Comedian and “Real Time” host Bill Maher took to Twitter to provide what would have been a preview of Friday night’s episode were he not on hiatus until the new year, blaming the mass-killing in San Bernardino on religious fundamentalism — and doing so, it should be mentioned, without singling out Islam.
On the day of the shooting, when only the names of the suspects had been released, Maher wrote:
Stop comparing random shooters to Islamic terrorists. Apples & Oranges. One is bent on acquiring WMD to set off in America. End. of. Story.
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) December 2, 2015
On Thursday, though, he expanded on the idea that religion is to blame for Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, killing 14 at the Inland Regional Center via a quotation from Steven Weinberg:
"W/ or w/out religion U wld have good ppl doing good things & evil ppl doing evil thingsBut 4 good ppl to do evil things that take religion"
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) December 4, 2015
Steven Weinberg said that, and that's how you get ppl who "always acted normal" (don't they always?) dropping a baby off to go to a massacre
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) December 4, 2015
Watch our recap of what 2016 presidential candidates have said about the San Bernardino shooting:
[jwplayer file=”http://media.salon.com/2015/12/SanBernardino.Asha_.1242015.mp4″ image=”http://media.salon.com/2015/12/2016-gop-candidates-debate1.jpg”][/jwplayer]
