Liberal comedian Bill Maher suggested Monday that President Donald Trump’s appeal to young white men is to be one of the few voices who doesn’t judge them for who they are.
On his podcast “Club Random,” Maher spoke with actor Joel Edgerton. While they commiserated about the role of guilt in religion, they both agreed on how modern society preaches new types of guilt, from not spending enough time with your children to shaming young white men.
‘There is too much guilt. There is no reason to feel guilty,” Maher said. “I’m sure you’re a better parent to your kids than anyone in my day, in terms of the amount of time you spend with them. I mean, my parents of that generation didn’t feel any obligation. It’s like, ‘We brought you into this world, you have a roof, you have clothes, you have food and you have your own life.'”
“And we were better. I had such a free childhood where I did whatever I wanted. ‘Just be home at six and it’s dinner,'” he added.
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Maher criticized the idea of shaming working parents, including movie stars, for not being home enough with their children. “Get the fuck over yourself. Your dad’s a movie star, and, you know, okay. So like, that’s who he is. We can’t change who we are.”
“You know, there’s so much of this shame,” he continued. “You know, people wonder why so many young men vote for Trump. Well, maybe because, you know, he’s a man who doesn’t make you feel guilty just because he was born with a dk. You know? It’s true! It’s a big part of his appeal. They make you feel, you know, a lot of – I don’t, I’m old enough to remember it being the other way around, so I understand the reaction.”
“When you’re 22 years old, you don’t remember it being the other way around. So all you’ve seen is the reaction. All you’ve seen is ‘White men are bad!’ seen,” Maher added.
“I remember when he first got elected and realizing how little awareness there was of the way guys felt in the world,” Edgerton said.
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President Donald Trump’s popularity with young men, especially young white men, has confounded critics on both sides of politics, but talk show host Bill Maher offered a simple explanation. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
He pointed out the importance of merit, and how the push for inclusivity over merit and common sense has gone too far.
“I’m all about inclusivity,’ and then you’re talking to the same person a few months later and like, I’m terrified,” Edgerton said. “And it’s like, why aren’t you just damn good at what you do?”
Maher acknowledged that there are indeed dark parts of America’s past, but suggested that people need to recognize how much better things have become and that society as a whole needs to restore the idea of merit.
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Since President Donald Trump’s victory over former Vice President Kamala Harris, many Democrats have raised alarms about how the party lost the votes of so many young men. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Craig Hudson for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
“The pendulum is shifting and changing, but in terms of merit, merit is just one thing,” Edgerton said. “And it’s like, I mean, I don’t know how you solve that problem, especially two white guys sitting on armchairs and talking about it.”
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“Okay, but we’re… again, that’s the guilt I’m not going to buy into,” Maher said. “Just because we’re white dudes doesn’t mean we can’t have an opinion or that we can’t have this discussion.”
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