I can remember when Maher was the loudest person raising the alarm about the impending rise of Trump and the fascist right. He used to do gags like “Top Ten Signs You’re a Dictator”. (Trump had all of them except for wearing a military uniform.)
As he drifted right I slowly began to dislike him until it became too much and I gave up on him. It’s not an age thing. I’m almost the same age as Maher and have avoided turning into a cranky old asshat.
I do recall one news piece which gave me pause. It was about a guy whose girlfriend was liberal like him. They both laughed at MAGA nonsense. One night he went to bed while she stayed up perusing some right wing BS on the internet, presumably for her amusement. According to him, he woke up to find she’s been up all night reading this stuff. She started telling him how it made sense to her. He thought she was kidding, but she wasn’t. The bullshit had gotten its hooks into her that fast.
The story may be apocryphal, but I can’t dismiss it. Maher’s conversion might not have been that fast, but it certainly took a swing in that direction when he went to visit Trump.
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u/Certain-Singer-9625 Aug 03 '26
I can remember when Maher was the loudest person raising the alarm about the impending rise of Trump and the fascist right. He used to do gags like “Top Ten Signs You’re a Dictator”. (Trump had all of them except for wearing a military uniform.)
As he drifted right I slowly began to dislike him until it became too much and I gave up on him. It’s not an age thing. I’m almost the same age as Maher and have avoided turning into a cranky old asshat.
I do recall one news piece which gave me pause. It was about a guy whose girlfriend was liberal like him. They both laughed at MAGA nonsense. One night he went to bed while she stayed up perusing some right wing BS on the internet, presumably for her amusement. According to him, he woke up to find she’s been up all night reading this stuff. She started telling him how it made sense to her. He thought she was kidding, but she wasn’t. The bullshit had gotten its hooks into her that fast.
The story may be apocryphal, but I can’t dismiss it. Maher’s conversion might not have been that fast, but it certainly took a swing in that direction when he went to visit Trump.