{"id":41972,"date":"2014-05-12T16:35:31","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T22:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/12\/the-one-note-iconoclast.html"},"modified":"2014-05-12T16:35:31","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T22:35:31","slug":"the-one-note-iconoclast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/12\/the-one-note-iconoclast.html","title":{"rendered":"The One-Note Iconoclast"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bill Maher can be really funny. He's a great iconoclast, puncturing so many balloons that need puncturing.<\/p>\n

But he's got his particular … quirks, including sometimes not knowing where to draw the line in his mockery and criticisms. \u00a0As this writer raises about his attacks, not just of Islamic extremists, but of Muslims and Islam as a whole. \u00a0Heck, the guy sounds not a small amount like Bryan Fischer, which should give anyone pause.\ufeff<\/p><\/div>\n

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An Open Letter to Bill Maher\u00a0From a Muslim American<\/a>
\n The problem isn’t Islam. It’s your movement to demonize Islam in the liberal left. \n <\/p>\n

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Bill Maher can be really funny. He's a great iconoclast, puncturing so many balloons that need puncturing. But he's got his particular … quirks, including sometimes not knowing where to draw the line in his mockery and criticisms. \u00a0As this writer raises about his attacks, not just of Islamic extremists, but of Muslims and Islam … Continue reading “The One-Note Iconoclast”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[586],"class_list":["post-41972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","tag-pluspost"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12466,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/04\/24\/potpourri_on_arbor_day_ev.html","url_meta":{"origin":41972,"position":0},"title":"Potpourri on Arbor Day Eve","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 24-Apr-08 10:32am","format":false,"excerpt":"Shamos: Why e-voting paper trails are a bad idea | The Iconoclast - politics, law, and technology - CNET News.com\u00a0- Are e-voting paper trails actually useful, or desirable? 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