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Bill Maher Discussion Thread: Is Shooting Republicans Ethical?

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Posted by .com 2004-11-12 02:57|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Today's Rantburg discussion topic:
Is it ethical to set fire to LLL media-dhimmis, drag their carcasses through the streets and hang them from the nearest Bridge?
Why or why not and who should be included?

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-11-12 7:38:25 AM|| 2004-11-12 7:38:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Bill has his own... ummmmmmmmmmmm... problems.

Woman Sues Bill Maher Over Alleged Abuse

Posted by tu3031 2004-11-12 8:53:28 AM|| 2004-11-12 8:53:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Wonder if they would mind if I shoot back?

Posted by raptor 2004-11-12 9:09:55 AM|| 2004-11-12 9:09:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Keep getting cannot display page from the link.

Posted by raptor 2004-11-12 9:30:08 AM|| 2004-11-12 9:30:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 For someone that hosts his own show and makes a lot $$ doing so, I've found Maher to actually be a pretty ignorant person. Especially in respects to the constitution and American history in general. Sure, he comes up with one-liners once in a while that make me chuckle, but on the whole, he over simplifies everything. He also paints those with whom he disagrees with a very wide brush. I stopped watching him about two years ago.

Posted by Jarhead 2004-11-12 9:59:44 AM|| 2004-11-12 9:59:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Jarhead: For someone that hosts his own show and makes a lot $$ doing so, I've found Maher to actually be a pretty ignorant person. Especially in respects to the constitution and American history in general. Sure, he comes up with one-liners once in a while that make me chuckle, but on the whole, he over simplifies everything. He also paints those with whom he disagrees with a very wide brush. I stopped watching him about two years ago.

This is probably because he gets his history from left-wing magazines like the Nation, Mother Jones and In These Times. Their methodology consists of lying through omission and distortion of history. Basically, they'll write about something bad that happened, and then blame America for it. The structure of their arguments works like this - the first part is correct, whereas the second is typically a bald-faced lie. In some cases, they'll claim that something bad happened, when in fact it was something good.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-11-12 10:07:04 AM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2004-11-12 10:07:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 ZF - "Their methodology consists of lying through omission"

-Bingo, good call Bro' - that's what I should've articulated better. Mike al-Moore has gotten that down to a science. The MSM does that all the time as well. They forget to add "the rest of the story" as another commentator would say.

Posted by Jarhead 2004-11-12 10:12:04 AM|| 2004-11-12 10:12:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Back when Political Incorrect was on Comedy Central Bill Maher was up on things. He was a fair-minded Libertarian. When the show shifted to ABC he started doing a Lewinsky to Clinton and lost all attempts at fairness. Now he's just a hack trying to make a name for himself with shocking headlines from time to time.

Pathetic.

Posted by rjschwarz 2004-11-12 11:16:54 AM|| [http://politicaljunky.blogspot.com] 2004-11-12 11:16:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Bill who?

By the way, I'll shoot back too. And I might shoot first; preemption is a lovely thing.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-11-12 11:54:20 AM|| 2004-11-12 11:54:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 For someone that hosts his own show and makes a lot $$ doing so, I've found Maher to actually be a pretty ignorant person.

Actually, success on TV goes hand in hand with a deficit of intellectual curiosity. The problem is the medium itself, which militates against real thought, real discussion or intellectual to and fro.

Maher, O'Reilly, Katie, the other network bubbleheads-- all of these folks, no matter their ideological orientation, would have trouble making and defending a coherent line of argument. They're paid to deliver one-liners and to telegraph, via facial expressions, the desired emotional response to their target demographic audience. It's an inferior form of acting. Has nothing in common with real intellectual activity.

Posted by lex 2004-11-12 12:00:53 PM|| 2004-11-12 12:00:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Uh, shoot at me with what LLLs, your fervent prose? Do any of you actually own a firearm? No? 'tis about what I thought.

Posted by Secret Master 2004-11-12 2:14:34 PM|| 2004-11-12 2:14:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Barbara - Bill Maher. He was in Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death.

Posted by eLarson 2004-11-12 2:14:54 PM|| [http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2004-11-12 2:14:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Dont forget Bimbo Movie Bash....

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-11-12 2:22:59 PM|| 2004-11-12 2:22:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 OMG, eLarson & CrazyFool - I thought you all were kidding.

Now that's funny. Unlike Maher.

Maybe that's why he's such a yutz - traumatized by the shame of having appeared in such drivel.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-11-12 2:44:31 PM|| 2004-11-12 2:44:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Three words: Bring it on! we have a three guns stores and an indoor shooting range on main street. Lots of Republicans (4-1) in our town, but i wouldn't go waving a weapon around because it might get someones attention.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2004-11-12 3:34:50 PM|| 2004-11-12 3:34:50 PM|| Front Page Top

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