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'Stop Attacking Israel': Bill Maher Draws Applause After Clash With 'View' Host Sunny Hostin on Hamas

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Liberal comedian Bill Maher drew applause from “The View” audience Tuesday after a back-and-forth with co-host Sunny Hostin over Israel, Hamas, and the ongoing war in the Middle East.

Following a debate over the term “woke” and the negative changes Maher believes have unfolded on the American left, the conversation turned to Israel and Hamas.

“If I had any doubt that I was right about the change that’s happened in the left, watching people protest for a terrorist organization like Hamas — that straightened me out pretty quick,” he said.

That’s when “The View” co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin chimed in to ask what Maher makes of some Americans seemingly taking the side of a terrorist group over Israel. Maher responded that he’s dumbfounded over the inability of some to discern true evil.

“It’s astounding to me that they can’t tell the good guys from the bad guys, just morally,” he said. “If you’re for Hamas, just live in Gaza for a day … [even] before the war.”

Maher added, “Trust me, you would go running, and screaming, and begging to live in Tel Aviv, a place that has your values.”

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“It’s astounding to me that they can’t tell the good guys from the bad guys, just morally,” he said. “If you’re for Hamas, just live in Gaza for a day … [even] before the war.”

Maher added, “Trust me, you would go running, and screaming, and begging to live in Tel Aviv, a place that has your values.”
I could not have said this better, myself.
 
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Liberal comedian Bill Maher

I mean I don't know if either of those adjectives are correct in application to Bill Maher.

Bill Maher is "liberal" in the same way that whales are fish. And I guess he's technically a comedian.

I'd describe Maher as a pretentious, pompous blow-hard who has appealed to wealthy upper-middle class white surburbanites who like to pretend they are liberal because they still smoke weed and dropped acid once in the 60's.

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I mean I don't know if either of those adjectives are correct in application to Bill Maher.

Bill Maher is "liberal" in the same way that whales are fish. And I guess he's technically a comedian.

I'd describe Maher as a pretentious, pompous blow-hard who has appealed to wealthy upper-middle class white surburbanites who like to pretend they are liberal because they still smoke weed and dropped acid once in the 60's.

-CryptoLutheran
here comes eat your own.
 
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here comes eat your own.

If you asked me thoughts on Bill Maher twenty years ago I'd have the same sentiments I have now.

This is the guy who made the movie Religulous back in 2008.

He's always been a pompous and pretentious...well the words I'd use would get filtered here. And has been generally disliked by both people on the right and the left.

But hey, if conservatives want to claim Maher for their own, y'all can have him. But there are no refunds allowed in that deal.

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If you asked me thoughts on Bill Maher twenty years ago I'd have the same sentiments I have now.

This is the guy who made the movie Religulous back in 2008.

He's always been a pompous and pretentious...well the words I'd use would get filtered here. And has been generally disliked by both people on the right and the left.

But hey, if conservatives want to claim Maher for their own, y'all can have him. But there are no refunds allowed in that deal.

-CryptoLutheran
Oh there are all kinds of people on both sides that fit that bill. Going against him now because of what He said, as though he is not a liberal is eating your own.
 
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Oh there are all kinds of people on both sides that fit that bill. Going against him now because of what He said, as though he is not a liberal is eating your own.

Going against him now?

There's nothing new about this. He's always been awful.

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