'We're always seething about each other': Bill Maher on state of political discourse in US

Comedian Bill Maher sits down with Anderson Cooper to discuss his new book and the state of political discourse in the US. #CNN #News

[@jspres86]

"How crazy is it when politicians are a joke and comedians are taken seriously?" - Will Rogers

[@ChineduOpara]

Real talk

[@indranidasgupta8982]

Seriously, but imo it’s because in general politicians lie and comedians tell the ugly truth.

[@rajeevdsamuel]

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[@ChineduOpara]

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[@compareandcontrast6629]

More than anyone else on this planet, Merrick Garland ought to have been the one to know Republicans would attempt to run out the clock...

[@williamanderson4029]

Then he should have brought charges on Jan 7th, not waited 3 years until trump decided to run again.

[@MeBo-kp2lp]

Trump decided to run in February 2021. He announced his campaign before Biden's move to white house was complete. His team knew that his actions will have consequences and election interference claim is the only excuse left to escape the justice and they spent a ton of money on delay tactics.

[@rizzo021]

​@@williamanderson4029if they had grounds they would have

[@HuskyOwner-bl1jf]

@@williamanderson4029 Garland isn't an AG, he is a politician He didn't want to bring charges until the Jan 6th committee put a ton of evidence out for everyone to see Trump has hidden behind the presidency for years and even now is claiming absolute immunity for life

[@waterfuntimes]

@@rizzo021 "they'd"

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[@ianbauer4703]

"The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.” - George Orwell, 1984

[@persimon6803]

Russian history books published this century

[@spud2go]

The best libraries offend everyone. The worst libraries are those the GOP wants to create.

[@joerogain5025]

''Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.'' Voltaire

[@playedout148]

Trust the scientific process to reveal truth.

[@elizabethstanley7137]

Like wokeism.

[@herballycorrect]

Do you think it was appropriate for Joe Biden to shower with his teenage daughter? In her diary, she spoke of showering late at night only after her father had gone to sleep so he wouldn't join her.

[@herballycorrect]

@@playedout148 Do you think it was appropriate for Joe Biden to shower with his teenage daughter? In her diary, she spoke of showering late at night only after her father had gone to sleep so he wouldn't join her.

[@Mr.H-zu1jc]

@@elizabethstanley7137you can’t even define woke.

[@January.]

"the son of an orangutan" is HILARIOUS.

[@pauldiam0nd]

😒

[@Metalbass10000]

An orangutan can be taught to be more well behaved...

[@tammyjohnson1927]

I'll get over yourself it is funny he kind of resembles one when you look at that hair. And besides he's talked about people worse Trump's a maniac.

[@user-mz1kt6iz4e]

@@January. An orangutan would have way better taste. Have you ever seen Donald Trump's mother? No way!

[@joeysworldsewer]

​@@January. I IZ A NIGGA FO TRUMP

[@Lauren_1987]

I like that Bill Maher talks about topics that most people are afraid to discuss. He is blunt. He is direct. He is also super smart.

[@avedic]

There's _plenty_ I disagree with Bill on. I think on some cultural things he's an old man set in his ways who doesn't realize his own lack of knowledge on certain topics. Despite that....I really like him and find him super valuable in the discourse. I don't need to agree with anyone 100% of the time to respect them. Also...Bill has a knack for speaking to conservatives such that they listen. What other liberal can do that?? Or even tries?

[@benwu7980]

@@avedic It can go wrong on Real Time with the current format of only 2 on the panel, but I suppose could still call that informative.

[@CybershamanX]

"Super smart." 🙄🤪

[@pattiemarin5219]

I think Bill Maher is another narcissist that thinks he’s always right. Didn’t buy his “I don’t hate anyone” speech. I love some of his jokes, but he is too intense and conceited to be considered any better than Trump.

[@Mark-kq6ch]

TDS can affect anyone regardless of IQ.

[@salb4982]

Bill gives himself a high five every time he’s alone

[@mars8923]

He’s knows certain things like Trump is really bad but it feels like he over corrects with some of the both sides stuff as if they’re equal. Disingenuous.

[@KrisCorby-iv8dg]

And so he should! I would too, if I were him! Well played BM!...🤘

[@mannysr67]

Well said. He is full of himself. He’s preaching “get over yourself”, meanwhile can’t get over himself.

[@joerogain5025]

''Fascism will come to America wrapped in the Flag 🇺🇸 carrying a Cross ✝.'' Sinclair Lewis

[@gab4690]

Buzz word of the day?

[@adk192]

America is a Christian nation

[@camthur5050]

"If fascism ever comes to America, it will come in the name of liberalism." -- Ronald Reagan

[@mattreynolds7613]

​You said it ​@@camthur5050

[@BooksForever]

@@camthur5050Reagan got so much wrong, I would not be citing him as an authority on any given matter.

[@dlcs1406]

I watched 5 minutes of a The Apprentice segment and I said "why?" That was more than 10 years ago and I am still saying "why?"

[@Therealtruthsocial]

The tag line "you're fired" was a turn off to me! The thought of a trust fund baby like Trump saying it made me sick!

[@gezenews]

And yet everyone loved him during that time. they only started to really hate him when he bombed Syria and told the truth about it: "OIL SECURED". Crazy how he was able to oppose the 80 year tradition of destroying poor countries and surreptitiously trying to overthrow governments after Obama did it a record 7 times in one go.

[@danmarquez3971]

@@Therealtruthsocial You are right on. I saw one partial episode and immediately disliked Trump's greed and ego. I was surprised my workplace's head of marketing watched the show religiously. In hindsight, the company did not do very well because of such shortsightedness.

[@philippetsoukias833]

I disagree, my wife and I used to watch it, it was great bad TV. Never thought I was watching a future President though.

[@rambleon2838]

I actually like the first part of the first season. When the main goal of the show was to pit everyone against each other, it was a turn off, but this set the stage of how people treat each other today. MAGA politics became a spitting image of that show.

[@GregC_23]

"Politically Incorrect" is what defines Maher best.

[@michaeljaquish9708]

YES! Merritt Garland blew it. Garland's appointment as the Attorney General ranks at the top of the list of Joe Biden's worst choices during his first Presidential term and it could well cost us our democracy.

[@bryancollins6796]

There is no equivalency with one side advocating for a government that operates as a dictatorship. There is no both sides argument.

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

​@@ryblack5032the side that was fine with throwing out our votes the last time? Yeah that makes sense.

[@matthewmillwood5607]

🤡

[@PlanetJimmer]

There are probably more similarities than you are willing to see. Take the DNC, for instance. They are absolutely dictators, they admitted so much in the lawsuit Bernie Sanders filed against them in Florida after they blocked him from running.

[@quepessi5890]

The legit dictators are the left

[@COO415]

@bryanc. Amen. I've had it with Bill's BS.

[@elliotswincher4410]

I agree with Bill that diversity strengths us but within reason. There are certain people we should be allowed to hate if they are toxic (engaged in unprovoked murder, kidnappings, sexual abuse, other forms of abuse, and genocide) and if they threaten the state our democracy and the basic American values we all share. I don't hate every Trump supporter unless they attack me for my beliefs and want me to accept their beliefs. I always say respect is earned but you never have to accept someone's beliefs because agreeing with everyone is people-pleasing. People who earn respect deserve kindness, love, and equal rights. People who take advantage of others without showing any form of remorse and continue to do things despite asking people to stop deserve to be treated like garbage because "you get what's coming at you" and "if the shoe fits, wear it" and "we must call a spade a spade".

[@ymx7947]

You're a hypocrite. The USA is importing a lot of anti-democratic people such as muslims. They do not want democracy, but you'll be the first to defend them. You do hate Trump supporters and you do hate nationalists, that is blatantly obvious from your hypocritical rant.

[@jimmymags6516]

Areas that are diverse , are the places we have the most violence . Pretty sure diversity is not our strength .

[@user-oy1gp7mo3u]

​@@jimmymags6516 I don't think diversity is the problem. Poverty, mental health, and drugs are the problem. Those three in various combos are a bad mix. Compare inner city LA with rural West Virginia and you've got a lot of messed up people stabbing each other in the back, both literally and figuratively, to get drug money. It's not a color thing, it's a people thing.

[@jimmymags6516]

@@user-oy1gp7mo3u Can you name a diverse area where people get along and crime is low ?

[@jamesthecat]

​@@jimmymags6516You're misunderstanding what Bill meant by diversity. He was referring to the original union, so here the 'diversity' is the very large cultural differences between Northern and Southern states!

[@emsleywyatt3400]

Where is the "center" between a fireman and an arsonist?

[@Scortd]

The center is in reference to being a moderate, which I consider myself, but that is in correlation to the original values of the democratic and republican parties. The Republican party, as it is today, are not conservatives or based on conservative values, it is now maga, based on maga ideology, which is not conservatism, it is authoritarian.

[@johnogrady2418]

The insurance company.

[@PlanetJimmer]

depends on the fireman.

[@demandrederer]

Arsonist firemen

[@Excelcior58]

Seriously! So sick of the automatic assumption that both sides must be equidistant from the answer.

[@BelakeMagnum]

This is why I love Bill. And I am an right leaning libertarian/conservative type. I just love him even if I don't always have to agree with him. I get him, he gets me, and I think I enjoy co-existing with him. We represent all of America and it's nuance. After all, conservative and liberal ideas - even if competing - are equally American, inherently. We need to get back to that understanding. Even as an conservative, I see America as an progressive experiment in which it's citizens free themselves over time. I like Trump, but he's just a guy. Beyond this person, there's a lot to agree upon. We have to get back to a place where we love being Americans again, even if we have our disagreements from time to time on how best to manage our country and help our fellow citizens that we share an planet with. I just want both sides to at least have the same goal of wanting to help their fellow citizen, first and foremost, regardless if there's a debate about how to get there.

[@TheawesomeMrsH]

I have been a fan of Bill’s for decades. But he tends to forget that we know trump’s lack of character and those that still support him are showing that character doesn’t matter. It does. I don’t need trump giving people a reason to be the worst form of themselves.

[@elizabethstanley7137]

Lack of character? Like most politicians?

[@ginadelsasso288]

​@@elizabethstanley7137not most, just the red tie gang.

[@DAN-lo7fz]

@@elizabethstanley7137. Which other politician is a rapist, a tax fraud, an insurrectionist, a thief of >300 TOP SECRET nuclear documents, a grifter of $2.642 BILLION from our foreign enemies, a silencer of prostitutes and a friend of Jeffrey Epstein??? ALL ROLLED INTO ONE PERSON. I’ll wait Stankey.

[@Wojtek-420]

No, this is the problem. Right here. You expecting everyone to actually be Jesus.

[@DAN-lo7fz]

@@Wojtek-420 🤣🤣🤣🤣 One doesn’t have to be JESUS to NOT be a criminal. Or a pervert. Ronald Reagan is not Jesus. Neither is he a criminal nor a pervert. So … what’s your excuse???

[@toroduro7170]

Not the biggest fan. But he is more reasonable than others

[@aes0p895]

he's a smug fool. truly one of the worst pundits on the air.

[@mikejones6065]

@@aes0p895 Not nearly as bad as Tucker Carlson he is the worst period.

[@Sarcasticron]

Better than Steve Bannon? Maybe. But that's an extremely low bar.

[@fredbergstrom4866]

Morning Joe takes that title

[@abstuct1015]

@@aes0p895Thank you.

[@thelarson1000]

If both sides dislike you you’re probably rational

[@WalkiTalki]

Political discourse is just one of many consequences of lawlessness. Some are more severe than others but lawlessness will never improve anything in a free world.

[@cutl00senc]

And it starts from the top down

[@theessentials450]

Biden has dementia

[@paulsmallwood8779]

Sorry Bill, it's way past good and bad people on both sides. America is on the brink, and it's because of one side. It will take the best part of this century to overcome, if at all.

[@elizabethstanley7137]

Well, one side just wants America to be great again. How terrible. (Sarcasm)

[@AntsDrone]

@@elizabethstanley7137America is already great and we could put this Trump Biden, Democrat Republican BS to the side. Neither Trump or Biden are going to fix the problem. You aren’t making America great by supporting Trump.

[@uninformedopinion1668]

It’s your exact kind of thinking that is the problem. You’re so so so certain your party is the good people. Sound thinking, but small thinking.

[@changingworld7467]

Arrogance and intelligence are not the same thing...stop patting yourself on the back. You just look stupid.

[@DAN-lo7fz]

@@elizabethstanley7137. Fascism is not great. Law and DISorder is not great. Moscow Marjorie is not great. Appointing 84 FAKE ELECTORS to overthrow a democratically elected government of the USA is not great. Tax Frauds is not great. The WORST unemployment record in the history of the USA Presidency under Donald J Trump since Herbert Hoover is not great. Lying 30,000 in 4 years is not great. Being an orange clown sycophant on KZbin is hilariously dumb.

[@joerogain5025]

''Stormy honey bunch, you remind me of my daughter Ivanka.'' Donald tRUMP

[@shakerman55]

I wonder if he sniffs and takes showers too. 😂

[@tinalevan1984]

You ever hear of Ashley Biden's shower time with Joe?

[@herballycorrect]

Do you think it was appropriate for Joe Biden to shower with his teenage daughter? In her diary, she spoke of showering late at night only after her father had gone to sleep so he wouldn't join her.

[@bobwoods1302]

"… Now take your clothes off and spank me" 🤮🤮🤮

[@markberryhill2715]

Too creepy!

[@jamessimms3610]

I couldn't agree with you more Bill Maher!!!

[@g.perper4824]

He speaks so much truth and logic

[@kevdaag2523]

I'm tired of how someone can make a shallow observation like "we're so divided" in a book and then get praised as if they had an original thought.

[@complexity5545]

These celebrities are really stupid and they coddle to their fan base. Most of his observations are incorrect, and he says it with obfuscated words and incorrect definitions to hide the fact that he's way off. But I'm sure fans will buy it. But most of his fans read books for short bursts of entertainment. Most Democrats don't read informative novels; they like to read fiction and short stories: like anime, comics, romance novels, crime stories, debauchery, and they favor watching videos. You're not going to catch them reading something like the constitution.

[@paulvee1299]

Well, to be perfectly fair, human beings are VERY complex.

[@JuneMiller-sf1ii]

Just because it's not an original thought doesn't mean it shouldn't be said, again and again if necessary, and by as many people as possible

[@LivingVanlife]

There are other words in the book as well.

[@poorboyjim6392]

He's an idiot celebrity and gets pushed by the other idiot celebrities who want him to promote them.

[@tjk3430]

This may be very cynical but Maher has a financial interest in the whole country not hating him.

[@pontificusvascillious5287]

as would any human in his position ...

[@davemitchell6281]

Jimmy Kimmel agrees

[@bryanmachin2152]

But even peons benefit from having people not hating them. Who benefits from people hating them?

[@herballycorrect]

Do you think it was appropriate for Joe Biden to shower with his teenage daughter? In her diary, she spoke of showering late at night only after her father had gone to sleep so he wouldn't join her.

[@bruce8321]

But that is true of almost every celeb so what is the point?

[@harrygilmana6126]

Thankk god For Bill Maher

[@TheWretch]

The US used to be able to tell the difference between "news" and "editorial opinions". If your "news" is filled with adjectives describing X, it is an editorial. Americans also used to be able to hear news they didn't like, but still believe the news. Not anymore.

[@kimberlymoyer1232]

Bill, I agree with you to some degree. I'm an African American professional female, when I'm at tailgate parties, wine tastings or brunch among educated Black Men and Women this is how we truly feel. If the majority wanted to deal with Trump he would be dealt with. If the majority thinks we are not aware of the daily B S. We are not. If the majority wanted to truly fix the problem, they would treat Trump the way they would've treated Barack Obama, if we're trying to keep this shit 100!

[@heyborttheeditor1608]

RFK Jr is the solution and the captured media is trying to cheat the american people out of an independent presidency

[@user-cz5lj2vx1f]

Only 45% of white wmoen voted for Trump. NOT even a majority of white people.

[@Nevernowaynope]

Bill, I've been on your side since your 1st appearance on Carson. Every episode of Politically Incorrect as well as Real Time! ♥️

[@paolah1828]

Me too!!!!

[@jamesbingham1007]

Hating half the country wasnt selling comedy show tickets. Thats what changed Bill.

[@KrisCorby-iv8dg]

Do your research...he hasn't changed! He has shifted course is all, & its something smart people do as they get older, & wiser...it just is!...

[@RandomDudeOne]

At least he's not selling golden tennis shoes.

[@trentntb5437]

love Maher!

[@jkarnes45]

I'm done with the both sides crap. Disagreeing with someone's politics is something we've always done but nobody before Trump tried to overturn our votes because of a lie they made up.

[@bdahl4002]

Exactly how did trump try to change votes. He didn’t. He wanted to find the votes he knew were out there. The Democrats found Their votes at 3:00 in the morning and added them to their count?

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

Exactly. I don't want to hear anything about Mexico's border and inflation either if you're trying to take away the vote I cast

[@user-ll2yj3hy4c]

Hilliary Clinton made up Russia gate so she wouldn't except the results.

[@thetruthfromthefuture]

That's the real issue of concern. We should be able to coexist with people who have differing opinions, but complete disregard to the democratic process is highly concerning. ​@@BigBadJerryRogers

[@bdahl4002]

Just spent two weeks waiting for evidence that Trump tried to overturn the election. The only crimes I walk away with is Cohen a crook and should be put back in jail. This Judge gave the prosecution every chance to prove their case . Now we wait a week to find out. I’m a libertarian for smaller government. Hope Trump, Cohen, Bragg and the Judge all rot in jail. Might as well throw in useless Biden too.we are the laughing stock of the world.

[@Acer_Maximinus]

Not a “both sides” issues. “We are in bubbles” That is the gqp, they will not accept facts.

[@AverageJoe483]

Radicals on each side live in their own echo chambers and seek confirmation bias .

[@donhello7522]

the laptop wasnt real?

[@jspres86]

The right has been in a bubble for a long time. I'm more left-leaning myself but I've been noticing that left-wing media is beginning to operate in bubbles too. Social media and algorithms make it exponentially worse.

[@dariuspringle2608]

“You can’t hate everyone “ Hochool call everyone a clown, two millionaires debating the masses, how refreshing

[@Mia51387]

Kennedy!

[@EnglishAbundance]

Well said, Bill Maher ❤️ 👏 🇺🇸

[@cathypreston1095]

The Handmaid's Tale

[@JimTimber]

aka a 'Hand shandy'

[@normanwhite4792]

That was enlightening. Very good. Don't say that very often.

[@jamesbingham1007]

You have to remind your side not to hate half the country. Sounds strange to me.

[@CorvusTX]

One party wants to tank democracy while the other does not. Some things are worth defending and democracy is one. If we have to go at the ones that want to destroy it, so be it.

[@jayhighrichardson9087]

I mean both parties do their part to subvert democracy. They are just two arms of the same body.

[@karldeweese8501]

What was the main reason our founders rejected democracy for our form of self rule?

[@tomsd8656]

You should replace "democracy" with the Constitution. Democracy is worthless and dangerous without a Constitution because that is essentially mob rule.

[@stevesilva2780]

I love how the Left wants to "save" Democracy by not allowing the popular candidate to even be on the ballot. "Defending" democracy, is that what your telling us you're doing? How Orwellian.

[@jglee6721]

@@stevesilva2780 and the bogus charges and kangaroo courts wherever they can find them.

[@BooksForever]

One group is seething (and also bullying) because they are intolerant, and the other group is seething about the prevalence and unrepentant audacity of the first group of bullies.

[@StodgyAyatollah]

And that one group just so happens to be split among both sides.

[@searchforthetruth1998]

Says the commie who wanted to put people in concentration camps camps for not taking a vaccine that messed you up lmao😂😂😂😂

[@tesladrew2608]

They are both too emotional

[@k-walk]

and both groups agree with this & believe they’re the good ones

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

​@@k-walkyou're right about that. Ultimately though, what's it based on? If it's the fear of change, progress and evolution is it right? That's not respectable. And it's not realistic.

[@evandro2385]

Unfortunately, it's not only in America. The polarization is present in all countries. Nobody tries to think about problems in a rational way. It's always the narrative.

[@redhammer9910]

🇦🇺 actually it is only America, the rest are being caught up in it because their media including our own is controlled by American interests. The problem starts with your profoundly corrupt media who are driving your divide. Today fact based journalism rests with professional independent journalism not the treasonous and betraying legacy press.

[@mikhailkill]

Well-stated and great comment. In all fairness, it remains hard to think rationally considering that sometimes cognitive biases can sabotage any attempt at completely rational thought. That being stated, I would like to believe that I at least recognize my cognitive biases and make an honest attempt to fight through them; I really do try.

[@charlesbynum]

"you're presenting more of a false equivalency on this issue than I would". A polite way to tell AC that he's sometimes full of crap.

[@HappyMathDad]

Julius Cesar had accomplishments. That's a big difference.

[@dubongros3108]

The way BM was kissing up to Elon, not much of sa tough guy

[@Platterpussy]

not to mention IS.

[@ATCRyderX]

Can't you decode whatever you just said for the Adult Males in the room? (All 3 of us watching CNN)

[@gayluinstra1396]

"We're always seething about each other." Sad, I wonder how many of us have friends/family we're estranged from all because of politics. It seems worse this time around...

[@Tom-xn8nn]

That would be me . I lost two friends over politics . Guess who I'm voting for

[@searchforthetruth1998]

My lefty mother hasn’t seen her grandson in 4 years and refuses to talk to me because I left the left. The commie left in this country is insane! I’m not on the right but I’m never voting democrat again

[@PabloTheThinker]

Biden is destroying the country.

[@Tom-xn8nn]

@searchforthetruth1998 it's always the democrat voters who are filled with hate . I don't care if someone votes for Biden .I might think that they are weird but I won't treat them any different

[@richardoracin2655]

​@searchforthetruth19I luv ur mom 98

[@user-ym5ne3ci1d]

I love Bill Maher he is my favorite i could listen to him All day every day

[@Monika-mh2je]

What can be more cult like,than wearing a same outfit as a leader. Scary and comical a same time.

[@AmericusMaximus]

Have you noticed how Antifa and butch lesbians dress?

[@Mark-kq6ch]

I would think there are lot more cult like actions.

[@OhioVworld]

Offering your children up for mutilation, sterilization bc someone claims it’s the alternative to suicide?

[@diy5729]

Omgd i know right? I guess im an old fashion homosexual, but looking at loony leftie straight people with blue/green hair and a million earrings is very weird. They all dress alike and look like that and PRETEND that they are "trans". Hard for me to take serious straight people who want to mutilate themselves to get attention, while subverting the Gay community and our Gay values.

[@pontificusvascillious5287]

oh wow ... bill put his material into 'chapters by topic' does it have a table of contents and index too?

[@JankeyCreator]

haha

[@kathywilkowski725]

Easy to criticize someone else's book. How many have you written?

[@pontificusvascillious5287]

@@kathywilkowski725 i've written five books to date ...

[@JankeyCreator]

@@kathywilkowski725 well he's a bigot so yeah, it easy to criticize.

[@kirksmith2051]

And the pages have words printed on them, conveniently arranged in sentences and paragraphs.

[@sendtownjose]

I saw the thumbnail and said, what? Anderson Cooper is interviewing himself?

[@lonbrooks7360]

Bill keeps it real

[@candice-hw7nb]

Crushing these interviews on your booķ tour Bill....A+

[@changingworld7467]

Bill says he wants everyone to get along...and then spends 10 minutes railing against 'orange man bad'.

[@complexity5545]

Democratic hypocrisy: inconsistent behavior that favors "rules for you, but not for me."

[@joejr.michaels1731]

EXACTLY.....and he shlittz on the right 10 times more than the left........90% of his "panel" are far lefties

[@maskedmarvyl4774]

No, he was just pointing out that Trump is a criminal sociopath who mocked John McCains military service, including mocking McCain being captured as a POW, when Trump himself dodged the draft four times. Something I'd have thought you should care about, "veteran".......

[@complexity5545]

@@maskedmarvyl4774 As a black man, "If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black." Let's keep things civil and in perspective. Also his fellow politician in NY (governor), said my children don't know what a computer is....Hmm right to my face coming out their mouths. I can recite so many more. But lets keep it balanced and focused on their policies (which gets even worse).

[@joejr.michaels1731]

@@maskedmarvyl4774 Trump Derangement Syndrome (uncontrolable HATE)

[@michaelboguski4743]

If America had an HR dept. we would all understand "To Leave the Drama at Home" when you're at work.

[@gkit96]

Half of the voters, not half the country.

[@davemitchell6281]

Bill Maher says he is tired of hate but pushes it every day.

[@BuhodePiedra]

How so?

[@truegrit7697]

He pushes truth. One day, lefties will be happy and the right angry, the next day lefties will be angry and the right happy. What day did you listen to him on?

[@Hurrishane03]

Truth hurts don’t it😂

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

Whatever. You just don't like hearing what he says on behalf of the largest bloc of voters: Independents Both left and right can't stand that the rest of us won't join your damn teams and obey you by putting a (D) or (R) next to everything we do in life.

[@simonkapadia7582]

@@truegrit7697 He really doesn't, he pushes his particular view and he loves to view himself as a brave outsider and truth-speaker, but he lacks intellectual curiosity and critical thinking skills. The man has regularly pushed pseudoscience across his career. Yes he annoys different people at different times, but only because those people are, frankly, just like him. People who largely only like him when he agrees with them, because they, like him, are entirely too self-assured and lacking in self-awareness.

[@user-xd7zk1pw5y]

Polarization happens with words out of mouths

[@vexphoto]

Anderson should learn to let folk finish their thoughts. He’d actually be a half decent interviewer if that were the case.

[@thewolfdoctor761]

Most interviewers are awful. The best interviewer is Rachel Maddow.

[@jgr-to6hp]

excellent Bill Maher

[@Hexcimal83]

I appreciate that even though bill calls out both sides, he still points out false equivalency. One side is clearly worse than the other

[@written2382]

Anderson has really lost his act for doing a good interview. He keeps interrupting Bill to share HIS opinion. Place Anderson Cooper on the self. He’s done.

[@martymarl4602]

He was never good, always wooden, but at least he was quiet before.

[@TommyChris9001]

I never thought Cooper was good at what he does. He's a silver spoon guy.

[@maddymud]

To keep your base engaged is to keep them enraged

[@davidreidenberg9941]

Bill, you’re wrong about the ties.

[@TheCountBlackula1978]

Cnn left the middle years ago

[@martymarl4602]

Trump told you that and you believed a liar

[@jroseborough45]

Once again Bill provides precisely nothing to do about it

[@georgeschaut2178]

The implication of what he's saying is obvious: vote Biden in November, while still calling out wokeness on the left. George, Canada

[@hojichaisfarsuperiortochai9309]

@@georgeschaut2178🇨🇦

[@chemquests]

He’s advocating to stop the polarization.

[@PabloTheThinker]

He’s not a politician.

[@cutl00senc]

Most Americans don’t care about solutions, they just want to know who’s responsible…and punish them for it

[@dougfitch3649]

I like that Bill M addresses hatred and division as a realist. I applaud his refusal to align with any extremist views. He calls everyone out, left and right.

[@arishillermusic]

Maher spitting straight facts

[@JayDee615]

Yippe he’s made a profession of being provocative and riding the fence.

[@boilingboy1]

No. He's in the sane middle...which is the only truly brave position these days.

[@JohnJakeWilliam]

Bill plays both sides better than ever. It’s called ratings. We know what you’re doing Bill.

[@truegrit7697]

The far left and the far right are both crazy. What's wrong with being in the middle? I call that sane.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

"If you're not with us, you're against us" - Democrats "Yeah..." - Also Republicans

[@davidhunt3808]

Isn't looking at both sides called democracy ? Democracy is supposed to be an exchange of ideas not a shouting match . Democracy is about compromise as well and yes looking at both sides ,neither side us perfect .

[@jerekorsumaki437]

Simply put, he's telling the truth. Both sides overplay their hands every single day.

[@bhays05]

Exactly

[@hectorsandoval6408]

Bill Burr mopped the floor with this guy

[@JoE_Songs]

Bill's on point and brilliant as always

[@JasonTaylor-po5xc]

I appreciate the fact that Bill will roast both sides. No one is off limits. Even when he crucifies my team, it is probably for good reason.

[@chavruta2000]

Cnn is not centrist either.

[@flamingoboot8874]

Sure they are, you are just so far away from the center you think anyone who disagrees is some fanatic… you might be the problem

[@tesladrew2608]

​@@flamingoboot8874they lean left a bit, check any media bias chart

[@flamingoboot8874]

@@tesladrew2608 not lately, they just hate trump… so do I but I’m certainly not a left leaning liberal

[@k-walk]

there’s no such thing as centrist news period😂 any news station with advertisers is just paid actors telling you what their paycheck tells them to say. fox, cnn, abc, doesn’t matter

[@yiarkungfu]

They're pro corporate and pro war, there's nothing about them that is centrist or liberal, they are right wing.

[@javagirl]

So well said, and sadly, so true.

[@FREETHINKER505]

Anderson interviews Maher like Maher interviews guests… they never STFU

[@williamwinn948]

The country is now divided more then its been since the 1800s. Because of politics.

[@pontificusvascillious5287]

i think it's the human's fault ... all of them are guilty ... some more than others ...

[@AhmadIbnAbdel]

i want you to rethink that statement

[@angelobasso8096]

the politics are divided but I still have dinner, go to shows, play golf, and visit democrats out here in REAL AMERICA, Joe and this administration are an abomination.

[@doloresreynolds8145]

What makes the Biden administration an abomination? The fact that Trump says so?

[@bryan805]

Welcome to Biden’s America

[@themostimportantmichael]

This is a huge turning point cnn is allowing this on their channel

[@MartinLenart]

Allowing what !??? Bill Maher is a smart and intelligent man

[@JessW289]

Bill is the modern day George Carlin. He says what needed to be said, regardless of what side you stand on. I am a moderate conservative, and I enjoy Bill's perspective and delivery.

[@justin101_]

Two guys that you wouldn't want to be locked in a room with.

[@Bobkanada]

Canada loves Bill Maher! Straight shooter no BS. Even Canada needs people like him.

[@harrylazard805]

The idea that Bill Mahr or CNN is in the center is ridicules. The part about Mahr saying others live in a "bubble" is especially rich....

[@Mia51387]

Boy, they must be paying him a lot. CNN, NY TIMES , MSNBC ARE considered the worst. It would be great if CNN FIRED everyone and started over with independents only, showed all the news, didn’t manipulate everything etc.

[@melodilyerly8757]

Why do they look so alike?

[@anthonygriffin1958]

Mr. Bill Maher always keeps it 💯 about the world of politics in the country.

[@user-id9ol7ev5k]

I'm sorry Bill, but I can't understand most of the good people I know who support Trump. I can't. I just can't believe they are that gullible.

[@200cdl]

Gullible as in ,? The economy is great? Food prices are lower, gas prices are lower, no open boarders, we don't have 10s of millions of illegals walking the streets killing innocent people, we aren't involved in 3 wars, we don't give billions of dollars to help other sounds but fail yo help our own people, you mean being that way gullible ? I call it being stupid, feebleminded, blind and head up their asses, I guess we see reality in a different way

[@debmnmn5054]

There are always some people who choose to be gullible. Meaning that they feel safer giving away their power to anyone they perceive as being stronger than them so they do not have to make the hard decisions or justify their choices. They just want to follow the leader and live in a tiny comfortable bubble.

[@martindread6530]

President Trump.. four years of peace and prosperity. Joe Biden.. three years of total chaos and failure. Trump 2024 🇺🇸 Save America

[@eagle1ear]

@@martindread6530 The total chaos of the past three years? 99% of it is concentrated in the Republican House of Representatives: Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Body much????

[@neildusseault8404]

@@martindread6530 Your orange messiah didn't fulfil a single campaign promise during his 4 years in office, including his first 2 years with a Republican-majority House, Senate, and Supreme Court. He has no plans to "save" anyone other than himself from both financial and legal woes that he brought upon himself.

[@ComicsForLife2023]

Maher is right.

[@ryancraig9352]

..wing. Right wing.

[@shannonji1]

Grateful that Bill Maher, who I've not been a fan of before, is speaking sanely about what's going on. We need to be able to see the shadow on BOTH sides of the aisle. I don't see Mr. Maher saying one side is not more egregious. He spoke to that when he spoke about what's going on in congress, and in the general way he speaks about Trump's person. But he is onto something about seeing more, and unless we begin to understand what's fueling the other side, things are not going to improve. Biased media has to go. If those on the left get away with only one side of the story, even if the sins of omission are not as great or dire (sometimes they are), it just gives fuel to the fire on the other side. We've got to zoom out. And I agree with Maher on the radical woke-ism. There's a lot of Yes and Yes here. Yes transgender folks deserve their rights, and Yes, female athletes shouldn't have to compete against biological males. It's not about excluding anyone, but about what's fair to everyone.

[@ryancraig9352]

Shut up. Lmao

[@outermarker5801]

"Always a good sign when the right wing party starts wearing a uniform" /s - Bill Maher

[@dm-heart]

5:29 great points. Very interesting. Looking for normal & middle. Tired of the hate & polarization. Disagreeing w/o ugly behavior. Civil discourse ❤

[@joejr.michaels1731]

I agree somewhat....but he is polarizing 90% of the time against the right

[@mauromatos3124]

Pls invite Bill Burr to offer a riposte.

[@dinasaidso]

Thank you Bill for putting your thoughts on paper for posterity

[@ayayoutuber]

It will be majority of the country. You cannot hate them all anymore.

[@Shineon83]

Oh, way to go, Bill : You talk about the “dangers” of tribalism--then spend the whole segment calling one side “cultists.”….you ring pretty hollow.

[@joejr.michaels1731]

hypocrite

[@mikejones6065]

The Republican party looks nothing like it did during the days of Reagan it has become a cult.

[@tesladrew2608]

True

[@matwyder4187]

Maybe the MAGA cult isn't one side, it's just an aggressive minority that took over the political right? He's not talking about those who are holding on to their sanity.

[@brucepoole8552]

Trump suppoerters truly act like cult members

[@user-ft8uo4nz6v]

Bill maher is a hero.

[@ryancraig9352]

..in his own mind.

[@user-ft8uo4nz6v]

@@ryancraig9352 and mine. Stop the hate.

[@stevekluesner4430]

I think that Mr. Maher missed the mark on one point ; when he said that are strength is our diversity ; it's just not quite that simple : our strength is in our diversified make-up while still being able to come together to carrying-out common goals 👀👀🤔🤔

[@sabbathtribute]

They look almost exactly alike

[@darincheatham4388]

Bill uses the most words to say nothing

[@user-cc5pq4yp8u]

I heard plenty

[@PabloTheThinker]

Just like you lol

[@RealYoutube33]

Establishment motto

[@darincheatham4388]

And it worked look at Pablo through him off the subject quick enough

[@PabloTheThinker]

@@darincheatham4388 Learn how to properly write your argument first son.

[@MikeBarbarossa]

"Trump seems to hate you" My God the projection is off the charts

[@ianrust3785]

Pretty rich hearing a lead CNN anchor ask "how do we stop the polarization???".

[@utopianna]

As a lifelong fan of Maher, it took a lot to drive me away from him. Only Bill himself could have done that. I will miss him.

[@brianw.5230]

How did he drive himself away from you?

[@PlanetJimmer]

you must be one of those woke folks he keeps mentioning.

[@KingSav-OG]

i swear, i even shook his hand after Religulous, IRL. Now....i wish i had his number so i could delete it lol

[@PlanetJimmer]

What did he do that was so bad?

[@TexCzex]

​@@KingSav-OG same

[@aligensa]

As much as I appreciate differentiation, opening up dialogue, mutual respect of differences etc, I'm very concerned about Maher's "there are bad people on both sides" argument at this point in time. Radical left wing Democrats may be foolish in some matters, but they simply aren't as dangerous as radical MAGA Republicans. The urgency of this fact can't be stressed enough.

[@Jackmama007]

I love bill maher as he mirror’s my political view. He did specifically say he is more concerned about the far right than the far left. He is right to criticize the far left since they are driving the moderate democrats over to the right.

[@aligensa]

@@Jackmama007 I dont think they will vote for the right, they vote for third party or not at all.