Plus how else are you going to describe deer?

nope, I think he criticized him for not voting

This article reminded me that there is a real organization called The Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society (ISIS)

Well she certainly seems shocked by the decision.

This would be like the AV Club firing someone over being too nostalgic for Buffy.

I think you might reconsider after you hear some of my Helen Keller material.

I just want a firm victim hierarchy that I can refer to before making a joke.

We could always talk about Slavs instead, you know the people from whom "slave" is derived. 20 million dead in WWII. Is that enough to medal in your oppression Olympics?

You know the Irish were pressed into service of the Union army and plenty of them died while their children worked long hours in factories for like a nickel day and that practice continued right into the 20th century. But look I don't really want to get into a pissing contest about whose ancestors had it worse. I'll…

"earned their freedom after 7 years" —If you survived.

C)Look up the history of Ireland.
Incidentally you know slavery has been practiced throughout human history all over the globe and continues to be practiced in the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and parts of West Africa

HBO didn't air his last episode and he nearly lost his job. I'm sure he won't try it again. Words require context to have meaning. You've said yourself the problem isn't so much the word as who said it.

No one is saying you can't be offended, no one is saying you should watch Bill Maher, but you've expended a lot of energy over a joke that had no malicious intent that Maher has apologized for and has been punished over.

Fair enough. I'm not saying its alright for him to say it, but in general I don't like seeing comedians go away over jokes. Be it Maher, Kathy Griffin or Tracey Morgan.

You have to admit there's a certain irony to making this argument as the Ghost of Eazy E. Not only did NWA use the word all the time, hell they brought it back, but they said much worse things in context that they certainly didn't mind people thinking was biographical.

Really? There's never been anyone on the Left who's gotten overly upset about something trivial? Oberlin College must be a figment of my imagination.

I wonder how many of these people whining about Bill Maher have ever done anything to oppose the modern day slave trade or are even aware of its existence.

When the shrill PC Left and Breitbart are on the same page you know they're wrong.

He's right about going to Mars, it's a huge waste of resources that won't help anyone.

Yeah, we all know what the it means and for some reason pretend we can't use it in context without raising John C Calhoun from his grave. It's just silly.