After the 40-14 Denver Broncos’ loss to the Buffalo Bills Saturday, Bill Maher tweeted, “Wow, Jesus just fucked #TimTebow bad! And on Xmas Eve! Somewhere in hell Satan is tebowing, saying to Hitler ‘Hey, Buffalo’s killing them.’” I’m not a fan of Bill Maher, but I was thinking pretty much the same thing about Tebow. As you would expect, the well-deserved dig didn’t go over well with Christians. Fox Business’ “Follow the Money” host Eric Bolling got things rolling with his Twitter response: “Bill Maher is disgusting vile trash. 
I can’t even repeat what he just tweeted about Tebow...on Christmas Eve. .straighttohellBill.” Others of the overtly devout have even called for a boycott of HBO, the home of Maher’s show, “Real Time.” Though utterly unimportant, this little episode illustrates the two competing worldviews in the contemporary United States. On the one hand, a public figure justifiably satirizes another public figure for the inconsistencies in his very public religiousness. That is, if Tim Tebow is going to claim that Jesus guides him and helps him succeed, as he does every time he prays in public about his performance, then he is open to criticism when he throws 4 interceptions in a game. I guess Jesus was distracted or decided not to help him. But Maher made no mention of stopping Tebow from his public displays, however offensive they may be. On the other hand, you have the fascist approach that believes, and in this case also tweets, that anyone who expresses an opinion different from their own is “vile trash” and should be silenced. Couldn’t be more pleased with the level of public discourse in our great and god-fearing nation.
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