‘Nobody has been harder … about Donald Trump than me,’ Maher says after fellow comedian compared his meal with US president to meeting Hitler

Bill Maher doesn’t seem to be a fan of Larry David’s satire of Maher’s dinner with Trump.

I thought Larry’s satire was very good. What do you think?

  • Allonzee@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    It’s been fascinating watching Bill Maher’s brain atrophy over the last 15 or so years.

    He’s living proof as to why there should be ANNUAL DRIVING TESTS required past the age of 60 to keep your driver’s license.

    • yesman@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      The problem with Maher isn’t that he’s changed. It’s that he hasn’t. Maybe he was a progressive in 1976. But he hasn’t progressed since then.

      What was his show in the 90s? Politically Incorrect. Remember that ‘politically correct’ is what they used to call woke.

      And all that stuff about Islamophobia and Western Chauvinism is just another trend among the reactionary intellectuals. Bill has always been an op.

  • mhague@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Left: Fuck Israel. Fuck Abrahamic religions. Fuck genocide.

    Right: Jews went to work camps. Holocaust never happened. Jews control the world. Jews are replacing white people. Jews need to go. (((Soros!!!)))

    Maher: the right is the worst but can we talk about how much the left hates Jews now? I feel like being mean to Trump is basically shitting on Holocaust victims.

    Also Maher: I can host a show called Politically Incorrect, and the people I agree with deserve free speech, but everyone else should speak in murmurs and hushed tones. Won’t you have compassion??

  • Omega@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    The guy sending innocent people to their deaths to live in concentration camps built for torture with no hope of escape and no due process cannot be compared to… oh shit. But it’s totally different because it’s just brown people. Oh damn.

    Trump is already in late stage Hitler. There’s just a few more guardrails still in place, for now. But we’re just a couple failsafes away from WW2 Germany.

  • GraniteM@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Breaking bread with a fascist is kind of insulting to everyone who has ever been victimized by a previous or current fascist regime.

  • RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    as a former long time fan of Bill Maher I have to say that I’ve been consistently disappointed in recent years with his shift towards the right along the way. he lost touch with where he came from as he’s gotten older and richer and it’s obvious and painful.

    • WarmRegards@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      3 days ago

      He hasn’t shifted that much if you revisit some of his older material. He’s always been an unrepentant Islamophobe.

      • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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        3 days ago

        It’s crazy to me how many atheist boomer types think Islam is any worse than Christianity or Judaism, like everyone isn’t willfully ignoring all the parts that would make you a terrible person to do or believe and cherry picking what they already agree with.

        Or they’re trash, one of the two.

  • gnomesaiyan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I have to keep the TV muted while waiting for his shitty show to end and HIGNFY to start. I just can’t stand listening to him speak. Such a punchable face.

  • brvslvrnst@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    Again, the irony: let’s go back to what my original thing was. There’s got to be a better way than hurling insults and not talking to people.

    Irony is dead lol. Bill…you are talking about DT, who literally only insults. It’s especially terrible if the MF is completely different in private, because it shows an awareness of that.

    • futatorius@lemm.ee
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      3 days ago

      It’s especially terrible if the MF is completely different in private

      That’s because he’s two-faced.

  • foggy@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Oh God I hope Larry keeps publishing things at bill maher without ever actually talking to him, and I hope bill keeps fuming.

  • TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    When you call yourself a comedian and all you do is make “points” maybe you should call yourself something different. Something like a “cunt”.

    Fuck bill maher

    • hakase@lemm.eeEnglish
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      3 days ago

      That might not be the best criterion, since that’s basically all that George Carlin did too.

  • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Supporters of the “Nazi Israeli state” saying others is a Nazi, that’s rich coming from you