August 14, 2022

The lookism that's still just fine (and I admit I laughed).

35 comments:

hpudding said...

It’s not just the way his face naturally looks, either. It’s the sneer that it exudes even when he’s trying to smile. Natural smiles allow for a relaxation of the eyebrows, but malignant narcissists have trouble with this because even the way they demonstrate pleasure is socially calculated. Hence, the pumpkin whose smile screams “facial constipation!” :-)

Carol said...

Ah yes. Civil war is always brewing on the far right but erupting on the far left.

That's a maxim or something isn't it?

Saint Croix said...

I will report a light giggle.

Butkus51 said...

Putin seems sick. Trump is crazy. Joe? We got nothing.

narciso said...

what about the senior wences he endorsed,

rehajm said...

It is a cheap line of the sort attributed to bad stand up. Trump exudes an orange pallor but looks nothing like a rotting jack o’ lantern.

James Carville is the political figure what’s cornered the market on rotting jack o lantern face…

Zavier Onasses said...

Harsh, but gotta give it high marks as humor. Unexpected twist of thought, just millisecond delay to make the connection, striking mental imagery.

Temujin said...

They- the Left- wears an eternal smirk. It'll be knocked off soon enough. It's not war. It's just reality that'll come biting back at them.

They never learn. They keep coming up with more bullshit and get all goosey over it, and then...nothing. They make assumptions about those who voted for Trump and find the Government's actions appalling. These are the same people I was talking about in my comment below on the NY City Starbucks. These are the people who vote for the bit by bit destruction of civil society. And to these people, it's fine and good that the FBI raided Donald Trump's home because Donald Trump!.

Such a smirking preener, Maher is. They've run a 7 year war on Trump, using almost all illegal processes. And they stand there smirking and making giddy jokes about it. And the rest of us just watch, note it, and wait our turn. And it'll come.

Saint Croix said...

"lookism" is a word that needs to die

really glad it's not catching on

Big Mike said...

Achilles said...

He is punching up.

It even covers the orange coloration thing.

But that is the difference between the right and the left.

You are not allowed to laugh at the commanding regime when leftists are in control.

Joe Smith said...

I don't get it because he doesn't resemble a jack-o-lantern at all to me.

But speaking of looking like someone:

The FBI raid was justified says Merrick Garland wearing strapless gown and sun hat from Melania's closet.

henge2243 said...

What's important about this little monologue is what's missing, i.e., the laughter after the Quran joke. I mean, did they not hold up the "laugh" sign to cue the studio audience? Did it read, "laugh and your head will get chopped off infidel!"? A Bible joke of equal cleverness would likely elicit much more of a reaction. Such a seemingly unanimous reaction as well, like a hive-mind.

Aggie said...

...as opposed to the ineffable Mr. Bill Maher, the very picture of virile manly beauty, as flawless as a Greek sculpted by da Vinci .

Earnest Prole said...

Second civil war talking-point template for dopey Althouse commenters: When they say mean things about my guy I get the irresistible urge to murder half my fellow citizens.

Saint Croix said...

I think my problem with "lookism" is that it supposes that it's somehow wrong or immoral to like beauty.

Fuck that.

Beauty is great.

Michael K said...

I didn't know you were Muslim, Earnest Prole.

Explains a lot.

Lurker21 said...

Every time a politician smiles or laughs, those on the other side see a sneer or a smirk. Trump haters and Obama haters, Bush haters and Clinton haters aren't so very different when it comes to that.

Pretty much everyone in politics is narcissistic. It's not a minus for politicians. One of those bogus surveys found the least narcissistic president to be Millard Fillmore. The Roosevelts, by contrast, are high on the list when it comes to "grandiose narcissism." Real malignant narcissists are rare, though. They flame out and burn early and don't make it very far up the ladder. Governing involves having to keep so many things in mind that there isn't much time for petty personal vengeance.

Trump was an entertainer who loved to be the center of attention. For some people that adds up to malignant narcissism. Showmanship and a sense of humor may actually be one of the things that saved him from true malignant narcissism. He satisfied that hunger for the limelight on stage and got most of it out of his system, so it didn't play as big a role in his off-stage activities. I've heard "malignant narcissist" applied to Clinton, Obama, and Trump. It's become something like saying "icky" when it comes to politicians. Maybe it's time to recognize that it's how politicians (and other celebrities) are and use the label more sparingly.

henge2243 said...

Let's take the worst case scenario which I believe is that: "Ex-President Trump had documents in his possession that pose a clear and present danger to national security and thus the location needed to be searched, the documents recovered and placed in the proper custody. But this document or physical object is of such import that it did not require a meticulous search of the entire property, only select areas. If one was so inclined, one could have stored the documents there and thus avoided seizure by the FBI. It seems almost criminally incompetent that it is so easy to avoid the FBI. I mean, could Trump have made a photo copy of something and left it in his golf bag at the country club and they wouldn't find it. Pathetic.

Peglegged Picador said...

It's still totally socially acceptable to use disability to mock and insult people. Sorry,the ugly people are going to have to wait.

Saint Croix said...

Mr. Bill Maher, the very picture of virile manly beauty

oh fuck that was funny

I laughed too hard

Aught Severn said...

It makes me wonder, would an equivalent joke about a woman be met with chuckles as well or cries of protest?

I would chuckle.

farmgirl said...

Temujin- that’s what I was thinking.
It especially rings true w/the daylong post. Honestly? Daylong?

They’ve been snapping at his heels all these long years and then settled on daylong search.

This is the most unserious of times.
And the pigs are heeled and walking upright…

Earnest Prole said...

I didn't know you were Muslim. Explains a lot.

Throw a rock into a pack of dogs: The one that holla is the one ya hit.

John henry said...

Perhaps if they served actual coffee, normal people would patronize Starbucks.

John LGBTQ+ Henry

n.n said...

Orange you glad you're still viable.

michaele said...

Had to feel like a refreshing shower for Maher to take a break from criticizing examples of crazy wokeness and, instead, indulge in a whole monologue of Trump jabs...ahh, the good old days.

Josephbleau said...

What is next for Mr. Maher, saying that it’s hard to see Clarance Thomas at night?

Jim at said...

This is what passes for funny these days?

Doesn't look like I'm missing much.

dwarzel said...

I would refer Mr. Maher to the precedent set in Pot v. Kettle.

stlcdr said...

That's not funny!!!

Ok, it was actually quite funny.

Iman said...

No Muslim he, just a garden variety asshole… a dime a dozen.

Saint Croix said...

(I had this on the wrong damn thread, sorry about that. I'm not sure what "lookism" is, but I guess it has something to do with discrimination based on how people look).

I was in a bookstore one time and they had this drop-dead gorgeous woman working there. Young, beautiful. Top 1% on the beauty scale. Not even close.

And it was notable because everybody else who worked in that bookstore was ugly as shit. And we're living in an age where some people do that Sex Pistols thing and try to take their ugliness to extremes. So nose rings, tattoos, blue hair. Whatever.

Anyway, the vibe I got -- and I definitely got a vibe -- was that the other workers in the store did not like her at all.

She was gone pretty quickly. So beautiful. I kind of wanted to defend her. But it was all undercurrents and shit. Maybe I just imagined it, and she quit for innocent reasons. But I wasn't at all surprised to find her gone.

wendybar said...

Bill Maher should look in the mirror every once in a while. He himself resembles a rotten pumpkin face. Funny how ugly people always attack others as being as ugly as they are.

Freder Frederson said...

Man, you can turn on him in a heartbeat. It was just last week that you were all laughing along with him at fat people.

I was in a bookstore one time and they had this drop-dead gorgeous woman working there. Young, beautiful. Top 1% on the beauty scale. Not even close.

You ever consider that no matter how beautiful she was physically, she might have been a horrible human being?