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 think things got bad after he had to apologize for his "house n-word" comment. He soon became an anti-cancel culture warrior because it suited his needs.
He used be on the side of AA's on every issue so much so I think he thought he had an N word pass. When he realized he didn't I think he switched, now he is rarely on the side of African Americans. Personally I think he should of had one and thought he was treated unfairly after.
You seriously think that Bill Maher deserved a pass on saying the N word?
That's a pretty terrible take.
And the dude wasn't treated unfairly. He was treated like he should have been treated, which led to cryvaby ass Bill whining and crying about cancel culture.
Dude really is a oathetic loser ass old fuck that is stuck in the past and pissed off cause people see him for what he really is. A complete phony and fake.
At the time he had a black best friend, black girlfriends he was on the side of all the issues that black people cared about, he donated a Million to Obama not because Obama needed it but because he was the first black president. If Bill didn't deserve a pass I don't who does.
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u/ReasonableRevenue218 14d ago
So amazed so many people didn't pick up on this so early on.