On the list of "shit I can skip" Bill Maher arguing with Ben Affleck about Islam is right up with Sonic fanfic and bestiality videos
Eh, it was worth the 10 minutes, and it’s rare to be able to say that with random YouTube clips.
Affleck’s passionate but unwilling to listen. Maher isn’t going to convince anyone who wasn’t already leaning his way.
There’s a larger pattern to be recognized here, which was in the statement about the Muslim leaders who risked their lives by signing a condemnation of ISIS, but which wasn’t covered by the western news media. It’s interesting that in the heat of the moment, no-one realized that the defenders of Islam on Affleck’s side cemented Maher’s point by stating that these leaders had effectively put their lives in danger. Conversely, Maher’s speaker barely got in a word to show that the reformers of Islam should be publicized, but it didn’t benefit from near-enough connection with the earlier statement about the leaders.