Everyone has at least one person in your family that you just can't bear to talk to over the holidays. There can be a base level difference in ideals that can't be overlooked. Maybe they cause a scene when they're around the rest of the family. Maybe they just have terrible vibes and you don't want to be around that. Regardless, family isn't always the end all, be all for people. Bill Maher, however, disagrees with this assessment and is letting people hear about it.
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Recently, Maher spoke with Jay Leno on his Club Random podcast. There, they talk about their mutual affinity for Sammy Davis Jr. and recall his interaction with President Nixon. Leno talks about how Sammy embracing the Republican president made him look like a traitor amongst liberals in Hollywood. This sets the stage for Bill to go on a massive rant on the issue. "It's so funny you mention that because, like today, we live in this time when you're not allowed to have friends from the other side or cross lines politically," Maher laments. "And I forgot that there's an example of that way back when, a guy who crossed lines politically. 'Ooh, the worst thing you could ever do — be friends with a Republican. Ahh! Call 911!'"
Bill Maher Takes Exception With Cutting Off Family Members Over Politics
Maher continues his rant by going on a tirade about leftists not standing with people that oppose their values. "This is what I f---ing hate about the left," Bill adds. "And they're not going to get me over to the Trump side, which they think they will sometimes, but just the idea that, you know, 'cut your family off for Thanksgiving if they voted for the wrong guy.' F--- off, you f---s.' And Sammy — when he hugged Nixon, he was ostracized by the left a lot. That was an early harbinger of that."
This highlights Bill Maher's centrism where he doesn't really favor much of anything concrete. But it's not inherently wrong that people don't want to hang out with people that don't represent their values.
