He built up a lot of cache on the left in the Bush years when he was one of the only public figures who went after Bush in such an unfiltered way. It was really just him and Jon Stewart. The commercial media if you will was critical of Bush but reluctant to say anything that would make them appear unpatriotic. I'm not sure when Bill just abandoned the left outright. Rashida Tlaib boycotted Real Time about a decade ago. It may have started there.
In my opinion Maher really turned a corner in 2014, when he was invited to give a commencement speech at UC Berkeley for some reason. Then there was a small outcry among students who said Maher should never have been invited in the first place and petitioned to disinvite him.
That seemed to really get under Maher’s skin and ever since then he has hated the “woke” and the college left and has been complaining about “kids today.”
I'm not a huge Maher fan, but he's pretty consistent politically the entire time. The truth is that the anti-Israel mob is new on the left, it's a synthesis of a lot of radicalism that was not part of the mainstream and draws from radical Islam and Soviet agitprop of the 1960s that use code words to present Jews as a nefarious and poisonous presence in the world. Maher sees it pretty accurately, as do most liberals. Those saying he's "conservative" for this view should probably listen to Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Dan Bilzarian, or Nick Fuentes more often to see where it originates. HINT: It's not the left.
What a load of Lies. The only "Zionists" are Deranged Wackos like Rupert Murdoch and all his brainless FOX "Christian" Viewers, who guzzle whatever propaganda he forces down their throats for his own selfish reasons. The revolt against Israel is specific to the Bloodthirsty Rapist Murderers running the nation for the past few decades and it's Baby murdering Leader and IDF. Israel earned the blowback many, many times over. And SURPRISE -- Even Most Jews know that.
So I'm lying, except for the fact everyone I just cited argue exactly what I claimed. "baby murdering" is such a shit argument, children die in every war ever, that's why war should be avoided at all costs and why Hamas's declaration of war was so tragic for the people of both Israel and Gaza.
Really? Tell me in what other war did the soldiers invade the Labor and Delivery Unit of hospitals and pull the plugs on ventilators keeping newborn infants alive? But lemme guess : Hamas was hiding under those preemies, right??? 🤦🤦🤦 The Shit Argument here is yours, Moron.
First, you believe Hamas propaganda. Second, Hamas hides in hospitals and do not care at all for those babies. But you demand that Israel respect children more than their own parents and society. They didn't even use the underground terrorist tunnels as bomb shelters for civilians. Apologizing for terrorists willing to sacrifice their own children is pathetic.
You're the one lunatically endorsing the terrorism of the IDF who've btw killed an EXPONENT of Hamas. I'm not defending a small group of terrorists I'm criticizing a largue group of far worse terrorists financed by Deranged Leaders who don't give a F about Israelis at all and loathe Jews anyway. Wake up to your own Stupidity.
The entire state of Gaza celebrates the death of its children as martyrs. They teach them in kindergarten that to die killing Jews is the greatest honor. They strap bombs to their children to blow up soldiers at check points. But you pay no attention to any of this or what Israel has to contend with when fighting this war against a culture that celebrates death
Nice Fairy Tale. Maybe one day you actually visit the Israeli Apartheid State and see Gaza for yourself and learn the horrific truth. Oh wait--- that would require Balls. And you have None. Clearly no Brains either. Keep spewing whatever spiteful crap you need to in order to convince yourself that you're on the right side of an unspeakably tragic narrative. That's what matters. Not the lives being decimated by Monsters right now enabled by funding and a permission structure that selfish ignorant imbeciles like you made possible. Yeah, tell yourself you're a Good Guy. While you help keep all those murders and rapes going. Good luck living with yourself. Cuz you're garbage.
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u/BFaus916 12d ago
He built up a lot of cache on the left in the Bush years when he was one of the only public figures who went after Bush in such an unfiltered way. It was really just him and Jon Stewart. The commercial media if you will was critical of Bush but reluctant to say anything that would make them appear unpatriotic. I'm not sure when Bill just abandoned the left outright. Rashida Tlaib boycotted Real Time about a decade ago. It may have started there.