Maher reads Tucker
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@89th said in Maher reads Tucker:
Works for me. I like Shapiro and Maher has proven himself pretty logical lately.
He hasn't changed his beliefs at all. He's attacking the far left more than the right these days, probably because it makes sense for what he sees as his show's role in political discussions, but his positions haven't really changed that much.
What kills me is that my parents are both huge Maher fans. But they still aren't aware that wokeness exists and is a thing, let alone its influence in basically everything. I really don't know how to square those two things.
Please love yourself.
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@89th said in Maher reads Tucker:
Works for me. I like Shapiro and Maher has proven himself pretty logical lately.
He hasn't changed his beliefs at all. He's attacking the far left more than the right these days, probably because it makes sense for what he sees as his show's role in political discussions, but his positions haven't really changed that much.
What kills me is that my parents are both huge Maher fans. But they still aren't aware that wokeness exists and is a thing, let alone its influence in basically everything. I really don't know how to square those two things.
@Aqua-Letifer said in Maher reads Tucker:
He hasn't changed his beliefs at all. He's attacking the far left more than the right these days
I'm not sure that's true. He himself said that conservatives tend to pick up on the 5 minutes of him condemning the left and ignore the remaining 25 minutes of him bashing Republicans.
But, I like Maher a lot more than I used to, and most of what he says resonates.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Maher reads Tucker:
He hasn't changed his beliefs at all. He's attacking the far left more than the right these days
I'm not sure that's true. He himself said that conservatives tend to pick up on the 5 minutes of him condemning the left and ignore the remaining 25 minutes of him bashing Republicans.
But, I like Maher a lot more than I used to, and most of what he says resonates.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Maher reads Tucker:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Maher reads Tucker:
He hasn't changed his beliefs at all. He's attacking the far left more than the right these days
I'm not sure that's true. He himself said that conservatives tend to pick up on the 5 minutes of him condemning the left and ignore the remaining 25 minutes of him bashing Republicans.
Compared to the 90s? When he didn't attack liberal ideals basically at all, ever? Yeah, I'd say things are different now.
Please love yourself.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Maher reads Tucker:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Maher reads Tucker:
He hasn't changed his beliefs at all. He's attacking the far left more than the right these days
I'm not sure that's true. He himself said that conservatives tend to pick up on the 5 minutes of him condemning the left and ignore the remaining 25 minutes of him bashing Republicans.
Compared to the 90s? When he didn't attack liberal ideals basically at all, ever? Yeah, I'd say things are different now.
@Aqua-Letifer said in Maher reads Tucker:
Compared to the 90s? When he didn't attack liberal ideals basically at all, ever? Yeah, I'd say things are different now.
I wonder if that was because he was establishing himself as a darling of the left and he dared not criticize them.
Of course, that all went in the crapper with his "brave" comment in 2001. It took a while to rebuild his "politically incorrect" credentials.
Now, he's probably at that point in his career where he just DGAF, and if his "new" controversial statements get more eyeballs, that's good for business, amirite?
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Maher reads Tucker:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Maher reads Tucker:
He hasn't changed his beliefs at all. He's attacking the far left more than the right these days
I'm not sure that's true. He himself said that conservatives tend to pick up on the 5 minutes of him condemning the left and ignore the remaining 25 minutes of him bashing Republicans.
Compared to the 90s? When he didn't attack liberal ideals basically at all, ever? Yeah, I'd say things are different now.
@Aqua-Letifer said in Maher reads Tucker:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Maher reads Tucker:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Maher reads Tucker:
He hasn't changed his beliefs at all. He's attacking the far left more than the right these days
I'm not sure that's true. He himself said that conservatives tend to pick up on the 5 minutes of him condemning the left and ignore the remaining 25 minutes of him bashing Republicans.
Compared to the 90s? When he didn't attack liberal ideals basically at all, ever? Yeah, I'd say things are different now.
Yes, he attacks liberals a lot more than he used to, which was never but he still attacks conservatives more than liberals.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Maher reads Tucker:
@Doctor-Phibes said in Maher reads Tucker:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Maher reads Tucker:
He hasn't changed his beliefs at all. He's attacking the far left more than the right these days
I'm not sure that's true. He himself said that conservatives tend to pick up on the 5 minutes of him condemning the left and ignore the remaining 25 minutes of him bashing Republicans.
Compared to the 90s? When he didn't attack liberal ideals basically at all, ever? Yeah, I'd say things are different now.
Yes, he attacks liberals a lot more than he used to, which was never but he still attacks conservatives more than liberals.
I don’t think it is so much liberalism that Maher attacks but rather wokism and cancel culture which has far more in common with the extreme left - what was once referred to as Jacobinism - than the mushy centre left.
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I don’t think it is so much liberalism that Maher attacks but rather wokism and cancel culture which has far more in common with the extreme left - what was once referred to as Jacobinism - than the mushy centre left.
@Renauda said in Maher reads Tucker:
I don’t think it is so much liberalism that Maher attacks but rather wokism and cancel culture which has far more in common with the extreme left - what was once referred to as Jacobinism - than the mushy centre left.
Yes I agree. It’s all the stupid stuff that seems to have grown so much in the last 20 years to the point where it’s almost mainstream, or maybe actually is mainstream
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@Renauda said in Maher reads Tucker:
I don’t think it is so much liberalism that Maher attacks but rather wokism and cancel culture which has far more in common with the extreme left - what was once referred to as Jacobinism - than the mushy centre left.
Yes I agree. It’s all the stupid stuff that seems to have grown so much in the last 20 years to the point where it’s almost mainstream, or maybe actually is mainstream
@Doctor-Phibes said in Maher reads Tucker:
@Renauda said in Maher reads Tucker:
I don’t think it is so much liberalism that Maher attacks but rather wokism and cancel culture which has far more in common with the extreme left - what was once referred to as Jacobinism - than the mushy centre left.
Yes I agree. It’s all the stupid stuff that seems to have grown so much in the last 20 years to the point where it’s almost mainstream, or maybe actually is mainstream
The mainstream left has gone religious, so that would make sense.
I am reminded of the tweet Jon linked to some time ago, where an academic deep thinker was doing some deep thinking about why people these days aren't getting conservative with age. The intellectual in question, decided it had a lot to do with his generation simply not being convinced that the right truly cares, and without that true caring, their policies are actually irrelevant.
