Back in September, Bill Maher took a lot of heat for comments he made on his HBO show that “liberal Western culture” was better than that of Islamic theocracies. Twitchy covered it here:
Bill Maher ‘nails’ it on liberal Western culture vs. Islamic extremism
And in a later episode, Matt Damon’s lesser half, Ben Affleck, sparred with Maher, calling his views on Islam “racist”:
‘Frothing bull’: This schooling of Ben Affleck’s enraging terrorist appeasing snit fit kicks ass
Now Twitchy doesn’t always agree with Maher, but we did on this issue. Maher’s point is that Americans who call themselves progressives or liberals — like Affleck — need to do a better job at calling out Islam for its illiberal views.
Illiberal views such as killing people in Paris because of their cartoons:
https://twitter.com/DAVIDMDRAIMAN/status/552861487291961345
https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/552817410534043648
Guys, let's not jump to conclusions. We have NO idea why these murders happened. The last thing we need is Ben Affleck accusing us of racism
— Jim Norton (@JimNorton) January 7, 2015
Will @BenAffleck defend Islamofascists this time? Are they a race or a death cult? #Paris Via @unsavoryagents pic.twitter.com/akw64DqVgq
— MrsLibertas™ (@Bloviate_Barbie) January 7, 2015
@GSpellchecker we need @BenAffleck to explain how we are racist and gross for being bothered by this.
— steve welsh☘️⚛️?? (@steve8282) January 7, 2015
And we’ll end it with this:
@Neal_Dewing "religion of peace" @BenAffleck
— Sally West ? (@SallyAnnWest) January 7, 2015
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