Bill Maher You Cant Be Serious Your Defense of Donald Sterling on Any Level is Questionable

Bill Maher You Cant Be Serious Your Defense of Donald Sterling on Any Level is Questionable

*With a reputation of being one of the most outspoken and politically incorrect commentators of our time without giving a damn, Bill Maher may have made the 2nd worst move of his career (read on to be reminded of the first) when he went out on a limb recently and pointedly defended disgraced L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterlings rights to privacy and free speech.

He claimed that, in essence, if people like Sterling do not have the ability to say whatever they want no matter how deplorable it is in the privacy of their own homes, then that puts someone like him, who makes his living saying whats on his mind, in jeopardy.

During a discussion about the Sterling scandal on CNN Saturday, contributor Marc Lamont Hill countered Mahers point, saying the problem with his argument is that Sterling is not the owner of a private business, but rather, part of the larger NBA franchise system.

He has every right to say it, but the market has a right to respond and in this case the market has responded, Hill said of Sterling, noting the various sponsors that pulled their advertising from the Clippers in light of the owners racist rant. Thats why hes losing [the team] and thats why Bill Mahers argument doesnt hold up, he said.

I dont want to suggest that Bill Maher thinks those particular thoughts are OK from a moral or ethical perspective, Hill said later, but I think what Bill Mahers saying is, if I have thoughts like this, there has to be a space that I can utter them without fear of recrimination, especially if I dont put them in public.

Ben Ferguson also appeared on the CNN panel with Hill, and while speculating as to why Maher feels so strongly about this issue, reminded us of grave error #1 that cost Bill Maher his position on the prominent late-night show, Politically Incorrect, which he hosted on the Comedy Central network from 1993-2002.

Bill Maher has a little bit of an ax to grind when it comes to saying what you want to when you want to, he said, because he used to have a TV show and he said something politically incorrect after 9/11 and it cost him his job. And now hes at his new show, which is on HBO, but I mean, Im sure he doesnt like this.

Thanks to Mediaite for information used in this story. Watch the CNN video here.

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Bill Maher You Cant Be Serious Your Defense of Donald Sterling on Any Level is Questionable