Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Latest Breaking News
In reply to the discussion: Berkeley Students Call On University To Cancel Speech By ‘Bigot and Racist’ Bill Maher [View all]Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)11. "we should fight islamo fascist intolerance"??
Last edited Mon Oct 27, 2014, 05:03 PM - Edit history (1)
wow
on edit...apparent its ok to say "islamo fascist intolerance"
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
247 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
Berkeley Students Call On University To Cancel Speech By ‘Bigot and Racist’ Bill Maher [View all]
big_dog
Oct 2014
OP
But that is ALSO YOUR opinion....and you know what they say about those...
VanillaRhapsody
Oct 2014
#127
and are you trying to claim that Joan River and Don Rickles weren't funny????
VanillaRhapsody
Oct 2014
#144
Well, he makes million$ making people laugh. I like the guy and I think he is right on when it come
demosincebirth
Oct 2014
#181
I hope so. That doesn't sound like Maher since he believes the overuse of antibiotics which cause
still_one
Oct 2014
#176
YOUR opinion...millions of others seem to disagree....and there is no shortage of wannabees!
VanillaRhapsody
Oct 2014
#107
My college actually allows the students to vote for the commencent speaker out of a list created by
adirondacker
Oct 2014
#238
I wrote them a letter that they should stop wasting their time asking me for donations
BrotherIvan
Oct 2014
#69
I don't remember which CA university did it but one had Sarah Palin come to speak.
freshwest
Oct 2014
#212
This guy only needs to send a letter saying he'll shoot everybody if the event takes place... No?
Helen Borg
Oct 2014
#8
It is ironic for you to suggest that Bill would be with those railing against 'the gays' when it
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2014
#76
What better way to celebrate the history of the Free Speech Movement which began at Berkeley...
Dr. Strange
Oct 2014
#18
And although he usually rails against our government spending huge sums on war,
truedelphi
Oct 2014
#123
I take it they're done celebrating the Free Speech Movement's 50th anniversary.
name not needed
Oct 2014
#19
About 36,000 people attend that school. There are 1,500 signatures, the number which are
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2014
#90
CANCEL HIM. And replace him with somebody to give a speech about how puppies are cute.
Nye Bevan
Oct 2014
#22
They are protesting now, when it makes more sense so to do. Vigorous debates at commencement?
merrily
Oct 2014
#110
That's your opinion. Cal is a public institution. It doesn't have to tolerate hate speech,
JDPriestly
Oct 2014
#101
Cal can invite who it will. The commencement speaker at my daughter's graduation was someone I woul
JDPriestly
Oct 2014
#119
A commencement speech is different from a ban. And it's not a free school. It's their tuition that
merrily
Oct 2014
#117
You seem unaware of his one size fits all approach to Islam? He is a bigot. No doubt. And it is
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#36
All some folks see is what they want to see, a moloithic religion they do not want to understand.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#103
THIS should be an OP, if you dare...The Uninformed will pillar you....ignorance at DU is aplenty.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#223
Except they are not adherents to their religion as Westbotro Church is not to theirs. A matter of
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#222
I am truly sorry you feel that way, 1.8 billion Muslim souls you see as evil, inhuman enemies.
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#226
Yes, they would. As long as we're making up stuff, what you make up is not more truthy than what I
merrily
Oct 2014
#118
The premise: it's wrong to hit a woman except as a last resort when your life is in danger from her
arcane1
Oct 2014
#231
So thinking is taboo in today's knee-jerk-response-in-5-seconds society huh? nt
alp227
Oct 2014
#236
No, but explaining lame jokes is a waste of time to those who want to be offended.
arcane1
Oct 2014
#237
But consider this: The commencement is about their years of commitment and hard work to graduate.
freshwest
Oct 2014
#215
Wasn't the free speech movement about the university banning ALL political activity of students
merrily
Oct 2014
#93
Does the religion require that? We've know kids have been molested by clergy, but that is not
merrily
Oct 2014
#125
Not wanting your tuition used to pay someone you believe is a racist is not silencing anyone. Maher
merrily
Oct 2014
#108
Tuition and taxes are not the same thing. Neither is your nation's government and a college. And
merrily
Oct 2014
#135
I agree. His comedy seems off the last few weeks, maybe all the backlash for his repeated
Fred Sanders
Oct 2014
#37
Criticize them then...don't demonize EVERY religious follower for the sins of the bigots. nt
alp227
Oct 2014
#177
None of those quotes are "demonize EVERY religious follower for the sins of the bigots"
LostOne4Ever
Oct 2014
#199
"but it's not racist! I sound like Nick Griffin on Muslims regardless of race!"
MisterP
Oct 2014
#66
Sadly, Maher has a point. I signed a petition today urging Pakistan to spare a Christian woman from
catbyte
Oct 2014
#81
What do Muslims in the US, Indonesia, the Philippines, England, etc. have to do with her sentence?
merrily
Oct 2014
#122
The Old Testament is heinous in places, too. Wiping out enemies, even to the point
merrily
Oct 2014
#134
It's impossible to point to "The Leader of the Muslims" because it is a cellular religion.
MADem
Oct 2014
#206
Pretending all 1.8 billion Muslims are violent at the drop of a hat is not 100% correct.
merrily
Oct 2014
#136
Good thing Maher and Harris SPECIFICALLY said not all muslims on that show
LostOne4Ever
Oct 2014
#159
I watched the video on an earlier thread. The thrust was that it was, at a minimum, most Muslims.
merrily
Oct 2014
#161
And your bullshit claim is that I said something about him because he is an atheist, not because of
merrily
Oct 2014
#171
I don't think I care for Bill Maher as a person, but I do think he is politically
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#142
Fareed Zakaria: "Muslims Are Right To Complain That There Is Anti-Muslim Bigotry"
applegrove
Oct 2014
#148
Blind supporters of the Palestinians on the left are just as bad (doctrinaire), as blind supporters
Monk06
Oct 2014
#153
Most likely they both are semites, however, Judism has come to represent both a race and a religion
still_one
Oct 2014
#183
The word Semite as well as Aryan are terms invented in the eighteenth century to
Monk06
Oct 2014
#191
It is kind of both, however, there are genetic markers which can identify an Ashkenazi Jewish
still_one
Oct 2014
#220
C'mon, maybe he'll invite his extra special guest and friend Ann Coulter to really rock the house!
adirondacker
Oct 2014
#240
I like Maher. All performers are full of themselves. That's how they can be performers. Duh.
valerief
Oct 2014
#186
These students are exercising their Constitutional rights. I have no problem with that.
nomorenomore08
Oct 2014
#192
Was looking forward to seeing big_dog's opinions throughout this thread
alcibiades_mystery
Oct 2014
#194
The thing that gets stuck in my teeth is that it isn't just Bill Maher
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Oct 2014
#198
So if they were objecting to an anti-semitic speaker, would you still call them "fucking idiots"?
CrawlingChaos
Oct 2014
#213
Bill Maher is "anti-semitic" if you want to come down to it. He doesn't like ANY religions.
MADem
Oct 2014
#216
Perhaps they'd feel more comfortable hearing from the editors of Jyllands-Posten or Salman Rushdie?
Heywood J
Oct 2014
#221
Shameful, seeing radical right-wing students at Cal trying to impose their fanatical beliefs
True Blue Door
Oct 2014
#242