Bill Maher said kids are coming out as trans because it's “trendy.” Yes, what child doesn’t want to feel trapped in their body, told they’re mentally ill, have their parents arrested for supporting them, and possibly be killed by a bigot who Republicans then start a GoFundMe for?
He always claims to want to have nuanced conversations, then says this shit, conflating kids who use gender-neutral pronouns or don’t dress according to gender stereotypes (sometimes as a social statement) with kids who are trans. It’s ignorant, debasing, and horseshit.
Who among us isn’t willing to fuck things up for kids suffering from gender dysphoria because of a handful of kids with oppositional defiance disorder? I confess to be an ignorant about the nuts and bolts of gender dysphoria treatment. I’m sure Maher is too.
right? that was the argument 30 years ago - "oh they just want to be 'special'" when you would have done just about anything to fit in and be 'normal'!
He’s always been an asshole but the Covid lockdown seems to have pushed him over a cliff. He’s been a much bigger jerk since then. I don’t think he’ll ever be right. I stopped watching him around 2021 and won’t go back
Even if kids are exploring gender as a fad, who the hell cares? Like seriously the hysteria over all of this only makes sense if you think being trans is a bad thing
I think the only people who are just realizing that Bill Maher is trash, are people who actually agree with him and are like “oh I’ve been missing out on him all this time?!”
A few years ago, I worked with a pediatric endocrinologist who had seen thousands of kids during his career. He said he referred 2 for further testing. Medical, mental health, genetics, adolescent rebellion, whatever. True trans is rare.
no ma'am. we're not going to do that either. if you personally aren't in a body that feels 'wrong' to you, or are the intimate partner of or parent to someone who is, you don't get to have a say in what trans or 'true trans" is.
There are many reasons why bodies don't 'feel' right, and many are medical reasons. Calling it all trans is limiting, and potentially dangerous, to those going through it.
it's not though. "trans" is a big umbrella that many nonbinary people, transmasc people, trans women & people who don't fit into the body they have now can easily find a spot under. Trans being used "only medically is limiting because many trans people don't want medical support or transition.
there are no "further tests" to send a kid to get. There isn't even one teat that can tell you anything about it. And you have no idea what his diagnostic failure rate was.
That paediatric endocrinologist was a know-nothing dolt and a child abuser.
There are no medical conditions that mirror the symptoms of gender dysphoria. People like this are just bigots and would say the same thing about homosexuality, which they luckily generally aren’t able to pass judgement on.
We’re trans because it’s trendy, we hate bill maher because it’s trendy, we oppose genocide because it’s trendy. Have we considered that they’re just out of touch with the trends?
It's great when unmarried white men w/out kids opine on parenthood & children's issues.
He has no personal experience, no research, no expertise. All he has is an (incorrect) opinion formed by personal bias & social media. And a microphone.
Let me now give you my opinion on being a rich tv host.
Like how more kids "came out as" left handed when people stopped publicly beating them with sticks, tying them up, and verbally abusing them?
Yeah, can't see how stopping state sanctioned abuse, torture, and even murder would naturally increase numbers... /s
Or increases in everything from cancer to Autism to ADHD diagnoses. Can't be that as we're supposed to do as humans, we've continued to study things, learn more, and make progress.
My boomer mom is confused by my use of sunscreen on my child, because she didn't use it on herself when she was young. I reminded her that we used to use lead in our paint and mercury in our thermometers but as science learns things, we adapt to the findings. Yeesh.
Like my silent generation mom not getting that she needs to take Tylenol and not the aspirin she's known most of her life but shouldn't take now because she's on a blood thinner. "I'm just used to aspirin".
Yes, mom, I know this wasn't a thing then, but it is now.
My Dad had his left hand tied behind his back in school. I was luckier, just called a witch. People are so cruel. Who gives a damn about someone's sexuality unless it hurts somebody else? I care more if the person is kind and not an asshole. No one is forcing people to change their gender.
Good question. I’m looking forward to the day that the lightbulb finally goes off from my wife and she realizes that he’s a piece of shit but for now she still believes that he is the Nostradamus of our time
I was her until this past Friday nights episode. He was so disrespectful to Rogan, because he had to defend himself (mahr) he’s a POS. I couldn’t even finish the episode, I hope his viewership sinks!
They let me, we stopped listening to or watching him years ago. I will never watch him again and I don’t even know what he did this time, but I don’t need to know, all I need to know is that he again has confirmed I made the right choice all those years ago. F**K Bill Maher and his fans.
They would not have announced his WH invite unless they knew in advance that he was on their side. They're producing a TV show but it's real life. Heck, Trump's so far gone he probably thinks it is all a TV show.
How is it that every time Godless regressive Neo-Marxists open their mouths, devilish pieces of shit come out? As if they were vomiting up what they ate for lunch. The White House, House, Senate, SCOTUS, & a majority of governors & state legislatures: The only fools are Bill Maher haters. Trump!
He's been a phony baloney for years.
I stopped giving him any attention because he turned into a creepy, smarmy cunt who thinks he shits ice cream.
He's a fluffer in the Orange Kunt's Circle Jerk...
ICKY POO!
Yeah that recap of his dinner with Trump— doesn’t he know Trumpy put on his “hey there cutie, what’s your name” persona and buttered up
The other egomaniac at the table? And he fell for it - sad.
I’ve never really been interested in his sense of humor, he doesn’t seem to have a compass. It’s whatever is funny at the moment and that’s not how comedy works.
Tolerant left always hating on anyone who goes to the middle. Bill still dislikes President Trump and Trump still dislikes him. But they talked. OoooooH so bad
That took three minutes to show that Obama did the first three things on the list. I could show more, but I like my Sundays. By the way I do not think that Obama or Trump were Fascist Have A Nice Day
I stopped watching Bill Maher back in the late 1990s during his “Politically Incorrect” days. I find him to be an insufferably smug condescending pseudo-intellectual that loves the sound of his own voice.
When he was vaguely dunking on the Dubya Bush Administration, a lot of people said "ah, good, he's one of us," but almost nobody actually wanted to watch his shit, because he's NOT FUCKING FUNNY OR ENTERTAINING.
Then he's in the news for being a turd-slurping fuckstick, and they go "oh, shit."
I figured out he was a piece of s*** a long time ago. He's an addict. A pot smoking old f*** who can't get laid anymore So he's playing both sides hoping to be relevant. He did an interview with Jane Fonda. It was a s*** show. He was incoherent and she called him out on it. Unintelligible drivel
It's because we don't watch TV, and furthermore, don't really care. Why do you? No offense, I'm really just wondering. Why do we like talking about and being outraged by pieces of shit with literally no power or control?
He’s been a piece of shit, no doubt since he first convinced himself that he was “ brilliant, witty, relevant, watchable, and bankable by major networks”.
I stopped watching him when it was obvious that he was a not so closeted misogynist/republican. Little wonder he never married. Who wants THAT?
Because he was and is becoming increasingly irrelevant? Because not everyone pays for cable? Not everyone is interested in celebrity culture? What’s common in one generation isn’t common to all generations?
He was a POS who understood what kind of threat Trump posed early on. So we gave hive a lot of leeway What shocked us normies was how much Bill abandoned that concern at the moment his worst fears proved true.
I am so angry at myself for even watching the episode but it was worth seeing Maher’s reaction to Josh Rogan’s take on Maher’s visit to the WH and that Trump simply used him. That was chef’s kiss 😘 because Rogan nailed it .
I admit ,after not following him for so many years because he’s a piece of shit , I let my guard down and started watching him again . However….after this last episode I’m so done with him permanently
he's always been a douche. sometimes his douchery serves a purpose, like helping people break free of religion. but it's how he is. he has no other way to be.
Once in a while he says something logical and non repulsive... people have short memories.
I keep reminding myself that all this chaos from Donald and his gang is exactly what they said they wanted to do back in the Bannon days...tear it down, then sell it ...more 💲 and control for the billionaires.
Probably because he hasn’t been relevant for years and people don’t pay any attention to what he has to say. Then when he says something piece of shitish they’re like “who, oh yeah I remember him, I didn’t realize he was such a piece of shit.”
Gotdammit that is so true. I feel like he does this shit to try to stay relevant, at least to himself. He thinks he’s an agitator and since no one is watching his show he says stupid shit to get in the newsfeeds. show. The guy lost it years ago, but the fact that people are just now figuring it out
I'm amazed, myself. He's been a piece of shit for YEARS. Decades, even. He bangs Ann Coulter, for cryin' out loud! And that's a stank you can't wash off.
Y'all just been giving him a pass because he's an atheist. This atheist is begging y'all to quit it.
Never liked him much. For a short period, I watched him because he was actually inviting both sides into the conversations. Then COVID hit. He and Bari Weiss dusted off their by mail medical degrees and started fat shaming and spewing all kinds of medical information. The man is a whore.
As a physician, he has offended me numerous times by taking a stance against the medical profession’s response to Covid, but never has a physician on his panel. Can’t tell you how many times I used to scream at the TV wanting to slap that bitch! I don’t watch it anymore.
It’s the same as how liberal celebrities are still coming out saying they’re going to sell their Tesla because Musk is toxic. Musk has been toxic for years.
Bill Maher’s got the fascists behind him and backing him. He’s a regular Netinho cheerleader, pro genocide, and all. He’s bitterly aging out -so he joined the fascist to stay relevant.
Earlier in his career he cultivated an aura of an enlightened, independent, secular pundit.
Now he's Dennis Miller in a leather loveseat. It has neck support so he doesn't get a headache from sucking politico cock before showtime.
What a perfect description of him. 😁 Don't forget that next to that loveseat is his glass full of bourbon and an ashtray with a gigantic roach still burning away.
I have no problem with his substance use, but it sure seems fucked he now supports a regime hell bent on New Prohibition while puffin' on currently quasi-legal herb, while others suffer in concentration camps for possession.
I don't care about the consumption, either, but the use of either or both is like part of his 'schtick'... and you're absolutely right about the inequality of consequences.
He's doing the whole alpha male "Watch me hold both my liquor AND my smoke, and due to the transitive property of The Bro Code, ef facto, ipsum somesuch, I have ginormous balls. Bow before their combined intellect."
Well that description sums it up nicely. I saw Bill many years ago here in my deep red state and really enjoyed the “newness” of what he was saying. But that has since worn off-maybe flashes of humor here and there. His visit to the White House really helped me get over any interest I once had.
I was no longer a fan after I saw one of his stand-up shows in 2012. He constantly referred to his notes because he said he was working on new material, and anytime one of his jokes didn't land, he got really angry at the crowd. He's a whiny little bitch.
Bill desperately seeks male approval. It might stem he was also rejected by girls in high school and college, being short and all. He has that in common with Elmo, Miller, JD…
He WAS funny at one time, but don't try to pin me down on when that was. Before he was an enclave guy who had as many grievances as trump. Most of them self created.
But like everything and everyone, the whackier he gets the more people talk about him, and that's money.
And every time someone on the right gets “cancelled” (or faces the natural negative consequences of their words and actions), they threaten to take Bill Maher from the left in retaliation. And every time, we say, “Take him, we don’t want him.”
He has cultists. I mean fans. Who behave like cultists. Seriously, I once tried to argue with a Maher cultist over at Daily Kos. He told me the only way he'd believe Maher, who is antivaxx and was then, was antivaxx is "if Maher told me so." Sheer nonsense. Maher's a racist sexist dumbass.
It's always news to me when he shows himself to be a piece of shit, because I keep flushing and forgetting.
He's jumped the shark this time though, HBO should replace him.
I used to love his stuff, but can't stand him anymore, stopped following/watching him 2,3 years ago. He's turned into a stereotypical white boomer man, his both siding is peculiar AF.
Bill surprised by tRump’s passivity when he didn’t take Bill’s bait during White House visit. Bill now sees him as a good humored guy 🙄
Reality: tRump had Adderall-induced impulse control for his volatility.
Like, fr. He has been a straight up not at all funny asshole for 10 years at least. Stopped watching him ages ago. Disgustingly self-indulgent and self-admiring. Like, ick to the nth power. Oh, & he fucked Ann “Why the Long Face” Coulter at a time when she was spewing cruel racist filth every day.
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There are no medical conditions that mirror the symptoms of gender dysphoria. People like this are just bigots and would say the same thing about homosexuality, which they luckily generally aren’t able to pass judgement on.
He has no personal experience, no research, no expertise. All he has is an (incorrect) opinion formed by personal bias & social media. And a microphone.
Let me now give you my opinion on being a rich tv host.
Yeah, can't see how stopping state sanctioned abuse, torture, and even murder would naturally increase numbers... /s
Yes, mom, I know this wasn't a thing then, but it is now.
Mom, the Dr said take ibuprofen for the pain.
Oh, I don't have any of that.
(She was just at the drugstore)
This makes him unwatchable for me.
I stopped giving him any attention because he turned into a creepy, smarmy cunt who thinks he shits ice cream.
He's a fluffer in the Orange Kunt's Circle Jerk...
ICKY POO!
The other egomaniac at the table? And he fell for it - sad.
it's the smugness... even when he agrees with me i want to punch him
Then he's in the news for being a turd-slurping fuckstick, and they go "oh, shit."
He's always been an elitist prick, but the bigotry has been building over the decades.
He's flat out insufferable now.
I stopped watching him when it was obvious that he was a not so closeted misogynist/republican. Little wonder he never married. Who wants THAT?
https://youtu.be/JNl4FWNav-A?si=GR9St3FsZ6yPnkNb
no wonder bobo outwits democrats
I was a devoted fan from the late 90’s to 2015 ish.
Did he change — or did I remains the question I guess.
But either way — fuck him.
Maher made his “politically incorrect” bones opposing Bush. Maher said the 9/11 hijackers were not cowards.
ABC dropped him & HBO picked him up.
It’s time for HBO to have viewers score programming.
#ByeByeBillMaher
Some people don't use a lot of media, and/or don't pay attention to commentary (or don't care what most other people say, and are focused on actions.)
That's my goal, but I'm not there yet.
I keep reminding myself that all this chaos from Donald and his gang is exactly what they said they wanted to do back in the Bannon days...tear it down, then sell it ...more 💲 and control for the billionaires.
Y'all just been giving him a pass because he's an atheist. This atheist is begging y'all to quit it.
He is STILL a piece of shit. How tf is this newsworthy?
He claims to be non religious but has no problem shitting on Muslims.
I fucking DESPISE libertarians.
They're just republicans who want to smoke free weed and not be punished for saying the n-word.
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Honestly. I think that a LOT of people established their belief structure in the mid-to-late 90s & they have not revisited them since.
That will be just fine for them, and him.
They can put him opposite SNL
Now he's Dennis Miller in a leather loveseat. It has neck support so he doesn't get a headache from sucking politico cock before showtime.
But like everything and everyone, the whackier he gets the more people talk about him, and that's money.
Visiting Trump was the last straw. I admit I was wrong in supporting his show.
He's jumped the shark this time though, HBO should replace him.
Reality: tRump had Adderall-induced impulse control for his volatility.
They also do this with SNL, Jon Stewart, etc.
My working theory is that they still secretly love all those things and never canceled, never stopped watching. They recycle their "surprise".