Once and For All, Bill Maher IS NOT the Titular Head of a Major Political Party like Limbaugh Is

[DutchLiberal]

37. Had you watched his shows, you would've known it's not a "hoot" at all.

And I wasn't referring to standing up for opressed women in Islamic cultures. Though thanks for reminding me of that, it only adds to my appreciation of Bill Maher.

I was talking about him standing up for people like Hillary Clinton, Sherly Sherrod and Sonia Sotomayor when they were under constant attack from right-wingers; but also of the times he slammed the Republicans for wanting to control womens' reproductive systems. Especially the past few weeks he has been railing against Santorum for his backwards stance on contraception and abortion. This friday, he paid attention to, and criticized, the Arizona bill that would allow doctors to lie to women if it prevents an abortion.

I don't find his criticism of Islam and Islamic culture to be racist at all. I know it's not considered 'politically correct' what he says and liberals are not supposed to agree with him, but I think most reasonable people would agree with him --they're just afraid to admit it. I remember a bit of stand-up he did on religion and then said: "but their [Muslims'] religion... still worse" and then he went on to speak about how NOT all cultures are equal. I know you and a lot of liberals at DU probably threw a fit, but he was right on the money. If we just look at the recent protests in Afghanistan, which killed 20 people, we know Maher was right when he said: "Islam is a religion of peace... there's a piece of you here, and a piece of you here..."

No, not all religions are equally dangerous and not all cultures are equally valuable. Some are better than others. Ours is better than theirs. I'm a liberal and I believe that.