New Rule: Fetish Patriotism | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

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[@LogicAndReason2025]

As the late great George Carlin used to say: "Flags are symbols, and I leave symbols to the symbol-minded."

[@JnEricsonx]

Can you imagine if he was still alive? He might wind up dying all over again.

[@g.d.graham2446]

Oof

[@joethevideoeditor489]

Or how it is know today, the #Hashtag-minded.

[@rynegreen7902]

As Thomas Jefferson said "dissent is the highest form of patriotism." Yeah I think I will go with what one of the founding father said instead of a reality star buffoon

[@GreenDragon11]

Ryne Green Excellent and that these non patriots are okay with being able to say whatever they want, but nobody else can? Fuck that!

[@tonymaradetto8087]

I only see that quote attributed to Howard Zinn. Great stuff though.

[@kathleen6288]

Oh, if Howard Zinn were here to see Donald as president..he'd completely lose it!!!!

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

There are only three things NeoCons dissent against: 1. Paying their share in taxes for the greatness of the country's infrastructure. All while claiming that college educated software engineers who make $100k somehow are paying less in taxes than their shitty $35k per year coal mining dream job, and ruining the country. 2. Using your freedom for anything but being armed, straight, viciously nationalist, and protestant. Because, you know.....FREEDOM. 3. Anyone else coming here to get some of that Freedom who isn't as white as Julian Assange.

[@drops2cents260]

+Ryne Green As far as I know, this quote has been misattributed to Jefferson and the original source is unknown - which doesn't change anything about it being correct, of course. BTW: There's a similar quote from Carl Schurz (Secretary of the Interior under President Hayes) which IMHO drives the point home even more: "Our country, right or wrong! When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right!"

[@MsZephyra]

Fetish patriotism - couldn't have thought of a better term for it.

[@christopherunfus8962]

Wish I had thought of that.

[@svscared]

Spot on by Bill! The hypocrisy and outrage over the whole anthem debate was ridiculous.

[@bobs182]

A big aspect of this issue is the fact that Trump bankrupted the USFL then sued the NFL for his failure and is still holding a grudge against the NFL.

[@g.d.graham2446]

No kidding

[@coolfizz09]

My humanities teacher told us once that when the German exchange students came, one thing they thought was weird was the amount of American flags everywhere. When my teacher asked why they thought it was odd one kid said "The last time there was this many flags somewhere we were marching through France."

[@dewaynethomas3122]

Sad part is they learn at a younger age about the atrocites their country commited in WW2 more then we learn about the civil rights movement throughout the entirety of our education.

[@brovahkiin4302]

coolfizz09 as a German exchange student (and being to the US about once a year) I can confirm that. It's like everyone forgets what it looks like when they don't see it 10 times an hour.... But more than thag, the pledge of allegiance every single morning. Kinda creeped me out everytime, had something of an indoctrination we Germans usually only see from old ww2 footage...

[@Horny_Fruit_Flies]

Well, the USA is a global terrorist state, so like all international bullies it has to justify itself before its citizenry by propagating mindless jingoism and nationalism. And the dipshit conservatives ate it all up, and then proceed to grow furious like the reactionary neanderthals that they are when numerous lefties have the intellectual capacity to see right through the scheme.

[@jesusgonzalez6715]

coolfizz09 in Germany non-Nazis only wave the flag for international sporting events. Handball, soccer, football, ski jumping, the likes...

[@nujauh445]

This is true for even a country such as China. We take the prize in senseless and thoughtless nationalism.

[@YeeSoest]

How dare you exercise your freedoms while we're honoring them? Sentence of the year 2017 nominee right there

[@josebalcazar3415]

“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.” - Mark Twain

[@Areanyusernamesleft]

Jose Balcazar, Samuel Clemens defined real patriotism the most succinct way I have ever encountered.

[@thebacons5943]

Yes

[@abc456f]

Jose Balcazar He also said it's easier to fool a man than convince him he's being fooled. One thing Trump knows well.

[@starsaber2002]

True

[@phorse]

If only that could sink in to certain people.

[@mindlessgonzo]

Welcome to America. Land of... good luck figuring that last word out.

[@Phatkillz]

mindlessgonzo is it Land of Mediocrity

[@HexIsme]

Land of the hurr, home of the durr.

[@MoCtheFirst]

Land of stupidity.

[@ameyagokhale5123]

mindlessgonzo Land of the Orange Jackass?

[@_jelle]

Land of the Retards

[@marvincool3744]

I love how they see rural America as "true americans" when America was founded in an east coast city and we haven't had a rural majority since 1920.

[@smswkpk]

Cringy Autist yet somehow the rural minority is controlling our country

[@marvincool3744]

*electoral college

[@anniesue4456]

Cringy Autist amen to that brother Annapolis Monticello Philadelphia

[@LordJuzzie]

Its very common on the Sentimental right of politics. In all countries I've seen this kind of thing. The Right in Britain talks about the country as though its a garden. They associate rural with innocence and the garden of eden etc. It doesn't seem to matter that the UK has been heavily urbanised since the victorian age.

[@vichraev.5386]

They would see New Yorkers as "true americans" if New Yorkers acted like they did in the 50s ala "Mad Men" with their martini lunches, ethnic jokes, and treating women like servants. Republicans honor whomever still lives in the pre-civil rights era America, which just happens to be rural america because most of them haven't caught up to the 21st century.

[@Greg-ku7rn]

"Why are people who wrap themselves with the flags always the ones most clueless as to what it represents" You just answered your own question Bill.

[@Irisheddy]

Yes the Conservatives love the military service people, that's why they keep cutting benefits to veterans.

[@Irisheddy]

Military Groups Slam Republicans For Killing A Bill Supporting Veterans March 10, 2015

[@Irisheddy]

there are plenty of others, but republicans don't want to burden the rich to pay for the people who fight rich man's wars

[@rutabagasteu]

Bryzz Lull If you were a veteran you wouldn't need to ask.

[@frankm.2850]

Standard conservative hypocritical idiocy.

[@johnculpepper5336]

@Bryzz Lull From a disabled veteran; the choice program was never funded.

[@GiratinaofFury]

I wish they cried about the real things, like tackling poverty, educating the people, closing the wealth inequality gap, strengthening the working man. But no, they only care for vanity causes that don't matter. They don't love the country, the love the thought of the country.

[@GreenDragon11]

Giovanni Magnus 100% Spot On!!

[@GreenDragon11]

Giovanni Magnus It is exactly like when they go on and on about how sacred life is, but as soon as a that baby is born, we could care less about you! The same double standard and a 1 million ton of hypocrisy!! They are not Pro-life, they are about controlling women ( The Most Subjugated Minority since the beginning of humanity). And they say they care for the life of the unborn, but don’t want to help women pay for pre-natal care. Oh but got have your viagra, right you two faced NON CHRISTIANS! And to prove your point further; if a woman was ever pregnant, then that is a pre-existing condition. WTF? GTFOH! Says the people who get 100% free Health insurance that we, the taxpayer, pays for! As far as these cretinism are concerned, women only matter when they are in control of them and they can get their dicks off. As a side note; Boehner crying like that ruins any day! Talk about the biggest snowflake. He is almost as bad as #1 Liar-in-Chief, who is so sensitive and thin skinned that he continuously goes after a grieving widow. Pathetic, the lot them!

[@BcroG11]

Right-wingers are like that in the entire world. To them, patriotism is about symbol worshipping, not about actually making your country a better place and helping out your compatriot.

[@dewaynethomas3122]

Replace vanity with money and you're absolutely correct.

[@iloveyoumadhuri]

Giovanni Magnus It just shows you how much Trumpsters (poor and rich ones) don’t care about economics. The former set lost hope but don’t want anymore changes and thus bitch about sentimental nonsense. The latter set is too wealthy to use time productively.

[@223Drone]

"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag." -Molly Ivins Trump supporters care more about the symbols of their country rather than the constitution.

[@223Drone]

@Valerie Rodger I'm not an American but pretty much everyone else in the world see's things such as having the national anthem in non-international sporting events and the pledge of allegiance as very strange practices because you never see that in any other developed country.

[@johndanielson3777]

That one quote perfectly describes Republicans

[@chriscoleman8048]

Quite frankly. Both republicans and democrats dont give a shit about the constitution

[@matthewbittenbender9191]

DeadlyMargiKarp223 sadly thy don’t even know what those symbols actually mean. They just believe what they’re told or what they want without any context to history.

[@mrnonsense1031]

Even Antonin Scalia, one of the biggest right wing nuts, said flag burning is protected free speech.

[@harrisonmckinney7659]

Little flag on his club sandwiches! That was my favorite part!

[@DavidfromBA]

Spot on! Kudos to Bill Maher for being one of the few people in the public eye to call these "patriots" out on their bullshit.

[@1minigrem]

In the UK we call it Jingoism, the last refuge of the scoundrel. We are suffering in a similar way here at present with the Conservative government.

[@Ioganstone]

Anyone with a basic mastery of English calls it Jingoism.

[@Bill_Garthright]

Ambrose Bierce (1911?) fixed it for you: "In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary, patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer, I beg to submit that it is the first."

[@martindennis5116]

Uh... that's what it's called here, too, mate.

[@kolleo13]

Thank u bill . no one has ever died for the anthem. They fought for freedoms. Conservatives are insane

[@bdflatlander]

Korey Yearwood : I don’t necessarily think conservatives are insane, but rather deluded.

[@theborg2638]

The Word Patriot is a combination of Patria (latin for Homeland) and Idiot.

[@BladeWinters]

Standing for Anthem, a tradition since 2009

[@williameddy2826]

The Pentagon has been paying the NFL and other sports leagues for the military displays that have become prevalent . That includes bringing their teams out for the anthem , flyovers and reenlistment ceremonies . Before 2009 teams usually kept players in the locker room or in the tunnel .

[@dewaynethomas3122]

I've been doing it in school since like 1995. Always found it pointless and almost like a brainwashing ceremony to instill nationalism into us ever since i was a kid. And yet no one taught us how it even came to be our anthem, just that some guy was writing a poem while watching a battle unfold or something. Like what the fuck.

[@baxtronx5972]

i thought it was a British soldier drinking song.

[@Bill_Garthright]

I grew up in the years of anti-communist hysteria of the 1950s and 60s, when we were regularly frightened on television by the elaborate displays of government-sanctioned rote-patriotism from the Soviet Union and Red China. So I was always amazed when America had us doing the same thing in school with the Pledge of Allegiance. I remember wondering why it was necessary to brainwash _American_ children into supporting their country. I mean, _we_ were the good guys, right? (And yes, we did try to be. Even today, I haven't completely given up on my country.) I understood why the Soviet Union did that, but why did we emulate them? Why didn't we just read the U.S. Constitution - or even just the Bill of Rights - and be taught _why_ we were lucky to live here? I still don't understand it. And now, Donald Trump wants to bring back those old Soviet Union military parades (or the current displays of North Korea), except in Washington D.C.! What has happened to us? (It is not Donald Trump supporters I blame, but every single American who couldn't be bothered to vote _against_ these people.)

[@native307]

Republicans are such pussies and crybaby's it's fucking pathetic.

[@j.demarco8937]

That security guard thing actually happened to me. I was a security guard at an outdoor mall & a 14 yr old rich kid walked up to me and thank me for my service...I'm 5'7 & 270lbs, with no gun & a generic security badge, my hat says security, my coats says security on both sleeves and this kid thought I was military...

[@g.d.graham2446]

Oof

[@precursors]

🤣

[@theatricult]

lol ur an idiot who doesn't understand sarcasm then. he was making fun of you for being a rental cop with no authority.

[@Troubleshooter125]

*Fetish Patriotism* - The perfect term for those who think they're more patriotic than thou when they typically know less about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship than everyone else. Charming, no? [no, not really]

[@ricaard]

"It starts with goosebumps, but it ends with goose steps." I don't agree with everything Bill says, but that gets me every time.

[@lookabomba32]

"Starts with goosebumps but ends in goose steps" A brilliant quote with accurate historical context. Happened once before in nazi germany now its happening again but this time in a country that fought against such hatred.

[@bdflatlander]

lookabomba32 : The similarities between Hitler and Trump are rather striking. That alone should frighten everyone. Things did not end well for Germany under Hitler.

[@dabblerdeluxe775]

conservatives particularly are inclined to what was once known as pagan pageantry

[@troywalkertheprogressivean8433]

boehner, the equivalent of crying as you strangle your victim to death

[@olemanshavadoo7893]

people wrapped in the flag are the most clueless about Title 4

[@JonS]

Why is the national anthem even played at DOMESTIC sporting events anyway? I other democratic countries it is only ever played at INTERNATIONAL sporting events, where the players actually ARE representing their country. This piece of peculiar, saccharine American jingoism only started in after World War II (some teams had used it at special events before then). Interesting, the History Channel page on the subject ends with: "The anthem’s adoption also gave way to a new American pastime, almost as beloved as sports itself: complaining about people’s behavior during the national anthem. By 1954, Baltimore Orioles general manager Arthur Ehlers was already bemoaning fans he thought disrespected the anthem by talking and laughing during the song. Ehlers briefly stopped playing the anthem altogether, before relenting to pressure and reinstating it a month later."

[@LateNightHacks]

because MURICA....

[@Keira_Blackstone]

The government literally pays them to do it as a way to encourage people to enlist. It started in the Bush years. So yeah, it's as fucked up as it seems.

[@Hubert_Cumberdale_]

You Americans and your blind patriotism, I would call it adoreble but it's pathetic.

[@kman20]

Jon Stern it’s because America loves to jerk off to itself

[@DandyDon1]

Slight correction, the Pentagon pays the NFL to have the players on the field while the national anthem plays. This is paid patriotism in order to get unsuspecting inebriated sports fans to sign up for the military....

[@notyourtypicalfarah7194]

Love Bill Maher!

[@konstantinossalos2994]

Bill Maher thank you very much and long live and prosper... You're a worthy descendant of the Comedian=Educator Aristophanes... You're absolutely right: Patriotism is not a profession.

[@equalitystateofmind5412]

I always changed out of my uniform before I left base. Everybody did. "Thank you for your service" made most of us feel weird.

[@randmeller]

My son never served, but went to military school that required them to wear a military style uniform. I can't count the times people said, "Thank you for your service" to him. Dumb clucks are patriotic... but can't tell difference between real military uniform and school uniform even though the name of the school is right there on the arm patch.

[@randmeller]

@oldrocker1216 yeah, I had a "friend" who liked to tout his military service. I found out later he was an intelligence analyst who spent his military career behind a desk. He went on to start a business that qualified as veteran owned and got preferential treatment.

[@bdflatlander]

Rand Eller : I hear what you’re saying bro but he did serve in the military and therefore is entitled to certain benefits. However, it does sound like he probably embellished what he did in the military just a wee bit.

[@ianonline]

I wonder what would happen if I coming from England to visit American friends and wore some military fatigues outfit bought on an average English high street and similar to that worn by British military (but no badges or symbols). Would I get thanked for my service?!

[@margotharris3670]

"There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag." Jesse Ventura

[@anall3l3]

Damn, this was probably his most brilliant monologue. I dont always agree with Bill, but this one is his finest attack on nationalism and the drooling conservatives.

[@g.d.graham2446]

True

[@arkerstater8856]

Please move to Moscow, the bolsheviks miss you

[@dominiccourtois4415]

Honestly I think zoidberg put a best “I may be disrespecting the flag but to protect the freedom it represents” is what NFL players should say to anyone who demands that they stand

[@rexablett943]

Maher has been on fuckin' fire with New Rules lately!

[@eltonmayo2027]

Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.- Oscar Wilde

[@jaege]

Anyone certainly has the right to kneel during the anthem. That is not even a question. But it is also the right of anyone to boycott a business that promotes a political issue that he doesn't agree with. It is also the right of an employer to fire an employee that misrepresents his business. Rights may have repercussions.

[@harryrosson9499]

New Rule: If you're gonna fly the Confederate flag outside your home, you can't fly the American flag alongside it. Because you don't have to be a historian or a political science major to know no that the original carriers of the Confederate flag hated the carriers of the American flag.

[@maynardjohnson3313]

I went to a Fourth of July party at this right-wingers house and I got to say, I set him up. I decided to move our conversation towards flag burning and Free Speech. I told him that I thought that it was silly to burn a flag but burning the flag or the right to burn the flag is what the Flag represents. He started to get really pissed off and wipe the baked beans and mustard off of his beard with an American flag napkin. 'nuf said.

[@abcd123906]

"It starts with goosebumps and ends with goosesteps." Wow.

[@teresah.6696]

Bill thank you for saying everything I want to say or have said! You're the man!! Never stop giving.

[@slurve0h]

Truth.

[@deadbutworking]

Great piece

[@Dan-ys8nk]

I lost it at 3:39 "They get a tingle in their taint" 😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@6lillium]

you ABSOLUTELY nailed it Bill!

[@lou123654]

Great finish, from goosebumps to goose steps. For those who understand.

[@luliby2309]

America. A land of disturbing jingoism. Seriously so much jingoism.

[@Vintage206]

I think I’m in love ✌🏻 love love love Bill. Funny stuff

[@melodymarks4927]

goose bumps to goose steps. great writing and so true!

[@matthewbittenbender9191]

Never underestimate he power of scared, stupid people...especially groups of them. Easy to manipulate and just all too happy to have someone voice their fears openly in public...or manufacture new ones.

[@stevenhiggins6674]

And now John Boehner has a pot farm

[@epicurusone6897]

Perfectly put.

[@myingratealbinochild4825]

Man, Bill really nailed this !

[@DAYBROK3]

Funny thing about their anthem is it has used an old English drinking song as it’s tune

[@benwasserman8223]

So basically don't be a Tomi Lahren. I think I can work with that

[@xNathan2439x]

Originally i never watched this guy.. But i must say.. He is amazing.. He is great to listen to

[@gilgemash]

... It starts with goosebumps, but it ends with goosesteps. Fffffking brilliant. 🙏

[@jamesenos1929]

When I think of the national anthem I don't think about the cops I think about the soldiers that have died. Poor people with no other way out that join our forces

[@ofbyforpeople1384]

You're right James. During Vietnam, the old pampered guys sent the young ones off w no choice. Now we have a paid Army so the present ones are volunteering.

[@ey67]

True

[@supermojo9672]

Dear Jésus, im sorry i laughted at 3:05. Bill MAHER made me... 😊

[@twstf8905]

Haha "Farms!" 🤣

[@kamillaiqbal6156]

love Bill .....logically, funny, truthful

[@syntaxed2]

Tribalism(nationalism) gives weak people a group sense...the feeling of belonging - They need social empowerment because individually they lack it. Thats why I always say rightwing politics is all about emotions, from the angry rhetoric to the superiority ideas of tribalism to their overusage of tribal symbols - Its always rooted in emotions, how it makes them feel good about themselves.

[@RedButtonTV1]

Federal law stipulates many aspects of flag etiquette. The section of law dealing with American Flag etiquette is generally referred to as the Flag Code. Some general guidelines from the Flag Code answer many of the most common questions: The flag should be lighted at all times, either by sunlight or by an appropriate light source. The flag should be flown in fair weather, unless the flag is designed for inclement weather use. The flag should never be dipped to any person or thing. It is flown upside down only as a distress signal. The flag should not be used for any decoration in general. Bunting of blue, white and red stripes is available for these purposes. The blue stripe of the bunting should be on the top. The flag should never be used for any advertising purpose. It should not be embroidered, printed or otherwise impressed on such articles as cushions, handkerchiefs, napkins, boxes, or anything intended to be discarded after temporary use. Advertising signs should not be attached to the staff or halyard. The flag should not be used as part of a costume or athletic uniform, except that a flag patch may be used on the uniform of military personnel, fireman, policeman and members of patriotic organizations. The flag should never have any mark, insignia, letter, word, number, figure, or drawing of any kind placed on it, or attached to it. The flag should never be used for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything. When the flag is lowered, no part of it should touch the ground or any other object; it should be received by waiting hands and arms. To store the flag it should be folded neatly and ceremoniously. The flag should be cleaned and mended when necessary.When a flag is so worn it is no longer fit to serve as a symbol of USA, it should be destroyed by burning in a dignified manner.

[@RedButtonTV1]

...nothing about kneeling thou

[@GreenDragon11]

Red Button TV1 And there is nothing saying it isn’t allowed. Almost everyone of these “so called “ Americans do almost everything the code book says it isn’t allowed. Kneeling is the highest form of dignity and respect and to say otherwise is a stain on our rights!

[@GreenDragon11]

Red Button TV1 Excellent and thanks!

[@dewaynethomas3122]

I think giving felatio is the highest form of dignity and respect but to each their own. Honestly, if they all mimed sucking on a dick I think it would have sent an even clearer message. Fuck the flag, these days it only spreads nationalism to a violent degree.

[@TheDreadfulCurtain]

well said

[@klarastern5597]

so on point...

[@anaga6049]

The flag is supposed to represent ideals right? Sure, it represents democracy and freedom of speech, but sometimes a symbol carries the sacredness of those ideals. It becomes a tangible manifestation of them. So I can understand where some Americans are coming from. (Edit) I'm not saying the flag is beyond protection. I'm simply stating the argument some conservatives have...

[@anaga6049]

Also, I will point out - it is the way that Bill touches on the issues that keeps this show entertaining and thought provoking. Unlike Colbert, there is true substance.

[@anaga6049]

First off, thank you for your service. Secondly, I whole heartedly agree with you. This is the same type of rhetoric which contributed to the Plebian riots of Rome and Greece. I'm not calling flag defenders plebians , I'm calling Trump a demagogue.

[@JonS]

Was that, "Thank you for your service" a reflex, or did some neurons above your brain stem actually fire?

[@anaga6049]

I'm sorry that showing appreciation for a serviceman offended you. And it's not like he spent 6 weeks in ROTC, the man spent 20 YEARS of his life in the Navy. I don't know you, maybe you're a jaded veteran or just an 'edgy' intellectual but either way, I didn't think it would hurt to show respect... Also it was a reflex, just like its a reflex to ask someone who's crying if they want to talk or if they want a hug. Probably has something to do with being a human idk... Feel free to fuck off though :)

[@JonS]

It hurts because this lionizing of the military feeds the military industrial comp!ex. It creates an environment where the invasion of the wrong country (that didn't have WMDs and had nothing to do with 9/11), that cost three TRILLION taxpayer do!lars, and resulted in the deaths of a couple of hundred thousand people, becomes difficult to criticize for fear of accusation of distressing the military. Those who serve in the military should be respected. Just not in a trite, parroted manner that has created its own political correctness. Where NOT saying "Thank you for your service" (those exact words repeated by rote only - don't go actually thinking and come up with something sincere that you spent time to express in your own words) is frowned upon and thought of as dangerous. There are many other people that serve this country. Why doesn't this faux gratitude extend to them? If you meet a sanitation engineer who scrapes your crap off the sewer walls (this is a dangerous career) to keep our cities free of the kind of epidemics that used to be commom, do you thank them for their service? How about thanking a teacher for their service? It may not be a physically dangerous job, but it's one that without which the country that we love would be lost.

[@rob_4227]

My parents are Republicans and couldn't care less about all the stuff that Bill is talking about. There's a lot of conservatives that simply care about smaller government and lower taxes. One thing that's preventing bipartisanship is one side lumping the entire other side together in one group without nuance or subtlety.

[@wolfstar675]

Rob _ "Small government" is just another bullshit talking point. They love their small government except when it comes to the rights of LGBTQ people and abortion.

[@tree-huggersans-cur4371]

Always brilliant Mr Maher

[@vanhughes]

Best one yet.

[@MOUTHOFTHEAPE]

with all due respect - opinions like this can be as divisive - i'm not a republican, i can't stand Trump - but i love and respect our military - i love the countryside, i own a barn, i smoke a shit ton of weed... and i own a pair of cowboy boots - and they're totally badass - the young men and women who faced the horrors of war didn't die for our national anthem - or our flag - they died so we could have the freedom to take the knee and challenge poor leadership in the same way poor leadership was challenged at the birth of this incredibly awesome country of ours - APE

[@Rechard1107]

I think Bill said right-wingers used people's fixation on those things as a prop to create false narratives...like when athletes kneel, they want to protest police brutality, and certainly don't have stuff like flags, anthems, military on their mind...however, FauxNews kept pushing phony theories 24/7 anyway. also, liberals don't even care about saying/not saying 'happy holiday/christmas' but evangelical lunatics nonetheless jumped out of it and voluntarily claiming to be 'disparaged'

[@dewaynethomas3122]

Dude, fox news declared a war on christmas. Like holy shit, they've been pushing this whole "civil war" mindset shit for a very long time, hopefully trump doesn't cause it.

[@AP-bf9pe]

Nothing is wrong with anything you mentioned, it's the right's outrighy obsession with those types of things that is baffling. Which is what maher is poking fun at.

[@Rechard1107]

Dewayne Thomas exactly. It was Faux News that declared 'war' on Christmas before normal people even know it's a thing...that said, minds were already entrenched and false narratives only helped shape it..

[@sophonax661]

MOUTH OF THE APE this joke is just devisive for fetish patriots who admire a flagg or an anthem without admiring the ideals these things stand for. As you proved yourself with your very nice comment - there is no problem with loving farms or cowboy boots as long as you love freedom of speech with the same passion :)

[@goodgollymisspolly5163]

I love that! During foreplay, cry like that, Bill.

[@jaypeedelarosa4867]

Im amazed how bill described my country and my fellow citizen with 100% accuracy.im from the philippines.the difference is we dont have courageous people like bill here to expose these stupidities.we only have tv channels that are like fox news.

[@batukhan1]

Blind nationalism is a sickness of conservatives all over the world.

[@jamesr.9239]

goose bumps to goose steps... great line .

[@daveclarke60]

They want to live in the 50s!!!!

[@pseudorealityisreal]

"...It starts with goosebumps and ends with goosesteps."

[@e.p.4767]

it starts with goosebumps and it ends wit goosesteps....

[@jordansullivan5764]

HEY HEY HEY.... that martian fighting speech is very moving

[@renatobuchert7879]

Hey, that Independence Day speech is nothing to sneeze at!

[@tyro244]

Captain and Tennille: Muskrat Love makes me get misty-eyed.

[@helenahudson5103]

I'm a Marine vet and I personally don't give two shits about the flag nor the anthem.

[@catherineleary9831]

My husband is a Marine veteran also. And he says the same thing.

[@jbellflower83]

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism...Thomas jefferson

[@peteralmeida8321]

'' We will not stand for not standing'' Good bye planet earth, i'm going on a journey.

[@MsMoses-hs5cz]

You tell em Bill! TF these people are mind blowing in the stupid sense.

[@jensen1901]

Wow, the ending was savage and brilliant. "It starts with goosebumps, it ends with goose steps." Chilling and true.

[@carultch]

What is meant by "goose steps"?

[@maxhess3151]

It starts with goosebumps, it ends with goosesteps.

[@r.c.whitaker296]

Nice Thomas Kincaid burn 😂🎨💒

[@johnlared1766]

nailed it!!!!!!!!!

[@Cerebrum72]

LOL ... Yeah I remember this Boehner guy. Crying like a little bit... so Funny...

[@robertdavis4192]

great line "It starts with goosebumps, it ends with goosesteps"

[@harryrosson9499]

"No one died for the anthem! Some have died trying to sing it." shoutout Fergie

[@spb7883]

Perfect reflection of what’s happening now.

[@turret72]

They figure Christmas is the only holiday worth celebrating. The others don't count.

[@PIXPromosMore]

3:08 - Jesus looks like a Walter Keane painting.

[@ronkirk5099]

Well said, Bill, well said. The whole basis of a Democratic government is for the people to protest injustice and anything else that displeases the citizens.

[@bobbymkd457]

Ahahahaha! Great one!

[@rd0676]

As soon as he said I thought this was America I instantly thought of Randy Marsh getting arrested.

[@DrJG9]

Forgot the most of it all? Mom and Apple pie?

[@buckyhate7695]

I can't help but laugh, when I see that congresswoman, and her hats. Not sure why, but I find it hilarious.

[@jamalwoods9649]

I forgot about Boehner 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@travisjones640]

Totally right on Christmas

[@Dan-ys8nk]

"They get a tingle in their taint" at 3:38. Holy Shit 😂😂😂😂😂