LaughMyselfTo posted:

Goddamn, I hate the "homophobes are gay and in denial" trope as much as the next goon, but "a scheme to demonstrate a homophobic point by pretending to be gay with a friend" is like something out of a bad fanfiction.

CharlestheHammer posted:

I know you are attributing it to Maher in specific, but considering nothing about him says troll, you might as well apply it to everyone. Maher is not a troll, Rush is a troll if you want an example of an actual troll. As his opinion changes whenever it is more useful for him, Maher is extremely consistent.

VitalSigns posted:

For someone who doesn't care about Maher, you sure can't seem to let a single negative post about him go by without saying somethin'


And when they do, I'm glad to know you'll be here to inspire us with your defense of your sweet prince's honor.

Ninjasaurus posted:

N. Senada posted:

For what it's worth I've imagined Patrick Stewart saying everything, and that had been pretty enjoyable.

quote:

“These patients are disappearing, they’re doing something with the patients and God knows where they’re going,” said the doctor.

“They’re preparing for something,” he added, speculating that the endgame could be medical martial law or the Obola administration’s complete takeover of the medical system."

Ninjasaurus posted:

I'm just saying he's small potatoes and why does anyone even care about him enough (or at all) to get this angry?

lurker1981 posted:

Here's another right wing nutcase trying to cause hysteria with just rumors and hearsay.

http://www.infowars.com/medical-professional-health-authorities-covering-up-ebola-cases-in-u-s/


World War O

Ninjasaurus posted:

Nice try, if a bit immature. You seem to be upset that I'm not frothing with rage and hate at Bill Maher because I don't even know where the disagreement is coming from. If you could tell me maybe we can settle up. I'm just saying he's small potatoes and why does anyone even care about him enough (or at all) to get this angry?

Darkman Fanpage posted:

http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2014/10/colorado-dems-james-okeefe

Dunno if this has been discussed yet but O'Keefe is being creepy again.

Tab8715 posted:

Where does O'Keefe get the money to do what he does? Or it just daddy's money?

quote:

For his first video, O'Keefe and other Centurion writers met with Rutgers dining staff to demand the banning of the cereal Lucky Charms from dining halls because of its offense to Irish Americans. O'Keefe said the leprechaun mascot presented a stereotype. He intended to have officials lose either way: to appear insensitive to an ethnic group, or to look silly by agreeing to ban Lucky Charms.[15] They expected to be thrown out of school,[16] but the Rutgers official was courteous, took notes, and said their concerns would be considered. Rutgers staff say the cereal was never taken off the menu.[13]

FuzzySkinner posted:

Banning Lucky Charms just seems like a dick move.

Tab8715 posted:

He's not small potatoes and he makes us all (liberals, progressives, etc) look terrible.

Darkman Fanpage posted:

O'Keefe is just such a creeper. Like how do you even get that batshit crazy?

Popular Thug Drink posted:

He's not crazy, he just gives no fucks and is willing to be a useful idiot in the culture wars. I guess maybe narcissism, in that you're so willing to sell out to become notorious and a pseudoceleb that you garner universal hatred.

Darkman Fanpage posted:

O'Keefe is just such a creeper. Like how do you even get that batshit crazy?

Popular Thug Drink posted:

He's not crazy

BiggerBoat posted:

No he doesn't. No one I know cites him for anything and I travel in highly liberal circles. When people say "liberals do the same thing!" and cite people like Maddow, Obermann and, poo poo, I don't know...Ed Shcultz or Stephanie Miller as examples, the differences becomes palpable because nobody I can think of - none of my hard left leaning friends - ever come up to me and ask me if I watched Maher or FW:FW:FW: links from Buzzfeed to me or anything like that. We don't get our news and our marching orders from these sources or let it dictate how we think.

The right does this and it's demonstrable and provable. I think that's the difference and what I think people are referring to when they say "Bill Maher is small potatoes".

Let's talk for 5 pages about Micheal Moore now and how he's just like Dinesh D'Souza

ProperGanderPusher posted:

I still hear people talk about Michael Moore as if he's the most influential liberal pundit to this day, never mind the the fact that he hasn't made a documentary since the beginning of Obama's first term, and even that one slipped under the radar a bit, which is a shame because it was my favorite one, tbh. I can count on one hand the number of self-described liberals today who actually admit to liking him; at best they'll say he "makes a good documentary" but then they'll throw in some South Park bullshit about how "in the end, he's not that different from Rush or Hannity, just on the other side of the spectrum and we need to take both sides with an equal grain of salt".

I mean, I have heard that he uses unpaid intern slave labor or something in his production crews, but I don't know how true that really is.

Intel&Sebastian posted:

I think the whole "seduce a reporter on a boat full of dildos" thing at least calls this into question.

ProperGanderPusher posted:

but then they'll throw in some South Park bullshit about how "in the end, he's not that different from Rush or Hannity, just on the other side of the spectrum and we need to take both sides with an equal grain of salt".

LaughMyselfTo posted:

Goddamn, I hate the "homophobes are gay and in denial" trope as much as the next goon, but "a scheme to demonstrate a homophobic point by pretending to be gay with a friend" is like something out of a bad fanfiction.

BiggerBoat posted:

No he doesn't. No one I know cites him for anything and I travel in highly liberal circles. When people say "liberals do the same thing!" and cite people like Maddow, Obermann and, poo poo, I don't know...Ed Shcultz or Stephanie Miller as examples, the differences becomes palpable because nobody I can think of - none of my hard left leaning friends - ever come up to me and ask me if I watched Maher or FW:FW:FW: links from Buzzfeed to me or anything like that. We don't get our news and our marching orders from these sources or let it dictate how we think.

The right does this and it's demonstrable and provable. I think that's the difference and what I think people are referring to when they say "Bill Maher is small potatoes".

Let's talk for 5 pages about Micheal Moore now and how he's just like Dinesh D'Souza

Good Citizen posted:

For some reason I just kind of assumed that Moore had died at some point.

Not sure who you're talking to because I spend too much time in the right wing media sphere and I can't remember a single instance where his name has come up in years.

loquacius posted:

One of the weirdest things about D&D to me is that if a liberal/progressive figure is ever criticized for any reason other than holding a non-progressive stance on something, South Park is inevitably namedropped. Like clockwork, for at least four years. The longevity of that meme is astounding. Look, Michael Moore is kind of a shithead, in a Big-Lebowski "you're not wrong, you're just an rear end in a top hat" sense. Thinking this does not make me automatically a centrist or a contrarian; it's not even necessarily a political stance. It makes sense for him to behave like a shithead in the context of 2000s-era America, but that doesn't make him magically not a shithead.

AdjectiveNoun posted:

It also helps that he never faces consequences for anything. He got away with wiretapping a Senator's office.

Good Citizen posted:

For some reason I just kind of assumed that Moore had died at some point.

Not sure who you're talking to because I spend too much time in the right wing media sphere and I can't remember a single instance where his name has come up in years.

loquacius posted:

The person I used to hear referenced as a left-wing Limbaugh most often apart from Moore was Al Franken, but he's a Senator now which has kind of tempered his shock-jock status.

lurker1981 posted:

I feel bad for Michael Moore.

He was skinny before he made that 'SuperSize Me' documentary, and now he can't lose the weight no matter what he does. Exposing McDonald's as being an absolute monster that was giving American citizens cheap, affordable "food" was important, but at what cost? They got rid of the supersize option because nobody wants to end up like Michael Moore.

South Park namedrop

lurker1981 posted:

I feel bad for Michael Moore.

He was skinny before he made that 'SuperSize Me' documentary, and now he can't lose the weight no matter what he does. Exposing McDonald's as being an absolute monster that was giving American citizens cheap, affordable "food" was important, but at what cost? They got rid of the supersize option because nobody wants to end up like Michael Moore.

South Park namedrop