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Why didn't Bill Maher Catch more sh*t for his Choctaw comment?

  • Bill Maher recently gave a internet streaming show called "CrazyStupidPolitics". During the show, Mr. Maher discussed Donald Trump. Basically, Mr Maher said that Donald Trump was a horrible businessman. Maher said that the greatest piece of evidence for this is the fact that Mr. Trump's casinos went bankrupt. Maher then said, " “The only business where people give you money for nothing. Choctaw Indians can make this work!” I found it shocking. But, as I usually do, I did some mental word substitution to make sure my thinking was correct. In place of "Choctaw Indians" I put "Jews", "Blacks", "Women", and other demographic words. Yup, still outrageous and offensive. So, what I'm wondering, is how come no one seems to care. Is it because not many people actually know some Choctaw people personally? Is it because the Choctaw have little political power nationally? Is it because there aren't that many of them? I know there are a lot of people that pretty much don't care about degrading comments toward vulnerable groups. Whatever, that is what it is. But, where are the feminists? Where are the Latinos? Where are the Blacks? Where are the Jews? Why did people like this that were at the show or watching it online have nothing to say? Why does no one seemingly have nothing to say...period? After the show, I left a comment o Bill's Real Time website. I also emailed representatives of Choctaw Nation. For the record, I'm not Choctaw, have no relatives that are, and don't really know anything about their culture. But, I think I do have some grasp between right and wrong. I hope if you read this and agree with me, regardless of your demographic or political positions, you will shoot an email or do something.

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    He's a left-wing liberal freak. They can get away with murder. If a conservative, comedian or otherwise, would have uttered something like this you would never hear the end of it.

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He says things like this all the time about Jews (he's Jewish isn't he?). But-- I'm guessing it's because no one actually watches his show that no one picked up on this remark.

Ratz

Maher is a comedian and a satirist. He is expected to make this sort of comment. You can't treat his remarks the way you would a candidate for office. He is not a public figure, not a politician. You have to use different standards with people who make a living by having us laugh at ourselves. You won't agree with me. The solution is for you to avoid his comments. You likely enjoyed Limbaugh calling that young woman a slut and a prostitute for using birth control. Listen to him instead.

jotacar

I don't know why Maher gets a free pass either. He is one of the ugliest, most bigoted, most hateful public figures in America. He also used vile sexist slurs to refer to Palin and called for Elizabeth Hasselbeck to be sexually assaulted. Apparently in Maher's narrow, ignorant mind, women have no right to an opinion different from his own.

Matt

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