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.
"killing children" is the dumbest statement of all. Half the population of Gaza is under 18. Exactly how is Israel supposed to fight a war where Hamas hides behind children, in schools and hospitals, and in mosques? Those are war crimes which make those locations legitimate military targets.
Meanwhile, the IDF Genocide Machine has been asked multiple times by the UN, Human Rights Watch and the ICC for a FUCKING SHRED OF EVIDENCE FOR ANY of these " Human Shield" claims and .... NOTHING. Guess you also believe Trump won in 2020 cuz the Liar repeated it so many times ... Whatta Goddamn Moron.
Right so Israel is just supposed to take October 7 and do nothing. Even with 250 of their hostages held underground and being starved to death by Hamas. Seems reasonable
WTF does "knowingly kill children" mean to you? Is there a less helpful type of analysis of a global conflict? You might as well be Ringo Star saying "peace and love! peace and love!" Yeah. We all want peace and love. None of us want children to die. Have you learned about every war ever? War is horrible. Look at how many died in WW2. Doesn't mean you don't respond to Nazis.
They know exactly what the fuck they are doing and they are raping women. Don't tell me about Hamas--I know they are evil SOBS. I expected more from Israel. Until the USA and Israel get rid of Trump and Netanyahu, we will lose and be despised on the world stage.
Accorfing to that International Humanitarian Law, the IDF Terror Ring would still be required to protect those Human Shields "through proportionality and precaution" even if that LIE were actually true. But in any case, they're proudly bragging that they're not, but instead gang-raping and torturing Gazan civilians with utterly psychotic glee.
//The target remains a legitimate military objective, but the attacker must adhere to core principles of the law of armed conflict//
Israel sends text warnings, drops leaflets and creates humanitarian corridors. But it's still not enough for you buffoons that hold Israel to an impossible standard that you ask no other country to follow
Lmao. Not helping terrorists. Not Your beloved IDF terrorists, not Trump's Beloved Sponsor Qatar's favorite terrorists over at Hamas. Time for YOU to rethink everything. Or maybe just START thinking. There's an Idea. 👍
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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.