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In reply to the discussion: Go F*ck Yourselves: Bill Maher Goes Off on Liberal Purists Who Didnt Vote for Clinton [View all]JonLP24
(29,322 posts)I don't watch his show at all because I can't stand him.
I voted for Hillary Clinton myself but I understand the complaints of all politicians (they are not looking out for us) but I always vote D in the general election. Cornell West I have no idea who he voted for but I think the world is fucked but please blame the Republicans. The Republican party which is somehow a major political party consistently push climate denial (honestly, they know its the oil companies), big business, deregulation, tax cuts (for the rich but they fool their base as low taxes for working people), privatization, not to mention the insane bizarre conspiracy theories pushed on talk radio.
I'm getting sick of all the blame directed at liberals (who Bill Maher literally said he hates liberals when the audience groaned at his joke) but for some reason we don't blame the conservative voters even after Hoover or Bush (the great recession caused by GOP goodies).
A lot of people are a political by far out of most people I meet, they may technically be a registered to a party but outside of Presidential elections most people generally don't care about politics and you know most people I came across felt like they didn't like either one. It is difficult to explain what I mean but people have jobs or hobbies and even when politics are brought up a lot of people are badly misinformed, buy into stuff like Free Masons or New World Order, One world government, one world currency. I can reasonably highlight the fallacies whenever I'm in a discussion. Outside of that most people simply repeat talking points or whatever storylines are pushed by the news media or politicians. Hillary Clinton being in the news regarding the private e-mail survey likely had an impact on mostly neutral people. I think there are far bigger scandals but the Republicans are best at ignoring real scandals (because it would reflect back at them) while manufacturing outrage.
Unless we do something about GOP tactics and their policies are easy to tear down going back over 100 years regarding economic policies but there is so much propaganda out there. Plus how many voters were barred from voting? How many more faced increasingly confusing obstacles to voting. Only going by what we do know..
On to Bill Maher ever since the election he's been looking for lefty groups to scapegoat Usually on his personal segments he takes the opportunity to find a target and there is no debate on these things but I think one example was millennial or something making a blanket statement even though they weren't the only group to have a turnout shortfall it is more acceptable to make generalizations -- looking for anyone to scold except for the Republicans which the common mentality for some reason we don't blame them for backing the party that has done all of the above & more "Just wait until the 5 to 4 decisions start rolling in, gutting unions, making it harder for minorities to vote, siding with polluters, overturning abortion rights". My point is if there was someone that fits the shoe considering he choose a very devisive approach where his smug "I'm the smartest guy in the room" would actually probably push them away.
On a similar related issue Maher seems to prefer the racist Republicans because he cries "political correctness" for saying something that either isn't funny or something about the response he disapproves of. Every comedian occasionally receives groans or much worse, it isn't a big deal but when the audience groaned at a joke not to long ago he looked at his panel and said, "I hate Liberals".
He has a national TV show, he could do a lot to inform on policy and so many things but of course he isn't as smart as he thinks he is.