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Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan
I get annoyed that he doesn't let anyone contradict his worldview. Someone says something smart that he doesn't like, and he shuts down the conversation. And he's terrible with women.
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I find him perfect in this regard in three areas:
1. Religion. It’s dangerous nonsense.
2. Climate change denial. See #1.
3. Free speech. You’re offended? Well then you’re not that bright. To register offense is to apply to the referee. Now, of course, if you play the refs well, good strategy on you. But the offended Maher skewers aren’t playing anyone. They’re dangerous and frivolous, much like climate change deniers. Or the religious. Maher has a consistency to him in this regard.
On the issue of vaccines, however, if TM is right and Maher believes they cause autism or any other adverse effect, Maher is full of shit. But full of shit on 5% of what a TV personality says is a quite enviable level of gravitas these days.
