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Hortensis

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13. He's an influencer and responsible for all the deceits,

Reply to Generic Brad (Reply #9)

Sun Jan 31, 2021, 10:30 AM

Jan 2021

encouragement of bigotry, encouragement of negativism, and undermining of commitment to belief that viewers take away. That they come for his product does not diminish his sins in the least. He knows many are especially vulnerable to pernicious influences even while he makes fun of QAnon.

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Bill Maher had Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein, "evolutionary biologists" pushing that [View all] still_one Jan 2021 OP

How disgraceful of him. yardwork Jan 2021 #1

There are three possibilities: PCIntern Jan 2021 #2

Was SARS and MERS also created in a lab? still_one Jan 2021 #3

Not my point PCIntern Jan 2021 #7

Thanks for the clarification. I think the importance of knowing the origins of the virus, whether still_one Jan 2021 #10

I believe scientists from WHO are over in Wuhan now womanofthehills Jan 2021 #15

I hate when Bill Maher acts like he is a good guy arlyellowdog Jan 2021 #4

No doubt about that still_one Jan 2021 #5

He provides that as an excuse for watching what most viewers come for. Hortensis Jan 2021 #11

He can be an asshole but sometimes a good guy womanofthehills Jan 2021 #18

Maher is an anti-vaxxer of long standing. stopbush Jan 2021 #6

I heard that also, and it was an outright lie as you indicated. still_one Jan 2021 #12

These scientists definitely were not anti-vax womanofthehills Jan 2021 #19

Well, they were no doubt required to get those vaccinations to be allowed stopbush Jan 2021 #20

They were definitely pro Covid-19 vaccines but had a preference womanofthehills Jan 2021 #21

Bill Maher is into making money. That is all. apcalc Jan 2021 #8

He's a comedian, not a scientist Generic Brad Jan 2021 #9

He's an influencer and responsible for all the deceits, Hortensis Jan 2021 #13

He's an asshole, not a comedian. milestogo Jan 2021 #14

+1. Maher is an amoral scumbag. dalton99a Jan 2021 #17

I worry about climate change and Fukushima Dai'ichi a LOT more. roamer65 Jan 2021 #16

This virus attacks the bloodstream, which in turn affects "multiple systems in the body". Midnight Writer Jan 2021 #22

So the Maher/Weinstein/Bannon argument is that the virus originated in a lab in Wuhan, China Yavin4 Jan 2021 #23

Why anyone watches him is beyond me. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2021 #24