Every once in a while the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher shelves his talking points to get at the truth. It doesn't happen often, but when it does it serves as a tonic to his HBO audience expecting the standard anti-faith, anti-GOP rhetoric.
This week, Maher obliterated a guest who dared compare Islamic terror to crimes committed by Christians.
You know what — that’s liberal bullshit right there … they’re not as dangerous. I mean there’s only one faith, for example, that kills you or wants to kill you if you draw a bad cartoon of the prophet. There’s only one faith that kills you or wants to kill you if you renounce the faith. An ex-Muslim is a very dangerous thing. Talk to Salman Rushdie after the show about Christian versus Islam.
The guest in question, Brian Levin, serves as director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at CSU-San Bernardino. When Levin brought up Islamic terrorism critic Pamela Gellar to bolster his flailing case, Maher served up one more obvious truth.
As many people have pointed out — ‘The Book of Mormon,’ did you see the show? … OK, can you imagine if they did ‘The Book of Islam?’ Could they do that? There’s only one religion that threatens violence and carries it out for things like that. Could they do “The Book of Islam” on Broadway?
Levin offered a "possibly so" answer, proving his disconnect with reality is a palpable thing. Levin said “possibly so,” to which Maher seem dismiss his entire argument going forward.
“You’re wrong about that and you’re wrong about your facts,” Maher said. “Now, obviously, most Muslim people are not terrorists. But ask most Muslim people in the world, if you insult the prophet, do you have what’s coming to you? It’s more than just a fringe element.”
"The Republican Party doesn't demonize prosperity. We celebrate success in our party," he said. "And let me be clear, if Republican leaders want to join this president in demonizing success and disparaging conservative values, then they're not going to be fit to be our nominee."
"On HBO’s “Real Time” on Friday night, host Bill Maher entertained CSU-San Bernardino professor Brian Levin, director of the Center for Study of Hate and Extremism, who maintained that despite the events in recent days, religious extremism isn’t only a product of Islam.
But Maher took issue with that claim, calling it “liberal bullshit” and said there was no comparison."
Would you expect any less from a California professor who was director of the "Center for Study of Hate and Extremism"?
"The Republican Party doesn't demonize prosperity. We celebrate success in our party," he said. "And let me be clear, if Republican leaders want to join this president in demonizing success and disparaging conservative values, then they're not going to be fit to be our nominee."
Quote: ThirstyMan wrote in post #2"On HBO’s “Real Time” on Friday night, host Bill Maher entertained CSU-San Bernardino professor Brian Levin, director of the Center for Study of Hate and Extremism, who maintained that despite the events in recent days, religious extremism isn’t only a product of Islam.
But Maher took issue with that claim, calling it “liberal bullshit” and said there was no comparison."
Would you expect any less from a California professor who was director of the "Center for Study of Hate and Extremism"?