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BootinUp

(47,151 posts)
Sat Jun 3, 2017, 02:20 PM Jun 2017

We need Bill Maher and other like minded [View all]

abrasive media personalities. Yes or No?


23 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
Yes
17 (74%)
No
6 (26%)
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Not just YES, but FUCK YES!!!!! beaglelover Jun 2017 #1
I don't agree with Maher's use of the term from last night True Dough Jun 2017 #2
He was referring to Malcolm X, with the GOP types who embrace indentured American servitude. TheBlackAdder Jun 2017 #14
Yes but we need he and Kathy Griffin to not BECOME the story they are protesting. NightWatcher Jun 2017 #3
Exactly! N/T radical noodle Jun 2017 #4
On point! Beartracks Jun 2017 #8
+1 leftstreet Jun 2017 #38
If we threw away every comedians who ever said or did anything offensive killbotfactory Jun 2017 #5
I guess I should confirm my vote is yes. BootinUp Jun 2017 #6
Hell yeah Lotusflower70 Jun 2017 #7
yes, but I don't think he is abrasive. Hamlette Jun 2017 #9
Lol. Really? BootinUp Jun 2017 #10
really Hamlette Jun 2017 #25
Could you include an option for "Some Bullshit Middle Ground"? Bucky Jun 2017 #11
I don't like the wording of the poll, as it's too ambiguous. Shandris Jun 2017 #12
You stated that very clearly. Thank you. BootinUp Jun 2017 #13
Maher isn't a true liberal, he just leans a heck of a lot closer to Liberalism than not. TheBlackAdder Jun 2017 #15
He has always been an asshole but often a useful one. FreeStateDemocrat Jun 2017 #16
He rocks to me. Rustyeye77 Jun 2017 #17
He has offered a sincere apology. He regrets having pushed that envelope. nt pnwmom Jun 2017 #20
OK....he made a mistake. Rustyeye77 Jun 2017 #21
Its Almost Like He Was Being Politically Incorrect Stallion Jun 2017 #18
We needed him to apologize -- and he did. So now his supporters pnwmom Jun 2017 #19
Ok...Do you really think... Rustyeye77 Jun 2017 #22
I never said he was a racist. I said the joke was offensive pnwmom Jun 2017 #24
People have defended Maher, not the dumbshit remark BeyondGeography Jun 2017 #28
There was many who defended his use of the "joke." n/t pnwmom Jun 2017 #29
geez no.. how many times have we women heard the C word from him... samnsara Jun 2017 #30
I have always thought of him as a sexist. So there you go. n/t pnwmom Jun 2017 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jun 2017 #31
Yup. We are going to need as many allies for 2018 as possible Arazi Jun 2017 #23
... Snackshack Jun 2017 #26
hell yes..they have offered up themselves as battering rams and we say.... samnsara Jun 2017 #27
While I am no Maher fan, and do not believe you need to utilize racial or ethnic slurs to make a still_one Jun 2017 #32
Black turnout this election was down and we still lost. SaschaHM Jun 2017 #34
I support Bill Maher and think he's brilliant flamingdem Jun 2017 #35
Abrasive yes. Racist sexist no. n/t wryter2000 Jun 2017 #36
I really don't want more Faux news like personalities given a platform. lib87 Jun 2017 #37
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