“They’re asking for a lot of things that are, like, kooky.” That’s Bill Maher’s take on the current state of the Writers Guild strike after his opinions were voiced on the latest …
Rich coming from a guy who owes his entire career to writers. I hate this smug piece of shit
He got some street cred for getting banned for basically doing Hasan’s “America deserved 9/11” bit but like, RIGHT AFTER 9/11 and getting the show he had cancelled I think.
That said he was like, agreeing with Dinesh D’Souza at the time apparently? Lmao didint even know that guy existed back then.
Using words for their impact and not their meaning was as popular back then as it is now and if I recall correctly he got fired because he did a monologue about how the terrorists weren’t cowards, which was one of the things in the bullhorn at the time. He might have also talked about blowback but the thing everybody cared about was the coward thing.
I got a special hatred for the “I use to be left leaning, but now they’ve gone too far!” type liberals
And the last time he leaned left was when marijuana was counter culture.
He got some street cred for getting banned for basically doing Hasan’s “America deserved 9/11” bit but like, RIGHT AFTER 9/11 and getting the show he had cancelled I think.
That said he was like, agreeing with Dinesh D’Souza at the time apparently? Lmao didint even know that guy existed back then.
Using words for their impact and not their meaning was as popular back then as it is now and if I recall correctly he got fired because he did a monologue about how the terrorists weren’t cowards, which was one of the things in the bullhorn at the time. He might have also talked about blowback but the thing everybody cared about was the coward thing.
Yeah in the statement he said “We’re cowards for throwing missles” which was spot on but I dont think thats the part that upset people.