Bill Maher

GoldenRivet · 01-04-11, 12:27 PM

I caught up with most of an episode of Bill Maher's show at the home of an acquaintance of mine (he is quite liberal, and the only liberal in our "group"). I had to watch it there, because really, he has never appealed to me...

and frankly, I'm not really sure who this Maher guy is supposed to appeal to.

it seems that he and his writers spend most of their time coming up with little nick names for groups he disagrees with.

One, which was a particular turn off to myself was "Snake handler".

his comment was something about "All these crazy snake handling christians..." being opposed to something. For someone who tends to try and appeal to the left, he sure congers up a lot of hate speech.

I have heard him repeatedly refer to the TEA Party members as "Tea Baggers" with all of the obvious implications of the phrase to anyone in the know these days.

....and lord only knows what other nonsense has spewed from that massive hole in his face.

i lump him into the same, raunchy category as many might place Dr. Laura or Imus. He, like a couple of other show/radio hosts... has nothing worth while to contribute to discussion or conversation. He is constantly on the attack, particularly using derogatory terminology to describe those who he opposes.

I found him to be a disrespectful, spiteful, hateful little man.

August · 01-04-11, 12:30 PM

That pretty much sums him up. Nothing that Limbaugh or Beck says is nearly as bad as the hate he spews out on every show.

Takeda Shingen · 01-04-11, 01:28 PM

I see him more as a political Howard Stern; a 'shock jock' with little substance. No, he isn't much like Glen Beck, who is more of a conspiracy loon in the vein of the Coast-to-Coast crowd. No, Maher says what he says strictly to offend, to incite and to enthrall. I never put stock into what he has to say, and place him on my personal list of people who the world would be better without.

Growler · 01-04-11, 01:36 PM

What I don't get about all of the politico-extremists of all flavors is this: Why bother?

What are they doing to help ANYTHING other than their own personal checkbooks? There's far more of us in the middle of both sides than there are of the zealots, yet the zealots get all the airtime because conflict sells. Wouldn't they be practicing what they purport to preach by using their "power" to actually reach some form of compromise?

Gah. Sometimes I'm too much an idealist for my own good. I need a drink.

Spoon 11th · 01-04-11, 03:31 PM

After seeing his speech in the end of the movie Religulous, I started thinking he's in the same boat as Richard Dawkins. They are both becoming oldish men and are genuinely worried about mankind's future and would like to see things turning better in their lifetime, so that the could die happier. That means less religulous world. Seeing religions as the most evil evil in the world right now is the right assessment. I agree with both of them.

nikimcbee · 01-04-11, 04:04 PM

First 700 Club now

Quote:

Coast-to-Coast crowd

I learn something new about tak everyday

. With a resume like that, you may wind up as a football commish in yahoo.

On a side note. I put my money where my mouth is. I cancelled HBO

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01-04-11, 12:27 PM	#1
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Bill Maher I caught up with most of an episode of Bill Maher's show at the home of an acquaintance of mine (he is quite liberal, and the only liberal in our "group"). I had to watch it there, because really, he has never appealed to me... and frankly, I'm not really sure who this Maher guy is supposed to appeal to. it seems that he and his writers spend most of their time coming up with little nick names for groups he disagrees with. One, which was a particular turn off to myself was "Snake handler". his comment was something about "All these crazy snake handling christians..." being opposed to something. For someone who tends to try and appeal to the left, he sure congers up a lot of hate speech. I have heard him repeatedly refer to the TEA Party members as "Tea Baggers" with all of the obvious implications of the phrase to anyone in the know these days. ....and lord only knows what other nonsense has spewed from that massive hole in his face. i lump him into the same, raunchy category as many might place Dr. Laura or Imus. He, like a couple of other show/radio hosts... has nothing worth while to contribute to discussion or conversation. He is constantly on the attack, particularly using derogatory terminology to describe those who he opposes. I found him to be a disrespectful, spiteful, hateful little man. __________________

01-04-11, 12:30 PM	#2
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,206 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That pretty much sums him up. Nothing that Limbaugh or Beck says is nearly as bad as the hate he spews out on every show. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

01-04-11, 01:36 PM	#4
Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	What I don't get about all of the politico-extremists of all flavors is this: Why bother? What are they doing to help ANYTHING other than their own personal checkbooks? There's far more of us in the middle of both sides than there are of the zealots, yet the zealots get all the airtime because conflict sells. Wouldn't they be practicing what they purport to preach by using their "power" to actually reach some form of compromise? Gah. Sometimes I'm too much an idealist for my own good. I need a drink. __________________ At Fiddler’s Green, where seamen true When here they’ve done their duty The bowl of grog shall still renew And pledge to love and beauty.

01-04-11, 01:28 PM	#3
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I see him more as a political Howard Stern; a 'shock jock' with little substance. No, he isn't much like Glen Beck, who is more of a conspiracy loon in the vein of the Coast-to-Coast crowd. No, Maher says what he says strictly to offend, to incite and to enthrall. I never put stock into what he has to say, and place him on my personal list of people who the world would be better without.

01-04-11, 03:31 PM	#5
Spoon 11th Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 689 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	After seeing his speech in the end of the movie Religulous, I started thinking he's in the same boat as Richard Dawkins. They are both becoming oldish men and are genuinely worried about mankind's future and would like to see things turning better in their lifetime, so that the could die happier. That means less religulous world. Seeing religions as the most evil evil in the world right now is the right assessment. I agree with both of them.