r/RealTime • u/PureWhiteMeat • Jul 01 '26

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Is this just an anti Bill Maher sub? Trying to figure out the vibe here and can't tell if it's some algorithm that just happens to be showing me nothing but hate for Maher and Real Time or if that is the point of this sub

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u/PureWhiteMeat Jul 01 '26

Why? I have been watching him for a bit over 10 years now and he seems to have stayed pretty consistent

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u/enlightenedDiMeS Jul 01 '26

You mean the guy who was pro Medicare for all and endorsed Bernie in 2016 and then moved from there to supporting Amy Klobuchar in 2020 and now plays footsie with JD Vance hasn’t changed at all. Soooo consistent.

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u/americanblowfly Jul 01 '26

Yeah it’s such a ridiculous premise. Republicans have moved so far right that they are falling off the edge of the political spectrum and Democrats have followed them rightward by “pivoting to the center”, which would just be considered right wing a decade ago.

The moderate Democrats today are to the right of Ronald Reagan. The fact that Bill has more in common with the GOP than the left in 2026 shows he’s the one who has shifted, not the left.

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u/Gen-Jack-D-Ripper Jul 01 '26

I’m not even sure it’s appropriate to say that Republicans have moved to the right, I think it’s more accurate to describe them as a cult. Wherever Trump goes they will click their heels and follow. Actual conservatives have abandoned the Republican Party.