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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 01:11 AM Jan 2019

Watching Bill Maher now, since I was out and recorded it. Two things...

His opening was great.

Coulter is an act. She's always been an act. She failed at being a lawyer and a few other things but discovered her niche as a snide pseudo-conservative. I doubt she believes for a minute half the stuff she spouts, but it's a paycheck. I don't hate her so much as her "followers".

Actually, I suspect most of the wingnuts who back her don't take her seriously either, but a good shitstirrer is not a bad thing to have around. And, if you watched their interchange with the properly jaundiced eye, you would see how it was not serious at all. (Is Bill really gonna go for a shag after the show?)

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Watching Bill Maher now, since I was out and recorded it. Two things... (Original Post) TreasonousBastard Jan 2019 OP
ok - that parenthetical is a word picture I won't be able to unsee. !!! lol. n/t CincyDem Jan 2019 #1
did she flash her hoohaw at him like she used to do? Grasswire2 Jan 2019 #2
She a " political actress " California_Republic Jan 2019 #3
The alt-right views she spouts does real damage radius777 Jan 2019 #4
She is a disgusting POS, whether she is actually an asshole or just plays one on TV YessirAtsaFact Jan 2019 #6
I agree.. it's disgusting to give Cha Jan 2019 #9
I think you're right. You can see her measuring her effect. nolabear Jan 2019 #5
The resEntertainment industry YessirAtsaFact Jan 2019 #7
It is pretty creepy. But it's pure Trumpian. nolabear Jan 2019 #8
Fuck her. She does a lot of damage whether it's an act or not. brush Jan 2019 #10
Exactly, Trump is the male Coulter. radius777 Jan 2019 #11
Just because of recent hype, I watched her/MAHER 2nite, was *SHOCKED* UTUSN Jan 2019 #12
So he closed the government for her act? lunatica Jan 2019 #13
She wasn't the hoser who shut everything down. She does have a lot to answer for, but... TreasonousBastard Jan 2019 #15
She could have realized he was listening to her lunatica Jan 2019 #17
Defending her? Hardly. Merely observing that she is another con artist who found... TreasonousBastard Jan 2019 #18
You're right lunatica Jan 2019 #19
Thanks, but no apology necessary... TreasonousBastard Jan 2019 #20
After Watching Tonight's Show, I Thought the Same Thing dlk Jan 2019 #14
isn't that just a textbook definition dweller Jan 2019 #16

California_Republic

(1,826 posts)
3. She a " political actress "
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 01:22 AM
Jan 2019

A political entertainer. She says what ever keeps her in the news. I agree that her true beliefs are not really important to her.

radius777

(3,635 posts)
4. The alt-right views she spouts does real damage
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 01:25 AM
Jan 2019

to those who are the targets (PoC, Latinos, immigrants) of it.

She may seem "harmless" to some on the white left, but not to PoC like myself.

YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)
6. She is a disgusting POS, whether she is actually an asshole or just plays one on TV
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 01:32 AM
Jan 2019

Either way, a disgusting POS.

Cha

(297,285 posts)
9. I agree.. it's disgusting to give
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 01:38 AM
Jan 2019

her a pass.. 'cause maybe she's not actually as big an asshole as she tries to be.

nolabear

(41,984 posts)
5. I think you're right. You can see her measuring her effect.
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 01:31 AM
Jan 2019

I really hate the entertainment/government/information meld we have now. It is entertaining to the point of being addictive but I’m afraid it’s fiddling while Rome burns on a global scale.

YessirAtsaFact

(2,064 posts)
7. The resEntertainment industry
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 01:33 AM
Jan 2019

Play on white resentment, while being "entertaining" to their nasty, mean fans.

nolabear

(41,984 posts)
8. It is pretty creepy. But it's pure Trumpian.
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 01:37 AM
Jan 2019

I don’t think for a minute most of them have anything but contempt for the fans.

brush

(53,784 posts)
10. Fuck her. She does a lot of damage whether it's an act or not.
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 01:54 AM
Jan 2019

And what kind of no conscience sociopath engages in inciting wingers to more and more extreme views and even actions—like she did to the biggest, dufus winger in existence—the one in the Wh.

She deserves not just hatred, but contempt and exposure for what she is as well.

No tolerance for the shit she's spreading please. Shistirrers are ok my ass. Look what her shitstirring got the country.

radius777

(3,635 posts)
11. Exactly, Trump is the male Coulter.
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 02:01 AM
Jan 2019

Buchanan and other alt-righters were old and boring.

Enter Coulter, who was young, attractive (to some), media savvy, female, etc.

She spent years crafting and perfecting a "pop" brand of alt-rightism... one that Trump would eventually pick up on and add to himself.

Coulter and Trump are more dangerous than Buchanana/Duke et al for this reason - they were able to make alt-right/fascism/white nationalism seem trendy and part of mainstream pop culture.

It doesn't matter if on some level it's an act - Hitler was an act on some level - what matters is the real damage it does to real people.

UTUSN

(70,706 posts)
12. Just because of recent hype, I watched her/MAHER 2nite, was *SHOCKED*
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 02:01 AM
Jan 2019

at how shallow she is. I have *never* listened to her all these years, but thought she was an "intellectual" of the wingnut sort.

Look, SHITLER is a fool, nobody to take strategically, but because of the "influence" COULTERgeist (and LIMBOsevic) have had on him for the past few weeks, I assumed she was a teeny bit towards the David FRUM sort.

Well, surprise surprise after watching the YouTube of the MAHER/COULTERgeist bit, my first long term exposure to her, she is a TOTAL FLAKE!1

MAHER brought up her past years of supporting SHITLER and her "reasons" were complete ridiculousness! Her current disappointment in SHITLER is just deflation of conviction.

To say, now, she is an idiot is nothing. The incredible gobsmaking is that some weirdo occupying the "most powerful" slot in the world looks to her for direction!1






lunatica

(53,410 posts)
13. So he closed the government for her act?
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 02:51 AM
Jan 2019

800,000 people lost their credit rating, couldn’t even pay for gas to work for free, went into deeper debt, couldn’t pay their mortgage, had to go to food pantries to eat and may take months or even years to recover financially and she says it was all just a fun act?

Anyone buying this excuse for a human being as being just some entertainer is a fucking idiot.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
15. She wasn't the hoser who shut everything down. She does have a lot to answer for, but...
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 03:12 AM
Jan 2019

blame the asshole who listened to her.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
17. She could have realized he was listening to her
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 09:37 AM
Jan 2019

and told him to open the government.

How can you stand to defend her? She spreads damage like contagious sickness.

And yes, Trump is a fucking idiot for listening to her!

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
18. Defending her? Hardly. Merely observing that she is another con artist who found...
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 09:51 AM
Jan 2019

a profitable niche.

Like Father Coughlin, Walter Winchell, and so many others, we tolerate them as a side effect of democracy and free speech, but the onus is on us as a nation if we take them seriously.

I mention Coughlin and Winchell because they were eventually taken down when they caused more trouble than amusement. We have either not learned that lesson, or the new ones haven't reached the tipping point yet.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
19. You're right
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 04:36 PM
Jan 2019

I shouldn’t have said you were defending her because you aren’t please accept my apology.

dlk

(11,567 posts)
14. After Watching Tonight's Show, I Thought the Same Thing
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 02:55 AM
Jan 2019

Coulter is just another bs artist out to make a buck. She doesn’t appear to believe the spin she spews. She’s found her niche market & is milking it for all it’s worth.

dweller

(23,641 posts)
16. isn't that just a textbook definition
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 03:28 AM
Jan 2019

of a repuke?
I've never expected anything different from one ...


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