Bill Maher continues his defense of Israel on the country’s birthday by pointing out the pervasive Israel-dissing of the mainstream media, adding that there is one thing that the American Left and Right agree on: Israel is the “monster country of all time” (he includes the NYT in this category). He also calls out Democrats, professors, influencers and young people for hating on the Jewish state. Some of the quotes Maher gives will curl the soles of your shoes. As he says, “Jew hatred isn’t just acceptable, now; it’s cool. Celebrities love it and make it trendy; it’s the new Che Guevara tee shirt.”
The guests on view are Dan Jones, a historian and author of Castles: A Fortified History, and David French, New York Times columnist and co-host of the podcast Advisory Opinions. I wonder what French thought of Maher’s slap at the NYT at 1:44.
This is more serious and less funny than his usual bits, but it’s a good one.
And in its seriousness was its value. Thanks for posting.
I like Bill Maher most of the time, and this one was right on the mark. Thanks for posting these.
Maher really got it exactly right as I see it–glad you called it out as worthwhile!
Very glad to see Bill Maher so well spoken on this topic.
Don’t know where else to share this: I thought this was a good Substack article by a rabbi about the Kristof brouhaha. I’m struck by how he weaves the teachings of Judaism into his thoughts on this situation.
https://open.substack.com/pub/rabbistevenabraham/p/this-is-who-nicholas-kristof-is?r=4ciwk&utm_medium=ios
Excellent. Thank you.
Maher is sadly correct. Jew-hate is now a global fetish.
Excellent!
D.A.
NYC 🗽
ps Didn’t I tag you this on X? Surely many readers did! 🙂
One of Maher’s best-ever commentaries. Nailed it.
I just now got around to watching this, and I was struck with how quiet the audience was. True, the segment wasn’t particularly funny, but then again laughter in an audience is contagious to some extent. If Maher’s audience was in lockstep with him, the good Che Guevara line at least would have drawn some laughs. Also missing was any applause of the sort you see at the State of the Union, which means “I agree with you.” So I think that Maher’s audience was not buying what he was selling, and was possibly discomfited by what he was saying.
“I wonder what French thought of Maher’s slap at the NYT at 1:44.” What do you mean ? I am french, I agree with Maher (and not only with the slap at 1:44) but not as a french, helas — many french people would disagree with Maher but most of them don’t know anything about the history of Irsrael, sionism and, more generally, the middle east. Best wishes & thanks for your blog.
Bonjour, Jean. Dr. Coyne was not referring to French people; he was referring to Bill Maher’s guest on the show, David French, a New York Times columnist. Un nom de famille, pas une nationalité.
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