I think he's been fighting back against some of the far woke agenda for years.
I think it goes back to when UC Berkeley students tried to block his free speech comedy for what he says about terrorists who blow themselves up and innocents in the name of their god. He's a famous atheist so the University sponsored censorship could be considered illegal on freedom of religion basis also.
Note the date was December 2014.... a decade ago.
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The controversy comes in the wake of a headline-grabbing exchange with actor Ben Affleck on Maher’s HBO show, Real Time with Bill Maher, last month. On the show, Maher and neuroscientist, author, and fellow atheist Sam Harris squared off against Affleck in a heated debate about what Maher and Harris argue are intolerant attitudes toward religious diversity, homosexuality, women’s rights, and dissent in the Islamic world. This is how Maher introduced his argument:
“I have been trying to make the case [...] that liberals need to stand up for liberal principles. This is what I said on last week’s show. Obviously I got a lot of hate for it. But all I’m saying is that liberal principles like freedom of speech, freedom to practice any religion you want without fear of violence, freedom to leave a religion, equality for women, equality for minorities including homosexuals — these are liberal principles that liberals applaud for, but then when you say, ‘in the Muslim world, this is what’s lacking,’ then they get upset.”
Now, a petition started by UC system students demanding that the “bigot” Maher be disinvited has gathered over 5,000 signatories. The student committee that issued Maher’s invitation even reversed itself. But last Wednesday, UC Berkeley’s administration insisted that the invitation to Maher would not be rescinded.
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