Posted on 10/27/2014 1:26:03 PM PDT by therightliveswithus
...But he stumbled onto the truth a few months ago, arguing that, indeed, Islamic extremism is a problem that needs to be confronted. The cheering from the Left has stopped.
Now, to punish Maher for pointing out the truth, students at UC Berkeley are looking to ban him from the campus and to prevent him from making a speech there. They have started a petition, which now has over 1,500 signatures.
The petition, called, "Stop Bill Maher from speaking at UC Berkeley's December graduation," makes a number of accusations about Maher, specifically slamming him for his statements against radical Islam.
In the first paragraph, the petition's writer, Khwaja Ahmed, writes, "Bill Maher is a blatant bigot and racist who has no respect for the values UC Berkeley students and administration stand for. In a time where climate is a priority for all on campus, we cannot invite an individual who himself perpetuates a dangerous learning environment."
Students, such as Sarah Mohamed, commented on the petition, writing, "As a Berkeley graduate and a former leader of the Muslim community on the campus, I cannot imagine anything more offensive to my own community than to have someone who has made statements that are as offensive as his to be on the stage at a commencement ceremony. While freedom of speech is a cornerstone of Cal values, bigotry and racism are not, and have never been."
(Excerpt) Read more at thepunditpress.com ...
“Progressives” feel religions are race.
Under Islam Berkeley would be closed down , Male and Female mixing ,Females being Educated , Heads would roll
EYE
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Remember Henry Ford said “You can get your Model T any color you want, as long as you want black”.
What a conundrum for the moon bats..!
Well Muslims do think that the religion is genetic. But no... Islam is not a race.
It’s the delusions of a mad man who wanted righteousness in raping prepubescent girls and murdering men who opposed him. A butcher who demanded men treat him with piety.
It’s karma, not irony, IMHO.
Well didn’t we see some time ago that the forces of white/jewish/feminist/homo libs et al were going to collide smack dab with Islamists?
I wonder ... we know that if ISIS could get to them they would lop off a few of these Bezerky student heads. Ya think their whine would change with a few heads in hands?
Juan Williams was fired by NPR for allegedly controversial comments about Islam and terrorism. etc etc
Williams was hired by the allegedly racist bigoted closed minded too conservative Fox News Network.
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Now a true Lib understands this completely.
Remember they were ‘weaned’ by Pols and Economists (Lib for most part) that if a Bureau had a 50 million dollar budget in 2013 and a 100 million dollar Budget in 2014 and asked for a 200 million dollar Budget in 2015 AND an R leaning Congress approved a 150 million dollar budget for 2015, the Libs all jump up and scream ‘WE’ cut the Budget 50 million dollars so lets shut down the government by not voting for it then blame the R’s.
Of course it doesn’t ‘help’ that IF AND WHEN an R says something about the ‘problem’, it is too late to correct ‘public opinion’.
Remember what made Reagan so popular...He took it to the people and the people listened, with his remarks/solutions supposedly coming from the ‘heart’.
BO tried the same tack, he does have the (scripted) delivery and ‘probably’ the charisma to pull it off, with the exception being if during the speech someone would ask RR what time it was, he would look at his watch and say something like - Welll I have 5PM so guess that is pretty close etc....
BO would have to peer at the teleprompter, look askance (not in the script) make some remark about who cares then stumble around till someone gets him back to the ‘script on the teleprompter’.
It never occurred to me to desire to ‘have a beer’ with him but would wonder how a ‘typical’ conversation would go.
He certainly is uncomfortable on ‘open mike night’...
Like they say, take away the Boots and Hat and all that is left is a pile of Horse Apples....
What’s a studet? Is it related to a yout?
Please correct the title. It should be Students.
Burn the thought witch!
Say the left-wing fever swamps that are today's U.S. universities..
I’ll pray for Maher to recognize his role in helping to create the rabid fascistic left in America. Just maybe he’ll begin to feel some responsibility to start helping to dismantle it.
Just goes to show you, The Truth Hurts.
No one will be pure enough for moonbats.
Yeah, yeah ... the truth hurts. The truth is offensive.
Truth can be like that, if you want to believe a lie.
Berkeley sandmaggot alums and students need to go back to lower school if they think “islam” or “muslim” is a race.
It makes as much sense as the Democrat Party being a “big tent” full of atheists, muslims, feminists, gays and Jews.
At some point they’re each going to realize the party doesn’t represent them, they just want their votes. It’s going to be interesting to watch.
The thought of defending Bill Maher? Whoa that makes the head hurt.
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