Bill Maher confesses that his anti-religious movie Religulous cut Judaism a break. And states that the Israelis show restraint toward Palestinians.
I mean it’s [Judaism is] certainly not as dangerous as Islam and Christianity. Those are warlike religions.
And here’s his take on the Middle East, praising war:
I’ve never hid the fact that I don’t think it’s a conflict where both sides are equally guilty. I’m more on the side of the Israelis; that’s why Benjamin Netanyahu did my show a few years ago, before he was Prime Minister…
HJ: Why are you more on the side of Israelis?
BM: Take this conflict; here, everyone in the newspapers, the pundits, they talk about it like it’s very complicated. It’s not that complicated: Stop firing rockets into Israel and perhaps they won’t annihilate you. I mean, it’s so crazy when you look at these images on TV. Ok, they just had a little war. It lasted a week like most Israeli wars do; the Israelis lost a handful of people, shot down most of the rockets, and the neighborhoods in Gaza are devastated. They’re rubble. They lost over 1,000 people and yet somehow Palestinians are celebrating in the streets? I don’t get this celebrating when you just totally got your ass kicked.
HJ: The Atlantic journalist Jeffrey Goldberg pointed out that many in the media tend to point out the disproportionate casualty count between Israelis and Palestinians, and he wisely wondered if there is a moral difference between attempted murder and successful murder.
BM: It’s obvious that Israelis, in all of their battles with the Palestinians, show restraint. Because they have nuclear weapons. And if the situation was reversed, I don’t doubt for a second that Palestinians would fire them immediately. They’d use the maximum of what they have available and the Israelis don’t.
This is the money quote.
It proves once and for all that Maher is just like THE most fascist hawks in Israel. “Restraint” is measured by the refrain from using nuclear weapons.
Ponder that sentence for a moment and then see if you can fathom the depth of depravity of Bill Maher’s brain.
In other words, he’s saying that unless Israel drops a nuclear bomb on Gaza and wipes that little Strip of land off the face of the planet, then whatever Israel does — up to and including the slaughter of 40,000 or 70,000 Palestinians — is an act of restraint on Israel’s behalf.
He hates Palestinians THAT much. Talk about the dehumanization of the Other.
If the group in question were Jews instead of Palestinians, and someone in the media spoke like that about them, he would be fired immediately. The morning papers and shows would be buzzing with the news of that person’s anti-Jewish statements and he would be denounced up and down left and right.
As for his “warlike” comment. Well, he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
All those gun-toting colonists who beat up, burn, maim and kill Palestinians with impunity sure aren’t Christian or Moslem. They are Jews, fanatics and terrorists like any other.
Restraint (not being the first to introduce nukes to M/E) is not the same as proportionality. Someone should straighten this obviously brainwashed (seems a willing bath) bozo out — on more points than mere this one.
“BM” is very appropriate for these statements.
I guess Maher thinks he’s being edgy by supporting this crap. Maybe he’s trying to differentiate himself from Jon Stewart.
Not surprising coming from Bill Maher; Progressive Except Palestine at its best.
Of course, in this scenario, based on what I’ve seen of him, I think he _genuinely_ believes the propaganda story. For someone who lambastes religious beliefs as a sign of weak minded people, he doesn’t pause once to question the myths of Zionism and the hasbara that he effortlessly calls on.
I was going to post a comment, but I can’t stop slamming my fist into my desk. This clown makes my skin crawl – and he’s not funny. He’s a real life Bania from Seinfeld