From NY Post: Bill Maher left progressive news host Ana Kasaparian fumbling her words after the pair clashed on his podcast when the comic suggested she would not be able to wear her western-style clothing in most Middle Eastern countries.
Kasparian, the host on the online left-leaning news network The Young Turks, traded blows with Maher on his Club Random podcast on Monday’s episode when the two intensely debated Israel’s war in Gaza.
During the spirited discussion, Maher challenged Kasparian to name a city in a Muslim-majority country where she would feel safe wearing her white mini-dress, insisting Israel is the only country in the region that is accepting of Western culture.
“What city would you live? And where you think you’d be comfortable in that dress?” Maher asked Kasparian.
“I’m sure it would not be comfortable in this dress in any of the various Middle Eastern countries that have been destabilized,” she said.
“You’re not really blaming it on whitey?” Maher interrupted. “You’re blaming Islam on whitey? What you’re saying, we destabilized, that’s why you can’t wear that dress?”
Kasaparian tied to pivot, but Maher pressed her.
“You’re saying you can’t wear that dress in Syria because of Whitey destabilizing?” he asked again.
Kasaparian eventually admitted that Israel would be the country most accepting of her attire in that region.
“I’m sure a woman of my age who grew up in the western world, would probably feel the most comfortable in Tel Aviv, I will concede that,” she said.
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