New Rule: The Cojones Awards | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

and finally new

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, great news about a new

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show, listen to this About a year and a half ago I was asked to moderate a discussion at the home of a very prominent Hollywood producer and the attendees that night were a who's who of Famous. and stars, if a bomb exploded in that room there would be nothing on television next year, but well, let's say it would be a great year for Kevin Sorbo, I can't say exactly who was there, but there

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ly is a Jewish space. laser these guys have the codes anyway the topic we all wanted to talk about that night was cancel culture it's funny if this was 10 years ago this group would have been talking about right wing censorship at that back then, it was the Jerry Falwells and Pat Robertsons the Bill Bennetts and Rush Limbaughs, who kept us up at night, I mean, besides the cocaine cartels and book boycotters, there were Republicans like the ones who got me fired after the 11 of September.

But that's a thing of the past now and by the past I mean Florida, okay. Of course, it's not just today's Florida Republicans who have proven that when it comes to canceling they're still more than capable: They canceled Colin Kaepernick for kneeling Liz Cheney for defying Trump Kathy Griffin for performance art last week Southern royalty of the world of music through a fit of rage because they think Anheuser-Busch is turning their beer into gay Anheuser-Busch, but there's no getting around the fact that what was on the minds of liberals that night in Brentwood or wherever We've ever been was that the most powerful witch Hunters now came from Twitter, the Ivy League, and the progressive left.

JK Rowling used to be a right-wing villain because she wrote books about witchcraft, now she's a left-wing villain because she has this crazy belief that being a woman is more than pronouns and lipstick that was the point of the night, how can we take a stand against cancel culture? And I suggested, since we were all in show business, that we start an

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show to honor brave people who have defended themselves well. The idea was met with great enthusiasm by everyone and before long different people were suggesting ways in which their varied talents could be used and then of course, this being Hollywood, nothing happened, but it's still a good idea so I'll do it. . right here, right now, ladies and gentlemen, you know the Emmys, you know the Grammys, you know the Tonys, now say hello to the

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tonight from Hollywood, the first annual

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awards honoring outstanding achievements in the growth of a pair and now here's your host Bill Maher, thank you. thank you, thank you and welcome to the drawers.

I'm your master of ceremonies and if the word master triggers you, you're in the wrong room. Pull out these solid brass balls to the individuals and organizations that others have tried to silence and who answered that that is not a

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? Our first prize goes to the president of my alma mater, Cornell University, Martha Pollock, this month students demanded warnings before all lectures in case any of the adult topics that you specifically went to college to learn about came up . and Martha said yeah we're not going to do that, she didn't give in or hire a new dean of sensitivity, she just said no college was introducing you to new ideas, not to kiss your ass and make you feel wonderful and you're always right. thinking about having lunch with your parents, it amazes me how this generation can be at the same

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overly sensitive to anything unpleasant and somehow also like to eat foreign asses.

I present to you these balls that I surely could have used the next

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I was there. The award goes to the place where many Cornell graduates will work next year, Trader Joe's. Trader Joe's, which for years has been selling a line of ethnic-themed products. Trading under the Joe name, for example, they have Trader Jose's beer, so of course a teenager heard about it on Twitter. the word José and said it was racist and then there was a petition and then Trader Joe's management did the right thing they burned down all their stores and committed suicide no they didn't they said you oversensitive little shits have a life and a sense. in a mood and posted this statement, we don't agree that any of these labels are racist and we don't make decisions based on petitions, you see how easy it is, so to the house of the 19 cent banana, here are some nuts, This next Cooney goes with a man.

Who is dear to my heart for standing up for herself when dozens of Netflix employees walked out over Dave Chappelle's reckless decision to perform comedy in his comedy special? CEO Ted Sarandos could have pulled the special and replaced it with more episodes of who the Koreans want to watch. be killed, but instead he reminded his Netflix employees that comedy exists to push boundaries and told them that if you'd have a hard time supporting our content, breathe, Netflix may not be the best place for you, so that to make the phrase do not leave the door. hitting you on the butt never sounds better this is for you Ted and you know, you know when movie lovers get together these days a phrase that comes up a lot and always makes me sad is yes, you couldn't do that one today on top of that one The list is the big one Tropic Thunder these nags have been looking for for years, but in February Ben Stiller tweeted I make no apologies for Tropic Thunder, it's always been a controversial movie since we released it, we're proud of it and the work everyone did on it. it's not that hard, he said it and he still has a commercial and the lesson is that if you take on the mafia for just a day or two, they are shallow, impatient, immature, smartphone driven gerbils.

Minds will forget about that and move on to the next. no hamburger and you will still have your balls