The stupidity of "appropriation"

[Cool Chris]

That's an interesting angle, because who is defining what is "important?" To some it is important James Bond is a white, English dude. To others, it isn't.

[Stadler]

That's an interesting angle, because who is defining what is "important?" To some it is important James Bond is a white, English dude. To others, it isn't.

Well, that's always the question here, isn't it?  And it seems as though in America, circa 2022, if a special interest deems it "important", it is.

[TAC]

Dammit Kev!

I have never paid any attention to Bill Maher. I don't have HBO, and without much if any experience with him, he's always come off to me as kind of an uppity dick.

But since Kev posted the clip in the OP, I've been going down a Bill Maher rabbit hole on youtube. He's still kind of an uppity dick, but I gotta say that his commentaries seem to be spot on.

[King Postwhore]

I watch his show weekly. I don't agree all the time but I love that he has discussion.  We need more if it.

[KevShmev]

I think smarmy is a better word to describe Maher , but I like that he is not afraid to go at his own side when he does not agree with them.  Of course, that means the far left liberals have turned on and now accuse him of being a conservative  , but that is life in 2022 with the extremists where "you must be in full support of everything we think or else you are against us."

[TAC]

I think smarmy is a better word to describe Maher , but I like that he is not afraid to go at his own side when he does not agree with them. Of course, that means the far left liberals have turned on and now accuse him of being a conservative , but that is life in 2022 with the extremists where "you must be in full support of everything we think or else you are against us."

Yeah, one of the clips I watched, he mentions this and compares himself with Liz Cheney going the other way.

[KevShmev]

I think smarmy is a better word to describe Maher , but I like that he is not afraid to go at his own side when he does not agree with them. Of course, that means the far left liberals have turned on and now accuse him of being a conservative , but that is life in 2022 with the extremists where "you must be in full support of everything we think or else you are against us."

Yeah, one of the clips I watched, he mentions this and compares himself with Liz Cheney going the other way.

Yep, and not being in full agreement with the nut jobs these days puts your in their crosshairs.  I don't want to turn this into a P/R thread too much, but go check out the story on Sydney Sweeney from this weekend.  The people going after her for that, when she herself literally did NOTHING, are the types of people who have destroyed civility.

[XeRocks81]

sorry to be crass but titties should the one thing we can all agree on  don’t care if they come from MAGA.  Okay I’m done now  ( I genuinely think she’s a talented actress)

[KevShmev]

Haha, yeah, I am more of an ass and leg man than anything when it comes to the ladies, but her tracts of land are glorious.

Just watch the show she's on (Euphoria) and you will see them.  I couldn't go into the show myself (too much style over substance), but the shots of her sure were nice. 

[Stadler]

Is Euphoria the one with the ex-porn star?  I'm not really into that pouty teen look but that's not to say I disagree with the assessments.

It's a shame, though that the party of inclusion and tolerance is just as intolerant as everyone else when it comes to something THEY don't agree with.  Lessons there, I'm sure, but also lessons that will be lost.  While I'm bummed that her response included "don't make assumptions" - like what, don't assume I have my own view on politics?  It's evidence of the bullying that goes on from the left, shaming people into toeing the line.  She is right, though, that not everything is, or should be, a political statement.