I, for one, am surprised that a noted science denying, racist, misogynistic, islamophobic, anti-vaxxer who platforms and advocates for various alt-right and alt-lite figures would say such a thing.
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Bill Maher defends Kavanaugh: ‘What Were You Like at 17?!’
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I, for one, am surprised that a noted science denying, racist, misogynistic, islamophobic, anti-vaxxer who platforms and advocates for various alt-right and alt-lite figures would say such a thing.
"What were you like at 17?!"
much better than Kavanaugh, didn't sexually assault anyone, thanks for asking Bill
much better than Kavanaugh, didn't sexually assault anyone, thanks for asking Bill
Yea this episode was disgusting.
I like to watch because of the variety of guests, but that NY magazine guys antagonizism, and Mahers ignorance is really making me think I shouldn't watch anymore.
I like to watch because of the variety of guests, but that NY magazine guys antagonizism, and Mahers ignorance is really making me think I shouldn't watch anymore.
No seriously, what the hell is this answer? Even at 17 when I was a Glenn-Beck watching idiotic fundamental hard right republican I never once thought of women as fucking objects to be raped for my pleasure! How hard is it to grasp that women are people and not things you put your dick in?
white liberal centrist. he's like edgy joe biden with a talk show, lest we not forget those dealings with anita hill
NOT RAPING ANYONE, THAT'S WHAT
jfc it's not that fucking hard
we weren't all serial abusers of women when we were teenagers/young adults!
if this is your reaction to old white men being revealed to be creeps when they were younger, it just means you relate to them because you're a fucking creep too. and bill maher being a creep would be the least fucking surprising thing ever.
jfc it's not that fucking hard
we weren't all serial abusers of women when we were teenagers/young adults!
if this is your reaction to old white men being revealed to be creeps when they were younger, it just means you relate to them because you're a fucking creep too. and bill maher being a creep would be the least fucking surprising thing ever.
That's literally the only reason anyone would say this. They don't want to experience any punishment for their own faults and mistakes.
How the fuck anyone gives this piece of shit the time of day is beyond me. And it isn't like it is a new thing. He has been a piece of garbage for forever.
Yeah I'm sure the best person to be a Supreme Court justice is someone who committed sexual assault in college and then blatantly lied about it under oath.
It's all perfectly normal behavior and as such worthy of the highest office of the law.
Meanwhile, the optics argument is just baseless conjecture.
It's all perfectly normal behavior and as such worthy of the highest office of the law.
Meanwhile, the optics argument is just baseless conjecture.
It's because, theoretically, Supreme Court Justice is meant to mean something special. There's only a handful of them in each generation and they determine with absolute authority what law is and the direction of society at the most fundamental level. They can change everything with one decision (like Citizens United, Roe v Wade, Brown v Board, Marriage Equality).
The character and integrity of these few people is of vital importance. Kavanaugh lied in his confirmation hearings. He lied in previous confirmation hearings. He showed incredible bias and intemperance. And he was very credibly accused of multiple sexual assaults. He is not fit for any position of importance, especially one so utterly important. The fact he was confirmed anyway is a symbol of how society devalues women and exalts the white male above all.
I'm still mad at how the FBI investigation was a perfunctionary joke, rushed through in a couple of days without interviewing anyone as they begged to be interviewed. Not that I'm surprised.
Oh, and Maher is a piece of shit, and all this says to me is that he has a guilty conscience.
The character and integrity of these few people is of vital importance. Kavanaugh lied in his confirmation hearings. He lied in previous confirmation hearings. He showed incredible bias and intemperance. And he was very credibly accused of multiple sexual assaults. He is not fit for any position of importance, especially one so utterly important. The fact he was confirmed anyway is a symbol of how society devalues women and exalts the white male above all.
I'm still mad at how the FBI investigation was a perfunctionary joke, rushed through in a couple of days without interviewing anyone as they begged to be interviewed. Not that I'm surprised.
Oh, and Maher is a piece of shit, and all this says to me is that he has a guilty conscience.
why
do you people keep bringing this PoS up every time? Seriously, the only time Youtube starts pushing his show on me is when I watch something bordering on 'conservative'. The algorithm is perfectly aligned to picking up on any clues of conservativism, so why do you people still bring this man up as if he is somehow on the left side of anything?
We've been over this far too many times before, as well. Just cancel the fucker and be done with it.
do you people keep bringing this PoS up every time? Seriously, the only time Youtube starts pushing his show on me is when I watch something bordering on 'conservative'. The algorithm is perfectly aligned to picking up on any clues of conservativism, so why do you people still bring this man up as if he is somehow on the left side of anything?
We've been over this far too many times before, as well. Just cancel the fucker and be done with it.
Honestly the last year or so, he's been connecting less with the studio audience. A lot of awkward silences or half claps after he says something. And a lot "o come on" coming from him
I'm someone who believes in rehabilitation and "second chances". People can absolutely change dramatically from their teenage years.
However Bret Kavanaugh denies these things. He flagrantly lied about things during his testimony.
How can he be relied to put out just judgements if he can't even admit things on his calendar?
However Bret Kavanaugh denies these things. He flagrantly lied about things during his testimony.
How can he be relied to put out just judgements if he can't even admit things on his calendar?
Maher's telling on himself.
I mean, don't get me wrong...had quite the "phase" in college. Younger Roy LIVED. Can also say with 100% certainty that all the sexual exploration I did at that age was consensual, and didn't involve me pushing an involuntary partner onto a bed at a party and trying to force their clothes off while my friend laughed behind me.
Maher, you're telling on yourself.
I mean, don't get me wrong...had quite the "phase" in college. Younger Roy LIVED. Can also say with 100% certainty that all the sexual exploration I did at that age was consensual, and didn't involve me pushing an involuntary partner onto a bed at a party and trying to force their clothes off while my friend laughed behind me.
Maher, you're telling on yourself.
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Big difference between the typical teenage objectifying women as you come into your own sexuality and sexually assaulting someone.
I never did anything I could conceivably go to jail for at 17 other than drink alcohol.
I never did anything I could conceivably go to jail for at 17 other than drink alcohol.
Yeah my only exposure to Maher this entire year has been on ERA. I honestly wouldn't know half of the shit he was spouting if not for these threads.
Guess it's good to stay up to date on what this guy says? Dude had Milo on his show...
Have to echo the others, not sexually assaulting anyone fir starters.
On top of that though, what I really don't get about people like Maher when they say stuff like this is even if they were right, which they're not, but even if they were... Why would they be satisfied with a world like that, where doing that kinda stuff is considered no big deal? Why would they be okay with such a world, why would they not wish and fight for a world where nobody has to worry about people like Kavanaugh and even if it were "no big deal" fight to create a works where it is and that people like him can't get away with their actions?
Even if people like Maher were right, why in the world would they be okay with that and so meekly and indifferently accept that instead of doing what they can to change that? I just don't get it (I mean, I do, that it seems like they just don't really care that much to begin with, but you know what I mean).
On top of that though, what I really don't get about people like Maher when they say stuff like this is even if they were right, which they're not, but even if they were... Why would they be satisfied with a world like that, where doing that kinda stuff is considered no big deal? Why would they be okay with such a world, why would they not wish and fight for a world where nobody has to worry about people like Kavanaugh and even if it were "no big deal" fight to create a works where it is and that people like him can't get away with their actions?
Even if people like Maher were right, why in the world would they be okay with that and so meekly and indifferently accept that instead of doing what they can to change that? I just don't get it (I mean, I do, that it seems like they just don't really care that much to begin with, but you know what I mean).
Compare:
It's right, so we do it
We do it, so it's right
Maher's using the second. It's kind of telling that's where his mind is; it suggests that he doesn't really give a shit about the results of this behaviour.
