Maher catches flak for anti-Hamas tweet

Comedian Bill Maher, an outspoken supporter of Israel, tweeted Thursday that “Dealing w/ Hamas is like dealing w/ a crazy woman who’s trying to kill u – u can only hold her wrists so long before you have to slap her.”

Dealing w/ Hamas is like dealing w/ a crazy woman who's trying to kill u – u can only hold her wrists so long before you have to slap her

— Bill Maher (@billmaher) July 18, 2014

Not surprisingly, plenty of his Twitter followers found the statement objectionable. Some accused him of being insensitive to deaths in the Gaza Strip, while others tried to paint him as an apologist for violence against women.

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