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As German ultranationalists made excuses for Nazism, many people today make excuses for Islam and [[Islamism]], even smearing critics and skeptics as "bigots" and using the manufactured term "[[Islamophobia]]" against them.

As German ultranationalists made excuses for Nazism, many people today make excuses for Islam and [[Islamism]], even smearing critics and skeptics as "bigots" and using the manufactured term "[[Islamophobia]]" against them.

Though this mainly includes [[leftist]]s, with the notable exception of [[Bill Maher]], due to Islam's virulent anti-Westernism, [[anti-American]]ism, and [[anti-Semitism]], many conservatives have also bent at the knee for Islam. [[Breitbart]] infamously fired an editor in June 2017 for social media posts critical of Islam,<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/5/katie-mchugh-breitbart-writer-fired-over-muslims-t/</ref> and [[Fox News]] even more infamously suspended commentator Judge Jeanine Pirro for two weeks for making politically incorrect comments related to anti-Semitic Congresswoman [[Ilhan Omar]]'s [[hijab]].<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/09/04/fox-news-jeanine-pirro-says-shes-been-suspended-rips-network/2207515001/</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/03/18/report-fox-news-suspends-jeanine-pirro-for-two-weeks/</ref><ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/judge-jeanine-pirro-says-fox-news-suspended-worries-fired/</ref>

Though this mainly includes [[leftist]]s, with the notable exception of [[Bill Maher]], due to Islam's virulent anti-Westernism, [[anti-American]]ism, and [[anti-Semitism]], many conservatives have also bent at the knee for Islam. [[Breitbart]] infamously fired an editor in June 2017 for social media posts critical of Islam,<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/5/katie-mchugh-breitbart-writer-fired-over-muslims-t/</ref><https://heavy.com/news/2017/06/katie-mchugh-tweets-twitter-bio-fired-breitbart-muslims/</ref><ref>https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mikehayes/breitbart-writer-fired-after-posting-anti-muslim-tweet</ref> and [[Fox News]] even more infamously suspended commentator Judge Jeanine Pirro for two weeks for making politically incorrect comments related to anti-Semitic Congresswoman [[Ilhan Omar]]'s [[hijab]].<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/09/04/fox-news-jeanine-pirro-says-shes-been-suspended-rips-network/2207515001/</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/03/18/report-fox-news-suspends-jeanine-pirro-for-two-weeks/</ref><ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/judge-jeanine-pirro-says-fox-news-suspended-worries-fired/</ref>

Hollywood liberal [[Ben Affleck]] engaged in a debate with Bill Maher over Islam, during which he asserted that any criticism of Islam is "gross" and "racist",<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vln9D81eO60</ref> even though Islam is not a "race".

Hollywood liberal [[Ben Affleck]] engaged in a debate with Bill Maher over Islam, during which he asserted that any criticism of Islam is "gross" and "racist",<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vln9D81eO60</ref> even though Islam is not a "race".