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

[Proud Liberal Dem]

80. I would also add

that Bill Maher is an "equal opportunity offender". He is no ideologue and he ridicules all kinds of people for all kinds of reasons, including President Obama and Democrats in general.

Whatever offensive and/or misogynistic comments Maher might have made were likely one-off remarks and I can think of anything in particular Maher has ever said that is, in any way, equivalent to what Rush said yesterday, said today, or will say tomorrow.

There is absolutely NO equivalence whatsoever between Bill Maher, Ed Schultz, Michael Moore, et. al on the left and Rush Limbaugh other scions of hate on the right.

I really think that we need to get away, both on the left and the right, from "getting the vapors" over one-off remarks made by public figures because, frankly, everybody is going to say something stupid, sexist, bigoted, off-color, politically incorrect (at least could be interpreted by somebody as such) and I hate to see people's careers automatically ruined over them or from being used to damage somebody else by association. I think that, in most cases, if somebody makes an offensive remark and upsets somebody, they should pony up with an apology and then everybody should just move on. This doesn't really apply to the current situation with Rush, particularly since he has been unrepentant about his comments (re: Sandra Fluke) but in general people need to relax a little bit IMHO. The best way IMHO to counter bad speech is with more good/better speech (and to vote with our wallets as well).