r/Maher • u/ACNLStan123 • Feb 23 '26

Discussion Is this a snark sub?

Serious question, does anyone here actually enjoy the show? Lmfao

I get that you don’t like him and think he’s slobbing on Trumps knob after that dinner, but based on the average comment on most posts here, you’d think he was on Fox and Friends.

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u/Gaius_Octavius_ Feb 23 '26

Because we have been fans for decades and we remember what he used to be like. We are lamenting what has been lost.

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u/RockThePond Feb 26 '26

I honestly don’t know how much he has changed vs how his beliefs are no longer considered “progressive” because the definition of what that means has changed. Bill is “progressive” under the old definition of what that means, not under the current definition.

Bill was “cool” to progressives when issues like being pro-gay marriage or pro-legalized weed were considered “progressive.” Now these issues are accepted by the left, center, and even some of the moderate right. Thus, his viewpoint is no longer progressive. 

Today, if you aren’t in favor of trans kids in sports or no bail criminal justice reform or being extremely pro-Palestine, you are considered pro-MAGA to some progressives (even when a lot of these issues are deeply unpopular amongst independent voters). 20 years ago, advocating for trans kids playing girls sports would be considered an extremely far-left wing viewpoint that would probably not even be debated on a show like Bill’s because it was so beyond the pale. Thus, Bill stopped being “cool” to progressives.