Bill Maher: On the Left There Is a Rot, and It Comes From Academia

Bill Maher is not known as a moderate Democrat, never has been, and still isn’t. However, he’s consistently criticized his progressive left-wing compatriots, including the President himself, regarding the ideology pushed in schools. 

You’d think this would cause his fellow liberals to pause and ask themselves, “Bill Maher says we’re ruining children and pushing insane theories… perhaps we should reevaluate.” However, this would mean that they have to be concerned about the consequences of the nonsense that they routinely spew on the minds of the most vulnerable.

Mr. Maher feels so strongly about what is happening with kids these days that he opened his season premiere episode this last Friday on a discussion of schools – not the classified docudrama, not the war in Ukraine – our schools.

This is a sign that one of my favourite comedians still has his finger on what everyday Americans care about.

BILL MAHER “On the Left, there is rot, and it comes from academia, and it filters down.” pic.twitter.com/5RcAbi6SEu

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) January 23, 2023

It is possible to own it

It’s pretty incredible to watch a famous liberal say without hesitation what all of us parents have known for years.

Bill Maher opened his season premier railing on his party’s culpability in the state of our education system, stating:

“…anything that has to do with schools or education is something really the Democrats have to answer for because they control it.”

Oh Bill, it’s so good! I’ve been singing this same song since I was in school, which was over twenty years ago for those curious. 

Bill Maher’s guests discussed this issue, touching on various aspects, from the decline in good behavior to gender ideology and the youth transitioning movement. Andrew Sullivan was a substack writer who, as Bill Maher noted in his show, is openly gay. He criticized the liberal educational system. explaining:

“They’re telling that people can choose to be a boy or girl or neither or both or something else entirely. That is a lie. You can’t. And it’s done in order to placate special interests in Washington, mainly the LGBTQIA+ people who’ve also been captured by the far left.”

Finally, someone willing to publicly say what we all know, this ruse of ’empowering youth’ to be their ‘authentic selves’ It is all a political power game of those who have real power in D.C.

UPDATE: Chicago District 120 is under fire for its promotion “trans-friendly [sex] toys” For children, he also gave advice to school staff on how students can make sexual transitions. This included the adoption of new pronouns and names while keeping their identities secret from parents. pic.twitter.com/wQJJk6kSZP

— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) September 2, 2022

All-In

Bill Maher and his guests spoke about the transitioning of youth. Mr. Maher was the most prominent figure in this discussion. stating that:

“…I think the Biden administration is all-in on that.”

BILL MAHER “Biden administration is ALL-IN,” Pushing the tans ideology upon children pic.twitter.com/tIWjtdKWo1

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) January 23, 2023

Bill’s other guest, Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace, explained The idea of a transitioning youth to adulthood is being promoted as a valid medical option.

“They’re training these medical students to say that puberty blockers are reversible.”

Bill Maher added a bit of irony to the conversation:

“…and this is coming from the ‘we’re the science people.’”

But is Bill right? Joe Biden or Bill? ‘all-in’ What do you think about the youth movement for transition? Have he drank the rainbow koolaid after his evening meal of pudding?

Of course, he has; the combination of Joe Biden’s lust for power and the apparent deterioration of his brain makes him easily susceptible to this nonsense. So let’s take a closer look.

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He Sees You and He Hears You

Last year the Biden administration’s Department of Health and Human Services pushed numerous memos and guidance on how the medical community should be handling transgender children. One such document was titled ‘Gender Affirming Care and Young People,’ A subset of the office is dedicated to mental healthcare releasing Another document called ‘Gender-Affirming Care Is Trauma-Informed Care.’

Within these documents, the President’s DHHS recommends everything from puberty blockers to ‘top-surgery’ ‘bottom surgery’ For adolescents.

A video was also posted by the President to support this guidance. “has their back” And followed up telling parents that:

“…affirming your child’s identity is one of the most powerful things you can do to keep them safe.”

Transgender Americans, of all ages: I want you to know how brave you are. You belong. You are my friend. pic.twitter.com/mD4F0m3rU1

— President Biden (@POTUS) March 31, 2022

For a moment, think about this. The President of the United States believes that allowing your child to use dangerous hormones that can cause irreparable damage and eventually causing them to mutilate or sterilize their bodies is one of the best ways to keep them safe.

Yeah, I’d say he’s all in. But it gets worse. 

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Don’t Tell Your Parents

Recently there’s been a bit of controversy over public schools affirming students’ gender identity without telling the parents, let alone asking for their consent. There’s a great story in, surprisingly, a New York Times article that highlights a mother who would’ve supported her child, but was never able to support her child’s transition because the school kept the information from her. 

When the New York Times is critical of a left-wing concept, it’s time to do some self-reflection, guys. Maybe you believe this is just a crazy example of local schools going off-track.

However, they didn’t get the idea of keeping pertinent information from parents on their own. The Biden administration’s Education Department released a memo called ‘Fact Sheet on Transgender Students’ that states as a recommendation for schools to keep students’ pronoun choices private.

The President’s Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, when grilled by Congressman Jim Banks on whether he believes parents should be kept in the dark about their child’s transition, gave the following cagey answer:

“Our schools are safe places for our students, and our teachers are often the front-liners when it comes to supporting our students when they have issues in their lives.”

The short answer is that he thinks parents should be kept informed. The arrogance to say that teachers are often the front-liners on students’ life issues as if that’s a good thing is appalling.

Parents’ voices matter. Parents have the best ability to decide what is best.

— Kevin McCarthy (@SpeakerMcCarthy) January 24, 2023

As a parent, you can be sure that my husband and I will always be my first line of defense for my children. No teacher, coach, aunt, uncle, or grandparent will be more critical to my children’s lives than me and their father – which is how it should be.

This sort of rhetoric from Secretary Cardona is a fancy oratorical way of removing the parent altogether from the equation, and it’s wrong.

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It’s Not All Bad

I think it’s somewhat optimistic that some prominent members of the liberal community are finally speaking out against this craziness getting pushed in schools from Kindergarten through college. Bill Maher’s voice must be heard and supported. I will continue to support him. 

Left-wing activists demanded his cancellation last year when he stated on precisely said On his show:

“We’re literally experimenting on children.”

They were unable to cancel him, but they will try again. Last week, he said What schools actually teach “outrageous” “somebody needs to answer for it.”

“I don’t get parents who will not let their 9 year old walk to the corner wearing a helmet and Epipen.
(..) However, hormone blockers and genital surgeries are okay!

Talk about a nut allergy!@billmaher#ProtectKids#Family pic.twitter.com/1fGsRWdabN

— Navn Navnesen (@Chris_P_B_Acon) January 15, 2023

He’s not wrong, and the ones who need to answer for it are much more complicated than just the liberal ideologues. Where we are today with education is a culmination of a thousand little cuts over decades that the right allowed by abdicating the education space to the left and that parents allowed by trusting a government establishment with their children’s minds. 

I’m glad Bill has woken up to what has become of our education system; I hope you all wake up too; our children and our future as a nation and, dare I say, civilization depends on it.

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