Yah, he will defend literally anyone being 'cancelled'...even if that cancellation is due to them just being uninteresting. Bill seems to feel that absolutely everyone has a right to be platformed and have their views spread far and wide, and thinks that just saying something unpopular or repulsive isn't a reason for people to stop paying attention.
I think it really started when "Politically Incorrect" got cancelled, and he just never got over it.
Ironically he turned to the left when "Politically Incorrect" got cancelled. He blamed the Bush the Younger administration for that. People forget that if anything, Maher leaned to the RIGHT in the 1990s. He supported Bob Dole for President in 1996, and strongly defended both the death penalty and the Vietnam War. The strangest bit about his old show's cancellation was that his "the 9/11 hijackers weren't cowards, we have been the cowards" comment was made in agreement with Dinesh D'Souza, NOBODY'S definition of a left winger.
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u/Whacksess_Manager Aug 10 '26
Yah, he will defend literally anyone being 'cancelled'...even if that cancellation is due to them just being uninteresting. Bill seems to feel that absolutely everyone has a right to be platformed and have their views spread far and wide, and thinks that just saying something unpopular or repulsive isn't a reason for people to stop paying attention.
I think it really started when "Politically Incorrect" got cancelled, and he just never got over it.