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Old 12-06-2011, 07:48 AM
 
Location: Holly Springs, NC USA
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The video clip in the OP is of a segment from his show. It was not intended to be sincere wish for a Merry Christmas...
Maybe you didn't watch it then as he opens by saying "Merry Christmas"
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Old 12-06-2011, 07:49 AM
 
Location: Holly Springs, NC USA
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Bill Maher, to me, is a hypocrite. Although I don't like Oprah or Ellen, they have both gave significant amounts to those less fortunate. Oprah has started schools across the world and built shelters and homes and has gave alot of money to missions and charities. What exactly has Bill Maher done to be judging what he thinks Oprah hasn't? Besides raking in the millions he has. For him to claim to be a liberal is laughable.
Agreed. I am sure Bill donates most of his paycheck and lives a very modest and sacrificial life. Or at least in his mind he does.
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Old 12-06-2011, 07:53 AM
 
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What context? Bill Maher is a racist, he equates black people with gangsters.
Exactly why black people don't watch his show.
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Old 12-06-2011, 07:57 AM
 
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Maybe you didn't watch it then as he opens by saying "Merry Christmas"
And, when you watch the entire segment, it is clear that he was being sarcastic, not sincere. It was a bit from his show, which is built on satire and sarcasm, which, I guess, are lost on literalists...
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Old 12-06-2011, 07:57 AM
 
Location: Dallas
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AMEN!!!

Does this Bill Maher dude often make this much sense? If he often this UnPC? Seriously asking. I have not given him the time-of-day, till this two minute video.

No. He has his moments, but also exhibits his extreme bias just like most entertainers. So, yes, his sh1i stinks just like everyone else.
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Old 12-06-2011, 07:57 AM
 
Location: Michigan
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What context? Bill Maher is a racist, he equates black people with gangsters.
IDK, perhaps the context that he's a comedian saying it on a comedy show?
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Old 12-06-2011, 07:58 AM
 
Location: Out in the Badlands
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Bill quickly points out what Americans really worship.


Bill Maher's Christmas Message to Oprah Winfrey - YouTube
Maher is an unadulterated idiot.
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Old 12-06-2011, 07:58 AM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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A liberal elitist telling the unwashed masses how to live and what to value. What a shocking development!

And so worthy of a thread.

I'm quite sure that Maher is not living simply by the shores of a pond in Concord, MA
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Old 12-06-2011, 07:59 AM
 
Location: Dallas
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Get me a faceoff with Maher on national TV and I would make that little angry man cry. He is nothing but a clown who says things to get a rise out of people and get ratings. his rants against the religious are the only reason he got on TV in the first place.

Truly a hateful and fake "human being"
Just remember, he is an entertainer.... and entertainers do things to get people to watch or they go broke.

The ONLY measure of an entertainer is the viewer statistics.
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Old 12-06-2011, 08:01 AM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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Maher is correct. Oprah and Ellen need to be redistributing those goods to the oppressed communities, not giving them to overweight housefraus.
Please tell me that you didn't actually mean oppressed but something else.
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