This weekend, talk show host Bill Maher and hip-hop artist and activist Talib Kweli debated the treatment of progressive Democratic presidential 2016 hopeful Bernie Sanders by Black Lives Matter demonstrators.

According to Deadline, Maher and Kweli squared off during a recent episode of HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher" show after the host questioned the judgement of the activists who shouted down Sanders and commandeered his microphone during a recent campaign stop in Seattle.

"The job of activism is not to be liked and not to be polite," said Kweli in insisting that a progressive record alone is not enough to earn Sanders a pass on all race related issues.

Maher countered by noting that Sanders also has "a 100 percent approval rating from the NAACP," prompting Kweli to quickly retort, "The NAACP liked Donald Sterling too."

Kweli went on to detail how someone simply having a record of civil rights does not necessarily entitle them to the black vote, adding that "not all progressives have a keen understanding of race related issues."

In recent times, Kweli has grown even more outspoken, organizing a pair of concerts to benefit the people of Ferguson, Missouri following the police killing of unarmed teen Michael Brown and the protests that followed. In the case of Sanders, he noted that the recent demonstration probably had to do with logistics as much as politics.

Sanders, he explained, was "the easiest to get to because he's somebody who's dealing with the people more directly than a Jeb Bush or a Hilary Clinton."

Despite their clear and obviously different views, both Kweli and Maher appeared to relish their spirited debate, engaging in the conversation in a respectful, civil manner, unlike Kweli's heated argument with CNN Don Lemon last summer when their on-air shouting match, broadcast live from the streets of Ferguson, quickly went viral.