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Bill Maher mocks left-wing intolerance over mask-optional lesbian bar
Fox News • • nation
Key Points:
- Comedian Bill Maher criticized far-left critics for attacking Last Ditch Bar, a Massachusetts lesbian bar, after it lifted its mask mandate one night a week to help with financial struggles.
- The bar, which welcomed patrons regardless of ability to pay, faced backlash from community members upset by the mask-optional policy, including harsh comments and calls for harm.
- Maher highlighted the irony of the "tolerant left" becoming intolerant and condemned the extreme hostility directed at the bar owners.
- NewsBusters editor Tim Graham noted the story's viral nature reflects ongoing tensions over COVID-related restrictions and accused some liberals of hypocrisy regarding tolerance.
- Maher, known for challenging left-wing orthodoxies despite his liberal background, used the incident to critique what he sees as left-wing intolerance and authoritarianism.
