Bill Maher Claims Rise Of LGBT-Identifying People Akin To 'Experimenting On Children' In Controversial Rant
21.05.2022 - 20:09
/ perezhilton.com
The latest “New Rules” editorial at the beginning of Bill Maher‘s late-night Friday talk show is drawing a lot of attention online on Saturday morning.
The longtime HBO host focused on LGBT-identifying individuals during a segment of his Real Time show on Friday night, and his comments are creating quite a stir.
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In the segment, Bill took aim at the rapidly-increasing rate at which people have self-identified as LGBT over the last several generations. While he acknowledged some of that was a good thing, he was also very skeptical about the rate of identification and pondered the social implications in his rant.
Focusing his wrath specifically on gender, at one point, Maher questioned having children be put on hormone blockers. The veteran TV host argued:
Claiming science supposedly doesn’t know enough about the long-term effects of that decision, he argued “logic tells you there’s going to be problems,” and added smugly that “it’s not a lifestyle decision.”
Maher continued on from there, slamming this identification as being trendy rather than deeply thought out. He called out kids and teens for trying to do “anything to shock and challenge the squares who brought you up,” and termed them as “very stupid” and “impressionable,” and thus, supposedly susceptible to movements.
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Maher coldly claimed:
And the late-night host and comedian went on:
Ooof.
You can watch Maher’s full clip on LGBT identification and young people (below):
Obviously, that clip has already gotten a LOT of reaction online.
Maher’s name trended on Twitter early Saturday morning, with