William "Bill" Maher

William "Bill" Maher (20. ledna 1956-) is an American liberal political commentator and television host who hosted Politically Incorrect from 1993 to 2002 and Real Time with Bill Maher from 2003. Born in New York City to an Irish Catholic father and a -Jewish mother, he was raised in River Vale, New Jersey and became a comedian and actor in New York. Hostoval Politically Incorrect na Comedy Central od roku 1993 do roku 1997 a ABC od roku 1997 do roku 2002 a Real Time with Bill Maher na HBO od roku 2003, proslul svou kritikou náboženství, political correctness, and the mass media and support for animal rights and the legalization of marijuana.

Maher identifikován různě jako liberál, libertarian, or progressive and as politically "practical", and he refused to identify with politically-correct mainstream liberalism due his belief that not all religions are alike, and that he and others were bigoted in criticizing a particular religion. Podpořil Democrat Barack Obama při prezidentských volbách v roce 2008 a Bernie Sanders (a pak Hillary Clinton) při prezidentských volbách v roce 2016. Zatímco podporoval používání profilování na letištích po 9/11, NSA's PRISM intelligence data collection program, and close relations with Israel (neochvějně oponuje anti-Semitic BDS movement), podpořil zákaz loveckých pastí v Maine, kritizoval spojenectví Spojených států s Saudi Arabia kvůli jejich "medieval" culture, kritizoval China's treatment of Uyghurs and the USA's preoccupation with a "never-ending woke competition" as China came closer ¬ to world dominance, and criticized the McCarthyism of the MeToo movement.

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