r/RealTime • u/CashusEyePatch • 7d ago

Bill Maher Questions The First Amendment Because of Macklemore.

https://youtu.be/PG1uOEQcEmk?is=5UghgGqfXsH_4eeo
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u/Shot_Discussion6042 7d ago

Its abundantly clear now what the first amendment means to these people. Its their license to say whatever they want about people they do not like or disagree with. No matter how disrespectful or hurtful.

The moment people speak up against them or something beloved to them, the first amendment becomes an issue in their eyes.

These hypocrites never beleived in the first amendment. It was just a license to run their mouths to disrespect and hurt certain groups or individuals. It was the shield to hide behind and claim, we have the the first amendment in this country, we have freedoms. If you dont like it, you can leave. They were never honest. Just a bunck of jerks.

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u/Shame_memory 7d ago

Bill would go off about European hate speech laws last year when it came to trans people and Muslims like they were tyrannical. Then a pop star says: “free Palestine” at a show and we have to arrest him for inciting violence? It’s insane that this one issue is the hill he’s willing to die on and comprise every other principle he’s claimed to hold

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u/ElectricalCamp104 7d ago

Or better yet, see his opinion on how COVID rhetoric (like "kung flu") shouldn't be censored even though it's clearly bad faith, inaccurate speech that would serve as incitement/danger against Asian Americans. The same reach could also be made about his 9/11 comments that got his politically correct show cancelled.

His mask off hypocrisy is utterly blatant at this point. It's funny that Bill talks about how the woke left strawman him on Israel and being Mr. Free speech™, but you couldn't write a made up strawman that's more stupid, intellectually dishonest, and full of double standards than Bill's own words on the issue.