Video of Maher calling President Obama “blackie.”
14th May 2012
Maher and his fellow misogynist and also Islamophobic friend Hitchens making sexist remarks when Hillary Clinton was running for president.
Rest assured that pretty much any statement that begins with “I’m not trying to be sexist but…” will be sexist. This also works for racism, xenophobia, homophobia, etc.
Maher’s Attacks on Women
Published: March 23, 2012
To the Editor:
Re “Please Stop Apologizing,” by Bill Maher (Op-Ed, March 22):
We’re both women who have worked in Democratic politics and the media for decades and find Bill Maher’s misogynist treatment of women candidates deeply disturbing. Coincidentally we both hail from Alaska — where women are treated as equals — so perhaps our threshold for this kind of behavior is less than here in the Lower 48.
Mr. Maher has implicitly attempted to tie his own demeaning attacks on women to the unrelated issue of partisan-motivated fake outrage, which we agree is tiring. While others have been held to account for their sexism, Mr. Maher remains unrepentant for his attacks on women in public life.
How can we expect women to run for office when they are essentially told to “lighten up about” and accept misogynist attacks? The Women’s Media Center has found that such attacks on women candidates have a measurable negative effect on how voters view them.
Our message to Mr. Maher and his ilk is: Please start apologizing.
PENNY LEE
KIRSTEN POWERS
Washington, March 23, 2012
Ms. Lee is the former executive director of the Democratic Governors Association. Ms. Powers is a political commentator who worked in the Clinton administration.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/24/opinion/bill-mahers-attacks-on-women.html
Thanks! haha, I don’t know how to get in touch with Bill Maher, I don’t want to know, and you know you really don’t want to either :)
I’d just call it gross.
Bill Maher defending Rush Limbaugh on his Twitter account “Hate to defend #RushLimbaugh but he apologized, liberals looking bad not accepting. Also hate intimidation by sponsor pullout.”
Salon article also links to his Twitter update.
Given all the awful things he’s said (and says) frankly I’m surprised he doesn’t just get punched everyday walking down the street.
No, I actually don’t watch his show. This tumblr seriously started out of some mad hatred for Bill Maher, so I can’t stand watching his show (or anything else he’s on regularly), but if you’ve got a link to a youtube or something of it I’d love to put it up!
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As I watch them on the news now, I find myself almost in agreement with Newt Gingrich, like, ‘You know what, get a job.’ Only because the people who originally started it, I think they went home. Now it’s just these anarchists stragglers."
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