Comedian Bill Maher On Sunday, during an interview on CNN, responded to critics saying he had changed, suggesting it was the left that had changed, and he would not hesitate to denounce it.
“I haven’t changed. Yes, people have said to me: ‘You’re making fun of the left more than before,’ and I’m guilty, because the left has changed,” Maher said, before asserting that the right has changed. changed too, and for the worse.
Maher told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria several things he believes have changed on the left, as part of his media tour to discuss his new book, “What This Comedian Said Will Shock You.”
“There are things that have to do with, you know, gender and race and free speech, and just thinking that you can be healthy regardless of your weight and gender is still a social construct and maybe we should give communism another chance and maybe we should get rid of capitalism and the border patrol and tear down the Lincoln statues and get rid of the police Just you. know, no. It’s not that I’m getting old, it’s that your ideas are stupid, okay?
Comedian Bill Maher said Sunday that the left has changed, responding to a question about criticism upset by his jokes directed at far-left progressives. (Screenshot/CNN)
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Zakaria, another recent skeptic of some progressive talking points beloved of the left, stepped in and said, “Common sense is common sense.”
Maher did not become Republican-friendly simply because of his derision of the far left. He said presumptive Donald Trump, Republican Party candidate “believes elections only matter when we win” and has sharply criticized the Republican Party as undemocratic and a threat to the future of the country.
He called Trump a “sociopath” during his interview with Zakaria.
“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin bluntly told Maher during a recent interview that he “changed”, after telling the show that he considered himself an “old school liberal”.
The comedian also expressed concern that young men have lost their ability to communicate and talk to women.
HBO host and comedian Bill Maher talks about his new book on “The Tonight Show,” May 21, 2024. (NBC/Screenshot)
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“I think it’s going to be a very big problem. I think young men thought it was a good thing when Tinder came along. Oh, my God, look, I don’t even have to talk to a girl It’s fine here on my phone, I can just scroll through, like it’s a menu, like I’m ordering on Grubhub. But the truth is, Tinder is mostly men. It’s like two-thirds of the men are on the site, so it’s not a good chance if you’re a man,” Maher said.
The comedian said women haven’t changed much and are “communicative creatures.”
“We need to talk to them,” he added.
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“And I think men are losing that ability. I think they, you know, they just think they can send a text with an eggplant emoji and write, what’s up?” He continued. “You have to court. Yes, you have to court. Women haven’t changed in that regard.”
