Whose mind are you trying to change? Mine or Bill Maher’s? idgaf about Maher personally, but I want you and everybody else who might be reading this thread to think that he is a) an anti-Muslim bigot with stupid and childish views on religion in general, b) a shithead who enables terrible people by giving them a platform, and c) just not very funny. That’s what I think the primary frame should be when evaluating media personality and HBO show host William Maher. I will try to strengthen that frame by constantly repeating those views. .
You, otoh, are asking everybody to consider Maher an ally worthy of consideration and respect. That’s the frame that already exists! He has been on teevee for decades with an audience of millions! You’re not changing anybody’s mind about anything, you’re bolstering the status quo.
Bill Maher sucks and he should be deplatformed because he’s a bigot who lets terrible people be on his show and he’s not very funny.