Bill Maher Blasts Liberals over Alex Jones Censorship

[Anti Federalist]

Bill Maher Blasts Liberals over Alex Jones Censorship: ‘Supposed to Be for Free Speech’

https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollyw...r-free-speech/

18 Aug 2018

Liberal comedian Bill Maher defended InfoWars host Alex Jones on Friday’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, arguing that self-described liberals should be in favor of free speech as it is a core American value.

Discussing Jones’ removal from social media platforms including Facebook, YouTube, Spotify, and others, Maher appeared to disagree with his audience and fellow panelists about whether censoring him was a step in the right direction.

“I’m going to talk about free speech for a minute because Alex Jones, who is not my friend, who tells crazy lies about me, is thrown off Twitter, I think, and Facebook and a few other platforms,” Maher said, prompting applause from the audience.

“Well, if you’re a liberal, you’re supposed to be for free speech,” Maher contended. “That’s free speech for the speech you hate. That’s what free speech means.”

“We’re losing the thread of the concepts that are important to this country,” he continued. “Either you care about the real American $#@! or you don’t. And if you do, it goes for every side. I don’t like Alex Jones, but Alex Jones gets to speak. Everybody gets to speak.”

Despite being a virulent critic of President Donald Trump, Maher has long been an advocate for the First Amendment, having previously been subject to no-platforming attempts at UC Berkeley for his views on Islam. Last year, he denounced left-wing opposition to free speech on university campuses as a form of “book burning.”

“Berkeley used to be the cradle of free speech, and now it’s just the cradle for f*cking babies,” he said. “And this is the liberals’ version of book burning, and it’s got to stop.”

[timosman]

Would you like to be required to obtain a permit from Hillary Clinton every time you would like to jerk off?

[timosman]

Everybody gets to speak.

He already sees them going after him. He remembers 9/11.

[kpitcher]

Maher also supported Kathy Griffin when her picture joke flopped and Milo Yiannopoulos when he was banned from Berkley.

I tivo Maher - he usually has an interesting guest and his New Rules segments are funny. He tries to get a Dem, a Rep and someone else on his panels so his collection of guests is better than almost all talking head shows. I recall Rand was a video guest during the presidential campaign.

[timosman]

Maher also supported Kathy Griffin when her picture joke flopped and Milo Yiannopoulos when he was banned from Berkley.

I tivo Maher - he usually has an interesting guest and his New Rules segments are funny. He tries to get a Dem, a Rep and someone else on his panels so his collection of guests is better than almost all talking head shows. I recall Rand was a video guest during the presidential campaign.

I saw Ron on Maher's show. Who is this guy?

[Schifference]

A broken clock that has hands, not digital, is right twice daily.

[Anti Globalist]

This is the same guy who told liberal purists to go $#@! themselves because they didn't vote for Hillary.

[Krugminator2]

This is the same guy who told liberal purists to go $#@! themselves because they didn't vote for Hillary.

What is a liberal purist? There are no left wing purists. Leftists just have a weird mish mash of grievances and whims.

[oyarde]

Maher is a little old to just be discovering leftists are all worthless crybabies .

[nikcers]

Maher is a leftist version of Alex Jones- he says what you want him to say and gets you to trust him and after he earns your trust he peddles you $#@! in a bag.