During a panel discussion on Friday’s Real Time, Maher brought up China’s advancements in AI, noting the China startup DeepSeek has emerged as a major rival to US companies recently. The comedian compared the race between the United States and China on the technology front to the space race between the US and Russia.
Maher declared China is “the new Islam” in that people are too hesitant to criticize out of fear for how they’ll be perceived.
“China’s like the new Islam. We can’t be honest about them because they’re not white,” he said. “And China, okay, I’m sorry, kids, they do some bad things, China. And we should just recognize that.”
Ah yes, the world’s biggest religion: China.
Guy never says anything negative about the right wing. He’s a “centrist”
Bill Maher is a right wing hack who masquerades (poorly) as a democrat and liberal.
So… a Democrat?
He actually encapsulates democrats and liberals quite well.
Yeah, where’s the mask?
Exactly this.
He’s a transphobic misogynist who only tolerates people under 30 because he wants to fuck them.
He’s a hateful, bitter man who thinks he’s a free-speech-warrior because he gives fascist freaks like Milo Yiannopoulos and Roger Stone a megaphone from which to spout their reactionary garbage with minimal pushback.
And he doesn’t see anything wrong with the genocide in Palestine; in fact, he seems to be a big fan.
And he doesn’t see anything wrong with the genocide in Palestine; in fact, he seems to be a big fan.
Respectfully, you’re aware that the man who made the genocide in Palestine possible, Mr. Joe Biden, was nominated as the Dems’ presidential candidate, right?
There are some ways in which right and left diverge, but Israel isn’t one of them.
minimal pushback
Eh, disagree with you there. For a good example, watch the episode Maher had with Megyn Kelly a few weeks before the last election. Lots of pushback. I have appreciated very much Maher’s recent pushback on his conservative guests who try to argue that Republicans supported a peaceful transfer of power, because that brings out Maher’s rage like a pit bull, and traditional media never challenges conservatives when they say these things.
I think we have a slight difference in terms: Biden is not and will never be a leftist. Same with the majority of the Democratic party.
Sure, he’s a liberal but liberalism is not a leftist ideology— it’s the scaffolding for capitalism.
This is not to say that there is no difference between the Democrats and Republicans (there is a huge difference), but Maher punches left with the same enthusiasm with which he punches right.
He’s not on the same level as someone like Hannity or Carlson, but he’s always arguing to sell out vulnerable groups— something that the Democrats do constantly without electoral gains to show for it.
I know OP used the word liberal, but I disagree with that characterization: he is a liberal, a “small c” conservative. I was going for brevity, but maybe I should have clarified there.
And we should care what this man says…why exactly?
Good to know the kind of media mainstream Democrats are consuming, as to not be out of the loop.
Because he’s good at articulating conservative viewpoints intelligently, usually, and VERY good at getting conservatives to say the quiet parts out loud.
Also, as evidenced by the last election, leftists aren’t consuming enough media outside their point-of-view and it’s given them an insufficient understanding of their country.
Stfu and go away.
Zionists are achieving levels of racism previously thought impossible
Like what the fuck is this even supposed to mean, the vast majority of people in his dogshit country hate China regardless of what other political positions they hold
Whenever you are about to spout blatantly racist lies about currently demonized minority, preface it with “you are not allowed to say this about currently demonized minority”. Then say the thing the entire mainstream media is saying about currently demonized minority
When you put it like that, maybe he’s right. It’s the new racist obsession of America’s war hawks. And the vast majority of people in this country consume slop that makes them fear china.
Yeah I suppose he’s half right lol
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