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In reply to the discussion: So Bill Maher is going [View all]misanthrope
(8,625 posts)13. That's his greatest crime
When you have a comedy show, there should be laughs. However, his ever-expanding grumpiness just sounds curmudgeonly, when he isn't equivocating and pandering to try and retain a larger base of viewers.
My wife insisted on turning on his show the other night. At one point he began complaining about the failing American educational system and blamed it on old-fashioned learning being sacrificed to "woke indoctrination." Neither he nor his guests even brought up the fact that educational curriculum at the high school level and below are mostly the product of individual states, their standards and funding. If he thinks average kids in Alabama and Mississippi are being "indoctrinated" into "being woke," he is sadly mistaken.
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Yet there are some who say he is a right winger. Yeah, really. Although when pressed
Abolishinist
Monday
#21
Black and white are skin tones. Irish and Italian and African are geographical (capitalized) locations.
LAS14
Monday
#51
Disappointing, thought your title meant HBO had finally shit-canned his ass.
Xavier Breath
Mar 30
#17
It's real easy when you have a show. 😉 Ignoring the fact that DT will not change one iota is gaslighting.
58Sunliner
Monday
#39