New Hampshire schools have become battlegrounds in the culture wars over racism and gender identity, and comprehensive education on the Holocaust is in danger. Teaching and learning about the Holocaust requires talking about concepts like racism and bias, experts say, and those are the very concepts targeted by a new "divisive concepts" law.
In my head I can a "moderate and reasonable" republican saying "Look, I'm not saying the Holocaust didn't happen. I am not Holocaust denier! But have you considered how truly divisive this topic is?"
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Edit - In fact - we can count the weeks until a sentence like that is spoken on Real Time with only polite and token pushback.
There's booing after the creepy, reptilian republican says the Holocaust can be "divisive". Bill gets instantly annoyed.
"Stop it now." The volume goes down by a lot but not to zero. "Stop it right now." The audience is quiet. "You might not want to hear this - but my guest is one of the good ones."
Somebody yells out "No."
Bill does his standup mug and says "Who let him in here." He gets serious again "This isn't a maga situation and you're not going to agree with everyone. That's life. That's how it works. It's called being an adult." Maher meant that as an applause line but it didn't get the result that he wanted so he focuses on his horrible guest "Senator Vile - I apologize for the sophomoric outburst - please continue," he says with solemnity.
In my head I can a "moderate and reasonable" republican saying "Look, I'm not saying the Holocaust didn't happen. I am not Holocaust denier! But have you considered how truly divisive this topic is?"
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Edit - In fact - we can count the weeks until a sentence like that is spoken on Real Time with only polite and token pushback.
Real Time, you say?
More like Real Time with Bill Maher where Bill tries to defend his Republican guest of the week.
There's booing after the creepy, reptilian republican says the Holocaust can be "divisive". Bill gets instantly annoyed.
"Stop it now." The volume goes down by a lot but not to zero. "Stop it right now." The audience is quiet. "You might not want to hear this - but my guest is one of the good ones."
Somebody yells out "No."
Bill does his standup mug and says "Who let him in here." He gets serious again "This isn't a maga situation and you're not going to agree with everyone. That's life. That's how it works. It's called being an adult." Maher meant that as an applause line but it didn't get the result that he wanted so he focuses on his horrible guest "Senator Vile - I apologize for the sophomoric outburst - please continue," he says with solemnity.
Like. Clockwork.
Jesus, you don't know how many times I heard that situation or sequence of events go while my parents were watching Bill Maher on television.