Oh, Bill. After much deliberation—and, I think, a lot of tolerance on my own part—I’ve decided to drop you.

It’s not that you’re not entitled to an opinion; you’re a comedian, not a statesman, and you can run with whatever topic you want when it comes to your comedy routine. That’s where my problem begins, though—when you cease to make me laugh and make me angry instead, your comedy doesn’t have value in my home anymore.

I love Real Time, I really do. I loved Religulous, I love New Rules and I love about 95% of what you say. It usually makes me laugh uncontrollably—and I often agree with what you say. I love that you push the envelope, and go beyond what the status quo deems acceptable. I love that you’re an animal rights activist who doesn’t push it down people’s throats; you don’t see many vegetarian men out there speaking up for animals.

But I’ve come to think that you actually like animals more than you like women.

Yes, you’ve mentioned that pregnant women are ugly, which pissed me off—but I got over that one. It was your opinion, after all, and though the skinny norm of America’s so-called beauty is not the global norm by any means, you’re entitled to be a part of such a small-minded consensus when it comes to beauty standards.

And you’ve expressed displeasure over late-term abortions though you stated you are “pro-choice;” I suppose that “pro-choice with limitations” would be more accurate. And given the fact that you will never actually be pregnant, I suppose it’s a pretty easy stance to take.

Over and over again, you’ve made jabs at women. You had a field day over Sarah Palin—and I can’t really complain about that one, as I couldn’t stand the woman myself. But I’ve always tolerated it for the same reason I tolerate my sexist relatives, neighbors and, let’s face it, fellow countrymen—the reason my mother always told me to tolerate it for—“It’s just the way he was raised.”

Well, I’ve grown pretty tired of tolerating intolerance, and that explanation doesn’t even work with you given your other progressive viewpoints. And you recently gave me the final nail to seal the proverbial coffin shut with your comments on reality TV star Tila Tequila.

So she’s annoying as hell, and so I’m not a fan. That doesn’t mean that she deserves to be sexually assaulted. You, however, seem to think that it’s okay, as you said, “New Rule: Stop acting surprised someone choked Tila Tequila! The surprise is that someone hasn’t choked this bitch sooner.”

It seems that sexual assault is okay as long as a woman is a “bitch.” Wow, isn’t this the whole “she asked for it” defense used by so many rapists? How can you make this claim, Bill, when you’ve been so adamant against torture?

Suck linkages cannot be made if we ever expect to eradicate sexual violence. Whether Tequila’s claims are true or false has no relevancy to whether or not she deserves to be sexually abused. I am aware that it’s a comedy routine, and that I’ve laughed over other serious issues that you have ridiculed and made irreverent; that’s your job, I get it. But with such a lengthy track record of demeaning women, as a woman, I simply can’t stomach your show anymore. I don’t know when I’m going to be a part of your next target.