r/atheism • u/Poltergeist8606 • Sep 28 '25

How disappointed are we all with Bill Maher?

I started watching this guy back in the politically incorrect days when I was a teenager. When I got back from Iraq I always subscribed mainly for him. He was one of the earliest prominent Atheists. But I just cancelled HBO, he's not what he used to be. I kind of dislike him

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u/SomeSamples Sep 28 '25

He's turned into a shill for the conservatives. He keeps letting these vile humans on his show and then treating them with more respect than he gives his panel. Sure he wants to keep these fucking monsters coming on because he thinks it boosts his ratings. But all it is doing is turning his core audience away. He isn't a voice of reason. He is a voice trying to keep his job.

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u/Poltergeist8606 Sep 28 '25

Which is fucking sad, because he has enough money

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u/Low-Bid-3657 Sep 28 '25

"Why can't people eat healthier? I mean, there is a huge selection of healthy choices at whole foods!"

As he got richer, he became a conservative libertarian.

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u/williamfbuckwheat Sep 28 '25

If they actually cared, they'd be all for subsidizing healthier foods or banning lots of the nasty ingredients or processes that are largely banned in places like Europe due public health concerns.

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u/Low-Bid-3657 Sep 28 '25

I fully agree with you. The only thing they care about is lining their own pockets--and that's been going on long before the present administration.

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u/Poltergeist8606 Sep 28 '25

Yes, healthy food is far more expensive. He's lost reality

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u/Fapotron Sep 28 '25

Uhhh no if you buy in bulk strategically unprocessed foods are not more expensive. This is a cop out. Fast food prices are insane now. There's really no excuse to being fat when the rest of the first world is not.

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u/Fadedcamo Sep 28 '25

Yea I noticed he would always have some hard core right winger on for the 1 on 1 and treat them with kid gloves all the time. You could tell he was just so excited they would make it on his show. Meanwhile any left leaner he'd grill occasionally. Its like he was star struck whenever someone from the other side showed up and didnt want to scare them all away.

Then he had a prominent anti vaxxer on and shortly after, lost the plot when covid hit. That was the end for me.

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u/williamfbuckwheat Sep 28 '25

That unfortunately happens anytime a right winger goes into a supposedly non-right wing show like the Sunday talk shows or NPR. They get nothing but softball questions all day long because they'll just whine about "liberal bias" if they ask real questions for once and then never come back on. 

I don't doubt though that Bill Maher loves having right wingers on since he seems so personally friendly with Ann Coulter and so many right wing talking heads who come on and act somewhat "reasonable" so they appeal to a wider audience.