{"id":607687,"date":"2021-07-31T17:51:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T21:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=607687"},"modified":"2021-07-31T17:51:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T21:51:20","slug":"maher-compares-cancel-culture-to-purge-in-stalins-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maher-compares-cancel-culture-to-purge-in-stalins-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Maher compares cancel culture to purge in Stalin\u2019s Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fmaher-compares-cancel-culture-to-purge-in-stalins-russia%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=607687&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--><div id=\"attachment_2476966\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2476966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TV Host Bill Maher at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:47 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, July 31, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Liberal talk show host Bill Maher condemned cancel culture once again as he took aim at the Olympics. During his show on Friday night, Maher criticized the dismissal of the opening ceremonies director over a decades old Holocaust joke in a comedy routine and the resignation of the ceremonies musical director after he admitted to being a bully as a child.<\/p>\n<p>Maher also took aim at the idea of cultural appropriation by asserting it was absurd to believe that it has been arbitrarily oppressive for people from one culture to practice the traditions of another. He compared rampant cancel culture to a purge that would be seen in Stalin\u2019s USSR.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is called a purge. It\u2019s a mentality that belongs in Stalin\u2019s Russia,\u201d he expressed. \u201cHow bad does this atmosphere we are living in have to get before the people say cancel culture is overblown, admit that is in fact an insanity that is swallowing up the world?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How bad does this atmosphere we&#8217;re living in have to get before the people who say cancel culture is overblown admit that it is in fact an insanity that is swallowing up the world? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WokeOlympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WokeOlympics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P9rJNs6nrs\">pic.twitter.com\/P9rJNs6nrs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Maher (@billmaher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billmaher\/status\/1421335013446938625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In further blasting cultural appropriation, Maher slammed the notion that only the first group of people to do something should be allowed to do it.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/mark-meadows-president-trump-looking-to-move-forward-in-a-real-way\/\">Mark Meadows: President Trump Looking To Move Forward In A Real Way<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV Host Bill Maher at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. 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