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Related: About this forumBill Maher's message to Romney voters
Too funny!
(Is it just me, the preview frame YouTube selected, or does he look totally baked?)
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)He even seems to slur his words the slightest amount.
But that's his business though and power to him is he is really, lol. Not that you were implying otherwise.
Bucky
(54,026 posts)Sorry. Not funny and not helpful.
And, yes, I get that it was "just a joke". But it's a joke that reinforces ugly prejudices. If a Republican had made this joke, we'd all be screaming bloody murder.
FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)That is what they believe, whether Bill Maher makes a joke or not.
Carolina
(6,960 posts)It's what those people believe (and yes, I use the phrase those people disparagingly).
It reinforces all the media stereotypes (do you ever seen anything positive about Blacks on TV... the news is quick to show a Black criminal face, etc.
And really we're only 12% of the population but we can wreak such havoc against the millions of ignorant Rmoney voters many of whom are truly violent.
Not funny. Bill.
ywcachieve
(365 posts)blackdiamond62
(24 posts)It was a funny joke but he should be warning Obama voters that the Repubs are trying to use "stricter voter ID laws" for nonexistent voter fraud , voter suppression by purging voter rolls and not so subtle voter intimidation with the "Voter fraud is a felony" billboards in minority neighborhoods to steal the 2012 election . These tactics are like the lynchings and poll taxes back in the day. The GOP (Grand Old Party) ain't so grand.
REMEMBER TO VOTE NOVEMBER 06, 2012.
bonniebgood
(943 posts)buffoon. I mean balloon.
Does Bill have ANY Black writers on staff? If not get some or have your "black jokes" checked/verified by Cornnell West or by somebody who knows what's offensive to the Black Population. Damn man.
Are blacks the ones who's bombing women's clinics?
Are blacks bombing/planting bombs at voting places?
Are blacks doing mass shooting murder? AND on and on.
I just know that Bill knows that most blacks in jail are there for NON-VIOLENT crimes. FACT
Black's Bill, on a whole are NON-Violent People. That is why so many are not wealthy.
formercia
(18,479 posts)The crazies would love a Race War.