Bill Maher cancels God and demands an apology

Bill Maher suggests that God should be next in line for a cancel party

Bill Maher has waged a war against political correctness for the entire run of Real Time. But if it’s going to be a losing battle, Maher at least wants to see some consistency.

During Friday night’s “New Rule” segment, Maher took a look at cancel culture and wokeness. Many Americans have called for the removal of Confederate statues–a move that Maher supports by calling these generals “traitors.” However, that momentum has carried things too far in Maher’s opinion.

The Real Time host points to the example of actors Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively apologizing for having their wedding at a plantation in South Carolina eight years ago. Noting that the entire South has been tainted by slavery, Maher called the apology unnecessary.

Then there are the calls to remove statues of Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, and others not connected to the Confederacy. Maher accepted the premise that being a product of your time is no longer an excuse for being “un-woke” for the sake of argument. And if that is the new rule, then Maher thinks God has a lot of explaining to do:

Bill Maher went after two of his favorite targets

This “New Rule” segment was a “two birds with one stone” situation for Bill Maher. He ridiculed “cancel culture,” “wokeness” and political correctness while being able to take another swipe at religion. All it needed was a jab at President Donald Trump and it wouldn’t have been a Real Time trifecta.

Maher advocates for righting some wrongs, such as celebrating Confederate generals. But holding past generations to today’s standards creates a slippery slope that Maher finds pointless. In Maher’s opinion, the entire country is separated from genocide by only a few degrees.

So if apologies are in order from Ryan Reynolds and Ulysses S. Grant, why not God? That’s the question Maher poses after citing example after example of slavery in the Bible. #GodIsOverParty hasn’t trended on Twitter so the “cancel” movement if flawed, argues Maher.

Bill Maher presents the other side to the idea that conservatives would reject Jesus, a Middle Eastern man who advocated for the poor, if he was alive today. It all ties back to one of Maher’s longest-running arguments against the existence of religions.

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