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9. Does Bill Maher still matter to anyone...
Sun May 25, 2025, 01:36 PM
May 2025

...on the left?

He's a closet libertarian and a slightly under-the-surface aggrieved old white guy. He's spent most of the last few years railing against "woke", and while he's fairly pointed out the excesses, he's ultimately decided the biggest issue is the left shouldn't offend those who countenance bigotry, racism, misogyny, and bias, things by definition you have to accept if you support Trump. He thinks "non-racists" who support a racist simply should somehow be recognized as good people by the people who are being hurt, or those who oppose that. Maher remains a political dilettante who thinks he's a truth-teller when he's nothing more than a panderer and a jerk.

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