In a debate about islam on hbos real time on friday, actor ben affleck was offended by the idea from sam harris that liberalism has failed to characterize radical islam as a threat. Hbojanet van ham bill maher and sam harris proof is wrong. I know next to nothing about sam harris other than his hateboner for islam. When ben affleck and bill maher debate islam, everyone loses. Bill maher, along with atheismadvocate sam harris, had a vigorous debate with actor ben affleck, new york times columnist nicholas kristof. The latest media debate about islam stems from american chat show host bill mahers criticism of islam, and the surprisingly passionate response of ben affleck, oscarwinning actor and director. The popular youtube channel the rubin report might not exist in its current form if actor ben affleck had kept his cool during a 2014 debate. Ben afflecks islam debate meltdown was wakeup moment. Ben affleck, sam harris and bill maher debate radical islam. Oct 06, 2014 ben affleck s appearance on bill maher s real time turned into a heated discussion when maher and author sam harris voiced opinions on islam. Bill maher, ben affleck and islam by dennis prager.
Deconstructing the ben afflecksam harris cage fight psychology. Bill maher comforts trump fans disappointed by no wall with mexigone drug everything that wall represents the bigotry, the racism, the ignorance, the paranoia is. Academy award winner ben affleck and neuoscientist sam harris clash over islam on hbos real time. Ben affleck and bill maher engaged in a heated debate over the nature of islam on friday evenings episode of hbos real time with bill maher. Ben affleck, bill maher, and sam harris on real time hbo he and sam harris took on nick kristofs and ben afflecks blind political correctness. In islam, we confront a civilization with an arrested history. Bill maher and ben affleck tear into each other over islam. But on this night the host, bill maher, along with atheismadvocate sam harris, had a vigorous debate with actor ben affleck, new york times columnist nicholas kristof, and former republican national committee chairman michael steele. Oct 07, 2014 ben affleck has won praise for accusing tv host bill maher and author sam harris for what he called gross and racist depictions of islam during a televised debate appearing on hbo. Ben affleck has won praise for accusing tv host bill maher and author sam harris for what he called gross and racist depictions of islam during a televised debate appearing on hbo. Their argument is based on an untrustworthy poll maher, harris back their islam arguments up with a pew research poll, but those.
Bill maher, ben affleck and islam the dennis prager show. Sam harris taunts ben batman affleck on real time with bill. Ben affleck on capitol hill, february 2014 mark wilsongetty images bill maher and sam harris are the exception to liberal relativism. But instead of talking about the film, the 42yearold found himself in a furious discussion with both maher and sam harris, the author of a series of books on religion. Oct 16, 2015 daily show correspondent hasan minhaj recently revealed that ben affleck and bill maher s onair dispute about islam helped him get hired on the comedy central latenight show. Some people have read this article and wrongfully assumed that it condones the horrible aspects of islamic extremism.
Apparently affleck had come to the show somewhat prepared to attack harris. The latest media debate about islam stems from american chat show host bill maher s criticism of islam, and the surprisingly passionate response of ben affleck, oscarwinning actor and director. As many have since pointed out, affleck and nicholas kristof then promptly demonstrated my thesis by mistaking everything maher and i said about islam for bigotry toward muslims. When ben affleck and bill maher debate islam, everyone.
Ben affleck has won praise for accusing tv host bill maher and author sam harris for what he called gross and racist depictions of islam during a televised debate. Bill maher, along with atheismadvocate sam harris, had a vigorous debate with actor ben. Aided by author sam harris, maher contended radical islamists. Actor ben affleck, star of the hit film gone girl, recently appeared on bill mahers hbo show along with sam harris, author of the book waking up. Ben afflecks appearance on bill mahers real time turned into a heated discussion when maher and author sam harris voiced opinions on islam. Instead, ben affleck, bill maher, and sam harris simply had a ball talking past each other and not taking the adequate amount of time to listen to what the other side was trying to say. Bill maher talks about that islam debate with ben affleck. Affleck, the star of good will hunting and director of argo, appeared on hbos television show real time with bill maher to promote his latest film, gone girl. Ben affleck angrily defends islam against bill mahersam. Sam harris induces cognitive dissonance in ben affleck. Bill maher and his guests sam harris, ben affleck, michael steele and nicholas kristof discuss isis and radical islam during the panel portion of real time.
Our statements were gross, racist, ugly, like saying youre a shifty jew affleck, and a caricature that has the tinge a little bit of how white racists talk about african americans kristof. Why ben affleck is right, bill maher is wrong, and sam harris is. Apr 26, 2018 my real wakeup moment was the night that sam harris, the neuroscientist and famous atheist, was on real time with bill maher and ben affleck called sam and bill basically said they. Bill mahers hbo show real time devolved into a shouting match on friday night as he sparred with his guest ben affleck over islam. Its gross, its racist, its disgusting, he said about mahers and harris critique of islam. Sam harris, the atheist author, agreed with maher and said. The exchange between bill maher and ben affleck on last fridays real time wasnt a campanis. Ben afflecks islam debate meltdown was wakeup moment for. Ben affleck and bill maher engage in highlycharged debate. Classical games more tv and radio blog us television a history of the bill mahers not bigoted remarks on islam. Why ben affleck is right, bill maher is wrong, and sam. For those who havent seen the show, most of what i write here wont make sense unless you watch my segment. Deconstructing the ben affleck sam harris cage fight. Ben affleck locked horns with bill maher and author sam harris last night on hbos real time with bill maher over their broad generalization of muslims.
It is as though a portal in time has opened, and the christians of the 14th century are pouring into our world. Daily show correspondent hasan minhaj recently revealed that ben affleck and bill mahers onair dispute about islam helped him get hired on the comedy central. It was a perfect display of the religious debate being interrupted by overly domineering personalities that, although well. Ben affleck in passionate defence of islam on bill maher show ben affleck became embroiled in a furious debate about islam on an american. Bill maher punctures the lefts islam delusion national. Islam s the only religion that acts like the mafia, that will fking kill you if you say the wrong thing maher, sam harris and ben affleck get heated over radical. T he latest episode of bill mahers hbo show real time. Terrorists and the mainstream share a lot of these bad ideas. Oct 09, 2014 bill maher, meet arthur schlesinger jr. Video ben affleck fights with bill maher over islam. There are several reasons why ben affleck and nicholas kristof are right, and both bill maher and sam harris are wrong about the relevance of islam in fomenting radicalism as well as islam s role in promoting regional instability. Ben affleck in passionate defence of islam on bill maher. My real wakeup moment was the night that sam harris, the neuroscientist and famous atheist, was on real time with bill maher and ben affleck called sam and bill basically said they. My criticism of islam is a criticism of beliefs and their consequences, but my fellow liberals reflexively view it as an expression of intolerance toward people, he wrote following a disagreement with ben affleck in october 2014 on the show real time with bill maher.
I dont know as much about sam harris as i do maher but maher is 100% a bigot, real progressives left him behind a while ago and i think even moderate dems are starting to see what a tool he is. Ben affleck, sam harris and bill maher debate radical islam real. A history of the bill mahers not bigoted remarks on islam. Video ben affleck fights with bill maher over islam deadline. Sam harris taunts ben batman affleck on real time with. Bill mahers dangerous critique of islam the atlantic. Sam harris and bill maher should not be placed in the same category, imo.
Oct 07, 2014 but on this night the host, bill maher, along with atheismadvocate sam harris, had a vigorous debate with actor ben affleck, new york times columnist nicholas kristof, and former republican national committee chairman michael steele. Ben affleck publicly comments on islam spat with maher by josh feldman nov 20th, 2014, 12. Oct 05, 2014 ben affleck in passionate defence of islam on bill maher show ben affleck became embroiled in a furious debate about islam on an american television show, accusing the host of being racist and the. The truth about islam is as politically incorrect as it is terrifying. Oct 08, 2014 ben affleck, bill maher, sam harris, nicholas kristof and michael steele spent several minutes debating islam on mahers hbo show last week, and the debate among the liberals in the bunch got. Ben affleck blasts bill maher for racist views on islam. In a debate about islam on hbos real time on friday, actor ben affleck was offended by the idea from sam harris that liberalism has failed to. Oct, 2014 hbojanet van ham bill maher and sam harris proof is wrong. The actor has won praise on social media for accusing both men of religious stereotyping while discussing islam with them on mahers hbo. Islams the only religion that acts like the mafia, that will fking kill you if you say the wrong thing maher, sam harris and ben affleck get heated over radical. There are several reasons why ben affleck and nicholas kristof are right, and both bill maher and sam harris are wrong about the relevance of islam in fomenting radicalism as well as islams role in promoting regional instability. Oct 07, 2014 affleck and maher battle over islam msnbc.
Why ben affleck is right, bill maher is wrong, and sam harris. The gone girl star appeared on real time with bill maher. Then on monday, maher condemned liberals for being so afraid of being called islamophobes. If batman were here, hed call us racist, harris said during his topoftheshow interview before expounding on islam and the western liberals he. Last friday, the cranky comedian, aided by atheist author sam harris, enraged actor ben affleck by calling islam, in harriss words, the mother lode of. Oct 04, 2014 bill mahers hbo show real time devolved into a shouting match on friday night as he sparred with his guest ben affleck over islam. Maher just hates religion and generalizes anyone that practices it. Ignoring the politics of it for the moment, check out this video of sam harris debating ben affleck on bill mahers real time show. Oct 04, 2014 ben affleck locked horns with bill maher and author sam harris last night on hbos real time with bill maher over their broad generalization of muslims. Maher then addressed the ben affleck onair fracas that went viral, where the oscarwinning filmmaker and author sam harris got into a tussle over. Bill maher talks about that islam debate with ben affleck e. Oct 07, 2014 my recent collision with ben affleck on bill mahers show, real time, has provoked an extraordinary amount of controversy. Ben affleck melts down debating islam with sam harris and bill. Bill maher is defending his political views following a heated debate about radical islam on his hbo show with ben affleck, who appeared to become increasingly upset during the.
Oct 09, 2014 actor ben affleck, star of the hit film gone girl, recently appeared on bill mahers hbo show along with sam harris, author of the book waking up. My recent collision with ben affleck on bill mahers show, real time, has provoked an extraordinary amount of controversy. Daily show correspondent hasan minhaj reveals bill maher. Last friday, the cranky comedian, aided by atheist author sam harris, enraged actor ben affleck by calling islam, in harris s words, the mother lode of bad ideas.
Deconstructing the ben afflecksam harris cage fight. Oct 06, 2014 bill maher and his guests sam harris, ben affleck, michael steele and nicholas kristof discuss isis and radical islam during the panel portion of real time. Their argument is based on an untrustworthy poll maher, harris back their islam. Ben affleck islam by marvin olasky posted on friday, october 10, 2014, at 5. Last month i gave one cheer for sam harris, the atheist author who wrongly excoriates christianity but defends israel and realistically. However, on the set of bill mahers liberal tv show i dont even know the name, he was seething. Recently, on real time with bill maher, ben affleck got into a scuffle with maher and guest sam harris over this very issue. Ben affleck, sam harris and bill maher debate radical. Ben affleck melts down debating islam with sam harris and.
Bill maher, ben affleck and islam, by dennis prager. Oct 08, 2014 bill maher is defending his political views following a heated debate about radical islam on his hbo show with ben affleck, who appeared to become increasingly upset during the fiveperson discussion. Sam harris is legit a racist who views whites as intellectually superior. On the ben affleck, bill maher, and sam harris debate. Maher and harris accused affleck of ignoring the extent of intolerance within islam. Ben affleck publicly comments on islam spat with maher. Ben affleck was quick to call out what he felt was bill maher s gross, racist, disgusting, ideas about islam during a heated debate. Affleck had described harris views on muslims as gross and racist, and. He was getting in the last word in relation to his appearance on bill mahers hbo rantfest, when ben affleck fell into an actors occupational hazard.
Bill maher and his guests sam harris, ben affleck, michael steele and nicholas. Harris had appeared on the show before in what became a watershed moment for the program in which harris, maher and actor ben affleck got into a heated debate about islam and islamophobia his latest appearance was no less interesting. Updated with videos sam harris, the controversial and bestselling new atheist who became a top real time with bill maher statistic when his heated 2014 debate with ben affleck went viral, wasted. Bill maher and ben affleck engaged in a heated debate over radical islam and islamophobia on fridays broadcast of real time on hbo. Hbo ben affleck left and bill maher right listen to sam harris on real time with bill maher last friday. I have one word for ben affleck, sam harris and bill maher. Sam harris discusses his ben affleck debate on real time with bill maher.
Bestselling author, activist and neuroscientist sam harris joined bill maher on the latest episode of hbos real time. Ben affleck and bill maher battle over islam all in msnbc. I directed and starred in a film set in the middle east so im an expert on islam. Islam, isis, ben affleck, bill maher, and sam harris, oh my. Author sam harris taunts ben batman affleck on real. Sam harris and bill maher racist and gross in views of. Yes, seething mad that someone might think, just because muslims are chopping off heads, raping young girls and committing honor killings, that there might be a problem within the doctrines of islam. Oct 07, 2014 bill maher, ben affleck and islam by dennis prager. My criticism of islam is a criticism of beliefs and their consequences, but my fellow liberals reflexively view it as an expression of intolerance toward people, he wrote. Why did ben affleck lose patience when sam harris was so. Actor gets visibly agitated by comments he considered islamophobic, cutting off the host, author sam.
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