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Bill Maher Defends Calling Coronavirus ‘Chinese Virus’
New York Post ^ | 4/12

Posted on 04/11/2020 10:35:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Bill Maher said it was fine to call the coronavirus the “China virus,” adding that a global pandemic was no time for political correctness.

“‘What if people hear Chinese virus and blame China?’ The answer is we should blame China. We can’t afford the luxury anymore of non-judginess towards a country with habits that kill millions of people,” Maher thundered Friday in a monologue at the end of his HBO show “Real Time.”

The longtime liberal said there were bigger “tainted fish to fry,” saying if the sun exploded many of the online lefties would whine about the first person who called it a dwarf star.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 3rdthread; again; billmaher; china; coronavirus

1 posted on 04/11/2020 10:35:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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The longtime liberal said ... if the sun exploded many of the online lefties would whine about the first person who called it a dwarf star.

That's actually a pretty funny line. And true. Maher is still a douchebag.

2 posted on 04/11/2020 10:38:43 PM PDT by TigersEye (MAGA - 16 more years! - KAG)
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A broken clock douchebag.

Nothing but a spoiled, hard-left, anti-religious bigot. Asshole of the biggest kind.

3 posted on 04/11/2020 10:41:36 PM PDT by Lakeshark (Trump. He stands for the great issues of the day. Stay the course!)
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To: nickcarraway

Many liberals (and RINOs) propped up China and protected it, and I suspect we’re going to see a lot of CYA maneuvers as we try to get our country back. That or a doubling down on damaging the country by placating China.


4 posted on 04/11/2020 10:59:36 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: Lakeshark
Bill Maher is a true a-hole, and definitely of the biggest kind. He is a truly nasty person, and watching him dig into a topic often reveals the relish he has tearing something down.

I however do I like him for one clear reason - he is a BIG thorn in the side of Liberals. He is very anti-political correctness, and it is always refreshing to see someone hammer Liberals in a way they cannot be able to respond against.

If someone like Hannity or Tucker Carlson started to say anything close to what Maher said in the Wuhan virus, within a second Liberals would switch off. Goodness, Hannity could offer to send free vials of a magical elixir of life, coupled with a million dollars a month for a year, and Liberals wouldn’t be able to hear it. But Bill Maher is one of them ...and he basically becomes like the drunk uncle at the Christmas party the family can’t ignore. He is a big thorn to the Libs in a way a Conservative could never be.

He also articles his position well in a way that hammers libs. Eg his case is clear that the rules have always been to name a disease after its place of origin/discovery, and in years past he would make similar clear cases against radical Islam (and make his fellow liberals squirm). Somethings those on our side rush too quickly, don’t check the research of their analysts, etc (eg Rush claiming a month or so ago COVID-19 was the 19th corona virus).

Anyway, Bill Maher is a nasty man. I do love how he hammers his fellow Libs in ways they really cannot respond to.

5 posted on 04/11/2020 11:00:23 PM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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To: nickcarraway

WHO CARES WHAT RICHARD CRANIUM THINKS?


6 posted on 04/11/2020 11:23:41 PM PDT by chopperk
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To: TigersEye

But the problem with their statement is the cycle of events previous to becoming a white dwarf, would destroy all the inner planets including earth. There would be no one left to call it anything. Stupid liberals.


7 posted on 04/11/2020 11:41:59 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: chopperk

Love be to us All!


8 posted on 04/11/2020 11:43:17 PM PDT by FreeperCell
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To: nickcarraway

Best line of Maher’s rant is “China turns out viruses like the Dominican Republic turns out shortstops”.


9 posted on 04/12/2020 2:22:30 AM PDT by pburiak
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Best line of Maher’s rant is “China turns out viruses like the Dominican Republic turns out shortstops”.


10 posted on 04/12/2020 2:22:31 AM PDT by pburiak
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To: nickcarraway

Whenever Bill Maher supports our side of an issues, people on our side rush to their computers with so much happiness and report it to the masses. I, for one, could care less what he thinks.


11 posted on 04/12/2020 4:31:47 AM PDT by Ouch (The only way three people keep a secret is if two of them are dead.)
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I’m kinda partial to the Woohoo Floo.


12 posted on 04/12/2020 5:05:19 AM PDT by Renkluaf
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13 posted on 04/12/2020 5:35:35 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: nickcarraway

I can’t stand Bill Maher, but I did watch this segment and applaud him for it.


14 posted on 04/12/2020 6:54:29 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: dragnet2

I am always amazed when people take jokes literally. lol


15 posted on 04/12/2020 5:48:42 PM PDT by TigersEye (MAGA - 16 more years! - KAG)
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You should ask yourself, why would a liberal mock their own leftist associates? If that was a joke, it made no sense, not to mention it could never happen.


16 posted on 04/12/2020 6:33:40 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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You should ask yourself, why would a liberal mock their own leftist associates?

Maher has a long history of mocking anyone he feels like mocking. Leftists have never been off limits to him.

If that was a joke, it made no sense, not to mention it could never happen.

Dayum! you're wound up tight. lol

17 posted on 04/12/2020 6:41:05 PM PDT by TigersEye (MAGA - 16 more years! - KAG)
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has a long history of mocking anyone he feels like mocking.

I'm not familiar with, nor do I follow this leftist. Btw, he even failed at the mocking bit.☺ And as far as being, "wound up", I have no idea what you're talking about. People who assume, and or make wild baseless comments, are generally always wrong.

18 posted on 04/13/2020 10:37:40 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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