Reply #75: Maher has flipped and flopped on the war [View All]

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And yes, Maher clashed repeated with Hitchens on the show but let Hitchens run it. Maher and Hitchens spent more time talking to each other than Maher spent talking to either Nasr or Cleland. BTW, Hitchens did get by with smearing MoveOn and even challenged Max over it. He singled Max out and wanted to know if Max was willing to support a group that compared Bush to Hitler the way MoveOn did. And he didn't just ask Max about it, he seemed to challenge Max over it. Max seemed a little taken aback but agreed that he couldn't support a group that compared Bush to Hitler. Maher didn't intervene, he let Hitchens badger Max. It was after this episode, that Maher let happen, that he said the red herring remark.

I'm not being overly grim. I watched the show and gave my opinion of how it went down. I also provided a video link to demonstrate my point and a quote from Max from the article referenced above to explain why I said what I did. I also mentioned that I know people who have suffered from depression and, just because they laugh once in a while, doesn't mean that they aren't depressed. I stick by my original contention that Hitchens' raving didn't do Max a lot of good. Moreover, it may have helped trigger his depression to the point that he made the announcement he was seeking treatment for it because he was having trouble dealing with the Iraq War and the deaths - the very topic that Hitchens continually talked about on the show and defended, just two days prior to Max's announcement.