Maher: It’s ‘Scary’ That We Went From ‘Listen’ to Women Who Were Victimized to ‘Automatically Believe’

Maher: It’s ‘Scary’ That We Went From ‘Listen’ to Women Who Were Victimized to ‘Automatically Believe’ (Mediaite)

Amid the divisive battle over Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavnaugh, Bill Maher weighed in on what may become a dangerous precedent because of it.

The conversation began with a heated debate between New York Magazine writer-at-large Andrew Sullivan and political commentator Soledad O’Brien about the media’s depiction of Kavanaugh, which Sullivan argued generalized white men. But while Maher told Sullivan he was “sympathetic” to the point Sullivan was trying to make, Maher drew focus on a bigger concern.

“It does seem like things morphed from listen to any woman who says she’s been wronged, which is the right thing to do to automatically believe,” Maher told his panel. “That’s what’s scary.”