Or just a self-absorbed and self-righteous prick who's beating a long-dead horse? I mean, people's blind faith and religion is a really, really easy target that plenty of comedians have made fun of.
Well, it's one thing to poke fun at religion, but plenty of people in
this country at least are still uncomfortable with serious public declarations of atheism, or at least the term itself. A family member of mine, for instance, seemed resigned to the fact that I don't believe in God, but when I said I was an atheist they blew their top (this is also an anecdote from a Julia Sweeney play but the same thing happened to me recently when I dropped the whole "agnostic" thing). Remember that
poll a year ago that found Americans would be more likely to vote for a homosexual candidate than an atheist? Granted, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris have lower Q ratings than Ellen, but come on.
Also, looking at the poster for Maher's movie his complexion appears slightly clearer in grilled cheese form.
