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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Can't say I agree with everything Maher has to say. He's gone off the deep end with Islam--I used to think it was an extension of his general distaste for religion, but it's not. His bullshit argument about the boy and the clock is just stupid and it's an extension of "If someone is Muslim, it's okay to assume the worst first" attitude. I don't think he started off this way (or maybe I was crediting him too much because he always says the worst about religion), but he's there now. And the clip of Reza Aslan explaining what you were saying when you and I were debating awhile back, has brought me further over to your side from where I used to be.
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I think he was not so deep end at first. He lost his network show right after 9/11 for challenging W's "the terrorists are cowards" statement. Maher said, "they may be crazy but if you fly a plane into a builing knowing you'll die, that isn't cowardly." I kind of agree with him there; but it got him fired.
Today's Maher wouldn't seek to tweak some statement, he'd be too busy slamming Muslims generally.
