{"id":2536092,"date":"2026-01-14T06:19:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T11:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-issues-perfect-response-to-fellow-celebs-wearing-anti-ice-be-good-pins-4\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T06:21:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T11:21:38","slug":"bill-maher-issues-perfect-response-to-fellow-celebs-wearing-anti-ice-be-good-pins-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-issues-perfect-response-to-fellow-celebs-wearing-anti-ice-be-good-pins-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher Issues Perfect Response to Fellow Celebs Wearing Anti-ICE &#8216;Be Good&#8217; Pins"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbill-maher-issues-perfect-response-to-fellow-celebs-wearing-anti-ice-be-good-pins-4%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2536092&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article covers the controversy over celebrities at the Golden Globes wearing &#8220;Be Good&#8221; pins to commemorate Ren\u00e9e Good, who died after allegedly attempting to ram an ICE agent. It describes the lapel-pin display as a performative,partisan stunt that drew praise from the political left and derision from the right.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Maher is highlighted as a dissenting celebrity who criticized using an awards show for activism, saying the red carpet isn&#8217;t the place to litigate a complex law-enforcement incident and mocking the idea that wearing a pin is meaningful moral courage. The piece praises Maher for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >separating genuine sympathy<\/a> for the tragedy from what the author calls propagandistic virtue signaling.<\/p>\n<p>the article argues that Hollywood activism frequently enough reduces nuanced, fact-dependent events to shallow symbolism, fails to pursue accountability or understanding, and rewards applause rather than constructive engagement &#8211; and it commends Maher for refusing to play along.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>If you&rsquo;re a red-blooded American, a few days ago you may have been watching the Sunday Night Football game between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Chargers.<\/p>\n<p>If not, you might&rsquo;ve been watching one of Hollywood&rsquo;s countless self-congratulating award shows, the Golden Globes.<\/p>\n<p>And if you did tune into the Golden Globes &mdash; and even if you didn&rsquo;t &mdash; you might have heard about the swathes of far-left celebrities who were wearing &ldquo;Be Good&rdquo; pins to commemorate Renee Good, the woman who lost her life after she tried to ram an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis with her car last week.<\/p>\n<p>The pathetic anti-ICE stunt did what most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-issues-perfect-response-to-fellow-celebs-wearing-anti-ice-be-good-pins-3\/\" title=\"... 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Anti-ICE &#039;Be ...&#039; ...s\">hyper-partisan acts<\/a> do in 2026 &mdash; getting lots of applause from the left and heavy eye rolls from the right.<\/p>\n<p>But not everybody who leans liberal thought this was a stunning and brave act.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bill-maher-eviscerates-pro-palestinian-leftists-ignore-islamist-violence-joke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">classic liberal<\/a> &mdash; not to be confused with a modern leftist &mdash; Bill Maher seemed anything but impressed when asked about his fellow celebrities wearing these &ldquo;Be Good&rdquo; buttons.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at Maher&rsquo;s reaction below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;&#128293; Bill Maher was asked about Wanda Sykes wearing a &ldquo;Be Good&rdquo; pin for Ren&eacute;e Good and turning the moment into activism.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Come on, we&rsquo;re here for show business today. Uhh, you know, it was a terrible thing that happened, and it shouldn&rsquo;t have happened. And, if they didn&rsquo;t act&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hYEBEuoFhh\">pic.twitter.com\/hYEBEuoFhh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gina Milan (@ginamilan_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ginamilan_\/status\/2010711467360719003?\">January 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When asked if he felt that the Golden Globes pin was a good platform to push activism, Maher&rsquo;s response was telling.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Come on,&rdquo; Maher reacted, along with a hearty laugh at his fellow celebrities&rsquo; expense. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re just here for show business today.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Maher did offer some more substantive thoughts on what happened to Good, however.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You know, it was a terrible thing that happened, and it shouldn&rsquo;t have happened, and if they didn&rsquo;t act like such thugs, it wouldn&rsquo;t have had to happen,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But I don&rsquo;t need to wear a pin about it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Apparent &ldquo;thugs&rdquo; shot at ICE aside, this was a perfect response from Maher that highlighted the performative bluster that has completely hijacked his side of the ideological aisle.<\/p>\n<p>Maher&rsquo;s contrarian response mattered because it cut through the sanctimony.<\/p>\n<p>In one short exchange, he said what most Americans were already thinking: an awards show is not a tribunal, and a lapel pin is not moral courage. It&rsquo;s theater &mdash; safe, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-issues-perfect-response-to-fellow-celebs-wearing-anti-ice-be-good-pins-2\/\" title=\"... Issues Perfect Response to Fellow Celebs ... Anti-ICE &#039;Be ...&#039; ...s\">consequence-free theater &#038;mdash<\/a>; designed to signal virtue to people who already agree.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s the rot Maher was rightfully calling out.<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood activism rarely aims to understand events or improve outcomes. It exists to perform moral alignment in front of cameras. No facts are examined, no accountability is applied evenly, and no serious questions are asked. The pin itself becomes the point, not whether the story behind it has been distorted or weaponized.<\/p>\n<p>Maher also did something his peers almost never do: he separated tragedy from propaganda. Acknowledging that a death is awful does not require signing onto a cartoonish narrative about ICE, law enforcement, or &ldquo;state violence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That refusal to emotionally blackmail the audience into accepting a prepackaged conclusion is what made his comments stand out in a room addicted to applause cues.<\/p>\n<p>And notice what Maher didn&rsquo;t do. He didn&rsquo;t pretend a red carpet moment was the place to litigate a tragic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-issues-perfect-response-to-fellow-celebs-wearing-anti-ice-be-good-pins\/\" title=\"... Issues Perfect Response to Fellow Celebs ... Anti-ICE &#039;Be ...&#039; ...s\">fact-dependent law enforcement incident<\/a>. He simply refused to play along, and in today&rsquo;s culture, that alone reads as heresy.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s why Maher was right, and why the pin brigade was so transparently wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Performative outrage doesn&rsquo;t clarify the truth, doesn&rsquo;t honor the dead, and doesn&rsquo;t make anyone safer. It just turns complex, high-stakes realities into shallow symbolism, and expects the rest of the country to clap on cue.<\/p>\n<p>And for calling that out, Maher &mdash; liberal or not &mdash; was the only one at the Golden Globes who deserved some modicum of applause.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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