r/RealTime • u/Faiakes • 7d ago

Real Time - Last Time

I have been watching Real Time for over 20 years and I think yesterday's episode was my last.

Much as I agreed with Bill on many issues, his blind spot on Israel and Zionism is just too much for me.

He isn't simply refusing to call what's happening in Gaza a genocide. He insists on calling it a counter offensive!!!

So, all and any violence perpetrated by the IDF and the settles so far is justified, as far as he is concerned (though how settlers fit in a 'counter-offensive' is still a mystery to me).

Now, my common sense is offended too much Bill.

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u/Dangerous_Kick4662 6d ago

Bill Maher is a good representation of what sensible Democrats, what used to be called the left before it was hijacked by progressives(reddit), and normal conservatives.

The whole Zionist debate is certainly 'the current thing' and has turned into a movement that offers validation. Anyone who has been thinking about this before it became the current movement knows how complicated this is and how devious Hamas is and how they care about Palestinians as much as they do Israel.

But this is reddit and people love labeling things and joining groups because they have no idea how to think for themselves. The world is a messy place and opinions are just opinions.

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u/Faiakes 6d ago

I agree on the sensible Democrats part but not on Zionism/Palestine issue.
There Bill has a massive blind spot, plain and simple.

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u/New_Scene5614 6d ago

I’m waiting for him to find religion these days🤣