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[Silent Type]

1. Some folks enjoy eating our own, but think it hurts us overall in long run.

[H2O Man]

2. It would be

a stretch to think any discussion of Dylan or Maher "helps to advance the Democratic agenda."

[NNadir]

3. Well, if it's bothersome; let's pick a different celebrity to trash. I nominate Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead...

He's really a dead Dead, and thus he probably will not mind.

I don't know if there's anything to have a quirky obsession about him, but we're creative at DU.

[leftstreet]

9. omg the hair

Link to tweet

?s=2

[Torchlight]

4. What's the weird feel you get?

From my chair, it's simply different people speculating on and discussing the opinions made by someone who gets paid to make opinions.

[Torchlight]

6. Sounds serious

Good luck

[leftstreet]

7. What's with DUers constantly scolding people?

Post after post...
has a weird feel to it

[SunImp]

8. Some Duers love being Self Righteous

[Sympthsical]

11. I'm more of a chider than a scolder

Scolding evokes a pursed lips, disapproving look.

Chiding is more of an eyebrow-driven venture. Eyebrows in motion are an early indication that rolling is imminent.

My eyebrow game is, like, half my personality. Emilia Clarke is an inspiration.

[leftstreet]

12. I love your chiding!

There's a classy 1- brow raise before the coup de grace

[whathehell]

17. Yeah, I don't get that either..

If I'm not interested in a thread, I just move on to another...End of story.

[JustAnotherGen]

10. Don't forget the flavor of the month Pres Candidate

It's cyclical.

[Emile]

13. Bill Maher never was a Democrat.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/bill-maher-corrects-guest-who-says-he-left-democratic-party-says-he-never-begin

[ProfessorGAC]

20. He Has Said, Over & Over & Over...

...that he votes for democrats.
The fact that he never joined the Democratic Party doesn't mean he doesn't support the positions.
I'm another one. I was an industry advisor on Deb Halvorson's election & reelection campaigns but I've never been a party member.
We know for sure he donated a few million to get dems elected in 2008, 2012, 2016 & 2018.
That article might not mean what you seem to think it does.

[Ping Tung]

14. Politicians of all stripes become celbrities and people become obssessed wtihthem.

Politics as a whole is dependent on headlines, photo ops, and entertainment value. George Washington, Abe Lincoln, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and Donald Trump all became famous for scandals, mistakes,, crimes, and advertising.

And, there's always been "Gotchya politics' sometimes true, sometimes rumors, sometimes made up.

Not to mention the endless obssesions with CTs with every incident and word to snag the rubes.

[Prairie Gates]

15. Fuck Bill Maher

[Fiendish Thingy]

16. Some folks thought Dylan was our saviour and owed it to America to do more to save democracy

Bill Maher, on the other hand, is just an asshole, and I don’t think there is much debate that we should expect him to be anything but an asshole, one who had dinner with Trump which convinced him to “go easy” on him.

[PatSeg]

21. Yes, that about sums it up

I gave Maher the benefit of the doubt for quite some time until I finally realized, he is just a self-absorbed jerk and cannot be trusted by sane reasonable people. I had watched him since his Politically Incorrect days and though he could be a bit of an asshole at times, he was often the voice of reason.

During the pandemic he started to change and has only gotten worse over time. There's something just not quite right about the guy. I am amazed he still has a show on HBO.

[Maru Kitteh]

18. Celebrities serve as stand-ins, examples of personalities/attitudes/worldviews

that we wish to discuss. For example: Bill Maher is a perfect example of a white man who sells himself as a friend to progressivism, but feels it’s within his purview to determine when it’s okay to not merely dismiss, but to ridicule and make jokes about the abuse of women for money. Progressivism already has a problem with this among its faction of white males as do all groups with any substantial number of white males among their number. Maher also has a similar ongoing behavior with various minorities and Muslims. He is a convenient conduit for discussions about bigotry within progressivism.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

19. DUers have opinions and share them on DU.

Go figure.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

22. I do not know about Bob Dylan but I have been not happy with Bill Maher for a very long time

My issues with Maher started when he helped to elect W by supporting Nader. Maher ceased to be funny a very long time ago. I did not follow any of the threads about Dylan and so I am not sure what the issues were.

Again, Maher ceased to be funny a very long time ago.

[maxsolomon]

23. It's not just NOW that Bill Maher is a DU "obsession".

DU has hated Maher for years. Decades. He is the New York Times of comedians.

He says things that are Conservative while still being mostly an "Old Fashioned Liberal". He platforms objectionable people.

IDK what DU thinks is wrong with Bob Dylan, though. He really let us down when he abandoned Folk Music?