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Bill Maher says his Trump-orangutan jokes are not the same as Roseanne's 'ape' tweets
Fox News ^ | 6/2/2018 | Stephen Sorace

Posted on 06/02/2018 2:22:36 PM PDT by antidemoncrat

"Real Time" host Bill Maher defended himself Friday night after critics spent part of the week equating his past jokes -- likening President Donald Trump to an orangutan -- to Roseanne Barr's Twitter post about a former adviser to President Barack Obama.

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To: antidemoncrat

If it were not for double standards, liberals would have no standards at all.


41 posted on 06/02/2018 4:21:28 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: KC_Conspirator
If it were not for double standards, liberals would have no standards at all.

Love it! Perfect for a bumper strip!

42 posted on 06/02/2018 4:31:03 PM PDT by Brandonmark (Made America Great Again! 11.08.2016 - A DAY OF RENEWAL)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Because saying President Trump’s mother had sex with a monkey isn’t the same thing as saying President Jarrett’s mother had sex with a monkey.

Exactly. Because feminists such as ValJar don't really want equal treatment, they want special treatment.

43 posted on 06/02/2018 4:34:17 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (Opportunities multiply as they are seized.)
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To: EdnaMode
Without fail, when a clear double-standard or glaring example of liberal hypocrisy is brought to a debate, it's the standard leftist response:

"THAT was DIFFERENT!"

44 posted on 06/02/2018 4:38:49 PM PDT by daler
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To: antidemoncrat

It’s worth your time reverse-engineer these kinds of absurd exercises in sophistry, gaslighting, and logical sleight-of-hand to obtain a template that you can use in the future to determine when a leftist is lying about something you aren’t already clear about.


45 posted on 06/02/2018 4:56:30 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: cotton
Re: 28

Agreed.
The real title of Darwin's 'Origin of Species' was really "The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection — or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life". And Darwin expanded on this theme in his followup book, 'The Descent of Man'.

The Bible is clear that man is made in the image of God.
The 'racist' accusation about comparing someone to an ape only applies to someone who does not have a Biblical centric viewpoint. It is still an insult - similar to calling someone 'horse-faced', or 'turtle' - and we shouldn't be liberal with our insults - but it is not racist.

46 posted on 06/02/2018 5:16:46 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: antidemoncrat

Yeah because hes a clever nuanced libtard.


47 posted on 06/02/2018 5:29:41 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: antidemoncrat

Of course the left always makes excuses for thier own BS. We can do it but you can’t. Screw them!


48 posted on 06/02/2018 6:00:24 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: cotton

Yes, but I’ve only heard one guy seriously suggest that black people are the “missing link” between man and ape. So must we all wring our hands in mock fear and outrage over what one guy whose name I can’t even remember once said? Our entire culture is now one of fear, thanks to liberals.


49 posted on 06/02/2018 6:04:58 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: antidemoncrat

Real Slime, that Maher.


50 posted on 06/02/2018 6:28:34 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: daler

And then they can never explain how it was “different.”


51 posted on 06/02/2018 6:42:08 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: antidemoncrat

Keep Digging, Bill.


52 posted on 06/02/2018 6:56:03 PM PDT by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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But he called Sarah Palin a c**t.


53 posted on 06/02/2018 7:11:39 PM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: LanaTurnerOverdrive

Yes, because n____r is an attitude, not a color.


54 posted on 06/02/2018 11:55:42 PM PDT by gnickgnack2 ( Another bad day for Trump, he only got seven major things accomplished .)
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To: KosmicKitty

Well, you know, Valerie felt this was a learning moment because you know she has a serious support system around her to cushion the blow that Roseanne thought she was white and descended from white men in monkey masks. But other people who identify as black while appearing lizard like and middle eastern might not have a flock of fellow travelers to calm them down when they too are thought to be white oligarchs. It is far worse to be thought of as white than to be compared to a movie depiction of man-primates.


55 posted on 06/03/2018 1:32:27 AM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Steely Tom

He is absolutely correct. The apes on Planet of the Apes were sophisticated, morally courageous humans. Their hairless, pink pets were ignorant beasts. “Planet” apes are not in any way comparable to orangutangs. Jarret’s appearance is not dissimilar from the female ape lead actress in “Planet.” J’s morality, however, does resemble that of the pink, hairless critters in “Planet.”


56 posted on 06/03/2018 6:56:56 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Islam is Satan's finest work.)
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