Viewers of Real Time with Bill Maher have at the very least noticed the HBO hosts affinity for blonde conservative women who are not afraid to speak out, such as Ann Coulter, finding a common ground with them as fellow culture warriors in a topic that Maher despises, political correctness.
On Friday night, Maher welcomed a stylish Megyn Kelly as his interviewee. During Kellys last Real Time appearance in January 2020, Maher proclaimed that Kelly was not really a racist and blamed cancel culture for her firing. This time around, Maher and Kelly shared a few jokes and pleasantries before jumping into the topic at hand: Kellys recent decision to pull her kids from New York City private school, citing how the leftist school was teaching her children social justice stuff at too young of an age.
You took your kids out of the school in New York, and Ive been hearinganecdotallyvery much the same thing from many parents, said Maher. Just tell us why, basically, you did this.
We were in the New York City private school system, explained Kelly, and they were definitely leftist, were more center-right, and thats fine then they started taking a really hard turn toward social justice stuff.
Kelly spoke about how, she believes, her third grade son was forced into an experimental trans education program on these 8- and 9-year-old boys. And it wasnt about support. We felt it was about trying to convince them, like, Come on over!
According to Kelly she was not the only parent who objected, forcing the schools hand to issue an apology. She also vented to Maher about a letter that the school apparently circulated that described, among other things, Black bodies dropping around us in the streets and that white supremacy was the catalyst, which Kelly insisted was divisive and racist.
Its so divisive and counterproductive. And it wasnt just our school in New York and its all over New York, said Kelly, with no mention of any other specific New York schools.
Kelly then spoke on the recent news about a 17-year-old Black girl in St. Louis who falsely accused a fellow white high school student of saying something along the lines of all Black lives dont matter, even though the teacher and the school confirmed that this was not said.
Dont gaslight me, said Maher. I feel like this is beyond race. I feel like its a generational thing where so many people want their identity wrapped up in being a victim.
Thats the push now, is to lean into victimhood, added Kelly. And its not just a race thing. I mean, I see it with some of my fellow women. Its not that the #MeToo situation wasnt real, but we dont have to lean into victimhoodeven when we might be victims.
Whether or not you agree with Maher and Kelly, you can watch the full interview segment above.
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