{"id":667453,"date":"2026-09-12T18:18:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T18:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=667453"},"modified":"2026-09-12T18:18:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T18:18:43","slug":"bill-maher-dropped-a-truth-nuke-on-the-young-left-with-his-9-11-take-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=667453","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher dropped a truth nuke on \u2018the young left\u2019 with his 9\/11 take"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Comedian Bill Maher may be a liberal, but that doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019s completely lost his mind.<\/p>\n

In his \u201cNew Rule\u201d segment, he addressed what he calls the \u201cclash between radical Islamism and Western liberalism\u201d and took a flamethrower to modern leftism.<\/p>\n

Watch:<\/p>\n\n

\u201cNew rule, since it\u2019s the 25th anniversary of 9\/11 and since for 25 years we\u2019ve been kept relatively safe from anything close to another 9\/11, how about a hand for the Americans who made that happen?\u201d he said to audience applause. \u201cBecause it didn\u2019t just happen. There was a war on terror and we won. And yet so much has changed since 9\/11. For example, back then we were against the terrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cReally, no cap. Now, a lot of media outlets don\u2019t even want you to say the \u2013 word. On the 20th anniversary, four American journalism associations put out guidance that said that terrorism should only be used in quotes because it\u2019s emotionally and politically loaded. Yeah, so is the World Cup, but we don\u2019t put soccer in quotes,\u201d Maher snarked. \u201cReally, we can\u2019t anymore just say out loud who the bad guys were that morning. Those 19 hijackers, they shared something. Oh, let\u2019s call it a worldview. And it wasn\u2019t astrology.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut somehow over time, we\u2019ve decided not to harp on that. The whole business about who wanted us dead and why, let\u2019s not put a name on it. When it comes to terrorist attacks, please, there are very fine people on both sides,\u201d he continued. \u201cCanadian state TV told its reporters \u2018Do not refer to the September 11th attacks as terrorist attacks.\u2019 No? Even though the very definition of terrorism is using violence against civilians to pursue ideological goals? What should we call it then? Unruly passengers? A wrong turn taken at the Chrysler Building? Why not just say the planes and the towers got into a fight?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, after all, as the BBC advised its reporters, using the word terrorist can be a quote barrier rather than an aid to understanding. You know, it\u2019s really a barrier to understanding? Lying,\u201d the comedian continued as the audience continued to cheer his take. \u201cBack in 2001 after the attack, I said this. \u2018Political correctness itself is something we can no longer afford. Feelings are going to get hurt so that actual people won\u2019t.\u2019 Well, it didn\u2019t last. I mean, my show. As for the idea of ditching political correctness and actually being honest, that never even got off the ground. After 9\/11, there was a big debate. Was this a clash of civilizations? It was, and it still is. Not between Muslims and Christians. No reasonable person was saying that. But radical Islamism versus Western liberalism, yes, that\u2019s a real thing. Fighting people who hate freedom of religion and hate homosexuals and hate the idea of women as equal and free humans. How did liberals wind up on their side? And many did.\u00a0One in five young Americans now has a positive view of Osama bin Laden. He\u2019s like Luigi Manion in a turban.\u201d<\/p>\n

Watch the entire segment above.<\/p>\n

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