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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/bill-maher-scorches-police-leaders-bullsht-rhetoric-this-is-why-americans-hate-unions-now/
Bill Maher closed Real Time on Friday by denouncing not only
New York City police, but police unions in general for fostering tension
between officers, residents and elected leaders.
“This is why Americans hate unions now,” Maher said. “It’s why
Republicans have been able to make ‘taking on the unions’ an applause
line. Because union bullsh*t that people see on TV made it easy for them
to make it about crybabies and entitlement. Which is a shame, because
with a record wealth gap, we need unions now more than ever.”
When the U.S. had a vibrant middle class, he argued, one in three
workers belonged to a union. But now that number is down to one in ten.
If police needed to be reassured that the public loved them under
threat of a “tantrum,” that was more like being in a relationship than a
public trust, Maher said.
“Right now, honey — I mean, officer — I’m confused,” he said. “Yes,
you have a tough, dirty job. But you volunteered for it. It’s like a
proctologist coming home every night and saying, ‘I can’t believe I have
to look at a*sholes all day.’”
Instead of refusing to do their work to get back at Mayor Bill de
Blasio, Maher argued, the NYPD should stop acting like every Black
person they meet will either run away or shoot them.
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