New Rule: Leave Matt Damon Alone | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

[Applause] and finally new rule someone has to tell me why is this guy always in the doghouse with the online hall monitors of righteousness it is a phenomenon that truly fascinates me that every couple years matt damon one of the most likable guys in hollywood with impeccable liberal credentials is again flailing around in cancel

culture quicksand it happened again this month when damon revealed that he used to use a gay slur i won't say the word but it's the one your teenage son greets his friends with when they meet up at chipotle it's not always meant as a slur but it's wrong yes of course and damon owned up

saying that while coming of age in boston in the 70s and 80s that word was thrown around without any thought put into it and now now he's put some thought into it and he's going to stop using it one might say he became woke okay he was late to the party to which

we could say welcome glad you could make it

or we could say you came later than i did die there are too many people in this country who are motivated not by what they really believe but by what will get twitter to react to them with likes and retweets that's called bad faith it's why every couple years i'm reading headlines like usa today i wish i could

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