Bill Maher and his male guest

[Beatlelvr]

Are both interrupting Heidi Heitkamp! Knock it off boys!

[wryter2000]

1. Maher is a misogynist

He thought Tailhook was "boys being boys." He opined that "maybe women just aren't good at science and math."

[relayerbob]

2. Nothing new. He's a jerk

[apcalc]

3. Maher...yup...jerk.

[Dem4Life1102]

4. Poor Heidi Heitkamp

having to push back on the RW talking points from Maher and the other guy.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

5. I can't stand his show.

The cracks against Republicans might be funny sometimes, but I think he's a smart aleck with selfish values.

He's been a close friend of Ann Coulter!

His reply during a Rolling Stones interview:
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/checking-in-with-bill-maher-in-1999-69781/

"I’m a libertarian. The line I’ve always used is, I would be a Republican if they would. Which means that I like the Barry Gold-water Republican Party, even the Reagan Republican Party. I want a mean old man to watch my money. I don’t want a Republican to be funny. I don’t want him to be charming. Because government is a sieve that takes as much money as it can and gives it away, usually needlessly."

Edit:
I also never really LEARN anything from watching Maher's show, unless my desire is to learn how to be a better wise-cracker.
It's nothing compared to shows like "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" in that regard.

[maxsolomon]

6. Wow another bash Maher thread. Must be Friday night.

RW bloviators always bloviate.

Maher isn't RW; he's a crank.

[USALiberal]

8. I won hundred percent agree, why keep watching if you're going to hate it? Nt

[Crunchy Frog]

9. Another shitty Maher show to bash.

I don't know why anyone hear even bothers to watch it still. I never bother with it. It's sad because I really enjoyed it a few years ago, and I think it's gone downhill dramatically.

[betsuni]

10. It was really interesting! I actually watched it.

[Dave Starsky]

13. I look forward to it every week and enjoy it.

Haters gonna hate.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

20. His show is too often disappointing to me...

... for me to bother watching it.

I looked up Maher's various political views and beliefs (currently) last night on his Wikipedia page, and I'm pretty much totally aligned with him. Yet I still don't like HIM very much, personality-wise.

The personality mismatch is a minor point for me, though. I mostly don't like his show's tendency to have celebrities instead of experts.

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is a much better show for me. I'm far more likely to learn something new while watching it. It's more like watching a shortened version of Frontline (PBS) for me, but with humor.

Edit: Not to mention when he wastes my time by inviting right-wing LIARS to the show, to supposedly present "both sides". What good does that do when the person is a liar? (Or maybe horribly misinformed, to give some of them the benefit of the doubt.)
If someone on DU shows a video clip of an enlightening segment of Maher's show, I've tended to check them out. I'll let others find those gold nuggets, though.

[MrsCoffee]

14. Fuck Maher.

He is a misogynistic pig.

It’s also interesting how Maher is more than willing to attack his fellow liberals, yet allows plenty of airtime for bloviaters like Steve Bannon and Milo Yiannopoulos.

[maxsolomon]

15. Well, sure.

He books those creeps because he wants to take them on. He'll never break through; they're impervious to reason. He doesn't put them on the panels.

I haven't seen much Misogyny per se when I've watched; I would agree he needs more 2 women/1 man, or all-women panels. Do you mean in his personal life he's a misogynist?

[MrsCoffee]

18. I don't care if you think you've seen it or not.

Do a google search to see just how many people understand what a misogynistic pig he is.

He is just fucking gross. So many examples out there. Not hard to actually go look.

Link to tweet

Bill Maher Goes Full Sexist, Defends Chris Matthews and Mocks His Sexual Harassment Accuser

Done here, gotta go wash my hair.

[maxsolomon]

22. thank you for the example.

i don't have twitter.

[USALiberal]

7. Every weekend someone whines about Bill Maher, not sure why they still watch. Nt

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

11. What was really interesting about his show

was his trying to make the Atlanta murders about religion and sex rather than racism. I was hoping Heidi would point out that if it was about sex the killer had a grandmother fetish.

[Dem4Life1102]

12. Racists always deny that racism exists.

[maxsolomon]

16. It can be about all 3.

Its a toxic soup.

[Dem4Life1102]

19. True

But he was denying that it was racism.

[maxsolomon]

21. He might not think it is

but he's wrong. he's been brewing in that toxic soup his whole misbegotten life.

[BannonsLiver]

17. Didn't see that part

But I loved the bit about movie warnings. Reminded me of some posters here.