Patti LuPone Is Huge Reason Why We Lack ‘Dissenting Views’

Bill Maher is getting a lot of attention these days.

He didn’t rob a bank in broad daylight or make that Snake River jump that Evel Knievel couldn’t in 1974.

Maher is willing to break bread with those who don’t align with his worldview. That’s it. That’s enough.

That simple approach today is novel, even revolutionary.

Broadway superstar Patti LuPone is sad about the lack of civil discussion in society. The progressive actress told fellow Broadway star George Clooney just that in their expansive Variety chat.

What I don’t understand about all of this in this country is that we can’t seem to have dissenting views. You’re labeled a communist. You’re labeled a fascist.

In a separate takeaway from their chat, the star bemoaned the lack of “dissenting views.”

“What I don’t understand about all of this in this country is we can’t seem to have a dialogue, a diverse dialogue or a dissenting views dialogue.”

She’s right. We just saw comic legend Larry David call Maher Hitler for daring to disagree with him. Yet LuPone is blind to the problem on two fronts.

One: She’s part of it.

In 2018, she launched a vile attack on a huge swath of U.S. citizens. Their crime? Disagreeing with her worldview:

“The Christian right in America is no different from al-Qaida. Print that, because someone needs to say it out loud!”

(Did they really?)

A year later, she suggested the neighbor who nearly killed Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) in 2017 had the right idea. She wasn’t alone with those views.

Plus, LuPone tried to “out” Sen. Linsdey Graham (R-S.C.) against his wishes. The unmarried Senator’s private life is his business.

Forcing him to reveal his sexuality is bullying, period. And she did it because he’s a Republican.

Two: Her fellow progressives helped make our lack of civil discourse possible.

It’s no accident that a liberal like David would try to “cancel” Maher for having dinner with a sitting president from the “wrong” party. The Left powered Cancel Culture for years, punishing those who held “problematic” reviews and ensuring their professional repercussions.

Who deemed author J.K. Rowling history’s greatest monster after she questioned parts of the trans ideology in 2020? The Left … or the Right? It didn’t matter that Rowling adhered to most progressive principles.

Closer to LuPone’s home, the entertainment community embraced woke guard rails and failed to stand up for free speech and expression. Both cratered in recent years.

LuPone’s peers also kept conservative talent out of the industry whenever possible. The conservative Hollywood Blacklist is all too real, and the evidence is overwhelming.

It’s hard to have a civil exchange when sharing the “wrong” view could crush your career.

LuPone could find the source of the problem in a New York Minute if she really tried. Find the nearest mirror and take a long, hard look.

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