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Uh Oh: Bill Maher Is Now Feeling 'The Squad's' Wrath for saying BDS is Bull***t
Townhall ^ | 08/18/2019 | Beth Baumann

Posted on 08/18/2019 5:34:10 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

On Friday night, HBO host Bill Maher talked about the Democrats' support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement, commonly referred to as the BDS Movement. According to Maher, the Democrats have now created a "bulls**t purity test" when it comes to supporting a boycott against Israel. 

"BDS is a bulls**t purity test by people who want to appear woke and have actually slept through history class," Maher said, at which point the audience broke out into a thunderous applause. "It's predicated on this notion that is very shallow thinking, that the Jews are in Israel are mostly white and the Palestinians are browner so they [Palestinians] must be innocent and correct and the Jews must be wrong. As if occupation came out of the blue, that this completely peaceful people found themselves occupied. Forget about the infectadas and the suicide bombings and the rockets and how many wars?"

Maher's comments come after Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) was initially denied entry into Israel to visit her dying grandmother. Israeli law prevents people who support the BDS Movement from visiting the country, although humanitarian exceptions are made. Eventually, Israel decided to grant a humanitarian exemption to Tlaib so she could visit her dying grandmother. Of course, Tlaib rejected the opportunity.

When Tlaib received word of Maher's take on the stance, she had one simple solution: those who agree with her – and the BDS Movement – should boycott the liberal commentator's show. 

Maybe folks should boycott his show.

I am tired of folks discrediting a form of speech that is centered on equality and freedom. This is exactly how they tried to discredit & stop the boycott to stand up against the apartheid in S. Africa. It didn't work then and it won't now. https://t.co/Oa49ZVfrVN— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) August 17, 2019

Tlaib said her "form of speech" – guess that means boycotting? – is based on "equality and freedom." But it's not. People like Tlaib and those who support the BDS Movement don't even want Israel to exist. These supporters don't want the Jewish people to have a safe haven after all that their people have endured. 

This movement isn't about obtaining equality (even though we don't know what that would look like). It's about eliminating Israel altogether. It's about pretending that past history hasn't taken place. And that's unrealistic.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: bds; billmaher; boycott; divestment; israel; rashidatlaib; sanctions; thesquad; walkaway
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1 posted on 08/18/2019 5:34:10 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

He’s White too. So...he’s done, eh?


2 posted on 08/18/2019 5:35:58 PM PDT by blam
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m surprised at Maher. His father was Irish Catholic and his mother was Jewish. He despises his heredity.


3 posted on 08/18/2019 5:37:58 PM PDT by o-n-money
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To: SeekAndFind

commonly referred to as the BDS Movement
= = =

I know what “BS” and “Movement” mean.

What is the “D” for?

Well, most obviously, “Democrat!”

Why can’t these MSM folks keep it “G” rated?


4 posted on 08/18/2019 5:38:01 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (/S liberally (oops) applied to all posts.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Identity Politics will eat everything on the left.


5 posted on 08/18/2019 5:38:14 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with islamic terrorists - they want to die for allah and we want to kill them.)
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To: SeekAndFind

What did he expect? What should any Jewish person expect from people who want to exterminate Israel? What does he deserve when he still supports them via their party?


6 posted on 08/18/2019 5:38:56 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Can his insanity be moving away? First sensible quote from him ever


7 posted on 08/18/2019 5:39:12 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: SeekAndFind

Bill has had glimmers of common sense surface from time to time, this time he is going to find out how ruthless his cohorts are.


8 posted on 08/18/2019 5:39:25 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: SeekAndFind

Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne,
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.


9 posted on 08/18/2019 5:43:27 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over!)
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To: SeekAndFind

the first time I can recall Maher has said anything sensible or intelligent

no wonder his fellow-traveller commie/nazi/leftists
are upset with him!

such audacity, to say anything honest!
it is NOT ALLOWED!!


10 posted on 08/18/2019 5:46:20 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: SeekAndFind

the first time I can recall Maher has said anything sensible or intelligent

no wonder his fellow-traveller commie/nazi/leftists
are upset with him!

such audacity, to say anything honest!
it is NOT ALLOWED!!


11 posted on 08/18/2019 5:46:25 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: SeekAndFind

“a ‘Bulls*it Purity Test’ “

Virtue signaling, Bill. Next is violence signaling. They’ll have your head on a pike, idiot. Yeah, you’re that stupid.

Virtue to violence. It’s just a shot away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbmS3tQJ7Os


12 posted on 08/18/2019 5:46:28 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: Caipirabob

He’s one of those people who might just do the opposite at the box office ; )


13 posted on 08/18/2019 5:46:44 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: PGalt

Last sentence makes me hear Grace Slick. She never got her due......


14 posted on 08/18/2019 5:47:55 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: SeekAndFind
Well Bill, these are your people and you've been riding the tiger..

There was a young lady of Niger
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside,
And the smile on the face of the tiger.

15 posted on 08/18/2019 5:48:37 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: faithhopecharity

And he had the audacity to name his show back in the day “Politically Incorrect”...LOL, he’s been a poster child of progressive liberalism for a long time.


16 posted on 08/18/2019 5:51:24 PM PDT by Professional
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To: RomanSoldier19

Love it!


17 posted on 08/18/2019 5:52:28 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Please, please, please don't make me support Bill Maher.

I must now commit seppuku.


18 posted on 08/18/2019 5:52:28 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: SeekAndFind

The ONLY boycotts I’ve seen work are when some liberal CEO gets all ‘woke’ and says something stupid about evil conservatives, and so we stop shopping there, and it goes out of business.

The liberal boycotts seem to have the opposite effect though.

As evidence, chik-fil-A is a huge success, target and netflix are losing customers.


19 posted on 08/18/2019 5:54:53 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: faithhopecharity

Bill Mahr has warned about Islam for years, this is hardly the first.


20 posted on 08/18/2019 5:55:08 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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