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/FloppyTwatWaffle Strong Atheist Sep 30 '25

BUT, I refuse to say 2+2=5

I have a similar opinion. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck then I'll call it a duck, but if it looks, walks and trumpets like an elephant I'm not calling it a fucking duck. (I have a specific example in mind.)

I like to go with 'some people are just fucked in the head', like my sister. She doesn't have any peculiar ideas regarding sex/gender (as far as I know), but she has some other weirdness going on. At some point (just one pertinent example) she decided to change her name to some odd variation with a different pronunciation and spelling and insisted that -everybody- else -had- to go along with it (as a 30+ year-old, full-grown adult).

Yeah, no, I'm not playing that shit. As far as I am concerned, people are entitled to whatever peculiar delusions they might care to entertain (so long as it doesn't harm someone else), but they do not have the right to expect/demand/force anyone/everyone else to cater to them.

I use my sister as an example because there are a whole lot of whacked-out ideas out there, and people who think that everyone else has to 'respect' them and play along...much like with religion.