Bill Maher runs out protesters

[Dignan]

Anybody catch this last night? It was riveting TV. Good for him for kicking out those a-holes who were disrupting an otherwise good show.

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

Saw it. He bitched about the security as much as he railed at the hecklers.

 

[Piotr Rasputin]

I have never been a big Bill Maher fan; always thought his opinion always took precedence over his guests'.

But that was priceless. Those loser conspiracy theorists need to be embarrassed. Their thoughts are an insult to intelligence.

And hecklers at a live show should be dragged out by security. No one came to see you, assholes.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Seems we've found the limits to Bill's oft-proclaimed dedication to free speech.
Let him cry on Coulter's shoulder.

 

[old_tony]

Seems we've found the limits to Bill's oft-proclaimed dedication to free speech.
Let him cry on Coulter's shoulder.

Not only did we find the limits, he encouraged security to rough them up.

As with so many, "free speech" most often only covers speech with which they agree.

 

[Dignan]

Seems we've found the limits to Bill's oft-proclaimed dedication to free speech.
Let him cry on Coulter's shoulder.

Not only did we find the limits, he encouraged security to rough them up.

As with so many, "free speech" most often only covers speech with which they agree.

So Maher should have allowed them to hijack his one-hour show? Protesting is fine, but there's a time and place for it. How would you like it if some nut job prevented you from doing your job? I'd be a little pissed too.

 

[old_tony]

Bill Maher always takes the side of protesters until it's his ox being gored.

If it's a bunch of nuts shouting down a Republican, it's free speech.

If it's a bunch of nuts shouting down a liberal, it's criminal trespass.

 

[Dignan]

Bill Maher always takes the side of protesters until it's his ox being gored.

If it's a bunch of nuts shouting down a Republican, it's free speech.

If it's a bunch of nuts shouting down a liberal, it's criminal trespass.

It's got nothing to do with politics. Criminal trespass is criminal trespass. What was he supposed to do in that situation, invite them onstage?

 

[old_tony]

Bill Maher always takes the side of protesters until it's his ox being gored.

If it's a bunch of nuts shouting down a Republican, it's free speech.

If it's a bunch of nuts shouting down a liberal, it's criminal trespass.

It's got nothing to do with politics. Criminal trespass is criminal trespass. What was he supposed to do in that situation, invite them onstage?

No he's not supposed to invite them on stage. But if they were protesting at something like a Sean Hannity speech, he'd be backing them up 100%. He would call it free speech. And if Hannity encouraged security to rough them up, he'd have a stroke and talk about it on his show every week for an entire season.

 

[Dignan]

Bill Maher always takes the side of protesters until it's his ox being gored.

If it's a bunch of nuts shouting down a Republican, it's free speech.

If it's a bunch of nuts shouting down a liberal, it's criminal trespass.

It's got nothing to do with politics. Criminal trespass is criminal trespass. What was he supposed to do in that situation, invite them onstage?

No he's not supposed to invite them on stage. But if they were protesting at something like an Ann Coulter speech, he'd be backing them up 100%. He would call it free speech. And if Coulter encouraged security to rough them up, he'd have a stroke and talk about it on his show every week for an entire season.

No, I'm pretty sure he would call them assholes too.

 

[zeke12]

The false premise hypothetical!

That train's never late.

 

[Dan Rydell]

What, no Tasers in the house?

 

[BTExpress]

No he's not supposed to invite them on stage. But if they were protesting at something like an Ann Coulter speech, he'd be backing them up 100%. He would call it free speech. And if Coulter encouraged security to rough them up, he'd have a stroke and talk about it on his show every week for an entire season.

When the facts aren't on your side, all you have are hypotheticals.

"Well, Bush may have made some mistakes . . . but Kerry would have been worse!!!"

"Well, Maher had a right to do what he did . . . but he would have been on the hecklers' side if they had been disrupting a GOP debate!!!"

Nothing but stupid hypotheticals that you think you can present as fact.

Just stick to the facts. Painful as they are for you.

 

[zeke12]

Which are even funnier given the knowledge that Maher and Coulter are friends and that he sticks up for her all the time on his show.

 

[Dan Rydell]

I thought that by running into the crowd and actually pushing one heckler up the aisle for a second as the guy was being hauled out, then later calling vehemently for arrests, Maher lost control of his TV pulpit. I betcha Jon Stewart woulda handled it better and probably could have used his own wit to turn things in his favor and use the audience laughter and applause to shut down the protesters.

Not that the protesters were right, but Maher's biggest fan is Bill Maher, and I agree with those who say everything is fine and dandy as long as Maher gets to dictate his liberal positions, but he's not so quick to let the conservatives dictate their positions.

I remember back when Clinton was president and, for a while, Maher wouldn't allow any Clinton-bashing on "Politically Incorrect." I stopped watching Maher when the Star Syndrome took his ego over the top, which probably was about the same time he took a second job as one of those Playboy Mansion regulars who used Daddy Hefner as their personal pimp.

Bill Maher, to me, has turned into a "fascist liberal," and he's as quick as anyone to shout someone down. I'm not a right-winger by any stretch, but I'm no fan of Maher anymore, either.

 

[old_tony]

The false premise hypothetical!

That train's never late.

You want to talk about false premise hypotheticals?

OK, here's one: Liberals would have done things better in Iraq.

If you want to play that game, we can pretty much do it on everything Bush has done that you say liberals would have done differently.

So basically the whole liberal agenda is a false premise hypothetical.

REmember last November? Vote democrat and they'll get us out of Iraq. Then the Dems got control and realized they'd shot off their mouths too much and they knew they would get wiped when their grand plans made things worse.

 

[zeke12]

Thanks for being you, tony.

 

[old_tony]

Thanks for being right again, tony.

 

[TigerVols]

A couple of weeks ago, Bill also completely lost it while unquestioningly defending Israel. The guy he was interviewing was a bit of a nut, but Bill's unwavering support of Israel was a bit surprising.

 

[Dan Rydell]

The false premise hypothetical!

That train's never late.

You want to talk about false premise hypotheticals?

OK, here's one: Liberals would have done things better in Iraq.

If you want to play that game, we can pretty much do it on everything Bush has done that you say liberals would have done differently.

So basically the whole liberal agenda is a false premise hypothetical.

REmember last November? Vote democrat and they'll get us out of Iraq. Then the Dems got control and realized they'd shot off their mouths too much and they knew they would get wiped when their grand plans made things worse.

Maybe liberals woulda kept looking for bin Laden, Tony, and not jumping into Iraq.

But maybe anyone else might have, outside this administration.