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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:37 PM Original message |
Would we accept Bill Maher's behavior from a right leaning comedian? |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Bill Maher doesn't speak for the left. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
83. 1st post nails it |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. What's a Jonas Brother? |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. The Jonas brothers are a 'rock group' that made a chastity pledge |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. What good is being in a rock group |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
72. ... |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Wow! Chastity/Rock and Roll |
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WindRiverMan (693 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. These kids today ruin everything |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. ... |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:59 AM Response to Reply #43 |
92. "Can't you see that you're not making Christianity better? You're just making Rock and Roll worse." |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
51. Abstinence, drugs and Rock and Roll just does not |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. I don't know if you can call them a "rock group". |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
42. Yeah, I would call them pop or light rock. |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
70. No, more like Hansen |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
40. This is good for the Jonas Brothers since... |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
48. Yeah, I believe Britney Spears made that pact, too. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
50. There is so much wrong with that very idea, I don't |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
67. Wow. That's actually pretty scary. How times have changed - yuck. |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
81. i'd label it more "Disney Rock" or "Kid Bop Rock," but 'rock group' in quotes is good |
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endthewar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Obama has mentioned that his daughters like the Jonas Brothers |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:14 AM Response to Reply #27 |
84. 7 and 10 years old, right? |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. A Disney-created phenom. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. The male versions of Miley Cyrus... |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
73. Yup. That's why they play together. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #73 |
78. Sot hey are the Anti-Christ... |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. Bill Maher makes fun of ANY marriage. Not just gay marriage. |
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obamaforme (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. HE Is a comedian! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. His jokes about marriage, sex, women and gays aren't funny. |
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obamaforme (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
56. Which is? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Normally a comedian tries to make people laugh. n/t |
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obamaforme (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #59 |
76. He makes me laugh all the time on every show. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #36 |
86. Actually, I think his jokes about marriage and kids are funny. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #86 |
88. I don't find them funny, which is different than agreeing or not, |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
45. I disagree with marriage being like a prison sentence. |
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Cheap_Trick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. The late, great Sam Kinison once said |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
68. I find it funny too, and I am married. It's just a joke. I don't think it's like prison, though. |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. He can be clever and witty but, to me, there's always an undercurrent of misogyny and |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. There's a reason this man is still single. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Because he wants to be single. |
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mcctatas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. Maher can be an insensitive dick... |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. I agree! Years ago he was very rude to Studs Terkel. He made fun of him |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. I ceased accepting it 2 years ago - I do not watch the arrogant little prick |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. He should stay away from social issues because he's warped. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. Crossing what line? |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. He's a fucking comedian for crissakes |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. No he's not - comedians are funny - that's how you can tell one from Bill Maher |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 06:58 AM Response to Reply #19 |
97. Hear hear! |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
47. Worse.....Rush Limbaugh for one. |
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obamaforme (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
57. There are a lot more critty comedians out there. |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
61. Besides who said he was "left leaning"? |
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MamaDem (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. Agreed...I think he overshoots a lot.. |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Welcome to DU! |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. He's a COMEDIAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As with any actor or comedian, most people either like them or |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. "There is much to admire about Bill" |
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Demobrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
15. I quit watching him years ago. |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. He dated Ann Coulter!! |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. No he didn't!!! |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. It may well be... I was half-joking! |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. Stephen Baldwin is not a comedian. And what did you think of Richard Pryor? |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Pryor took on himself not others |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. He constantly made fun of whites. |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:06 AM Response to Reply #30 |
95. He had a white wife, if I recall correctly. |
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Epiphany4z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. as a big fat woman |
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Sukie (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. Don't we already accept that |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
31. It's a REAL BIG stretch to call him "right leaning" |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
33. Jesus Christ! Lighten the fuck up people! He's a damn funny comedian. |
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MullenBank (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
38. Accept..... not so fast comrades |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Steven Pinker is a douchebag. |
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MullenBank (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. OK. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
39. No, we wouldn't. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
46. Bill Maher doesn't *believe* the jokes he makes. |
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Tutankhamun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
52. He was making fun of their chastity pledge. Those guys are so lame. |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #52 |
63. I agree. |
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tooeyeten (441 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
54. Maher |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
55. I have NUMEROUS problems with the entire idea of |
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Mesteryo (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
58. Bill Maher is embarassing... |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Murders can be, and often are, courageous |
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Mesteryo (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. they were psychopathic people.. |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
62. As a woman, I am SOOO tired of hearing the words SEXIST and SEXISM! |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Hip...Hip...Hooray! |
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LiberalHeart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #62 |
80. Next time I see him at the Playboy Mansion, I'll ask him if he respects women. |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #80 |
85. I never said he respected women and being a regular at the Playboy mansion |
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uberllama42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
64. No. |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
69. Bill Maher speaks for himself |
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Tutankhamun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
71. The question of whether we would accept the same kind of comments from a right leaning comedian |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
74. He makes me laugh while taking on the right-wing bullshit machine. |
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Edubb (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
75. Gimme a fuckin break, dsc |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
77. i had a problem with that from a proported libertartian |
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LiberalHeart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-13-08 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
79. He was unfairly fired from his TV gig, but he makes my skin crawl. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
82. nope. didnt think his "funny" with women and children was "funny" at all |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
87. What do you mean by "accept"? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
89. Bill Maher is a smarmy, sexist asshole |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
90. Bill Maher is sexist, and he frequently offends me as a woman. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
91. He did imply they were gay but he didn't mock gay marriage. |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
93. Bill Maher is less sexist than Jerry Seinfeld. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 03:45 AM Response to Original message |
94. The weird thing about jokes, even insult jokes... |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 04:35 AM Response to Original message |
96. What scares me is that so many people here |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
98. Bill Maher *IS* a right leaning comedian. |
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Tyler Generation (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
99. OMG! A comedian didn't validate all my beliefs! |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-14-08 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
100. Would it bother you if Dan Savage had said it? |
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