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Bill Maher tears apart 'woke' Olympics: Exposes absurdity of 'cultural appropriation,' says cancel culture 'belongs in Stalin's Russia'

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Bill Maher had one request regarding the Tokyo Olympics: “Please don’t make the Olympics into the Oscars.” However, the “Real Time with Bill Maher” host seems completely disheartened that the 2020 Olympics was flush with woke messaging.

The liberal cable TV talk show host unleashed a rant about the “woke” Olympics, where he attacked cancel culture after people behind the scenes of the Summer Games faced consequences for their actions.

“This is called a purge,” Maher said of cancel culture spreading throughout the world. “It’s a mentality that belongs in Stalin’s Russia. How bad does this atmosphere we are living in have to get before people who say cancel culture is overblown have to admit that it is, in fact, an insanity that is swallowing up the world.”

The Tokyo Olympics’ creative director, Hiroshi Sasaki, resigned before the Games began for making a demeaning comment about a Japanese entertainer during online “brainstorming exchanges.”

The musical director of the opening ceremony, Keigo Oyamada, was forced out of the Tokyo Olympics after a 1994 interview with him resurfaced where he admitted that he bullied children with disabilities.

Maher then teed off on accusations of cultural appropriation during the Tokyo Olympics. Maher highlighted an article by the Associated Press with the headline: “Olympic surfing exposes whitewashed Native Hawaiian roots.”

Regarding surfing be an Olympic sport for the first time in history, the AP article said, “Some Native Hawaiians, surfing’s Olympic debut is both a celebration of a cultural touchstone invented by their ancestors, and an extension of the racial indignities seared into the history of the game and their homeland.”

“The Tokyo Summer Games, which open July 23, serve as a proxy for that unresolved tension and resentment, according to the ethnic Hawaiians who lament that surfing and their identity have been culturally appropriated by white outsiders who now stand to benefit the most from the $10 billion industry,” the article added.

Maher tore apart the idea of cultural appropriation, “Of all the violations of the woke penal code, cultural appropriation just might be the dumbest of all.”

“Most of human history is a horror story, but the good parts are about different groups coming together and sharing,” he said during the “New Rules” segment of Friday’s “Real Time” episode. “It’s sort of the whole point of the Olympics.”

“Newer doesn’t automatically mean better, this new idea that each culture must remain in its own separate silo is not better and it’s not progress,” the liberal pundit stated. “In fact, it’s messing with one of the few ideas that still makes this melting point called America great.”

Maher informed his fellow liberals, “Not everything is about oppression.”

“We live in a world where straight actors are told they can’t play gay roles and a white novelists aren’t allowed to imagine what it’s like to be a Mexican immigrant,” Maher continued. “Even though trying to inhabit the life of someone else is almost the definition of empathy, the bedrock of liberalism.”

On Saturday afternoon, “Bill Maher” was trending on Twitter where leftists bashed him and called him a “bigoted a**hole” and “less of a comedian and more of an aging narcissist with writers. He deserves criticism.”

Meanwhile, conservatives applauded his powerful segment.

Daily Wire commenter Candace Owens said of the segment, “This is great. Woke people are cancer cells to progress.”

Conservative radio host Chris Stigall added, “You simply don’t find liberals calling out there own as Maher often does these days. He’s no conservative. He despises my politics, but that’s ok. I can respect intellectual honesty on display.”

Outspoken British broadcaster Piers Morgan said, “Best 7 minutes of television this year. Thank you, Mr Maher, for being an ongoing voice of liberal reason in this increasingly insane illiberal woke world.”




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Maher: Cancel Culture Is 'a Purge' with 'Mentality That Belongs in Stalin's Russia'

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On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher reacted to the firings of Olympic officials over their past statements and actions by stating that this is “a purge. It’s a mentality that belongs in Stalin’s Russia.”

Maher stated, “This is called a purge. It’s a mentality that belongs in Stalin’s Russia. How bad does this atmosphere we are living in have to get before the people who say cancel culture is overblown admit that it is in fact an insanity that is swallowing up the world? … And that is not a conservative position, my friends. My politics have not changed. But I am reacting to politics that have, and this is yet another example of how the woke invert the very thing that used to make liberals liberals. Snitches and bitches, that’s not being liberal.”

He later discussed cultural appropriation and stated, “This new idea that each culture must remain in its own separate silo is not better, and it’s not progress. And in fact, it’s messing with one of the few ideas that still really does make this melting pot called America great. … And that’s the great thing about cultural mixing, it makes things better for everyone. BTS can be a hit in America and I can get kimchi on a taco, isn’t that better than everyone walling itself off from outsiders? I thought walls were supposed to be bad. But we’re living now in a world where straight actors are told they can’t play gay roles and white novelists aren’t allowed to imagine what it would be like to be a Mexican immigrant, even though trying to inhabit the life of someone else is almost the very definition of empathy, the bedrock of liberalism.”

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Med school professors denying biological sex to avoid being canceled for 'transphobia': Report

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Some medical school professors are reportedly denying biological sex during lecture to “avoid being called transphobic and becoming targets of campus cancel culture mobs,”
The College Fix reports.

What are the details?

The outlet cites a report from podcast host and reporter Katie Herzog, who featured her report — titled “Med Schools Are Now Denying Biological Sex” — on “Common Sense with Bari Weiss.”

In introducing Herzog’s report, Weiss wrote, “This is what it looks like when activism takes over medicine.”

“Katie’s latest reporting illustrates some of the most urgent elements of that threat,” Weiss continued. “It focuses on how biological sex is being denied by professors fearful of being smeared by their students as transphobic. … Some of you may find Katie’s story shocking and disconcerting and perhaps even maddening. You might also ask yourself: How has it come to this? How has this radical ideology gone from the relatively obscure academic fringe to the mainstream in such a short time?”

The College Fix reports that Herzog’s reporting was a result of interviews from “many students” enrolled in a variety of higher education institutions.

Those students, Herzog explained are taught that humans are no longer a “species comprising two sexes.”

“The notion of sex, [students] are learning, is just a man-made creation,” Herzog reported, and pointed out that while not all medical school professors teach or encourage the notion, “plenty do.”

‘Birthing parent’ versus ‘pregnant woman’

During one instance, an unnamed professor from an unidentified medical school in the University of California system reportedly apologized to a room of students after having used the term “pregnant woman” instead of something more palatable like “birthing parent” or “pregnant person.”

“I don’t want you to think that I am in any way trying to imply anything, and if you can summon some generosity to forgive me, I would really appreciate it,” the unnamed professor could reportedly be heard saying on a recording Herzog obtained. “Again, I’m very sorry for that. It was certainly not my intention to offend anyone. The worst thing that I can do as a human being is be offensive.”

“I said ‘when a woman is pregnant,’ which implies that only women can get pregnant and I most sincerely apologize to all of you,” the professor added.

Another instructor also reportedly told students that “[b]iological sex, sexual orientation, and gender are all constructs,” or make-believe.

Herzog noted, “This hypersensitivity is undermining medical training. And many of these students are likely not even aware that their education is being informed by ideology.”

“Take abdominal aortic aneurysms,” an anonymous medical student called “Lauren” told Herzog for the report. “These are four times as likely to occur in males than females, but this very significant difference wasn’t emphasized [during a recent class]. I had to look it up, and I don’t have the time to look up the sex predominance for the hundreds of diseases I’m expected to know. I’m not even sure what I’m not being taught, and unless my classmates are as skeptical as I am, they probably aren’t aware either.”

Differences between biological males and biological females are important

Lauren also added that many professors insist that “acknowledging biological sex can be considered transphobic,” which is an especially dangerous idea, because myriad conditions present themselves differently when it comes to affecting male and females including asthma, hernias, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and more.

“Males and females also have different normal ranges for kidney function, which impacts drug dosage,” the report added. “They have different symptoms during heart attacks: Males complain of chest pain, while women experience fatigue, dizziness, and indigestion. In other words: Biological sex is a hugely important factor in knowing what ails patients and how to properly treat them.”

A former dean from what Herzog says is a “leading medical school” also said that such ideas are a “serious departure from the expectation that medical education and practice should be based on science and be free from imposition of ideology and ideology-based intimidation.”

“How male and female members of our species develop, how they differ genetically, anatomically, physiologically, and with respect to diseases and their treatment are foundational to clinical medicine and research,” the dean told Herzog. “Efforts to erase or diminish these foundations should be unacceptable to responsible professional leaders.”

California School Keeping 'Indians' Nickname Championed by Cahuilla Tribe

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Schools and sports organizations across the United States are stripping names and images connected to Indian tribes, but at Palm Springs High School in California “Indians” will remain its nickname —a move approved by administration officials and the Cahuilla Indians.

The school, in fact, is a revered institution where people of all backgrounds have been educated, including generations of the Cahuilla tribe. 

Moreover, the tribe has played an intricate role in determining school policies, including the use of its nickname and preventing the use of any images or logos that would be considered derogatory.

The Desert Sun reported on the school’s stand:

When a high school was built in Palm Springs in 1938, the school’s nickname became the Indians, out of respect for the history of the area and its indigenous people.

Despite Native American advocacy groups and others mounting pressure against several professional sports franchises to change names and logos they believe to be racist, the nickname at Palm Springs High School will remain. The school has preserved a close relationship with the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and regularly consults the tribe on its use of the nickname.

“We want to make sure that we show complete respect for them and thank them for everything they do because they are a big part of our community,” Michael Ventura athletics director at the high school, said.

“Three of the five current Tribal Council members graduated from Palm Springs High School,” said Tribal Chairman, Jeff. L. Grubbe, who is among the three. “We value the relationship we have with the school and appreciate that they seek our input and guidance on culturally sensitive topics.”

“Together, the tribe and the school agreed that the school would keep the Indians nickname in honor of the tribe’s history and longstanding contributions to the Coachella Valley’s immemorial past and current presence,” the Sun reported. “The school’s current logo, which the tribe had input on, is now simply the letters “P” and “S” and the word “Indians” is painted in massive lettering on the outside of the school’s gymnasium.”

The media outlet spoke to Casey Libretti, a star football player and recent graduate of the high school. His family belongs to the Cahuilla Indian Tribe.

Libretti said attending the school was a source of pride.

“The mascot being the Indians is honestly one of the biggest reasons why I always wanted to go there,” Libretti said. “The tribe fully supports it and the only way the school could have built on native land is if they named it what they did.”

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Chelsea Handler rips 'white men' for complaining about cancel culture: Say you're sorry — 'why's that so f***ing hard?'

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Comedienne Chelsea Handler slammed white people — specifically white males — who complain about cancel culture rather than do something to fix the issues that, in her mind, have brought the movement upon our society.

What are the details?

Handler made the remarks during Alexandra Cooper’s weekly “Call Her Daddy” podcast.

As highlighted by
Mediaite, Handler said, “I think that when people make an apology, and it’s sincere, that that should count for something. And the people that aren’t apologizing need to understand why they need to apologize and actually address the issue head-on instead of trying to get back in under the door.”

“All you have to do is say you’re sorry and mean it,” she snapped. “Why’s that so f***ing hard?”

She added that “white men” are the biggest perpetrators of refusing to apologize and committing atrocities against women.

“‘Why’s the f***ing party over?” she sarcastically quoted white men as saying. “‘We can’t rape you guys anymore? You gonna tell on us?”

Handler concluded, “If you’re a man talking to a woman about sexism, or if you’re a white person talking to a person of color about racism, the only responses are ‘Thank you. Thank you for telling me, thank you for spending your time explaining this to me, and I’m sorry I didn’t know better.'”

You can listen to her remarks here.

What else?

Earlier in July, Handler told New York Times Opinion podcast host Kara Swisher that she believes society is in the midst of a “social justice and racial justice movement” and that “white guys” still aren’t “getting the message” of the movements.

“There’s tons to play with and tons to talk about,” she added. “And we’re all kind of saying goodbye to so many of the things that we’re so accustomed to doing, having to say goodbye to words that you used to think were OK, having to say goodbye to phrases and ways to describe things that you think were OK, having to say goodbye to men for a while because they’re on probation. And until they’ve proven to us that there are more good ones than bad ones, there’s one big group we’re still able to make fun of. And that’s white guys who don’t seem to be getting the message of the movement that’s happening.”

She added that though she, herself, has said offensive things in the past in comedy skits, she’s had an “evolution,” which excuses her from having to experience the rigors of cancel culture.

“There’s an evolution with everybody. And the problem with a lot of these men that have been canceled is they’re not sincerely apologizing, you know?” Handler insisted. “My therapy, my whole thing has been on public record. I’m not pretending or faking or saying, ‘Oh, I’m sorry,’ after the fact. I actually have had an evolution. I do want to be kinder and gentler. I want my jokes to not be reflective of a time in my life that I wasn’t aware of how they impact people.”

Handler concluded the interview by saying that she believes the world is entering a renaissance period for “letting loose” and healing.

“I’m focusing on that and being positive vibe, and also telling men to get their f***ing s*** together before this is over,” she warned. “I had a guy ask me the other day, ‘Well, can we still open the door for you?’ I was like, ‘You know what? It’s questions like that.’ Yes, yes, you guys have been raping us since the beginning of time, so the least you could f***ing do is open the door. That’s the least you could do. And don’t ask questions that are that defensive. When we’re telling you that we’ve been treated unfairly forever, your answer can’t be, like, ‘Well, can we open the door for you?’ I mean, that’s the kind of s*** I’m dealing with.”