Bill Maher To Obama On Saudi Arabia: “Stop Respecting Their Medieval Bulls**t”
“Stop respecting their medieval bullshit,” HBO late night host Bill Maher advised viewers last night, discussing Obama’s visit to Saudi Arabia, to attend the funeral for King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz.
“I thought that [Michelle Obama] was kind of making the statement that I’ve been trying to get across here for a long time, which is: Stop respecting their medieval bullshit under the guise of, ‘It’s their culture,’” Maher said to his Real Time panelists. “Cultural relativism is nonsense. It’s the 21st Century. You won’t shake hands with a woman? You’re the ones who should be embarrassed. And, if that’s judgmental – good, I’m judging. Yes, I’m judging that that’s fucked up and that you’re the bigot. I’m not the bigot.”
According to press reports, Saudi officials did not shake hands with the First Lady when the Obama’s visited Riyadh to attend the funeral.
Maher noted that even conservatives praised her for declining to wear a head cover – though foreign dignitaries are exempt from that Saudi requirement. He took issue with Obama attending the funeral in the first place, calling it “what we have [Vice President Joe] Biden for.”
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