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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
The shows where he’d have Andrew Sullivan, Rushdie, and Hitchens on were his best moments. Rushdie is a fantastic guest. Sullivan still performs well, also.
He had Charles Blow on a few weeks ago and there were numerous testy exchanges. That was somewhat insightful, because Blow explained a definition of social justice warrior I’d not heard before.
If you’re famous and you’ve done a big book, you do Maher. And he does a solid job of actually researching the books.
His interview with Bannon was also great. He can’t stand the guy, but he held it together and hit Bannon with a polite but strong cross examination.
Maher reminds of the old days, when people engaged rather than shouted over or refused to entertain the positions of their opponents. The days before deplatforming, call out mobs, or someone asserting the opponent had no right to speak because he or she didn’t come from a certain background.
And of course I love his refusal to kowtow to either side’s sanctimonious positions. He rips the crybabies and virtue signalers on the right and left. Is he revealing some amazing new insight? No. But he’s tacking toward the middle and calling out the children and bullshitters on both sides. He’s this rare thing we see little of in political debates anymore: A rational person with common sense.
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My god, Sebbie showed an interest in Rushdie*, someone who is not an old white dude. Amazing. Sebbie, what have you read by him?
* Even Blow gets a mention.
