel culture; saying inflammatory things is all that keeps him relevant

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"All muslims are violent"

Yeah I'm 99% sure he never even said that in a joke. The rest of what you're saying I think has some basis

[–] cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thats fair. I was paraphrasing

https://www.salon.com/2017/02/23/bill-maher-bigtime-bigot-his-outrageous-statements-about-islam-and-muslims-are-beyond-the-pale_partner/

He has a pretty long history of saying things along that idea. We can split hairs if we must.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, it's not a good look. But he was not only targeting that religion. The guy made an entire documentary dedicated to shitting on all religions. It's worth noting that he probably hasn't said those kinds of things recently. That article is from 7 years ago. I'm not saying he's got all defensible views but I don't know if it was really fair to characterize him as an islamophobe. Again, he was also shitting on Christianity constantly.

[–] cubism_pitta@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Religious is from 08 and DID attack every religion.

I was watching from 12-17 and islamaphobia was on full display in most episodes. He would defend himself as you would expect but he didn't hit all religions like he did Islam during that time.

I quit watching him after the N-Word incident because I expected a much different handling of it than apologizing to Ice Cube...