Maher Defends Calling Palin C-Word, Says Limbaugh Attacked A ‘Civilian’

Mediaite ^ | March 15, 2012 | James Crugnale

[Free ThinkerNY]

Bill Maher spoke with ABC’s Jake Tapper about whether there was a double standard for liberals using offensive language towards conservative women. In the interview, the HBO host responded to the criticism over his obscene remarks about former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, and defended calling her the c-word.

Tapper asked Maher, in the wake of the controversy over Rush Limbaugh‘s comments about Sandra Fluke, whether there was a double standard, with the media accepting offensive language when it is used by liberals against conservative women. “Is that a fair comparison? You have certainly used offensive words to describe some politicians you don’t like.”

“I’m a comedian, not just a guy who says he is, like Rush, but someone who -– well, you saw me do stand-up last year in D.C. There’s a big difference between just saying you’re a comedian and going out and getting thousands of people to laugh hard for 90 minutes,” Maher argued.

[peeps36]

We should remember this rule when a conservative calls Hillary, Nancy or Michelle the C word.

[Joe the Pimpernel]

I’m glad he’s doing it, I’m just surprised that he is that stupid.

[American in Israel]

Gee, evil people dont play by the rules... Go figure!

[NoLibZone]

Maher is pure hatred.

[tumblindice]

If Buttholes had an Army, Bill would be called `General Maher.’

[elephant]

They are ALL stupid...Dims, that is.

[Pinkbell]

If it weren’t for double standards, liberals wouldn’t have any standards.

[elephant]

Maybe we should all mail a bar of soap to Maher and tell him to go wash his mouth out.

[LucianOfSamasota]

That’s the beauty of moral relativism.

When the other guy does it, its heinous.
When you do it, there were mitigating circumstances.

How can you be guilty when you are both judge and plaintiff?

[onyx]

Sarah Palin`s children are `civilians`, yet they`ve been attacked.

Correct and viciously.

[cripplecreek]

As my great grandmother used to say. “Every dog reaches the end of its leash eventually.”

[dfwgator]

Bill’s audience would laugh if all he did for 90 minutes is say over and over “Republicans are Stupid.” (HA HA HA HA!)

[immadashell]

But...but...but Bill, the normal lib and lamestream explanation about Rush's popularity is that he is a good entertainer. What's the difference between entertainer and comedian?

[MrB]

They have one “moral” - that is the Will to Power.

Whatever advances that can be justified.

[RightLady]

Rush gets tens of MILLIONS to listen to him :)

[MrB]

I think South Park parodied Whoopie Goldberg in exactly that way.

[Erik Latranyi]

FORMER Governor Palin is a civilian, holding no public office.

Future Congresswoman Fluke is an equal.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Says Limbaugh Attacked A ‘Civilian’

When you testify before Congress in a political hearing which would never even take place in a non-election year, you're not a 'civilian'. You're a policy advocate who either already is a public figure or badly wants to be.

You'd think people like Maher and Howard Stern would aggressively defend Limbaugh, since they've been targets of silencing campaigns in the past. But the ability of liberals to compromise their own stated principles for political expediency should never be under-estimated.

[SoldierDad]

I’ve heard comics using profanity, and getting laughs from doing so. However, they were usually NOT specifically targetting one or more individuals while doing their comedy routine. They also, typically, are NOT engaged in a political dialogue of current events for the specific purpose of having political discourse. Bill Maher’s program is all about political discourse. Simply because he chooses to “attempt” to employ humor (or so he calls it) doesn’t give him license to use such vitriolic language when speaking about a specific individual, who he happens to hate BECAUSE of their political positions.

[Argus]

The nut who shot Gabby Giffords now has a whole new defense - she’s not a civilian, so she was a legitimate target.