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Eliot Rosewater

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6. I cant find HBO doing anything, what did I miss?

Reply to La Lioness Priyanka (Reply #5)

Tue Jun 6, 2017, 01:32 PM

Jun 2017

Maher is an asshole, I dont like him but I do like his show.

He derides his audience all the time for not laughing.

He isnt funny really either, but we need that show, we have so little.

He is a privileged white guy, nothing new there.

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If white liberal men were as pugnacious in their defense of anti-racism as they are about Bill Maher [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2017 OP

Truth! irisblue Jun 2017 #1

+1000 brer cat Jun 2017 #2

it's been a horrorshow here, if people had the rare combo of intelligence and empathy La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2017 #3

Is Democratic Uunderground the single largest gathering place of Democrats and liberals Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #4

the fact that the admins do not ever seem to post about racial issues is also not helpful La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2017 #5

I cant find HBO doing anything, what did I miss? Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #6

following morning HBO released a statement about it La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2017 #7

The statement denounced him but he is not fired, right? Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #8

i have yet to meet a single person who says he or she voted for a democrat because of Bill Maher, La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2017 #9

I dont know, I do know that many of the voices on his show arent heard anywhere Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #10

I have heard each of his voices elsewhere often La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2017 #11

Not just race, they are silent as tombs on gender harassment of their own members as well Number23 Jun 2017 #14

Yup La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2017 #15

Of Course lib87 Jun 2017 #12

Yup La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2017 #13