Bill Maher is an idiot.

I canceled my HBO subscription so I wouldn't be helping pay his salary.

Wow, he's serious.

Sorry, Bill, the best parents don't take that tone or use those words.  They don't back down one inch from what they have to do - setting boundaries, etc.  But they understand that such hostility is completely counter-productive.

Kids have too much entitlement in this country. Kids have too much latitude. Kids have too many parents who are negotiating with them and telling them to, instead of just telling them to “Shut up, and I’m going to straighten your ass out.”

And in general there, Bill, just what kind of parents are like that? Liberal types or conservative types? Church goers or non-church goers?

Kids do need to be straightened out, especially upper-middle-class white kids need their asses straightened out.

And not the youth gang members? Or the foul mouthed hip hoppers? Or the ones "concubining"?

You are the definition of arrogance and stupidity.

WhatAMaroon

One small problem with Dr. idiot, er, Maher's prediction that Baldwin will be viewed as a hero.

Baldwin has apologized for his behavior.

How can we praise Baldwin for behavior that he later says was wrong?

And I express my heartfeld apology to all idiots for comparing them to Maher.

Once again, had a conservative mouthed such drivel, liberals would have been calling for their head on a silver platter!  Maher is as out-of-control as The Mouth on "The View".  Cable systems around the country ought to be notified that subscriptions will be cancelled and HBO needs to be put on notice if this kind of crap is allowed to continue from this idiot.

Never dance on an empty stomach unless it's a liberal.

Maher, is kissing Baldwin's ass because he wants him on his show. I'm glad I don't have HBO, so I am NOT contributing to this overpaid horses ass.

I agree with most of these postings, calling your child names is counter productive in the least, and child abuse in the most (that sentence looks to me to be grammaticaly poor). Anyhow in my life, my mother, in frustration called me a few things, which was done to her growing up, that she now regrets, and always apologized when she was wrong. Discipline is a good thing, and not something Bill Mahar most likely familiar with.

Now Baldwin was frustrated, we all get frustrated at times, and showed poor judgement. His apology, if that's what one can call it, though, was pathetic, and Clintonian, in that whilst saying he's sorry, blamed other's for his behaviour. I thought Debra Norville was great in calling Alec on his mea culpa on "The View."

Woe is me.

    Alec Baldwin and Bill Maher aren't exactly shining examples of how men should treat women, or of mature adults for that matter. Baldwin: First his wife, now his daughter.  Maybe Maher just likes the way Baldwin verbally knocked down that little bitch, huh?  She may not be a woman yet, but she's still a female. Bill Maher: the pompous Balwin-ass-kisser!  Come on my gutter show, GAG!!   It bothers me that Baldwin is getting any support at all for using that language.  One can get upset and get your point across to children without using derogatory and hurtful words that can cause deep pain in children.  She's a child, one that Baldwin hardly seems to see and whose age he couldn't accurately  recall.  I have four boys and I have never called them mean names.  Names, but not mean ones....right...they're 'terms of endearment', okay???

" 'Fred's Slacks'  is a winner!!"

You know what? I'm totally fed up with this sensationalist moron and all of those making excuses for him. I don't know how many times I've heard, "Maher is a comedian", as if that justifies his tripe.

That doesn't excuse his vitriolic attacks on people. He's not funny (my personal opinion), and his "show" doesn't come off as even attempting to be a comedy. It is run as a news talk show. Letterman and Leno are comedic talk shows, even though they both get too much into politics at times (especially Letterman). Maher does nothing but stack his guest list and rant against anyone he personally doesn't like. And he does so with the appearance of presenting news. He presents his whacked-out viewpoints as facts. And the worst part is, people listen...

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