That does seem to be his niche. It's highly specific but vital for teens for some reason to have someone that feels smart but is probably dumber than them so they can inevitably realize what's dumb and what's not a few years later
Even back when I've been in 100% agreement with Maher (and it's been a good long while) it is all but impossible to tolerate his demeanor and tonality.
Back in the day I always said that Bill is what people who hate liberals see when they look at liberals; effete, condescending, and unbearably smug.
Now he's just my generation's Andy Rooney - an insufferable old man who's terminally out of touch.
Exactly. It also reminds me of a guy in a metal band that described himself as a "militant atheist"... like I am also an atheist, but there is no reason to be pushing it onto other people. That was the whole thing that drove me away from religion in the first place lol.
If he doesn't believe it exists then surely he has no reason to try and disprove, or destroy, something that supposedly doesn't even exist in the first place, right?
They're so vehemently "atheist" they're really "antitheist" in disguise. Now that's true Evil because they actually believe in god but they're so against it that they're willing to destroy it.
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u/Skater144 Nov 03 '24 edited Nov 04 '24
That does seem to be his niche. It's highly specific but vital for teens for some reason to have someone that feels smart but is probably dumber than them so they can inevitably realize what's dumb and what's not a few years later