“occasionally Bill Maher gets it right. “
And that is a blessing. (We have to appreciate the smallest of blessings.) His words may be the only ones people on the left ever will hear, and they need to hear it. Whatever it takes to make them pay attention...
The good thing about the Bill Maher situations where a liberal starts talking about seeing some things from a different angle, is that it helps introduce that different angle of thinking to many who hear them, not just on that topic, it introduces a more flexible way of thinking, it starts their minds to rolling things over a little more, it makes them more receptive to tidbits of conservative points that they hear occasionally, it makes them a little less knee-jerk and rigid.
Rush Limbaugh’s magic was reshaping the mind into examining things we hear and see a little more and it leads many liberals to self examination and often results in conversions or at least a more centrist mind, as they drift away from a straight line of thinking and automatic responses.