Bill Maher: It’s not that I’ve gotten old. It’s that your ideas are stupid

[@craigtaylor8592]

A huge problem is treating celebrities like they have some sort of wisdom.

[@mikebordeaux8218]

When most of them don't even have a high school diploma

[@christianfinkbeiner684]

​@mikebordeaux8218 I'd love to see some evidence that most celebrities don't have a high school diploma.

[@mikebordeaux8218]

@@christianfinkbeiner684 , do you watch interviews? Most have an I.Q. below 80

[@MrBrock314]

@@christianfinkbeiner684 I think a high school diploma is pretty common but not a lot of advanced degrees for sure.

[@tiradoentertainmentllc.2517]

YES

[@laurenwarwick6517]

Aging is mandatory. Maturity is optional.

[@rafaelvelez1253]

And wisdom is a costly upgrade not available to basic models!

[@ncromos]

Yeah, and being older doesn’t mean you’re right either. Just on cognitive terms it is more likely to mean you’re wrong, obviously.

[@chenzen1578]

You nailed it, thanks. Can I use it on Ttump and Biden? (both old, the second mature)

[@rafaelvelez1253]

@@ncromos Cognitive? Really? Do you know what a savant is? Cognition is worthless without experience and that comes from living. Don’t worry, you’ll get there! Man, woman,person…!

[@rafaelvelez1253]

@@chenzen1578 Careful, mature is what we call the fruit before it falls of the tree. Maturity is not a synonym for wise. We all grow old that live long enough, some mature well even precociously, but few grow wise with a chance to benefit others with that wisdom.

[@JG-qt3pn]

Vietnam was about the draft. Forcing people to fight in a war they totally disagree with, and for what.

[@goyoelburro]

Yep, basically spoiled young kids who were only defending their own skins, not really that much against the genocide in Southeast Asia. This is why I say the hippies were destined to become boomers who are destroying the world.

[@bigverybadtom]

Not everybody wanted to fight in the US Civil War either.

[@milascave2]

@@bigverybadtom Damned right. And there were huge riots about that, too. Especially because the rich could buy their way out of it. And in a slightly more complicated way, that was true in the Vietnam War, too, by staying in college or going abroad.

[@michellebrown4903]

@@milascave2 or by bribing doctors to say that you have bone spurs....money talks .

[@kgabe1]

@@milascave2 ...or paying a Doc to diagnose you with bone spurs.

[@prodantech]

I think the answer to our polarization is to fix the media. We need real journalism and not click bait.

[@minimaxmiaandme.4971]

100%

[@DailyRacingFunnies]

BRING BACK .... THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE

[@3tpculp]

Then why did you click on this. There is nothing wrong with midstream media except some people don't want to believe the truth.

[@3tpculp]

​@@DailyRacingFunnies Bring back "truth in broadcasting" both Fox and CNN would go out of business.

[@prodantech]

@@3tpculp For those more discerning, some value can be pulled out of the media we have today. Those less discerning fall prey to the divisiveness without thinking too deeply about it.

[@Metoobie]

When you hate someone, you stop listening to them. So freaking true and it's one of the biggest problems in polarization attitudes.

[@honuman39]

It's why nobody listens to Maher anymore

[@skaterkraines2691]

TDS is proof of that. Despite the fact that EVERYTHING was better under our former president people still hate him. I have to believe it is because they are indoctrinated by the MSM lies

[@bryan805]

@@honuman39 if I were in the woke left cult, I wouldn’t wanna listen to him anymore either.

[@ShermThursby]

That sounds clever but it's nonsense. There is no "woke left cult". Being aware (or woke as you've intoned) of government corruption, wealth inequality, manufactured outrage is being informed. Left includes liberals, Dems, progressives, socialist, anarchists- so that's meaningless. And, look up the definition of "cult". It has a definite definition. ​@@bryan805

[@dimitripapadinikolaus]

maybe their ideas are why you stop listening to them and why you hate them?

[@Dale-s1u]

The division in congress really started in the mid 90's when Newt Gingrich was Speaker of the House and ordered the Republicans in congress to stop hanging out with Democrats. He wanted them to go home, to their districts every weekend. Prior to that, Dems and Reps would stay in DC and spend weekends together, going to the same parties, same restaurants. They played softball together... and talked. The two sides were friends, Americans. Gingrich changed that.

[@Meditations2024]

You have a skewed view of history. You really sohuld learn the history of the Democratic Party, for instance. Your ignorance doesn't shock me anyway.

[@Dale-s1u]

@@Meditations2024 read Gingrich's book. He's proud of doing exactly what I stated.

[@vinsonwalton28]

@@Dale-s1uMost MAGATS can’t read

[@saradunn2755]

I came of age politically during that time and I completely agree with the shift in politics in the time of Gingrich. That whole “contract with America “ was just BS. I also realized that there was only one party defending social safety nets (medicare, social security, unemployment , disability, and medicaid). I became a reluctant Democrat and have never looked back.

[@frankh.2669]

Absolutely true. Gingrich has a lot to answer for. The vilification of the political opponent instead of a hard debate that still makes a mutual drink together in the evening possible. It brings the US to the brink of civil war and endangers democracy itself.

[@mightymadmaxx]

"When you hate people, you don't listen to them." Nailed it. Very well put by Bill in this.

[@blakecpa]

He should take his own advice.

[@ZRgalie]

If you do not want to find a middle ground, compromise and have peace, then he's nailed it. That is why society is where it is today.

[@weirdnotormaybe]

How ironic, he hates trump and lies about him

[@iluvdrywall]

@@ZRgalie Middle ground cannot be found when the other side is so wrong. Why would anyone want to concede to something they know is wrong?

[@Tiasung]

@@iluvdrywall The problem is the sheer amount of people that think ''something they know is wrong'', when its in fact they that are wrong.

[@ClaytonBigsby89]

I'm old enough to remember when CNN was real news

[@bissonlouise9061]

MAGA don't care about real news. As simple as that.

[@paulyb6458]

CNN, like MTV, are a long way from what they set out to be

[@thomaswilson5966]

🚨💩🧠😈🚨

[@VicariousAquarius]

At least it used too. Fox News was always about fake outrage.

[@ElinWinblad]

1950s?

[@robertgrant5895]

Come on Bill, I was alive and well during the Vietnam war (although a conservative then) and I promise you there was plenty of tension between various student groups over the war. The Vietnam war was extremely contentious to some degree much more than what is going on now.

[@christerry1773]

He def does have the mentality of when it was in my day it was X, but today it’s Y so it must be wrong

[@johncmiles1]

Except, that as soon as the draft ended in 1973, so did all of the unrest, virtually overnight.

[@SweetLittleSoul]

Revisionist history is intoxicating, isn't it?

[@judefernandez9234]

Bill Maher has defended the Vietnam War

[@danvol3835]

You have to realize that Bill is NOT a contemporary of the student activists of the 60s. He was still in Jr. High when the colleges were going at it. Sure, he knows it better than the kids today, but he's not one of them. Maybe his older brother or sister, but he was starry eyed on the sidelines.

[@fourcolorcommentary2909]

As much as I depart from him on MANY subjects, Bill is absolutely correct about the unfortunate hate that exists between folks with differing political viewpoints, these days. I miss the days when I could still have a meal, see a movie, or just hang out with a friend who was a liberal, as we good-naturedly ribbed each other about our different outlooks.

[@UPalooza]

The hate built as passive Dems spent 30 years allowing greater and greater offenses from the Right. The Dems allowed the Right to get where they are. They are spineless.

[@billwilliams4247]

Its hard to do when your friends support a rapist, nazi felon.

[@ralphralpherson9441]

As a more libertarian guy who, on the broad spectrum, holds about 65% more conservatve views than liberal ones, I give Bill a lot of credit. Many on the left close ranks and start deflecting anytime one criticizes the left or any of their ideas... At least Bill is honest and sensible enough to call out the left when they go too far as much as he is calling out the right. I'll be the first to admit I dont love every single modern conservative position. (for example, I really dont care if 2 dudes get married) But the modern left has gone SO FAR off the tracks, its a damn clown show anymore.

[@mikeyaeger9279]

I consider myself a conservative independent, Its been a long time since I heard anyone on the right talking about gay marriage. Its the madbess of men playing womens sports and children gaving life alrering sex changes that are so drazy. I actually was going yo ssy that one if the big problems on the right left divide is that the right considers liberals dumb but the left considers every conservative as an evil fascist far right extremist.

[@MafistoOU812]

​@ralphralpherson9441 can you tell me what RINO stands for?

[@JimiGosu]

I don't know exactly when it started. Just 13 years ago, people had different political views BUT WE STILL SAT AT THE SAME TABLE. We ate the same crappy fast food burger, drank the same milkshake from the same broken machine, BUT WE DIDN'T HATE EACH OTHER FOR VOTING FOR THE OTHER GUY. What happened!? When did things change from "my fellow Americans" to "us vs them?"

[@robby2161]

It's pretty simple actually... When the left decided that Trump was a threat to their marxist, socialist, anti-American anti-freedom view of the world, they used whatever tactics they could to smear him and supporters, effectively polarizing the country politically and making it socially "acceptable" to hate the other side. I squarely blame the dems on this

[@bonglesnodkins329]

Obama was elected to deliver "hope and change". But he had no intention of delivering either. He was just a genial, charming corporatist who worked for CitiGroup and had absolute no desire to deliver any kind of New Deal, which the country was crying out for. Sanders would have tried to do so in 2016, but he was stomped by the DNC. So although Trump and the MAGA Republicans are the immediate menace, it's the failure of Democrats to aim for anything more than status quo corporatism that has really led the USA to this point.

[@kellygrant3074]

MAGA hat. That is when it changed. Some dude I worked with was a pot farmer and Still thought DJT was gonna fix everything. Lies and grift.

[@drewtheunspoken3988]

It started around 2013 when Twitter blew up. It got worse in 2015-2016 with the Presidential Race. I don't know how we fix things.

[@Dooodeeeeaintfreee]

It's annoying and I hate it. Can't even talk to my parents without one bringing up biden ruining the country. I just don't care. It's exhausting.

[@CactusJack60]

It's so hilarious that Bill pisses off both the right in the left so much.. but the left seems to get the most upset about it. Y'all proving his point time and time again.

[@salahaldin447]

What point ? Can you explain please

[@lotos3063]

Bill Maher is a 🤡

[@EpioN]

Bill Maher is fucking stupid dude. That’s why everyone hates him.

[@radwulfeboraci7504]

The smartest guy on the planet hasn't figured out it's not smart to think you're the smartest guy on the planet.

[@rafaelvelez1253]

Sorry but the smartest guy on the planet is the one that acknowledges he is not. We call him Buddha I very seriously doubt he called himself such. The rest of us are wannabes.

[@MikeWoot65]

Speaking of intelligence, do you think men can have babies?

[@kevinmckevitt1564]

Bill has a different reading of Socrates...haha.

[@roarof24]

He claims to be for evolution, but apparently in ways to think, he's against evolution.

[@Alyosha00]

As unlikely, as it sounds (not quite sure he ever meant that hyperbolic assertion), you would still have to prove his points wrong, instead of accusing him personally. Lots of logical lousiness in these comments... when people become too dogamatic on the right or the left, they negate critical thinking.

[@PacoOtis]

When I was very young my Mother told me "Never dislike someone so much you can't work with them" and in the military officer corps for thirty years I thought of what she said so very many times. Best of luck to all of us!

[@takiyaazrin7562]

Wise Words.

[@S-tank_]

My mom always told me "never trust a man that cheats on his wife. If he will betray the woman he loves most on earth and lie to her, he will betray and lie to you." Now I always tell it to her cuz she's hardcore maga lol

[@diy5729]

When you are working in some government/military cushy job is easy to go with that thinking. But in the real world, hostility towards others based on race/politics/culture is very real. I work for a large corporation, actually 2 large corporations and i see how people interact "on the ground" and in the conference rooms. Unfortunately, the hostility actually only goes one way and we know what way.

[@RichardLove-r4l]

@@diy5729 if somebody doesnt like my metoric rise...they rally against me ...its tribal i get it...but im sick of it

[@Arkinals]

Problem is, the filthy rich will sell our democratic republic and they've gotten rich enough & propaganda wise to do it. They have bought the press, inspired a culture war, and were just fined almost a billion $ for lying to aid in the overthrow of the USA.

[@shocktrauma85]

Bill Maher is smug but entertaining. I agree with him about half the time. The other half I think he's lost touch with reality.

[@benwu7980]

I sure do not agree with him 100% of the time, but the main reason I have watched him for so long, is because that he is being honest in what he says. Being honest doesn't mean are always correct, but it's a far step above so many in the media (both sides, albeit not as equally) that are plainly dishonest.

[@calvin2032]

Trump is “entertaining”. I don’t care if he hits the bullseye half the time if the other half he isn’t even hitting the dart board. He thinks students are pro Hamas. What an absolute smug idiot. I won’t cite him when he has the same view as me because his opinion has no weight

[@BelieveWomenWhenWeSay]

Which why I watch his show- I have learned so much about the world through his guests. Sometimes I like- ok white libertarian man blah blah, and other times I’m like- oh wow, I didn’t know that/think about that/etc. My life has changed for the better watching Bill Maher’s show- not because of Bill Maher himself, but because of the opportunity to hear different viewpoints that allow me to hone in on what I think about the world based on hearing different people sharing their different ideas, life experiences, knowledge and opinions. I live in a town where people do not want to hear opposing viewpoints and it frustrates me because our little city is having many issues because there cannot be a consensus about how to move forward as discussions of varying beliefs are virtually impossible. It saddens me greatly.

[@CCEkeke]

His interview with Marianne Williamson on Club Random revealed how out of touch Maher has become. He complains about how LA is not falling apart based on what he sees when "driven around" the city. But when Williamson said she visited Skid Row to counter his viewpoint, he's like "well why did you go down there??"

[@jm7804]

I think most people probably agree with him 75% of the time. It's just that the 25% really pisses them off and it feels like a lot more than it actually is. He uses rational thought and common sense the vast majority of the time and that's in short supply these days. I wish he would stop glorifying asshats like Gavin Newsom, who is just as dangerous as Trump, but in completely different ways.

[@marksolomon4248]

Centrism is an endangered species

[@senaheartsong8066]

we need to bring it back

[@firstlast-yn4qg]

Nah the right has to go more right so any compromise is closer to the middle.

[@pittsky]

@@firstlast-yn4qg 🤣🤣🤣

[@mancavedecorations8158]

​@@firstlast-yn4qg"compromise" to a leftist means only one direction

[@giantsr1eva]

@@senaheartsong8066 Our political system is already centrist, that’s why people are demanding change. It’s centrism that needs to go away.

[@yukithesnowman314]

Where's Bill Burr when you need him?

[@throatwobblermangrove8510]

Getting his next COVID booster.

[@DevSodDribble]

Who the fuck is Bill Burr??

[@andrewrodriguez7310]

Calming his TDS riddled wife.

[@meinbherpieg4723]

He already put this fool in his place for conflating Palestinians with Hamas.

[@UpsonPrattJr.]

@@DevSodDribble An angry black man.

[@garrettgarrett9365]

Ronald Reagan never loved illegal immigration. That you refused to call illegal immigration illegal is a problem. The issue isn’t against immigrants, it’s against illegal immigrants.

[@ronblack7870]

true but the whole immigration dept is geared toward kicking people out . there is no emphasis on encouraging legal immigration . even people who have helped us in our wars in the middle east have been denied by immigration after being promised if they help us they can come here. the attitude is - well immigration never promised you that so you get screwed or killed by isis or taliban or whoever.

[@mattbrown1114]

So true

[@Bailark]

The "illegal" part of the illegal immigration thing is just racist garbage. And Reagan presided over an immigration plan which gave "illegal immigrants" a path to amnesty. The current zeitgeist opposes amnesty of any kind. SO...relative to your current conservative, knuckle dragging racists, Reagan was much more accommodating to immigrants. Doubt me? Go say amnesty somewhere in Texas.

[@Deioth]

Yeah, I don't think so, not when you have things like Arizona's Papers Please law that openly targeted anyone that looked sufficiently "foreign" legal nor not, citizen or not, and it has only gotten soooooo much worse since then.

[@garrettgarrett9365]

@@Deioth You simply ask everyone for their ID. No discrimination. Ask Karen for hers too.

[@Mark-oi6dq]

What's worse is they didn't listen to the American people!! I think they forgot we pay them and that they are supposed to be public service .

[@miguelrosado6348]

What's worse is authoritarian people like you that decides to speak for the "American people" as if every American agreed with you.

[@asdfbeau]

The american people have become schizophrenic- with as many subgroups and 'diverse' populations, you can make up anything and _some_ portion of the population will agree with you. This was the plan, all along. We can no longer hold our elected officials accountable because you and I can't even agree on what they should be doing...because you and I dont have enough of a shared background to agree on _anything_.

[@sh60guy25]

We're not a democracy. We never have been. We a constitutional republic.

[@jamesjenningsix]

"When you hate people. You don't listen to people." There is truth in those words.

[@dannyfrog]

It's not the I hate people, but its really hard to talk to people that really believe the election was stolen.

[@hasunited]

Is that why he doesn't read his emails?

[@S-tank_]

The problem with Bill is that he lumps everyone together. He says what a few wackos on the fringes say are a "problem with the left" most of his problems with the left are not mainstream views

[@არარსებული]

@@dannyfrog Is this also true when people think Trump stole the 2016 election with help from Putin? Hillary herself stating "He knows he's an illegitimate president".

[@bigverybadtom]

@@dannyfrog No worse than the people who say Gore won the 2000 election.

[@jaklinhyde]

Mann I love Bill Maher, I think he hit the nail on the head saying that we just hate each other now more than ever probably since before the civil war

[@SixFour0391]

We are afraid of each other, without knowing each other. This can’t always be rectified, but it’s become a default.

[@blackout07blue]

And notice how Maher never does anything to unite the Democratic Party. Never. He’s always a divider, despite having the power to unite the party. He’d rather generalize all the liberal people and suck up to GOP.

[@AlfonseGambino]

Bill Maher is getting better and better imo. I love hearing him roast the left.

[@giantsr1eva]

@JAYTEAM187 If he was truly against communism then he should support defunding the communist police force and border patrol.

[@3tpculp]

@JAYTEAM187 Keep in mind he is on record saying that he would never vote for the criminal Trump.

[@iakopu23]

Watch the Hawk tau interview. You may change your mind.

[@johnyliltoe]

@@iakopu23 I can almost guarantee he doubles down after that interview.

[@BondiAV]

He is bringing up some valid points. Unfortunately, for as long as he keeps voting for the left and influencing his listeners to do the same... the roasting doesn't count.

[@ByronWoolley-x7t]

Let's not be giving the "Reagan Era" such a golden glow. He was an actor, a radio, movie, tv guy, he could communicate.

[@Dbb27]

Reagan made a mess of this country.

[@graddy7jd]

Take that one step further, maybe about a million actually, he destroyed the middle class, he busted unions, he started trickle down economics, he was a racist, he destroyed black neighborhoods with crack. He was a horrid, evil man And he's one of the reasons we have so many homeless right now and so many mentally ill people out on the streets.

[@Dozz70]

Trickle Down Politics was his Big Move and it was an absolute failure! Oh....it helped the Rich like Him....but the rest of us Paid for it!

[@MythsScamsLies]

As you point out, Reagan was simply a talking head. A B actor who could repeat other people's words. He made movies with chimps. How are people missing that? And he was the runway for idiots like George W Moron and Trump.

[@mistiecantey1]

Agree.

[@fruitofspirit]

I must say, I'm the opposite of Maher on many points. But I do appreciate his concern for the polarized views in this nation and what a threat that is. Christ said that a house divided cannot stand. We have to start hearing one another before we tear each other apart. One of the things I liked about John McCain before his death was his willingness to cross the aisle.

[@RayosMcQueen]

Lincoln said „a house divided against itself cannot stand“ "A house divided against itself, cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become lawful in all the States, old as well as new - North as well as South.“

[@Sarcasticron]

This is true and wise. However, it's hard to compromise with people who won't listen to you, don't know anything about your situation yet have strong opinions about things you do which don't affect them or anybody, and actively tear down your humanity. E.g. you can't ask trans people to please be trans only where no one can see them, or ask black people to be satisfied that they're allowed to vote, and stop complaining that they still experience systemic racism.

[@fruitofspirit]

@@Sarcasticron Yes, this is a democracy. Thankfully, not a theocracy. Though I'm a Christian, I don't support a union of church and state. We live under grace, not law. I believe it was Joshua in the old testament who said, "Choose you this day who you will serve. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Still, he said "choose" to the surrounding cultures.

[@fruitofspirit]

@@Sarcasticron And btw, my youngest child who I love dearly is trans and an atheist. We don't see eye to eye on many points, but our love sustains us. I think it was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Who said, "I have decided to stick to love. Hate is too great a burden to bear." But I hear your concerns about others who use religion as a guide for their hatred and oppression. It's a real concern. And those people must be held accountable.

[@Rocky-w5r]

When some of these popular guys have a book coming out, they get to tour the whole mainstream media promoting it.

[@shhhhh.242]

Pushing an Agenda

[@johnfox9939]

Which is okay, is it not ?!

[@Kirklandjeans]

Yes, it's called a book tour. Just you see a celebrity on any late night show for example they're their promoting something specific. No disrespect.

[@Troy-Monroe]

Yes, very good. They call it a book tour.

[@cutehumor]

Enjoy watching bill all over KZbin

[@myradtrust]

Thankyou for some rare impartial reporting and commentary.

[@davevail7765]

Good for you Bill, not reading the hate mail. You seem to be the only one who represents my views on our great country these days. It is now a "them and us", and I agree, it's not going to go away anytime soon.

[@carlyar5281]

You do realize that your comment was made by your parents 20- 30 years ago, and your grandparents 50 years ago, right?

[@julienlamberto9857]

Dating apps have been disastrous for men and women, but particularly men.

[@nicolasm400]

for homo sapiens, it's been the case for a long long time that women have the upperhand in dating/mating and that they are the ones selecting the mate. Social dating apps, indeed, excacerbate that dynamic even worse.

[@RandoMuser-h1o]

what? men get handed sex so much more easily, isn't that they want? women have debased themselves for men.

[@timothyoswald8618]

What it will take to fix this country: federal education standards and a higher minimum wage for teachers and their support staff. Education is the only only thing that has a chance to eliminate ignorance.

[@mancavedecorations8158]

Except when it accepts ignorance as a goal.

[@rmac3217]

Teachers are the worst example of socialism, they need more options of employers to not be such sheep just to keep their job. Children going to public school especially have to be mature and confident enough to understand the politics of their bottom of the barrel teachers who failed at school themselves, and kids running wild around them who should be expelled to military schools, otherwise they are cooked meat from the start.

[@rmac3217]

Teachers are the worst example of socialism, they need more options of employers to not be such followers just to keep their job. Children going to public school especially have to be mature and confident enough to understand the politics of their bottom of the barrel teachers, who failed at school themselves, and kids running wild around them who should be expelled to military schools, otherwise they are cooked meat from the start.

[@rmac3217]

​Teachers are the worst example of socialism, they need more options of employers to not be such followers just to keep their job. Children going to public school especially have to be mature and confident enough to understand the politics of their bottom of the barrel teachers, who failed at school themselves, and kids running wild around them who should be expelled to military schools, otherwise they are cooked meat from the start.

[@Jonathan-si2nd]

Teachers mostly under perform and are compensated for their simple education and low overall time investment far better than most professionals. No, they just need to teach and stay out of politics.

[@sambathleng]

I am 💯 percent with bill mahar

[@clavo3352]

Incredible honesty from Mahar to admit he did not know what the answer was to the "division by hate" Fareed was referring to. The US needs a National Citizenship exam; or, a bonus Income Tax Credit exam that involves an understanding of the purpose of the US Constitution and or at minimum the PREAMBLE to the US Constitution.

[@J.MarlborAlvarado-zq5ej]

For the first time in history, a national party is taking side to a World movement (New World Order), and from there, giving priorities to foreign matters or needs before a national interests. Vote republican, buddy!!

[@TonyKirkland]

Yeah, it was very refreshing to finally hear someone in the public eye actually say something relable.

[@RobertSimpson-b2j]

I don't always agree with Bill, but he often makes sense

[@N3VURMYND]

Its always a grift. Always.

[@gen_z_hippichikk]

Mafia Don charged the secret service $150 million for staying at his resorts while he played golf. 🤔

[@unwishfulthink]

You need to define grift, can’t simply be what you don’t like

[@themaverickfiles2020]

@@gen_z_hippichikkand Joke Byedone has taken the most vacation out of any other President, which our tax money is funding…

[@Nevernowaynope]

Grift?! He's in entertainment and put out a freakin book. Don't like? Don't buy. Don't like? Don't watch. What a baby😂

[@jm7804]

Digital trading cards with a politician as a superhero is a grift. Selling bibles with your name in it is a grift. Naming a fake university after yourself and ripping off students is a grift. Having a TV show, podcast, and writing a book is not a grift.

[@RetroLuv_]

Been watching Bill for 20 years... he hasnt changed

[@thomasm514]

He's changed over time. But the accusation that he's shifted politically ... pretty baseless imo.

[@MrSosa1969]

Very interesting interview. Bill’s commentary is a view that the Country has swung to extremes - Left and Right , that if not careful will destroy it from within .

[@gen_z_hippichikk]

The actual extreme is reality vs nonreality.

[@AngelaKSellsHomes]

He's the one swinging to the extremes. Most of the country is in the middle.

[@calvin2032]

The country is swinging to the Right. The Democratic Party is right of center when compared to basically every other western country

[@gen_z_hippichikk]

@@calvin2032 every election is the most corporatist Dem vs the most corporatist repug. 🤔

[@lisdaumas823]

Hello! I think Bill Maher is what he is; true and simple. He sees the world like most of us, confused and desperate. He's brilliant and I want his book.

[@nietzscheankant6984]

He literally just lied in this interview, and this makes you want to give him your money? A'ight...

[@hondasan6531]

I agree with Bill about hate. I'm real tired of the negativity and polarization. We're all Americans...what happened to agree to disagree? Now it's if you don't believe my way, you're my enemy.

[@Christmas12]

or in Maher's case if you don't agree with him you're stupid, and this is why this is 'his thing' and not 'your thing' (actual quotes from last week viral self-embarrassment)

[@gaiagoddess8009]

Polarization seems to be rampant on one side. Not saying it's not on the other, but one side is way more vocal. And, it's not hatred or negativity to separate/divide myself from the extremists in this nation; it's self-preservation. How can I be friends or date someone or listen to someone try to justify their support of a rapist? Or someone who supports the mistreatment of "other" human beings? Or who caused/supported the taking of bodily autonomy away from half the country? Or who supported the day those supporters threatened to unalive people in our nation's Capitol, and wiped their feces on walls? That's just a COUPLE of things off the top of my head, fresh in my mind. If one supports this guy who wishes to emulate Putin and Xi and Orban, there is nothing going to bring us together. That man has to disappear in order for this country to heal. Maybe then the "radical" idea of ACCEPTING others for who and what they are - as their TRUE Lord and savior intended - can happen. Agree to disagree happens today in my conversations with people who believe in it. But there are some who just will not see.

[@christerry1773]

Well if you ask the left, it’s all the right. If you ask the right it’s all the left.

[@carlyar5281]

Every time I see Bill speak now he is repeating talking points that fuel this polarization and hate. 3:25 according to him “ the left” has these crazy ideas like people should be allowed to be themselves. Agree to disagree does not mean cutting down people who are different than you or perpetuating harmful ideas. He doesn’t have to believe that people can be healthy at a variety of weights, but claim that view is wrong is factually incorrect, and yes, it is harmful. I say this, as someone who has never been overweight in their life, so it’s not personal, but I see the harm from these outdated views. And yes, it is polarizing.

[@christerry1773]

@@carlyar5281 looking down at people because of their weight is wrong yes, but when people and celebrities lose weight that’s viewed by some as a bad thing.

[@01LTO]

Most people can’t seem to realize that the vast majority of politicians want us to hate each other for their political, monetary and power grabbing benefit!

[@elietheprof5678]

There are SOME valid cases of “It’s not that I’m getting old, it’s that your ideas are just stupid.” For example, older millennials are right when they criticize the enshittification of tech.

[@p.chuckmoralesesquire3965]

here here!

[@foujj]

"You're ideas are stupid." It's a crack up that you can say this and not be ordering people off your lawn in a bathrobe.

[@p.chuckmoralesesquire3965]

bill is such an edge-lord, he's unmarried, childless, and smokes pot wow. sounds like another way to say uninteresting loser.

[@joeyj6808]

Honestly, I give zero fux about what gen a person belongs to. I despise it when geezers say kids don't know how to work. I see them work hard daily. And speaking as a geezer, I hate it when kids say all Boomers are MAGA chuds. People can be shitty no matter how old, just like they can be ubercool. Don't matter age, gender or race - people are people.

[@milascave2]

True. The one thing that I agreed with Maher on in this bit is that tech is ruining the capacity of all people, but especially young people, to socialize and have human interactions. And those dating apps are a big part of the problem.

[@bigcountry5520]

For the past 7,000 years, there has always been a struggle between the Nomads (Rural folk) and the City Builders (Urban folk). The Nomads are connected to the processes that are required for LIFE to happen. City Dwellers are connected to existential realities, that create demand for the Nomads productivity, and this provides Economic potential. Works great, until the City Dwellers begin to tell the Nomads, how to do the job...that they've been doing for thousands of years. These 2 worlds can only exist side by side; However, they CAN NOT exist as one and the same. There must be TOLERANCE, for the system to function. Nomads must be allowed to be...nomadic, and City Dwellers must be allowed to live existentially. This is why the Electoral College is so important. It provides Nomads the required political protection, against and ever increasing City population, and a shrinking Nomad population. Respecting this boundary is what makes us great, and not divided.

[@harryflashman4542]

A misconception of cultures of which there are three basic types. Hunter/gatherer, Nomadic/Pastoralist, Agricultural.

[@mcrsrm]

Do you know how Electoral College works? Look at a 2020 presidential election map broken down by county. Look at the red and the blue. The cities still win.

[@David-hr5ml]

Not nomads, rural people. And the rural population can survive without the urban population. The same is not true in reverse.

[@billbirkett7166]

@@David-hr5ml I've met people in the city who literally don't realize that their food comes from farms.

[@keifer7813]

​@@David-hr5ml Who do you think was responsible for the elimination of diseases like smallpox? Rural folks or urban folks?

[@ttee6990]

Yay! Bill! You’re having your head on straight! Speak it! Call out wherever stupidity where it is on either side! Thank you

[@michaelhart6528]

In your words Maher people who hate don’t listen. You hate him so bad you DON’T LISTEN.

[@jacques-fb6xy]

Trump does not have a single idea except what can i say to make them vote for me! Hell, i will say anything that they want to hear!

[@KimberlyDamico-nd7ev]

🎉 we hear you loud & Clear !!

[@daveparker5569]

He’s the same. The left has gone as nuts as the right.

[@EmilyJolie-e8t]

I agree, I used to be a democrat but these people are communists and I can’t vote for republicans because they are crazy! Can we please get a normal candidate instead of one corrupt senile and one arrogant senile?

[@alexugut9978]

Bill Maher is funny and inteligent. He is Cou Cou when talking Trump

[@jjr41879]

what is he when he is appalled by the ignorance and absence of mind of both Biden and Trump? If this is a good as it gets, we are in deep doo-doo right now. Just when you think it can't get worse, it does.

[@carolstanfield588]

Bill, thank you. Just listening to your sane, even statements gives me hope. I needed this today.❤

[@jjc4577]

Maher is the epitome of irony: he talks about how irrationally hateful both sides are to each other and how bad for the US it is, then goes into a TDS tirade.

[@t.j.mcfadden7993]

you don't have to like Trump to vote for him. I wouldn't want him to date my sister, he's obnoxious and a blowhard. But he is also the ONLY politician who is RIGHT about issues neccesary for the survival of this nation, when Joe Biden is WRONG about EVERYTHING. So I think of what's best for the United States of America, look at my choices and vote TRUMP!

[@C_mao]

Bill is right.

[@jimmythebold589]

only about a couple things.

[@AmberSweetPea]

The eggplant emoji and "sup" comment is so freaking accurate. Young guys are horrible at talking to women 90% of the time now and think it's acceptable....partly because 304s accept that and put out with no effort, which of course sends the message to men that we're all 304s for the street that take no effort to get sex out of - which taints the dynamics of our relationships and how men view women.

[@justinteichroeb1221]

Young women are also horrible at holding conversations…

[@ddstanfield9259]

Please speak to everyone on the video by not using internet /computer language that 20 year olds understand I can guess what the eggplant is 304, No clue

[@Michelle01xcvb]

What is a 304?

[@amuletk]

You are correct Bill Maher

[@KingDerek58]

He just gave a whole speech about how both sides call each other an existential threat...then goes on to say Trump will try to overthrow democracy.

[@ArachnerdGC]

Trump's already tried once, it's pretty obvious he'll try again. Pay attention!

[@nikitaglushkov8473]

How do you call trying to overthrow the results of a transparent democratic election because you don't like the results?

[@wannamontana4130]

... and? .... What part of that is incorrect?

[@riffhammeron]

He already HAS tried

[@christerry1773]

And?

[@bobikdylan]

Independent thinking has always been rare, but now people are so polarised that they are afraid of deviating from their tribe in case they are seen as aiding the enemy. I'm a European who thinks the Dems are arch capitalists, so the Left-Right paradigm of the USA means nothing to me. However, over here we see the same kind of thing taking place. If you define yourself as Left-wing, you are expected to take on a raft of beliefs that have nothing to do with politics. I'm over sixty, and I remember when political movements were broad churches. Now they seem like sects.

[@dottiebaker6623]

You'd like Peter Coyote's latest short video on You Tube. He spells out what you're saying very clearly and briefly.

[@marsupial3ew]

Great advice! I stopped listening to Bill Maher decades ago!

[@luisdavidllense2293]

Bill Maher is a self-entitled little rich fool trying to make himself relevant by using big words when he's high in the sky. Classic neoliberal stooge. Only impressionable children think he's somewhat of a 'wise man.'

[@tonygibbs8214]

You are two steps behind Deniro in ruining your Legacy

[@oldlaw67]

Bill Maher: "It’s not that I’ve gotten old. It’s that your ideas are stupid." Outstanding. I'm not on the Left, but Bill has some valid points. If progressives would just try to go through life without being insane...

[@DedrickLucious-eq6jb]

Some on the right believe in white supremacy and Christianity ruling the country.

[@oaim50]

Students who went to class were indeed threatened in the '60's when there were student strikes. I know from experience that they could be quite violent about it.

[@HighCountryRambler]

"Students who went into class"? Got news for you, in the 60's if we weren't in class we were thrown out of school, period. And there were protests, but no such thing as a student strike because we understood we would be tossed. Most of the protest was about the Vietnam draft notices we were getting as seniors in high school. Today our paychecks are being drafted so other kids can die.

[@OmniChrome]

True! Bill has woken up in the last decade but is pretending what was happening while he was asleep was different because he had a nice dream version of events.

[@mrhouse12]

I know a lot of people nowadays have a negative view of religion (a lot of times that’s justified). But I think a major drawback on this is that people no longer have a reason to forgive others. It’s just easier to write them off instead of seeing them as your brother/sister, still loving them, and forgiving them, even if it doesn’t benefit you immediately.

[@imrael496]

Bill finally woke up to how ridiculous the far left is.

[@aep1974]

I've watched videos and read a lot about how no one can have a civil conversation with someone with whom they disagree anymore. Much of what I've read and seen points to the fact that we have at least two generations now that grew up largely in the internet/social media age. It's been absolutely devastating and detrimental to communication and critical thinking skills. I don't know where we go from here.

[@sarahsnowe]

And people don't realize there's a better way to behave.

[@cgarv101]

@@sarahsnowe Exactly to both of you. "This" is normal to two generations. And therapists are wondering why there's so much child suicide and angst.

[@95DarkFire]

"Just because something is new makes it is better." This sums up the entire "woke" ideology in one statement. Thank you Bill.

[@davidk1493]

Maher is a clever entertainer who has made a fortune. He is not an expert on any particular crucial subject. Sometimes his opinions make sense and sometimes they don't. He is also a compulsive self-promoter with a big ego which is usually a requirement in his line of work. No one should take Maher as a nuanced thinker who cherishes in depth knowledge above entertainment and self-promotion.

[@TreatzTMA]

He’s more than that though. He has taken risks and literally been cancelled. More than any of the commenters can say.

[@wannamontana4130]

OK Mr. David in depth knowledge person. Please take us in depth of your superior knowledge and lead us through a specific idea that you feel different about. Please include your nuanced and researched insights.

[@judefernandez9234]

​@@TreatzTMA Except he doesn't take risks anymore all he does on his show is whine about "wokeism" and transgender people.

[@TreatzTMA]

@@judefernandez9234 reasonable point, however, although he does criticize those elements, he unequivocally states that it’s not worse than Trumpism and he has definitely been very pointed, or risk taking about that. He has provoked Trump many times

[@TreatzTMA]

@@judefernandez9234 and to be sure, my takeaway from Maher, and has been for 20+ years, is it’s ok to disagree. Air it out and respect the “other side” and why, for instance, some people are moving to Trump despite his obvious, um, character flaws lol.

[@MasterhpIke]

Men have not lost their abiility to talk to women, women standards have skyrocketed since tinder.

[@slackermcfly545]

He's right about young men not knowing how to court women today. It's bizarre.

[@danielhackney7806]

So how do you court a women that won't even consider a man who's under 6 ft tall??? Women today who are 2's and 3's will only give men who are 7's or above a first look. Until my son finished his Master Degree in engineering and was bringing home over $220K a year he was getting few prospects. He couldn't grow taller, so he grew his wallet. luckily women are still interested in successful men. Especially in this shitty Biden high priced economy!

[@bonglesnodkins329]

It's compounded by the problem that the financial emancipation of women has left around 25% of the young male population with pretty much nothing to offer their female counterparts.

[@BuyBBStonk]

These comments are ridiculous

[@blackout07blue]

Yeah, everyone is just pro-Hamas and pro- communism…. Not simply against mass-slaughter of refugee camps since Israel funded Hamas, and pro-FDR/Europe policies.

[@martins.28]

@@blackout07blue Did you just try to prove him wrong by making yet another ridiculous comment? What a strange strategy. Attacking jewish students and chanting „from the river to the sea…“ is definitely not „against mass-slaughter“ it’s pure antisemitism. And Israel funded Hamas? Bill Maher is right, your ideas are stupid.

[@marane-hand]

@@blackout07blue Yes, pro hamas and pro communism. Should be illegal like in many countries.

[@JS-rz5gx]

Women have changed a lot. To many of them, monogamy is a type of timber.

[@paconner27]

One of our great public intellectuals.😜

[@elainealibrandi6364]

To quote Rodney King: "Can't we all just get along?"

[@michaelblaes9847]

No.

[@setnsun21]

Disappointed with his response to how have we gotten here. It’s FOX NEWS

[@tsntana]

Speaking of Fox News, he appeared as a guest on Gutfeld last week.

[@tonyennis1787]

Maybe it's CNN and MSNBC.

[@MMMHOTCHEEZE]

@@tonyennis1787 Nope, definitely the Fox News brain rot opinion programming like Fox and Friends, Tucker Carlson, and The Five. Notice how none of those show names have the word news in it. Fox News itself made the argument in court that no reasonable person would consider Tucker Carlson’s show on Fox News a credible news source and that their programming is, in fact, nothing more than entertainment (Brain Rot).

[@danielloo9268]

You're nuts

[@jshudo44]

Bill Maher is one of those rare Liberals that goes on to other conservative talk shows/podcasts and is willing to have discussions. He also does the same for conservatives.

[@jankench1731]

He has a point you know guys.

[@jdanorthwest]

Bill is a cranky old crone with a big ego.

[@theCommentDevil]

On what specifically though? All I hear is whining about things he heard on Fox news

[@bryan805]

@@theCommentDevil you ought to tune in there sometime to step out of your echo chamber and discover the views of the majority of Americans

[@heartofahobbit]

​@@theCommentDevilOn Common Sense! It seems that Common Sense has become a super power! So many people don't use facts to make common sense decision. They use an emotional response, a reactionary response, rather than thinking through an issue and formulating a better, smarter, fact-based response.

[@theCommentDevil]

@@bryan805 such as? I asked for one point and instead of making one you attack. Seems I'm correct

[@rep10101]

I totally agree with Maher …. Well mostly

[@joannlarson6386]

To often the media comes off as rich people that were born from rich people.

[@ernestoberger7589]

The strategy is always the same: when the truth comes up, interrupt and redirect.

[@acyutanandadas1326]

and deny deny deny

[@GeoScorpion]

Uh... what? I'm a Viet Nam war baby, so clearly I wasn't there, but my Viet Nam Vet Dad and all pro-military/pro-soldier protestors were very much attacked viciously by anti-war protestors back then. There are award-winning photographs of the ironic violence of anti-war protestors. On that front, not much has changed: Protests are controlled mobs with a barely controlled mob mentality. That may be a good thing, sometimes, but the monster is always there lurking beneath the surface of even the most peaceful protests.

[@cgarv101]

There was "good people" on both sides. (I can't believe I just said that!) Anyway, what we have today we didn't back then, is wall to wall video coverage. Now the crimes are much harder to cover up and the lies much more easily exposed. That includes all the 'infiltration' by the FBI into left and right wing groups in the 60s and 70s. There was violence on both sides. The pro-war folks hated the hippies, and the hippies saw some of the pro war types as Nazis and bootlickers for Uncle Sam. Both sides also made excellent points, though being an 'old hippie' myself, I still have to agree, war is only ever a last resort option.

[@MrsJackie1956]

We were also involved in the Vietnam war. We are not involved in the Israel war.

[@johnjames5459]

Beyond the funding and arming of it, of course.

[@EmmsReality]

🤣 we paid for it

[@born2lewse]

and the establishment of the state….

[@EmmsReality]

@@born2lewse can’t we blame Britain for that one?

[@jw7956]

Love Bill! Your insights are very much needed in this twisted world!

[@markoliver5494]

I'm a conservative but I love this guy

[@marvinrosenthal6158]

The extremes have forgotten that only compromise can move us forward, in any positive way.

[@theoneandonlyjzzhm]

Bill hasn’t changed- wise and brave as ever.

[@j.d.376]

I stopped watching Bill Maher two after covid, couldn't handle the smugness anymore.

[@bryceerickson1568]

I thought Larry king died

[@garrett6064]

"Women haven't changed." Right, cause the 80's was full of girl-bosses. "If he dont earn more than my OF account I dont even want to see him."

[@Anon.y.mous1503]

It’s acerbic wit, not acid wit.

[@zor5559]

The words are synonymous.

[@TomCrockett-bl1gp]

You kids! And that Beatles music. What is that?😂

[@wildfire60]

Devil's music. 😄

[@peaceloveharmony7213]

@@wildfire60 Lol, yep. They also said their hair was too long. Those “damn hippies!” ✌🏼🥰🎶

[@Rick-l6e]

damn hippies!

[@Ghostedfaet]

Beetles suck and they are not even an American band

[@Chaucy]

and your PAC-MAN video games. 🤨

[@dl2543]

Love Bill... he isn't afraid to call out the Woke left..etc.

[@brob-zy8zi]

No, sorry Bill.... Women have changed. Please, do not tell me that the majority of young women today have the same grace, natural beauty, softness, kindness, maturity, and femininity as they did even just 40 years ago. They do not.

[@conorewing9213]

Women for the most part just like men in the western world have been spoiled into pompousness and stupidity. We are throwing away social and fiscal freedoms because we do not appreciate the freedoms that western society offer.

[@rissaroybal]

I agree with both of you!

[@onlyme219]

Bill's only skill is bring smug

[@jamiematheson3724]

I’d forgotten how much I love listening to Bill 😂

[@RobertoYglesias-u5e]

Great deep interview, thanks.

[@jhegre]

Bill Mahers "sharp analysis" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@i.am.navkaur]

I'm a 53 yo left winger and this interview made me dislike Bill Maher a little.

[@joerichardwad1645]

Why? What exactly did you disagree with?

[@MooseMedley]

You are so right. I’m very far left and my teacher let his autoplay go in class after watching the news and I had to listen to this bullshit

[@tommycoopersmagiccarpetwea817]

Because he questioned some of your beliefs?

[@Max4Z]

Typical white liberal comment 🍵

[@KTPurdy]

Maher has a lot of wisdom.

[@makaylahollywood3677]

Bill Maher is great, i agree 100% on his male- female dilemma- and, new is not always better. Today is out-of-control.

[@roklucaj]

I honestly believe that the worst thing that has happened to society is the internet and social media. I believe it would have been ok with if the internet was accessible via schools, libraries and even corporations. It would be more of a controlled environment. But it's accessible from any device any location with no real filters in place. People have been relegated to socializing behind a keyboard and a smartphone. No real face-to-face conversations. So many things have suffered because of social media. Although technology has progressed and matured, humanity has not kept pace with it.

[@Mutation80]

Yeah, social media, internet is a nuke on a free society. People are not able to handle the massive amounts of information, misinformation, propaganda etc. Completely lost

[@martymcfly1776]

You are so right. The internet is sewer of lies and misinformation. I believe that in time, I don't know how much time, content on the internet will become strictly regulated.

[@apolloorosco6852]

I agree but I believe the invention of the smart phone is more to blame.

[@FatLittleBirdtheThird]

Agree. Complicated debate. I think the readily available information/disinformation is what makes our country so polarized. Too many people watch only media that supports their thinking. I always remind people that there used to be a magazine, The Week, which published political articles that covered right and left equally. It wasn’t about party affiliation, but information. I wish people would take the time to do research. It could be as simple as subscribed to a couple different right/left/progressive/MAGA news sources. We are a country of free speech and ideas. Don’t remain ignorant when there is so much credible information out there.

[@justananonymousperson7011]

I generally agree; as originally invented the internet was used for sharing research. The lack of Truth is disappointing. However the proliferation of the internet has allowed the common person to become a author, comic artist, and such. (IE: Webcomics, self-published books) Which I think is a very good thing, not allowing corporation sole control over the (fiction) media. allowing new ideas in

[@mannyhernandez6507]

He makes a lot of sense.

[@notsological3734]

"When you hate people, you don't listen to them." great point then process to hating on Trump? what?!

[@DeutschlandDenDeutschen1848]

It's hard not to hate on trump. Howevers I wouldn't be so hard on his supporters.

[@jacques-fb6xy]

Nothing of value to like on Trump.He has proven that to many times, cannot erased history.

[@KellyGarvin-w4m]

Obama the unifier??!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 OMG he took race relations back 60 years!

[@karstenswiridjuk4747]

Nailed it.