Berkeley Students Call On University To Cancel Speech By ‘Bigot and Racist’ Bill Maher

[LostOne4Ever]

199. None of those quotes are "demonize EVERY religious follower for the sins of the bigots"

The quote about the name definitely shows a phobia of islam, it was bigoted and I can accept criticizing him on that one. There was no punch line, no joke, and intolerant.

The dog quote was insulting and dumb and It was also said to with the intention to be outrageous as possible during his Politically Incorrect days. When he said that one (after Martin Short stopped laughing) he waited for the gasps that followed. The last quote was part of a chauvinistic comedy routine with him joking about political correctness and him having never gotten married. They were over the line so criticize him on those things all you want.


The quote on Arab men was during a discussion on how women in the middle east are treated. The part about the mafia (from the Affleck encounter) was referring to the fatwa that was placed on the creators of south park and other cartoonist for portraying Mohammad, and the Isis comment was again referring to how over 60% of countries like Egypt think apostates should be put to DEATH.

The comment about western civilization was (again) talking about the fatwa against South Park and how conservative middle eastern/North African countries are on social issues. He then talked about freedom of speech and separation of church and state and many other liberal issues that are lacking in places like Saudi Arabia.

How are these different than criticizing countries like Ireland for its anti-abortion policies, Uganda for its anti-gay laws, evangelicals for their support of prop 8? Or noting that all these people where influenced by Christianity and specifically by bible verses promoting these positions?

How is that different from the South bashing that happens in GD? I am from Texas, I am a liberal and I get it. I understand that the people attacking my area of the country are not attacking EVERYONE here, but rather the large number of RW idiots running things here.

We, as liberals, support equal rights and the separation of church and state don't we? Why shouldn't we criticize these things? Yet Maher is getting quoted out of context time and time again on these criticism of Islam and Middle Eastern culture and attacked for things he didn't say. He never demonized EVERY religious followers for the sins of the bigots. He was criticizing the 60+% of Pakistanis who think apostates should die.

Don't they deserve to be criticized?