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23. yes, in the same way that Clinton's a peacemonger ...

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Tue Oct 7, 2014, 12:05 AM

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Bill Maher on Islam spat with Ben Affleck: “We’re liberals! We’re not crazy tea-baggers” [View all] kpete Oct 2014 OP

Sounds reasonable to me! No idea should be immune from criticism. arcane1 Oct 2014 #1

+1 Maher catches a lot of flak here on DU as do other "liberals" SomethingFishy Oct 2014 #2

Bill is 100% correct ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2014 #3

Yet you cannot say that all Muslims want to kill all non Muslims. That's not the truth. The Wielding Truth Oct 2014 #26

Bill didn't say anything like that leftynyc Oct 2014 #29

And you cannot say that all Christians want to impose Christo-fascist law on all other Americans ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2014 #39

I do NOT believe being critical of oppressive belief systems is bigotry m-lekktor Oct 2014 #4

Haters gonna hate. Our job is to hate the haters and bring about love. Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #11

same here Duppers Oct 2014 #17

It's not leftynyc Oct 2014 #30

Thank you. There is such a double standard. Drunken Irishman Oct 2014 #38

I understand what he's saying and where he's coming from, Blue_In_AK Oct 2014 #5

He talks the same about all religion though justiceischeap Oct 2014 #6

You're right. yallerdawg Oct 2014 #10

Since those that believe in God greatly outnumber those that Joe Turner Oct 2014 #19

That isn't the point though justiceischeap Oct 2014 #21

You don't think there are extreme atheists? Joe Turner Oct 2014 #22

I always thought the same but ... sunnystarr Oct 2014 #7

I'm not so sure we're always presented with the truth about this by our media. Blue_In_AK Oct 2014 #13

I would think those on DU leftynyc Oct 2014 #31

When people make a lot of noise, they get noticed. Blue_In_AK Oct 2014 #33

But we're not talking about leftynyc Oct 2014 #34

I have a photographer friend Blue_In_AK Oct 2014 #36

I think he's - correctly in my view - making the opposite point. Donald Ian Rankin Oct 2014 #8

I admit to a bias Blue_In_AK Oct 2014 #14

Hence "the overwhelming majority" rather than "all". N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Oct 2014 #27

Yes, "all" is a dangerous term. Blue_In_AK Oct 2014 #32

I think it's very easy to make valid generalisations; what's hard is absolute statements. Donald Ian Rankin Oct 2014 #35

Good episode GummyBearz Oct 2014 #9

Hopefully he doesn't end up another Gibson. Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #12

They weren't differentiating between Muslim theocracies and Muslims in secular countries. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2014 #15

The US has a terrible history of supporting aggressive wars against Muslim countries. cpwm17 Oct 2014 #16

Watched it live condoleeza Oct 2014 #18

Maher is a bully. He exhorts his audience to join him in figuratively closeupready Oct 2014 #20

yes, in the same way that Clinton's a peacemonger ... MisterP Oct 2014 #23

I guess I need to add Mayer to my auto trash list. You can fight for justice without being an a** liberal_at_heart Oct 2014 #24

Bill is "criticizes" some religions more than others. U4ikLefty Oct 2014 #25

Religious intolerance and bigotry are NOT liberal values, 6000eliot Oct 2014 #28

Plus a million. Blue_In_AK Oct 2014 #37