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Initech

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39. No they aren't.

Sat Mar 10, 2012, 02:26 PM

Mar 2012

I really hate to agree with something that Limbaugh said but he's right when he said that gangsta rappers and comedians have got away with saying far worse things about women. This Maher thing is just a distraction for us and it is working in the GOP's favor.

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If the right wingers REALLY want to keep pushing that Bill Maher button... [View all] Amerigo Vespucci Mar 2012 OP

As I recall, Maher's show (Politically Incorrect) was cancelled when he said the above. denverbill Mar 2012 #1

i agree and was going to reply with the same frylock Mar 2012 #13

No...Limbaugh is the issue, not Maher. godai Mar 2012 #2

It looks like two stations have dropped him: sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #5

Good...hope it's the start of a trend. godai Mar 2012 #7

Glen Beck was one of the most tsuki Mar 2012 #34

EXACTLY! Bringing up Maher is a distraction, formally known as a Tu Quoque fallacy. backscatter712 Mar 2012 #9

The check has nothing to do with Obama. EC Mar 2012 #3

We all know that Limbaugh is a misogynist creep, but so is Maher. Beacool Mar 2012 #4

There are distinct difference between the two. YellowRubberDuckie Mar 2012 #30

Maher went out with Coulter????? Beacool Mar 2012 #36

I don't know for sure. YellowRubberDuckie Mar 2012 #42

Well, the guy is gross. Beacool Mar 2012 #43

Fuck limpball libtodeath Mar 2012 #6

Lets treat Limbaugh and Maher equally. SalviaBlue Mar 2012 #8

+10 Cleita Mar 2012 #10

How about adding Hannity, O'Reilly, Savage, every Fox correspondant ever... Initech Mar 2012 #45

I think Bill Maher is a great guy; a funny comedian; fighting for real liberal causes. DutchLiberal Mar 2012 #11

Some people who probably haven't seen him for 10 years have apparently banned him for life. godai Mar 2012 #16

Like "we all know" that OWS are "douchebags"? Union Scribe Mar 2012 #46

What part of BOYCOTT THEM ALL does the "get off Maher's back" crowd NOT UNDERSTAND??? Zalatix Mar 2012 #12

It's dilutes the efforts against Limbaugh. godai Mar 2012 #15

No it won't. You are totally, absolutely wrong about that. Zalatix Mar 2012 #17

You are totally, absolutely wrong. And the facts bear this out. godai Mar 2012 #18

You have no facts. Your argument has no rationality. You have no case. Zalatix Mar 2012 #21

What is the cause, Evangelicalism? Shankapotomus Mar 2012 #28

Evan-what? How about moral consistency. Oh wait, let me guess Zalatix Mar 2012 #32

Okay. Shall we Shankapotomus Mar 2012 #40

I wrote facts, rationally, making a strong case. You just choose to disagree, angrily. godai Mar 2012 #33

You're okay with sexism as long as it comes from the Left. Gotcha. Zalatix Mar 2012 #35

No, what dillutes it is having to waste effort Union Scribe Mar 2012 #47

I can. One is a sickening misogynyst and the other is not. DutchLiberal Mar 2012 #19

Yeah. I am probably the only DU member here who complains about attacks on men. Zalatix Mar 2012 #22

BAAAAHAhahahahahaahaha!! Far from it, dude, far from it. RadiationTherapy Mar 2012 #29

I want to ask you.... do you think male bashing doesn't exist? Zalatix Mar 2012 #31

All such things exist. RadiationTherapy Mar 2012 #41

"stereotypes that we already have ourselves, and that's what makes it funny" Union Scribe Mar 2012 #48

I guess we should boycott Shankapotomus Mar 2012 #27

People here are falling for this BS too. Initech Mar 2012 #14

You tell 'em!!! Sexist remarks are okay as long as they're done by people on our side, dammit! Zalatix Mar 2012 #23

No they aren't. Initech Mar 2012 #39

Show me where it's working in the GOP's favor. Zalatix Mar 2012 #44

That's because some of "us" keep trying to defend hypocrisy nt Union Scribe Mar 2012 #49

Yup, news media has now shifted to key words "Hypocrisy & Double Standard" countryjake Mar 2012 #26

Exactly - the double standard meme is in full effect for the GOP and its working for them well. Initech Mar 2012 #37

The right wing just wanted to make an example out of Maher in case a trickle of applegrove Mar 2012 #20

I am a woman and I totally agree! n/t arthritisR_US Mar 2012 #24

I've been watching Bill Maher since PI and Blue_Roses Mar 2012 #25

i agree with all you say. nt seabeyond Mar 2012 #38