Bill Maher

[GoldenRivet]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

First 700 Club now

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.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

First 700 Club now 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.

Dude, we all know that Jesus came down from on High to save us from the Reptillian threat. Duh.

Joking aside, I used to commute to work at 2 or 3 am, and Coast-to-Coast (with George Noory) was the only thing on the radio at the time. I heard a lot of weird s***.

EDIT: Yes, I know that less swearing was part of my New Year's resolution. Chalk that up to failure.

[Gargamel]

I happen to enjoy the guy, but it seems in this day and age, that anybody you don't agree with, you don't like and just call them hate spewing retards. That's actually how I see the more conservative hosts like Limbaugh and Beck. Maher appeals to those who see things in the same vein as him, just like any other host. To each their own I guess.

And yeah, I used to work night shift out on the road for 12 hours at a time, Coast to Coast is really friggin weird.

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Gargamel

it seems in this day and age, that anybody you don't agree with, you don't like and just call them hate spewing retards.

Whether or not i agree with what he is saying has no bearing. and i never once said he was a "retard" as you so offensively put it.

I'm simply saying that he has no respect.

HE is the one calling names to those he disagrees with, not the other way around.

if Maher was to offer a point and counter point - that would be one thing but just to address your counter part with derogatory, belittling and inflammatory language is pointless, it is rude and its disrespectful, especially when the individual or group being derided is not present to offer rebuttal of any kind.

I am perfectly capable of offering point and counter point all day long with my liberal friends or acquaintances without either one of us resorting to name calling and belittling no matter how passionate we may be about the subject matter... thats because while we may not see eye to eye on the topic at hand... each respects the position of the other.

Maher on the other hand, has demonstrated on numerous occasions his inability to approach virtually any subject without resorting to derogatory name calling. and because he fits into a certain compartment of our society, he could get away with name calling virtually ANY group of people without ever being called out for it.

[Gargamel]

I meant no offense or Disrespect GR, In fact I missed the point of your post. Yes he does get offensive and derogatory, but that's his schtick. He's a comedian first and political commentator second.

I was just reverting to the view that most people have when they see someone that they don't agree with.

[Blood_splat]

It is all about getting good ratings with a specific crowd.

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Gargamel

I meant no offense or Disrespect GR, In fact I missed the point of your post. Yes he does get offensive and derogatory, but that's his schtick. He's a comedian first and political commentator second.

I was just reverting to the view that most people have when they see someone that they don't agree with.

understood

I'm simply saying that he has no respect.

HE is the one calling names to those he disagrees with, not the other way around.

So you want more political correctness?

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.

Good point, thats just so passe. It was funny when the tea party were asking its fans to tea bag people but the joke is a bit old now for an ongoing comedy routine

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

So you want more political correctness?

i think that all of these hosts should be measured by the same stick

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Dude, we all know that Jesus came down from on High to save us from the Reptillian threat. Duh.

Actually I don't think you know the real truth about were Jesus came from.

Joking aside, I used to commute to work at 2 or 3 am, and Coast-to-Coast (with George Noory) was the only thing on the radio at the time. I heard a lot of weird s***t.

Perhaps you have not heard of this marvelous new invention called FM Radio?