It's watched Bill Mahr and am furious that the first voice I had to listen to was . . . post

[Liberal In Red State]

Capitol Violence was . . . Kelly Ann Conway🤬

[Skittles]

1. it's washed?

[Catcar]

2. Yikes

[Hoyt]

3. He ridiculed her well enough. I'm enjoying watching these losers and enablers

try to rationalize — lie about — the last 4 years plus 2016 campaigning.

[demtenjeep]

5. I thought he let her make a fool of herself

he didn't do her any favors

[Hoyt]

7. Yep, and Maher smirked every time. Thought it was a good show.

Lot of different views in discussion group.

[Thekaspervote]

4. Bill Maher...such a self serving jerk. No thanks

[USALiberal]

6. Washed???

[quickesst]

8. most of the time....

.... The vilification of Bill Maher is usually caused by his not being afraid to confront the right wing which a lot of Democrats take completely out of context as offering a platform for right-wing views. I see it as exposing them to the public. Another reason for his vilification is his courage to speak some uncomfortable truths about the left. It would be nice, but we are not perfect, and Bill Maher does not preach to the choir.

[Dem4Life1102]

9. What uncomfortable truths?

[quickesst]

11. just one example........

.... and if you don't believe Bill Maher, listen to the Democratic politicians in this segment. People on the left don't want to hear rhetoric like this, but they need to in order to improve their message.

https://m.

&t=183s

[Silent3]

12. That was definitely one of Maher's best rants

I think he can be an asshole sometimes too, and I certainly don't agree with him on some issues. But it's GOOD to listen to people you don't agree with. In fact, that's a big part of what Maher is on about when it comes to Democrats -- we've got to give up having so many "woke" purity tests.

You can either have a very small group of allies who fit into some rigid orthodoxy, or you have a big group of allies, and all the extra votes and power that brings, by learning to be tolerant of not just racial and ethnic and sexual and physical diversity, but tolerant of some philosophical and political diversity as well.

[quickesst]

14. that's a very good analogy....

.... and I think you pretty much nailed it.

[JonLP24]

17. Tired of the left bashing

When right wing extremists stormed the Capitol. We don't have to do shit. The right need to keep their extremists in line who BTW are also hate groups.

DC is secured like a war zone and the right wing is to blame.

[Dem4Life1102]

13. That's not an uncomfortable truth

It’s something that has been well discussed here and in many other venues.

So any other examples?

[USALiberal]

15. Lol, nice try! Nt

[Dem4Life1102]

16. No it's the truth

But still waiting for one uncomfortable truths that Maher “points out”.

[quickesst]

18. Here is the thing.

I could spend my time chasing down more examples for you, but no matter how many I present there will always be people who have discussed each one and do not view it as uncomfortable. On the other hand, there are many on the left who would take umbrage with every example I might present. Everyone on the left does not think exactly the same as you do. The left is not a hive with a hive mentality. Our opinions and the ways we deal with certain issues are many, and are highly diverse.

[Dem4Life1102]

19. I agree that the left doesn't have a hive mentality

and opinions are highly diverse. All of which disprove your original claim.

[quickesst]

20. How so?

Please elaborate. Thanks.

[Dem4Life1102]

21. Because the left doesn't have a hive mentality

as you said what might be uncomfortable for some is not for others. Thus there are no uncomfortable truths for all the left.

[quickesst]

22. what part of....

.... "many on the left" do you not understand? I never said, nor implied that all of the left took umbrage to what Bill Maher has said. Show me anywhere in my posts the phrase, "All the left".

[Dem4Life1102]

23. But your original statement didn't say many

It said:

Another reason for his vilification is his courage to speak some uncomfortable truths about the left.

Which indicated all.

[quickesst]

24. reading comprehension

He does speak some uncomfortable truths about the left, but as I have told you, nowhere in my posts, original or otherwise did I state that it made all of the left uncomfortable. Taking my words completely out of context will not morph your accusation into a true statement. There is only one person I can think of that could pull off that hat trick.🤔

[Dem4Life1102]

25. When you don't qualify it

It implies all the left. And you still haven’t shown an example for any of these “uncomfortable truths”.

[quickesst]

26. just because....

.... You did not take umbrage, or feel uncomfortable, as you claim, with the examples I presented in the video that does not mean everyone on the left felt the same way. For some reason you seem to not be able to get away from the concept of a hive mentality on the left. As for what you deem qualifying, I believe there is a difference when it comes to understanding a simple concept by a reasonable adult which should not require qualification, and a complicated multi-level concept that may require qualification for that same reasonable adult. All I can say is, if you fail to understand my point by now, then further explanation will not change that, and would only be a waste of both our time.

[Dem4Life1102]

28. You provided one example that wasn't

an uncomfortable truth but something well discussed. You failed to provide any other examples and you brought up hive mentality, not me, which undermines your original statement.

[quickesst]

31. last post

It seems that of the several replies I have received concerning my original statement, yours is the only negative I can see. I am good with that outcome. Stay safe.

[Dem4Life1102]

32. Big deal

You made a statement and failed to back up your claim.

[quickesst]

33. last last post

Backing up my claim to you is like backing up my claim to trump supporters that there was no widespread voter fraud. They won't ever believe it, no matter what.

[Dem4Life1102]

36. Nice dodge

You didn’t even try to back it up.

[jalan48]

10. Conway sucked but Couric was good.

[moonscape]

27. I like her, but found it super annoying

how she would not stop talking, inerrupted, and would not let others interject when she hogged the mic.

[FreepFryer]

29. Bill Maher is a smarmier Dick Cavett with less charisma, no moral compass and pothead rage.

No one I know under 50 gives a shit about what he has to say since he started posturing as an ersatz libertarian (which means false equivalences, refusal to acknowledge matters of diversity and fairness, and mean spiritedness).

Humor on a higher level, I know - but he used to be a whole lot kinder.

[Paladin]

34. Don't restrict the "gives a shit" comment to the under-50 crowd.

I'm 70, and I walked away from Maher years ago. Got tired of his regular trashing of liberals, right-wing drooler guests, etc. Life is too short.

[FreepFryer]

35. Nice

Same. Not trying to match hate w hate but u could smell the sellout.

[betsuni]

30. He gave three million dollars to PACs to get Democrats elected.

Michael Moore was on his show and asked him, incredulously, how he could do that.