Posted on 05/24/2014 6:20:52 PM PDT by mandaladon
BILL MAHER: New rule. Don't make me go back to my old title. Anybody here remember the 90s? The 90s, people? It was a crazy time and I had a show called Politically Incorrect, because back then political correctness had gotten so out of hand. I mean, blacks became African-Americans, Mexicans became Latinos and Indians became casino owners. Broken homes became dysfunctional families. Bums became the homeless. Crazy people became FOX News reporters.
It was a tough time for comics. One young comedian even got into big trouble for saying the word chink. (Guest Sarah Silverman).
Now I bring this up in 2014 because, unfortunately, political correctness is making a comeback, and now with the internet, it is easier than ever. In the 90s, you had to at least get off your ass to be in a fake mood of hurt feelings. You needed signs, you needed petitions, you had to feed Al Sharpton. Back then, getting worked up over nothing was a lot of work. And now it seems like all the internet exists to do is point to the latest person who said the wrong thing so the rest of us can feel morally superior. And that's not what the internet is for; that's what college is for.
Social media is all about gotcha of a homophobic business man, or a sexist cartoonist, or a college president who fat-shames his dog by naming it Waddles.
Last week, when the first gay football player got chosen in the NFL Draft, a player named Don Jones tweeted, 'OMG. Horrible.' As is his right, under the asshole clause in the constitution. But the Dolphins fined him and threw him off the team until he underwent sensitivity training,
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
“At least he strikes me as an honest liberal, and I can’t recall the last time I saw one of those.”
The freaks on the left who helped Obama get elected realize that they have lost their freedom of speech just like everyone else. Imagine the comedy Obama would have inpired even as far back only as the nineties? The teleprompter, foreign national, the jokes write themselves...and our (mostly liberal) comedians have to stand by silently.
CIC is a civilian and he makes the rules, military law doesn’t pertain to him, he also doesn’t need a security clearance, because he is the boss of what a security clearance is.
>> Hard to believe Maher said this
Not really. Even nasty people can grasp the concept of liberty.
>> Even while criticizing political correctness, Maher engages in it.
Noticed that. Must be ingrained in his vernacular.
To their audiences, Maher, Stewart, and the other tools only need to stay slightly to the right of Leftism to give the impression of being edgy champions of liberty.
Most haven't forgotten that, but in November 2012 it was either going to be Obama or Romney. If we had won Congress in addition to the White House, we might have been able to reel him in on that issue. Of course we got neither.
Obama would be for or against anything, anybody, anywhere, any time if he thinks it would enhance his electability.
Of course now that he's won the world's ultimate political prize twice and can't run again he doesn't need to keep up the charade, but he's done it for so long he can't break the habit.
Why defend Romney’s aggressive pro-homosexual agenda, with speculation and what ifs, and most people don’t know about his deep and enduring commitment to the homosexual agenda.
Most people don’t even know that he went back to being pro-abortion and running pro-abortion ads after he won the nomination.
As I was saying at the time, we needed Romney to stop Obama, and a Conservative Congress to stop Romney.
This is why the libs are winning. They aren't all or nothing, but take their victories in small doses until they start winning big, as is happening with the homosexual agenda. Remember, Obama was "against" homosexual marriage, but they took what they could get. Now with Obama in his second term, it's homosexual marriage, full speed ahead.
Romney was no Conservative, and I spent plenty to beat him in the primaries, but we might have taken some ground back if he had won.
Romney was a big liar, pretending to be severely conservative - I am never voting for such obvious frauds. He was the worst possible candidate
For someone not defending him you sure appear to be.
Romney was out to defeat conservatism and destroy the republican party, his goals were to make conservatism impossible and to leave it with no party to operate from.
And the fact is, our next President was either going to be Romney or Obama, and every vote Romney didn't get was one less Obama needed to win that state's electoral votes. If you know of another possible outcome, post it.
Our next President in 2012 was either going to be Obama or Romney. If you know of another possible outcome, post it.
That is why I am not a Republican, I don’t have to vote for their idiots
If the candidate cannot attract the votes to win, it’s their own fault. It is not my responsibility, it is the candidates job to deserve those votes. It is not the fault of the voter or the non-voter that the loser was a turd.
Yeah, you are purely fighting for Romney, why you lied and tried to pretend you weren’t is just another sign of you romneybots.
I'll take Romney ANY DAY over obama. Maybe Romney was not the best choice..... but he was certainly better than obama. At least Romney wasn't anti-American anti-business or anti Christian!
Carter got us Reagan but obama is going to get us communism and sharia law!
In a way it is the voters' fault, or at least the voters' doing, that we got a RINO to run against Obama because that's who they voted for, because the attitudes in the US are shifting leftwards as we speak. If we want real Conservative candidates again, we're going to have to start trying to win Americans over to Conservative value values.
So now you’re calling me a liar? Show me any post where I defended Romney’s views on homosexuality. Include the comment where I defended him. If you can’t then be Freeper enough to admit you are wrong.
I’m not wrong, here you are taking on all comers as you fight for Romney.
You didn’t like the Romney facts in post 15, so you started your defense of him, you totally skipped over the detailed truth of Romney and went directly to the cheesiest defense you guys have, “he isn’t Obama”.
What are you avoiding and ignoring here in mid 2014?
“People forget that Romney has been far to the left of Obama on homosexual issues, before it was cool.
Romney supported fully homosexualizing the military and gay Scout leaders, and full homosexual rights, 20 years ago and was campaigning on it, as governor he gave America gay marriage.”
“Why defend Romney’s aggressive pro-homosexual agenda, with speculation and what ifs, and most people don’t know about his deep and enduring commitment to the homosexual agenda.
Most people don’t even know that he went back to being pro-abortion and running pro-abortion ads after he won the nomination.”
Romney was out to defeat conservatism and destroy the republican party, his goals were to make conservatism impossible and to leave it with no party to operate from.”
Of course, by pointing out that I skipped over Romney's less than Conservative record, you admit that I'm not defending his views. But then you accuse me of it anyway.
What am I trying to avoid in 2014? You're the one who is avoiding the fact that our next President in 2012 was either going to be Romney or Obama. You have yet to offer an alternative outcome.
And you didn't post any comment from me defending Romney's stand on Homosexuality, abortion, or anything else. Try again, or admit you are wrong.
It is amusing to watch this, you are passionately and determinedly fighting for Romney in every post, and increasingly angrily, and all the while saying that you aren’t.
Among your lies about what you are not doing, is your calls for showing you defending Romney on specific issues, which I haven’t said you are doing.
Your fight is to not allow criticism of Romney on his issues and goals to destroy conservatism by ignoring those specifics, and going into your chant.
What got you to start posting on this thread, was this post.
To: mandaladon
People forget that Romney has been far to the left of Obama on homosexual issues, before it was cool.
Romney supported fully homosexualizing the military and gay Scout leaders, and full homosexual rights, 20 years ago and was campaigning on it, as governor he gave America gay marriage.
15 posted on 5/24/2014 7:02:06 PM by ansel12
That started your romneybot chant that we have heard for 7 years, “but he isn’t Obama”.
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