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Bill Maher Calls China the ‘New Islam,’ Says Left ‘Can’t Be Honest About Them Because They’re Not White’ (www.mediaite.com)

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During a panel discussion on Friday’s Real Time, Maher brought up China’s advancements in AI, noting the China startup DeepSeek has emerged as a major rival to US companies recently. The comedian compared the race between the United States and China on the technology front to the space race between the US and Russia.

Maher declared China is “the new Islam” in that people are too hesitant to criticize out of fear for how they’ll be perceived.

“China’s like the new Islam. We can’t be honest about them because they’re not white,” he said. “And China, okay, I’m sorry, kids, they do some bad things, China. And we should just recognize that.”

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[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think we have a slight difference in terms: Biden is not and will never be a leftist. Same with the majority of the Democratic party.

Sure, he's a liberal but liberalism is not a leftist ideology— it's the scaffolding for capitalism.

This is not to say that there is no difference between the Democrats and Republicans (there is a huge difference), but Maher punches left with the same enthusiasm with which he punches right.

He's not on the same level as someone like Hannity or Carlson, but he's always arguing to sell out vulnerable groups— something that the Democrats do constantly without electoral gains to show for it.

I know OP used the word liberal, but I disagree with that characterization: he is a liberal, a "small c" conservative. I was going for brevity, but maybe I should have clarified there.