Bill Maher Admits His Audience Are 'Brainwashed Liberals'

The subtlties of humor obviously escape you.

Well said!

Agreed 100%

Thank you for mentioning this.

Yes, I did watch it (earlier today), and my comments still stand *exactly* the way I posted them below.

whats boring is the knee jerk reactions you zom-bots post to defend a position and a group that doesnt give a fuck about you other than as a slave and a consumer.

(((( YAWN!! )))) Extremists bore me, so much so, that just reading them makes me want to nap.
(((( YAWN!! )))) Nighty,night. While I'm asleep, maybe you can have a conversation with Mishima, an extremist from the other side. Please wake me up after you are both done whining and Obama has won re-election. (((( YAWN!!! )))) I am so bored.

ikr?

preach on. add keef to that mix, as he is a charlatan with an ego as well.

Why , thank you !

You are more than welcome...

I've yet to meet anyone on this site who will actually defend him like you say. Where do you meet all these people who are all for him?

I think he's referring to the few people like me who will defend him relentlessly because people like Anonmaly attack him relentlessly. They have lost all perspective and need someone to remind them of reality every now and then. Which is irrelevent to the fact that this post is nothing but a lberal baiting piece of shit.

No, the interesting part was not what Mahler said, but what the other guest - an extreme Leftist - said about the audience. Listen again to the spontaneous remark by Comrade Reiner right after Maher made that statement. The very next statement by the other Left-winger.

I have eyes and ears and an understanding of how comedy works and is written. You think there is no production staff or writing staff on that show? Do you realize that 80% of what guests say on that show is discussed beforehand and prescripted? Not in the way a situation comedy is scripted word for word, but in guideline and in pre-production meetings. Very little happens on that show, or others like it, without the host knowing it's going to happen. Those out of the industry are so naive. I suppose you think that the straight news shows like Hardball and the O'Reily Factor
are not preplanned either. You actually believe those film cues come up by themselves and the hosts are unaware of what is about to happen? Get real.

OK, it was scripted. Either way, Reiner was right in his follow up comment after Maher said liberals are brainwashed: Reiner said those are the people who watch his show. The brainwashed.

As compared to the braindead Republicans? This thread is closed. On your way out ,all liberal baitors, please turn even further to the right.

Not me brother , but still , here we are .... engaging with those that think differently , and that is good and healthy for a free people to do, i think .

just curious, so why in your opinion is this paost a piece of crap?

depends on who's posting i guess

"engaging with those who think differently" That's a great attitude, artemis!

Considering this was posted in Comedy, it's also nice to see a bit of levity on Current, as well.

why is it a distraction? beacuse the liberal demigod maher spoke his mind (again) and this time it included the leftylibs and not conservatives? had he been talking about rethuglicans you'd have been in total agreement my friend

just because you find it personally irrelevant doesnt make it so.

Said just like an ignorant Bill Maher fan. Let me be clear, I have no problem with this being added as a story, but considering the state of affairs of our country, and planet, there is no way this should appear in the top community stories. I am not calling you a mindless ignorant douche, no way.

Yeah the government would never lie to us right?
The government would never do anything to hurt its own people right???

well many on the left seem to find celeb stories more relevant than world affairs. who do you think buys most of the gossip mags and watches maury povitch? you can call me whatever you wish. i know who and what i am and am for the most part comfortable with that. the rest im improving upon

Maybe it will help control the Giant roaches that live in the trees around here.

At best you could say he was a hypocrite (from a pundit? how unexpected), the rest I kind of have to roll my eyes at.

He's a person, people are inconsistent. They change their mind and act like jerks all the time. You could write a similar character assassination of just about anyone.

The only thing I agree with is that it's shitty that he was anti-union, everything else is hardly worth mentioning or just so much slander. Some of it's insidious too. It has that faux-Progressive, support-Obama-or-die vibe that many mercenary political analysts go for.

For example, when you called Obama apologetics "astute" and then referring to "integrity" when he was critical of him before the 2010 elections. What the fuck? You don't see how creepy that sounds? Being Progressive does not mandate you to curtail your opinions to save Democrats some theoretical face.

Being Progressive is, at best, a set of rational goals, not a list of requirements for political belief. The death penalty nonsense you kept bringing up is a good example. Are you gonna say that all Progressives want to ban guns too? Neither are Progressive opinions. Even if they were, they certainly aren't shared probably by even a majority of people who would call themselves that.

He says intelligent things and is occasionally funny, that's all that matters.

and???????

I agree , i do not agree with all anyone says , nor do i feel i must . I am not sure i qualify as a fan though . I even disagree with george Carlin some . Not a lot though .

How can a comedian be a fraud ? By being NOT funny ?

that would make him a free thinking independent. something the left generally lacks. ive gained some new respect for him

why, because he hurt your feeeelings? cry baby

celebrities should keep their politics to themselves, unless its what they base their careers upon. the more i know about some celebs the less i want to spend money on theri films.

Hmm . I wouldn't know , as i do not have TV . Most liberals i know do not do tv . He probably has stuff online , i just have better things to do . I do see clips here and there . Sometimes he is funny . Not a deep thinker , but funny .

That's your opinion, which is fine.

But the case you made for him being a fraud (assuming you didn't copy and paste it from somewhere) wasn't particularly convincing.

Moreover, even if it were true, none of it actually discredits what he has to say. Which, most of the time, is pretty reasonable.

Even in this specific clip, what can you honestly disagree with strongly?

Brilliant remark.

Congo, dude, celebrities are as entitled as anyone else to speak their minds about what they believe. I wish some of them would shut the hell up but I defend their right to free speech.

You can choose to stop supporting them though, that is your freedom.

I see you are busy tonight making friends and influencing people. :)

I will fight to defend their free speech , even yours . Celebrities have the right to say stupid shit just as much as the rest of us . Hell , even corporations get that right ( though they are NOT really people to my way of thinking ) . Now THAT , is LIBERAL .

Thank you . It was honest .

Voted up !

I, too, will defend anyone's right to free speech regardless of political ideology, because I think it's very important to have the opportunity to hear/read all different views from bloggers.

so does that mean no make up sex?

im not saying they dont have the right. what im saying is too many people give too much validity to their view points. just because someone is a celebrity doesnt make them smarter or more savvy on politics. many of them are only as good as their last film or project and hold no real intelligence over the average american. they live in a bubble and cannot relate to the rest of us any more than the average politician. there are several really good actors who espouse politcal beliefs opposite of my own and i can appreciate their art. but many times it is difficult for me to seperate the actors politics from his or her acting role when they make what i consider irrational political comments publically.

and i will fight for it also. i never meant they didnt have the right to free speech. but sometimes that free speech colors my perception of the actor as a person which makes viewing their films nausiating. i wish i had the ability to disassociate the stupid political comments form the actor so i could enjoy their artwork but many times i cant.

Glad to stand with you .

Thank you for your commitment , i will stand with you on that anytime . I just stick to reading books , most movies are insultingly stupid and a waste of time anyway . I have no idea who these "celebrities" are and even less of an impulse to give a shit .... unless they earn my respect in some way , which is rare . It is bad enough i have to pay attention to these godawful politicians , looking for SOMEONE i can vote for , who is NOT an inbred aristocratic twit .

Sweetie darling, the same can be said about most politicians and people for that matter. Most people do not know what they are talking about in a real way. I love Mel Gibson, the actor. The man, however is kind of a crazy asshole. If you think any of the current batch of Republican candidates has ever lived paycheck to paycheck, you are mad. So listening to them talk about taking away the only safety nets that there are from the most vulnerable of our citizens makes me as mad as I guess some nit wit celebritard taking politics makes you.

peace

im glad we kissed and made up

And it seems there is a lot of truth in this joke. Just look at most of the people who are defending Maher and his program, they are Liberals. Ha Ha. They helped prove this joke to be True.

Uh, I think you'll find that virtually everyone here agrees with Ron Paul on foreign policy, so how is it even applicable?

Or are you like the guy who wrote this and you just don't even care? Maher said it and therefore your prejudice is 100% true.

Yes, Maher revealed our deepest secret. We were all whisked away as children to Marx indoctrination camps and now we're irreversibly damaged to believe whatever the great leaders tell us.

Or maybe that was bible camp, I can't remember.

Also, do you up-vote your own posts? Because I seriously doubt anyone else read and voted up that comment so quickly.

Yes, there is a lot of truth to this!
Brainwashing has its setbacks. Obviously.
Brainwashed individuals do not realize that they are brainwashed.

I'm the one who voted Carlos UP.

You can check my votes. I didn't vote it up. He implied that his viewers were brainwashed whether it is a joke or not. I think it is true as we can see by the people defending Maher.

And they still defend him when he says they are brainwashed. I don't think you can get anymore brainwashed than these guys.

Fair enough. On the substance though, I do want to end our Empire, our security state and our wars overseas. That's what I was referring to.

It's almost as if you're being intentionally stupid. You literally do not understand what a joke is.

Thanks for confirming exactly what I said by the way. Enjoy your prejudice if that's what you need to feel smart.

Good point!

But, my favorite ones (~snark~) are the brainwashed hypocrites; the ones who claim to be such tolerant Liberals, yet they cannot tolerate certain other Liberals for whatever reason they may have; it's usually if one calls them out on the bullshit of their own hypocrisy. These guys are a hoot! I laugh my ass off every time at "these guys", too.

I hate to engage in the exact same generalizing behavior I claim to loathe, but this happens so often it just has to be fucking true.

I believe that a significant portion of Conservatives, maybe even a majority, don't even care about politics. They just hate "Liberals." The "Liberals" they hate don't even actually have to be liberals, they just have to seem like it so they can hate them. As a result, they'll side with anyone who hates liberals, no matter how god damn stupid they are. As long as they hate liberals, it doesn't even matter what they believe.

I know it's anecdotal, but ex-Conservatives even admit this.

http://the1585.com/usedtobe.htm

In addition, I've had other people tell me this too.

Tan and Carlos, I think you've both rotted your brains because you hate people that don't even really exist. As a result, you've sided with people who are so much worse than liberals that it is literally insane that you follow them. Get a grip.

I haven't "sided" with anyone. I speak for myself. Your personal attack isn't appreciated.

btw, I'm not generalizing; I'm speaking from personal experience. So, yes, they do *exist*.

That's funny then why are the ones carrying out our foreign policy (the military) still sending him more money than any other candidate?

Has someone been poking fun at your personal talking head ? Was this supposed to hurt my liberal feelings ?

Good obedient soldiers do not ask many questions . They are trained not to .

It seems to me "liberal " is a fictional character they created to hate , i have seen them put all sorts of absurd words into the mouths of these characters on FOX and other places the hateful enjoy watching . A group of individuals is too difficult to grapple with in a sound byte .

Example ? Could you be confusing disagreement with intolerance ?

Who is "defending" him ? I read the entire post looking for it ...

huh?

maher zombies

foreign policy sucks