It's funny that the common consensus is that he paraded these people just to make them look stupid without giving them a fair amount of time to speak. I think he interjects quite a bit, but doesn't cut them off completely. If anybody remembers the scene with the rabbi, that is what I consider cutting somebody off. Yes, the film had a bias approach, because that's what the movie was all about: the follies of blind devotion.
As far as Bill Maher himself goes, yes, he can be a little annoying and sometimes he does have a very crass and sarcastic tone. But I don't think that necessarily stifles the argument that he makes.
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