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Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
18. I've been watching him for decades. You haven't heard anything I haven't heard.
Wed Jun 7, 2017, 09:21 PM
Jun 2017

He's not sexist. He's a little preoccupied with some women's appearance because he's a bachelor who plays the field. But he mainly cares about what women are about substantively, the same as he cares mainly what men are about substantively. His shows presents an opportunity for women of substance to discuss important political matters of the day. Women don't get the chance to do that nearly as often as men. He welcomes them on his show. He has lots of female friends and particularly likes female comedians. He LIKES women as people. He is definitely not sexist. He's just the opposite.

He thinks the religion of Islam is bad, generally speaking. That does not make him an Islamophobe. He is an atheist and thinks ALL religions are bad...just that Islam is worse in that followers tend to follow the violent references in the Koran and that it calls to commit Jihad against non-believers, AND that followers of Islam are SEXIST and treat women as chattel or second class citizens.

Odd that you think he's sexist, when sexism is one of his beefs against the religion of Islam.

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Yeah, I support Maher, too. These comedians who have to dance on the edge.... Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #1
+100 applegrove Jun 2017 #7
So Kathy Griffin gets fired after she apologized, DK504 Jun 2017 #15
No. None at all. I'll explain. Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #16
I have little sympathy for many of them rpannier Jun 2017 #22
Love Bill. Hope his show continues for many years amuse bouche Jun 2017 #2
The Jeffersons videohead5 Jun 2017 #3
Corolla is a sexist asshole so.... bettyellen Jun 2017 #4
you forgot to mention yuiyoshida Jun 2017 #5
Hasn't Tosh come out yet? bettyellen Jun 2017 #11
I Really Don't Think videohead5 Jun 2017 #6
He's definitely Islamaphobic as sexist as fuck so.... bettyellen Jun 2017 #8
I don't agree that he's sexist or Islamaphobic. Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #12
He denigrates women and Islamic people. If you don't think it's evidence of being sexist or bettyellen Jun 2017 #17
I've been watching him for decades. You haven't heard anything I haven't heard. Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #18
You're standards are lower and that's okay. I think his "nonPC" schtick is stale and bettyellen Jun 2017 #20
Well said. n/t miyazaki Jun 2017 #23
Both men have it right. ImpeachTheGOP Jun 2017 #9
I've never cared much for howard Stern but I agree with him on this one. Guy Whitey Corngood Jun 2017 #10
I agree with both.. forgot how funny Stern can be. mountain grammy Jun 2017 #13
I actually thought it was somewhat funny paulkienitz Jun 2017 #14
You think people haven't seen a huge uptick in blatant racism lately? Are you smoking some of Maher bettyellen Jun 2017 #21
still rare in the experience of most of the people I was talking about. paulkienitz Jun 2017 #24
So the country swimming in unprecedented racism sexism and Islamaphobia bettyellen Jun 2017 #25
where the heck did you get that out of what I said?? paulkienitz Jun 2017 #29
People have looked at whether it "showed racism" or not. Gaslighting them isn't helpful. bettyellen Jun 2017 #30
Some people, in places like here, have indeed looked at the question honestly. paulkienitz Jun 2017 #33
You're implying people are not "honest" when they say they're bothered by racism... that's bullshit bettyellen Jun 2017 #34
I didn't imply anything of the kind. paulkienitz Jun 2017 #35
I think he saw it as an edgy but forgivable joke his audience would understand Sen. Walter Sobchak Jun 2017 #19
So amusing to see the same names pop in to crucify Maher. LOL Lib Jun 2017 #26
This is actually simple Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #27
And Howard Stern? yuiyoshida Jun 2017 #28
Not sure what he said but he is a sexist asshole most of the time. Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #31
You didn't listen to the video? yuiyoshida Jun 2017 #32
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