New Rule: America's Mass Delusion | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

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[@DavidHeffron78]

As a Jew, I want to know who blabbed about the space laser.

[@mtraven23]

underrated comment

[@kishendooken1856]

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican from Georgia. I want to know where I can get one?

[@mynameisnotbob941]

You guys have space lasers?! Can I come over and play?

[@meatwad74]

hahaha. reminds me of that episode of south park where every absurd thing cartman says about Jews turns out to be right

[@Usagi393]

I’m sorry 😞

[@tonyjames5444]

Thomas Paine said it best: "To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead"

[@SolaceEasy]

Don't fight with a pig. You only get muddy. - Abraham Lincoln

[@brendakuder2957]

"It's easier to fool people than it is to convince them they have been fooled." Mark Twain

[@pm-uu5hq]

Thats why I would not argue with neither hard left and right. Both sides of a coin.

[@johnjames502]

Is Caitlyn Jenner a woman?

[@johnjames502]

@@jodily Because it makes me aware of all the delusional unreasonable science deniers.

[@Hexanitrobenzene]

I saw this quote on some comment a long time ago: "The survival of humanity is threatened by a new strain of fact-resistant humans..."

[@altrusianwolfdog2564]

the thing the pseudo-intellectuals have a hard time grasping is folk knowing the facts and still not giving a shit....

[@karenshaub8273]

@@altrusianwolfdog2564 How does that make one a pseudo intellectual? What it does prove is that Liberals give people far more credit for brains than they've deserved. Capable of rational thought until they prove themselves to be otherwise.

[@altrusianwolfdog2564]

​@@karenshaub8273 I've never based intellectualism on political and mostly self-righteous ideological views, so answering that question would be lengthier than I care to type ...You can be highly intelligent and still be indifferent about that stuff...especially if you believe in human nature over ideological concepts most fail to live up to and accept it as reality and move on with what you have to work with...you can't rush evolution...

[@Pattys1967]

Scarey,this shit is crazy

[@grimsvaultstreaming3956]

ya its called the left and tds is the reason

[@christopherdonahue1066]

I wonder if Ted Cruz would say we have to respect 9/11 conspiracy theories too because people believe them

[@thelaurels13]

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

[@xelasomar4614]

Yep, religion trains the mind to accept, believe info without evidence, to just "take it on faith". It conditions you to just believe or else. To bypass reason.

[@dystopiaahoy]

@@xelasomar4614 and makes it acceptable to a large number of people

[@velivelmu8530]

Once you give up the principle that evidence matters, anything goes. Outsourced morality leads to psychopathy.

[@wayneburton8168]

Thanks for posting this. I'll be borrowing it from now on. Wisdom is liberating

[@readmelancholystrumpetmaster]

Nice, but they didn't commit atrocities. They broke into the Capitol to take selfies and whoop and holler. More people have been killed at soccer matches.

[@soundsuitestudios-b-9723]

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” ― Issac Asimov

[@randomcontent8459]

Excellent quote!

[@kut52]

"Unreason and anti-intellectualism abominate thought. Thinking implies disagreement; and disagreement implies nonconformity; and nonconformity implies heresy; and heresy implies disloyalty - so, obviously, thinking must be stopped. But shouting is not a substitute for thinking and reason is not the subversion but the salvation of freedom." - Adlai Stevenson

[@kanedNunable]

conservatives underfund education because: 1: thick voters are more easily fooled 2: thicker school kids make it easier for the toff's kids to do well

[@mornediablo7819]

@Scorpio13 you ppl are obsessed with us and BLM, you have to mention it

[@jp3rd516]

Whats a quote froma scifi writer got to do with anything lol

[@CarlosHerrera-ff4cv]

Any fool can know. The point is to understand. Albert Einstein

[@karenshaub8273]

Sorry, Albert. But we have complied proof positive over the last 4 years that just ANY fool CAN'T know. FOOLS resist knowing with every fiber of their being. Spend a day on-line and you'll see what I mean.

[@AdmiralBonetoPick]

"It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations." - Winston Churchill

[@johnb7014]

Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent PROVERBS 17:28

[@budbuddybuddest]

3,000 people gave you a thumbs-down, Bill. That's a good indicator you & your show are doing something RIGHT. Thank you.

[@thewolfdoctor761]

"It's not a lie, if you believe it." -- George Costanza

[@MegaJustGeorge]

Ah, George Costanza, alias "Buck Naked" - you, my friend, are a person of taste and distinction.

[@suezbell1]

... with unquestioning blind faith -- then it's a delusion.

[@saphired02]

@m jones all religions go through cycles of being horrendous evil.

[@the2dtvlogreport-theddreamsInc]

These people are not Christians. They worship white supremacy, not Christ. Christ is a black man & they might not like that fact. Stop playing with my God. I have seen His powers to the point, I don't fear even your government. So want to debate? I bet after that Debate, you would be questioning life because I have proof of God's Miracles on my body & shirt & crime scene photos.

[@the2dtvlogreport-theddreamsInc]

@@elizasmith1229 el martin 1.Can't fake a bullet hole on the right vertebrae without it being some kind of record of it me being injured for a long period of time to heal from that fatal wound. 2. Can't fake so many people seeing the coat I wore that night in 1994 in Elaine Arkansas. Can't make them look at me like I was going to fall dead at any minute when they saw the multiple bullet holes in the back of that coat. 3. Can't fake a court case of the shooting neither. 4. Can't fake another shooting 20 years later in another state. 5. Can't fake knocking an SUV's back window out without something knocking it out. At least I thought the last bullet had shot it out. God had knocked it out because a year later, after seeing the crime scene photos, I notice her side window was damaged too. I thought the police had planted a fake photo, but she confirmed it: "Yeah, that's my truck because I only touched it & it fell off the tracks & inward". God did it to show me a bullet at a window & He knew I would associate the bullet at the window, ofter breaks a window. So that I would know, it shot the window out, so I would know these people were trying to kill me. 6. Can't fake a 911 Call, because that was my only other option as a response, after those females on the scene. 7. Can't fake 1 bullet damaging 2 windows on an SUV & making the side window fall inward & off of its tracks. 8. Can't fake it not being a bullet nor "bee-bees" inside of the SUV of the "shot out" window. 9. Can't fake the lack of evidence of the shooting I saw, on the crime scene. It would be illegal if I did move anything. Which I didn't. I knew who the shooter was anyway because he was the last person to see me walking that route. I just didn't want to tell the police until I confirmed it for myself. The next daylight, I went & told him about the shooting, to read his eyes. He did it & later The Holy Spirit confirmed it. 10. Can't fake having 2 females doing the dangerous job of delivering chicken at 1 ish in the morning because God knew "whom" to use as "tools" to get me to think before I acted. 11. can't fake being hit with bullets & not be bleeding or even have any holes in my shirt where I took the punches to my body, during that shooting. 12.. Can't fake a police report of that shooting. 13. Can't & won't fake a neighbor to call 911 & having a 911 call to report a shooting that happened in front of my home, but the confusion the cops face, when I finally got home & went in & back out the cops was outside. No holes or shells. 14. I can't fake this stuff, so if you refuse knowledge, then that is on you. 15. Can't fake creating some awesome projects that I believe are going to be unbelievable & no man can do stuff like this, it is & will be all GOD's works & it is important that I & we remember that too. 16. You can't fake when we all die, that our bodies go back into the soil, not water. As your "evolution" theory suggested. 17. You can't disprove God exists but I can prove He is. I'm Dent & I'm Out! Mic-Drop!

[@charisselinnellmorton851]

This is why we should NEVER MIX CHURCH AND STATE !

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

Actually countries that mix church and state (such as Scandinavia) tend to have less of this craziness.

[@the2dtvlogreport-theddreamsInc]

These people are not Christians. They worship white supremacy, not Christ. Christ is a black man & they might not like that fact. Stop playing with my God. I have seen His powers to the point, I don't fear even your government. So want to debate? I bet after that Debate, you would be questioning life because I have proof of God's Miracles on my body & shirt & crime scene photos.

[@yorkhunt1251]

@@nuclearcatbaby1131 That's crazy talk!

[@sheldonberg125]

It is the church that is to be protected from the state. You cannot take beliefs out of human affairs. If you are an atheist than you hold to your beliefs and bring them into the arena of public discourse including politics and if you are a theist you bring your beliefs into the arena of public discourse including politics. To try and suspend a persons values and moral convictions from any institution is the height of bigotry and hypocrisy. No human being can suspend their sincere and genuine beliefs. It is astonishing at how many people utter the most illogical and contrary things while thinking themselves to be sophisticated and morally superior.

[@patriciar3780]

Very true. It is also important to remember that this craziness started with Reagan and it has been a slow but steady push to make America a radicalized Christian nation. Like every other radicalized country or religion, the vast majority of its followers live in poverty while its leaders live in opulence. The Billionaire president. Overwhelming lines at the food bank. Rich soil for fascist roots.

[@stevevondoom4140]

the old saying i believe was "when fascism comes to america , it will be draped in the flag and carrying the cross..." I see both in those photo's of the crime-scene...

[@commonsense955]

Oh, without a doubt. It's cloaked nationalistic authoritarianism. Most of those you see in the attacks are too young to remember what WWII was all about. It's ancient history to them. You have to understand that the public educations went down hill in the 70's due to the actions of the republican administrations in creating an economy that required both parents to go to work, leaving a lot of kids without the enforced discipline and understanding of the value and need of education. It was as if the Age of Neo-Enlightenment and Neo-Discovery of the 1950's and 60's was shot dead. Having lived through it all, the 70's and 80's was difficult. Religion began to replace knowledge, mostly due to the anxiety of the lost economy and it's effects which put a fair share of the population into a state of fear and looking for solace. (Sound familiar?????) Well, those children of the 70's grew older, but without the benefits of education those of us who came before them, had. They not only are without the skills of logic, they continue to be just as ANGRY as they were as children, if not more so. (Trust me, if you were old enough to have lived through it all, the traits are sooooooo obvious.) Well, you now see them in all their glory. Easily conned into mob participation; without the skills to consider all sides of issues; focused only on themselves; and now, quite dangerous. As we've seen in the last few weeks, there is little to no difference between their actions and beliefs and those of repeat felons. It's going to take a lot to straighten this all out. They have forced it to such a point that personally, I believe only some drastic penalties such as prison time for large numbers of them due to their own actions will be necessary. As for what to do about the militias is a real challenge. Maybe they will take the time to realize the world went through what they are forcing on us in the 1930's and 40's. The end result was tens of millions kills, nations destroyed, starving millions for decades afterwards; all because of some fascists taking advantage of poor economic conditions to turn the most vulnerable into their fodder. The end result, democracy won. These militias and other groups are telling the vulnerable they are defending democracy, when actually they are tearing it down. That's where the gullibility due to lacking education comes in, just as it did before, and it is doing now. History DOES repeat itself. Unfortunately, we are going toward the worst side of the options.

[@commonsense955]

It's how fascists work. They prey on those who are fearful, who believe they are disenfranchised. They don't think; they are uneducated or under educated, and sheep. To wit: www.technoccult.net/2010/03/03/who-really-said-when-fascism-comes-to-america-it-will-come-wrapped-in-the-flag-and-waving-a-cross/

[@biffaozzie2373]

As an outsider (Australian) looking in, I have gone from being entertained and bemused by American politics to being appalled. The whole system seems to be heading for a catastrophic collapse. Partisan politics, self interest above any common good or vision, and the pollution of money and influence of big business has corroded what little there was of democracy. The factional infighting if horrifying- when, for example, wearing a face mask during a pandemic is viewed as a political statement. Democrats are automatically baby eating communists, and republicans are capitalist monsters bent on subjugation of the masses - nothing in between, no common ground. If you don’t agree with me, you are my enemy. I am amazed to hear myself say it, but I’m beginning to entertain the possibility that America could have another civil war. It seems that Trump for one would actually welcome that, as would millions of his followers.

[@commonsense955]

@@biffaozzie2373 Well, ... You've pretty well nailed it! It's moved from long-term thinking, "Well, we can work with this, give a little, get a little, we can live with it"; to, "Tora, Tora, Tora, we'll take EVERYTHING, NOW!" Newt Gingrich started it rolling, and others (the misfits swaying the illiterate, unknowing, ignorant), saw the opportunities and became the spreaders of the mantra of the ultra-right wing, destroying anything and anyone of the previous republican party; and you thought Covid was deadly. Add a little religion, some violence from militias and white nationalists (all without any penalties), stir for a few years with a pacifistic, apathetic democratic party, and this is what you get. With a little research, you can see just how similar this is to the 1930's, and those of us who are Baby Boomers and older, know how that turned out: www.pbs.org/show/rise-nazis/ , www.pbs.org/video/the-story-of-fascism-in-europe-pthanf/ , www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/adolf-hitler-1 , www.metacafe.com/watch/1437970/the_bloody_history_of_fascism_1_16_wwwfreebookcenternet/ . But then again, the ignorant, the uneducated don't know the differences and are easily swayed. Turn legitimate journalism into entertainment and you have all you need to once again repeat some of the worst years of human history.

[@biffaozzie2373]

@@commonsense955 I’d be interested in your view as to where it went awry. I remember John Kennedy’s speech on going to the moon not cos it was easy, but because it was hard. (I was 8 years old, and totally in awe). At that time it seemed that the US could do anything- we just need to all work together, shoot for the moon (literally) and we can work miracles. And they did. But somewhere along the way, the politics of envy and greed, the distrust and ignorance of science due to the collapse of the education system, and the pernicious influence of evangelical christians has turned it all to dust. I mean, any nation that seriously debates whether creationism should be taught in science classes has seriously lost its way. America barely qualifies as a first world country on many levels - homicide rates, teen pregnancy, life expectancy, incarceration rates, wealth inequality, etc etc. Why did the American people let such a great country turn into such a mess?

[@maxpower3726]

I love the way Bill stays centered and makes equal fun of all idiots on both extremes of the political spectrum and any other bullshit that he sees so clearly.

[@evillyn7895]

Bill should be able to hear my applause from all the way over here.

[@barbarajoseph-adam8337]

I sure hope so. For my part if I were to clap any louder there’d be a tsunami (am currently at sea with my crew).

[@Seekthetruth3000]

He is a rich leftist hypocrite.

[@resistanceisfutile3920]

@@Seekthetruth3000 👽🙄

[@evillyn7895]

@@Seekthetruth3000 That doesn't mean that he's wrong.

[@Seekthetruth3000]

@@evillyn7895 He gives a pass to nutty leftists.

[@NoodleMcnoodle]

"When one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion” - Richard Dawkins

[@marvinthiessen3454]

Cult .45

[@FORTE-VIDEOS]

So true

[@rixx46]

Is this your statement or are you quoting someone? Either way, I like it.

[@yaalikejazz3960]

What it is it called when you ask people to believe a man taking hormones is a woman?

[@a.s.3567]

@@yaalikejazz3960 I believe they call that hermaphroditism. A balance of both male and female.

[@eileenwalsh9779]

Just finished the book "Believe Me" by John Fea which traces the history of evangelicals and why they supported Trump. Scary stuff ...

[@jeffjohnson5053]

Fact resistant?? Everything in YOUR stores are all MADE IN CHINA, Made in Mexico, Made in India, All thanks to your democrat bill clinton and obama who listed China as the most favorite trading nation in all 16 years they were in office. Until Trump stepped into the white house and HALTED this nonsense!! Who is delusional now?? Who is resistant to facts??

[@move2003ny]

@@jeffjohnson5053 that applies to all Western countries mate, not only the one where Clinton was president. And it’s an inescapable consequence of free trade and capitalism that the country with the lowest production cost with flood the market with their goods. You guys used to love capitalism.

[@rodneyoquinn4826]

@@jeffjohnson5053 Sending jobs to China happened long before Clinton and Obama. Politicians on both sides sold us out starting back under Reagan.

[@Wiseguy1408]

@@jeffjohnson5053 Contrary to what Trump was telling you, it didn't slow down one bit under his watch!

[@mauricenyoikejr]

I have a confession: I've just started watching Bill Maher this month n I can't believe I didn't find his super-smart,super-hilarious 'say it like it is' content sooner ...bingewatching this sh*t!😀👏👏👏

[@hisxmark]

“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” --- François-Marie Arouet

[@the2dtvlogreport-theddreamsInc]

These people are not Christians. They worship white supremacy, not Christ. Christ is a black man & they might not like that fact. Stop playing with my God. I have seen His powers to the point, I don't fear even your government. So want to debate? I bet after that Debate, you would be questioning life because I have proof of God's Miracles on my body & shirt & crime scene photos.

[@hisxmark]

@@the2dtvlogreport-theddreamsInc So, you survived some tragedy or catastrophe. There are millions, perhaps billions who didn't, who weren't granted a miracle. And, of course, "they" aren't "real" Christians. They haven't burned any synagogues with Jews still inside, they haven't tortured witches burned witches and heretics and seized their property. They haven't consigned others to anathema and eternal damnation over points of doctrine and dogma. How could they be "real" Christians? And, by the way, I would have thought "Christ's" melanin content would have been irrelevant to anyone but a racist bigot.

[@the2dtvlogreport-theddreamsInc]

@@hisxmark how many have a hole in their backbone & not even know it was that serious? How many of them have killers shaken every time you walk past them, on purpose? How many of them even have the police worried too? I haven't seen many who has seen objects being pushed back to they look like 3 quarters, in slow motion & vanish. If so, HOW COME THEY'RE NOT GIVING THEIR TESTIMONIES? The Angel of God only told me about that hole on my right vertebrae, so that I could them the truth about that shooting in 1994. Oh & I am also from Elaine Arkansas that has an ugly racists history (The Elaine Arkansas Race Massacra of 1919) where over 800 of my people were murdered in Elaine. The same town God protected me in. Why would He let them die but not me? This is apart of my job. So Step off with that everybody mess. Tell them every bodies to come & take some of these killers away from me then.

[@the2dtvlogreport-theddreamsInc]

I am fully aware of not everyone not being given that kind of favor. Don't you think I know that? I struggle with that every day. Not once, not twice but over 15 times I claim that. I know one day I will be taken from Earth. I also know I ain't going anywhere until He takes me. So don't try & make me feel bad about something I already feel bad about. It is rude.

[@hisxmark]

@@the2dtvlogreport-theddreamsInc 800 of YOUR people were murdered, but they are all MY people, including the ones who still live on the "reservation" where my father was born, and who threw my mother's family out of the "tribe" because one of her ancestors was a runaway slave. And so, had I been born in Louisiana my birth certificate would have labeled me "Negro". My sister-in-law was born on Okinawa, whose people are looked down upon by the "real" Japanese, and her family was very much against her marriage to a "gaijin". Still, my one of her daughters, my niece, married an "African-American" so how would you "classify" her children in your neat little racial pigeonholes? I doubt that there is a person in the world whose ancestors have not included both victims and persecutors, so let us all stop throwing stones lest we hit one or more of our own relatives (Some of whom might deserve it!) or break our own windows. You might want to remember: "There am I, in the midst of them."

[@bl00dorange12]

Finally someone talks about the real problem

[@michaeldarragh354]

@Jonah Valdez Real fiction!

[@xelasomar4614]

@Jonah Valdez Where is the proof of your god's existence?

[@xelasomar4614]

@Jonah Valdez Where is your proof that satan is real?

[@deadreckoning6288]

@Jonah Valdez Greatest story ever told.

[@michaeldarragh354]

@Jonah Valdez I really don't mind you living in a fantasy word but keep me out. I am comfortable with the way I lived my life and do not fear death or what happens after. One life on this shithole planet is enough for me. I'm glad I can walk on my own I don't need your crutch. When a bug hits your windshield it's over.

[@dogmaticchains6564]

This is exactly what I have been saying. Religion has been protected and exhalted in America for so long that the line between truth and fiction is blurred and has spilled over from religion to other realms of our daily lives. Even some of the most liberal among us used to ask, what’s wrong with letting people believe what they want, as long as they aren’t harming others. Well the fact is is that they do harm others. Maybe there is nothing “wrong” with it but there are certainly consequences, and it is on full display.

[@InHellBaby1]

“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.”

[@michelekett8450]

🙏🙂

[@edinfific2576]

And just because one person said so, it sounds wise and it is to your liking, then it must be true.

[@michelekett8450]

Edin Fifić Organised Religion has been ruling the world since Roman times, in truth the Vatican became the place where Caesar’s moved to become Popes. Wise teachers like Jesus Christ, whose name has been used to justify the killing of millions of people throughout our blood stained history of white domination tried to teach us the forgiveness, humility, compassion and acceptance. The Church used as an example the image of a sacrificial lamb on the cross, turned his mother into an example of chasteness which has sexually enslaved women ever since, turned Jesus’s wife Mary Magdalen into a whore (Roman Law permitted only the family members to be present at a crucifixion, which is why Jesus’s mother, his wife and his uncle Joseph of Aremathea, who provided his family burial place, but none of his disciples were there) and discarded all the books of the Bible ( mostly written by men and channeled, unless they had direct access to God) that referenced reincarnation, to stop us from realising that we are not subject to there dogma. This is all coming to an end now, the consciousness shift is in full swing, the darkness of people like the Ex-President is being revealed and the world is waking up.

[@JustSomeGuy7613]

some of* the wise. I understand this is a direct quote, but this is more accurate

[@carldeithorn3450]

@@michelekett8450, 👍 👏👏👏👏👏 Very well said! I couldn't have said it better! CHEERS! 🍻✌

[@robotone2812]

Christian Evangelical. I used to be one. Not anymore. The past few months have finally woken me up to see the hypocrisy, danger and absurdity.

[@skonther0ck]

Good for you. We wish you well. If you need help there are support groups like Recovering from Religion.

[@g.p.1101]

I used to be an Atheist until I went to college and studied philosophy. Atheism cannot explain the origin of morality, consciousness and the origin of the first life before evolution. "Sky Pixie"? That's how a high-school dropout would explain a potential creator of this universe.

[@g.p.1101]

@Steve Withers Can you explain how objective morality exists without a creator of this universe?

[@mikebockey4125]

@@g.p.1101, i can explain it. -objective morality does not exist. there you go. you’re welcome.

[@mikebockey4125]

-oh, and also, i think you’re a liar.

[@AndiDuck]

In the 90's they use to have these big billboards along interstate highways with black backgrounds and huge white fonts that were suppose to be messages from God ! My favorite was one that said -- "DON"T MAKE ME COME DOWN THERE ! " -- cracked me up !

[@barbarajoseph-adam8337]

Where, in the US? Who paid for this, my goodness...

[@AndiDuck]

@@barbarajoseph-adam8337 No idea who paid for the Billboards ! They disappeared as suddenly they appeared It was on the East Coast ! It was the 90's and the end of the 20th Century . Before the start of 21st century and before 9/11 and before America lost it's innocence .

[@barbarajoseph-adam8337]

@@AndiDuck Tsk tsk! Don’t people know that billboards are only meant for advertising reverse mortgages and to openly criticise the local police force when they fail to investigate the brutal assault and murder of your only daughter? Christ on a motorbike, people, didn’t anyone read the Memo?!

[@AndiDuck]

@@barbarajoseph-adam8337 The Marlboro Man dominated the highway Billboards up until 1999 before he died of lung Cancer !

[@treetopjones737]

"You can't enter heaven until Jesus enters you." #PervertedSayings

[@mysunnybird]

Bill Maher is Brilliant , Honest and has no fear to tell the Truth.

[@debdavis4512]

And that is just the kind of worship he desires.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

... is brilliant*,* honest* and has no fear to tell the truth*.

[@joshuatoledo8844]

This is a Masterpiece. Well done Sir.

[@WaterborneCamper]

I've said this for years. It wasn't a huge leap for these people to go from believing in one fantasy, to another.

[@the2dtvlogreport-theddreamsInc]

These people are not Christians. They worship white supremacy, not Christ. Christ is a black man & they might not like that fact. Stop playing with my God. I have seen His powers to the point, I don't fear even your government. So want to debate? I bet after that Debate, you would be questioning life because I have proof of God's Miracles on my body & shirt & crime scene photos.

[@raggedcritical]

Have to laugh at people straining their brains to create a false equivalence between believing in political systems that exists, or social concepts that exist, with believing utter fantastical nonsense like angels, demons, creator gods, etc.

[@WaterborneCamper]

@gdi wolverine eat it you deplorable scum bag. How exactly has Christianity been 'successful'?? By what metric do you measure that? By the amount of people killed in Gods name over the centuries? The amount of cultures destroyed? The amount of alter boys raped? The amount of churches charged with fraud? Or maybe the huge decline in numbers in America over the past 2 decades?? You wanna talk about impractical fantasies - there's no better description of that, than Christianity....

[@WaterborneCamper]

@Gina Giant That's nice. Facts don't care about your feelings, though. While you cling to your fantasy that some sky man is going to come along and fix everything for you, the rest of us are actually putting in the work trying to enact positive change, ourselves.

[@WaterborneCamper]

@Gina Giant Wow. What kind of drugs are you on?? Man coming from other planets? Wtf?! And if I'm 'connected to the source', how come I can't feel the end coming like you can?? Oh right, because you're a textbook crackpot...

[@dasikakn]

Wow, Bill! Give those writers a raise! This was nothing but the truth of our times jammed into 5 minutes.

[@campion7038]

When do we get the Christians vs. Lions reality TV show? It would get better ratings than that tired old libertine, Bill Maher.

[@woogymodel]

@@campion7038 Yet you watched ;)

[@Jdockery007]

Mark “I’ll answer that when I’m not under oath” Zuckerburg

[@oldsesalt8496]

I actually knew a Jew with a laser. He did Lasik Eye Surgery.

[@preciousyoung357]

Fully licensed!!! Fully Trained!!!!! Fully Jewish!!!!! JEWISH!!!!

[@viddork]

I knew one as well. He had a cat.

[@gilliancottlemathurin8446]

😁🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@originalblob]

Not bad, but did he operate in space?

[@blaisemacpherson7637]

I knew an eye docter named Eyes-enbaum a limb doctor named limb-sembaum. No joke.

[@randysteele6741]

Bill's at his finest when ranting about religion. This was one of his best.

[@joaquin8637]

is kinda ironic when you hear his religion rants and then his health comments. "Religion is completely absurd when you think logically about it", and then "ya know, maybe vaccines can cause autism"

[@zammmerjammer]

@@joaquin8637 Turns out Bill doesn't really know shit about shit.

[@randysteele6741]

@@joaquin8637 I wasn't aware of him questioning the efficacy or safety of vaccines. He's far from perfect. A few months ago he went on a rant about overweight people that was truly disgusting and below his dignity.

[@avedic]

I'm not a huge of Maher's monologues....in fact, I tend to find them cringey and insufferable. But...........the New Rules are always ALWAYS on point. Satire and honesty at it's best. Every single time. And this was another slam dunk.

[@avedic]

@@randysteele6741 Agreed. He can be just as delusional as others. He's far from perfect. But....his satire on certain topics is on point. We should point BOTH out.

[@rgh-mf2nr]

Finally someone said it out loud.

[@barbarajoseph-adam8337]

I’d argue that he’s been saying it out loud for decades, it’s just that people didn’t listen. Or not enough of them did. And so here we are today.

[@avedic]

I'm not a huge fan of Maher's monologues....in fact, I tend to find them cringey and insufferable. But...........the New Rules are always ALWAYS on point. Satire and honesty at it's best. Every single time. And this was another slam dunk.

[@Whopsie12]

@Jonah Valdez you were clutching your pearls when you write this weren't you.

[@kishorekumar7668]

@Jonah Valdez then Qanon is also truth??

[@xelasomar4614]

@Jonah Valdez Where's the evidence that your deity is real? And why yours and not one of the other 1000 gods?

[@anitahamlin2411]

Separation of church and state is in place for a very good reason.

[@willromaine2252]

Yeah! Comedy and reality all in one. Got to love Bill.

[@dvus317]

Facts don’t care about your feelings....indeed

[@j.dragon651]

@Chris George is Time a right wing rag?

[@egregiousqueef7781]

Like that FACT that NO, 50% of the countries voters did NOT vote for Trump. 80 million people DID NOT VOTE AT ALL. Maher has bought into that b.s. as well; I hear it parroted by soooo many people. More FEAR FEAR FEAR. That's right, about 1/3rd of American voters (those 18 and older) either didn't vote or in some cases didn't even register. That's 80 million humans for whatever reason don't give a sh*t. Stop with the lie about voter turnout.

[@simonrodriguez4685]

@@egregiousqueef7781 Almost 100% of people who voted, voted for Trump, a slight but significant majority against him, but almost no one voted for Biden.

[@Grybster]

True that, but we live in such times that feelings take over everything. Why? Because if I don't like some facts then I can go this way: 1. Nuh Uh 2. You're fake news 3. Educate yourself 4. Libtard/republitard 5. Stop watching tv propaganda 6. Fuck off Just use these 6 points to win any argument. Because after all if I don't admit defeat then I win by default.

[@genki2genki]

Sure, but that's exactly what trumpers said for years. We need to get out of this circle of hatred.

[@ash8207]

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through out political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." - Isaac Asimov

[@cassandra8984]

Isaac Asimov also wrote, "violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."

[@SqwarkParrotSpittingFeathers]

@@cassandra8984 and Samuel Johnson, "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoudrel". 😷

[@chindo88]

America was not founded as a democracy, which is basically just 'mob rule', but as a constitutional republic. I like Asimov's sci-fi writings like anyone. It doesn't mean all his words should be taken as gospel.

[@cassandra8984]

@@petertalbot7261 I believe you accidentally shortened the Asimov quote, which is that many people THINK that their ignorance is as good as someone else's knowledge. The meaning is totally different from what your excerpt says.

[@cassandra8984]

@@chindo88 democracy/representative democracy - I don't think Asimov should be downgraded because he did not make that distinction in a general comment. In addition, democracy is "mob rule" only to aristocrats like the top Founders or the to Plato, remarking on the kind of democracy exercised in Athens over 2000 years ago. Anyway, our current form of representative democracy is showing itself just as much mob rule as most popular democracies anyway, swayed by a demagogue and everything. Nor is anyone taking Asimov as gospel (I hope). He is being quoted because he has a bunch of pithy remarks that are relevant here. He is not being quoted as gospel (someone who cannot be wrong and who dictates the lifestyles of others as if s/he's words were holy).

[@suqmadiq68]

Finally. Thank you Bill. Stay on top of these frauds.

[@louisvillalba7695]

Jesus is the only way

[@suqmadiq68]

@@louisvillalba7695: Same old regurgitated claims nobody can back up.

[@louisvillalba7695]

@@suqmadiq68 love you brother have a great day

[@jordansummach4198]

@@suqmadiq68 angry soul you seem. Peace be with you

[@suqmadiq68]

@@jordansummach4198 : Enamored with fantasy you seem.

[@laurettelaliberte8864]

I agree with Bill increasingly less often lately, but this was spot on.

[@scottsourile4723]

He's been more dead on much more now than ever.

[@rayarvizu3894]

I thought Scientology was bad until QuackAnon appeared on the scene

[@HarvestMoon2049]

Cheers🥃

[@hagdore]

"QuackAnon" Too good, my friend. Too good. 🤣🤣

[@pranayr9284]

Wait till you know about "Christianity"

[@myfamilymatters]

@@hagdoreScientology was probably that catalyst that started QAnon.Scientologists tells their followers to be the locusts of the planet and commit violence, tortuous harassment, spying, and more to their members and their children, to intimidate people to join and thereby pay them hundreds of thousands for fake courses and then give that money their crack-pot waste of carbon they call their leader. They are a dangerous cult, contrary to the status that the US gov. gave them, due to their infamous and well-known harassment tactics. Sound familiar to QAnon?

[@DownMemoryLaneParis]

@@myfamilymatters Knowing some post Qanon and Post scientologist, seriously 2 different leagues. I give you the spoiler...The former scientologist still receives threats, and fear for her life...after 10 years

[@adam_p99]

“Don’t seek solace in the fortitude of consensus” -Christopher Hitchens

[@simonrodriguez4685]

Don’t seek solace, period.

[@Seekthetruth3000]

How about " climate change " ?

[@adam_p99]

@@Seekthetruth3000 man made climate change is a scientific fact, not something people believe because of jumping on a bandwagon.

[@abeautifuldayful]

Would he make an exception for James Bond in "Quantum of Solace" maybe?

[@genki2genki]

We are doing the same thing on this page, and I agree with the quotation.

[@markscottames9277]

So true Bill! Thank you for telling it like it is!

[@Sold.Out.For.Freeee]

There were 4 ppl in the room when I was watching this. Bill says Fuck your feelings and the video ends to silence. All 4 of us looked up at once. One of them subbed 😂

[@YAH3786]

This is an absolute gem of a segment.

[@lynnmckenna9934]

YAH3786 I agree, one of his best ever!

[@the2dtvlogreport-theddreamsInc]

These people are not Christians. They worship white supremacy, not Christ. Christ is a black man & they might not like that fact. Stop playing with my God. I have seen His powers to the point, I don't fear even your government. So want to debate? I bet after that Debate, you would be questioning life because I have proof of God's Miracles on my body & shirt & crime scene photos.

[@lamargilmore4372]

This was trash

[@kevind1650]

Good ole Bill Maher and his atheism, always exposing religious people for what they really are. We all know, deep down inside, that when we're walking through the parking lot at 3 am holding out wallets and purses that its the regular Christian church going Trump supporters that we're all looking over our shoulders for.

[@the2dtvlogreport-theddreamsInc]

@Hudson Donald Obviously, stupid runs in your family, since you're such an expert, be the master of stupidity, I bet you have to look down packed arleady.

[@alicantino1151]

This was absolutely brilliant. Bill nailed everything he said right on the head.

[@skwrttj]

George Carlin said the same stuff decades ago!

[@tradeladder146]

@@skwrttj Not everybody was around Decades ago though, Get it.

[@derasor]

Totally agree

[@guynorth3277]

This is so right on I've been passing this on to everyone.

[@mrloop1530]

It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they've been fooled - Mark Twain

[@liamsmom6177]

This is the one subject on which I still agree with Bill. Again, believe whatever fairy tale floats your boat....but when you start trying to legislate based on it, we have a big problem.

[@1101agaoj]

Trying to separate religion from morality might prove nearly impossible. Both overlap their belief in human nature.

[@sarahoshea9603]

We need to legislate the very minimum amnt of morality possible, basically murder and child-rape, eveything is such a damn shade of grey🤷‍♀️

[@FactStorm]

@@1101agaoj The problem is that there's this widely accepted notion (albeit unfounded) that morality comes from religion. For some reason, humanity has convinced itself of a default it has never put to the test. What a shame..pathetic level of stupidity.

[@PickledShark]

Really, the one topic? I’m honestly just curious what one earth you believe about all the other topics

[@RmeBraTT]

According to your own words, then, and due to the recent legislating of fairy tales, you (and myself), now have arrived at a BIG problem; the Democrat legislation of Trans men calling themselves 'women' and Democrat Executive Orders granting both boys and men the power to compete in girls' and women's sports through the very legislation that is based on the fairy tale of repeating the magic phrase that a man is a woman, a man is a woman, a man is a woman, Their repeating of the words, over and over, their declarations, their beliefs, however ardent, do not make it so. And so the fairy tale wish, however impossible to realize, is, nonetheless, propped up, at least, by the mutilated bodies of young men who know they can never actually be women. I feel sorry for these boys and men, and have nothing against them. The only problem I have, much as you also have, is the legislating of a fairy-tale wish, then forcing the citizens of the United States of America to accept it. This, effectively, crushes girls' and women's competition in many sports. Peace to you, friend.

[@buffstraw2969]

“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.” - Buddha

[@Got.Opinions]

Amen!

[@SolaceEasy]

Even the Buddha didn't know whether to believe in God or not.

[@karenshaub8273]

The Buddha sure had away with 21st century phrasing. Especially "live up to it."

[@mikiohirata9627]

@@SolaceEasy He never told his followers to blindly believe what he says. Buddhism is a belief or philosophy of finding peace (of mind) rather than a religion.

[@itis9555]

@@karenshaub8273 i think this is probably a translation.

[@attheranch873]

Well said. Thanks for making sense out of this mess. It is Christian nationalism.

[@michaelvincent4280]

Kelly watched "Jews In Space" too many times.

[@xanzibar5374]

Bill hits another homer. Well said!

[@richardb6260]

"DOH!" (That's Homer getting hit)

[@chineseviruszombie773]

N word

[@noirrain6005]

Sometimes I wish this world that Bill envisions where there’s no religion becomes real. A world where the strongest and most savage thrives. This way we can get rid of 90% of leftists in a bloody sweep. That’s a world without religion. Crackhead bill can’t even understand that. Leftists have a problem with history or the past 24 hours because drugs.

[@Renji9031]

Sometimes his New Rules are poignant but not homers. Times like these, they are homers. He's like Ichiro Suzuki back when he played baseball. Sometimes he makes base hits because that's what the audience needs.

[@eisenbergjj]

It’s extreme religion plus the belief of being a victim and wanting a savior...I’ve also never found a believer who self reflects their attitude and speech.

[@barbarajoseph-adam8337]

Right. And if it is pointed out that people of certain religions do horrible things there’d be those quick to point out “it’s not the religion, it’s the people!” because of course religion has to be respected, no questions asked / no debate permitted. Well, yes, but if so many in that religion practice the same asshole-ish behaviour, you’ve got to start wondering why said religion do not preach that its followers behave better, think better, or just outright tell them not to be such twats. Also, people, quit waiting for someone to come save you. Take responsibility and save yourself. Usual disclaimers apply.

[@37hurtado1]

You are right! It is exactly what is happening here.

[@Wolfboss7]

At this point, the religion has (or always has been) nothing but an excuse, a cover for selfish and amoral behavior that the “believer” cannot and will not correct on their own because they believe such behavior is justifiable. It’s worse when such behavior is encouraged as it has been for the last 20 or 30 years.

[@rankat1841]

@@barbarajoseph-adam8337 Many a good intentioned religion have born splinter radical groups. It is a given that those within those same religions that in fact follow and live by the peaceful humanistic inclusion of all people, would speak out against being stereotyped with radical faction splinter groups.

[@michaeldarragh354]

If you are a believer you are either hiding something or you are scared of your own shadow.

[@ImTheDudeMan471]

Lawyer Andrew Seidel, at the Freedom From Religion Foundation, is my hero. And he's a nice guy too.

[@marywallace4086]

As an Alabamian I am astounded by Tuberville's ignorance.

[@tracyforbes8616]

QAnon, because Scientologists need something to laugh at.

[@SolaceEasy]

QAnon's sacrament: Kool-Aid.

[@tonib.3016]

Kirstie Alley is a Scientologist AND a Trumper. So...shes a member of 2 stupid cults. And she's an awful human being as well lol.

[@AAAFilm-yt7gx]

@@tonib.3016 No she quit.

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

@@SolaceEasy With Tide Pods instead of ice cubes

[@tomogden2432]

@@SolaceEasy - I like to call it Qool-Aid.

[@driverman8615]

"No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot." Mark Twain.

[@waitingandwatching9328]

so true ... thus the mindset of Bill and those who fall for the misrepresentation of christianty

[@Sulmanification]

True, and provable, look up Baye's theorem.

[@kinanshmahell8065]

@@waitingandwatching9328 it isnt moron

[@cesar7924]

You're absolutely right only the fool says there is no God. Unfortunately all the unbelievers will find out the truth when they die and they pass on into eternity.

[@driverman8615]

@@cesar7924 I would rather be a fool than an idiot!!

[@bbsy1]

I fully understand how a Christian would totally forget the story of the Tower of Babel, but it’s hilarious how even today it totally fits. Then again most of the Bible is still relevant if you remove the politics in it. As far as the senator goes, God gives tests as well and if you think Trump is a holy person, you failed that test really bad.

[@lavellehardin9751]

Spot ON!!

[@lynettellouisel]

Thank you so much for saying this. I been screaming it into the void. Organized religion is the perfect training ground for radicalization.

[@nothxgg8324]

One of the most predictable things in the world today is that liberal women have no knowledge of what happened in the last 100 years during Marxist revolutions/regimes. Let me summarize it for you: atheist regimes killed approximately 300 million people in less than 100 years.

[@prime2955]

Con artists have been exploiting all kinds of religion for ages. Easy money for twump.

[@theallseeingeye9388]

@@nothxgg8324 im from the east. Would you like to tally how many did men in a frock and carrying a bible wipe out both directly and indirectly? 400 year tally from south america to africa easily doubles if not triples the headcount achieved by any seminary educated communist dictator and a bible waving opportunistic gas lighting facist plus a trully narcisitic atheist cultist from the east all tallied and put together. The end of the whips crackled as it broke the sound barrier and tearing away the skin it landed on again and again as lines of gospel justified the righteousness of each lick of that barbarity landed on a human being. Read just yesterday news of catholic nuns sending out children to appease the appetite of some monsters hiding behind skins of man. This is 2021 and the depravity of organised religion is still a shit stain on humanity.

[@jso6790]

@@theallseeingeye9388 Not to mention the fact that all these supposedly "Communist" states were just dictatorships featuring cults of personality that merely replaced one infallible being "God" with Stalin or Mao or whatever. They literally used people's religious thinking to hold power. In North Korea today, North Koreans are taught that the rains fall because of Kim Jong-Un.. sounds a lot like religious thinking to me, and absolutely NOTHING to do with what Karl Marx articulated in the 19th century. But most of these "anti-Communist" types just throw out arguments like this without actually having read Marx. They just believe what their leaders tell them about Communism and Socialism, or.. for many.. more accurately what their TV Evangelists tell them. And if they want to get into death counts, besides all of your excellent examples, we also have the various famines in Ireland in 1840s, and the various Bengali famines over the years that were specifically engineered by capitalism (to name two of a great many). As millions starved to death, food was being exported elsewhere for profit.

[@lynettellouisel]

@@nothxgg8324 I appreciate your comment because the one thing we do need is an empathetic moral compass. I believe many people use religion for that purpose. Unfortunately once it is organized into a rule bound follow what I say to get into heaven doctrine... well ... the leader tends to lead people into hell instead.

[@marciocoelho2481]

As an outsider looking in, been saying this for the past 5 years: it's not politics, it's religion. Thanks, Bill.

[@nonmagicmike723]

I'd go even deeper: it's not even fundamentalist religion per se, but the people who espouse it. America has attracted its share of religious zealots from Europe since its foundations. These religious zealots not only haven't gone anywhere, but have been leaving a healthy number of descendants in each generation. Delusional thinking and cosmic-justice type theories is in their DNA. If it's not religion, it's QAnon; if it's not QAnon, it's something else. Because that's just what they do.

[@LuzdoSol00]

Amem to that!!!

[@the2dtvlogreport-theddreamsInc]

These people are not Christians. They worship white supremacy, not Christ. Christ is a black man & they might not like that fact. Stop playing with my God. I have seen His powers to the point, I don't fear even your government. So want to debate? I bet after that Debate, you would be questioning life because I have proof of God's Miracles on my body & shirt & crime scene photos.

[@yurei8]

True. And here are some examples: Trumps labeled certain people as "Never Trumpers". He went on to Tweet that "Never Trumpers are human scum." I looked some of the specific people, I think he was referring to directly. They had impeccable credential, such as advanced college degrees, from Ivy League schools, distinguished military service. So I took from that, is for him and others, no matter what your accomplishments in life are, unless you like him, you are "human scum". That is positioning himself as God. He cannot say that directly, because would be blasphemy to most Christians. However, if he is supposedly, going to 'save the world' from some "New World Order", they are giving him god-like powers. The term "Fake news" implies that all criticism of him false, which again implies he is perfect. He does not even have to defend himself from accusations with facts. I could cites more, but I'll just stop here.

[@yurei8]

@gdi wolverine My understanding from the Bible, is that God created everyone. Also Jesus commanded us to "Love our neighbors". i am not garbage. I served you, and my country for two years active duty, after I was drafted. I am not garbage. I raised two children to adulthood. I served on my church's board of trustees for 19 years. I worked in my professional career, to preserve families, and children at risk of abuse, neglect, and dependency. I am not garbage. But i am not perfect either. But I do believe that I can defend my life, when I stand before God. I am not garbage. I do want to thank you for being honest, and expressing your true feelings. This does clarify what the real issues are. That, or the other thing could be you are an agent of chaos. I Corinthians 14:33 "For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace"

[@talariswatts-el6174]

Great monologue. Absolutely true.

[@paulpalmer6364]

In a war of wits I refuse to battle an unarmed person. What happened to the country I loved, it seems to be gone

[@willritter4076]

Bill brought the heavy artillery for this one... savage and unsparing. Segments like this are why we look forward to this show every week. Bill has demonstrated once again that he is America's foremost public intellectual, beholden to no one.

[@raptango_na6199]

uh...is this an amazon.com review of a toaster? really?

[@skonther0ck]

Well I don’t know about intellectual. I can think of smarter people, but when it comes to religion, he can bring the heat. Thank you Bill. For a truly intellectual look at religion I recommend Christopher Hitchens’ book god is not great: how religion poisons everything. We miss you Hitch. 😢

[@michaelrg3836]

I'll buy two of those "toasters", thanks.

[@ryancurwen-walker6076]

This...this is the HEART of the issue. It’s always been about Christian nationalism. All the creationism, the anti abortion movement, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the MAGA movement...all of it has Christian nationalism right at the core of it. There are many books and podcasts giving specific details on this; glad to see someone in mainstream media with the balls to call it what it is. Until the media and society at large is able to identify the problem and say it out loud we’ll never deal with it.

[@adammotschenbacher8473]

So Obama continuing the wars in the Middle East was a further example of Christian Nationalism correct?

[@slapnutz1]

@@adammotschenbacher8473 I’ll bet you thought you had a great point when you wrote that. You were wrong, but I’m sure your used to that.

[@delorbb2298]

They want Sharia Law here so badly.

[@WattUNeed]

Free Evangelicals supported Hitler as they support Trrump.

[@vinceouz]

(French guy, just passing by) it's the weird thing about your country, it's supposed the land of reason, where 18th century's enlightment ideas first rose to power, but the dechristianization that took Western Europe by storm in the 19th century (Spain and Italy being way behind) didn't happen in the USA...

[@bennymacaroni]

I don’t like Bill Maher as much as I used to, but this is him in his element.

[@Captain-Cosmo]

Your comment is two years old. It's been about that long that I moved on from Bill. But I must give him credit as you did; Bill was ahead of the curve on mainstreaming sanity from religion, and he is at his best when he continues to do so.

[@linfh8431]

Love it

[@jacqdanieles]

*Germany 1945 -- de-Nazification* *USSR 1956 -- de-Stalinization* *USA 2021 -- de-Trumpification*

[@minimumeffort4948]

This might be impossible to do

[@mnomadvfx]

@@minimumeffort4948 Mhm, Trump just gave a voice and no small amount of encouragement to the more extreme elements simmering away in the background of US politics.

[@Misses-Hippy]

@@minimumeffort4948 especially with "minimum effort"

[@Misses-Hippy]

100 % Right-on! But first, Truth and Reconciliation first, like in Rwanda

[@jacqdanieles]

@Keith Brey 👈 2 week old troll account

[@everintransit4240]

How could it have been so difficult for me to realize "fuck your feelings" was the answer.

[@VersinKettorix]

The guy wearing that wearing that shirt thinks that that is an acceptable message, but not if directed toward him.

[@QarthCEO]

Uhm, aren't we the party of political correctness? Aren't we the ones who came up with the term "Microagression"? Isn't it us who wants to censor free speech so we don't offend "vulnerable" groups? Isn't is us who supports Hate Speech laws? Isn't it us who put feelings over facts when dealing with issues like illegal immigration and refugees? How can the party of Political Correctness now stand up and say "Fuck your feelings!"? So we are just supposed to become a bunch of Milo's now? Nah. pretty sure it is us that are the party of "feelings", not them.

[@LLRFILMSLJS]

It's really ironic to see how things turned out. A lot of people on the left were called "snowflakes", and told that the facts didn't care about their feelings back in 2016. Now in 2021, it's those former "snowflakes" calling these people out for refusing to accept an election, or that not every idea needs respect if it's crazy. So I guess "snowflakes" only applies when it doesn't effect them.

[@QarthCEO]

@@LLRFILMSLJS Russiagate has entered the chat...

[@LLRFILMSLJS]

@@QarthCEO Are you referring to when people accused Trump of rigging the election with Russia?

[@elucas3975]

Since everybody seems to have a brilliant quote to share, I will share one. "Don't shit where you eat" ---- My Dad

[@iammuko2879]

Good to have the show back. The last episode I watched was "Strife of the Party" and it was epic. Can't wait for John Oliver's take on all the BS that has hit the fan since he went on the break!

[@ZBot47]

It's time we expand the definition of mental illness.

[@tredjesongen]

👍🤣 at first I read "dental" illness. Whatever,we add that too😅.

[@pr4f603]

*Refusing to adapt your mental map to the evolving environment.*

[@Kkidzz]

@@tredjesongen …pyorrhea; don’t dismiss it.

[@galahadgarza6905]

39% = “nearly half the country”? That’s a stretch. Aside from his many other problems, I think Ted Cruz has a numbers counting problem.

[@donwanna3906]

Ted Cruz has a Truth and Reality problem.

[@cathyw8578]

Maybe having no spine also causes mathematical incapacity

[@RTDoh5]

Sadly, TEXAS will keep electing him. It is hopeless down here.

[@FlyingAroundOz]

@Galahad: There are three kinds of people. Those who can count and those who can't.

[@RONRIFFLE]

@@RTDoh5 Its so hopeless that Californians are moving to Texas because California is in fact the real hopeless state.

[@braythirteen]

Spot on!

[@chromicapop4595]

That end times thing had me chuckling that was hilarious

[@harryhirsch3637]

Always a pleasure to listen to a sane mind.

[@amylee9092]

The phrase "Jewish space lasers" always.makes me think of Spaceballs. 🤣

[@AlienCowThatMoos]

Funny, she doesn't look Druish.

[@Vezmus1337]

"I see your Schwartz is as big as mine..."

[@vinceedwards3978]

@@AlienCowThatMoos Great quote from Barf!!!!

[@vinceedwards3978]

@@Vezmus1337 Great quote from Dark Helmet!!!

[@tony4245]

Best line in the movie: "I don't have to put up with this! I'm rich!!!"

[@adropofgoldensun27]

"The path that leads to truth is littered with the bodies of the ignorant" - Miyamoto Musashi

[@rianmacdonald9454]

Been in a bitch of a mood today, Bill Maher's new rules, always cheers me up and makes me laugh

[@judechima4047]

Reasoning objectively is something that's lacking in America. Many just believe whatever nonsense they hear without pausing for a while to think. Unmatched stupidity and ignorance are celebrated instead.

[@joseayala2940]

Yeah Jude i totally agree with you, As a puertorrican that's been in the Army for 7 years i observed that.

[@rollinmc5427]

hear

[@judechima4047]

@@joseayala2940 "observation" A good trait. Majority of Americans don't observe or feel empathy, they listen to media propaganda outlets who sets them against each other while behind the scenes crooked politicians enjoy the spoils.

[@animeshyadav7321]

Not just in America but all around the world. Reasoning involves thinking, using one's brain, which most people don't want to do as it requires effort and humans are by their nature lazy.

[@clarissanicole5215]

@@judechima4047 do you live here and actually experience this? Because most people are pretty rational when you actually talk to them. You gotta group shame somebody every now and then but that's not the norm and even after an intense dialogue I always see these peeps as harmless and well-meaning, just really stupidly confused and manipulated. Most of them seem to get the majority of their news from Facebook. I think alot of these people are just ready to jump on whatever hype train gets them out of their daily boring lives and allow themselves to get caught up in nonsense for the fun. Of course, it might be difficult to get one of them to admit it. Just like cigarettes smokers- barely any of them will admit that they're just trying to get high

[@truepeacenik]

That’s not Pontus Pilate. It’s Dances with Karens.

[@jadestarr7153]

I love the 3 old lesbians clapping in the crowd lol

[@peterconverse9843]

"So, respectfully, I direct you to your own T-shirt"

[@lestertm7944]

Thank you Bill Maher - very eloquent.

[@MartinSmith]

MASS STUPIDITY is the new HERD MENTALITY ⚠️‼️

[@fuzzylosophy]

Of course. Duh, that makes total sense, Thanks Bill!

[@neilyaremchuk6798]

Better show up and vote for every election because these evangelicals absolutely will.

[@trysometruth]

@John Hungsternum Democrats control the Senate because (besides the determination of Dems in Georgia to go vote no matter how hard they tried to make it) enough Republicans went for the "why show up when it's already rigged" philosophy. So, yeah, REPUBLICANS, why show up when it's already rigged? Works for me.

[@DonnaLeehereandnow]

@@trysometruth I'm all for Republicans feeling they shouldn't show up to vote because it's rigged.

[@Logiconfire]

Liberals may abort to extinction.

[@DonnaLeehereandnow]

@@Logiconfire Yeah right ❄️

[@commonsense955]

I can't believe the DNC isn't producing THANK YOU commercials directed at all the voices that came out and put the election over the top: the minorities, the young, the immigrants, the under and unemployed, the previously unrepresented. They should be running one coast-to-coast.

[@tuckosi]

There were several mic drop moments there. Bill Maher and his writers are on point 👌

[@fiatfixie4344]

This is where the "War on Christmas" crap comes from. Right wing think tanks know progressives are on to them. They desperately want shield their base from it.

[@jesusislord7021]

Man shall give an account of every idle word spoken.......... says the man that flaunted SUPERHEAD👏.....yeah Ill take advice from you cause your judgement is soooooo accurate.

[@donpenbridge7370]

BillMaher’s sounding pretty good!!!

[@stefanrijos63]

“We have a separation of church and state” Appoints an all-conservative christian supreme court.

[@SolaceEasy]

Seven out of nine of them are Catholic

[@burstcity3832]

@Gina Giant It's more a case that people rarely get into high office or position without needing to profess their belief in god, I still believe that the majority of judges uphold the law over their religious tendancies but I can't think of an American president or supreme court justice that isn't religous or at least claims it.

[@staciepaul]

So the state shall establish no religion translate to only atheist can be judges? We can see you haven't read the Ferderalist papers or the constitution and it's amendments, but instead formed your opinions from what CNN told you. BTW there is no "separation of church and state" in any founding documents. It was the Supreme court that gave us that BS.

[@davidlundquist1979]

@@staciepaul If you want to go down the road of technicalities, it's true that the first amendment doesn't literally say we have a separation of church and state, it's just been consistently interpreted that way by the courts. In satisfyingly related news, the second amendment doesn't actually say people have the right to OWN firearms, only to carry them if you're a member of an organized state militia. So if you're arguing for a more literal interpretation of the amendments, you're also calling for a ban on all privately owned guns. I'm sure that'll make you popular with the conservative crowd.

[@raxxtango]

EASIER TO FOOL SOMEONE THAN TO CONVINCE THEM THEY'VE BEEN FOOLED.....MARK TWAIN

[@jacquesblaque7728]

Jack Friday (fictional LAPD detective) about working bunko: it's really hard to get a mark to admit he/she had been had, and complain. That first step's a biggie.

[@the2dtvlogreport-theddreamsInc]

el martin 1.Can't fake a bullet hole on the right vertebrae without it being some kind of record of it me being injured for a long period of time to heal from that fatal wound. 2. Can't fake so many people seeing the coat I wore that night in 1994 in Elaine Arkansas. Can't make them look at me like I was going to fall dead at any minute when they saw the multiple bullet holes in the back of that coat. 3. Can't fake a court case of the shooting neither. 4. Can't fake another shooting 20 years later in another state. 5. Can't fake knocking an SUV's back window out without something knocking it out. At least I thought the last bullet had shot it out. God had knocked it out because a year later, after seeing the crime scene photos, I notice her side window was damaged too. I thought the police had planted a fake photo, but she confirmed it: "Yeah, that's my truck because I only touched it & it fell off the tracks & inward". God did it to show me a bullet at a window & He knew I would associate the bullet at the window, ofter breaks a window. So that I would know, it shot the window out, so I would know these people were trying to kill me. 6. Can't fake a 911 Call, because that was my only other option as a response, after those females on the scene. 7. Can't fake 1 bullet damaging 2 windows on an SUV & making the side window fall inward & off of its tracks. 8. Can't fake it not being a bullet nor "bee-bees" inside of the SUV of the "shot out" window. 9. Can't fake the lack of evidence of the shooting I saw, on the crime scene. It would be illegal if I did move anything. Which I didn't. I knew who the shooter was anyway because he was the last person to see me walking that route. I just didn't want to tell the police until I confirmed it for myself. The next daylight, I went & told him about the shooting, to read his eyes. He did it & later The Holy Spirit confirmed it. 10. Can't fake having 2 females doing the dangerous job of delivering chicken at 1 ish in the morning because God knew "whom" to use as "tools" to get me to think before I acted. 11. can't fake being hit with bullets & not be bleeding or even have any holes in my shirt where I took the punches to my body, during that shooting. 12.. Can't fake a police report of that shooting. 13. Can't & won't fake a neighbor to call 911 & having a 911 call to report a shooting that happened in front of my home, but the confusion the cops face, when I finally got home & went in & back out the cops was outside. No holes or shells. 14. I can't fake this stuff, so if you refuse knowledge, then that is on you. 15. Can't fake creating some awesome projects that I believe are going to be unbelievable & no man can do stuff like this, it is & will be all GOD's works & it is important that I & we remember that too. 16. You can't fake when we all die, that our bodies go back into the soil, not water. As your "evolution" theory suggested. 17. You can't disprove God exists but I can prove He is. I'm Dent & I'm Out! Mic-Drop!

[@jacquesblaque7728]

@@the2dtvlogreport-theddreamsInc Whatever works for treating oral diarrhea, you should double-dose, and learn to get over yourself. Waste of bandwidth. Out.

[@the2dtvlogreport-theddreamsInc]

@@jacquesblaque7728 Rookie. Let me show you how a professional joke writer do it. Instead of wasting your time on this bandwidth, maybe you should try adding Lysol to your doo doo flakes in the morning. Because I can smell your breath through the reply, you smile like $hit. Honestly, can you please turn your head away from the screen? Please?...I can't concentrate with your breath kicking like that, it is causing my eyes to water.

[@the2dtvlogreport-theddreamsInc]

@Zetta dotta God is my "high". I am not saying I don't smoke, I just don't get high when I do because I don't like it. But my "High" is to Glorify God & I am honored for having been chosen to witness His awesome powers unlike any other person on this planet. Over & over again. You can't say that & so it is weird to you & that is not my fault. Blame nobody but yourself for not using faith & need a sign of a miracle in order for you to believe. Before I had proof of God, I knew He was real because I use to hold conversations with Him, as a child. Didn't matter if He heard it or not, I spoke as if I was speaking to Him. Now? My faith is that He would continue protecting me from people like you. If you are that kind of person? Kick Rocks!

[@thetrax3482]

Wow that last line was pure gold

[@AussieGriffin]

I'm not a fan of Bill's, yet he's right about this being a matter of faith. All the people I've heard in Australia that give any credence to "the election was stolen" idea are already religious (and not very spiritual). A.G.

[@marksoquetjr4693]

RIP Christopher Plummer

[@barbarajoseph-adam8337]

The hills are alive within all of us.

[@derekfalkowsky8317]

Those who believe absurdities will be willing to commit atrocities. RELIGION!

[@mwatts6755]

Our Government has fallen HARD.

[@ceciliacecilia4162]

So appreciate whoever posted a functional version of this video. Sound now works!"

[@thewisecollector8909]

For real tho, Q is it’s mutation. 100% spot the fuck on

[@Jeremyramone]

Such a vital and extremely crucial message here!! Mr. Maher and staff thank you very much for your work.

[@bobcarp1239]

The only difference between prayer and wishing wells is that prayer cheaper....

[@donpenbridge7370]

Bill Maher’s pretty good! Well worth listening to!

[@paulsherriff6337]

Damn! I was just thinking yesterday that we can’t attack QAnon for having crazy beliefs and also accept Christianity as credible (ditto all religions)

[@zammmerjammer]

If you think lumping these things together as the same is an intelligent argument, I have bad news for you.

[@xelasomar4614]

@@zammmerjammer Any proof for the existence of a god? So how is it different?

[@mojoman2001]

To QAnon's credit, it doesn't depend on supernatural magic spells. Satan does not need to really exist for Democrats to worship Satan. 😨🇺🇲

[@zammmerjammer]

@@xelasomar4614 If you think belief in God is about "proof" in the first place, you have just made my point for me about a profoundly unintelligent argument.

[@Misses-Hippy]

@@mojoman2001 WTF? You did not notice the "shamen"?