Bill Maher: 'To be a liberal you have to stand up for liberal principles...'

Well, the pathology that's afflicted Western societies isn't any weakness of liberalism. It's political correctness that's a central byproduct of the radical leftist ideology that's seeped into the highest levels of Western power and institutional influence, like the mass media and academe. Conservatives are the true champions of liberalism in the classic sense, and in fact that's the heritage that Maher's referring to and it's the heritage that political Islam seeks to destroy. I don't particularly like Maher because he usually acts more like a leftist than he does a liberal. But the actual descriptive language of politics has been so mangled by nearly a century of leftist Orwellianism no one knows what the fuck they're talking any more.

Leftism and political Islam have in fact cemented an unholy alliance that's becoming more successful by the day in massacring the foundations of free societies.

In any case, for all that, it's an interesting discussion. From Jimmy Kimmel's on Wednesday night:



And at Jihad Watch, "Bill Maher: Hundreds of millions of Muslims support Charlie Hebdo jihad":

This Daily Beast report is clearly angry with Maher for breaking ranks with the Left and telling the truth about Islam and jihad. Maher deserves kudos for standing his ground and continuing to enunciate unpopular truths. I wonder how long it will take him to realize that the Left is not going to rush to his side on this issue.

“Bill Maher: Hundreds of Millions of Muslims Support Attack on ‘Charlie Hebdo,’” by Lloyd Grove, The Daily Beast, January 8, 2015...