HBO’s Bill Maher, on Friday night’s show Real Time, slammed the “woke” left, comparing them to murderous Red Guard revolutionaries in China and Soviet communists in “attempting to reinvent human nature.”
Maher, who recently added his “Overtime” segment to CNN’s programming, lamented that he spent “three decades on television mocking Republicans who said climate change is just a theory,” and said he had to now speaking to democrats who feel the same way about biology and gender.
He claimed in his show-ending monologue New Rules that the awakened left embodied the tactics of authoritarian movements like the Red Guard, which would attack those who disagreed with their ideology.
Maher said the Red Guard would publicly shame traitors to the cause and make them wear fools’ hats. He then suggested that the modern left is acting like children, saying they want to “change reality by yelling at it” and “bend human nature by holding their breath.”
“But that’s the difference between reality and your mommy,” gushed the Emmy winner.
HBO’s Bill Maher slammed the “woke” leftists on Friday night’s Real Time show, comparing them to murderous Red Guard revolutionaries in China and Soviet communists in “attempting to reinvent human nature
Maher, now in his 21st season on the cable network, then provided two recent examples of leftist hyperbole.
He pointed to Jason Kilborn, a law professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, who was suspended and forced to undergo diversity training after using redacted racial and sexist slurs in a test question on a hypothetical case of workplace discrimination and filed a first amendment action against his employer.
“The only thing that will hold UIC accountable for its unconstitutional actions is a lawsuit,” Kilborn said in the lawsuit. “FIRE’s Faculty Legal Defense Fund gave me the powerful medicine of real legal action, and UIC gave me no choice but to use it.”
Maher agreed with Kilborn, saying he was forced to wear the American version of the Red Guard’s jester’s cap by being forced to do weeks of sensitivity training and to write “affirmations.”
Noting that he was a liberal law professor, Maher scoffed that if you can’t tell the difference between the treatment of Kilborn and the Red Guard, “you’re the person who needs re-education.”
He claimed in his show-ending monologue New Rules that the awakened left embodied the tactics of authoritarian movements like the Red Guard, which would attack those who disagreed with their ideology
Maher said Jason Kilborn, a law professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, was tricked into wearing the American version of the Red Guard’s fool’s cap by forcing him to do weeks of sensitivity training and writing “affirmations.”
He then referenced former Mumford & Sons member Winston Marshall, who announced he was “taking time off the band” to “examine my blind spots” after praising a controversial right-wing writer on Twitter. Marshall eventually left the band for good.
Winston Marshall, the son of pro-Brexit millionaire Sir Paul Marshall, was attacked on social media after he tweeted support for US journalist Andy Ngo, calling him a “brave man” and his “important” book Unmasked : Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan To Destroy welcomed democracy.
“Pain from a book?” Maher asked. ‘Not unless he hit the drummer over the head with it.’
He then compared it to the famous Beatles song “Revolution,” a song in which John Lennon wrote that people who carry photos of Chairman Mao “are not going to make it with anyone anyway.”
“There was a guy who understood how good intentions can change,” Maher said.
Noting that he was a liberal law professor, Maher scoffed that if you can’t tell the difference between the treatment of Kilborn and the Red Guard, “you’re the person who needs re-education.”
Maher also referenced former Mumford & Sons member Winston Marshall, who announced he was “taking time off the band” to “examine my blind spots” after praising a controversial right-wing writer on Twitter. Marshall eventually left the band for good
He ended up coming to the Left because he was trying to say that babies are born genderless or that there “makes no sense” in dividing sports between the sexes.
“Yes it does, because we haven’t reinvented homo sapiens since Crystal Pepsi came out.”
Maher’s “Overtime,” in which the host and guests answer viewers’ questions each week, airs at 11:30 p.m. EST during “CNN Tonight,” and will see Maher and guests discuss everything from politics to the day’s news .
Licht, 51, sat down with the Los Angeles Times to provide an update on how things have evolved at the network since its acquisition in May 2022 and said he’s working quickly to “expand the appeal of our prime time.” ‘ without hurting the ‘core audience.’
However, the statement may feel contradictory to “Real Time” viewers, who in recent years have begun to slam Maher for not being liberal enough, a fact he has addressed.
CNN began airing “Overtime,” the rerun of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” this weekend.
The move is the latest from CEO Chris Licht, who is trying to increase the network’s appeal
“Let’s get that straight,” Maher said in 2022. “It’s not me that’s changed, it’s the left. A large contingent has gone mad and I am ready to summon them.’
Though he still describes himself as a liberal, the late-night host has become a target for some members of the Democratic Party for his “call it what you see it” mentality.
Last week, the comedian and podcast host fell out with actor Bryan Cranston over critical race theory after the ‘Breaking Bad’ star said the subject should be taught in schools.
The topic came up after the couple discussed slavery, in which Maher expressed his belief that historical figures like former presidents shouldn’t be “cancelled” for owning slaves.
In 2022, Maher made headlines when he called out the hyper-awake left for extremism on their side of the aisle.
“You have to get involved in everything,” Maher said. “That’s why so many have been triggered by COVID policies. They were fed up with the rules.’
“But the Democrats are becoming a parody of themselves, making rules to make rules … making sure nothing bad ever happens again,” the comedian said. “It just makes everything a burden.”