[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]
On the 23 November 2015 edition of CNN Tonight, Buck Sexton of The Blaze exposed the left's special treatment of the Islamic faith, after liberal commentator Marc Lamont Hill attacked Bill Maher for his views on Islam. Hill claimed that "Islam is premised on some very basic fundamental values that are in line with what America articulates as its own value." He continued by asserting if "you have an investment in sharia law means you're somehow a radical, or that you're necessarily anti-growth, anti-democracy, anti-modern — it's just not true."
Sexton countered by underlining that a "large portion" of Muslims subscribe to "ideas that, under normal circumstances, would be considered bigoted by American liberals. In the case of Islam, there's a lot of excuse making....And I think it's because they've...accepted Islam as part of the victimology class in this country that is, therefore, protected, and is above and beyond criticism."