A few words about the eagerness displayed by certain people before I get into the main topic Get offInstead of focusing on just one or two lines within a lengthy article, instead of first sitting down and doing nothing at all You can tryTo view it in its entirety, click here Maybe even more! Try to comprehend a position different from one’s own.
This is an example: All article about HBO “Realtime” host Bill Maher.
For some, it doesn’t matter Maher’s words only that He said it. Before I began to write this piece, I stopped by my colleague Alex’s piece from Saturday night, titled Bill Maher Is Still Giving Them Fits: Liberal Host Defends Florida’s So-Called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill, and read a few comments, after first reading the article and understanding Maher’s argument.
Here’s just one paraphrased comment from the comments section:
Warning: contains coarse language
Maher is leftist atheist. He is a whirlwind. And he’s an f**king liar. He’s just like any Dem politician.
Except Maher is not “just like any Dem politician.” Read back through the myriad of Maher pieces on RedState, and name ONE prominent Democrat who has come anywhere close to the positions Maher has taken, his consistency, and the number of times he has ticked off the left.
OK, the rest of the story…
On this week’s episode of “Realtime with Bill Maher,” as reported by The Wrap, the acerbic host tore into the political expediency of both the Democrat Party and the Republican Party, and their efforts to use Vladimir Putin’s brutal invasion to rack up cheap political points with their respective peanut galleries.
That said, lest anyone’s hair is already on fire, Maher also said “it’s worth asking” why Putin chose to launch the Ukrainian invasion during the Biden administration rather than on Trump’s watch.
We’ll get there in a minute. But first, Maher’s one-size-fits-all beatdown.
Don’t make World War III all about you. Watching the reactions to war in Ukraine these past few weeks, it’s become obvious that America in this age suffers acutely from a particular disease of the mind, which is: Everything proves what we already believed and everything goes back to the thing we already hate.
I’ll repeat it: “Everything proves what we already believed and everything goes back to the thing we already hate.”You are lying if you don’t agree with this observation. Period.
I could add multiple examples to Maher’s below observation. Also, you could.
Every issue today, whether it’s pandemic or war, is a test of our reflexive partisanship. Is it possible to take on a complex and difficult situation, 100 percent about something else than yours and still manage to make it your thing? Our answer is, ‘Watch me.’
As in “Hold my beer,” to keyboard warriors as they spring into reflexive action.
As to the respective parties, Maher noted that Republicans “naturally” blamed the invasion of Ukraine on Joe Biden because they believe he is the “worst president ever.” Maher also joked that Democrats feel the Russian invasion of Ukraine happened because they believe Donald Trump was the “worst president ever.”
End the tape.
Minimum Tryto fully grasp Maher’s message. (Ahem. The bottom line is that it’s the substance of partisan politics and partisan politicians as well as partisan loyalists. (Always has been, always shall be.
And then, Maher’s question about the timing of Putin’s invasion:
If Trump is somehow connected to Putin’s unprovoked war against Ukraine, why didn’t he invade while Trump was in office? It’s at least worth asking that question if you’re not locked into one intransigent thought.
This one is mine. Because Putin knew damn well it wouldn’t be wise to challenge Trump’s warnings. As did “Little Rocket Man,” the mad mullahs in Tehran, and ChiCom dictator Xi Jinping.
Yet, Biden? In the weeks leading to the invasion, how many times did Putin’s most stupid president ever warn him of sanctions? How many times did clueless Secretary of State Antony Blinken make a complete fool out of himself, saying, time-after-time, This sanctions imposed “too soon” lose “leverage” with an adversary? How’d thatAll works out for my Democrat friends!
To be fair, Maher also referred to one of Trump’s recent answers when asked about the invasion of Ukraine and why Putin pulled the trigger, quoting the Donald: What went wrong was “a rigged election.”
While I understand Trump’s herculean attempt at extrapolation and dot-connecting, I also believe we have reached a point in this country where usually-rational people — on both sides of the political aisle — have twisted themselves into irrational knots. Absolutely nothingIs ever their guy’s fault. EverythingAlways the other guy’s fault.
That,America is an absolute crock of crap.
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