The latest “New Rules” editorial at the beginning of Bill Maher‘s late-night Friday talk show is drawing a lot of attention online on Saturday morning.
The longtime HBO host focused on LGBT-identifying individuals during a segment of his Real Time show on Friday night, and his comments are creating quite a stir. Related: This Is The Same Guy Who Claimed Cancel Culture Is Supposedly Ruining America… In the segment, Bill took aim at the rapidly-increasing rate at which people have self-identified as LGBT over the last several generations.
While he acknowledged some of that was a good thing, he was also very skeptical about the rate of identification and pondered the social implications in his rant.
Focusing his wrath specifically on gender, at one point, Maher questioned having children be put on hormone blockers. The veteran TV host argued: Claiming science supposedly doesn’t know enough about the long-term effects of that decision, he argued “logic tells you there’s going to be problems,” and added smugly that “it’s not a lifestyle decision.” Maher continued on from there, slamming this identification as being trendy rather than deeply thought out.
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