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He then zeroed in on the cultural divide plaguing America, one that Democrats continue to mishandle: “The biggest issue is that they have a very big chip on their shoulder, somewhat very understandable, about being called deplorables. And having the cool kids in the class, in the media and academia, looking down on them, thinking they’re deplorable,” Maher explained.
“And so, they just have this, ‘I’m going to make the liberals cry,’ their liberal tears attitude, which kind of transcends everything for them. And the problem is, for the liberals, it’s these are the kids who run the high school now, and they’re stuffing your body into a locker every day.”
Even New York author Fran Lebowitz admitted the truth in Maher’s jab: the left isn’t the “cool kids” anymore — and yes, they’re the ones getting “stuffed into lockers.”
But Maher’s main point came in his closing monologue, where he referenced a reality TV moment that, he argues, perfectly captures the current Democratic mindset. He cited Love Is Blind season eight star Sara Carlton, who walked away from her wedding because her partner Ben Mezzenga didn’t passionately support Black Lives Matter.
“I remember I asked him about Black Lives Matter, and I’m no expert, but when I asked him about it, he was like, ‘I guess I never really thought too much about it,’” Carlton said on the show.
Maher used the segment to drive home a larger point: the left’s obsession with ideological purity and extreme virtue signaling is alienating voters. “But how are the Democrats going to blow it this time? This is how: Posturing, purity tests, the politics of ‘I unfriend you if you’re not exactly with me 1000 percent,’” Maher warned.
With his usual sarcasm, he mocked the absurdity of the standards Carlton applied to her would-be husband: “And that’s when Sara realized she would rather die alone.” Maher continued, “To be fair to Sara, it wasn’t just Black Lives Matter. Ben also didn’t have much to say on the vaccine,” he added. “And his position on trans was basically, ‘I don’t know I guess.’ Sarah’s sister is gay and when she told that to Ben, Ben said he had ‘no discomfort around that community at all.’”
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In other words, Ben wasn’t intolerant — just not activist enough. And for many on the modern left, that’s a deal-breaker.
Maher’s critique is as much a cultural indictment as it is a political warning. Democrats, he suggests, are so obsessed with ideological conformity and progressive symbolism that they’ve lost the plot — and the voters.
It’s a brutal but honest assessment from a liberal who isn’t afraid to break ranks. And with the 2024 election fast approaching, Democrats might want to take notes — if they’re not too busy canceling each other first.
