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Reply to Miles Archer (Reply #19)

Sat Jan 24, 2015, 05:40 PM

Jan 2015

It's just interesting how people go in and out of favor here...

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Bill Maher Blasts ‘American Sniper,’ Calls Chris Kyle A ‘Psychopath Patriot’ [View all] Miles Archer Jan 2015 OP

"They're not like you and me; they're barely even human. RadiationTherapy Jan 2015 #1

+1 rug Jan 2015 #7

k/r Dawson Leery Jan 2015 #2

Good. BlueStater Jan 2015 #3

Its going to hit the 200 million mark on Sunday yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #4

What does that have to do with anything? Kingofalldems Jan 2015 #43

No keep the interest going. I am stunned how yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #52

Any time I see your kind of argument, that popular acclaim proves something is good Demit Jan 2015 #59

So Clint decided love was not the answer - money is? Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2015 #71

I'm sure Hitler's propaganda movies were also very successful. sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #73

The percentage of movie goers are yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #83

Like I said, Hitler's propaganda movies were probably extremely popular. sabrina 1 Jan 2015 #84

Sadly GummyBearz Jan 2015 #85

Watch the clip .The guy on Mahers left shut him down pretty quick glasshouses Jan 2015 #5

He clearly does know though JonLP24 Jan 2015 #12

Did you read his book on why he said that and where it was said? glasshouses Jan 2015 #18

No but countless sources cite it -- page 79 from his book JonLP24 Jan 2015 #21

I could be wrong becuase it was a long while since I read the book but glasshouses Jan 2015 #25

Then maybe you shouldn't speak about things arcane1 Jan 2015 #28

So if I do find the exact quote in the book then you would agree glasshouses Jan 2015 #33

The context is invading a country that was never a threat and never attacked us. arcane1 Jan 2015 #37

They were deployed there to fight a war by our government glasshouses Jan 2015 #44

I'm not fond of people who kill civilians and claim to enjoy it, either. arcane1 Jan 2015 #49

omg you and your repuke talking points Skittles Jan 2015 #78

That actually verifies that he was there when all this indiscriminate killing by snipers was goingon JonLP24 Jan 2015 #30

"strong hold for insurgents" - that language right there pretty much gives you away. Hint: KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #38

Also there is plenty of evidence snipers were indiscriminately picking off civilians JonLP24 Jan 2015 #47

The U.S. military used white phosphorous for anti-personnel operations in Fallujah II. That's KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #48

NO XRAY GLASSES NEEDED TO SEE THROUGH THAT LANGUAGE Skittles Jan 2015 #79

Bill Maher is actually a genius FYI Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2015 #72

It depends on the topic JonLP24 Jan 2015 #75

Please elaborate. You know more than Bill Maher so help us out. nm rhett o rick Jan 2015 #13

For example the word savages glasshouses Jan 2015 #23

"just doing his job" doesn't justify war crimes. nm rhett o rick Jan 2015 #29

Agree but I have seen no evidence of war crimes commited by him glasshouses Jan 2015 #35

The war itself was a war crime. We used to execute people for it. arcane1 Jan 2015 #40

Thank you. nm rhett o rick Jan 2015 #68

oh he's got THAT one covered!!! Skittles Jan 2015 #80

Indeed! arcane1 Jan 2015 #81

I have zero interest in seeing it....they would have to pay me to watch. yourout Jan 2015 #6

Travis Bickle was a far more eloquent writer Tom Ripley Jan 2015 #8

Bill Maher is telling the truth JonLP24 Jan 2015 #9

The Psychopathic Patriots by the way added to night number one of Coachella. Initech Jan 2015 #10

I don't know that he was a psychopath. He did seem to have issues TwilightGardener Jan 2015 #11

Something bizarre, and Maher does this as well, is the idea that our top level snipers are braddy Jan 2015 #17

Yes. Anyone in the military is in the killing business, either directly or in a supportive role. TwilightGardener Jan 2015 #24

It appears he was given plenty of unlawful orders and likely did a lot of the killing for sport JonLP24 Jan 2015 #41

I can't comment to whether or not he received and acted on orders that he TwilightGardener Jan 2015 #50

Though the indiscriminate killing of civilians is reported by countless different number of a people JonLP24 Jan 2015 #57

There are many collaborated claims of this JonLP24 Jan 2015 #26

Even if someone shot at them, there is no reason to think it is our top, school trained snipers, braddy Jan 2015 #34

The sniper that killed the most people happened to be there JonLP24 Jan 2015 #42

I know they are making that mistake about a soldier being a sharpshooter, which is why I described braddy Jan 2015 #46

but dozens of collaborated claims from aid workers, journalists from US, Europe, and Iraq, andreside JonLP24 Jan 2015 #56

There is no reason to think they are not confused about what a sniper is, especially braddy Jan 2015 #60

They mention those things as well as the snipers JonLP24 Jan 2015 #62

They mention soldiers shooting, and you can dig up all kinds of claims, but none of them braddy Jan 2015 #63

The SEAL sniper says he was there when all these people make claims JonLP24 Jan 2015 #64

LOL, He was in that area of the war? So were 100s of thousands of people, and many braddy Jan 2015 #65

I prefer to rephrase that as "They are trained to kill upon orders to do so" arcane1 Jan 2015 #31

So we like Maher again? He seems to go in and out of favor here. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2015 #14

Me, personally JonLP24 Jan 2015 #16

I don't know about "we," but as the person who posted it... Miles Archer Jan 2015 #19

Not to anybody in particular DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2015 #20

Like any other person Alittleliberal Jan 2015 #55

You mean we all don't have the same opinions?? >gasp< Demit Jan 2015 #61

Arguing over whether Chris Kyle was a psychopath is ridiculous. We are responsible for rhett o rick Jan 2015 #15

Maher's comments on "American Sniper" were the saving grace of last night's show. Paladin Jan 2015 #22

Agree. Why does Maher have those RW hacks? I don't pay extra for HBO to hear bullshit. Auggie Jan 2015 #27

I don't know, but it's happening more often than it used to. (nt) Paladin Jan 2015 #67

Sorry, Maher, but "Psychopath Patriot" should be used to describe... Mike Nelson Jan 2015 #32

Yup. TwilightGardener Jan 2015 #36

What about Wolfowitz, Feith and John Yoo? They weren't 'haplessly sucked into the vortex' - nt KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #45

They played their roles. Malevolent/amoral, but couldn't have done what they did TwilightGardener Jan 2015 #54

All due respect, 'amoral' is pretty much a proxy or synonym for 'psychopath'. It's funny, KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #58

I agree. Though Dawson Leery Jan 2015 #39

Ted Nugent is the textbook definition of a psychopath patriot. Initech Jan 2015 #66

not a patriot. nugent has always been about #1. summer soldier, sunshine patriot. ND-Dem Jan 2015 #77

A verse from a Vietnam era song Hoyt Jan 2015 #51

Seems to be the new favorite movie of GOP chickenhawks. Kingofalldems Jan 2015 #53

McCain being the only exception to the rule Reter Jan 2015 #69

I imagine that's why it's plastered all over the movie headliner features... MrMickeysMom Jan 2015 #74

Bill Maher gets one right for once. eom MohRokTah Jan 2015 #70

I agree ann--- Jan 2015 #76

At 2'25", Maher says "That's the thing: we're in a country..." KansDem Jan 2015 #82