Hamas in Higher Education | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Bill argues that student support for Hamas, a terrorist organization, can be traced to their college professors.

[@jamessanders145]

The one thing I'll never ever understand or justify is their total inability to make a distinction to at least have some minimum amount of empathy for Israel's innocent victims regardless of what they believe about the overall conflict or how they feel about Israel as a whole. If you're so tribal that you can't have sympathy for a murdered baby or a grandma then you're in no position to be giving morality lessons to anyone.

[@paulrob55]

Sympathy for Israel's innocent victims? And no sympathy for the 26,000 dead Palestinians? The Palestinians are not innocent victims?

[@alanna_weiss]

@@paulrob55 That too. Except the number is BS, but it doesn't really matter how many. Loss of innocent lives is always regrettable, but not always avoidable.

[@nerva-]

Bingo.

[@EddieHenderson92]

The woke left are basically becoming Nazis themselves.

[@martinvanburen4578]

right, but where is the Jewish sympathy for the plight of Palestinians caused by the Israeli Jews that's been ongoing for 50 - 70 years? This could be solved tomorrow if Israel divides Jerusalem, gives the Palestinians a state. There is nothing stopping Israel from doing that and still securing its borders. There might be dead grandmothers but can anyone say their lives matter more than 25,000 dead Palestinians and still have a moral argument? If you don't care about morality and Jewish lives matter more, then I agree, logically it makes more sense to sympathize with dead Jewish people. What we have now is a deranged moral argument whereby Jewish lives are more sacred than non-Jewish lives.

[@basswars7060]

After the Red Army invaded, my grandparents spent 3 years in a Soviet run Gulag in Hungary. On top of the daily back breaking labor they received daily re-education to convince them they were terrible people and the reason everything bad happened in Hungary. Their crime was that they were farmers. It's nice to see that California's colleges and universities are teaching the exact same curriculum my grandparents received.

[@votdfak]

a lot of Hungarians were Nazis killing Jews and Roma people. What about that?

[@ChrisGrande]

Only people who lived under communism actually understand what many of these often wealthy pseudo socialists in the US can’t understand.

[@pete5691]

We are crumbling much in the same way as well.

[@user-hs7ps3egdkdkd]

Bill s audience has no interest in your story. They don’t know much of anything… look at the democratic usa party and ask yourself about their similarities to soviets

[@horacio-ho3bf]

And now you catch bass?

[@whatonearth9809]

Incredible fence sitting from Seth there

[@michaelparylak5649]

Thank you Seth. I believe this is the first time I heard somebody say something that makes me even remotely comprehend these college kids activities.

[@Mickey-1994]

Seth is a spineless woke liberal. That would be like someone trying to defend the Nazis in the 1930s/40's.

[@Simon-talks]

Seth believes in the same woke nonsense though

[@sachamm]

@@Simon-talks Then point out what he got wrong instead of using what you think is an insult.

[@michaelparylak5649]

@@sachamm 👍

[@brandysmith3647]

Seth didn't know shit about the topic. He said he's reading about it. 🥴 FFS. Put on Ana Kasparian then and have a real discussion. Tired of paying for a boring agreement.​@@sachamm

[@ivareskesner2019]

I can certainly understand supporting the innocent Palestinian civilians in this as this conflict does look more like vengeance than war at times. But this rhetoric these proffesors are spouting is not it. It's of a different calibre. That is flat out deeply ideologically imbeded hate for Jews, not support for Palestinian civilians.

[@cokesquirrel]

Yes apparently Jew hating is trendy now. None of these little ingrates must have been alive To witness 911. Is pro Hamas people are nauseating

[@ChaoticOrder883]

Isn't that all this is? People wouldn't let Palestinians into their countries. Yet support them in the fight. They are puppets for a cause. Sadly this is reality.

[@HostileTakeover555]

There aren’t many “innocent” ones.

[@BlazingOwnager]

They all cheered and danced and rejoiced in their elected government for the massacre.

[@JM.5387]

70% of Palestinians support Hamas.

[@ruthlieberman7157]

The ignorance in this country is mind boggling

[@ThisIS_Insane]

and spreading...

[@paulrob55]

The ignorance and smugness of Bill Maher his guests and you people making comments supporting Israel are mind boggling!

[@brandysmith3647]

​@@paulrob55agreed. This is how I feel and I emailed his show this today. Bill Maher is as tone deaf on the GENOCIDE (because no matter how much he says it's not, that's what it is) in Gaza as Republicans saying women have abortions in their last month of pregnancy as if they just want to go out and party. 🥴😮‍💨 I've been an avid Real-timer paying my subscription for HBO to see Bill Maher since streaming began for HBO when it was HBO Now. When Bill Maher comes to Louisville I always buy a ticket. But if I have to sit here and watch fuckin Seth McFarland who says he's "reading" about a topic and doesn't know shit I'm done! Put on Ana Kasparian if you have any balls! At least give us something to talk about with substance since we pay and tune in! Or just shut up. Anywho. Did everyone here Jon Stewart is coming back to Comedy Central! I can't wait to watch! ✌️

[@morninboy]

Which ignorance?

[@EddieHenderson92]

Seth is a fool.

[@magnetmannenbannanen]

i always use the logic of Universal Soldier: "If they hold hostages, they are the bad guys. take them out"

[@antoniom4099]

Israel has been holding hostages for 75 years.

[@alanna_weiss]

@@antoniom4099 You sure you know the difference between a hostage and a prisoner?

[@TRINI818]

Children are holding hostages? Try not living your life off movie's

[@thett2368]

You're right. Israel has been holding Gaza hostage for years!

[@Timberking-cd9rp]

what about The detention of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, some without trial or formal charges, it raises significant legal concerns and can be viewed as akin to kidnapping and holding hostages. It undermines fundamental principles of due process, including the right to a fair trial and the presumption of innocence. Such prolonged detention without proper legal recourse violates international human rights standards and contravenes basic principles of justice and the rule of law.

[@e4t662]

Perhaps university professors shouldn't be indoctrinating their students on geopolitics.

[@Ghost-pd1mz]

You're right! No more Zionist professors!

[@itsmeprasad1987]

How do they teach history and politics

[@cutl00senc]

It’s been going on for decades

[@warofnoise5394]

they're trained and paid to do just that and have been since the 60's

[@konstantinkrastev4478]

perhapse you and bill maher should not talk to us about how "indoctrination" works when 2 idf soldiers sprayed Colombia students and sent them to the hospital with an IDF chemical weapons. Which is an act of terrorism, the jewish state are the only ones it seems allowed to commit terrorism

[@Antonio-yg7io]

He asks why kids do things, but never to the kids themselves.

[@user-iz3ec6km8e]

because the kids are clearly brainwashed.

[@JamesCraigWhoop]

Underdog rooting no matter the cause is blind allegiance. For once I agree w Adam on this

[@LouisAWheatJr]

Seth McFarlane just dropped the best quote ever at the end "It's hard to blame anybody and it's impossible not to blame everbody".

[@fredsamsung6671]

"I'd love to hear what the leading politician in California says about this", maybe you should have asked Newsom when he was on you show, instead of blowing him for 10 minutes.

[@paulrob55]

Your disgust for Newsome disgusts me! And I hate how Bill Maher pronounces California with such disdain.

[@brandysmith3647]

Fuckin love this comment

[@brandysmith3647]

​@@paulrob55he's against so much red tape. Remember how much time he spent on getting solar panels? He's right about that but I know he loves California, that's where he chooses to live and he can live anywhere.

[@EddieHenderson92]

@@paulrob55 Well, there is nothing good to say about California right now.

[@Trax0r1]

@@paulrob55 because California is a shitbox.

[@declup]

Young adultish people and middle-aged people are pretty different. Of course, their reactions to events and crises will be different. And, of course, the media will put a bigger spotlight on the more exciting and spectacle-rousing of the two groups. That doesn't mean, though, that we in society should forget the context: young adultish people do inevitably become middle-aged people.

[@CoriSchimko]

Macfarlene really hit the nail on the head with this one. Very frustrating times we live in

[@ChurchofPirateology]

1000%

[@AB-ol5uz]

Except Hamas is recognized WORLD WIDE as a terrorist organization - 15 years or so ago, Hamas leaders said their hope/goal was to drive all Jews back to Isreal so they could wipe them all out at one time. Current times - Oct. 7th happens, Isreal retaliates THEN Hamas leaders go on record (FILMED) saying they will do it (Oct 7th) again, and again, and again. Yet SOMEHOW, that interview does not make it out to the Pro Palestine Crowd to get basic understanding into the mindset of Hamas....and they somehow blame Isreal for BELIEVING Hamas meant what they said and destroying the tunnels, etc. - because at that point they could have surrendered all hostages, surrendered the battle, etc. and they chose not to do so when lives lost were obviously at the lowest number possible.

[@sw6088]

No he didn’t. He literally made excuses for terrorist. To literally claim college age, men and women don’t know the difference is insane.

[@sw6088]

Love how Seth makes excuses for terrorist

[@warofnoise5394]

it's not the professors so much as the administrators who hire them. further than that, it's the dept. of education federal funding that incentivizes it. start there.

[@konstantinkrastev4478]

Meanwhile in the real world 2 IDF soldiers sprayed American students with a terrorist weapon the IDF developed during a protest. Do you know what people call that in other countries ? TERRORISM

[@jhayton]

administrators don't hire professors - professors hire professors.

[@morninboy]

I'm highly suspect there is any truth to what Mr. Maher said. He did not identify the professor

[@RobertSmith-lg7jp]

Until you realize that pro Palestinian sentiment isnt exclusive to "college kids".

[@AJ-zl6pi]

Why is Stephen A Smith not around for this?

[@troygaspard6732]

There are hundreds of adjunct professors across the UC system.

[@davidmosen2767]

Being for preventing the slaughter for innocent women and children does NOT mean one is pro-Hamas. That argument is so intellectually lazy.

[@frequentlycynical642]

You mean the slaughter of innocent women and children on October 17th? The only innocent people in Gaza are sucking the teat. Everyone else supports, harbors, and is related to Hamas.

[@frequentlycynical642]

You mean the slaughter of innocent women and children on October 17th? The only innocent people in Gaza are sucking the teat. Everyone else supports, harbors, and is related to Hamas.

[@dagda16]

Most of the time it is, though. Look at the rallies from October 8. Israel was still counting it’s dead and people around the world were shouting free Palestine

[@vatzjr]

If you want to talk about professors, Bill, how about the Palestinian professors who have been murdered since 7 Oct.

[@Cballin]

People are rooting for the innocent Palestinians, not HAMAS. There's too much colateral damage.

[@alanna_weiss]

Too much in comparison to what? How much would be NOT too much, and is it even achievable in these circumstances?

[@Mickey-1994]

That is false, many on the left are openly supporting Hamas.

[@WLDB]

There have been Hamas flags flown at some of these protests.

[@dolce1248]

Seth basically just saying “Kids are stupid” sums it up unfortunately

[@UriyahRecords]

Well said Seth, well said

[@TheOzMan91]

0:18-0:42 the fact that those are actual quotes attributed to professors is appalling (albeit not necessarily surprising). I'm all for intellectual diversity in higher education, but with regard to views outside of acceptable discourse, there should be a line drawn.

[@JimmyThePhysicist]

There is a line drawn, but which is selectively applied at different groups.

[@TheOzMan91]

@@JimmyThePhysicist "Different groups" as in people of certain ethnic backgrounds or who have certain political beliefs?

[@JimmyThePhysicist]

@@TheOzMan91 by different groups, I meant precisely that, different groups. The groups can be of certain ethnic backgrounds, religious backgrounds and certainly beliefs, including political ones.

[@TheOzMan91]

@@JimmyThePhysicist Oh, ok. Got it.

[@CarlosMartinez-ig6nl]

Which professor from UCM said that

[@Pine_Gap_Island]

Some low hanging fruit that Bill Maher cherry picked in order not to confront that Israel is committing genocide.

[@morninboy]

Bill Maher could possibly be on Israel's Hollywood paid propaganda network wherein people are given thousands of dollars to support Israel. If it was true he could verify the name without consequences so it goes unsubstantiated. In the words of Jewish author, Norman Finkelstien, Bill Maher is a sack of 💩

[@RSHekscher]

The question was aimed at the politician, until Woke-Seth saved him.

[@SandyRiverBlue]

What's really depressing is how hard it is to get enough classes to make a living as a professor. Meanwhile these malpractice lawsuits of a professors are allowed to squat in their positions for years. There's nothing like having your statistics prof have to leave right away to run to their second job while another prof spends the whole day warping the thoughts of every student that crosses their path.

[@talktomn]

Seth missed a great opportunity to stay quiet.

[@Mickey-1994]

He's a drunk and a coward.

[@patrickjenkins6383]

Seth MacFarlane is SO damn gifted & smart. Can't even pretend to "hate-on" or criticize the guy! 😂

[@coolhandrew]

A double underdog situation

[@theodorearaujo971]

There is no honor in being a victim.

[@davidmosen2767]

They are not protesting for Hamas!

[@randomstuff9322]

Got to love Seth and Adam. Also totally agree with them..

[@dannywitt5160]

ADAM is a LIAR

[@aliciastanley5582]

@@dannywitt5160NO HE IS NOT. You are

[@dannywitt5160]

@@aliciastanley5582 Ok BOT

[@AcmePotatoPackingPocatello]

Ya, when the truth becomes a lie, you still stay with the lie for the love of hate.

[@benwagner2000]

​@@dannywitt5160She's right you're wrong. No biggie.

[@burnin8orable]

If you see any Hamas supporters in the comments, remember to use the "report terrorism" button. That's exactly what it's there for.

[@ivannano]

Stop with the ridiculous quotes that are completely taken out of context, then tarring the whole educational system with them.

[@alanna_weiss]

Can you give me an example of context in which the first quote would be acceptable? The whole educational system is more or less fine I guess, but SOME "professors" should really be given the boot.

[@ivannano]

@@alanna_weiss Unless you read/understood the full paper or sat through the entire lecture, you don't know the context of these statements. Stop acting like you do.

[@alanna_weiss]

@@ivannano Which means you can’t think of context that would justify that. Thanks for clarification.

[@ivannano]

@@alanna_weiss Ah the silly circular response when your position was found to be lacking. Sounds like you could use a few more classes. You never know. You might learn something. Stranger things have happened.

[@alanna_weiss]

@@ivannano No amount of excuses and personal attacks would change the fact that you can’t think of context that would make an islamist statement like this acceptable.

[@andydrewlinger9301]

Hopefully everyone interested has access to this full segment on (HBO) Max. I know the show's executives only post a fraction here, as a way to promote getting more Max subscribers. Not criticizing these deciders at all; business is business......

[@Johngabe100]

I don’t support terrorist period. Yet I also don’t support killing 25000 civilians either. That’s not anti Semitic. The Israelis have very very modern weapons, and are heralded for their pinpoint accuracy and timing. Don’t believe many of those women and babies are terrorist. It’s sad for both sides. I stand with Israel but that does not mean there isn’t some fault on both sides. Those who disagree either don’t know the history or do not care about truth. Might doesn’t always make right. I support countries to defend themselves but not in any manner they decide.

[@Mav86asian]

So tell me how would they attack Hamas when hamas fight from homes instead of frontlines and battlefields then? When they shoot rockets from homes and hospitals. And cemeteries. Tell me, general.

[@Johngabe100]

@@Mav86asian I can’t completely disagree, but you don’t bomb hospital s period. You don’t bomb lines of refugees if no one is shooting at the time, you don’t kill thousands to get to the few. If killing the few is more important than the thousands of innocent, then you become what you’re fighting against. I’m a US Army veteran, I think Hamas is nothing but terrorist and killers, their leaders do not represent for the people, it’s all about power for themselves….. yet killing any or as many civilians as you excuse is not going to bring about victory….. it will cause more people and countries to go against you. Even in a war…. Even for survival if you lose who you are and your morality you already have lost

[@mikeg2306]

I like this response by Schiff. I will probably vote for Katie, but we are so lucky in CA to have such good people!

[@Trax0r1]

lol

[@AcmePotatoPackingPocatello]

Both SHIFF & sadly PORTER have become warmongers. ( I had high hopes for Katie)...sent donations $$ 2,300 to Progressives 2015 thru 2022. THIS PROGRESSIVE cannot vote for those that have voted for defense increases yoy, Ukraine as Russian PROXY war. The override of Railriad Strike, and the ineffectual negotiations with Israel/Gaza- genocide taking place.

[@tinaschiller7849]

I’m just sad that the House is losing 3 great members in this primary. I don’t think Katie will get through the primary and she will be a great loss in the House hearings! I agree that Schiff’s response was eloquent, both as a Congressman and a Jewish person.

[@TheSecretariesBodyButter]

Seth summed it up in just a few seconds.

[@batgurrl]

Adam Schiff - find a different profession was on point. Same with Seth McFarland

[@aliciastanley5582]

Shiff is likely to be president some day. I can see him running as VP with Newsom and when Newsom gets done Schiff running for president.

[@bulldawg202]

​@@aliciastanley5582god I hope not Russia-gate liar😂

[@Mickey-1994]

Seth is a coward.

[@batgurrl]

@@Mickey-1994 easy to say with no explanation WHY, hiding behind your keyboard. Explain why

[@paulrob55]

I think it's time for Adam Schiff find a new profession!

[@RadioTiberio]

Seth said that so well

[@pn312]

The cries of the Palestinian and Israeli children sound no different to me. What I don’t understand is why the cries of Palestinians sound different to you all. We cannot lose our shared humanity. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib

[@alanna_weiss]

It's a cute thing to say, but it doesn't mean Israel should stop.

[@pn312]

@@alanna_weiss You’re right, Israel should stop because mass murder is bad.

[@alanna_weiss]

​@@pn312 Non sequitur

[@pn312]

@@alanna_weiss I actually think my comment was on point, but even if your moral compass doesn’t point north when certain people are the target I would ask… even if Israel is be able to “defeat” Hamas now, what do you think is going to happen in the future. Imagine a 12 year old Gazan boy today whose mother was crushed by rubble. Whose father was arrested and stripped naked in the street. Whose brother’s leg was amputated without anesthesia or antibiotics. Whose sister was burned by white phosphorus bombs. Five years from now, do think that kid will love Israel; or do you think that he will be drawn to the successor of Hamas. Where we are NOW is a result of past policies of Israel “Mowing the grass” and “putting Gaza on a diet” and literally shooting thousands of Palestinians during the “March of Return” protests. If insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result, this is insane!

[@wb.noether]

@@pn312 The answer is that it doesn't matter. I don't know how many 12 year old German boys would be drawn to the successor of NSDAP. Nobody does, because the allies made sure NSDAP would have no successor in the first place. There's no love lost between people of the West Bank and Israel, but they don't cause nearly as much trouble because the West Bank is controlled by IDF while Gaza was left to its own accord. And that was real mistake that has to be fixed now.

[@Viconius]

Schiff gives me the equivilant symptoms of TDS. It's hard to get past.

[@t-p-h2213]

Never forget how the Palestinians were celebrating in the streets after 9/11.

[@nothanks81]

I love how shocked the lefties are at this 😂

[@andrewdeen1]

who is shocked? where? dude has ted cruz on his show, what are we shocked about??

[@nothanks81]

Lmfao go look at lefty media before Oct 7tth, then after.

[@King_Mac80]

Majority of people who are against what the Israeli government is doing is Gaza are also anti Hamas. Just because I'm against the genocide in gaza doesn't mean I support the actions of Hamas who by the way were only put into power by the Israeli government.

[@katsoliz9686]

The people voted for them not the Israeli govt , and honestly what genocide are you referring to ? The reason the people are suffering is a result of Hamas .

[@tinaschiller7849]

I agree!

[@gad7336]

And let me guess 9/11 was an inside job ok goofie

[@zair7747]

This war will only end when most of the people realize that the real enemy is the hate they have inside them. How to stop the hate and how to not pay attention to hate speech. Those are the key answers.

[@brettandersson3206]

I can sympathize with individual Israelis and those that have experienced loss in the conflict. It’s the Israeli government that I find so detestable. What they are doing right now qualifies as genocide according to international law as it was written in 1946.

[@Jon_Nadeau_]

The way people use the term genocide today makes it impossible for any country to ever win a war again without committing genocide. Based on the definition by international law makes their actions qualified as a genocide anyway?

[@brettandersson3206]

@@Jon_Nadeau_ it’s not impossible to win a war; it’s just impossible to win a war by attacking the civilians of that country to such a degree that they are in danger of no longer existing. Which is what’s happening.

[@alanna_weiss]

Has "genocide" ever been defined as "anything that Brett Andersson finds unpleasant"?

[@brettandersson3206]

@@alanna_weiss the Geneva Convention defines it thusly: a crime committed with the intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, in whole or in part. Google is free.

[@Jon_Nadeau_]

@@brettandersson3206 How so?

[@MikeHowardElectrivire]

Bill is lying through his teeth.

[@Offa7a]

They aren’t protesting for Hamas!! Liar, they are protesting for a free Palestine. 15 million refugees inside and outside.

[@svscared]

I am neither a huge Israel or Palestine supporter and feel like the leadership of both sides deserves the majority of the blame for this conflict but I really wish Bill would stop acting like every single person protesting on the Palestinian behalf is protesting on behalf and in support of Hamas. That just isn't true and is a gross generalization. Yes there are some of who have expressed support for Hamas and that is both grotesque and ignorant af but it isn't anywhere close to everyone as Bill makes it sound like.

[@jamezkpal2361]

How do you separate the Palestinians from Hamas? If the majority of Palestinians support Hamas are you not, for the most part, also supporting Hamas?

[@lmcfigs4874]

@@jamezkpal2361 about half the population in Gaza are children. they may or may not support Hamas, but they aren't legitimate targets

[@svscared]

@@jamezkpal2361 One can rally for the Palestinian civilians to stop being carpet bombed and simultaneously think Hamas sucks as well. Two things can be true at the same time as Bill himself has said in the past. Even if some misguided Gazan citizens do support Hamas however that still doesn't justify them being bombed too.

[@NowIKnow8]

Hamas uses children as human shields. ​@@lmcfigs4874

[@rack9458]

​@@lmcfigs4874When Palestinians allow Hamas to dig tunnels under hospitals and schools then yes, there will be casualties of war. Men, women and children!

[@Manooshen]

This was a good episode.. Especially when Macfarlane speaks to the value of actual journalism done by professional as opposed to hacks in the comments section.

[@CribNotes]

Macfarlane is clueless. "Professional journalists" and "reputable news sources" have been lying their asses off at an accelerating rate ever since Trump came down the escalator. Did Hamas behead 40 babies? No, there is no evidence that actually happened. It's just war atrocity propaganda.

[@louiseapplewhaite8496]

I’m so in love with Seth MacFarlane.

[@Ivan.A.Churlyuski]

Wow Schiff says something based.

[@shockenfreude]

im stunned at how dumb seth macfarlane is. after seeing pieces of this episode. i've written him off entirely. it's hard to blame anybody? no it isn't. it's impossible not to blame everybody? projection. most of us are not to blame at all

[@MmmmPiePants]

Really? Adam Schiff?

[@kosmokramer5420]

Schaff is a creep

[@rickster100100]

@@kosmokramer5420 and why is that? I think he’s boring and dry. Jw I won’t vote for him for senator from my state though.

[@seajay958]

Russia gate lies and more lies. Bill won't ask him

[@nlpnt]

I'd add to Seth's point that the Israeli government particularly under Netanyahu has done a pathetic, downright shitty job of international public relations, starting back when the BDS movement was gaining steam and their response was trying to get American politicians to ban it rather than a good-faith effort to win back the hearts and minds of young Americans.

[@mbroitt]

Why it is always israel that has to defend itself? Why hamas or so called palestinians are automatically believed?

[@wharfrat74]

Gee Bill, kinda echoes what U said 20 plus yrs ago about the 9/11 hijackers not being cowards.

[@kyle-ri5mz]

having adam schiff on is an insult to every american who possesses a braincell.

[@reynardthefox]

Seth brilliant on that reality is not as simple as we would like it

[@RandomNooby]

Evil V evil, and only fools choose a side but their own...

[@user-iq7th6rd7s]

Free the hostages😢

[@awake1807]

Come on, Bill, all the protests have been for the suffering civilians. You know that.

[@alanna_weiss]

"From the river to the sea" is not about "innocent civilians". You know that.

[@EddieHenderson92]

That is false, many on the left are openly supporting Hamas and celebrated the attacks on Israel.

[@mspuddin931]

We get one minute 39 seconds? Sport babies get 3 x more.

[@mikerphone.]

Wait isn't Bill's entire shtick about hating outrage culture and cancel culture and the like. But here he is trying to cancel professors.

[@alanna_weiss]

Context matters 🤷‍♀

[@Mickey-1994]

Pushing hate and propaganda at your job should get you fired.

[@starwarsstuff8098]

tf you talking about he didnt even say their names

[@mikerphone.]

@@starwarsstuff8098 he doesn't need to.

[@VinRiddle]

What kind of nothing answer was that from Seth?

[@joetravieso3542]

so maher says "freedom of speech is under attack",,,,then now when people show support for anti-jews stance, now he's "they need to shut-up or be fired from universites"....freedom of speech is also protecting speech you don't like or agree with

[@JP51ism]

OK, but it's not "anti-jews" but anti-Zionism that's the point; it's an important distinction as not all Jews are Zionists.

[@katsoliz9686]

Not When u are openly hostile towards Jewish students on campus , and condone anti Jewish sentiment

[@zapkvr]

​@@JP51ismjew is a religion. Maher is an atheist

[@arteche4045]

​@@JP51ism using "zionism" is an euphemism to use antisemitism slang

[@j.mtherandomguy8701]

Muslims again strawmans others. He never mentions that they are to be fired, he mentions that they are a part of the problem.

[@jasonbelcher2224]

Blown away by Seth's wisdom and insight. Well done!

[@mychannel-su1bx]

Please he was stradling the fence.

[@EddieHenderson92]

You're blown away by Seth defending people that supported Jews getting killed? That is weird.

[@js4ne1234]

Bill, you know better. Pro-Palestine is NOT pro-hamas.

[@davidzabel5195]

Hey Bill, if you wanted this episode to be taken seriously, you probably shouldn't invite a guest that lies every time he opens his mouth.

[@jhunt5578]

Settle down bro

[@kazkaz2212]

Huh? Which guest are you talking about? I thought they both made really excellent points.

[@scarpfish]

I would be more honest if some of these town criers in the comments would just say "I hate [insert that person here] and be done with it instead of thinking their opinion universally applies to everyone.

[@TRINI818]

​@kazkaz2212😂😂 it was only a minute clip. Ask yourself this, why hasnt he invited anyone who is known to be a pro Palestine where he can actuate debate and dicuss, not invite the same guest who he knows won't push him on the topic. Someone like Norman Finkelstein

[@kazkaz2212]

@@TRINI818 LOL...Norman Finkelstein??? Are you serious? I've seen him interviewed a few times and wouldn't watch him ever again.🤪🤪🤪 Don't watch Bill Maher if you don't like the format. There's plenty of other places you can watch pro-Palestinian supporters debate, as I do.

[@fredhall6525]

Aren't the people being occupied the underdogs?

[@sidneybechet9969]

Being cancelled is like being in a Gulag as one of the commenters put it. This is getting weird man

[@gadgetgirlspacex886]

How is it that these "professors" are still allowed to keep their jobs?? 🤨

[@JimboandGhen]

The 2 professors will both support and vote for Schiff, how ironic!

[@ttacking_you]

Hey that's not a _teaser_ it's an insult.

[@Timberking-cd9rp]

why are you afraid to allow Cornel West or Naum Chomsky to visit your show

[@etcetera3282]

"...in relation to the rest of the Planet, the Jewish people are the underdog." I would have liked on what basis Seth could qualify such a statement? I mean, what parameters was he assuming when he said it? 1. On their numbers? There're many communities around the world who're much fewer in their numbers. 2. On their financial welbing? If they're not the most well to do, ther're many communities who're destitute & lack even the basic needs. 3. On military power, again there're many oppressed & defenceless communities...on & on.

[@j.johnson3520]

A sensible answer Seth.

[@BooksForever]

Both were good responses.

[@Mickey-1994]

Seth is a spineless coward.

[@BooksForever]

@@Mickey-1994 - his response had the merit of explanatory power. He’s not saying that it meshes with his assessment but rather it explains the mindset of the miscreants, and “knowing your enemy” is half the battle.

[@ER1CwC]

@@BooksForever It’s a nuanced response, which is going to get him into trouble nowadays.

[@BooksForever]

@@ER1CwC - nuance is where the truth often resides, so it’s a risk I will always be willing to make (and take) rather than consign myself to the same mental impoverishment as the soundbite simpletons. I hope you’ll agree it’s a hill worth defending.

[@zzybaloobah3095]

saying "they root for the underdog" might be a reasonable explanation for young minds. But then, to apparently use that logic to say it's hard to know who to root for is just awful. Root for the underdog? As a guiding principal? So, in the Democratic primaries, root for RFK Jr.? In the US House, root for MTG *and* AOC? Seriously? This is what *adults* think?

[@wendydeswert3511]

Glad I no longer live in Irvine. My eldest daughter was born there.

[@emsleywyatt3400]

Seth, I've been saying that for months. All our political types were around when Israel was the "underdog" an formed their opinions then.

[@Mickey-1994]

Would you have supported the Nazis in the 1930's 0r 40's? Seth is a coward.

[@dexterwooten7839]

Well that was the dumbest thing I've ever heard Seth MacFarlene say for sure.

[@EddieHenderson92]

Watching Seth here and on and Club Random recently has been disappointing. I always knew he was on the left but he's a woke leftist trying to defend people that support Hamas. They are the modern-day Nazis.

[@rachel_rexxx]

Guys come on, post the clip of Seth calling out Bill's inherent lack of trust in the media. To omit that well said argument about how journalists are held to a higher standard than social media darlings borders on intellectual dishonesty and you damn well know it.

[@thenostalgiabusiness]

You’re right, but Bill’s KZbin channel, hell, his entire show, is primarily about stroking his ego. The guy who added a laugh track during pandemic shows, while every other late night host eschewed them, would never let his team upload a clip that makes him look bad.

[@MrPlusses]

Laugh tracks have been a valid production tool for around a 100 years. No different than studio audience applause signs. Maher is an entertainer. Big egos go with the profession. Singling him out is a poor example.

[@thenostalgiabusiness]

@@MrPlusses And laugh tracks have been declining in usage for at least 25 of those 100 years. Bill’s the one who singled himself out by adding a laugh track when no other host did. The man couldn’t stomach the idea of showing himself giggling along to his own jokes in a silent room. His ego is unique among big egos.

[@MrPlusses]

@@thenostalgiabusiness Everything has been in decline for 25 or more years. If you hate the laugh track and his ego I would suggest not watching him.

[@thenostalgiabusiness]

@@MrPlusses I'm not a fan of the laugh track or Bill's ego, but believe it or not, I do like Bill's content and have been watching him for the better part of 20 years. Being a fan doesn't necessitate never calling out his ridiculousness.

[@ponchovanillabean8074]

And to think--some people call those "terrorists" freedom fighters and those claiming "self defense" terrorists.

[@RobertSmith-lg7jp]

Collective punishment isnt self defense but if i was a propagandist i would try to convince people that they are the same.

[@mohamedissa1729]

Occupation forces dont have a right to self defense from threats eminating from territory they occupy. Gazas land sea air and borders are controlled by israel. Even the food water and electricity and fuel going into gaza is controlled by them.

[@tinaschiller7849]

The kids don’t “love Hamas.” They hate that 25K civilians, mostly women and children, have been killed in Gaza. Bills repeated use of the word Hamas during this segment instead of Gaza or Palestinians was reckless and inflammatory.

[@mohamedissa1729]

@@JohnQuelle-uc6xsnot of that is remotely true

[@sandray7609]

It's a genocide. Wake up

[@alainb7855]

It's not. Wake up

[@meatrackgames]

I stopped watching Bill Maher because I noticed I was starting to lose brain cells at a pretty significant rate

[@richardbuchanan7124]

The Jewish people are the underdogs 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. Everywhere they are, they have to defend themselves. All over the world, they're surrounded on all sides. And yet, here they still are. They've managed, despite being universally despised, to survive. And not only that, but to succeed. Brilliantly.

[@user-mf9mb5qh8x]

Maher's bias regarding Israel is cringe worthy, undermining whatever reputation he had for credibility and common sense. But his aberration isn't limited to that subject. He is definitely speaking like a Reagan republican of yore, false equivalence, vaguely calling out so-called "woke" -- a pejorative catch-all that lacks specificity. Or accusing the left as a Whole of being composed of extreme, isolated opinions that don't represent the majority or even a tiny minority on the left. Consider, for example, his accusation about the left being for weird policies like eliminating sports that separate women and men in competitions? Who the hell supports that???? Probably no more than a only few dozen extremists on the left, yet for him it is now the epitome of the left. A list of all the bogus accusations he's made to defend the "woke" bull is too long to get into here. He is spouting too many dumb, obvious right-wing talking points; it's propaganda from the right-media swamp. Is it the influence of all his new wealthy friends?

[@Mickey-1994]

You sound like a Nazis.

[@Rocknroll73]

You hit the nail on the head. I feel exactly the same.

[@paulrob55]

I agree 100 percent! Thank you for saying that!

[@EddieHenderson92]

You supported innocent Jews dying?

[@RobertSmith-lg7jp]

Its really hard to tell if Bill actually believes that BS or if he is just pandering to a specific audience for more views.

[@maorblumberg]

The palestinias are in a truly sad situation for the past 76 years. But instead of rooting for the underdogs one should read about what led to the situation and which means and strategies were used by each side. Well, in 48' the palestinians attacked the jews in Israel with all their might and with help from all neighboring arab countries, and they failed miserably. The jewish state of Israel claimed the land. In its core this conflict is not that complicated. Then it becomes convoluted with Guerrilla warfare and terrorist attacks against innocent jews (and Israeli arabs who 'get in the way'). Democratic country vs poor civillians and their terrorist leaders... a lose- lose situation for all.

[@DwayneShaw1]

The conflict goes back a lot earlier than 1948, and you neglect to mention things like; "In April 1948, Ben Gurion ... Knowing the British mandate in Palestine would end on May 14th, and believing the pieces of Palestine scheduled to be ceded to Israel were too small and scattered, he ordered his army Haganah (the Terrorist group) to take Haifa, Safed, Acre, and Jaffa, even before the Declaration of Independence was published.... lands that the UN intended to allocate to the Palestinians were seized by Haganah" )Akenson) Painting Zionists as victimized victors that deserve the land they stole is lies of omission about history "One of the curious things about early Zionism .. is that although the need for a Jewish homeland was broadcast, exactly where that land should be was very much an open question. In a classic essay published in 1896, "The Jewish Question", Herzl said, "Let them give us sovereignty over a part of the globe that is large enough for our just national needs, and we will take care of everything else." One possible location for the new Promised Land was Argentina (or Uganda)" "More than is the case with most nations, the creation of Israel is full of ironies, Not the least of these is that until the late 1930's most people of the Jewish diaspora were unresponsive to the conception of the land of Israel as a functioning state, and the great majority of religious Jews were opposed. Paradoxically , until the late nineteenth century, enthusiasm for the creation of a Jewish homeland in the Middle East was more widespread among Bible-reading Protestants than among diaspora Jews" "Martin Buber repeated the story of the early Zionist leader Max Nordau's discovery that there were Arabs in Palestine. He rushed excitedly to Herzl and exclaimed, "I didn't know that! If this is the case then we are doing an injustice!." (footnote: Martin Buber, "The National Home and National Policy in Palestine," in Paul R. Mendes-Flohr, A Land of Two Peoples, Martin Buber on Jews and Arabs (New York: Oxford University Press, 1983), p. 86) Quotes from - Donald Akenson (God's Peoples: Covenant and Land in South Africa, Israel, and Ulster) - The 1st thing you need to understand about the conflict is that Zionists originally had no intention of Palestine for a Jewish Homeland - because they knew it was wrong to displace Palestinians, and how problematic it would be, BEFORE THEY DID IT - at the behest and continual funding of doomsday death cult Christians. - The 2nd thing you need to know is most of the people protesting Israel are not supporting Hammas - they are opposing the indiscriminate bombing of a population that is 50% children (for REASONS) - they are opposing the systematic war of attrition by forced settlement on occupied lands that has been condemned by human rights organizations for decades. - The 3rd thing you need to know is that Israel is currently claiming that Hammas is using innocent civilians as shields - therefore, they claim a right to indiscriminately bomb a population that is 50% children (for reasons) - The 4th thing you need to know is that this conflict is funded by doomsday death cult Christians that believe Israel has to exist as a condition of their Jesus's 2nd Coming (Armageddon) and will support Israel regardless of atrocities and international condemnation. - The 5th thing you need to know is Israel uses the very real historical persecutions of Jews to justify more than it should, and to try to silence any dissent. The persecution of a people does not, can not, justify atrocities or the suppression of others. - - then you can begin to have a conversation. Including about how we are where we are and, at this point, Israel has a right to exist. And about how Palestinians haven't exactly been Saints either. But, I maintain that, given the history of the origination of the conflict (and "the 1st thing" above), until the internationally condemned Occupation is ended - Israel has no moral legs to stand on.

[@RobertSmith-lg7jp]

@@DwayneShaw1 The sad truth to this situation is that no solution will stop skirmishes between these people. The best we can hope for is to stop mass killings.

[@TeddyKrimsony]

what led to the war was that Jewish terrorists (Irgun, Lehi, Hagana) were slaughtering Palestinians with the aim of mass displacing them, an ethnic cleansing of the region, so Arab armies formed a military coalition to stop them and return order and security. source: www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/terror-out-zion-irgun-zvai-leumi-lehi-and-palestine-underground

[@maorblumberg]

​​@@DwayneShaw1 The arab counties attacked before the Haganah (which was the army in Israel before the IDF) started protecting the jewish people of Israel. Palestinian citizens and soldiers from arab countries all around Israel attacked the Israeli people first, who suffered from constant terorrist attacks from arab citizens since 1921. Adding quotations and following it with lies is quite funny. "Haganah (Hebrew: הַהֲגָנָה ha-Haganah, lit. 'The Defense') was the main Zionist paramilitary organization that operated for the Yishuv in the British Mandate for Palestine.[2] It was founded in 1920 to defend the Yishuv's presence in the region, and was formally disbanded in 1948, when it became the core force integrated into the Israel Defense Forces shortly after the Israeli Declaration of Independence." I suggest reading about these stuff and not just spreading random figments. If one protests and cares deeply about a subject there must be reading and learning involved. Not quoting from a highly anti- Israeli and non factual article...

[@DwayneShaw1]

@@maorblumberg I suggest looking at the last century of demographics and land possession stats -- and then try to say, with an once of intellectual integrity, this conflict isn't a systematic eradication to steal land. The arguments for Jewish rights over Palestinians to land were generic - in that they were the same arguments employed previously by Australian colonists concerning the aborigine, or Canadian settlers regarding natives, or American Manifest Destiny, Afrikaners concerning Xhosa and Zulu; or the British, French, German, Portuguese, and Belgians regarding black Africans. The same justifications were used by all European imperialists to explain why it was alright for the colonist to bash the indigenous population.

[@crowley582]

Any one ask Shittt about Russian asset ?

[@stopandthinkaboutit8636]

When one is this far left... (supporting Hamas)... know wonder the center looks to be far right.

[@jamesdrake2378]

Adam Schiff should find a different profession.

[@dtna]

This guy thinks he's funny, but he's not. Stay in Burbank.

[@zeldasmith6154]

Ask Stewie his opinion.😊

[@dor00012]

"The 2nd infitada" 😂

[@tiberiussempronious6252]

Don't go to an elf for advice, for they will say both yes and no. Paraphrasing....

[@user-hs7ps3egdkdkd]

After this show schiff called the cia , ny times ,and leaked bills tax information..

[@tinoyb9294]

PORTER FOR SENATE!

[@sean4229]

That's pure BS