Discussion for article #228485
I canāt believe I clicked on this.
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We are both witnesses!
āIf only Fox was a news network, then we could, you know, go out and actually interview the Islamic leaders Iām talking about. But weāre not, soā¦ā
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Fox Host (pick one):
I canāt believe that I can respire and walk, given the amount of mental capacity I possess
I canāt believe that I am receiving a paycheck for less than nothing
I canāt believe that I am in a ānewsā service which cannot be sued for libel
I canāt believe that I am not visited nightly by the ghosts of Sevaried, Cronkite and Murrow
I canāt believe that I can actually call myself a journalist without the storm clouds gathering and thunder resounding
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I laughed when I heard the Fox talking head say we have say what is infotainment and what isnāt. Fox! Infotainment central! Man, they should have to start all their shows with that disclaimerā¦
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Good point. Instead of talking to a couple of their regular white Christian talking heads why didnāt Hemmer actually talk to some Muslim leaders?
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Simplified - I canāt believe anything. Except for the completely crazy shit I do believe.
Is the intent of this article to slam Maherās POV by associating it with Fox? Stupid, if so. Maherās statements were nuanced. We need to be able to criticize belief systems without it being taken as an out-of-bounds attack on the believers. Otherwise thereās no way to improve the ideas people hold through discussion.
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Theyāre scaryā¦
I canāt believe Im going to agree with a faux host. I think the leaders of Christians should denounce the fanatics in their faith.
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āItās the only religion that acts like the mafia that will fucking kill
you if you say the wrong thing, draw the wrong picture, or write the
wrong book,ā Maher said on Fridayās episode. Um, does he not know the mafia was invented BY THE VATICAN fer chrissakes!
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Both Bills are complete lightweights - although it appears Maher is particularly unaware of that fact.
Those who are commenting should watch the debate between Ben Affleck, Bill Maher and Sam Harris. The debate was very well reasoned and touched on important issues. Simply characterizing it as anti-Islamic is naively stereotyping the discussion. It was an articulate, reasoned and civil discussion.
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It is important to remember that Bill Maher is a comedian. He is expected to be a lightweight but he is great at what he does and the fact that he is able to meaningfully shed light on important issues is a testament to his talent.
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Religions arguing [whoās worse]ā¦ lovely.
Cāmon TPM, why put the original Maher-Affleck debate away?..itās raging allover social media!!..Sam Harris is 1 low-down dirty, arrogance SOB, for saying: āIslam is the mother load of bad ideasā. Affleck calling that ābigoted and racistā is the saving grace for any reflecting liberal progressive
ā¦āreasoned and civil discussionā? It certainly is NOT!
Bill Hemmer heard what he wanted to hear, which is something that Bill Maher didnāt say. Maher and Harris were launching a full-scale attack on Islam as a religion (not, as Hemmer would have it, on its most fundamentalist radicals); thatās what these guys do. They seek to expose all religions as ridiculous and venal and stupid. Bill Hemmer didnāt get that because heās an idiot; an idiot who just happens to believe that Islam is ridiculous and venal and stupid (but canāt say so on television).