This week on Real Time with Bill Maher:

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[maxsolomon]

1. So, real quick: Dr. Jay Gordon?

"Dr. Gordon advocates for a balanced, moderate view regarding vaccines. He is a strong supporter of an individualized vaccine schedule that allows parents to make informed choices that are right for their families."
http://drjaygordon.com/

Um, can someone more knowledgeable regarding Antivaxxer Woo tell me who he is, and what anti-Maher DU OP I can expect to see Friday night 10 minutes in to the show?

[mountain grammy]

2. Prager of Prager U

[smirkymonkey]

3. Why Prager?

What is he thinking? Ugh!

[maxsolomon]

4. Depends where he's coming on the show - sounds like last?

That's the "free plug" spot. he must have a new book that Maher wants the panel to address.

Maher will engage with Conservatives regularly. He's not endorsing them by debating them.

[Imperialism Inc.]

5. Pretty sure Prager's most recent book was called

No Safe Spaces, which means Maher is having him on so he can drool all over him while he lectures liberal college students.

[Jim__]

7. Yeah, "No Safe Spaces," published September 3, 2019.

His previous book, The Rational Bible, was published May 7, 2019.

I agree Maher probably wants to talk about No Safe Spaces, but based on the time between books, I'm not sure how much detail that book can have.

[maxsolomon]

9. I agree. That's probably it.

Maher's 1st show was called Politically Incorrect. He was fired for a 9/11 comment IIRC.

Sometimes, I agree with Maher on this issue of policing campus speech, non-gendered pronouns, etc., minute differentiations of identity ( "Gray Asexuals" ) but I'm also very aware that the RW is trying to goad these kids, as well - bringing literal Fascism to otherwise Liberal campuses under the guise of the 1st Amendment.

Just ask Josh Dukes.

[Dem4Life1102]

6. Not always

https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/bill-maher-lets-disgraced-writer-lie-about-saying-women-should-be-hanged-for-having-abortions/

[Imperialism Inc.]

8. Yeah, and who could forget when

Maher had on Milo Yiannopoulos to basically have a bromance session with. Or Jordan freakin' Peterson so he could tell his audience that he was someone everyone should listen to.

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10. And he busted their bubbles by bringing them into the mainstream where

they both had articles and stories on them in the week(s) and months later. Do you ever hear of either of them anymore?

[Imperialism Inc.]

11. Oh, I see.

It was eleven dimensional chess. He wasn't really slobbering over people with horribly regressive politics he was exposing them.

Milo fell out of favor because he suggested pedophilia was maybe not so bad. It had nothing to do with Bill Maher. It was dug up by conservatives who knew he was coming to speak at CPAC.

Jordan Peterson is in rehab and was being written about long before he went on Maher. That's who took him down. People exposing his lack of knowledge on the subjects he speaks about and his bigoted social darwinist views. Not Bill Maher telling everyone how great he is. He does still have a lucrative speaking career even now (once he gets out of rehab). He's part of the "Intellectual Dark Web", famously valorized by Real Time frequent guest Bari Weiss.

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12. Didn't know Peterson was in rehab. Point is he introduces right wing

nutters to the left. Peterson showed himself to be a weak lightweight where politics are concerned on Overtime. Milo was destroyed rightfully a week later for what you said. Maher compared him favourably to the late Christopher Hitchens when he was on Real Time. You are right about that.