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Berkeley students try to boot Bill Maher
Politico ^ | 10/28/2014 | By JONATHAN TOPAZ

Posted on 10/28/2014 1:22:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

A student petition at University of California, Berkeley, aims to prevent Bill Maher from speaking on campus following his recent comments on Islam.

The petition, which now has more than 2,200 signatures and is circulated on change.org, demands that the university revoke its invitation for the liberal comedian to speak at a December commencement ceremony.

“Bill Maher is a blatant bigot and racist who has no respect for the values UC Berkeley students and administration stand for,” the petition reads. “Bill Maher’s public statements on various religions and cultures are offensive and his dangerous rhetoric has found its way into our campus communities.”

UC Berkeley student government senator Marium Navid and Khwaja Ahmed launched the petition Thursday, according to The Daily Californian. Ahmed is a member of the Middle Eastern, Muslim and South Asian Coalition, which is a supporter of Navid.

In a subsequent interview with the San Jose Mercury News, Navid said she respects Maher’s right to free speech, but that a commencement address would give him greater authority. “The problem is that when you bring him to the university, you’re pretty much putting him into a privileged position,” she said. You’re raising his voice.”

Earlier this month, Maher made headlines during a debate on Islam on his HBO show, “Real Time with Bill Maher.” The comedian and Sam Harris — an author whose books have addressed the corrosive influence of organized religion — got into a heated exchange with actor Ben Affleck after they made comments urging liberals to stand up against Islam. Affleck at one point called Harris and Maher’s views on the religion “gross and racist.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: 4ththread; berkeley; billmaher
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1 posted on 10/28/2014 1:22:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

This is amazing to me.

Liberal comedian/loudmouth Bill Maher is not liberal enough for Berkeley.

And, showing how tolerant they are of other views, they want to ban him from speaking. How do they reconcile the liberal values of tolerance and diversity with banning someone from speaking????


2 posted on 10/28/2014 1:23:41 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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To: SeekAndFind

Like Rush said, the problem Democrats face is that the have created a base that is bat$#!t crazy.


3 posted on 10/28/2014 1:24:13 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Any energy source that requires a subsidy is, by definition, "unsustainable.")
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As I sit here, a middle-aged guy, reading this article, I can’t but help think how much firckin’ trouble this nation is going to be in as I get older.

Whether we like it or not, a fair amount of these doofuses (or is doofi?) are going to rise to positions of responsibility and importance.

That does not bode well for the future of this nation.


4 posted on 10/28/2014 1:25:36 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: SeekAndFind

Whuh-huh? Sounds like Maher is fixing to get a huge dose of his own medicine.


5 posted on 10/28/2014 1:27:10 PM PDT by Slyfox (To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Like sharks eating their own...


6 posted on 10/28/2014 1:27:57 PM PDT by chud
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To: SeekAndFind
"Bill Maher’s public statements on various religions and cultures are offensive"

My spin-detector is in the red zone. This is about Maher's recent comments on one particular religion (Islam). I seriously doubt there's much outrage over anything else that's come out of Maher's nasty piehole over the years.

7 posted on 10/28/2014 1:31:54 PM PDT by DemforBush (A Repo Man is always intense.)
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To: SeekAndFind
I don't understand why they chose him in the first place. Maher is probably the last person I'd want to speak at any event I attended.

A clown in full make up would be preferable.

8 posted on 10/28/2014 1:32:19 PM PDT by detective
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To: SeekAndFind
“Bill Maher is a blatant bigot and racist who has no respect for the values UC Berkeley students and administration stand for,” the petition reads. “Bill Maher’s public statements on various religions and cultures are offensive and his dangerous rhetoric has found its way into our campus communities.”

Pot, meet kettle. UC Berkely is filled with blatant bigots and racists. Compared to some of them, Bill Maher is probably a piker.

9 posted on 10/28/2014 1:32:56 PM PDT by Mark17 (MAs & PAs: Mugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumps-don't you work as hard as you play)
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“Marium Navid and Khwaja Ahmed”

And there you have it. I applied, and was accepted, to UC Berkley four times. I went to a military academy, and by the end of the academic year, I was so fried that I figured I’d bail and go civilian.

The summer programs were so cool that you didn’t want to miss those. By the end of the summer, you’d forgotten how bad the academic year was.

Anyway, I wanted an EE degree from them. I visited the campus my junior year of HS, and knew pretty quickly that I didn’t want to go to school there. I reapplied anyway because at the time their degrees were pretty well respected.

That ship has sailed. They nearly lost their accreditation twice. The good old days of the Physics program are long behind them as well.

Berkeley used to be a giant. Has two elements named after it (Californium and Berkelium). Gorgeous campus, and then you hit Telegraph Ave. Not good.


10 posted on 10/28/2014 1:38:58 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: SeekAndFind

Colleges outlaw freedom of speech.

Pray America wakes


11 posted on 10/28/2014 1:52:14 PM PDT by bray (Read: Republic of Texas 2022)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s great to see the left attacking the left


12 posted on 10/28/2014 1:52:56 PM PDT by therightliveswithus
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To: SeekAndFind

more Ebola cases in Berkeley


13 posted on 10/28/2014 1:53:34 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“liberal values of tolerance and diversity”

That’s why I call these people leftists, not liberals. Bill Maher may be a real liberal.


14 posted on 10/28/2014 1:57:38 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: Mark17
UC Berkely is filled with blatant bigots and racists.

That screwel is a massive joke. They don't even teach American of the real type there. Give me Liberty! (University), Hillsdale or Bob Jones for a solid, fact-based education.

15 posted on 10/28/2014 2:11:13 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: SeekAndFind

So, UC Berkeley student government senator Marium Navid and Khwaja Ahmed, what exactly is the difference between you and any other brown-shirted, Nazi-inspired book burner?


16 posted on 10/28/2014 2:12:43 PM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: re_nortex

s/American of the real type/American history of the real type/


17 posted on 10/28/2014 2:16:36 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: SeekAndFind


18 posted on 10/28/2014 2:25:58 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Legacy of 'Obama The Divider' - Racial Revenge)
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To: Slyfox

I suspect Bill Maher wouldn’t be so disappointed to not have to give the winter commencement. There is no such thing as bad publicity.


19 posted on 10/28/2014 2:34:59 PM PDT by Chad_the_Impaler
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To: Dilbert San Diego

How many offensive comments had Maher made over how many years before he was invited as a commencement speaker? No one cared until he dared comment against Islam. Oh, yeah, that’s a different story!


20 posted on 10/28/2014 2:37:36 PM PDT by EDINVA
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