Bill Maher’s foul-mouthed rant at progressives who shun conservative loved ones over the holidays

Bill Maher had harsh words for progressives who cut off their own conservative family members during the holidays.

“F*** off, f***s,” the comedian said bluntly.

On Sunday’s episode of his podcast series “Club Random,” Maher spoke with fellow comedian Jay Leno and discussed the country’s political climate, which seems to become even more apparent during the holidays.

Maher’s foul-mouthed tirade came after Leno said he was seen as a “traitor” by Hollywood liberals for his public support of newly elected Republican President Donald Trump.

“It’s so funny that you say that because, like today, we live in a time where you’re not allowed to have friends from the other side or cross boundaries politically,” Maher said.

‘And I forgot that there is an example from the past, a man who crossed boundaries politically. “Ooh, the worst thing you could ever do: become friends with a Republican. Ahhh! Call 911!’

“This is what I fucking hate about the left,” Maher added.

“And they’re not going to get me on Trump’s side, which they sometimes think they’re going to do, but just the idea that, you know, ‘cutting your family off for Thanksgiving if they voted for the wrong guy.’ Fuck off, f***s.”

Despite the fact that Maher himself is left-oriented, he has criticized the Democratic party several times in recent months.

Last month, he shared a similar sentiment following comments from a chief psychiatrist at Yale University.

Dr. Amanda Calhoun, a child psychiatrist, raised eyebrows after delving into the issue of post-election crises in the LGBTQ+ community with MSNBC’s Joy Reid just days after Trump’s landslide victory.

“There’s a societal pressure that if someone is your family, they have a right to your time,” Calhoun noted. “And I think the answer is absolutely not.”

“So if you’re going through a situation where you have family members or you have close friends who you know voted in a way that’s against you, that’s against your livelihood, then it’s okay not to be around those people . and to tell them why,” she continued.

“To say, ‘I have a problem with the way you voted because it goes against my livelihood, and I’m not going to be around you this holiday, I need to take some space for myself.’

Maher took aim at the doctor during a segment of his HBO show “Real Time,” where his response was accompanied by a photo of civil rights legend Rosa Parks.

‘Oh, how pure. It’s like not letting certain people sit on the bus with you,” he said.

“Think about that, a mental health professional advising people to isolate during the holidays. And don’t forget to drink too much and gain weight.’

“You know who I really wouldn’t want to have Thanksgiving dinner with? This overly educated, i.e. extremely stupid, Ivory Tower academic,” he continued.

“But I would, because if we ever want this nation to heal, this is what we have to do: force ourselves to figure out why someone feels the way they feel, and make the choices they make without them to be regarded as a monster. he added.

“And they should do the same for you.”

Just days before the election, Maher called Trump a “mad king” and gestured that he would vote for Kamala Harris despite not supporting all of her policies. Newsweek reports this.

Yet he also mocked the Democratic Party over social issues and pushed for platform reforms, telling the party to “stop yelling at people to get on board with the program and instead create a program that’s worth it.” is to work with.’

Maher came under fire from Democrats in May this year after they claimed the comedian’s rhetoric towards them had turned around – but he said it was actually the left that had changed.

During a sit-down interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Maher defended his position on the issues he sees with the Democratic Party, as well as his heavily criticized opposition to the nationwide pro-Palestinian protests at universities.

He admitted that the left and right had undergone a transformation, but that the Republican Party is “even worse” than the Democrats.

‘I mean, the right no longer believes in democracy. I mean, they’ve aligned themselves with a sociopath named Donald Trump, who thinks the only time elections count is if we win,” Maher said in reference to the former president’s baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 election.

“But it’s not like the left hasn’t changed either,” he continued. “So I’m going to call it out when I see it.”

Maher then listed the issues he encountered related to gender, race, freedom of speech, communism, border security and efforts to abolish the police. De Heuvel reports this.

“No, it’s not that I’ve gotten old, it’s that your ideas are stupid,” he said.

He further explained that the younger generation believes their new ideas are better, but “new” is not always synonymous with “better.”