It is my conviction that Conservatism is devoted to Reason rather than Hatred. Oddly, while Bill Maher continues to see himself as a “liberal,” he consistently attacks the absurdities of the political Left. One wonders if it is not simply his loathing for Donald Trump that keeps him from admitting that his views are now more or less aligned with those of mainstream Conservatism.
Multiple videos have emerged over the last few days of Maher aggressively attacking the stupidity and hypocrisy of America’s Democrats. In one such video he goes toe to toe with Jane Fonda, declaring her home state of California to be a hotbed of “woke” insanity. In another he expresses his loathing for those Hollywood Elites who never cease lecturing the public on the impact of their “carbon footprints,” while nevertheless spewing a thousand times more CO2 into the atmosphere by flying their private jets here, there and everywhere! Refusing to indulge in their hypocrisy, he openly admits that he too has used a private jet in attempting to honour his various commitments.
In yet another video, Maher suggests an Awards Show for those who have fought against Cancel Culture. Among his nominees are J. K. Rowling who has been viciously attacked for her politically incorrect views on what it means to be a Woman, as well as Cornell University’s Martha Pollack who staunchly fought against Leftist attempts to stifle Free Speech in her institution’s classrooms. His point, quite obviously, is that while the Left claims to be a defender of Democratic Principles, it is in fact a dire threat to Democracy itself.
In the last video to which I shall refer, Maher mocks Kamala Harris for implying that her defeat in the recent presidential election was a result of the fact that she is both a Woman and a person of Colour, two identity groups to which “conservatives” are not apparently sympathetic. But she lost, Maher contends, because the Woke politics of the Left have alienated a significant portion of the American public. Indeed he cites statistics showing that while Trump’s personal appeal has dwindled among various demographics, his policies continue to be preferred to those of his opponents. His implication is clearly that while many who voted for Trump were not particularly fond of his bullying tactics, they felt they had no other option. Yet given Maher’s unequivocal loathing for so many aspects of the contemporary Left, one cannot help but wonder if he is not in fact a “conservative” who refuses to come out as such simply because he loathes Donald Trump? To phrase it differently, are those who voted for Trump the bigoted idiots constantly demonized by the Left, or simply people of common sense who felt they had no other choice?