Posted by Neil at 205.163.142.226 on November 12, 1999 at 16:44:59:
In Reply to: They're attacking him now? posted by BankHoldupGirl on November 12, 1999 at 16:40:16:
: Needless to say, the Catholic League is mighty hypocritical. They tell everyone else to ignore this Kevin Smith guy and to not see his movie, yet they watch P.I. -- what a coincidence -- on the day Kevin Smith is on! Bill Maher has been bashing Catholics almost from the beginning. Wednesday's eppy must've been the first the Catholic League has seen. Shut up already! Jeez!
Not that I think there's anything wrong with bashing Bill Maher, per se. There are so many reasonable things to bash him for, that attacking him for stating some fairly basic, factual things about the history of the Catholic Church, is kind of inept.
He does seem aware that it's not the first time, however. These are his comments of what Bill Maher said.
"This is not the first time that Bill Maher has proven to be an anti-Catholic bigot. Not surprisingly, the audience laughed at his comments, showing how utterly acceptable anti-Catholicism is these days. Indeed, Maher’s remarks prove that it is anything but politically incorrect to bash Catholics on ‘Politically Incorrect.’
"If ABC had as low a tolerance for Catholic bashing as it does other expressions of bigotry, it would terminate Maher immediately. At the very least, the Catholic League wants an apology. We await the network’s response."