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Monday, April 29, 2024

Bill Maher Sounds Off On Traffic Demonstrators


Bill Maher isn’t mincing words when it comes to pro-Palestine protesters, who have been demonstrating across the country this week amid the months-long war in Gaza following Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre of Israeli civilians.

In Friday night’s “New Rule” segment of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” the Emmy Award winner dubbed such demonstrators as unemployed and self-involved, claiming their “activism merges with narcissism.”


“Yes, I’m sure there are injustices on both sides in the Middle East, as there are injustices all over the world, but I’m going to be late for work!” he said, referencing protestors who have blocked highways and bridges. “[Work is] something you protesters on the bridge seem to have the luxury of not having to worry about, which seems kind of privilege-y.”

“I’m not saying there aren’t sincere passions about Gaza, especially among people from the region, but social justice warriors? For a lot of them, it seems like it’s more about the warrior-ing than about whatever the cause is,” he added.

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