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Vyrulisse
10/29/21 11:10:49 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx7VnKMZew4

Bill talks about language and how it's being abused and misused to the detriment of society as a whole. Once again hitting the nail right on the head of lunatics wanting to mold language to fit their views rather than how it should be used.

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hockeybub89
10/29/21 11:12:56 PM
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I was told by the right that words do not matter.

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toreysback
10/29/21 11:13:51 PM
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What are words worth?
What are words worth? Words
Words in papers, words in books
Words on TV, words for crooks
Words of comfort, words of peace
Words to make the fighting cease
Words to tell you what to do
Words are working hard for you
Eat your words but don't go hungry
Words have always nearly hung me

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Bio1590
10/29/21 11:13:53 PM
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Vy unironically linking to Bill Maher and concern trolling? Must be a day that ends in 'y'!
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Derwood
10/29/21 11:13:55 PM
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Language is all made up. Imagine thinking it's immutable
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Questionmarktarius
10/29/21 11:14:56 PM
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toreysback posted...
What are words worth?
A hentai from the late 90s.
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iPhone_7
10/29/21 11:17:37 PM
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Oh look the boomer Alt-Righter is complaining about the left & SJWs again

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David1988
10/29/21 11:18:04 PM
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How language is used evolves though, for example terms like transphobe or racist was used as a matter of serious indictment of bigotry, these days the same words are used less sparingly and more as a school yard insult, which is ok too, language evolves.

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Questionmarktarius
10/29/21 11:18:58 PM
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iPhone_7 posted...
Oh look the boomer Alt-Righter is complaining about the left & SJWs again
Fair.

Bill Maher has always been a classic anarcho-capitalist pretending to be a lefty.
Maybe anarcho-syndicalist.
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muchdran
10/29/21 11:19:38 PM
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It's funny because the left is
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shnangyboos
10/29/21 11:19:44 PM
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Word Game Grand Championship.

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Proto_Spark
10/29/21 11:20:37 PM
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So I'm only about to start it, but I'm assuming that this is just basically another "old man yelling at clouds" junk from Maher because he can't hide how out of touch he is now that Trump isn't President.

EDIT: Lol I got 35 seconds in before I was proven right. I think it's more like Bill doesn't understand how words work, and he's using like, randos on Twitter to try to back up his own **** take.

Bill should know "phobic" has had multiple meanings for a LONG TIME. Bill's justification is basically "I don't want to be called Islamophobic". Like words change over time, that's how language works, and Bill wants it to be like the 90s when he was "too far left"

A half-assed google says the Nirvana thing is just a 30 year old man (who's had like, decades of being the "Nirvana baby" doesn't want his dick on an album... which I think is fair.

And otherwise its just more "bleh the left is TOO PROGRESSIVE now that I'm not the most progressive and therefore they're the entire reason America is ending and not my "Enlightened Centrist" crap.

He Acts like Weight Watchers changing their name is some kind of kowtowing to the left for ****s sake.
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hockeybub89
10/29/21 11:21:05 PM
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David1988 posted...
How language is used evolves though, for example terms like transphobe or racist was used as a matter of serious indictment of bigotry, these days the same words are used less sparingly and more as a school yard insult, which is ok too, language evolves.
TC out here still saying "ye olde" and shit

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MedeaLysistrata
10/29/21 11:24:03 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
TC out here still saying "ye olde" and shit
Haha is that what this is about

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cjsdowg
10/29/21 11:26:23 PM
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I stopped when he pulled up that whole .. Oh that isn't what Phobic means.

That is not the only way the term is used. It is used in Chemistry all the time. He literally sounds like a racist alt-rigther . And I have his crew that clap at anything. Oh put a dictionary in hotel room. .YEAHHH YEAHH WHOOO . I mean how the fuck does that get cheer.

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NozomisHusband
10/29/21 11:26:40 PM
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what the fuck is going on in that thumbnail

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MedeaLysistrata
10/29/21 11:27:31 PM
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NozomisHusband posted...
what the fuck is going on in that thumbnail
Well that was unexpected

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Questionmarktarius
10/29/21 11:28:04 PM
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NozomisHusband posted...
what the fuck is going on in that thumbnail
I'm pretty sure that's an orange daiquiri
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ZMythos
10/29/21 11:28:18 PM
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Bill Maher needs to shut his stupid fucking mouth.

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greyfox747
10/29/21 11:30:21 PM
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cjsdowg posted...
I stopped when he pulled up that whole .. Oh that isn't what Phobic means.
Yeah, that definitely sounds like something he would rant about
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iPhone_7
10/29/21 11:34:21 PM
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Literally can mean figuratively. The future is now old man.

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Kolibri X
10/30/21 12:18:48 AM
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Language itself is infinitely mutable and has and always will be mutated for the sake of political reasons. Bill thinks we are standing on solid ground, but the truth is we are treading water and its time he learns how to swim. But you know what isn't mutable? The concept itself. Lets say that there are roses and someone goes, "well, I think weeds should be roses too, and you should also believe this." If they have enough power and enough people go along with it, the word will change. But the concept hasn't. The fact is, there are differences between weeds and roses and now there isn't an arrangement of symbols to properly distinguish them. A clever person can then fill in that gap and the concept that others sought to distort returns again. His mistake is he thinks the symbolic representations of concepts are sacred, not the concepts themselves. This doesn't mean we shouldn't be wary of them doing this and resist of such political manipulation.

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David1988
10/30/21 12:20:42 AM
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Kolibri X posted...
Language itself is infinitely mutable and has and always will be mutated for the sake of political reasons. Bill thinks we are standing on solid ground, but the truth is we are treading water and its time he learns how to swim. But you know what isn't mutable? The concept itself. Lets say that there are roses and someone goes, "well, I think weeds should be roses too, and you should also believe this." If they have enough power and enough people go along with it, the word will change. But the concept hasn't. The fact is, there are differences between weeds and roses and now there isn't an arrangement of symbols to properly distinguish them. A clever person can then fill in that gap and the concept that others sought to distort returns again. His mistake is he thinks the symbolic representations of concepts are sacred, not the concepts themselves. This doesn't mean we shouldn't be wary of them doing this and resist of such political manipulation.

A good post? On my CE?

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ThisWaterIsDry
10/30/21 12:23:24 AM
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ForsakenHermit
10/30/21 4:19:21 AM
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At least he's not saying New Atheist literature should be in hotel rooms anymore. That's a plus.

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Chrknu
10/30/21 5:18:26 AM
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Cpt_Pineapple posted...
alt right Bill Maher

Is he alt right? I watched the clip (in which i think he makes a lot of sense, though i disagree with some of it) and then saw his interview with Sean Spicer who is a republican.

https://youtu.be/gcpzcyX1ILE

He doesn't sound very alt-right to me. What makes people alt-right btw? It was a term used a lot about Donald Trump, who lied a lot to get cheers/votes. I figured alt-right was the conspiracy part of the right, the far-right.

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gunplagirl
10/30/21 5:22:36 AM
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This stuff is why I have a hard time messaging you out of the blue, vy. :(

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Turtlebread
10/30/21 5:23:24 AM
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Oh no theyre gonna mold language? My language?

shut the fuck up TC

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Smackems
10/30/21 5:23:44 AM
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Reeee

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au_gold
10/30/21 5:27:07 AM
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Maher is such a dipshit.

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Payzmaykr
10/30/21 5:27:53 AM
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It definitely needs to be said and called out. Twisting words to fit your agenda is a common tactic thats really childish. One example is referring to ALL people who illegally enter the country as asylum seekers. Because, you know its not true and it attempts to negate a serious crime to fit political agendas. Its far too common now.

But when your side controls the narrative, you get to phrase things to fit your opinions.

One other example is the capitol rioters (domestic terrorists) calling themselves patriots. Theres one from both groups.

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Xethuminra
10/30/21 5:28:44 AM
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People associate their stupid culture with their biology. Its bullshit. Trust me.
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Chrknu
10/30/21 5:34:57 AM
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Payzmaykr posted...
It definitely needs to be said and called out. Twisting words to fit your agenda is a common tactic thats really childish. One example is referring to ALL people who illegally enter the country as asylum seekers. Because, you know its not true and it attempts to negate a serious crime to fit political agendas. Its far too common now.

But when your side controls the narrative, you get to phrase things to fit your opinions.

I've not heard this to be a common problem before, on the other side however, it's very much a problem that immigrants are talked about as criminals and welfware queens etc. Shouldn't that be dealt with?

I agree that not all immigrants are asylum seekers, some want a better and safer life. I didn't think this was a myth


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Solution_45
10/30/21 5:37:45 AM
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based maher
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Xethuminra
10/30/21 5:38:09 AM
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Yeah, based maher
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HairyQueen
10/30/21 5:44:45 AM
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Ah yes, I remember learning in school how mankind first discovered the ancient stone tablets that listed all words in the English language along with their correct definitions and now these ZOOMERS are trying to change words??

BTW, yes zoomer was also written on the stone tablets, its not like we made that word up okay?

And its not like we just made up language okay? And language does NOT evolve over time, got it?!

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Chrknu
10/30/21 6:34:34 AM
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HairyQueen posted...
Ah yes, I remember learning in school how mankind first discovered the ancient stone tablets that listed all words in the English language along with their correct definitions and now these ZOOMERS are trying to change words??

BTW, yes zoomer was also written on the stone tablets, its not like we made that word up okay?

And its not like we just made up language okay? And language does NOT evolve over time, got it?!

I'm not sure if you understand the problem or you are just being sarcastic for the sake of it


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Machete
10/30/21 6:37:46 AM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Fair.

Bill Maher has always been a classic anarcho-capitalist pretending to be a lefty.
Maybe anarcho-syndicalist.

fun fact: My father knew him in college

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FunkyCat
10/30/21 6:45:32 AM
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Imagine taking anything Bill or Vy says seriously.

Just imagine such a crazy world.


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iPhone_7
10/30/21 2:31:15 PM
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Silence is Violence.

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Chrknu
10/30/21 3:15:22 PM
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iPhone_7 posted...
Silence is Violence.

I thought saying something that offended someone was violence. Maybe it's both?

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