Berkely students petition to stop Bill Maher from delivering commencement addres

[dps]

I just find it ironic because Maher is always hailed as a liberal and leftie.

He is vehemently anti-religious, in all its forms.  Just so happens that Islam is the latest one that smites thee in His Mercy. Insha'allah.

I think he's vastly misunderstood, and mostly has been turned into a Left icon by Fox. For instance, he's quite pro-Israel--although that may have something to do with the peeps Israel is fighting.

Maher isn't really a leftist, no.  He has too much common sense for that. 

[Valmy]

Well he has long been hated by some on this board for being a left wing dude beyond the pale.  I enjoyed his sense of humor and his show when my wife would watch it, but yeah he never had much good to say about the Muslims.  But to be fair it is nothing he does not hold against other religions.

[garbon]

I just find it ironic because Maher is always hailed as a liberal and leftie.

He is vehemently anti-religious, in all its forms.  Just so happens that Islam is the latest one that smites thee in His Mercy. Insha'allah.

I think he's vastly misunderstood, and mostly has been turned into a Left icon by Fox. For instance, he's quite pro-Israel--although that may have something to do with the peeps Israel is fighting.

Maher isn't really a leftist, no.  He has too much common sense for that. 

[garbon]

But to be fair it is nothing he does not hold against other religions.

Yay, bigotry for all?

[Admiral Yi]

I find his show unwatchable.  Four cloned people sitting around a table laughing uproariously at each other's lame ass jokes.

[Valmy]

But to be fair it is nothing he does not hold against other religions.

Yay, bigotry for all?

I don't recall saying 'yay' but perhaps your imagination saw something different?

Anyway he has been doing this for 20+ years. 

[Valmy]

I find his show unwatchable.  Four cloned people sitting around a table laughing uproariously at each other's lame ass jokes.

Shocking.

[CountDeMoney]

I think he's vastly misunderstood, and mostly has been turned into a Left icon by Fox. For instance, he's quite pro-Israel--although that may have something to do with the peeps Israel is fighting.

Maher isn't really a leftist, no.  He has too much common sense for that.

I don't consider him that much of a leftist at all, he's a bit more complex than that.  The fact that conservatives draw most of his ire is because, well, they do really stupid shit.

[garbon]

But to be fair it is nothing he does not hold against other religions.

Yay, bigotry for all?

I don't recall saying 'yay' but perhaps your imagination saw something different?

Anyway he has been doing this for 20+ years. 

Well, what was the point in mentioning that he doesn't reserve his scorn for just Islam?

As to your other point, well doesn't mean that everyone is paying attention / there have been a lot of people who have grown up in the last 20 years.

[Josephus]

But to be fair it is nothing he does not hold against other religions.

He hates all religions, but he doesn't hate Jews because they're Jews the way he hates Muslims. MOre specifically, and he lets this slip when he gets over excited, he particualry hates Arabs...who happen to be Muslims.

[Valmy]

Well, what was the point in mentioning that he doesn't reserve his scorn for just Islam?

Just that this is the kind of thing one would expect from him.

As to your other point, well doesn't mean that everyone is paying attention / there have been a lot of people who have grown up in the last 20 years.

People were paying attention.  Just they didn't care until now.  Sensitivity to saying bad things against Islam is high on the left now since the Right is doing it.  If the Right loved Islam those Berkeley students would be laughing with him.

[Valmy]

But to be fair it is nothing he does not hold against other religions.

He hates all religions, but he doesn't hate Jews because they're Jews the way he hates Muslims. MOre specifically, and he lets this slip when he gets over excited, he particualry hates Arabs...who happen to be Muslims.

Most American Arabs are not Muslims

But alright maybe he has gotten more shrill lately.

[Razgovory]

I find his show unwatchable.  Four cloned people sitting around a table laughing uproariously at each other's lame ass jokes.

Yi and I agree!  I thought he was an asshole when he his show on network TV back in the 1990's. 


Also he used to describe himself as a libertarian.  Maher, not Yi.  I don't know what Yi called himself back in the 1990's.

[Razgovory]

People were paying attention.  Just they didn't care until now.  Sensitivity to saying bad things against Islam is high on the left now since the Right is doing it.  If the Right loved Islam those Berkeley students would be laughing with him.

Well, I'm glad at least someone is standing up to it.

[Ed Anger]

Me, Yi and Raz form an invincible Troika of good taste.