Ben Affleck takes Bill Maher to task about his views and characterization of Muslim people around the World.
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Ben Affleck is the star of the number one movie in America right now. But, he’s not just some dumb, air-headed actor. He’s a smart guy with firm political beliefs.
Affleck proved this when he went on “Real Time with Bill Maher” this past Friday and took Maher to task about his characterization of Muslim people across the world.
Basically, Maher and his guest, Sam Harris, attempted to make the argument that Islam was at fault for radicalism, violent Jihad and the presence of ISIS.
Affleck pushed back by saying that condemning more than a billion members of the world’s second largest religion because of the actions of a few bad apples was “gross” and “racist.”
Affleck makes some pretty strong points in this clip, while Maher seems reactionary and borderline Islamophobic. Also, it’s probably not a great idea to piss off Batman. Just sayin’.
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Written by: Adam Pliskin
I’m no fan of bill maher. When reading a bulletin to the audience about the shockingly high rate of men molested as children by women he said the boys/teens/young men suffered from LBS: Lucky Bastard Syndrome.
Talk about rape apology.
Interesting…you’re the first one I’ve heard from who thinks Ben Afflek was right.
In it’s present form, Islam is fundamentally incompatible with other beliefs because of the tenet that all nonbelievers must be converted or die. When Muslims reject that kind of fundamentalism then real progress can be made. It is not wrong to have faith, but as people we are imperfect and let our ego and vanity get in the way of the true message. Questioning something you have been raised to believe all your life is hard, but not impossible. That goes for Christianity, Judaism or Islam.
Let me say this as clearly as I can. I have people who are VERY close to me who are practicing Muslims. They do not ask that I convert. They love me for who I am. They are some of the kindest people I know. These muslims, as they practice their faith, do not demand that I convert. Accordingly, your statement about Islam in its “present form” is categorically false.
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