New Rule: The Great Disappointment | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

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In his final New Rule of 2020, Bill explores the striking similarities between Donald Trump and other infamous cult leaders.
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[@horsemeattball]

Mark Twain said that "it's easier to fool people than to convince them they are being fooled". That's America.

[@vrstatic]

"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. Its simply to painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves that we've been taken. Ounce you've given a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back." Carl Sagan

[@jurgencuypers8350]

Problem with Americans is that they believe everything. They see aliens, they see god (mormons), they believe tv preachers. Only in America. They believe Trump. How uneducated and uncritical can you be?

[@craiganderson7986]

You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time. With odds like that, Trump will become your President. Thankfully for only one term.

[@jackrussow4288]

@@jurgencuypers8350 k8

[@ljohnson2181]

@@craiganderson7986 ‘But you can’t fool all the people all of the time.’

[@jasonfire3434]

As someone who grew up a Seventh-Day Adventist I found this hilarious 😂😂

[@randallmcgrath9345]

Same here. Born and raised SDA and lets not get started on the Ellen White BS.

[@fomcgirl]

Me too! Very good comparison.

[@Trucmuch]

Wow, three people who used to believe crazy shit now believe Bill Maher. If a "former" flat earther endorse Bill too, I'm done. That's all the proof I need.

[@Swnsasy]

Me too! I fell out laughing.

[@Swnsasy]

@@Trucmuch Seriously? We were children dude, calm down..

[@lolitapetite1413]

That was pure brilliance. It should be a public service message.

[@hongkongcantonese501]

What a wonderfully put together presentation. Never thought Bill Maher would be capable of such gentle mockery and genuine compassion. Arguing facts with cult members rarely works. They have established such emotional and psychological connections with their belief systems that it would take more than just the truth to sway them.

[@doreenmorgan7000]

The Lindsay Graham reference was spot on and really funny.

[@thisguy1338]

Idk, making fun of the guy bc he is gay is kinda shitty. Imagine being little fancy boy lindsey getting abused by everyone bc he was gay in the...50s I guess?...I don't envy the guy is all I'm saying

[@Moribus_Artibus]

“It is difficult to free fools from chains they revere“ - Voltaire

[@bluepearl_22]

@Ivan Williams Exactly, then they're told "vote blue no matter who!"

[@renew5751]

That's why Califonia and New York are in lockdown all the time.

[@kulagun]

You ain't black if you don't vote for Biden. Also, doesn't the left revere or did, Harvey Weinstein? What about Roman Polanski? What does the left say about that perv? Just sayin...

[@beamersbeamer6514]

@@renew5751 that is why >250k dead

[@beamersbeamer6514]

@@kulagun very true how could you be black and vote for the biggest racist con man in history? If you voted for trump you ain’t black

[@elimaduro1271]

"That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence." Christopher Hitchens

[@vigirlioblanco6217]

Only that the "evidence" is within each "creature", it's called "LIFE". It's not funny how some use their blessed faculties to dismiss the "Provider" of them. It can only mean that they are in service of "the disrupter" that produced all the confusions with the manipulation of "the written word" with the added love and admiration of the mayhem it produced, thereby creating leagues of "fallen angels", the "horns from a cheating wife, the "arrowhead tail" from the backstabbing and betrayal to "oneself".

[@vigirlioblanco6217]

@Keith Dupree You're placing the blame in the wrong place, while citing from where it all began, that includes 1 Timothy. In "researching" one need to be "unbiased", it was easy for me, since I started as a 10 y/o child, rather telling was "the forbidden", "the tree of knowledge", in "believing" man's convenient doctrines, the mind don't engage to let the Divine guide towards where "truth" can be found. Let Bill Maher be, we can only respond for ourselves, we learn as we go, hold no grudge nor take prisoners, the laws of "compensation" functions unabated.

[@vigirlioblanco6217]

@Keith Dupree can't help your conclusions, as it naturally should be, I only hope that one day you might find the truth. Me, I'm looking back, hopen to see some semblance of "HARMONY", as the "Teachings" of "1863" put forth.

[@momergil]

That's evidentialism reasoning, a failed epistemology.

[@ericsmedeiros]

This should earn Bill a doctorate. PERFECT dissertation 🤣👍👍👍

[@MarrowEternal]

"Truth is a threat". Definitely.

[@djn48]

To anyone who is in power, definitely. Truth is the thing that stops them exploiting everyone and making truckloads of cash while we are distracted.

[@TheDoomWizard]

No wonder my channel does so poorly. All is do is spit truth.

[@TheDoomWizard]

@@djn48 I'm also thinking school loans, they want you passive & in debt.

[@Sixstringman]

Truth is whatever the tv and social media tells the public it is. We're all fucked.

[@Sixstringman]

@E. W. BREAKING NEWS: White man shot by police as he advanced on them with a knife. He was clearly a victim of police brutality. -No media outlet ever

[@shawnmartin7500]

Thank you for being the voice of reason, Bill...we need you more than ever!

[@johanspirut4016]

We used to wonder when learning about 1930's Germany, how the German people could support such a brutal madman.....and here we are. History doesn't repeat...it echoes.

[@trudy6132]

Boy that didn’t age well! Now we’ve got Biden, the real dictator

[@mudman6156]

@@trudy6132 Exactly HOW is Biden a dictator? Because he’s pushing legislation you don’t like? Well over 80 million people actually do, so you’re outvoted. That’s not how a dictatorship works, it’s how a democracy works. Dictators lie to your face and claim to win elections that they clearly lost. Trump claims to have won this election with his 72 million votes. But considering that Biden got over 80 million and 80 is more than 72, that makes Biden the winner. And the fact that you’re in here trying to claim total bullshit in an area where only real facts matter, that makes you a looser. IN MORE WAYS THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY COUNT.

[@ringerlafinger6031]

@Trudy Seems like a good dictator to me.

[@trudy6132]

@@mudman6156 If you cannot see that things are getting much worse, then there is no hope for you. BTW, you might want to seek treatment for your TDS.

[@trudy6132]

@Blue Patriot I'm actually pretty brilliant!

[@paulandcj]

You know, this was probably the most compassionate thing I've ever heard Maher say. He realizes we are going to have to live with these people in our everyday lives. We have to bring them back to reality, and he's absolutely right about it.

[@amylove1467]

A second civil war might be more effective.

[@abjectt5440]

Ignore them because they will certainly ignore you. You might as well be trying to reason with your shoes. They're set in stone.

[@jamesmccarte1609]

One of the reasons that people fall for assholes like Trump is because schools in the modern world prepare people for JOBS, not for CRITICAL THINKING

[@chrisfrisch1347]

i see no difference in the rights reaction now as compared to the lefts reaction 4 yrs ago

[@jamesmccarte1609]

@@chrisfrisch1347 4 years ago, the left didn't launch dozens of lawsuits, they also acknowledged Trump's victory once the votes wer e in, and they did not launch a massive purge of the bureaucracy, and appoint Obama lackeys in the "lame duck period". Oh, did I mention they didn't rush through a bunch of executions?

[@jaqenhigar183]

How could they see anything but the shadows, if they were never allowed to move their heads? - Plato

[@megajudge3]

Allegory of the Cave

[@pakpala1]

Bill Maher doesn’t have this kind of sympathy for muslims. He is a hypocrite...

[@morehero1]

Because they will try to kill you for freeing them, like the dialogue says at the end. Sunlight hurts your eyes and burns your skin and to a cave dweller that's scary.

[@johnwicked882]

spoiler alert democrats already looked at the sun and understood what is wrong and what is good, trump is bad

[@dayegilharno4988]

@@pakpala1 So... usually people (rightfully) complain when muslims are conflated with islamists, and now you do exactly - that!?

[@blindsightedkill]

"If you make friends with all your enemies. You have destroyed all your enemies!" Abe Lincoln after the Civil War

[@findlesplurb]

Yeah, that turned out really well.

[@larrywheeler9917]

Then they killed him. Kennedy tried the same.

[@terryadams2652]

Yeah, but he was assassinated before he could make friends out of the old confederates. That's when the Reconstruction era happened, where white southerners CIVILIANS were terrorized by the occupying Union Army & taken advantage of by the Carpet baggers. THIS trauma is what gave rise to the Kay-Kay-Kay, which didn't exist during the civil war, didn't exist during slavery, but AFTER the Union won.

[@mugikuyu9403]

@@terryadams2652 Then the KKK terrorised black civilians and the southerners used the law to take ADVANTAGE of black folks by, essentially, making it a crime to be black.

[@terryadams2652]

@@mugikuyu9403 You're using half truths in order to distract away from OTHER truths ( other truths that you don't want to hear). You turn a blind eye to how the Northern opportunists aggravated the white Southerners post war, An angst which was in turn was directed towards blacks in the South. Do you feel like you owe white Northerners something? The immediate period after the war was an opportunity, a fork in the road (but it was missed by those in a POWER POSITION as victors: White Northerners in the post-war South). The white Northerners in the South didn't give a damn about making things better for anyone (except themselves), and they sure as hell didn't give a crap about how their selfish actions would have consequences upon blacks in the South. Do you have some kind of affection for those white Northerners in the South? *Why else do you turn a blind eye to this dynamic?* Please re-write historical facts by saying something false like: "The KKK existed before the Civil War". Hey, go ahead and be bold & upfront about your wishful thinking & dishonesty, i'll give you the space to do that,... so go ahead, go ahead.

[@GinodiFonzo]

And yet, decades after the revelation of "Zenu and the Thetans", Scientology is still going strong . . .

[@amylove1467]

There is a "stupid" gene which is particularly prevalent in the US.

[@Funktaro5]

Believing that democrats eat babies is not any crazier than anything Scientologists believe. Some people just don't do logic.

[@terryssicntiredusually]

a fool and his money are soon parted

[@MegaJustGeorge]

@@Funktaro5 I believe that's why people with little or no education, if you will, reject anything or any character from the world of science fiction - especially a certain science fiction character who, if my memory serves me correctly, was known as Mr. Spock.

[@dreamingnihilist653]

haven’t been to a COS parking lot lately have you? ....

[@lsdesign]

The lizard joke was good.

[@wishiwasaleopardnefatiri8628]

Yup! I enjoyed that too!

[@EazyE11]

Not really funny when you realize millions of people believe it.

[@dontpanic1812]

@@EazyE11 Yeah, but they'll soon realize how ridiculous it is when they start questioning it all, when some little piece in their house of cards comes crashing down, ruining everything they've built their belief upon. They'll either come to their senses or find another something to raise the barn around.

[@SurferMan127]

If we want to approach Q-anon and convince them that the Democrats are in fact NOT a cult of baby-eating lizard people... maybe avoid reminding them of Kamala Harris lol.

[@beanallene]

@@SurferMan127 Don't forget AOC!

[@wkzeier]

Damn Bill... you spoke some real shit here today.

[@wishiwasaleopardnefatiri8628]

I know! And he wasn't like snarky as he can be sometimes. Really good end to the season. I really liked this.

[@gosselinluke]

Bill's in a different cult.

[@rebekahnivens5963]

The lizard joke was good.

[@anticharlatan5823]

Well, that was unexpected, but pretty good.

[@gjd1942]

@@gosselinluke No he isn't a cultist. He's a truth teller. There's a difference! But that fact might have gone over your head.

[@juliabernard25]

Blind Loyalty is the Enemy of Truth and Reality.

[@willaimmaxwell5069]

Tell it to the troupers!

[@lgoler]

Who can’t wait for Bill’s return and him saying, “I told you so”?!

[@Emy-fv5ny]

I really want to know what he will say.

[@david2869]

@@Emy-fv5ny That Lindsay Graham was hiding in the closet during the Insurrection.

[@Eliphas_Leary]

Time to reboot the Age of Enlightenment.

[@BlueDrakk]

Now's as good a time as any. We ain't going back to how it was before even if we wanted to.

[@talleyrand9442]

Good one, Bill. Enjoy the time off. See you next year!

[@stitch3030]

When does the show return?

[@cyberbehrens]

@@stitch3030 15 januari

[@lS-qp6zq]

Piggybacking this comment. Bill and your crew, till next year. 🥂

[@bfizz1e187]

hopefully hell have a massive heart attack from the guilt of spewing lies and propaganda of the democratic party

[@albatros12]

@@bfizz1e187 Time to move out of mommy's basement and get a job, kid!

[@augusthawks6576]

Every Trumpette I know is still claiming the election was stolen.

[@JosePerez-uz7pp]

Because it was.

[@augusthawks6576]

@@JosePerez-uz7pp It must be nice to live in your fantasy land.

[@JosePerez-uz7pp]

@@augusthawks6576 ironic.

[@JosePerez-uz7pp]

@@augusthawks6576 2016-2020 y'all were saying the election was stolen 🤣

[@tiberiussempronious6252]

@@JosePerez-uz7pp - Nobody said it was stolen. They said there was foreign interference, which our intelligence services confirmed was true

[@eslei7913]

You’re great I love to hear to tell it like it is straight up

[@johnasap777]

I've got no idea how Lindsey Graham kept his Senate seat for 17 years "and counting😳😆🤣"

[@Peta-Hazel-thornhill-Bim]

johnasap777 That’s what I thought about Mitch McConnell but I guess it’s about demographic lol. 😂

[@rosehollis9639]

Because Lindsey Graham used to be a decent person when John McCain and Joe Biden hung out with them but once John McCain died Lindsey Graham became a f****** a******

[@rosehollis9639]

I on the Democrat and I voted for Joe Biden and he's made a lot of mistakes but I would never ever ever vote for president he tried to overturn an election and have a proud boys and other keepers and try to hang try to murder his own vice president what the f*** kind of piece of s*** is that but there's people out there that really really believe in his s*** and they have a right to do so just like the clan has the right to believe in their s*** but Lindsey Graham was a very decent person and I believe that John McCain was not any a hero when he was prisoner of war he was a decent man a good man and he believed in our country and to treat people with respect Donald Trump wouldn't know how to treat a person with respect he thinks he should be f****** his daughter for god sakes

[@rosehollis9639]

I meant to say that John McCain was a war hero and for Trump to say he didn't like war heroes cuz he got captured what the hell kind of s*** is that Donald Trump wouldn't know would have wore hero was if it ran over him some f****** a****** and these hearings are bringing out everything that he did on for January 6th I hope he goes to prison and gets his ass f***** every day of the week

[@TheRoxyblues]

❤️ Love you back, Bill. Thank you for serving up the laughter during these hard times... best medicine! See you next year.

[@daveman5860]

⚪Jesus ghosted them ⚪

[@numarkTT2]

This isn't funny, it's disheartening.

[@graphosxp]

Lindsey "Allison Mack" Graham? I will NEVER stop calling him that!

[@Annie-zd6rn]

Miss Lindsey parents gave him that name obviously knowing he was gonna literally become an ass kisser to men someday.

[@victorpradha9946]

Think how VILE Alison Mack was, she recruited victims for that guy. She brought them to be branded and exploited. How sick. And Lindsay and Mitch are no different.

[@Mom_sBasement]

Pretty obvious his parents wanted a girl.

[@victorpradha9946]

@@Mom_sBasement are you saying Lindsay is a lesbian pretending to be a guy?

[@richardlawson6787]

@@victorpradha9946 he's never been seen with a woman...he's either gay or no woman could stand his horrific ass kissing personality...

[@Elcapulove]

Good morning family and good health to everyone. Thank you Bill for everything, you time, your opinions and be safe please 🙏. We going to miss you but always LOVE YOU...

[@theodorehaskins3756]

Thank you Bill! Keeping it real with Bill Maher in 2021! You’re a national treasure brother!😎👍🏾

[@imshadi]

What an incredible message from Bill. Better than I could have expected. Let's hope we have the brains to do what he says.

[@patriciadobson2490]

Bill always delivers! This is a great help to keeping my spirit of hope alive. The situation is very dark at times. Thanks, Bill!!

[@dawnatkinson2722]

Actually he has a very good point This is a cult and these people are crazy.

[@davidm5707]

Unfortunately, they're fully committed to remaining crazy.

[@blacblack7187]

Exactly...AND they have firearms!!😏

[@barfyman-dm6zx]

@@blacblack7187 Damn straight. And we haven't spent the last 10 years saying Fuck the Police, or ACAB. Gee..I wonder which side they back? And the majority of our ALL VOLUNTEER military leans right. As well as our Veterans. Not to mention, Republicans control the Senate, picked up seats in the House, the the Supreme Court is now heavily Conservative. Oh, there's one other thing..Trump got over 70 millions counted votes, which is more votes than any Republican running for President in US history. The Left have backed themselves into a corner, and the only thing they can do is destroy their own Left run cities in opposition, because they have alienated themselves. Oh well😎

[@blacblack7187]

@@barfyman-dm6zx 70 million,huh? Um yeah no, you still lost the presidency,AGAIN!😁 lol AND ol 1 term donny is DEFINITELY the BIGGEST LOSER in history now (70million < 78million ☺)after all,according to YOUR numbers...gee thanks for pointing that out😂😂😂

[@barfyman-dm6zx]

@@blacblack7187 The Electoral College has voted already? You know, the ones that actually vote for the President? News to me! When did this happen?

[@esis1873]

George Carlin once said: “Never underestimate a large group of stupid people” lol.

[@leetimberman8860]

And we see exactly that in many cities that are having riots. People are being led around by the nose. Some young people in my city told me about people paying to have them go around and cause trouble.

[@Thomas-kj1fk]

Oh, so that explains why people still watch CNN and Bill Maher.

[@ca6360]

Exactly... they even see state farm arena footage and say where's the proof? They here people under penalty of perjury by affidavits they signed and nothing to see here.

[@willaimmaxwell5069]

I say never underestimate a smart bureaucrat, talk show host or university professor who pretends to be your friend.

[@willaimmaxwell5069]

@@Thomas-kj1fk, some still do drugs and live on well fare, pay for drugs with well fare, and don't watch any TV at all - would be hard put to say who Bill Maher is. They are desperate!

[@00bikeboy]

The past four years would have been much tougher without Bill's show.

[@esis1873]

I suspect the "cult" would rather lay down with the cup of Kool-Aid than listen to reason or change their mind. Too far gone.

[@kulagun]

Bill wanted a depression so they could remove Trump. Is that you really wanted?

[@emilythompson2756]

@@kulagun I would like to see a primary, academic source that supports your claim.

[@pelicancnctech7853]

You're that easily entertained, then you can't wait to see the big Joke on the 20th.

[@pelicancnctech7853]

@@kulagun looks like he'll get it, let him make that a joke

[@theodorehaskins3756]

Thank you Bill! Excellent show! Great message! Stay safe out there brother, we need your voice!🙏🏽

[@triciaroy]

I don’t always agree with Bill, but this was on point.

[@robertmartyr8265]

*I Don't Know WHY ANY Person of InTegrity wouLd STILL be,* *a RePunk Liar-Con, After the LIAR WAR, by Bush!!!!*

[@fredjones364]

exactly right

[@tomso9246]

Try winning the "hearts and minds" of people in a cult??? WHEN 73 million of them HAVE THEIR OWN MEDIA, ARE HATE-FILLED, AND HAVE A LOT OF GUNS!!! good luck.

[@tomso9246]

@ so this UNPRECEDENTED thing the Republican Party is doing is another... "no big deal". Telling angry people who were fed lies, conspiracies, and propaganda for 5+ years THAT SOMETHING IS BEING STOLEN FROM THEM (when it is not) is normal and will be totally fine? because they haven't been behaving like grown-ups for a long-ass time!!! (my CAPS stay on until Trump and the cult go away)

@@tomso9246 And Putin is quitting after he saw the election results. He's going to be a man on the run from the law! 🤭

[@georgevass6343]

I love you, Bill. You have helped me make it through these last 4 nightmarish years! I will never understand how anyone cannot see what a despicable excuse of a “man” this president has morphed into. I hope you keep doing what you do, it is, in my humble opinion, brilliant!

[@kumplexxbeatz4762]

We've been tolerant of those mindsets and ideologies for too long as it is.

[@tescheurich]

Bill states the problem so beautifully though. Our intolerance *strengthens* them. Your proposal that "we" (who?) just stop tolerating them goes nowhere, and it needs to be solved what we can do, if anything, to weaken it.

[@williammccarthy7187]

That was great Bill!

[@piafunesbakker5095]

Thank you goodness

[@michaelbuehler3897]

Reminds me of a quote from the guy who wrote Dune: “I wrote the Dune series because I had this idea that charismatic leaders ought to come with a warning label on their forehead: May be dangerous to your health."

[@janeseamore1370]

That’s a big ole book

[@OdinSonne]

@@janeseamore1370 An amazing book. Frank Herbert

[@paineoftheworld]

Bless the Maker and His water. Bless the coming and going of Him. May His passage cleanse the world. May He keep the world for His people.

[@grantbean2631]

@@OdinSonne Just reread it 50 years later. Still great. The imagination and genius that propels all great SF leaves me in the dust.

[@DanielVerberne]

This speech started as snarky, teasing Maher with a captive audience lapping it up and ended up somewhere more profound and inclusive; acknowledging the other side, empathising enough to know what response from the winning side will help and which will hinder. America, I hope the divisiveness will reduce in severity in months and years to come.

[@austinsmith1505]

When he’s right,he’s 110% right Bill Maher we need you now more then ever Thank you for everything that you do to my laughter

[@ebbyc1817]

"When he's right, he's 110% right" That's 110% right.

[@anthonydin4401]

Bill Maher, you sir are “The Great Disappointment!!!!!!!!

[@MichaelTurnersfs]

Brilliant. Thank you, Bill!

[@Blue88Nova]

Have a good rest Bill Maher and thank you for all the laughter. See you next year.

[@housequakeb6866]

I hope to see all of you in the comments next season. Stay safe, wear masks, practise social distancing, wash your hands.

[@toni-leeblair5869]

Done...You be safe and well also.. Thankyou!

[@MELTESSY]

🙏

[@ellamone9998]

You too! Your picture made me laugh, goes well with your name😁Thanks for your comments see you soon 🤍☮

[@justinharrison5138]

Wear mask or dont... ur a free man/woman.. cdc is showing 99% survival rate.. higher than the vaccine success...God is good. The human body is a beautiful thing

[@tea397]

@@justinharrison5138 - please post a legitimate link to that CDC statement for us all to review.

[@lovelight9261]

Thank you, Bill Maher. Can't wait till Wednesday! The last 4.5 years have shown us how much we need to laugh.

[@courtneyliddell]

Worth a rewatch today

[@pam0626]

Catherine Oxenberg is the bomb. Was so impressed with her tenacity in getting her daughter out of NEXIUM.

[@rubysanders2378]

Dont worry Trump supporters. Rudy and Cousin Vinny are on the case.

[@pam0626]

@Hardie Bynum Not all of us parent perfectly, all of the time. Whatever mistakes Catherine may or may not have made in the past, she did a wonderful job getting India out of that cult. Catherine was tenacious and never lost faith. That’s a good parent.

[@johanspirut4016]

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[@kristengravelle8608]

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[@billmurray7473]

Catherine is a Prime Example of What A Real Mom Is. All you modern women could learn something from you.

[@buschg7106]

"... typical" GOLD.

[@blackawana]

Thank you!!!!

[@takingthelongwayhome7235]

frikkin legend Mr Maher, thanks for all the wisdom you bring to so many issues

[@kool-aidman2797]

@Keith Dupree who shall we believe? People like you?? You must be fun at parties 🤣🤣😭

[@oscopin74]

we're going to miss you, Bill. The next few month are going to be trying w/o you. Have a great break! Hope to see you in February!

[@stormwatcher59]

Oh...I thought he was back in January...

[@dewaynethomas3122]

@@stormwatcher59 You think we'll live to see January?

[@stormwatcher59]

@@dewaynethomas3122 - I'm gonna give it my best shot! ;-)

[@candaceparker7283]

Thank you!

[@piafunesbakker5095]

Thank you

[@TonyP_Yes-its-Me]

I was telling people years ago, that this had all the hallmarks of a cult. I realised this when I saw grown men crying when they met Trump. I’ve met celebrities and felt strange emotions they didn’t really deserve. I’ve been pleased, attracted, and indifferent. But I’ve never worshipped a human, or their ideas.

[@lorrainewest7408]

true. worship of an effigy.not much different. if gives comfort good, but political force, go away.

[@redomega24]

Riiiiiight. The Obama worship was totally different.

[@davidpierce9949]

@@redomega24 I think u missed the point. But typical trumper

[@redomega24]

@@davidpierce9949 The point was hypocritical so no... I didn't.

[@RagingGeekazoid]

Trump is the politician the corporate world deserves. Capitalists have been gaslighting American workers for decades (or centuries), and Trump spoke truth to power. That's why his followers love him. Of course, he's gaslighting them a hundred times more, but they haven't had time to figure that out yet.

[@pannachawangkul585]

Enjoy your vacation, Bill, but don't be gone too long. We need the laughter and the TRUTH.😁👋

[@zg6766]

Thankfully there's also Colbert & a few others w/sharp intellect👌🏼

[@stillaliveplus1forme]

@@zg6766 😂 r u kidding bill is the only late nite lib that tells it how it is. No one comes close!

[@m1y4nothing]

I thought bill was supposed to be funny and that he used to be now he's just a snarky ass

[@bfizz1e187]

theres rarely truth on this show

[@zg6766]

@@stillaliveplus1forme - He remains #1, but Colbert & Kimmel have indeed shifted into higher gear the last year or so, not to mention Larry Wilmore, now back on NBC app👌

[@Thedesertguy75]

Maybe this is exactly why people have been exploited since the beginning of time....they are easily... exploited..sadly...

[@joeconner2231]

Because they're too lazy to think for themselves!

[@HumanBeingSpawn]

I think it's an inherent attribute of the human psyche. We always want closure and to believe in something. It just takes a certain environment (people, media, institutions, etc) to influence your psychological orientation.

[@joeconner2231]

@@HumanBeingSpawn no, it means if people put their faith in a incompetent corrupt failure that Stevie Wonder could spot a mile away, then the only explanation is his followers also possess some of his negative traits ( rascism, antisemitism, larceny at heart, etc). Donald Trump is so low, you need to reach up to touch bottom!

[@inesvanpraet23]

@@joeconner2231 Did you not catch the message of this video. You will not change minds by calling people dumb and by degrading them. You can, by listening to their problems and calling on their strenghts to fix those together!

[@joeconner2231]

Empathize

[@Everettel]

So true Bill, I gave up arguing with these people especially relatives, good show!

[@brianwalsh1401]

The only thing it does is induce a headache anyway. Kind of like you would get from banging your head against a wall. Although I think that would actually be more preferable.

[@hankgoresich6836]

@@brianwalsh1401 It's so frustrating when people won't just see things exactly as you see them.

[@brahmburgers]

My adult daughter and some of my friends are Qanon. It's a tough nut to crack - to try to get them to see reason. Luckily for me, an elder guy, I'm content being home alone most of the time. Sometimes days without seeing or speaking to anyone, but have adjusted quite well, thanks.

[@gjd1942]

Sorry to hear that Ken. My sons occasionally refer to the Luminati or Plandemic and it bothers me that they read some conspiracy theory online and think it may have truth to it!

[@jeffreym68]

Sorry to hear about your family and friends. I'm in a similar situation with the only nearby relatives. I'm pretty lonely and depressed being alone.

[@BB-mq9qk]

@@gjd1942 why is it when someone shares a different opinion it’s called a conspiracy or plandemic? good for you if you have it all figured out.

[@AbidingDude420]

I'm scared of America right now.

[@BB-mq9qk]

@Bali Breeze it’s nut nut lunacy because you already made your mind up on what you choose to believe and you lack the capacity to think outside your echo chamber And you choose the crowds that fits your bias it’s the same conventional line people like you parrot “it’s lunacy blah blah” I understand your train of thought it feels more comfortable to go with the majority opinion I forgive you it’s not your fault.

[@C00LASSCH1C]

Genius! Thx Bill Maher! Stay real!

[@donprincoify]

I am tired of people making excuses and apologising for the hypocrites. After 4 years of intense racism and pure evil leadership 74.2 million people STILL voted for a repeat and I am supposed to be understanding? Why? Am I not the one whose families were broken up and children locked in cages? Am I not the one whose people were openly mocked and intimidated on daily basis? Am I not the one they shot in the back and murdered in cold blood. Am I not the one they attacked with their vehicles and automatic rifles when I protested. Am I still the one who is supposed to apologise and walk on eggshells to spare their confederacy heritage and pride? What about my life? Does it really matter in America?

[@MrHousecup]

Ah, Allison Mack...She fought supervillains on TV and then became one in real life.

[@Bilbo490]

It made me so sad...😟

[@SantaBarbaraBiking]

I'm more of a Kristen Kreuk fan.

[@lisandro4612]

@@SantaBarbaraBiking we all are

[@szahmad2416]

@@SantaBarbaraBiking I loved Allison Mack until I heard about this; by far the best actor/actress of the Smallville lot. I simply cannot believe such a seemingly wholesome person went down this path; not for herself, but bringing so many with her.

[@rezkalla]

Anybody can get duped into a cult. She's a victim.

[@GlenMacDonald]

Couldn't have gotten through this year without YOU! Thanks for your insight and laughs. See you on the other side, Bill. 😊

[@bohodiak]

Brilliant. Thank You

[@hallpros]

The just ages like a fine wine. #bingebillmahar and WAKEUP!

[@davejohn3600]

I laughed really hard the first time I head of the Great Disappointment because it's my birthday.

[@betsy3473]

This was fascinating!

[@kassiapencek6185]

Thanks for the pathway. Well done.

[@Missy-Missy1111]

My, my Miz Lindsay I do declare!

[@rileyfoiley5257]

@Bess Smith that exactly right, how are you doing Bess?

[@cloudrouju526]

Bill remains to be the one that makes the most sense in troubling times.

[@jashanestone]

Been this way for years.. 42 been watching him and paying attention to Carlin since I was 15..

[@traekas7228]

Try George Carlin’s shows. Now, HE was a truth teller!!! One of the best funny, but real comedians of all time. He did one I watched again today, about elections, that apply neatly to the last 2 Presidential Elections. Bill is okay to good. I like him, meh yeah. But Carlin never had an off or so-so performance. U won’t be disappointed, if u go check George out. Up to you.

[@cloudrouju526]

@@traekas7228 Hmm...I don't think anyone watching Bill's shows needs to be persuaded to watch Carlin. I'd check Carlin to be the greatest comedian of all time in any survey anytime anywhere. That is not to say Bill isn't great though. Although even Bill said he was inspired by Carlin at young age, he is not exactly the same as Carlin. It is also easier to make mistakes when Bill had to run live shows every week, comparing to Carlin's extremely well-prepared materials for stand ups.

[@jaredsilvers2782]

@@traekas7228 Carlin didn't have to do a show about politics every week for decades though. Can't really make the comparison Bill is a standup comic but more because he likes it not because he's incredible at it. His skill is in political commentary and making that commentary regardless of partisan considerations. Also in bringing guests together from very different backgrounds and allowing discourse without the silly limitations of cable news.

[@JimiHL]

Well, his team of writers, anyway. Don't fall for the cult of Bill.

[@galacticwarlock2271]

Thanks

[@SGR1594]

Now this is worth a serious rewatch

[@TinthiaClemant]

P.T.Barnum, if he really said the sucker quote, was right on the money.

[@danbixler1568]

I heard it was Horace Greeley the newspaper man who said "as my good friend PT Barnum would say..There's a sucker born every minute".

[@HanalaSagal]

Yep. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5TEiaawm5iBrsU

[@laartwork]

@@danbixler1568 so it was Barnum.. via hearsay

[@jroush1780]

Actually PT Barnum never said the phrase. It was W.C. Fields. The entire phrase is " There's a sucker born every minute. You just have to find them".

[@fatcat6030]

Yup and he's named Bill Maher

[@johnlewis1640]

I have Friends and Family who are ardent trump supporters, it is disturbing how they just won't acknowledge the facts even if shown the indisputable source, scary.

[@delphi-moochymaker62]

You share a semblance of patriotism with these folks as a fellow American. Imagine how someone outside of the American bubble views them! Hint: "Where is the butterfly net".

[@brianwalsh1401]

I agree. It is scary that so many people in our country think trump is legit and a standard bearer for the cause. For trump it's simple the cause is all about him.

[@rogerdorsey7823]

DONT LET A CRISIS GO TO WAIST.

[@billcorbell5362]

I know what you mean. I have family members who still believe there are only two genders.

[@frankishempire2322]

" it is disturbing how they just won't acknowledge the facts even if shown the indisputable source, scary." So, would you like to talk about gender-studies and critical race-theory?

[@earthjustice01]

Great message Bill. Love it!

[@breathnstop]

Pure gold as always.

[@artembentsionov]

Stephen Colbert’s guide for telling if you’re in a cult: step one, if you’re wondering whether you’re in a cult, then you’re in a cult

[@bluepearl_22]

The times where I've taken advice from Stephen Colbert are long over. When Jon Steward left he literally took all the integrity of mainstream talkshows with him.

[@BishopWalters12]

Sounds like Obamas hardcore supporters.

[@artembentsionov]

@concrete Phoenix didn’t know he said that on his show. It was in one of his books

[@artembentsionov]

@@BishopWalters12 way to project

[@mattfetter4123]

@@BishopWalters12 Hitler supporter?

[@rchydrozz751]

Dont worry Trump supporters. Rudy and Cousin Vinny are on the case.

[@robertcartier5088]

LOL, in my mind's eye, I can see Joe Pesci is going, "Ah, fuck!"

[@knowsomething9384]

Maybe all the vote counters just need thicker glasses.

[@artembentsionov]

@@robertcartier5088 Pesci’s actually a nice guy in real life. He just often plays assholes. A fan once sent him an angry letter, complaining about one of his movies. Pesci apologized and paid him back the $8 the guy spent on the movie ticket

[@robertcartier5088]

@@artembentsionov Lol, good story! Yeah, I have no doubt that Pesci is a good guy, I'm saying he must be annoyed that one of his characters is being used for such an insane cause. As a nice guy, it would surprise me if he thought it was a good thing to be mentioned by a crazed Giuliani. ;-]

[@phriedokra6158]

@@robertcartier5088 maybe he will ask Rudy to Cease and Desist...lol

[@barbaraconnett5057]

Thank you Bill, it was a good talk!

[@elizabethpatterson578]

Well put, correct.

[@chaddfrancis2179]

At this point,MAGA hats should be made of tin foil.

[@MickyAvStickyHands]

No one has forgotten about your Russian obsession. Look in a mirror.

[@mrxxsesshomaruxx9642]

@@MickyAvStickyHands While I agree that the Russia thing was a bit far fetched it’s nowhere near as bad as Trump cultists and at least there were reasons to believe that Trump had something going on with the Russian government... The Trump cult is all about stupid conspiracies, or I should say the entire right wing ideology is based on conspiracies these days 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@tim7696]

Trump 2020 or we destroy the GOP by boycotting the Georgia runoffs!

[@BishopWalters12]

Russia gate people have no room to talk and No, I'm not a Trump supporter.

[@Pikkabuu]

@dumb genius At least Democrats dropped it. When have Trumps cultists dropped anything?

[@abdenbichikoun2652]

Laotian proverb « When elephants fight, it is the ants that die. »

[@elizabethcook8217]

THAT is a great comment.

[@naughtyat25]

Simply Wow!

[@edosupra14]

thank you Bill

[@catherinecrocket9714]

This cult was started (I’m editing this to fueled) by Fox News in 1996. My parents and my brother fell into it, watching Fox News from morning till night, and no other news. It was sad to watch and even sadder when Trump saw/seized the opportunity to be the cult leader. The cult was already created, ripe for his bullshit. I kept hoping they would see Trump for what he is, but it never happened. His following actually grew. It's the largest cult that ever existed and it terrifies me as to what they will do next. As Bill said, we just have to keep reminding them who they used to be and that there is a whole world out there beyond their television.

[@Kanelle88]

Yeah, and we need to start complaining to the other news networks. I only see stories about how Trump is horrible and about the virus. There are other stories out there. By limiting the news to those two subjects we give the naysayers fuel to point fingers and tell their followers that the main news networks are bias. Just look at Fox News' website and you can see all sorts of stories even if half of them is B.S.

[@vipertact]

I agree however it was the bias of news networks prior to 96' that gave birth to Fox News. A more balanced media that separates facts from opinion when doing reporting, would not give conservatives the feeling they are being ridiculed and left behind. Those sentiments were the bed-rock on which Fox News was built. And Bill Maher himself addressed the fact that while conservatives argue their case in CNN, liberals won't set foot in Fox News.

[@robertroth319]

Isn't this the truth? Fox News should be treated like "enemy combatants " and carpet bombed into oblivian. Please everyone take one hour to watch "Outfoxed".Although funny in some respects, their ex- employees laid out the strategy for all to see.

[@chadlosh6749]

Fox(Faux) News isn't to blame for the beginning of the BS that we have inherited. That all started with "The Moral Majority" bullshit in the 1980's when they started threatening even good political leaders, brow-beating elected officials and brainwashing people into sheeple with it's damn commitment to constituency contacts. It went from spreading the bullshit and hoping enough stuff would grow to feed the sheeple to mixing and spreading the ashes of the political careers they destroyed in with their bullshit to finally not being able to wait for their lies to grow and bear fruit so they just started feeding the sheeple the ashes and bullshit directly and TELLING them on fox news that not only does it not taste bad-- it tastes good! And you want more of it! And what's more YOU should be feeding it to you kids too! They taught their lies so well that the next generation grew up believing them as the truth and that's how they've went from urging and thus getting Republicans to go from march stepping on the streets but on and on until they are now Goose-Stepping down every Main Street across America...

[@jamesjones-wv9ik]

Fox was created by and for Nixon apologists. Long before 1996. 40+ years of their garbage is exactly why we are where we are. Things got noticeably worse as the Tea Party started to gain traction. It may have been 1996 or so when the R party got up and left the table - no more negotiating, only want to rule, no interest in governing. Ever since, Rs appear bent on sabotaging government so they can tell their cult it doesn't work.

[@vinceedwards3978]

THE Qanon thing is so insane... ..I don't even know what to say

[@elanacurl]

Don't say anything... "let the dummies go ahead" 👍🏾 my late-grandfather's quote

[@GLORYNEVADASMITH]

QAnon was a CIA PsyOp , Antifa an FBI PsyOp . The motivation is obvious by the ecstatic celebrations at Langley and Quantico over the successful completion of The COVID Coup D' ETAT .

[@trumpsflushingdocumentsaga2689]

@@GLORYNEVADASMITH Disagree, Qanon is just proof how stupid you have to be to get membership in trump's cult.

[@barbarabrennan1753]

Whats psyop. ?

[@bfizz1e187]

but russiagate isn't?

[@misterhatley5894]

I wouldn't trust that guy to guard my van. Lol

[@davidgrech4574]

Thank you so very much for sharing your wit and I hope that you know how much I appreciate you helping me with getting through the past four years. Well I was hit by a distracted driver and then I went into a coma for three weeks afterwards and then Trump was elected whilst I had to go through my rehabilitation and beat the odds that my doctors had told me that I had just a five percent chance of surviving and while I was recovering in the hospital I swore that I would outlast Trump.And indeed I have but I hope that you know how much you have helped me get through some tough times as well. Bless you 🙏👌🌞

[@4343DEB]

Bill Maher, you are a legend. You've helped us all to laugh at what is, in reality a sad and sorry time in the history of the world. So much could have been brilliant in the past four years - but America gave us that moron. Have a great holiday. I'll miss your passion and your ability to swim through all that bullshit to reveal the truth. From Australian with love.

[@SwiftySanders]

TBQH, I think he could've been brilliant. He doesn't listen to people who are criticizing him and that's why he failed. Trump could've given us Medicare For All and Universal Basic Income and his supporters are fervent enough to trust Trump on these policies which would've benefitted everyone. TBQH, I was hoping he'd push republicans left on these issues and instead he did not and now he's losing.

[@WhiteWolf--]

@@SwiftySanders He never would have done those things simply because he knew his base would eviscerate him for it. Its all about image, its capital N Never about what's best for the people.

[@siyafaith5615]

Whats your view of the current Biden Administration, compared to Trump

[@yuno1781]

@@siyafaith5615 you’re not asking the right questions

[@bjornst.1889]

Thank you bill, another season passed, can't wait to see you again next year. Thank you for all the info and humour you gave me during this pandemic. Rest well and be safe

[@maritesalexander556]

Thank you Bill!

[@thewipergloveonyoutubewipe5069]

Great advice and information for all.

[@marceloildahernandez1296]

After seeing the clip of trump saying he has a very big brain reminded me of "Pinky and the Brain" 😄😂😆🤣

[@michaelweigand8643]

The Brain literally has a big brain. Have you seen the cartoon?

[@Loralarify]

Marcelo&Ilda Hernandez I think he was really thinking of ANOTHER body part..but he snapped back to reality for a second and remembered where he was.. Such a total useless POS

[@hawkeye5955]

Pinky and Brain would be better leaders than the Dumpster fire in chief.

[@terrierqueen4091]

@@michaelweigand8643 Welllll...he had a physically massive CRANIUM. But what came out of it wasn't always that smart. Sometimes I think they would have been better off carrying out Pinky's plan to make pencils that taste like bacon. 😊

[@michaelweigand8643]

@@terrierqueen4091 the plans were good, they just didn't have the ability to execute them from the lab. Pinky's plans were much less egomaniacal, and had a much better chance of succeeding than Brain's.

[@Uspr73]

"I'm a stable genius"

[@dianabowles13]

Oh my God the frustration is so real

[@mayasmenu2390]

Great message👍

[@robin4020]

Create a conspiracy about a conspiracy that conspired them to conspire

[@ryanalbers7162]

"Truth is a threat". Definitely.

[@drunkensailor3736]

Trump has lost but I'm not sure if Trumpism has. It could still be dominant within the Republican Party, at least that's my takeaway from this analysis that looks into the future of Trumpism and the Republican Party: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJCsmImehpd8iJo&ab_channel=MyTake

[@bfizz1e187]

exactly Dems suck man you're right!

[@elmarobberts5128]

It's a complex mix of complicated complexities.

[@sonyaweinreis3658]

Very good ☺️

[@ninabasescu2839]

Thank you and your staff so much. Love this show.