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Saturday, February 25, 2017
Bill Maher's Hypocrisy On Paedophilia
Bill Maher thinks he did a great public service by inviting Milo Yiannopolous on his Real Time programme on HBO where the alt.right troll got into it for defending man/boy love he received as a youngster from "Father Mike." Gloating, Maher praised Bill Maher, saying that "Sunlight is the best disinfectant. You're welcome."
It turns out Maher has had a brush with this issue before and he came down on the same side as Milo.
Sure, Mary Kay Letourneau was a 35-year old teacher, like Father Mike in a position of authority and influence over the child she diddled, but, to Maher, it was not rape, it was love.
As he demonstrates with his position on Muslims, Maher has a narrow and poorly formed opinion. In the case of Letourneau he failed to grasp the dynamics - she was an adult, he was a barely post-pubescent boy. As a teacher she held a position of trust, influence and power over the kid (much like a priest). She betrayed her position to seduce the boy. That's not love. That's child abuse but Maher's moral compass didn't register the difference.
The voice of reason seems to be punk rocker Henri Rollins....
ReplyDeleteMaher is only a few degrees of separation from Milo. Both want to be entertaining by resorting to controversy.
ReplyDeleteAs he demonstrates with his position on Muslims, Maher has a narrow and poorly formed opinion. In the case of Letourneau he failed to grasp the dynamics - she was an adult, he was a barely post-pubescent boy. As a teacher she held a position of trust, influence and power over the kid (much like a priest). She betrayed her position to seduce the boy. That's not love. That's child abuse but Maher's moral compass didn't register the difference.