Bill Maher: HBO host slammed for use of the N-word

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Bill Maher: HBO host slammed for use of the N-word
By Edmund DeMarche   Published June 03, 2017
Fox News

Bill Maher, the HBO late-night host of “Real Time,” was criticized widely on social media after an interview with a Nebraska senator that aired Friday night where the host joked that he is a “house [expletive].”

Maher was having a back-and-forth with Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., and the senator invited the liberal talk-show host to visit his state.

“We’d love to have you work in the fields with us,” Sasse joked.

Maher responded, “Work in the fields? Senator, I’m a house [expletive].”

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[Cripplecreek]

Its kinda funny watching liberals try to turn this on Sasse for not bursting into flames and running off the set screaming.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

How many rappers use the n word? Never hear anything about them.

[Sanguine]

What did Maher mean?  That he doesn't do honest work, yes, but why throw in the N-word? 

[Lando Lincoln]

What did Maher mean?  That he doesn't do honest work, yes, but why throw in the N-word?

Exactly.  Even the context should "outrage" liberals.  I wish Sen. Sasse had been nimble enough to call him on it.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

What did Maher mean?  That he doesn't do honest work, yes, but why throw in the N-word?

I'm reading it as a bad joke that the GOP are slaveholders, which popped in Maher's mind because Sasse said "work in the field" with us or something.

[hchutch]

Its kinda funny watching liberals try to turn this on Sasse for not bursting into flames and running off the set screaming.

Once, in high school, an African-American kid came up to me on the bus and said I was his N-word.

I was taken aback - didn't know how to respond.

[rodamala]

Once, in high school, an African-American kid came up to me on the bus and said I was his N-word.

I was taken aback - didn't know how to respond.

"Oh, Lordy Lordy, please don't beat me Massa!", would have worked.

[Chosen Daughter]

Exactly.  Even the context should "outrage" liberals.  I wish Sen. Sasse had been nimble enough to call him on it.

Another Liberal exposing their racist roots.

[Emjay]

Another Liberal exposing their racist roots.

Sometimes we lose our nimbleness when confronted with something unexpected and totally outrageous.

Altho, Robert Byrd was a frequent user of the word.

[Chosen Daughter]

Sometimes we lose our nimbleness when confronted with something unexpected and totally outrageous.

Altho, Robert Byrd was a frequent user of the word.

Yes Robert Byrd and the Democratic party who pretend that isn't their history.

Sad thing is that they have been keeping African Americans enslaved to the government all these years.

[Emjay]

Yes Robert Byrd and the Democratic party who pretend that isn't their history.

Sad thing is that they have been keeping African Americans enslaved to the government all these years.

I keep hoping that my union brothers and sisters and the African American community will wake up to the fact that the liberals have been using them for years.

[Smokin Joe]

What did Maher mean?  That he doesn't do honest work, yes, but why throw in the N-word?

The term was generally used for more genteel (usually older), better mannered servants who do their master's bidding inoffensively. NOTE "Master" is used in the sense of 'boss', or the Master of the House and does not necessarily imply involuntary servitude.

To wit: a "flunky", and not the one calling the shots.

An interesting comment on Maher's part, and perhaps an admission that he is not important enough in the grand scheme of things to make any decisions. he is just a mouthpiece.

[Smokin Joe]

How many rappers use the n word? Never hear anything about them.

What gets me about that, is that I heard that word from people whom I never had heard say it while Obama was in Office.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

What gets me about that, is that I heard that word from people whom I never had heard say it while Obama was in Office.

I distinctly remember Obama himself saying it.

[Sanguine]

The term was generally used for more genteel (usually older), better mannered servants who do their master's bidding inoffensively. NOTE "Master" is used in the sense of 'boss', or the Master of the House and does not necessarily imply involuntary servitude.

To wit: a "flunky", and not the one calling the shots.

An interesting comment on Maher's part, and perhaps an admission that he is not important enough in the grand scheme of things to make any decisions. he is just a mouthpiece.

I think he was saying he is a more elevated "slave" and won't work the fields because he is a house slave.  Perhaps we should be thankful that we don't fully understand Maher.

[dfwgator]

"Oh, Lordy Lordy, please don't beat me Massa!", would have worked.