Why do Democrats hate Bill Maher so much?

[VBM]

I don’t get why liberals/Democrats hate Bill Maher so much. He’s been consistently right. He won’t us that Trump would not concede. He warned us that Biden running again would be a disaster. He warned us that the debate would be a disaster for Biden

[Alben Barkley]

He hurts people’s feelings by telling the truth.

Lots of modern Democrats think “Be Kind” is the most important thing in the world, even if it leads to objectively terrible outcomes like allowing a fascist to try to take over the government because it might be mean to tell an old man he’s past his prime, or refusing to criticize a religion responsible for the mutilation and slavery of millions of poor minority women. Bill refuses to engage in this BS, he’s an old school Democrat like me, and that’s why I love him and watch every week even though I don’t always agree with him.

Bill really should get more credit for being the only one to sound the alarm bell about Trump never conceding from day 1. He is the real modern Cassandra.

[HillGoose]

bcuz hes on TV, and the lamestream media is always lyin!

[dead0man]

he only agrees with them on 89% of things so not pure enough

[VBM]

He hurts people’s feelings by telling the truth.

Lots of modern Democrats think “Be Kind” is the most important thing in the world, even if it leads to objectively terrible outcomes like allowing a fascist to try to take over the government because it might be mean to tell an old man he’s past his prime, or refusing to criticize a religion responsible for the mutilation and slavery of millions of poor minority women. Bill refuses to engage in this BS, he’s an old school Democrat like me, and that’s why I love him and watch every week even though I don’t always agree with him.

It's absolutely insane how Democrats, even on this site, treat Maher and Carville like they're senile old men yelling at clouds, even though they consistently keep being proven right.

[Alben Barkley]

He hurts people’s feelings by telling the truth.

Lots of modern Democrats think “Be Kind” is the most important thing in the world, even if it leads to objectively terrible outcomes like allowing a fascist to try to take over the government because it might be mean to tell an old man he’s past his prime, or refusing to criticize a religion responsible for the mutilation and slavery of millions of poor minority women. Bill refuses to engage in this BS, he’s an old school Democrat like me, and that’s why I love him and watch every week even though I don’t always agree with him.

It's absolutely insane how Democrats, even on this site, treat Maher and Carville like they're senile old men yelling at clouds, even though they consistently keep being proven right.

Because they don’t care about objective facts even if they are directly proven right in front of them and are logically irrefutable, they only care about feeling righteous.

People knock the Myers-Briggs test but I really think the “Feeling” vs. “Thinking” preference explains like all of this.

[axiomsofdominion]

I don’t get why liberals/Democrats hate Bill Maher so much. He’s been consistently right. He won’t us that Trump would not concede. He warned us that Biden running again would be a disaster. He warned us that the debate would be a disaster for Biden

Maher is an idiot. That's why people hate him. He's just a doomer who is basically a Gabbard/Greenwald type at this point.

I don't care much about him, he hasn't been relevant since New Atheism lost the juice, but that above is why liberals don't like him.

[ShadowRocket]

I have and still think he's a pompous asshole regardless of whether or not his predictions are accurate.

And a quick reminder:

Bill Maher Says Writers Are Not 'Owed a Living' as the WGA & SAG-AFTRA Strikes Continue

https://movieweb.com/bill-maher-wga-sag-aftra-strikes/

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Because he’s a deeply bigoted, narcissistic jacka**

[OSR stands with Israel]

Because he’s a deeply bigoted, narcissistic jacka**

He’s not bigoted

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Because he’s a deeply bigoted, narcissistic jacka**

He’s not bigoted

He is a deeply Islamophobic bigot and honestly, his views on non-atheists in general are pretty gross

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I don’t get why liberals/Democrats hate Bill Maher so much. He’s been consistently right. He won’t us that Trump would not concede. He warned us that Biden running again would be a disaster. He warned us that the debate would be a disaster for Biden

Maher is an idiot. That's why people hate him. He's just a doomer who is basically a Gabbard/Greenwald type at this point.

No he's not. I've never heard of him defending Trump.

[Hindsight was 2020]

He’s a transphobic and Islamophobic douche who gives people like Steve Bannon and Milo Yiannopoulos platforms

[world.execute(me)]

Because he's the personification of the Dunning-Kruger effect and a blowhard a**hole.

[VBM]

Because he’s a deeply bigoted, narcissistic jacka**

He’s not bigoted

He is a deeply Islamophobic bigot and honestly, his views on non-atheists in general are pretty gross

What’s the most Islamophobic thing Maher has said?

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

He’s also on PETA’s board of directors IIRC

[TML]

He has fallen victim to something called "guest capture" - he brought on so many right-leaning guests that he started to share their thoughts on various issues (remember that he supported Bernie Sanders in 2015-16 but has steadily shifted rightward since).

[Hindsight was 2020]

Because he’s a deeply bigoted, narcissistic jacka**

He’s not bigoted

He is a deeply Islamophobic bigot and honestly, his views on non-atheists in general are pretty gross

What’s the most Islamophobic thing Maher has said?

Alben has posted several times the yt clip of Bill’s “Islam treats women bad so you’re dumb for protesting Israel” segment from a few weeks ago. Come on, Bill’s deeply reactionary views towards Muslims is well documented

[VBM]

Because he’s a deeply bigoted, narcissistic jacka**

He’s not bigoted

He is a deeply Islamophobic bigot and honestly, his views on non-atheists in general are pretty gross

What’s the most Islamophobic thing Maher has said?

Alben has posted several times the yt clip of Bill’s “Islam treats women bad so you’re dumb for protesting Israel” segment from a few weeks ago. Come on, Bill’s deeply reactionary views towards Muslims is well documented

It’s not Islamophobic to point out that women are treated horribly in Muslim countries.

[It’s so Joever]

He’s an arrogant douche and doesn’t even hide it. Stances aside, he really has a slappable face.

[Goldwater]

He’s also on PETA’s board of directors IIRC

This is enough reason to hate him, regardless of anything else he's said or done.

[DaleCooper]

Because he's a no-talent hack who's not funny at all. I have defended him in the past when he would say the occasional thing that I wanted to hear (shame on me!) but he's completely lost it lately. He recently said that DeSantis was protecting the children from the evil groomers at Disney World unlike the evil woke Democrats, and if that severe of a delusion doesn't invalidate all of his commentary then I don't know what would.

[LBJer]

a religion responsible for the mutilation and slavery of millions of poor minority women.

Female circumcision was around long before Islam.

[VBM]

Because he's a no-talent hack who's not funny at all. I have defended him in the past when he would say the occasional thing that I wanted to hear (shame on me!) but he's completely lost it lately. He recently said that DeSantis was protecting the children from the evil groomers at Disney World unlike the evil woke Democrats, and if that severe of a delusion doesn't invalidate all of his commentary then I don't know what would.

I don’t think that’s what he said.

[DaleCooper]

Because he's a no-talent hack who's not funny at all. I have defended him in the past when he would say the occasional thing that I wanted to hear (shame on me!) but he's completely lost it lately. He recently said that DeSantis was protecting the children from the evil groomers at Disney World unlike the evil woke Democrats, and if that severe of a delusion doesn't invalidate all of his commentary then I don't know what would.

I don’t think that’s what he said.

Not an exact quote but it is pretty much what he said in his monologue about the Nickelodeon documentary. It was the first Bill Maher thing I'd seen in years, and it will likely be the last one I ever waste my time on.