Complete Dipshit Bill Maher Is Not the Rebellious Truth-Teller He Thinks He Is
- john raymond
- Aug 6
- 3 min read
Let’s not romanticize Bill Maher as some misunderstood iconoclast holding the last torch for “real” comedy in a world gone woke. The truth is simpler and more damning: he’s a smug, out-of-touch anti-vaxxer with a massive platform and nothing funny or useful left to say. This latest public whining match with Stephen Colbert—disguised as cultural criticism—isn't rebellion. It’s petty projection from a man who’s been on the wrong side of science, ethics, and comedy for years.
The Myth of Maher’s Centeredness
Maher loves to cast himself as the last rational liberal, bravely skewering “both sides.” But scratch beneath the surface and what you find is someone who rants like a Fox News grandpa, echoing right-wing talking points while pretending he's "just asking questions." His long-running opposition to vaccines, his disdain for anyone who takes social justice seriously, and his knee-jerk contempt for movements that challenge entrenched power all reveal what he’s really defending: bullshit and his own waning relevance.
Bill Maher doesn’t hate partisanship. He hates that the mainstream has moved on from him.
Comedy Isn’t Dying—He’s Just Not Funny Anymore
Maher complains that Colbert “turned comedy into advocacy.” But let’s be clear: all comedy is advocacy. George Carlin—whom Maher desperately wants to be—used jokes to eviscerate religion, capitalism, and American hypocrisy. Richard Pryor exposed racial brutality with razor-sharp wit. Even Johnny Carson took shots at Nixon. The idea that Colbert's version of political satire is somehow a betrayal of comedy is absurd—it just happens to target the evil people Maher sympathizes with.
Colbert still makes people laugh. Maher just makes people groan.
Anti-Vax Idiocy Dressed as Dissent
Perhaps Maher’s most toxic trait is his anti-science posturing. He’s used his show for years to push dangerous skepticism about vaccines, diets, and medicine—all under the illusion of being a “free thinker.” This isn’t comedy. It’s pseudoscientific recklessness wrapped in a smirk. He didn’t just question mandates—he questioned reality, downplayed COVID, and mocked public health.
And now he wants to whine that he’s the one being punished by “the machine”? No, Bill. You’re being called out because your ideas are dumb, your posture is tired, and your refusal to evolve morally and intellectually is transparent.
“The Machine” Argument Is Lazy and Old
Every grifter with a microphone claims to be fighting "the machine." The irony is, Maher is the machine—he’s been on network and cable TV for decades, earning millions to monologue at people. He wants to be seen as a renegade, but he’s a rich old man yelling about “cancel culture” on a show with studio applause.
What’s worse is that he knows exactly what he’s doing. He cloaks regressive nonsense in the language of edgy truth-telling, hoping to avoid accountability by pretending it’s all just comedy. It’s not. It’s cowardice.
Colbert Isn’t the Problem. Maher Is.
Yes, Colbert leans heavily into politics. That’s because the world has gotten more dangerous, more unequal, and more absurd. The idea that comedians should just “put us to bed” with apolitical jokes is a fantasy of the 1990s, a time when people like Maher could snark their way through moral ambiguity without consequences.
But today, the stakes are higher. People are dying from disinformation. Democracy is under threat. Colbert understands that using his platform to stand for something matters.
Maher just wants to be applauded for not standing with anyone at all.
So let’s drop the illusion. Bill Maher isn’t fighting for free speech. He’s not saving comedy. He’s not bravely defending liberal values. He’s an aging contrarian with a persecution complex and a platform far too big for his intellect. Colbert may be imperfect, but he still stands for truth.
Maher just stands for Maher. And that’s not enough.
Not anymore.
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