New Rule: A Woke Revolution | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

[@cepwin]

As a conservative I never thought I’d be applauding and laughing so hard at Mr. Maher’s monologue. But he gets it!!…this wokism has gone too far and I’m glad someone like him is speaking out!! Well done sir!!

[@nicoledeloncrais5940]

Man alive, I hear you. Bill Maher, Russell Brand, Joe Rogan and a handful of others that many of us over looked. But they use their voices to try to bring some semblance of reason back. WOW

[@michaelchristopherboyd5803]

@@nicoledeloncrais5940 they are gatekeepers. Unfortunately

[@iluvdrywall]

Keep in mind, Bill's audience has always been left/woke/democrats cheering like heck when he belittles republicans and conservatives. I bet many in the audience were sitting on their hands for this monologue.

[@proceduralnodes3d]

@@iluvdrywall Good point. Although there was quite a bit of cheering for this one

[@rlwetz4317]

How did he not clue in when the little Maoist sh!ts were yanking down statues and blacklisting conservatives all around his precious entertainment bubble? So sick of this guy catching on three years late.

[@MrMattaBTV]

This man has earned my respect. The ability to think and open his eyes to reality.

[@Icebergeification]

His eyes were never closed

[@tiffbeevachou108]

Did you respect his opinion before he started saying things you want to hear?

[@lucasgrey9794]

You're being bamboozled and it's why conservatives *always lose*. The Libsharts realized that the frog noticed the rise in temperature so they're reducing it and the frog (you) are relaxing. The libsharts still mean to boil the frog (you). That hasn't changed. They still want you dead, your wife and children ra ped and they think it's funny.

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

@bastiat A broken clock is right twice a day, which begs a disturbing question: What is the rest of the left?

[@GregZentTrumpetMan]

Nope. 30 years of being leftist douche isn’t wiped away by a couple years of saying the obvious, that the woke movement is insanity

[@HVACSoldier]

How are law students going to be ACTUAL LAWYERS, IF they can not deal with hypotheticals that ACTUALLY MIGHT HAPPEN?

[@khatool]

Because obviously, Bill Maher's version of events are misleading. Obviously students aren't offended by valid discussions. Some quotes from the original story: "...allegations the office found to be substantiated include Kilborn in a January 2020 lecture dismissing a Black student’s view that his comments were overgeneralizing references to people of color, referring to racial minorities as “cockroaches,” and denouncing their participation in civil rights claims. Additionally, the letter claims Kilborn characterized media stories focused on the negative behaviors of white men as “lynching.” All of the remarks were made in the space of one hour, according to the letter, and Kilborn reportedly acknowledged much of the conduct." "....he refused to participate in cultural competency training and coachings...." "...other classes that included racial slurs as part of the academic process have been meaningful. As an example....a property class taught by UIC Law professor Cecil Hunt. They read cases with a lot of offensive language, nothing was redacted and much of it was discussed in class..."

[@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry]

Never mind the lawyers, who are responsible for taking this sh*t out of the ivory towers into where it does real damage to real people. I pity the poor plumbers who will soon be pilloried for using male and female connectors!

[@thrawncaedusl717]

There is no interest in actually solving problems at these kind of universities; people just care that they get to be labeled “good”, but how that affects others does not matter.

[@crybabychrononaut]

They'll be like the lawyers in Idiocracy.

[@engeltjebaleno]

Imagine a snowflake law and order svu episode. Vitim: Hello? Police? I would like to report a rape. Cop: aaaah, how dare you attack me using that word? I feel violated. Get out of my way, i need to get to my safe place.

[@zarthustra7]

Thank you.. the parallels between Mao's cultural revolution and woke culture wars are stunning.

[@annatanneberger-bs2xx]

That is no accident. Read up on the Long March Through the Institutions. Read up on Antonio Gramsci. Read up on Rudi Dutschke. This was all planned and written about by Communist philosophers. They could not have dreamed it would work out as perfectly as they had planned. So subtle that nobody realises it's happening until it's too late.

[@julioantonionoronalamas08]

No, is not stunning, at least not for me, if you know what is all about, that professor have only 8 weeks of sensitivity training, I had to endure 46 years of communism, among then 6 years in a real life communist university.

[@EinherjarLucian]

The parallels are by design.

[@bradbailey5807]

There are no parallels whatsoever. This is fear-mongering, pure and simple.

[@georgejoestarii9469]

From the words of Lex Luthor from Justice League 2004. This is your(Germany) fault! ALL OF IT! • Germanic tribes destroying the Roman Empire in a finishing blow. • Germanic Tribes Angles and Saxons invited by King Vortigern to fight against Picts and Scots of the North betrayed the Britons and took their land. • Anglo Saxons soon evolved into the English people who knew years after the Norman Conquest by William the Conqueror. • Here goes the wanker who wanked his way out to think that everyone can have equal and open mindset(Karl Marx and Marxism). And his ideology soon infect different parts of the world. • A far rightist man who lied about Germans being Aryans(This belonged to the Iranians and Indians). And bastardized the Hindu life symbol into his Nazi symbol with this pseudo Roman Salute. 🖖 Which he copied from that Italian or French painter(Correct me if I am wrong). • A left wing party fled from Germany after being defeated by the Nazis and went to Russia for refuge, then to America to spread this gay arse Communism. Soon it resurfaced and became this woke shit that started in 2015 - onwards. Oh yeah. It's all coming together.

[@VroodenTheGreat]

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell, 1984 EDIT: Thanks for the likes. I just read through the comments, it was quite the rollercoaster ride.

[@BabysitterSky]

"I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes. I saw the sign." -Ace of Bass But these Orwell quotes up doesn't make you deep or smart.

[@VroodenTheGreat]

@@BabysitterSky This has nothing to do with "deep" or "smart", it's obvious to anyone that is paying attention. You, my friend, are what the party considers to be a useful idiot.

[@BabysitterSky]

@@VroodenTheGreat Oh boy "the party". Thats about as original as those 1984 quotes I see everywhere 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@VroodenTheGreat]

@@BabysitterSky Yeah, I'm sorry I forgot to capitalize it. I can see that it triggered you.

[@BabysitterSky]

@@VroodenTheGreat Do you do this in real life too??? Like if you're at McDonald's and they forget your fries do you just start yelling "Animal Farm" quotes??? God I hope you do.

[@chrismaddock5790]

Keep it up Bill, the pushback is finally starting, and I honestly think that a sound minded voice such as yours being ever present on mainstream media is one of the many many MANY reasons why. Don't ever stop.

[@ultimatecringe996]

The ideological origins of "woke" come from the same branch as liberal philosophy. When you spend near a century feeding into this garbage, you deserve to be destroyed by it.

[@MrSinister718]

America does need a ReEducation, and it's to not help blacks. We've wasted enough time, lives, money, and resources on them and THEY ARE OUT OF EXCUSES. They only cause destruction and damage. They do not mix with modern society whether it's a system run by whites, reds, yellows, purples, or orange. And not black, because they dont have the intelligence or brain capacity to create a modern society, let alone even understand how it's run. Evolution has past them by and it's time for them to go back and end up like the Dodo.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? New England Wake Up

[@chrismaddock5790]

@@MrSinister718 You might need to calm down a bit, mate

[@ranndino]

The mainstream media is still dominated by wokism and so is the corporate culture. You get penalized for speaking out against it even in the most polite, mild manner.

[@fanelskejovic77]

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ✊ - George Orwell

[@expansionone]

Btw, Mao killed about 80 million people in his re-education process

[@littlebob6962]

Like Liz Cheney does.

[@marathonlogistics9943]

​@@littlebob6962 😂😂😂

[@KevinKeating-s4g]

This clown Bill Maher isn't telling any kind of "truth."

[@billjames9237]

Then let THAT revolution begin.

[@Topgun83152]

Bravo Mr. Maher. It’s refreshing to hear someone with common sense speaking what we all see happening now in these United States of the Offended. We all would be better served if we would focus on fixing the issues that will likely take this country down than whining about hurt feelings.

[@wakeup_samurai]

I’ve been saying this for years, thank you. Family lived through the Chinese cultural revolution

[@JO-uy6zs]

Trump was like Mao, a cult devoted to one insane hate filled man. Nobody worships sleepy Joe Biden lol. He's boring

[@34口2fds蛋トマgs]

A big part of cultural revolution was the people are tired of being poor and they thought the old traditions are holding them back and making the country weak. This is something the west will never bring up. People who are privileged in their entire life can't possibly understand.

[@jeffheyer7783]

Thanks for your input

[@jeffheyer7783]

The young woke are scary

[@tritium1998]

Plenty of Chinese did. Mao gained the most people in history.

[@teledoink]

This started in the 90s in California. A girl in my animation history class got super offended and upset at the teacher for showing a bunch of racist and xenophobic cartoons that came out in WWII. She sat there practically crying in class after the cartoons were shown. It shocked me that she would prefer to hide her head in the sand than to be educated about these things. But this was a sign of things to come

[@dude8223]

It's a mental illness

[@dbalgp1047]

Well it does suck to have to watch racist, xenophobic cartoons for a grade. I'd be curious whether she wanted to hide her head in the sand, or whether she thought she could have gotten the message with a little less immersion. If she was crying because the content upset her, I kind of feel sorry for her; but if she was crying because she thought the professor shouldn't be able to show it, that's a lot less sympathetic.

[@fernandodemarco4851]

Yeah, the humanity should nuke CA and NY for the common good.

[@matrix91234]

if you want a good series that kinda makes sorta fun of all sides. "Cobra Kai" TV series. You can be Johnny or Daniel without turning into a Kreese which is kinda what far right wing ideology turns into. But at same time mocks the overly sensitive people, or as Johnny puts it "Nerd shit" which is gold!

[@LlibertarianGalt]

It started in the 1940's when Berkeley housed the Critical Theorists who fled the Frankfurt School during the rise of the Nazis.

[@aldoczavala8540]

As a moderate, I love the common sense Bill brings in this monologue. It is refreshing

[@davidlee1646]

I think as a "moderate" you may mean you got pushed into the "conservative spectrum", because the left has kind of, uh, transformed into this unrecognizable thing.

[@thecreativemillenial]

He's always done this

[@GeronimoPlaz]

There's no room left for being a moderate. Standing that close to Marxism still makes you an extremist.

[@angelagoodwin5758]

Me too. I'm a Democrat, but we seemed to have lost our center to the far left. Extremism on either side of the aisle doesn't benefit our country. Only common sense.

[@Capt_Ahab]

@@angelagoodwin5758 After doing some research, it is not necessarily that these people are moving further left, they are embracing Marxist communism whereas the party of old who embraced tolerance and believed in homogeny for the nation's good were Democratic Socialists (think FDR and the New Deal). They want us to think they are more progressive and to the left of the old Democratic party to trick you into believing that you're the one who needs to be more like them when they are not even on the same scale. They are as different to us as fascists are to the Democratic party.

[@josephconfer5924]

When the one person who makes sense is Bill Maher, the world is going through something that could be incredible , I applaud you Bill I seldom agreed with you but I always respected you and that's how I live my life !

[@Subgenrelol]

This is one of Bills best monologues in years, absolute banger. These kids really pretend that they wouldn’t be exactly the same people that they hate, had they been born in the same conditions and given the same information of the time.

[@squibbleyfarbleton1976]

New rule: Bill Maher needs to stop being five years behind the curve and then acting like he discovered what the rest of us already have been talking about.

[@tocomment9638]

Bill has been complaining about cancel culture and oversensitivity on the left for over a decade. Anyone who follows him knows this isn’t a new take.

[@ludwigvonmiseswasright4380]

Well...I'd take that a step further, and say that they ARE like the people they hate. They hate white people, and are racist EXACTLY like the people they hate

[@runna9647]

they already are the exact people they claim to hate,radical,close minded fascist bigots who are trying to get rid of democracy.

[@theworchester]

You're so close to understanding here. What you're describing is called "systemic racism" (or classism, or misogyny, etc). It's when an oppressive system is so ingrained that the participants don't realize that they are a part of it. All "woke" describes (at least in its original use) is that you have realized the often oppressive nature of the system.

[@jamespaul4618]

Bill. So happy that you have not been cancelled. The world needs more people like you. Continued success.

[@joeleicht5764]

@@DocDarkness I wish that were true, but I beg to differ. If the gatekeepers of communication (the media, social and others) cancel you, you are cancelled. Examples abound.

[@davidt8087]

He shows a Soviet food line, something that also happens in America. Communists at least offered food to those who didn't have it. Here in America, they throw food away and don't give it to the homeless and employees who do get fired. Seriously the food line photos are pure propoganda. Dumbass Maher sits there telling his mostly wage slave idiot audience that "hey you should shut up and enrich your boss while you live paycheck to paycheck becsuse they're greedy and want to have a glamorous life througj your very very very highly underpaid labor, oh and I'm a multi milloinaire so of course I want pure abusive capitalism because it benefits me". His idiot audience is too fuking stupid to see it.

[@JohnDoe-dk4dr]

Yeah if there’s one thing this world needs it’s more boomer snowflakes crying about people trying to be nice to one another

[@hattemh6535]

Ironically he was cancelled by George Bush.

[@bunkhouse]

@@DocDarkness No not really. When THEY (those with the biggest microphone or societal resources) take away your livelihood, ruin everything you worked for and earned in life, turn friends against you, and ostracize you from society THEY are doing that; not you. It is beyond your control; so no, people are not allowing themselves to be cancelled.

[@colinmcmullin1154]

Nice to see historical facts being used to teach a real lesson

[@MathematicalCowboy]

Bill is teaching the lesson, but is anyone open-minded enough to really learn it? That's the problem. Who is listening to Bill? The people who should be listening to him now hate him, and believe that Bill Maher has become a conservative sympathizer or a bigot or racist or transphobe or any other term that is used to vilify people nowadays. This Woke Revolution has to be checked and controlled, otherwise it's going to rip our country apart. It's really sad. And meanwhile, you can be sure that Russia, China and the Middle Eastern powers are laughing at Americans for their absolute stupidity.

[@goaski474]

It's only taught, when it's learned.

[@meatrackgames]

Except he used history and misconstrued it to make an ideological point. That's called sophistry.

[@justinpeterson2105]

What happened to "I can read whatever the fuck I want?" Indeed Bravo

[@zaviddemon8975]

Welcome to Christian national ISM. you think what they want you to think OTHERWISE YOU ARE DEAD ONE RELIGION, THEIRS. YOURS SUKZ

[@zaviddemon8975]

TRUMPISM

[@DarkMatterCurator]

@@zaviddemon8975 😆😆😆😆

[@DClike]

Jordan peterson has said this exact stuff and gets made out to be the devil because of it, bout time more people finally caught up

[@sandraward6854]

I 💯 agree!

[@vinnygarthewaite7065]

Jordan is a genius that saw this woke bullshit a mile a way and nobody listened

[@portlandor9138]

He was ahead of time ! It took a half decade !

[@BoCaine]

Jordan Peterson is a completely tool

[@MGlunky]

My man jordan just needs better jokes

[@AndyFriday]

When we can’t express ideas and discuss them openly anymore, out of fear of constant toe stepping, we have lost the ability to negotiate. And the second option after negotiation is violence. We have to try to avoid violence and start talking openly again.

[@kilgortrout3432]

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

[@dr614]

Very well spoken 👍

[@jaysway9251]

The fact that we now have Bill agreeing with talking points considered conspiracy theories not too long ago is really telling of the times we’re living in

[@eylab1541]

Buddy, my friends and I are increasingly finding ourselves agreeing with the right more and more and I ask myself: how did that even happen? But it's not that I've changed my views, it's just that the definition of leftwing and their ideas have changed.

[@DerdiedasBlue]

It's saying a lot about him ngl

[@PaulaSeymour-xc9qe]

There are no more conspiracy theories. ....

[@johnduquette7023]

@@eylab1541 It's called the "Overton window," the window of acceptable political conversation. The window shifts, even if you don't.

[@sivad1025]

Yet he still doesn't think most climate change predictions are complete hoaxes. I don't get how he can identity that the academic class is wrong on practically everything and still take seriously the climate alarmism

[@vickilindberg6336]

"That's the difference between reality and your mommy.". That will be requoted. Thank you.

[@swell_gal]

Bill knows how to walk the thin rope in the middle without losing his balance on the left or on the right. Not easy. Kudos to him.

[@fredblank3720]

Not really. He’s solidly a right winger

[@toniomiklo2406]

It's called playing both sides. Not exactly a virtue.

[@subhashxrecord3131]

Three decades shitting on Republicans doesn't sound like:he's a right winger" the man utterly disavowed Christian religion and organizational enterprise ; his own catholic upbringing? Mocked torn to shreds the original posters comment stands the man stays neutral and crushes the difference/

[@blackofthekin]

​@@toniomiklo2406 it's called being a centrist, which by today's standards he is, but by 15 years ago wasn't. It's also called I'm not gonna follow the word "left" when it stops representing left values. And I don't give a flying fuck about Maher. I grew up with left leaning standards and apparently now I am a racist.

[@mtb416]

@@blackofthekinHe’s a centrist now? Interesting how that works since he’s only ever been described as left leaning, never ever a “centrist.” He’s only a centrist now because the left has lost its mind, so he looks centrist from our new relative viewpoint. As for centrality being some virtue, depends on the issue. I doubt, at least I hope, you’d “meet in the middle” someone who felt murder was acceptable, for example.

[@nareshgb1]

"so drunk on their own purifying elixir" - nailed it again Bill Maher.

[@BadDriversOz]

VODKA?

[@jordanadkins1828]

@@BadDriversOz Most likely this kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX6cm5t9nq50fK8

[@BadDriversOz]

@@jordanadkins1828 LMAO!

[@kerwinbrown4180]

​@@BadDriversOz Power is much more intoxicating as it gives one power fever.

[@BadDriversOz]

@@kerwinbrown4180 'Ahhh, intoxicating!' Dr Thrax, C&C ZH!

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

That story about the Law Professor is unbelievable. How are these people going to survive as lawyers in the real world when they can't even hear racial slurs alluded to?

[@LA_HA]

Dennis: They took that week off to protest, please don't ask them to discuss what they don't know

[@DeadDancers]

I guess as soon as their client repeats the slurs the accused said to them, they’ll have to coldly insist their client leaves because they don’t tolerate that sort of language. 🙄

[@catherinegearhart2102]

I’d like to inform you that the lawyers are going to to be just fine. What Bill is doing is called “exaggeration” and he does it to make people laugh. Now, instead of my words, I’ll give you some of FOX’s: “Any reasonable viewer arrives with a skepticism … an understanding that [the host] is engaging in exaggeration and non-literal commentary”. What we have here isn’t even an opinion show. It’s a comedy routine produced by a subscription entertainment channel. Those of us on The Left understand this, but you guys never do.

[@A.Dude.]

Just put into perspective what is going to become of all the students... The country is raising a new species of zombies and they will walk among us and guess what? We are going to be called weirdos!

[@robertorolfo]

It's not even that. It's not even the ridiculous sensitivity (which is bad enough by itself), but their inability to think critically and understand that not only did he do nothing wrong, he was actually on their side. It's insanity. The inmates are running the asylum.

[@michaelsmyers1973]

I am awed by Bill’s honesty and humor.

[@lsc758]

The only problem is Bill will still only vote Democratic against President Trump so we will have the Communist United States!

[@GabrielBourke]

You missed the best but about Jason Kilbien's sensitivity training. The training material also used the redacted same two slur words that he was condemned for using. Kilborn is now countersuing

[@seselgroth]

Good. Bankrupt them... one case at a time.

[@Enyavar1]

I really want to see the million people who were killed by "liberals" last year, like in the Cultural Revolution. Where are the reeducation farms, where people are forced to plough by hand? COME ON, a weekly course of sensitivity training is not what Mao did to people he disliked. Even Maher's reeducation show cannot change the facts about this BS.

[@VoxVeritasXXX]

Honestly I don't think ANY of them believe it, or even have the capacity to understand it, look how hard they struggle to even EXPLAIN it. They are literal puppets being pulled at the strings by their globalist communist puppet masters. 'The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.' -- George Orwell

[@philippemarcil2004]

Killborn will loose because that was not the only time he was a racist bigot. In a lecture, he once called racial minority "cockroaches" and he didn't deny it. This guy is lucky to still have a job teaching law.

[@p930racer]

Going after an expert in law demonstrates how stupid the wokies are. A liberal arts or science/engineering professor would be much less likely result to file a lawsuit for the actions of the college red guards.

[@weinazhang2529]

I have been thinking the same for awhile! As growing up in China and my father was a red guard! Thanks Bill! You’re indeed a wise man! I’m so sad and worried where are we heading now!😢

[@victorrosenheart8036]

This show is the beginning of the end of these monsters. Unlike China we are still free and therefore time is on our side. Each speech like this is one more crack in those creatures' narrative.

[@natantataii8195]

thank you

[@freegeorgia4808]

You should speak out loudly and openly sir! Thank you. I always laugh at progressives that claim China is an oligarchy and not real communism.

[@ernahubbard2062]

@@freegeorgia4808 this is typical logic fallacy: no real scotchman. All communism turned into totalitarianism, oligarchy, crony capitalism or a mixture of all. Then the supporter will say: oh , it’s not real, let’s create a real one😂

[@creed22solar123]

@@ernahubbard2062 yeah that's their main excuse, that it was never tried anywhere and if it could only be attempted properly it would be grand 😂

[@NautilusGuitars]

If you asked me a few years ago, I would have never thought that Bill Maher, a man who was at the forefront of the elitist progressivism that evolved into this social contagion, would be one of the only voices of reason in the entertainment world fighting this very thing. But I'll gladly take it. He's gone through a redemption in my eyes. Not that he owed anybody that, but I'm glad I can feel that way. His ability to have mature discussions with those he might disagree with, and incredibly, _actually_ change his mind on topics after doing so, has restored my respect for him in a way that very few ever have. He's a powerful voice in this fight, considering his left-leaning political disposition. And he's a brilliant example that people on the left don't have to comply to this ideological cultism. So, hats off to you, Bill. I genuinely appreciate you for what you're doing, and I respect your bravery and integrity. You'll have my support for as long as you continue being an example of this for others.

[@justin1730]

His first show was called Politically Incorrect, and it was cancelled for being politically incorrect.

[@NautilusGuitars]

@@justin1730 I'm fully aware of who Bill is. He was somebody I looked up to greatly in my teenage years of being a militant atheist. Then I became more politically aware and concluded he was an elitist snob who put ideology over facts, just like he ridiculed religious people for doing. He did that show in a time where people were relatively safe from serious blowback. His show might have gotten canceled, but his identity and standing were still intact. That's changed significantly today. All that said, he's had an awakening and has really put genuine effort in to seek the truth and speak it to power. He's at much greater risk today than he ever was, and he's doing it for the right reasons. So I respect him for that.

[@satanicrepublican4781]

He's the last liberal in holy-wood.

[@travisdonaldstanley6420]

I don't follow. We was always a classical liberal. He just refused to drink the kool-aid.

[@rasman007]

@JUMBO SHRIMP What did he say that you don’t agree with?

[@annatanneberger-bs2xx]

Thanks Bill! I am so grateful someone with an audience has had the guts to say this!

[@PastorKCLiu]

the comparison to the Red Guards is SPOT ON. Those who experienced the "revolution" in China, then moved here, can feel the chilling resemblance.

[@raymondclapsadle9310]

I’m 52 and when I watched “Blazing Saddles” as a kid, it shone a light on the racism I grew up with in rural Georgia. Brilliant flic!! So I thought my Gen Z coworkers (political canvassing) would appreciate the message and humor of this milestone movie. Their shocked expressions at the content and MAJOR uncomfortableness at hearing the n-word was almost as funny as the movie itself. 😂 I’m very far left (for the USA) but these kids take themselves waaay too seriously.

[@deanfiora4227]

"Where da white women at?" 😆

[@MsLamotta]

If u r Far Left? Then u voted for all the things Bill is complaining about. I would not brag that u are Far Left. What could u possibly be proud of?? Censorship. Mandates? Teaching young children to question their sexuality. Seriously? You hate capitalism? Go read Radical Son. 🤦🏻

[@crosslink1493]

"Excuse me while I whip this sucker out!" 😄 That movie took a flamethrower to racism and other social ills yet its now seen only for its superficial imagery as just a blatantly racist and sexist movie. Too bad

[@SeruraRenge11]

Did they miss the part that all those white people in the town were explicitly pointed out to be morons?

[@mistrmistr6417]

Correctomundo!!! Little hot house flowers that wilt the second they open the front door to their Parents House. Fragile, feeble little minds, they'll make fine Laborers on the Moon. "Work, Produce , Obey!"

[@matts6827]

John Cena's Chinese apology still sticks in my head.

[@宋庆礼]

Actually, his mandarin was bad. He sounded like he was reading from google translate.

[@prometheusunbound]

That was pure greed in his part since Hollywood makes most it money in China so capitalism.

[@tinytanks]

absolutely disgusting, cowardly and pathetic on his part.

[@djzrobzombie2813]

John Cena may look like an Alpha but he an an beta

[@Socialdogma]

That was not being “woke”. It was something he was told to do by executives that didn’t want to lose the huge money China market.

[@locker1325]

Wow! That's a whole lot of Truth. Dropped in a very short period of time.

[@jeffjuco]

“They think you can change reality by screaming at it.” The woke mindset in a nutshell, perfectly said.

[@Antares070]

Best woke definition ever..

[@scottkelly9139]

Yeah, tell it to MAGA, Stump, DeSantis, Christian Evangelists, etc. Bill has become Dennis Miller

[@vincentcalderone5956]

This couldn't be more right on the money... but I'd swear it's all calculated deception. He does this to make you think he's a normal sensible person so later he can deliver the message he gets paid the big money for. He actually says that Biden is doing a good job, whether it's the Afghanistan pull out or dumping money and weapons on Ukraine, it's actually really creepy. He is a corporate comedian for the state television. People like Bill and the Obamas probably have $100M each invested in communist China and/or the war machine. Totally duplicitous little weasel.

[@conoroshea2377]

Don't compare the Soviet union to today's woke culture. They were bad but they earned everything they had and did promote equality. They stopped fascism and imperialism. Don't compare them

[@samhavoc1066]

@@scottkelly9139 Don't need to; they're a bunch of idiots as well. Extremes of either side need to crawl back under their rocks and leave the rest of us alone.

[@tylersizelove7521]

We need more guys like Bill who are not afraid to call out both sides of this social circus going on here.

[@andysalter7192]

I only really see the circus and clowns on one side.....and it ain't the Right.

[@WolfSyndrome]

​@@andysalter7192 Cult members never see problems within the cult.

[@jackgardner8225]

@@andysalter7192 Haven't noticed George Santos, huh?

[@spinflux]

@@andysalter7192If you don’t see the silly and stifling ethos practiced by the extreme right as well as the extreme left, that’s a willful blindness of your own. Others may not share the same affliction.

[@andysalter7192]

@@spinflux I am sure the right or whatever that means these days isn't perfect, but you are being disingenuous if you can't see the majority of Americans and the western worlds issue don't stem from modern left politics. Hence Bills video , I would have called myself liberal 5 years ago and now it's so far removed from those liberal ideals I don't even recognise it ! What was Liberal / left 10 to 20 year's ago is now " Right Wing" , I haven't changed my views at a really, the party has.

[@williamlynn6084]

Bill is spot on. Great service to common sense thank you

[@ejtattersall156]

He forgot to point out that these "armies" were psychotic teenagers.

[@logic3686]

The only Liberal left on TV still with any sense.

[@codzboy74]

bill is a conservative

[@docsavage8640]

Maybe the only liberal on TV. The rest are Leftists. Not liberals.

[@logic3686]

@@codzboy74 No doubt he shares more in common with the the Right than most on the Left.

[@novagerio]

Bill you're a genius. You are the only advocate of Sanity in this insane world! 👍

[@raykuang2889]

It's crazy, when my grandma was still in China, she had to wear those signs at one point because she was an elementary school teacher (an "intellectual"). She was shamed and fainted from exhaustion at the public square and had to be helped back home afterwards. This was in Taishan, Guangdong. Grandpa was jailed for like a year at least for being a teacher too.

[@tinytanks]

they would be proud of you to know that you can see though this bullshit in this day and age

[@nothingelse9602]

Ray,your first words said it all: “It’s Crazy”.

[@keithhunter3910]

And now we have the Ivy League educated members of the GOP attacking the woke, liberal, elite, groomer college professors who educated them and their parents and are currently educating their children. Go figure.

[@Enyavar1]

So, Ray, you also say that a weekly 90-minute course of sensitivity training is just like the Cultural Revolution? Maher is _right_ that some things are wrong in his nation, but he is _wrong_ when he compares it with China of the 1960s. It's nothing alike, and Maher's reeducation show won't change the facts.

[@SasukeUchiha-zu6dw]

@@Enyavar1 I think he's saying we are headed down that path. Stuff doesn't happen all at once it slowly builds.

[@alessandrozuffi5068]

Finally, FINALLY! They pushed so much the boundaries that finally everyone is starting to speak up even among their side.

[@John-ej2oj]

Bill has been "speaking up" for years!

[@redbuddha]

There are no sides, only imaginary ones like country borders. We are all on the same boat and this is one of many things that are out of control, just as disinformation on climate change and many other things. If you want to talk about “sides” then side with the human race and how we can improve it, without thinking blue or red. Respectfully.

[@christerry1773]

He’s been doing it for years. Unfortunately it changes nothing

[@davidjacobs8558]

Just as J K Rowling.

[@johnsnow145]

@@redbuddhadid you really just claim a countries borders are imaginary?

[@borncoza]

"That's the difference between reality and your mommy" Bill Maher my friend, my brother, you're the reason I still believe in humanity

[@verilyheld]

Ha. Trust me, between reality and my mother, reality is rainbows and unicorns.

[@MathematicalCowboy]

He's a smart guy, a very smart guy! Even though Bill Maher is mostly a "liberal", the guy is smart enough to realize that the various liberal movements in this country have become very extreme and very dangerous. But still...I'll bet you Bill Maher will endorse the Democratic Party in 2024! Maher is smart, but old habits die hard!!!!

[@johnkerr3547]

Thanks Bill Maher for keeping it real!

[@markmarderosian9657]

I was floored in 1994 when a young woman my age came up to me at a city council meeting and told me that a proposal I had spoken in favor of during the public's time to speak. that what I had said had "made her feel bad." How? I asked. "I was offended." I had never heard of such a thing. She didn't offer any rebuttal or counter-argument, just that she was upset. I didn't get what the big deal was, so I shrugged. She got even more mad and frustrated and said, "Don't you understand!? I was offended!" I guess she wanted some apology or something but I just shrugged again and said, "Oh, well". She stomped off. To this day I'm not sure what she was expecting. But her incredulous expression was the scariest part: A disbelief that I couldn't care less about the feelings of a stranger over my support of some parking ban.

[@victorianlover3328]

And that she couldn't even explain what her problem was. It was just all your fault. Weird world we live in today, and we have to set it straight.

[@history6988]

That's a narcissist!

[@SynsityGW]

@@victorianlover3328 every year it feels like people are "finally waking up", then next year things are only worse. idk. at a certain point, "waking up", isn't enough i guess. the problem is the people who are people targeting are the "leave me alone and let me live my life without your interference" types. they usually don't wanna get involved.

[@tracim3080]

You probably said something that was obviously offensive but you consider commonplace. I noticed you never tried to think about what you said and how it could have been offensive all you seemed to remember or care about is that someone called you offensive and you got offended by their offensive. So the overly sensitive person in your story is actually you.

[@java4653]

In 1994...30 years ago. That's your "proof"?

[@twitchly]

Feeling some relief that someone with a major platform also sees parallels with Mao’s totalitarian utopia and has the cojones to speak out about it. Thanks, Bill. Please keep it up.

[@smotnick]

Two very different societies.

[@Bryan-fn6lp]

@@smotnick Except the end result of Marxism/socialism has been the same in every society it has crushed -- utter failure and mass suffering.

[@smotnick]

@@Bryan-fn6lp yet you reich wingers claim the sky is falling with the current "inflation." By the way, Maher isn't one of your reich wingers and Ayn Rand's philosophy has caused more harm to humanity than you think.

[@woogymodel]

@@smotnick Not really different, look at all of the Americans who later apologized to China for initially standing against their human rights violations - half of the NBA and Jon Cena - cowards! Only Shaq had integrity to do the right thing.

[@lemonhead162]

​@@smotnickI don't see any difference in what these people are doing nowadays and the "Four Olds."

[@MudSluggerBP]

Nice to see there are still some intelligent people with a voice in America 👍🏻

[@NameSpaceVoid]

It's shocking how many of today's youth have been brainwashed into a Stalinist mindset while calling everyone they disagree with a fascist. Stand up for what's right and don't give these Anarcho-Communist bastards an inch.

[@jons5478]

He is going to say these things and keep voting for the people who believe in them

[@pantsarmstrong863]

@@jons5478 He can vote for whomever he wants. Maybe his material isn't for you. You may want to stick to your echo chambers if he is offensive to you.

[@AlteraLin]

@@pantsarmstrong863 he's no offended. He's saying Bill is being hypocritical.

[@AlannaGraham-i3u]

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.. As a conservative, thank you Bill for talking about this. So important..

[@ursulascholten7438]

So true! But as long as true liberals in the classic sense are around, there is hope. 🙏

[@aprilmeowmeow]

​@@ursulascholten7438 Liberals now get called right wing, grifters, centrists, etc. It made me question whether or not I was ever a liberal at all, for a while... because nothing "they" were standing for made sense anymore. I realize now that yeah, I'm definitely not right wing or a Republican. And I'm definitely not what modern liberals have tried to replace me with, either.

[@ramakrishnna8446]

One of the only guys on TV who takes the side of sanity/country rather than one party or the other!!!

[@davidfarwell3632]

Keep spreading information like this. Thank you Bill!

[@staben22]

I'm not big into Bill usually, but this was freaking awesome.

[@anthonyl9126]

That's the difference between the liberals and the conservatives. The conservatives will rally behind each other no matter what, because they share an infantile love of god and country. The liberals rally behind the truth, no matter what it is, and reject anyone that tries to subvert it, INCLUDING others on the left.

[@GoAwayNow-iz3du]

@@CurtisWithoutHandles - He reveals himself by his words & actions, not whether other people call him left or right.

[@TheRealArobTheArab]

@@CurtisWithoutHandles Good point. If Maher were a "conservative" he would be ridiculed by his current audience and anything from embraced to ignored by "conservatives." There is wisdom across the political spectrum, except that pole that encompasses collectivism (socialism, fascism, and theocracies).

[@foadskyflier]

“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” / Voltaire

[@rcbarrientos6109]

I did not expect this from HBO and Maher but my goodness am I glad I invested in them. All hope is not lost it appears.

[@patrickbertlein4626]

He's been saying stuff like this for years.

[@PaulAllen786]

And somehow Velma is also on the same platform.

[@auggie803]

@@patrickbertlein4626 -And he learned it all from Robin Williams The real King of woke & all else.

[@laszlonagy02]

They will probably remove it in the future as we know HBO.

[@iamsheel]

@@PaulAllen786 to be fair, it's the only shit that is made by HBO (that I know of) unlike the amount of bullshit that is made by Netflix.

[@kutsbothways]

The difference between being woke and being awake.

[@supercrazyvideosofpointlessstu]

What do you expect from the people whose grasp of the English language is so poor they could not figure out that the word they wanted was "awakened" and not "woke"

[@nicolenotizieeamici]

Finally someone says it with the bigger meaning in mind thx

[@BIG_WAVE_RACING]

@@supercrazyvideosofpointlessstu woke was a term white people stole from black people. Just like everything else they try to do.

[@pamtnman1515]

I’m starting to respect Bill Maher. Climate change is nonsense, it’s a political tool, but we should be able to debate it. He admits we can’t even debate obvious political issues now. It’s terrifying and infuriating. Hopefully more Americans change their thinking

[@supercrazyvideosofpointlessstu]

​@@BIG_WAVE_RACING : Enlighten us to the history of inventions stolen from black people, besides the misuse of the English word "woke". Did they invent the car, the computer, the smart phone, rocket ships?

[@pamelabanin5212]

All perfectly stated. Ironic belly laughs thrown into the mix! Bravo!!

[@coezi]

we're living in a seriously dangerous time in the west at the moment. everyone needs to be very careful that we don't let this go too far.

[@mzmiller52]

It already has gone too far. It is irreversible at this point. From the arctic to Argentina is socialis now. The controllers installed joe and lula to complete their plan.

[@Adrian-op5ni]

Removing sex from babies being born is scary. I think if we do that, we’re going too far off the deep end.

[@shawnobetkoff4628]

It's already gone to far, it only took you 8 years to clue in. Too much people doing the I, me and mine thing to notice what is going on around them, either go back polishing your shiny shit or jump in and help crush them libtards

[@eiyukabe]

It's already gone too far. I sincerely don't think there is a way out of this without wide scale violence at this point.

[@noldo3837]

You are right. People suffering with religious delusions are treated not only as sane and safe, but also as virtouos, and pushing their delusions and mental damage called Religion on others. Not to forget that every religion is by definition dictatorial and antidemocratic, and so is religious thinking.

[@5lowburner]

Regarding Mumford and Son’s Winston Marshall: whilst he did apologise to the people cancelling the band, he later left the band, retracted the apology and has been outspoken about the error of apologising to the mob. He now hosts a series for The Spectator exposing cancel culture called Marshall Matters.

[@blueskiesandgreenpasturesp3848]

Awesome. Thanks for the update.

[@bobnuttall1266]

That's where I first saw him.And saw him as UN apologetic.The Winston Bill talked about sucks.

[@elaineteut9579]

I watch his show a lot. He has great guests and asks good questions.

[@DominickinCharlotte]

Thanks for update.

[@carn5786]

This is what happens when we teach our youth to put more stock in their feelings rather than in thought.

[@wyattblessing7078]

I was a Dem for a good chunk if my life. In 2013 I became a Centrist Republican thanks to Dave Ramsey and his financial coaching. I missed the Dem Cultural Revolution, thank God, and have watched with anticipation for the Counter Revolution and the liquidation of the Leftists. I pray the Dems come back to sanity and American Values. Different values than Republicans but still American.

[@garyminser2746]

Bill is fast becoming something I thought I'd never say. The voice of reason.. This is absolute TRUTH

[@Kornknealious]

He still hates Trump for no reason.

[@ZenCorvus]

Becoming. Where has he been all these years? Grifting to those he now speaks out against

[@garyminser2746]

@@ZenCorvus Figuring it out the hard way.

[@ultimatecringe996]

He was never a voice of reason. All he does is strawman right wing talking points. He still believes the false notions of "white privilege" and genuinely believes republicans are both evil white supremacists AND diehard Israel supporters, both concepts conflict with eachother and cannot coexist in a single political entity. Bill Maher always has been, and always will be, a product of intergenerational narcissism.

[@YungLilBoii]

As a classic mainstream liberal, I'm happy to see classic mainstream liberals like Maher still exist.

[@kodyj4893]

me as well

[@plane_guy6051]

Yep, me too, but isn't it crazy that we've been forced into what would be labelled centrists. These days, people like Maher have been put in a position that's like being a referee at a WWE wrestling match, or perhaps more like the goons in white coats in a mental ward that have to be called in to drag the crazies off each other.

[@angelagoodwin5758]

I agree! We need more common sense people like him on both sides of the aisle.

[@roadrunner9622]

Do you know what the word "classical" means, in this context? Modern American so-called liberals are pretty much the opposite.

[@BaldwinVoice]

I hope you understand that today, as a mainstream liberal, you have far more in common with Trump and the Republicans. I consider myself a center-left liberal, and the Democrats today are a Far-left authoritarian party. I hope you'll remember that when it comes time to vote in November.

[@Vetionarian]

Bill is the exact type of person we need in the country. Level headed. Understands idiocy on both sides of the aisle and will quickly and cleverly debunk their failures without polarizing or selling his soul to an agenda. Bill. Understands. Freedom.

[@msimon6808]

Lots of idiocy. Water vapor is the #1 Greenhouse gas. It does 3/4s of the heating according to GHG theory. If you can believe the theory. If the theory is correct water vapor alone will destroy the planet. There is on average 50 times as much water vapor in the atmosphere as CO2.

[@brianharper1611]

When you start caring about the truth more than what people think about you and are brave enough to risk losing everything. That is a very difficult thing to do for most people.

[@carmenslee6234]

Wow! Bill Mayer ! You are so right. Thank God, some straight talk at last!

[@andraspalatinus145]

Demoliton Man (1993) was the name of the movie, where people were fined upon SWEARING by a machine. Everybody laugh back then. The movie now is considered forgotten and trash anyway, while Professors have to write letters and listen to 25 year olds talking about the world they have been living twice as long as them. Maher, salute!

[@morrisfletcher9075]

Don't you dare call that movie trash, its one of the best popcorn action movies (from that era).

[@michaelmorningstar8645]

That's a sci Fi classic kid.

[@josephpeeler5434]

This is a lot deeper than swearing This is about force-feeding and inculcated a warped ideology onto the public.

[@davidyoung6400]

You should watch The Critical Drinker's take on that movie if you haven't already

[@johnqpublic9074]

What about the 3 shells... ??

[@samaelrocks7888]

Bill Maher is easily the most consistent orator of political happenings who's been on the air the last couple of decades. You can appreciate his monologues as a right winger or a left winger because he pulls each side towards the center. These kids now days, rampaging cities, need to hear and understand history more than anyone else in this country.

[@warsurplus]

"Freshmen Orientation" joke was a home run Bill.

[@MisesCelebrations]

but VERY seriously sad

[@codzboy74]

do you ACTUALLY believe students are brainwashed in universities?

[@warsurplus]

@@codzboy74 YES. I have first-hand observation of this through family and peers of family friends. They're being taught group think to the exclusion of any ideas that don't line up with their present world view. The frightening parti is that they don't detect it themselves. It's an incubator for intolerance and poor analysis of problems.

[@codzboy74]

@@warsurplus it's literally none of those things. if anything students are taught to be more open minded and broaden their horizons. what are some of these horrible ideas that they are being taught? name them

[@warsurplus]

​@@codzboy74 You must have been living under a rock for the last 15 years. Disruption of talks given by invited guests and authors to campuses for one. Stifling speech of authors and guests that faculty or mob don't agree with. Condemnation of student clubs and activities that don't line up with ideology of the mob. Civil discourse is not encouraged. Opposing points of view are maligned and labeled as hate speech. Characterizing speech as violence. I could go on. Look up what happened at Evergreen State College in 2017. Civilization thrives when people are free to discuss ideas and present arguments without fear of reprisal. Today's colleges are not fostering an environment that is welcoming to opposing points of view.

[@cathotels3269]

Bill Mayer is amazing, the only public figure who doesn't just blindly follow his political party, he's one of the only people you can trust to think his own thoughts and say what he believes is true and correct regardless of what we're "supposed" to believe!

[@avalerie4467]

It's nice that there still is a semblance of reason and humour in this world.

[@KayKay0813]

Right? You hit the nail on the head.

[@donlightfoot9608]

It seems like just when I lose hope I see some shimmer of humanity, and then it vanishes again.

[@26michaeluk]

His editorials at the end are the best part of the show for me. They're always good to great.

[@mattromano4176]

"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you." -Freidrich Nietzsche

[@crazycatlady5523]

Thanks for this quote. I was thinking, those on the Right are fighting the "Woke" so hard, they are becoming what we are fighting against. The push back shouldn't push you into a 360

[@cynwraeth1943]

​@@crazycatlady5523 I think the woke are fighting the right so hard they are becoming the poster children of fascism.

[@pantsarmstrong863]

@@crazycatlady5523 I think that is part of the problem. Pushing back is what each side wants. It creates a chasm and polarizes each side more. We need more people to realize that both sides are bat-shit crazy. Moderate candidates on both sides would be a breath of fresh air, not going to happen though. People want to live in the extreme now.

[@blucat4]

"Whatsoever I've seen has - come to life, And whatsoever I've fought off - became my life." Chris Cornell, Fell On Black Days.

[@johnpruett5258]

"The real question is: How much truth can I stand?" Friedrich Nietzsche

[@JOHN----DOE]

I LOVE that Bill recognized "Revolution" was the opposite of a go-go call to arms. Very few of my generation did. I actually learned to like Lennon because of the sarcasm and self-awareness in that song.

[@mariaolsdotter63]

How is one supposed to take his 'Imagine'? Was that sarcasm, too?

[@marylawson8797]

He is awake and I’m so glad he’s being vocal!

[@BoCaine]

you mean your narrative was justified so you can agree with him now. There fixed it for you LOL

[@rickwilliams6904]

"That's the difference between reality and your mommy." Had a good laugh there.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

R/Confidentlyincorrect! Go watch "Some More News" - that guy aint even a Socialist but just critical to Capitalism, so he's a good start before you then watch "Socialism for Absolute Beginners" by 'Second Thought'. And THEN you Profit from how that latter channel names his videotitles often in Question-Form so its easier-to-access and you can debunk myths you believe in yourself and answer questions you always had.

[@rickwilliams6904]

@@loturzelrestaurant lol socialism is for morons. The nazis were socialists. Goon.

[@mattiavelli]

This is important work. Thank you, Mr. Maher.

[@StormRaven999]

Amazing! Finally! I will be supporting HBO more over this.

[@duvan.deschain]

Meanwhile, there is a law professor at Harvard who's still on Campus after multiple accusations of sexual harassment. And they went after the one who wrote a hypothetical case? That's current USA in a nutshell.

[@hijodelaisla275]

The Harvard law professor probably announced his(?) pronouns, so he's OK.

[@michaelmorningstar8645]

Accusations of sexual harassment carry no weight anymore because flaky misandrists redefined it as being male near a woman.

[@hikingphotog]

Maybe he's on Epstein's list so they can't touch him?

[@frednicholson]

You against due process?

[@duvan.deschain]

@@frednicholson You can have him out of campus while the investigation and or trial takes place. It's what makes sense. Still, they did something even worse to someone who was just teaching. Tell me you don't see how messed up that is.

[@popcornfps]

He's taking a huge risk doing this, Good for him

[@BoCaine]

LOL

[@richlrn64]

My African American third grade teacher (the only African American teacher in my school district at the time) taught us about racism and told us to never use the"N" word. She said the word in class. Very powerful lesson as I clearly remember it as I write this. She wasn't banned, she wasn't sent for "sensitivity" training. She was my teacher the entire year. Hope I won't be banned from KZbin for the reference. 😂😂😂

[@khatool]

There isn't a massive horde of "woke" people getting people banned from jobs. That's just in the head of Bill Maher. Acting like he's being targeted for his anti-PC views when really he just keeps being handed bigger and bigger gigs. This professor was also suspended (with pay) for more than just some words in an exam. Some quotes from the news story: "...allegations the office found to be substantiated include Kilborn in a January 2020 lecture dismissing a Black student’s view that his comments were overgeneralizing references to people of color, referring to racial minorities as “cockroaches,” and denouncing their participation in civil rights claims. Additionally, the letter claims Kilborn characterized media stories focused on the negative behaviors of white men as “lynching.” All of the remarks were made in the space of one hour, according to the letter, and Kilborn reportedly acknowledged much of the conduct." "....he refused to participate in cultural competency training and coachings...." "...other classes that included racial slurs as part of the academic process have been meaningful. As an example....a property class taught by UIC Law professor Cecil Hunt. They read cases with a lot of offensive language, nothing was redacted and much of it was discussed in class..."

[@D-E-S_8559]

According to the corporate comedian, whatever happened to "I can read whatever the f*** I want" --- but he couldn't allow Kyre Irving to watch the f*** he wanted. Do you see where I am going with his line of thinking.....

[@JeffMountainPicker]

@D-E-S who is Kyre Irving?

[@pradeepsinghm]

@@JeffMountainPicker He plays for the Broolyn Nets

[@geraldpatterson3903]

Today, she'd be executed for that

[@PhattyBolger]

"But when you talk about destruction, don't you know that you can count me out." - John Lennon, Revolution.

[@bfrandsen1]

I was around when the internet started and it was great. People could share their opinions and interact openly with each other, engage in debate, and there was no oversite. Today I never share my opinion because if you say the wrong thing an army of faceless strangers try to destroy your life, family, and future. You can only repeat what they say is ok.

[@Omni0404]

"I never share my opinion online." -Person sharing their opinion online

[@joedennehy386]

I just comment on you tube and my notifications are turned off. I don't care what they say

[@teresabenson3385]

Please speak up anyway! The more of us that do, the better.

[@SRMoore1178]

@@Omni0404 It was more of a fact than an opinion. That's just my opinion.

[@Based_Proletariat]

@@joedennehy386 Fragility.

[@Legallyillicit]

i love this country but i've never been more worried for its future

[@davidevans916]

Not just your country, this is happening all over the west. Worrying times.

[@gotribe8333]

@@davidevans916 True, but nowhere worse than the USA. Even France is making fun of us and distancing themselves. It is embarrassing to have these people in our country.

[@davidevans916]

@@gotribe8333 you are the epicentre of this BS

[@ms.erikamartin1981]

By the time you’re worried, it’s already too late.

[@dontarguewithidiots7459]

me too. I think we're pretty much done. Part of me doesn't wanna believe it but I dunno...

[@martymcfartface996]

Bill packed a lot into this one. He has a fantastic turn of phrase. I don't think I have ever heard him in such good form.

[@MadMaximum-l3j]

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” ― George Carlin

[@saymyname8925]

They are called republicans

[@MadMaximum-l3j]

@@saymyname8925 only someone projecting would say something like that, you should seek help

[@Seticzech]

@@MadMaximum-l3j He's right. "you should seek help" you should take your own advice.

[@saymyname8925]

@@MadMaximum-l3j only someone projecting would say something like that, you should seek help

[@OddityDK]

Which is actually one of the few dumb statements Carlin made. The intelligence curve isn’t a straight line, it’s a bell curve, which means there are a lot of people in the middle of the spectrum. So no half the population isn’t dumber than the average probably more like 30% and 30% is smarter too.

[@AT-yg4nk]

Bill’s “New Rules” segments are legendary. Been watching them since I was 16-17 years old. I’m 37 today.

[@ElDorado226]

Years ago, I read a book called "Life and Death in Shanghai" which was a first person account of the Cultural Revolution. The term, "Struggle Meeting" has never left me since. Truly history will repeat itself because human nature is so unbending! Thanks, Bill Maher!

[@ravenwhiteduck6460]

Gonna have to give that a read

[@richardhannon8826]

Already repeating itself in Florida. The Rs there have decided on a non woke culture is answer to all societal problems. Yeah right, so let’s ban books and certain curriculum from schools and universities so all fixed.

[@ryanlocklear750]

About to buy this book

[@OrpheusObjectMRH]

Yes, and the real threat is coming from the RIGHT, always has.

[@davidfalchek3198]

I have to admit, I know little beyond the broad strokes of the Cultural Revolution... thanks for the citation.

[@campriole5410]

I’m impressed. Goes to show you it’s not to late to change and do the right thing

[@glensmillie5101]

I'm an Australian citizen, no particular sway towards conservative or democrat or Republican or any political parties for the matter. However this wonderful and I believe beautiful monologue is a great example of the freedoms that are espoused by your Bill of rights and the Declaration of independence and the Constitution. We here have no such finery when it comes to important documents. Fight the good fight Mr Maher, I salute you 😅

[@MrMartell77]

That is what is so unique about the American Constitution, it doesn't grant people rights, it tells the government what it can and cannot do. However, if you look at actions instead of rhetoric, there is a concerted effort by American politicians to remove the Constitution and institute communism and sadly, it's not just democrats doing this.

[@candacecobb206]

Love having someone represent those of us that think!!

[@unpopularopinionedpariah6102]

THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT BILL! Bringing a tear to my eye.

[@guzy1971]

Bill is funny but what he tells is frightening We are REALLY in a dangerous situation

[@nikicarrie4071]

Yes

[@steveshalk4640]

My mother thought Martin Luther King was just a "rabble-rouser"; my fifth-grade teacher had us sing "Old Black Joe"; my next-door neighbors voted for George Wallace for president. So, I guess I got some of that "woke" in me and I am glad for it. It is another kind of maturation and is a willingness to discard old habits of thinking that need to be discarded. Can woke get weird sometimes? Sure but, on the whole, progress is desirable.

[@noex100]

@@steveshalk4640 "Progress is desirable". The problem with that statement is that "progress" can mean almost anything; it's like ideological clay, ready to be molded into whatever fits one's political leanings. And by the way, opposing racism isn't woke. Seeing race as the root cause of all problems, is woke and the sort of lens only a simple idiot would adopt. I think you're in the former category, which is why I'm trying to show you that woke ideas or "progress" doesn't actually mean the betterment of humanity.

[@johndongfang831]

@@steveshalk4640 Revenge is not a legitimate reason for destroying other people’s life who look similar yet have nothing to do with your case established.

[@lizzieb6311]

Those idiots are too ignorant to see the terrifying parallels between Mao and The Biden Administration

[@projectmonk9673]

My god this is so true. History is repeating itself.

[@paulstough2995]

That is because humans havent changed much in 2000 years.

[@dyloniusofsparta]

My history teacher warned us if we don't learn from it we repeat it. It seems like we never learn.

[@Madbandit77]

@@dyloniusofsparta So true.

[@keithhunter3910]

And now we have the Ivy League educated members of the GOP attacking the woke, liberal, elite, groomer college professors who educated them and their parents and are currently educating their children. Hypocrites in the Republican Party? Go figure.

[@elirien4264]

It always does.

[@philipsamuelsen7904]

This is timeless!!

[@ginatheroux1378]

I never watched Bill in the past but now find it truthful, ironic and funny. Earned my respect.

[@Ease54]

Yes, but I remain cautious...

[@boojeboy1]

Raise your standards.

[@catherinegearhart2102]

✨That’s because in ✨MAGA-Land ✨the Truth is always what YOU want it to be. ✨✨

[@Ease54]

@@catherinegearhart2102 Magaland has a monopoly on truth. It doesn't exist in Bidenburg.

[@FatMax420]

As the woke get crazier the classical liberals like Bill become more and more sensible.

[@Shasta_Rayne]

As a conservative, I am beyond pleased to see Mr Maher speaking to his audience about how absurd and ridiculous the WOKE extremists are. I hope that by sharing his insights, it will give more people the courage to do the same.

[@Justwantahover]

It's been going on for much longer in the form of a young earth instead of a flat one. It's the same sort of cognitive dissidence and not looking at evidence (like the impact craters on earth). Creationism is also a form of wokeness where they ignore evidence for a myth. What is practicing genetics based on...the textbooks or creation science books? And what do they teach genetic students so they can practice genetics? Not saying you are a creationist, just saying that creationism is woke cos it goes against known reality just like flat earth does.

[@stevendeas]

@Shasta Payne What does it mean to be conservative to you? And what is being woke mean?

[@Shasta_Rayne]

@@stevendeas I define "woke" as: equity over equality through a racial and/or gender lens. To me, being a conservative means a lot but I will try to be brief. I support policies that prioritize more power in the hands of "we the people" as opposed to more power concentrated in the hands of the federal government. I believe in states rights, freedom, the rule of law and the constitution. I believe in the individual and value that individual, personal autonomy that is a God given right that puts the focus on the individual as opposed to the "collective". I believe in free will; equal opportunity as opposed to guaranteed equal outcomes which is one of the ideological focal points of DEI policies. Conservatives value the family and our freedom; we do not want the government embedded into every aspect of our lives. Again, this is just very brief overview into what being "conservative" means to me. There is a lot more that I could say.

[@obiwansherlockclousseau5107]

@@Shasta_Rayne You believe in personal autonomy, but you support the party which has made having a miscarriage a crime. You believe in the individual over the collective, but you support the party which has written minorities out of history textbooks. You believe in the rule of law but you support the party which tried to overthrow the democratically elected government of the United States. You believe in the Constitution but you support the party which has spent the past two decades tearing it into shreds. You believe power should rest with "we the people" but you support the party that has stripped the right to vote from millions. You could say more and it would just show what a hypocrite you are. This is why people look through the lens of race and gender, because they cannot trust pig ignorant cretins like you to respect their rights.

[@worldcomfort2074]

yup.... the wokes are pretty bad... but something says your lot storming and killing at the Capitol after the big lie of a stolen election says you ain't much better.

[@hereigoagain5050]

I have a friend whose family was purged during the Cultural Revolution for being doctors, and he was sent to a re-education, farming commune as a youth. Same story for his wife. They met in graduate school in USA through a series of most unlikely events. Millions of other stories do not have happy endings.

[@desa415]

Mao was crazy. Who could take a doctor and put them in a field? Doesn't he know he could have saved lives?

[@harrychestwigg]

what do the commies have against smart people?

[@34口2fds蛋トマgs]

@@desa415 No, you are crazy and lazy. If you think cultural revolution was just the big bad CCP oppressing Chinese people, you are wrong. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Guards

[@Vladpryde]

Mao made it his mission to kill off the smart people. All of the people that helped build China for the past 1,000 years, through Dynasties, wars, and cultural enlightenment. The Chinese of Antiquity were geniuses.....and all of that passed-down wisdom and knowledge was lost during the Revolution. Now you have Tofu Dreg projects where basic engineering is ignored, thus creating things like rebar that shatters, and buildings that collapse from a steady breeze on a sunny day. The same people that built the Great Wall and hundreds of Temples which are still standing for a millennia are now dumbasses who don't know basic science. Mao's purges are still being felt to this day. Ain't Communism grand?

[@34口2fds蛋トマgs]

@@Vladpryde "Mao made it his mission to kill off the smart people." Citation needed. But who needs to be factual and when it comes to running your mouth on China and communism? Chinese people are dumbass who don't know basic science? Is that what you are saying? Hey boomer, it is 2023, not the 60s. China is now the second largest economy in the world. They have their own space program and they have public transport far superior to the west. They have been focusing on their tech sector working on things that your pea brain can't possibly understand. China is now such an economic threat that the US and its lapdogs are working hard to suppress the rise of China. Meanwhile Xi talks about blockchain, you murikkkans have a president who talked about building a wall on the Mexican border, and the country is actually crazy enough to have spent billions building it.

[@stevedupree525]

Bill is a liberal. Just not an illiberal Liberal. As a conservative I respect that.

[@Zzz-lz9kb]

Thanks so much for that John Lenon quote. Been thinking about people not thinking about what he was saying a lot lately.

[@boknowsbaseball]

John Lennon was rich. Bill Maher likes the quote because he too is rich. Are you rich?

[@zoer7338]

If John Lennon were still alive, he'd probably be "woke", which seems like a good word to me.

[@Shambar18]

Revolution is a great song.

[@Malleycat55]

Chilling parallels with The Cultural Revolution. I love this guy sometimes.

[@sebastianstride7464]

Bill's a tired old man. The comparison is absurd.

[@MG-eh6bx]

@@sebastianstride7464 no, it is an excellent parallel although I am sure you will be first in line to give out hats to anyone who disagrees with you 🙄

[@ae747sp5]

@@sebastianstride7464 Red American Guards by Obama.

[@chadhindsley5431]

Kind of like what Jordan Peterson is going through

[@Fopenplop]

If you want to see cancel culture, ask Bill what he thinks about the Students for Justice in Palestine

[@reverendlee7617]

I went from being a Liberal to a Conservative over this issue. Glad to see Bill Maher addressing it.

[@flyersrule8918]

Conservatives do the exact same thing. They cry and complain when anything changes and call it an attack.

[@dale9724]

You didn’t have to because “Left is Not Woke” by Susan Nieman. Hope Bill has her on. Have you heard John McWhorter? He is a liberal and gives the best arguments against wokeism in his book “Woke Racism”.

[@g.harris]

that is a start...:) All it takes is reason and common sense, and you will get there:)

[@divi2747]

why does it have to be an issue of being liberal or conservative? I consider myself centrist. I agree with the comment that extremism is not good. And the people on the edges of both liberals and conservatives have become way too loud and annoying.

[@catnadas]

DO NOT, we can stand against woke without turning conservative. They are not liberal, they are the opposite of liberal. Mostly they are just kids who doesn't understand the first thing about the world that surrounds them... And the intelectuals... Most definetely NOT LIBERALS.

[@harrisp422]

My father had a saying which he quoted frequently "times change, human nature doesn't"

[@anthonym4541]

One of the best monologues ever. God I hope we pull up from this nose dive before the plane hits the ground.

[@yogadr6]

Not to worry. Our 'red guard' is far from lethal. Maher's entered into hyperbole world again!!

[@asurlybarber3620]

Don't get too optimistic, buddy.

[@radamson1]

We won't, I read the book.

[@MrSinister718]

The only way to ReEducation America is to tell them to stop pandering to blacks. They are only looking to destroy everything that is not black, and even then, they destroy that too. They are not creators. They build nothing, they maintain nothing, and are worth NOTHING. Meanwhile we waste billions in resources, money, and even lives trying to keep them above water in a modern society that is supposed to value education and they still cant read, do math, or speak intelligently about anything. They need to go back!

[@gotem1725]

“The revolutionaries get so drunk on their own purifying elixir they imagine they can reinvent the nature of human beings” WOW, this may be the best line Bill Maher has ever uttered. Bravo 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@meself349]

Yeah, and Bill Maher, legendary pothead and atheist (something he has in common with Chairman Mao) gets so wasted on the "elixir" of the bong hits he does every morning for breakfast that he's probably starting to "imagine" MGT might be onto something when she talks about Rothschild space lasers starting forest fires 🥴🚬

[@dinosaursneverexisted8985]

we're seeing it already with the whole "gender is just a social construct" thing

[@StCreed]

@@dinosaursneverexisted8985 That's actually the definition of the word. Unless you mean sex, which is a biological attribute.

[@StCreed]

It has been said by thousands over the ages. Doesn't make it true. Unless you study history and what actually happened you've no idea, and platitudes like this are easy to come by.

[@dinosaursneverexisted8985]

@@StCreed both. Some are claiming that even biological sex doesn’t exist. The terms are used interchangeably in today’s vernacular. I’ve seen news articles refer to a trans woman as “female” for example.

[@johnghost915]

A national treasure. Brilliant man who calls out BS and speaks the truth.

[@elenilouarasi2828]

You are absolutely brilliant 🙏🏻

[@amitexo]

The audience does not seem to grasp the gravity of Bill's point and how severe the consequences are/will be. But kudos to him for bravely taking on the modern "red guard"!

[@user-fz3sz2dj4r]

Audience needs to go lol

[@hummarstraful]

Bill's audience are uneducated dopes and have always been. They would have clapped for the "clap" sign if head made the OPPOSITE point.

[@dannyarcher6370]

I mean, it _is_ Bill's audience.

[@doctorfeinstone6524]

Because woke shit is all he talks about anymore. We've moved on to other more important topics

[@redpine8665]

Correct. The morons cheered because they thought he was serious when he said "Lincoln is canclelled now, so f**k him" They agreed about Lincoln, not realizing Maher was mocking that idea.