Above is the actual headline over at Fox Nation, for a post about a conversation he had on Real Time with Daily Beast editor-in-chief Tina Brown. After that rather unnecessarily insulting headline this is all that they posted by way of description about the conversation:
On his Friday night broadcast, HBO “Real Time” host Bill Maher said Muslims who mistreat women can “fucking go to hell.”
Maher began the conversation by discussing with his guest, Daily Beast editor-in-chief Tina Brown, how impressed he was with Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani student who was shot by the Taliban.
Not terribly inflammatory is it?
Here is the video that they posted.
Once again there is nothing there that should anger the Fox News audience. (With the possible exception of that "lesbian art gallery" crack.) So why, you may ask, did they go out of their way to call Maher names when it appears that they are pretty much in agreement with his point of view? (By the way the same is true over at the Daily Caller where the original article was posted.)
Here is my theory. They are still pissy about Maher's frequent jokes at the expense of the women who host Fox News programs, or appear as pundits. ESPECIALLY Sarah Palin who Maher has ridiculed almost as much as yours truly.
So in the minds of the folks over at Fox Nation, Maher is being a hypocrite by suggesting that the men who mistreat women in Islamic nations can "fucking go to hell," because as we know making a joke about a person on cable television is totally on par with throwing acid in their face, or beheading them, or shooting them in the face, as was done with little Malala Yousafzai.
Right?
I can't stand Tina Brown. She is a twat.
ReplyDeleteDaily Caller is a rag.
Fox Nation is a gathering place for racist, regressive, conspiracy mongering, neanderthals.
Bill Maher can be funny and insightful...and a complete dick. But he's DAMN smart.
The thing with Fox is their so hyped on getting their talking points and red meat out to their audience, that it doesn't matter what the truth is. Maher, in their minds, deserves to be called "Pig" because they had that headline written and their pundits already memorized their lines.
ReplyDeleteI still can't get over how right wingnuts, especially over at the c4p, are SO threatened and are afraid of comedians. It's like they think comedians are senators or something. Why is that?
ReplyDeleteI see so many "I HATE Bill Maher/Jon Stewart/Steven Colbert/George Carlin postings on Facebook, by people who are hopeless rightwingers, and don't have a clue about comedy in any form.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a rap music fan, but I cannot imagine HATING the rap artists.
Then again, there isn't a television channel given over to 24/7 spewing of hate propaganda, about rap music.
No, Jesse,
ReplyDeleteThey are not that bright over there to think like that, but there is hope as your argument suggests. Loved the Donald the Chump take down---brilliant!!