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https://bridge.georgetown.edu/research/factsheet-bill-maher/
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2014/oct/06/bill-maher-islam-ben-affleck
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2019/3/31/when-it-comes-to-islamophobia-we-need-to-name-names
And fair enough. I've just had a long day and sometimes I have trouble engaging, but don't want things said without anyone saying anything. I wanted to say more, but don't have the energy to try to find out how to say it. Being neurodivergent, that takes a lot out of me and since you looked at my recent comments, I'm at my limit for being dogpiled today.
While I am reading those, here is a clip of Jon Stewart's take on the issue... from 9 years in the past: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmCKZYKsiGM.
Jon Stewart has more class, humility, and grace in his ass crack after eating at Arby's and getting food poisoned and THEN eating at Taco Bell AND Chipotle than Bill Maher has ever displayed on his best day. Bill Maher is the most elitist, snobbiest, pretentious asshole that I have ever heard, at least prior to Trump. I'm hoping it's a "bit", which comedians often do, and I give comedians a HUGE amount of slack that I would not a more traditional "news" organization. It's the ultimate clickbait reactionary trolling, and it's funny even if also nauseating to watch at the same time.
So if that is what you meant, that much I agree with - I just wanted something recent to link to, as if this issue has not been debated back & forth ad nauseam since before any of us were alive:-), and for some reason most people seem reluctant to put forth such a measured response to the situation? :-P
Thank you very much for the links, I will take a look!
We all get overwhelmed sometimes - please be kind, to yourself most of all bc otherwise how would you find it in you to be so to others as well? :-P
If it helps, there's a famous quote that I like:
It's similar to that miles in shoes one but I really like this different focus, personally. Other people might be okay today, but they have no idea what I had to go through just to get here.