why IS it ok for Maher to say hideous things about women

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110. She asked to be attacked by being an attacker. I don't personally prefer to use that term myself.

But I also don't agree that someone simply calling a woman that is sexist. It doesn't imply that a woman is inferior to a man. Its just a nasty word. Its logically no different than "dick" as others have pointed out.

My point is, Palin subjected herself to nasty personal attacks when she engaged in them against other people. What goes around, comes around.

Bill Maher uses language that pushes it, but he doesn't attack anyone that doesn't give as good as they take. If Bill Maher ever attacked someone with such language that wasn't doing anything to provoke it, as was the case with Rush and Sandra Fluke, then that would be a different story. And Bill Maher didn't do it in the context of opposing women's rights, as Rush did.

So no, thats not the case. And no, it doesn't prove your point. It disproves your point entirely. Its not a different standard.