There was a time way back that I watched and admired this Maher but he has become a self-righteous hack, with not only RW talking points but also smirky delight in dumping on the Left.
Regardless of what you think of Mahar (and my opinion is very mixed), isn’t this yet another example of obeying in advance? One type of evidence that fascism is working is the disappearance of resistance voices. Don’t help it along by self-disappearing!
Boy, 'bye. Stopped watching when he kept whining about not being able to go to restaurants as Covid raged. And went anti-vax. And expected guests to agree with him, rather than listening to what they had to say. And and and.
Maher quitting is not a bad idea.
Trump thrives on attention.
It’s why he says crazy things like eating dogs & cats.
And media folk cannot help themselves from covering him.
Like a petulant toddler, he should be ignored.
Bill Maher would deserve a ton of respect if he does leave his show.
@billmaher.bsky.social has spent the last ten years decrying cancel culture, wokeness, and the left in general. But he has never felt threatened by them. He is not saying this because he feels exhausted. His “may quit” is more like fear than anything else, just like @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social. 😁
He lost his audience long ago trying to pivot right and remain a steadfast zionist no matter how many children have to perish in Palestinian holocaust.
I mean dRump hates him, and has him on blast pretty much 24/7 whenever Maher mentions him. It has to be tedious to end up in the crosshairs of the MAGAT crowd.
Fence rider is the most bullshit term. Not everyone just blindly follows, some of us actually think about individual issues and ideas. If not you just end up being a hypocrite and going in circles. Wonder if you are willing to address why black and Latino men didn't want a woman president?
That would be great Bill but also this means you can't publish anything or talk to the press or go on other TV or media either no takesies backsies thanks see you in four years
Then don't talk about the symbol anymore. We all know what Trump is. What's needed is a better understanding of what MAGA has been from day one. Make America great again for whom?
He’s a coward. He’s not going to be talking about Trump in as much as he’s eventually going to have to bump up against Trump, and the stakes are different - and higher - for him and HBO. Coward.
Maher used to use his show to launder right wing ideas. now he actually just does right wing media. Nobody is going to want his contrarian takes with people he agrees with.
I feel the same way. I might quit watching news for the next 4 years and pull my head from the sand in 2030 to see if the US is still a democratic nation or if Donny Jr is holding the reigns
bill maher is such a perfect example of an anti-millenial anti-gen Z pro-war anti-islam anti-feminist that I just kind of naturally assumed he would be a trump supporter.
He's just a contrarian, obsessed with telling everybody how wrong they are about everything. Whatever is the most popular view on something, he takes an opposing view.
For me, Bill doesn’t have to be perfectly aligned with my viewpoint—and I give him grace to reform his stance on issues as he learns & ponders more about them. Bill is human, and we all change.
He's really not. The I hate bill Maher Podcast usually leftist comedians talking about how much bill Maher sucks. He's at best liked by some liberals and that's really about it
No no, he's the hero of LIBERALS. Not the left. There's a huge difference and as someone who says this kind of thing, you should honestly know the difference.
Bill Maher is a cancer. He's the whiny, elitist liberal telling everyone else how to act, then he moans and bitches when he can't get a building permit to construct a shed on his property, using his position as a TV celebrity to get special treatment.
Sounds like a PR wrapper on cowardice. He’s terrified Trump means what he says about coming after critics in the media and he’ll run for cover until he sees which way the battle is going.
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Give John Oliver’s team more resources then.
You'll never wash off that maga stink sweaty boy...
Trump thrives on attention.
It’s why he says crazy things like eating dogs & cats.
And media folk cannot help themselves from covering him.
Like a petulant toddler, he should be ignored.
Bill Maher would deserve a ton of respect if he does leave his show.
... who would have thought that Bill Maher exited Hollywood with less class than Riff Raff?
Donald is not going to allow any Entertainment shows to criticize the administration.
He's promised to revoke the television licenses of those who criticize him.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/22/media/trump-strip-tv-station-licenses-punish-media/index.html
Now he just chain-smokes weed in his podcast studio and waits for laughs from his houseplants, who've also started leaning left to avoid him.
Fuck off.
Been sick of listening to him for a long time now.
Just stopped trying to hide it.
Everybody hates him.
Not to this oldest of the Boomers on the Left he isn't!!
His schick is simply contrarian BS. Turned me off 10 years ago!
No one will miss him
Bill Maher is a cancer. He's the whiny, elitist liberal telling everyone else how to act, then he moans and bitches when he can't get a building permit to construct a shed on his property, using his position as a TV celebrity to get special treatment.
Maher needs to go.
Ie. not someone to be taken seriously.
But he is depressingly symptomatic of current day, mainstream media -- basically a fungible product.
(from a boomer)