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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
We are talking about Bill Maher not Joe Rogan. Maher is not even on their list.
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The post you quoted mentioned Rogan and that’s who I thought you were talking about. Sorry.
I don’t think Maher dismissing LGBTQ+ as trendy is as innocent as you do. He also has on and enables anti-trans legislators. I think it’s fine if you want to “just ask questions” but he likes to nod along and say “I agree” with some pretty heinous answers.
Case in point would be his appearance on Riley Gaines (an anti-trans activist) podcast. You can go look it up, but he agreed (not just nodded along, but acknowledged and said “I agree”) with several of her anti-trans talking points, like “they don’t want equal rights, they want to take our rights” and “the idea of that community being oppressed is silly.”
It’s not like he was unable to speak his mind and correct her either. She directly follows it up with “people don’t see color anymore” and he jumps on that and clarifies a much more intelligent and measured answer that what her idiotic mind could come up with.