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Bill Maher often finds himself in hot water even though he claims he has been championing the rights of "the downtrodden, the oppressed, the minorities, the blacks, gays, women, Mexicans, whoever it is" all his life. Let's take a look at some of his most controversial statements.
Let's start easy...
1. His reference to Hillary Clinton
Bill Maher: They fined CBS a million dollars for Janet Jackson's nipples. Think what they can get for Hillary Clinton's cunt!
2. The Tila Tequila joke
In 2009, Maher responded to the news that Tila Tequila had been assaulted by her then-boyfriend, NFL player Shawne Merriman.
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Bill Maher: New rule: Stop acting surprised someone choked Tila Tequila! The surprise is that someone hasn’t choked this bitch sooner.
3. The Zayn Malik joke
Bill Maher: Zayn Malik can just quit One Direction for all I care... Just tell me two things, Zayn. Which one in the band were you? And where were you during the Boston marathon?
4. His criticism of 'feminine' values
Bill Maher: This is a feminized country. ... I will say that the feminine values are now the values of America. Sensitivity is more important than truth. Feelings are more important than facts. Commitment is more important than individuality. ... This is personal to me because I'm the last of my guy friends who have never gotten married. ... I'm like the escaped slave, I bring news of freedom!
5. His comment on Arab men
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Bill Maher: Civilization begins with civilizing the men. I know this is anecdotal, but talk to women who’ve ever dated an Arab man. The results are not good. ... They’re worse [than American men]. What’s wrong with just saying that? ... I'm saying I'm not prejudiced. That's pre-judging. I'm not pre-judging. I'm judging. ... When you tolerate intolerance, you're not really being a liberal.
6. His claim that Hillary Clinton cried to get her way (during the 2008 election)
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Bill Maher: I’m not trying to be sexist here, but I’m just saying that women try a lot of different tacks when they’re in arguments. ... I’m not being sexist, I’m just saying that men, when we argue, we’re kind of a one-trick pony — we try our thing, and then we sulk when we don’t get our way. But look at Hillary Clinton! Because the first thing a woman does, of course, is cry ... and then they go to sweet talking
- "you're the best thing that ever happened to me! And you look so handsome in that tie!" - and then they throw an anger fit totally unrelated to anything -
"stay home and watch the game. See if I care." - And when it doesn’t work, they bring out the sarcasm.
"Oh, I'm just a woman, I couldn't possibly understand the issues like you could."Don't write me. Please ladies, don't write me.
7. His comments on Sarah Palin's family
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Bill Maher: And the trump card why Americans will fall in love in her -- she’s got five kids. How can you not vote for someone who has five children. Including an infant. Some touching details about the infant -- it has Down syndrome. She had it when she was 43 years old. And it looks a lot like John Edwards. I mean, five kids? Does anyone in that party understand the concept of pulling out?
8. His claim that most Muslims supported the Charlie Hebdo attacks
Bill Maher: “I'm a proud liberal. Turn toward the truth. ... The Muslim world is the part of the world that is most against liberal principles. ... When something like this happens, in Paris, we should stop saying: 'we shouldn't insult a great religion'. ... Hundreds of millions of [muslims] support an attack like this and applaud it. ... That is mainstream in the Muslim world."
9. His Ted Cruz rape joke
Bill Maher drew a comparison to prison rape while commenting on the fact that Ted Cruz didn’t look happy while going hunting. Good luck trying to make sense of that. Not enjoying hunting is like raping someone in prison and faking an orgasm? Something like that.
10. His 'desert stuff' monologue
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Bill Maher was asked why Islam is 'the one religion about which so many in America censor themselves. Is it just fear?'
Bill Maher: Absolutely. Because they’re violent. Because they threaten us. And they are threatening. They bring that desert stuff to our world …We don’t threaten each other, we sue each other. That’s the sign of civilized people. And they don’t ... People who want to gloss over the difference between western culture and Islamic culture and forget about the fact that the Islamic culture is 600 years younger and that they are going through the equivalent of what the west went through with our middle ages, our dark ages when religion had way too much power … do so at their peril.
11. His comments on Bristol Palin's pregnancy
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Bill Maher: And finally, new rule: Bristol Palin has to admit that the reason she f***ed Levi over and over until a baby fell out is because she liked it. In Bristol’s new memoir, "I’m Not Afraid of Life," working title, "Whoops, There’s a D**k in Me," Bristol claims that the night she lost her virginity she had accidentally gotten drunk on wine coolers that she didn’t know contained alcohol and then blacked out and then didn’t remember a thing. Oh, the Palins. I tell you the s**t doesn’t fall far from the bat. Bristol, just admit it. You were horny. And while we’re at it, stop claiming you were on birth control pills that didn’t work when you got pregnant. Here’s a tip. Hon, they’re not birth control pills if they’re shaped like Fred Flintstone.
12. His parental advice
After video surfaced of South Carolina officer Ben Fields violently ripping a student from her desk and arresting her, Maher told his studio audience that parenting was the real culprit.
Bill Maher: I think this is just horrendous to treat a child like this, a teenager. But I also have sympathy for people in authority because I think parents let kids do anything these days so they never listen to authority.
[long sermon on bad and absent parents] Am I wrong that parents just aren't doing their job? That it's underzealous parenting and overzealous policing?
13. That time he mocked a country getting bombed
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In 1999, when the US was bombing Serbia, Bill Maher took time out out of his busy schedule to mock those being bombed.
Bill Maher: So let me be the first to say I am so sorry that supporting a genocidal regime has turned into such a hassle for you. I'm sorry if our bombing has delayed the delivery of your J. Crew catalog or screwed up your commute. And by the way, if I were you, I would write a strongly worded letter to the transit authority, because I've seen your bridges, and frankly, they're a mess.
[laughter and applause] Believe me, we would never have started bombing them if we realized it was keeping you from getting to Tae-Bo class. So maybe what you yuppie fascists need to do is stop supporting an evil dictator who is hellbent on eliminating an entire people just because their ancestors kicked your ancestors' asses 600 years ago. Let it go. You're yuppies, get some therapy.
[laughter] Get your moral clock working. Let me give you a hint. If in your language you have ever used the phrase, "can I get to the mall if I make a left at the death camp"
[laughter]you might be a redneck.
14. Dropping the R bomb
Bill Maher: I have two dogs. If I had two retarded children I’d be a hero. And yet the dogs, which are pretty much the same thing ... what? They're sweet, they're loving, but they don't mentally advance at all!
15. His claim that refugees make Europe less moderate
Bill Maher: We have to do something. ... The naughtier question that the rest of the media ignores: what about the long-term? Moderate Muslims are fleeing their homelands, but the answer can't be that we empty out the Middle East of all the moderates and leave it to ISIS and the extremists. If they just come to Europe to some day make it less moderate and tolerant...
Source: 123456789101112131415This is only scratching the surface but I can't listen to his nasal whine any longer.
