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I'm a big Maher fan, but his rhetoric on this issue is pretty extreme, even given his seemingly incessant anti-religious schtick. I think both sides had some good points, but Affleck's point about not over-generalizing was probably the most important one made. Well, that, and Steele's point that the media really shapes our thinking on this issue in its ongoing choice to paint a pretty extreme picture of Islam. As an aside, Nicholas Kristof is such a smart, thoughtful dude. I could listen to him explain anything.

Not that I disagreed with everything they said, but it was pretty rich to see Maher and Harris upset over what they perceived to be Affleck pre-judging them. Obviously Harris is still upset because he keeps talking about it. I don't expect he will get the irony, but I got a chuckle out of it nonetheless.