88 points

I’m a leftie and literally could not care less about Bill Maher. Yes, Trump-worshipping is dumb. Yes, Maher is an annoying self-important windbag. I can keep both of these thoughts in my head at the same time.

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5 points

I could care less.

But that would mean having to look up who this guy is.

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What is a “leftie”.

I don’t mean to call you out, but I’m very tired of " I’m on the left, I’m a progressive, I’m a left liberal".

Be brave enough to call yourself a communist/anarchist/socialist or just call yourself a Democrat.

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20 points

Those are all very different things, hence why we have different words for the different concepts.

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1 point

What’s a progressive versus a leftie versus a left liberal?

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14 points

Progressive here.

Not an anarchist/communist/socialist.

I don’t call myself a democrat because my political alignment is based on values that are distinct from the democratic party we know.

I vote for democrats because achieving progress would be impossible in a fascist state.

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1 point

Are you still a capitalist?

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7 points

Strange hill to die on.

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42 points

The people who look at Trump and say “brave” are the same people who look at Maher and say “Smart”.

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23 points

Bill Maher can eat my shit

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Is Bill Maher bipolar?

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I think he’s just a narcissistic attention hound who realized what Trump did: once you get popular enough, it doesn’t matter what comes out of your mouth, because as long as you keep creating content, popularity is a sort of omni-fuel machine.

Rambling, nonsensical drivel? Fuel! Bipolar, contradictory viewpoints? Fuel!

I should say, accusing Maher of bipolarism is an insult to people who suffer from bipolarism.

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13 points

Not bipolar. Certainly narcissist. Maybe some borderline personality disorder overcompensating in the mix, too.

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16 points

Broken clock and all that

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