You probably saw it coming. Bill Maher is officially divorced from the woke left. He feels that Democratic Party is heading into too hard of a left direction and even got actor Jon Hamm to agree with him when they appeared together on Maher’s “Club Random” podcast, as Fox News reports:
“I keep basically the same philosophy for 30 years even though the politics changes, so my audience sometimes changes. I’ve lost a fair number of what I would call the super woke, and it’s good. Don’t let the door hit you in the a–. You were no fun to begin with. You have a terrible sense of humor.”
Maher has slowly been drifting away from mainstream left since the start of the decade, but this is the first time he’s actively telling off a significant segment of his original fanbase. Maher noted ‘wokeism’ can be useful to advocate for certain rights, but that it’s gone way too far. Shockingly, even Hamm agreed. The fact that he did shows a change of direction in Hollywood. Wokeism has gotten so idiotic that even liberal actors feel comfortable in speaking out against it, feeling that their careers will no longer be damaged for doing so. That’s a serious sea-change for Hollywood.
“You’re shooting yourself in the foot and then wondering why you walk with a limp,” Hamm said.
There’s another nail in the coffin that Maher didn’t bring up in his interview with Hamm. The whole Covid vaccine situation. Maher takes a surprisingly moderate approach, which, in today’s day and age, is considered radical amongst liberals.
In an interview with presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Maher said, “I have taken a lot of sh– for being an anti-vaxer, which is really just a vaccine skeptic. One thing I don’t understand about Covid thing. How come your doctors don’t consider the Great Barrington letter signed by 16,000 doctors all dissenting on how we handle it? How come that’s the science? It’s a lot of accredited people.”
The Great Barrington letter was a letter signed by over 20k professional doctors who were simply asking for the brakes to be pumped slightly with vaccine distribution. They just wanted a little more time. But you’re identified as a looney by the hard left-wing if you feel that way.
Maher’s viewpoint actually represents a growing movement, where those who sit on the left are finally finding a home for their governmental skepticism. Since when did it become left-wing to love and trust the government? Maher noted Kennedy’s efforts, and noted that because of the government’s ethically dubious track record, the skepticism of the vaccine represents a skepticism with authoritarian government. Which, on its face, seems pretty left-wing.
“I think your idea of connecting the pharmaceutical industry, with the bigger issue of corporate America having too much of a stranglehold. But that’s where I feel this should start. Before this you were a guy who was concerned about the environment and did so much. But this is sort of environmental vaccines.”
Maher concluded his viewpoints quite nicely. “Vaccine injuries are a fact. We don’t say they’re bad because we know they have side effects, but we have to admit, vaccines have side effects.”
Maher’s shift could represent a larger awakening within the Democratic Party, especially amongst the boomer generation. Don’t be surprised if a random third party candidate gets some momentum based on Maher’s comments. There’s an exodus happening here, with Maher at the forefront, bringing in the last generation.
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