New Rule: The Year of Sanity | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

The battle for the soul of America isn’t Right vs. Left. It’s Normal vs. Crazy.

[@gabrieljordan8015]

'Never underestimate the stupidity of people in large groups' - George Carlin

[@gabrieljordan8015]

​@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist. I can't tell if you're just trolling or whatever but I've read your Bible and it's all fiction and fairy tales.

[@ThePurpleButterfly21-ie7ve]

​@gabrieljordan8015 Many of what is described is simply history. Wars and such. When the Bible says Jesus existed that is not fiction, you can However, debate his nature, from a human to a god. So Not all the Bible is fiction.

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

@@ThePurpleButterfly21-ie7ve Most fiction takes place in real places and sometimes even references real people. That doesn't make anything else that happened true or nonfiction.

[@ThePurpleButterfly21-ie7ve]

@MatthewTheWanderer the Bible is filled with footnotes, a description of a bloodline, it's history, you can't prove a lot of the bloodlines in other history books because it's too old but that doesn't mean it's fiction.

[@user-yt2rq8qn3l]

"Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity." - Bullet Tooth Tony

[@jaidedeye]

The problem is that the absolutely insane 10% of our country gets 99% of the media attention when in fact the country is actually vastly peaceful and loving.

[@PB-wz3dp]

That’s news though… media attention is given to the odd. “Man pricks his finger in the street” isn’t news. But hey… “Man fingers his prick in the street”…. Now that’s a headline 😂

[@dandy5091]

Let us hope the 90 percent of the country gets out and votes, or the US could have an actual dictator in power.

[@dandy5091]

The 90 percent sane people I mean.

[@AngryAndNegativeHistoryProject]

I don't know about that. Haha

[@rajanogray9088]

​@@OnlyScienceRulesYou are certainly free to disagree with Biden's policy positions but what has he done that is even remotely dictatorial? Has he ordered the military to remove peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square so he could have a photo opp in front of a church holding a Bible? Has he called the media the "enemy of the people"? Has he asked a foreign government to announce an investigation of his political opponent in exchange for military arms? Has he denied the outcome of a free and fair election? Just wondering.

[@goldencoastexotics181]

“The battle in this country is not right vs left it’s normal vs crazy” Thanks for that Bill

[@martinlazar9420]

The best quote I can give to this is “Those who don’t study history are doomed to repeat. Those who do study history are doomed to watch those who didn’t study history repeat it.

[@balancingfromtheyin-sideou9180]

My daughter is 13 and had no idea that there was segregation in the 60s and earlier. Apparently they don't really teach that or the holocaust much in school , because i asked a few 16/17 yr olds who also never knew about either thing. very scary - if they are not being taught about how bad it was, how are we gonna avoid it happening again - unfortunately, it's already started happening again with all the anti-white segregation and accepted anti-semitism.

[@Adam-rz4wr]

Yeah, real shame that people cant recognize the threat of Marxism that became prevalent nowadays, not without the help of talking heads like Bill

[@bartsullivan4866]

Exactly, that is what's sad on the far right and left people are beyond stupid. When truth no longer matters people can be made to believe crimes didn't occur, elections were stolen without proof, officers died over the January 6th insurrection yet it was justified how? The same people who supposedly keep this county's institutions in high regard desecrate the Capital building and are seen as patriots that Trump wants to pardon. The left doesn't get off either for defunding law enforcement to the point where there is no consequences for any drug use or crime. The police don't even have the power to go after a shoplifter or car thief. Forcing woke diversity and transgender learning in schools that should be teaching core subjects not feminist ideology. The world has gone completely nuts.

[@republica13]

How many of us studied wwii and the holocaust? So why is another taking place right now in a sardine can? This is the one quote that I despise immensely. It's complete brain dead. Every month you get your visa statement, what have you learnt?

[@SveinnBj]

To make matters worse, some people DO study history, know where it leads and either think *this* time it will be different or simply don't care because they are on a self-aggrandizing and/or self-gratifying pursuit.

[@fiddlerontheroof4099]

"The battle for the soul of this country isn't right or left; it's normal vs crazy". I know Bill is an atheist, but *AMEN!*

[@seanlawrence5014]

He’s had this stance for years! That’s why we watch him!🤗

[@briane173]

Reagan once inferred there's no such thing as a left or right, there's only an up or down. The majority of us know which is which; it's the small but obstreperous minority of radicals who don't.

[@PhilthySteel]

Technically Amen means i agree.

[@Sigueme1]

@@PhilthySteel it’s more “indeed” than I agree … in the Old Testament is sometimes translated as “truly” like here in Job 36: 4 “for truly my words are not false” Still “indeed” sounds much better in my opinion. 🤷

[@Kermit_T_Frog]

Crazies have long been on the left. That is nothing new. But to compare them to the crazies on the right, is, well, crazy. The crazy on the left is fringe. The crazy on the right has been normalized and is about ready to swallow up the whole country. And here Maher is blaming the left!

[@andreasrylander]

As a swedish person, I too hope it's the year of sanity in the states. Pleeaaase make it so. Well... actually... make it so all over the world.

[@davebennett9486]

I hate to be a pessimist. I do agree with your sentiment but not going to happen. The human condition is as bad as it is good. The pendulum swings.

[@mistrmistr6417]

What about your own country? Hasn't been getting ruined because of your lack of boundaries and loose border policies?

[@mistrmistr6417]

Yes it has unfortunately, but I'd like to think that Sweden was smarter. Apparently, I'm very wrong about that.

[@lulloa47]

Why is it relevant for you to remark your nationality in this case?

[@speckyferns6780]

i wish the americans could learn from sweden, but your country is a lawless migrant wreck of a nation (from a proud tribe for centuries (100 years) to a women_migrants rule(last 50 years)!),sorry;

[@selenahughes2401]

We are living in a South Park episode.

[@longestvideoever]

Everyone is crazy.

[@Mrs_xixi]

You are absolutely right.

[@andrewjohnson5050]

"Simpsons did it"

[@lookingforwookiecopilot]

To expect a year of sanity on a planet that is one giant insane asylum, is insane. 😅

[@Mtl-zf9om]

Planet earth should be renamed a mental hospital. The more you go south the more coocoo it gets.

[@yourhuckleberry6757]

​@@Mtl-zf9omthat's racist.

[@thirdman27]

That last line is brilliant. “The battle for the soul of this country is not left vs right. It’s normal vs crazy”

[@johnnymartinjohansen]

Crazy is the new normal, at least in the US...

[@jimpalmer792]

“The battle for the soul of this country is not left vs right. It’s normal vs crazy” Truer words about the fate of America were never spoken ! YIKES !!!

[@jimpalmer792]

Agreed, but please MR. Maher, no more 'FALSE EQUICALENCIES' (all too common no a days); there are way, way, way more "crazies" on 'the right' !

[@lalibellahorne7760]

Years ago, I worked in a clinic where we had a lot of transgender patients for their facial feminization surgeries, one patient told me: do you know who minority these days is, not queer, not color people but intelligent people. It was an eye opening for me to see the issue that way. I agree with that patient.

[@Uouttooo]

Amen!

[@josephtome9600]

We are doing the most dangerous thing of all: Forgetting ! One of the prime lessons of WW2 is NEVER FORGET.

[@B-eg2oc]

Yes!

[@timothybrown760]

Not just WWII, it's any and all history when it comes to our darkest times when we do stupid and/or evil deeds and events that we regret later on, but sometimes too late!🤨😐🙄😑

[@kilroy2517]

Isn't that where the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor and started the Vietnam War?

[@soniafaye9919]

Sadly, the kids either forgot or we forgot to teach them

[@dustinschroller4884]

Forget what?

[@yonathanoren3167]

"Can't anybody just say fuck no anymore?!" - Bill, you're my hero ❤

Fuck no lol!

[@phillipcowan1444]

It's 2024 and I feel like I'm trapped in a fucking Monty Python skit.😮

[@ShivamGupta-sr9zf]

Weekly dose of Bill Maher is keeping me sane.

[@wcolautti]

Yep.

[@rick5781]

Sane? or more like stupid and INSANE.

[@tomhubble870]

As a retired teacher I would like to apologize. I obviously failed at my job. The stupidity of this country is truly mind boggling.

[@j.dragon651]

You get out what you put in, not your fault.

[@clearpond]

Not your fault brother! It's the professors at college

[@user-rr1ct9iu4r]

Don’t ever say you failed. Teachers are the frontline. By the way THANK YOU!!

[@gugy68]

It's not the teachers' fault but the system forcing kids to become ignorant, distracted, and obedient.

[@charleswoods8471]

LOL

[@bobl2766]

Sanity includes maturity-the ability to think and speak and act rationally and make decisions based on accurate information. And to know how to go about determining if information IS. accurate. Too much behavior, especially from elected officials”leaders,” is childish.

[@Wild-Moonchild]

Yes it is!

[@theoneandonlyjzzhm]

Problem is both sane and crazy people would think it’s them that you’re describing.

[@JohnSmith-or4ed]

Critical thinking skills are in short supply

[@8kenjacob]

I wouldn't say childish but selfish

[@thund3rstruck]

"The battle for this country isn't right vs. left, its normal vs. crazy". No truer words have ever been spoken. When I was growing up in the 80s people were [bitterly] politically divided but everyone understood that both parties, while they had ideological differences, legitimately had the best interests of the nation (and all its citizens) at heart.

[@stephendverner]

The battle for the soul of this country is not right or left it’s normal or crazy….hit the nail on the head again Bill.

[@giantsr1eva]

@stephendverner The far left is normal while the centrists and far right are crazy.

[@jordanmechalske7962]

💯

[@sbyrstall]

Amen

[@HeavyChevy]

vs

[@jerometaperman7102]

And both sides claim that they are the normal and the others are the crazy when we all know that any side with Trump on it is the crazy side.

[@differentfins]

This is your best one yet Bill. You don't even need to write the jokes, society is the joke and you are simply telling the truth.

[@jodyyoung2726]

I remember a time we watched Jerry Springer and laughed. Now the real world is crazier than that show.

[@MrJameslascko]

That asshole was the beginning of this bullshit!!

[@LionFisile]

“The battle for the soul of this country isn’t right or left. It’s normal versus crazy.” Well-said, brogee.

[@artgreig7069]

"How do you suck all the oxygen out of the room and not get any to your brain?" Priceless!

[@milesduggan7345]

Back w

[@tomgallagher7870]

Why does american tv just look so fake.and its forced laughter

[@a.j.triplett4624]

Back W. Really? Thought you were pretty witty, hip and relevant with that comment! Huh? (Notice the full use of letters to create actual words instead of trying to be lazy and cool)

[@user-vo9gn7ku4c]

How? You let an annoying f*** like Andrew Sullivan on your show (again). 🤦‍♂️

[@scottrobertson2234]

Funny how Bill and Donald are both Netanyahu lap dogs. Speaking of no oxygen to the brain, smoke another joint Bill.

[@tonyfondacaro1980]

This is what you get when you preach that everyone’s opinion is valid and that feelings are equivalent to being right. This is the world people wanted, and now you get to live in it.

[@teacherby]

Unfortunately, so do those of us who do not preach the validity of acting solely on someone (else's) feelings. We have to live in the world of 'their' making.

[@user-wl7mw7tb2i]

is that what they do? i knew about the everyone is a winner and saferooms .bull shit im sure there was more .

[@andrewlaliberte2494]

This is the best thing I’ve seen all week, thank you 🙌🏻😆

[@Pete_R63]

For years now, as I observe what is going on in the country and world I have repeatedly said, "That's it, we are officially living in Crazy World." Nice to see others see it, too.

[@katekennelly3651]

"the battle for this country isn't right or left, it's normal versus crazy." great quote. completely agree. thanks for another great monologue, Bill Maher!

[@schlauspieler1991]

if only the normals really fought, i see only two crazy parties in a contest of who transforms the usa faster into russia.Conservatives don t have the brains to separate from the trumpist stealing of the republican party,and democrats don t have the balls to condemn the neosoviet crap of theirs.And yes, there is nothing new about the so-called progressives.Homosexuality,abortions,women and minority priviliges and discrimination of men, ideology promovated in art instead of meritocracy,all of that and the rest was already tried by the soviets ,and much of it still is by russia.

[@Bloodcurling]

Want the editor job?

[@katekennelly3651]

@@Bloodcurling wow. even compliments can't be trusted these days!

[@thehumanity0]

What qualifies as "normal"? If you only agree with Bill Maher and disagree with his ridiculous strawman arguments? It's amazing anyone is falling for this smug garbage

[@quantum1191]

Unfortunately, the crazies are the ones with all the guns.

[@Denji2006]

We literally live in an Onion article. All those exaggerated satirical things we used to see in movies 30 to 40 years ago about "the future" has become our reality.

[@cmorrow74]

Poe’s Law has taken over.

[@tacoheadmakenzie9311]

At the time of its release, 'Idiocracy" was considered a comedy; now, it's a documentary.

[@ryanshinermusic]

Yeah but The Onion supports most of it now.

[@tomryan9827]

Watch Veep start to finish. IT was considered far too absurd to be legitimate satire back in 2009. Now it's not even absurd enough to be considered legitimate reality.

[@RaulRamirez-nx5sb]

I wear the mask while driving on cold days. To me, it is soothing and warm.

[@RaulRamirez-nx5sb]

​@@AetherNightmare I hear you. Thank you for sharing and take care!

[@milhouse14]

What's crazier than a con artist facing 91 criminal charges being the nominee of a major party?

[@louisduarte8763]

His party not disqualifying him from running because of these charges?

[@markharris5107]

Politically motivated character assasination being celebrated in the progressive media?

[@woodrowboudreaux9951]

Over on the right, they are angry that the media lies and gets people worked up into believing things that seem to always get proven lies. I have counted 22 instances of this easily. It was all proven lies but the left believed it and voted on it. It was proven lies. It many instances the government ADMITTED the right was right all along.

[@crankfotton]

MAGA 2024

[@yourhuckleberry6757]

Letting the Trojan horse of social justice usher in a totalitarian cultural revolution.

[@Takishidobani]

I respect Bill Maher for never bending or yielding to modern brain rot. There's a lot I don't agree with him, from political to social topics. But the fact that he stands by his principles and beliefs and hasn't sold out to defend modern day progressive ideologies or pander to any one group. He makes his arguments, stands by them, and doesn't apologize.

[@wwyd4akb]

I mean he's a fan of replacing indigenous communities, at least in the UK. I wouldn't say he's avoided the rot as much as he's dodged a lot more than most.

[@reschard]

Except that his interpretations are completely wrong. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqrZfJKgpJytf7Msi=zS92CMk7hJp8AscX

[@user-wl7mw7tb2i]

or kissing up to the winning side after the side he was on totally blows it in every way possible and even invent blunders we didnt expect. the worst administration in US history.

[@nadiamccall4311]

perhaps...but I constantly am shocked at how little he knows about the topics he covers. Then I remember that he has writers, he probably does zero work besides reviewing the lines to say. But still, he didn't even get some easy ones right. When you talk to him and he has no preparation or help he embarrasses himself, sometimes badly (one particular moment I'm thinking of, he looked really bad.) But otherwise I agree, and it's why I started watching him years ago. Even though tbh he isn't all that fun.

[@wwyd4akb]

@quenky1 in his discussion with Sharon Osbourne he said its great that the UK is less white.

[@tbone9912]

Don't expect a return to sanity for one simple reason: Sanity doesn't sell.

[@tracithomas6543]

Peace sells, but who’s buying…..

[@FreshLounger]

The sane need to buy sanity.

[@Tony11442]

True

[@daveo4827]

😂 Excatly why Bill is so popular, he just takes the inverse position of each group for that ad money.

[@irri4662]

One can't buy sanity. Insanity sure but not sanity. Good genes,a good up bringing, a good diet,good exercise, good emotional connections and A Good FUCKING EDUCATION !!@#$%!!!

[@charliechaos2551]

I honestly believe most of America is just left or right of center and can talk. The extremes generate ratings.

[@louisduarte8763]

I think the "silent majority" got that name because the loudmouths on the fringes of both sides won't shut the fuck up, so the rest of us can't get a word in edgewise.

[@charliechaos2551]

@@louisduarte8763 agreed!

[@sambanaei2984]

The ballot for the soul of this country is not right or left, its normal vs crazy ! 👏 👏 brilliant

[@holhant]

I never thought that Bill Maher will become the voice of sanity in a modern world.

[@steffenjensen422]

I bet he envisioned it differently too, but man's gotta do what has to be done

[@johndymond4596]

I wouldn't go that far. Hes taking great strides in the right direction though

[@TGarzarel]

He is until the subject of Trump comes up...then he becomes as "bat shit crazy" as those he is criticizing in this bit

[@SunshineTwilight]

I still dont think he is. He has made some good realizations finally but he isnt there yet.

[@Uouttooo]

@@TGarzarel But wasn't he the one who pointed out that Trump was not going to leave if he lost? And Trump was not going to leave.

[@one4runner435]

"Sanity is not statistical" - George Orwell, 1984

[@J_Braz_]

2+2= whatever you want me too say.... Just don't electrocute me again!

[@J_Braz_]

@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist. "Cast not your pearl's before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, then turn and rend you again." -Matthew 7:6

[@all_bets_on_Ganesh]

@jbraz7471 you have to read that quote in context. What god is trying to say there is to actually NOT own slaves. God is charmingly obtuse.

[@KozmoDyne]

This was extraordinarily well written. I've disagreed with Bill on so much but he is right: he probably has the most integrity of any news pundit left on TV. His career and, frankly, his devoted hard work and endurance has really built him an remarkable legacy. He has really earned it and deserves the decades of growing loyal fans. He's risen to be an icon in a medium where there are so few left.

[@sierrasky2491]

Bill Maher has done a 180. I really like him lately.❤

[@BillyRicker92]

I’m an independent and there’s a lot of insanity, strange and crazy things happening in this world right now, great job pointing that out Bill!

[@fathergabrielstokes4706]

I'm a registered Republican but am Independent. Who will you vote for?? I'm voting for Kennedy and pray to God we have better Presidents in the future 🇺🇸

[@Buttercup697]

I’m not sure what being an independent has to do with anything Bill just said. I’ve several friends who are independent, and they are certainly not centrist or sane. 😉 All political parties, including the “independents” have left, right, and center amongst their ranks. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@thebteamgamingchannel5701]

There used to be a time where there was a middle ground and people on opposing sides would meet there and hammer out a mutual understanding. That time is over because too many people have abandoned reason for madness.

[@bcor4219]

Too many people see compromise as “weakness.” They care more about ideological “purity” and pandering to their “base” than actually keeping the country functioning.

[@JohnBock-nq9lr]

And opinions for facts

[@ChrisErwin87]

I like to watch Bill. He brings up a lot of great points, but he seems to generalize whole groups of people a lot more these days. He keeps talking about how 'all the young people, and everyone who goes to college, are rooting for terrorists to destroy Israel and promote open shoplifting' when that's not the case at all. Most people of this younger generation want many of the same things. There are some loud voices out there who try to make a name for themselves by spouting controversial garbage so they can get more "clicks" on social media platforms, but the overwhelming majority of people (I think) just want to see some more humanity shown toward one another and less of this "Us versus Them" mentality. It is possible to vehemently denounce evil terrorist groups like hamas, but still recognize that there are innocent children and babies, etc. in Gaza having 2000-pound bombs dropped on them with no end in sight. We should be allowed to be bothered by that without being antisemitic or "pro-terrorist". We should also be able to support Israel's right to defend itself and be allies to the Jewish people and recognize the pain they felt after experiencing a horrible terrorist attack that included the kidnappings of 240 of their citizens, but also critical of Netanyahu and his far-right government, just as we are of the far-right factions in our own government. We can hold two thoughts in our heads at the same time and not be bad people. I think Bill forgets that sometimes and promotes the idea that everyone is on the extreme-side of any issue. . Also, I personally don't wear a mask anymore and sometimes still see people wearing masks around town, but guess what, they're not hurting anyone. If that's your big concern with the world, I don't know what to tell you.

[@trish8964]

I wear a mask .... because I have throat cancer ... and cannot even risk getting a cold

[@sviroussanoff]

Bill is a zionist.

[@dinoknight1075]

thank you

[@reenylynne8652]

Agreed. He really pisses me off when he fails to see the nuances in the Israel-Palestine conflict. Also, I will never understand how such an outspoken atheist supports strongly a country whose establishment is based on the belief that God promised and gave the people that land.

[@openyoureyes909jones6]

The thing with the mask....I carry one just in case I have something and dont want to pass it on. Have we forgotten we have a personal responsibility to avoid getting others sick, if possible? You ever see the video of a sneeze or cough? Masks can catch a great deal of that....not 100% of an airborne virus, to be sure...but it helps, and is not difficult

[@rebelalien5523]

Let's be clear about one thing. I work on a college campus and I've seen students gather in support of Palestinians. I've no idea what's happening anywhere else, but here not a single one of them was supporting Hamas. Supporting Palestinians is not the same as supporting Hamas. It would be nice if you would actually be clear about the distinction.

[@k.c.3022]

Yes!!! Normally Bill is so nuanced on all topics so it’s been super alarming that suddenly on this one topic it’s like he turned half of his brain off and decided not to think about it

[@TheLocalLt]

Supporting Palestinians in the context of the current war is tantamount to supporting Hamas. “Ceasefire now” means leaving Hamas in power which is obviously unacceptable to most reasonable people on either left or right.

[@DallasCartoonistgmailcom]

Supporting Palestinians is not supporting Hamas? I don’t think anyone could convince me that the Palestinian people didn’t know Hamas was building miles of tunnels, and bringing in huge amounts of weapons. To me, it is similar to the German citizenry during World War IIwho turned a blind eye to what the Nazis were doing.

[@donsloan2075]

My daughter is a summa cum laude graduate with a double major and now in grad school and supports Hamas. You have no idea what the students are feeling and your comment about 'not a single one' was supporting Hamas is simply untrue and certainly unverifiable unless you canvassed them. Colleges are complicit in the insanity of our young people. So many with so little real world experience yet are brainwashing our children into hating their country. And the press calls out none of it (talk about complicit).

[@dford4014]

Hold on there, Belvedere, the Palestinians voted for Hamas, a whopping 65% of them, so yes they are one and the same.

[@ReggieWhite15]

I used to find Bill a little too snarky but I’ve really grown to like him. He is spot on 99% of topics. Love this show. ❤️👍❤️👍

[@asdfjkl5713]

That’s cause he now attacks the people you dislike instead of you the entire time.

[@zapkvr]

You cant be too bright. Seth Macfarlane eviscerated him on Maher's own show last week. Maher is an idiot. Like Hitchens said, Maher is the comedian that stupid people laugh at. His crowd are morons. Like no one calls him on the fact he calls himself an atheist jew. And defends Israel every chance he gets. Hes also against m4a because "government". AND He calls himself a progressive. Yeah youre confused son. Or you aint too bright. Pick one.

[@dailynews5683]

Yeah, that's what drives me crazy about people. They mostly agree with him, they just don't like his 'smarmy' personality. I for one, love it, because I'm sarcastic as heck, too. But every other late night host already does the 'too upbeat positive vibe;' Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, John Oliver etc... Bill Maher seems like the adult in the room while the other hosts persist with their 'clown vibes.'

[@johnpetrakis379]

Nah, It's now just a snarky you like

Bill is usually right. 😂

[@ravibalu8989]

Bill knocks it out of the park again. The world has gone completely insane.

[@davidblack7528]

Year of Truth and justice. . . . please God.

[@SaraAshleyAstrology]

You are the one of the only political commentators out there with common sense.

[@jimpalmer792]

"Can't anybody just say "FUCK NO !" anymore ?" Apparently, FUCK NO, Bill !!!

[@TalonsOfFire]

Watching Real Time makes me feel less crazy, thank you Bill. I feel like these days this country is slipping into a dystopia sometimes..

[@fuzzywzhe]

Slipping into a dystopia? US news media has been pure propaganda for 20 years now. Did you know the US bombed 7 nations in that time? But you can't name the countries, can you?

[@Serygalacaffeine]

The awkward pause when he mentioned that supporting literal terrorists is a bad idea left a bad taste in my mouth though. :/

[@daganbanks]

Idiocracy is the future

[@fuzzywzhe]

@@daganbanks The future? It's the present. Look at what composes the current US administration.

[@daganbanks]

Agreed but we arent trying to grow plants with Gatorade yet

[@grandlotus1]

Bill, you are at the peak of your game. Keep it up.

[@user-gh1fu6yc4f]

"The fully realized person transcends his local group and identifies with the species." - Abraham Maslow

[@carolannesimon8742]

A lot of Canadians would respond to the question with the same answer, “SANITY”. We feel like the country has gone insane.

[@joelouden6592]

We feel VERY sorry for you Canadians up there. Why aren't you having a people's revolution to oust your Authoritarian-Communist PM yet?

[@thegrubbypirate2614]

We're just waiting for the National Hockey League season to end first!@@joelouden6592

[@thesimulations8900]

Who is we? You and a friend?

[@drakoan]

@@thesimulations8900 The majority of Canadians according to recent polls

[@TheIslandDivision]

​@@drakoan the dreaded recent polls. We can have an election anytime. Engage and start the ball rolling if you want one so bad.

[@deanm.3881]

I've always thought of driving alone in your car with a mask on is like going to bed alone, then putting on a condom in case you get lucky.

[@GAROU-THEGODSLAYER]

Nah,I just wear a mask cause I'm ugly!

[@Lisa-pl6gv]

Guess you've never been a health care worker who was so tired from working a long shift that you simply forgot to take it off before you get in the car and are on your way home.

[@kirbygene]

😀

[@zenzmurfy]

for some people wearing a mask isn't a big deal. they might not want to constantly put on the mask or take off the mask all day long, so just leave it on until you really want it off.

[@nickbarcheck1019]

@@Lisa-pl6gv Bill Maher wouldn't know about that. He's never worked a day in his life.

[@judithdaar4425]

Bill Maher is so right on the nose. Why aren't we hearing from people like him?

[@maikaimakena9424]

Bill is the MAN ❤❤❤

[@e4t662]

Insanity is not the problem Bill, it's stupidity.

[@JorgeDiaz-ly5qp]

It really is. I'd tell Bill that I would LOVE to find common ground with those on the right who take up "half" of the country. But when most of the country - I'd sat 75% - act, think and speak as if they have NEVER taken a middle school civics course AND could not tell you the three branches of government if you spotted them the legislative and judicial!, then how do you counter or reason with THAT???!!! NOT condescend, BUT counter or reason. Thanks to Republican efforts to deconstruct public education in America through a myriad of ways, we now have the electorate that represents the WORST CASE SCENARIO to the Jeffersonian Ideal of what public education was supposed to ensure so as to maintain our "fragile" democracy. Our democracy is NOT fragile. Americans are free to be fucken stupid by choice.

[@badladyami]

Stupidity is the intersection of lacking knowledge and lacking humility. Has western society ever been steeped in THIS MUCH individual AND collective narcissism, before?

[@Reason1717]

@e4t662, I wish you were wrong... but your not.

[@JeffShacter]

Well said. Deliberate stupidity is a choice.@@JorgeDiaz-ly5qp

[@bpal7006]

Tribalism, lemmingism, echo chamber.

[@docdaytona108]

Doesn’t it feel like the Death Star trash compactor, Left and Right closing in, while you’re waist-deep in the refuse?

[@vidmasterK1]

Not at all. The left isn't trying to harm anyone. They're just pushing for more love and compassion and for the welfare and wellbeing of people. What is the right doing but making the government more involved in personal lives and forcing you to accept Trump no matter what or else you're an enemy to them?

[@danielclayton5350]

I have never thought of it quite like that, but that is pretty accurate.

[@rael5469]

"while you’re waist-deep in the refuse?" That's putting it politely.

[@tommost1]

Well put. And I'm kind of doubtful anyone can get into the control room fast enough to hit the reverse switch in time.

💙🇺🇸👍

[@Bigd0gg]

Excellent topics Bill!

[@kathrynmoll86]

Bonkers? Insanity? Yes! Had we known? Yes! I live in a red state. These are our people!!😩We should be concerned for what’s ahead!

[@anakindemon]

Me and Bill don’t always get along but I’m starting to think he may be what we need in the office. “It isn’t right or left it’s normal versus crazy.”

[@thehumanity0]

Bill Maher as president literally sounds like a living hell. The guy just strawmans anyone who doesnt agree with him and sniffs his own farts from an oxygen mask that links directly to his anus

[@spamtong7912]

And he’s part of crazy fyi

[@jimm9577]

"Bill and I"

[@marysinclair1214]

I drive a school bus and I started wearing a mask again. I got very sick with some kind of "cold" that lasted over 6 weeks. My 86yr old Mom who is not well comes to visit me often.

[@doyermo7303]

I’m sorry to read that! I hope you are feeling better. A normal cold is not normal anymore, these sicknesses linger way longer now than they did before. My wife had a cough that lasted 2 months and relatives that never used to get sick, have been sick often in the last 2 years. There is something in the air and I AM NOT a conspiracy theorist

[@user-nz9ni6vb5y]

That’s very sad to hear but I think the point being made here is people who are driving alone wearing masks. You clearly are not driving alone and have contact with many different people entering your bus. I’d say that wearing a mask in those circumstances is a smart choice.

[@Jyock]

It's totally up to you to wear a mask. I just don't want to be told I have to do it. You worry about you and your family and I'll worry about mine. Your lucky you mom is still around at 86.

[@dean9327]

America funded gain of function for bio weapon experiment. China now created new virus 100% death rate in 8 days . Last day your eyes turn completely White

[@marysinclair1214]

It lasted a long time. Driving a school bus sick isn't fun either. I finally took antibiotics Dr. said I had a sinus infection. I haven't taken antibiotics in over 10 years. I know antibiotics do not treat viruses. It helped me a lot. I'm guessing it morphed into an infection. @@doyermo7303

[@user-mi6zq6jh8c]

amen, Bill. You have a way of cutting through the nonsense and revealing the truth.

[@johnstewart1289]

thank you for what you do. If we cant start to find middle ground (and common sense) then were doomed.

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

Normal people need to learn how to ignore crazy people and stop taking them seriously! And stand up to them in public!

[@BonitaGardner]

👍🏾💯

[@louisduarte8763]

We probably shouldn't ignore the crazies, but at least hear them out, then call someone in authority if those crazies say they'll do something stupid and dangerous.

[@charleswoods8471]

Standing up to a person with limited intelligence is dangerous. Their only weapon is anger and violence.Not understanding that if anger or violence is felt to be nessary, YOU KNOW you have no intellectual argument that is reasonable.No more reasonable than your violence.Dangerous!But we can always silently out think them and quietly out vote them.After all.In a Democracy,the majority rules.That is how Roe v Wade was originally settled.Donnie only wanted to overturn it because he knew it would tear our country apart and put one faction in conflict with another.As the most resent Supreme Court Appointees all said when asked at there conformation hearings the issue had already been established as PRECEDENT!!!The last three Republican backed Supreme Court Judges all said that.And then what did they do??Should a Supreme Court Judge be allowed to continue as a Supreme Court Judge after being found to be a LIAR???As dishonest as the crooks in the pocky.That is why they did it though.

[@dirkiedoos8577]

Problem is all Democrats think Republicans are crazy voting for Trump and all Republicans think Democrats are crazy voting for Biden. So how do you determine who’s the crazy person in the room?

[@mutteringmale]

Craze people get attention. remember, in psychology, positive and negative attention is equal; people in this over populated world where no one cares about you or your problems means you have to be bat shit crazy just to get likes, attention and stares.

[@Nick-zu9sn]

Those of us who are NOT shouting down everything we don't exactly agree with, and trying to find meaningful middle ground...well our patience is beginning to wear thin. Something is coming, and I'd wager it's not going to turn out well for those who consider themselves in the absolute 'right'. Every day I lose a bit of belief in us as a species. Love ya Bill!

[@seanomaille8157]

Maher is fully paid up agent for a racist apartheid regime, and hasn't the guts to invite the likes of Norman Finkelstein, or Anthony Lowenstein to challenge his racist distortions. The Year of Sanity coming from him and his team? How Orwellian! No mention of AIPAC buying up American democracy, no mention of attempts to stop showings of the film "Israelism" made by and about Jewish Americans and their shock at the realities of the vicious apartheid regime imposed on Palestinians. Read The Palestinian Laboratory filled with fully referenced and sourced facts about the realities of the Israeli state. Make 2024 the year of Waking Up to the propogandists who are a danger to American democracy, a danger to world peace and prosperity, and most especially to decent Jewish people everywhere.

[@thehumanity0]

This entire segment was Bill Maher smugly turning his nose up to anyone who doesnt agree with him personally and used numerous strawmans to make his trash politics sound reasonable

[@user-wl7mw7tb2i]

me too short sweet and true

[@Sinjinator]

RIGHT! WE ARE NOT SHOUTING DOWN!! 😂

[@franmannella1274]

That is one of the best monologues I’ve ever heard

[@yelenalyakhovetskaya9371]

Let's make it the year of SANITY

[@hanks.9833]

It's also sanity to distinguish between the average Palestinians in Gaza and the extremists who rule them by guns and won't go away if their people want them out. They are caught between a rock and a hard place. But Israelies can find better leadership when they make up their minds.

[@salwaby]

Like the German civilians in Nazi Germany

[@rael5469]

"It's also sanity to distinguish between the average Palestinians in Gaza and the extremists who rule them" The Palestinian people literally voted Hamas in as their government. Didn't you know that? The Palestinian people adopted the eradication of Israel as their official policy.

[@evskis]

@@rael5469 ..And yet, somehow, the very opposite is currently undergoing the formality of occurring. Look up who funded Hamas, in order to fabricate a common fundamentalist enemy - then bother everyone again with your half baked thoughts perhaps. ..Mate 👍

[@whiskeytango9769]

The "extremists" there are the clear majority.

[@stevesmith1923]

Lol. Average Palestinians were celebrating the murder of innocent people. Lol. Delusional.

[@Rozemarijn97]

Thank you Bill. Finally some much-needed sanity. Everything I've been saying for the past few months.

[@TheCorrectionist1984]

If it wasn't for the electoral college we wouldn't even be having this conversation

[@docdhs]

because then, California and New York would control every national election, and we wouldn’t be having differences of opinion

[@iurizur8526]

I disagree with Bill on Trump but man, do I love this guy. I wish more people were able to at least try to see things as clearly as he does, we’d all be in a better place.

[@Abnsdllnnlosnfd]

Man! How can a whole country get sucked into craziness? As a German I will never understand this!

[@FlourishingLove]

It isn't the whole country. It is just the people that are highlighted on the major news stations, so that we look like a crazy country.

[@sheilafae]

Good one.

[@hanks.9833]

The post WWII German viewpoint is needed here now.

[@HeavyChevy]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@geirmyrvagnes8718]

Just imagine it is the 1930s.

[@YesItsMeGuys68]

Over 5 years ago , I became an expat living abroad ..... I've never looked back. The US simply got too crazy for me . I love my country but she's sick and on Chemo now trying to survive

[@andersandersen6295]

I will not pray for you. But i really hope you get cured by doctors.

[@relicofgold]

Which country did you flee to?

[@markdakota7587]

I want to be deported and I am an Indigenous American 😂 You know it is bad when the original Natives want to leave. Like an infection showed up and destroyed everything Thanks EuroAmericans

[@BubbyFerns]

@@relicofgold likely some place without a US extradition treaty in place. They are usually not so crazy apparently;

[@clarkpalace]

I dont get loving the USA. I do get loving where u r from. Like loving an imperfect parent, its all you got

[@LT11721]

This is comforting. I have hope

[@peterlubbers5947]

I have to say: The most sane thing i watched since 2024 began!👏

[@williambartholmey5946]

Except he managed to slip in that lie about how the protesters support terrorists. He is so wrong on the issue of Israel.

[@ConnieKelsey]

I wear a mask whenever I leave my home and will until I croak! I'm 73 and have asthma. I don't know how long I have left but I don't want to die from YOUR cold, or pneumonia, or anything else (remember Covid-19 is still here). If I get a virus, I cough so badly that it last for months and frequently pass out. Side benefits are: People leave me alone because they assume that I am contagious, and it helps keep me warm in the winter.

[@karp3880]

Just stay in your house forever, please.

[@joanneesposito3295]

Maybe when you are out in public surrounded by people. But I don't get wearing a mask when alone in a car, going out for a walk. Fresh air is healthy too.

[@Melesniannon]

@@joanneesposito3295 Euh, masks don't block air.

[@ConnieKelsey]

@@joanneesposito3295 Hay Fever in a Rain Forest is a year-round thing. Also my grandson doesn't clean the car he lets me borrow (dust and cigarette butts). If I roll down the window, you guested it, pollen and mold.

[@varianschirmer9375]

That image of a mask-wearing driver... maybe that driver was an Uber or Lyft driver that to reduce their chances of catching whatever their "considerate" passengers trafficked into the car... ...because if you're an Uber, a Doordash, a Grubhub, a Lyft... ...it's probably because you need the money and can't afford sick days.

[@batgurrl]

Welcome back Bill. You nailed it. Crazy😂

[@petersmith5624]

One of the best things I’ve heard in a long time

[@joegorman3809]

Once I heard him say the hamas invaded Israel knew he was an apologist for Israel.

[@pablofmc]

A similar dichotomy was introduced by Javier Milei in argentina and awoke over half of our popularion: the division is not left or right, it's the people vs corrupt politicians. People need to realiza that we have been so brainwashed that we started fighting for things other people decide

[@gforce9596]

Spot on - at their core, most people just want to live a simple life where they have a job, can take care of their old parents/children, and have a little bit extra for a nice vacation or something luxurious about once a year. We all want the same thing, basically

[@anneb889]

They pit us against each other to distract us from going French Revolution on them. So the left vs right, men vs women, straight vs lgbtq, black vs white, Jews vs Muslims, etc etc……. Even though we all have more in common than they like us to believe. In the end, it’s the haves in power, and the have nots. And we are useful idiots. Divide and conquer.

[@emakant1982]

Being from a 3rd world country I would like to offer you as America: have the chance to talk and debate. Don't cut ties with friends and families because a political standpoint. That thorn us apart and we were the venue where those who play that game, divide and control us.

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

What you call a political standpoint is actually a reflection of an individuals moral values and the two cannot be separated.

[@peteyoung3124]

Unfortunately, some people are too far gone. I've got a close colleague that is becoming the left-wing version of a conspiracy theorist and it's terrifying. There's often no discussion to be had because theyre too far gone.

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

@@peteyoung3124 just out of curiosity, tell me what conspiracies your friend believes

[@themowk]

Bill, you're starting to scare me ! I've always enjoyed your wit, but now I'm starting to agree with you !

[@frankjr.4484]

NO-NONSENSE LOGIC, how refreshing😊

[@pastorrandy]

The problem is that many define freedom and liberty as lawlessness. "I can do whatever I please and no one has the authority to stop me, not even the government."

[@ernstthalmann4306]

"Freedom for me, not for thee."

[@tedbundywastheultimatechad8400]

That would be the left.

[@lavenderbee3611]

@@tedbundywastheultimatechad8400 You need to stop thinking in these terms -- the far left and the far right are both crazy and dangerous. The vast majority of the country is reasonable, we must start electing sane representatives again.

[@scribe570]

All my school years, it was always said, "With freedom comes responsibility." Idiots jump on that and say, then it isn't freedom if you make limits. I say, it isn't freedom if no limits bring chaos. All freedoms have limits because they run into other people's freedoms and rights. The Constitution grants me freedom of assembly, but not in your living room! This should be so simple. To live together, everyone gives up a little of their freedoms so we can enjoy a peaceful, orderly society.

[@anderseckstrand7033]

@tedbundywastheultimatechad8400…..Unfortunately, it’s also the right as well! No regulation on monopolies means the end of capitalism in favor of the oligarchs. Something Milton Friedman didn’t see coming ironically. lol

[@MrBreese13]

One of the best ten minutes of viewing in recent memory. Well stated. We need to look at the media in this country as well as our college campuses for the massive increase in insanity.

[@seanomaille8157]

Maher is fully paid up agent for a racist apartheid regime, and hasn't the guts to invite the likes of Norman Finkelstein, or Anthony Lowenstein to challenge his racist distortions. The Year of Sanity coming from him and his team? How Orwellian! No mention of AIPAC buying up American democracy, no mention of attempts to stop showings of the film "Israelism" made by and about Jewish Americans and their shock at the realities of the vicious apartheid regime imposed on Palestinians. Read The Palestinian Laboratory filled with fully referenced and sourced facts about the realities of the Israeli state. Make 2024 the year of Waking Up to the propogandists who are a danger to American democracy, a danger to world peace and prosperity, and most especially to decent Jewish people everywhere.

[@dontheshark]

Bill and his trained seal audience are really bright.

[@wcolautti]

Bill Maher is my favourite political commentator.

[@ledesmastudio6633]

You are a social political and cultural jewel Bill!!!! Thank you!

[@dancepiglover]

I wrote a poem a few years ago. The last stanza goes: People are demanding, You do as they’re inclined. Whichever side you’re standing, I ask you to be kind.

[@canuck64]

Nice

[@toddbulgarelli5988]

That is a wonderful poem, dancepiglover. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[@mr.fancypants1524]

Please rewind

[@Serygalacaffeine]

Thats pretty good.

Oh when Trump takes my right as a woman away. You just woke up a pissed off woman. At least we voted and overturned the draconian Republican law on Women’s rights in my State! Trump is not kind.

[@Mrs_xixi]

You are so right!

[@lordraven2264]

No other country spends beyond their means. The fact that you believe we can spend endlessly without paying it down is INSANE!!!!

[@k54dhKJFGiht]

Loved Bill's closing statement: The balance of the country is not Left vs. Right. It is Sane vs. Crazy.

[@annehajdu8654]

*normal vs. crazy.

[@lnss8775]

Nailed it! BEST New Rule EVER! Sanity is the far left n far right being put back on the fringes n the middle reclaiming the majority

[@lnss8775]

@@Billmaher001 I highly doubt ur actually Bill lol

[@monicabeaston4996]

He doesn't understand the Gaza protests at all, but we all have our blind spot.

[@lnss8775]

@@monicabeaston4996 I don't understand the pro Palestinian protests either. Certain groups protesting don't understand what they're protesting in support of

[@alaric_]

@@monicabeaston4996 So you are fine with the threats of violence against Israeli students? Ouright antisemitism that is basicly 1:1 on 1930's Germany? And you doesn't seem to understand if Hamas didn't butcher 1400 people in October 7th, Gaza would be fine now. Gaza that hasn't been under Israeli occupation since 2005. Also you don't seem to know that the West-Bank (not under Hamas rule) is much more wealthier then the Gaza (under Hamas rule). Weird, huh? It's somehow looking like the Hamas is the bad guy here? Hamas that is internationally agreed to be an terrorist organization. Hamas that has executed gays get still defended by the gay people?

[@irri4662]

​@@lnss8775so true

[@chloanthite]

It’s actually crazy to misrepresent a bunch of situations and then congratulate yourself for being the only one who sees clearly

[@Bigpmcgee]

1:44 just ahead of Rogan and Tucker? 😂

[@Professicchio]

Yep, not a very high bar to jump.

[@LittlePhizDorrit]

As long as both parties choose ideology over reality, we cannot have sanity.

[@giantsr1eva]

@LittlePhizDorrit They don’t choose ideology, the problem is that there is too much bipartisanship in Congress. They always seem to find the votes when something has to be passed.

[@SparkyWaxAll]

👍

[@erasethebagels]

only the left is doing that. use your brain.

[@geirmyrvagnes8718]

The Scandinavian take: Why would you set up your political system so that two parties can dominate? And then wings of those parties can take over the voter base of those parties, because god forbid the other party were in charge. Recipe for disaster.

[@poohbeartube]

@@giantsr1eva Don't you mean partisanship?

[@joestrippin5455]

in 2010, Jon Stewart had the "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear". It's hardly a new concept or particular special of our time. Just a product of those who did not learn from history and/or doom us all to repeat it.

[@majoriedc]

I remember that rally! Yep...not new.

[@JeddieT]

A lot of good it did, it’s only gotten worse.

[@Smokedship]

Bill's the man!

[@hudsonbaysurfer5991]

Thank you Bill.

[@darkhallucination]

As a conservative (not Republican) I fully agree 💯 with everything Bill just said

[@seanomaille8157]

Maher is fully paid up agent for a racist apartheid regime, and hasn't the guts to invite the likes of Norman Finkelstein, or Anthony Lowenstein to challenge his racist distortions. The Year of Sanity coming from him and his team? How Orwellian! No mention of AIPAC buying up American democracy, no mention of attempts to stop showings of the film "Israelism" made by and about Jewish Americans and their shock at the realities of the vicious apartheid regime imposed on Palestinians. Read The Palestinian Laboratory filled with fully referenced and sourced facts about the realities of the Israeli state. Make 2024 the year of Waking Up to the propogandists who are a danger to American democracy, a danger to world peace and prosperity, and most especially to decent Jewish people everywhere.

[@rodwilliamson7233]

Interesting...as one just left of center (not a progressive) I also agree with most if not all of what Bill just said. Yet, somehow I bet if you and I were to meet over coffee we'd end up thinking the other guy is nuts. Why is that and how can that get fixed?

[@whiteymcwhiterson3974]

​@@rodwilliamson7233if you met in person you wouldn't. If you met over Skype you would.

[@UNLebanon]

@@rodwilliamson7233 Realizing that voting in America is not a vote for someone you like, but a vote against the lesser of two evils.

[@crankfotton]

As a..

[@dickhughes861]

We have gone bonkers. I am a thinking skills trainer. Intelligence is a variable. The reduced stimulation in the modern world caused by automation and computers is decreasing our brain power. There are easy solutions to this but everyone would have to do it. Not likely.

[@lisecsheehan]

Can you recommend any books? For the general public.

[@vitoanania6042]

It's about deficient schools

[@bscar]

@@vitoanania6042 when the teachers tell you feelings matter more than facts, math is racist and science is to be trusted 100%, you know there isn't much learning going on. The top it off with how some employers will look at what college an applicant went to and completely reject the application due to the college not actually teaching the applicant anything(Bill covered this a few months back). Throw in the zero tolerance policies where the bully gets away with bullying while the person defending themselves from the bully gets punished for defending themselves. And then we have the people who refuse to come out of their echo chamber for even a second to hear what the other side says and dismisses any contrary idea as conspiracy theory.

[@matthewadams8294]

It’s about a lot of things. But if there was one “Solution” it would be what we eat and intense exercise. Also go hike a mountain. These if done immediately would cut half the nonsense.

[@Jabberstax]

We can't live in a normal world. The Internet and 24 hour cable TV has made sure of that.

[@spinflux]

No, that’s not it. We’ve had those things since 1979 and 1992, and crazy didn’t go full re*ard until about 2015.

[@hELLOGUY-gy5hg]

Unfortunately the middle ground is no longer an option it seems.