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Bill Maher defends Western civilization on ‘Real Time,’ citing remarks from JD Vance
Fox News ^ | April 11, 2026 | Taylor Penley

Posted on 04/11/2026 2:14:39 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Comedian Bill Maher pointed to Vice President JD Vance’s recent remarks from a trip to Hungary during Friday's episode of "Real Time," suggesting the idea of Western civilization is real and worth defending.

"Another thing JD Vance said is, ‘We will stand with you for Western civilization,’" Maher began, referencing comments the vice president made in support of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán while framing his government as a defender of Western civilization.

Maher, speaking with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America founder Paul Rieckhoff and author Douglas Murray, said Orbán "goes too far" in some respects but added, "I think you and I both believe there is such a thing as Western civilization."

"Remember after 9/11, if you said ‘clash of civilizations,’ it was the beginning of that wokeness where… ‘Oh, don’t say that, that’s Islamophobia,’" Maher said.

"No, it was a clash of civilizations — the civilizations are very different and ours is better."

The audience erupted into applause, after which Maher broadened his point.

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1 posted on 04/11/2026 2:14:39 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Don’t care to hear it from Maher.


2 posted on 04/11/2026 2:29:02 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

It is a huge indictment of the modern media ecosystem that anybody would give a crap about what Bill Maher has to say.


3 posted on 04/11/2026 3:03:57 PM PDT by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I know people who watch Maher, who would benefit from hearing him say this.


4 posted on 04/11/2026 3:47:45 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

WHY HAVE WE TOLERATED THIS CRIME FOR A CENTURY?
FUN WITH THE GRAND JURY!
(TAXES, TAXES, TAXES...!)
19 MINUTES
(BECAUSE THERE ARE SOOOO MANY TAXES NOW)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRowujofkkY


5 posted on 04/11/2026 3:53:31 PM PDT by Dick Bachert
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