New Rule: Truth Matters | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

[@angelandunicornkisses369]

What’s scarier is that when you fabricate a story of mistreatment you’re doing a massive disservice to those that actually are.

[@wardenwilson6725]

"... massive disservice ..."? LOL Most of America, Dem & Rep, are saying, "Who the f**k is this Minhaj idiot?"

[@erichvonmolder9310]

It is only a joke, and Maher knows it. You think Maher's jokes are accurate? You don't think he plays around with the truth, whatever that is? It is comedy.

[@kstrazz3552]

@@erichvonmolder9310 awful point. Fabricating a story for a comedy routine is one thing, but when the routine deals with racism, of course people are going to take it more seriously. Dave Chapelle doesn't have a "let me tell you the time I was threatened by the KKK" bit.

[@jeffreygarcia5398]

He didn’t go on the news and fabricate a story. Is it possible to not conflate entertainment with reality? Do you believe John Wick is out there killing 50 people in a night?

[@erichvonmolder9310]

@@kstrazz3552 , It is only a joke made by a professional comedian. Also, Maher doesn't like Minhaj. I bet Minhaj said something not nice about Maher.

[@sylviarogier1]

"They don't want to fight racism. They want racism to fight." Good line.

[@zt3823]

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[@HawaiiKnut]

Can be said about a lot of things. I know of a guy that go around on comment sections for Norwegian outlets on Facebook and put words in the mouths of people saying anything critical about Biden and Hillary as Trumpsters because they're fair game. He want those people to exist that he can show off what an morally superior person he is so badly that he's willing to lie about other people.

[@blaze556922]

Not true at all though That indicates there isn't racism to fight. Think before you type...

[@dominiccarter5070]

He said there is still racism. Also your telling me every comedian including bill tells the truth in all his stand up’s ?

[@sylviarogier1]

@@blaze556922 There is a difference between acknowledging racism where it exists and accusing everyone of racism.

[@joeberg3317]

People defended Minhaj with "comedians always exaggerate," but these parts of his act weren't comic exaggerations, they were meant to be social commentary.

[@bored1ca]

yep and his commentary suggests he's a lying son of a bitch.

[@Omegatonboom]

The people you are trying to communicate with are way too stupid to give a shit.

[@500ccRabbit]

It's one thing to say you are playing a character, it's another to just lie.

[@utahstock12]

Exactly. The bit he did about knowing the Dr. who was going to check out his balls, doesn't matter if it's true or not. But the stuff he uses the quiet sad voice on are different things entirely.

[@TimBitts649]

I know lots of Americans, parents from India. They are very high income, high education, income 2X white family income level. Oppressed? LMFAO...try privileged

[@jimschachtschneider7741]

I'm with Bill on this. Truth actually matters - not just what feels emotionally true. Things are bad enough without lies.

[@johnmaloney1681]

Can a man be pregnant?

[@EpicLemonMusic]

@@johnmaloney1681define man? An adult male? No. Someone who looks, feels, has balls and a penis through surgery but still has ovaries, and a womb: Yes. One is sex and the other is Gender. There are btw 6 sexs, probably blows your mind but XY, XX, XXX, XXY, XYY, XXXY exists and are not that rare whatsoever. Frankly you are running into “men” that are women and vice versa every day and your ignorant ass has no clue about it, so what do you say then?

[@wratched]

I'd be more with him on this if he wasn't an anti-vaxxer

[@neonblu8177]

Hard to swallow - but we can’t just agree with people that agree with everything we say . We may be wrong or even if we think we’re right there are compelling reasons to think we may be wrong , but we can agree with someone on an issue if we believe the same view , apart from differences . And give credence to the specific argument . I would never want to close myself into only agreeing with people that agreed on everything I say , because I’d be bored to death - interesting people out there may have other aspects to my beliefs that may change my outlook for the better , closing my views and cementing them in as acceptable is how we stop growing . My beliefs are only as good as my ability to research both sides -and understand why people have different views . Compromising viewpoints only makes life healthier

[@shanegreen9511]

He lied and says Biden is competent

[@PresTeddy1901]

When he quoted Hasan Minhaj as saying, "The emotional truth is first. The factual truth is secondary" I almost spat out the food I was eating. I can't believe that!

[@albertgaspar627]

"when the truth becomes legend, print the legend"--the man who shot liberty valence

[@awalton9024]

If you can't believe it then that must be true! 🤣🤣

[@awalton9024]

@@albertgaspar627 My dad was cleaning a gun and shot the red whit and blue fabric over the window. So I figure he shot liberty valance. I''ll be here all week folks, two shows a night. Don't forget to tip your waitress.

[@AC3handle]

After all we went through in 2016, 17, 18, 19, 20, and finally by 2021, All I can do now is just shrug and go, 'sounds about right'. And in this current day and age, I can no longer afford to spit out my food. That's 20 bucks right there.

[@philwill0123]

Let's be honest, it was trump administration that did the "alternative facts"/ Lies. All comedians stories are pretty much 90% bullshit/ embellishment as to what they "wished" happened. Hasan crossed the line because he did a jussie Smollett and made him and his family the "victim". There are probably enough common racist incidents he's had to deal with, included death threats from unhinged racists. Put pretending to get anthrax threats, you suddenly give racism deniers on the Right ammunition to call all racist incidents "lies". Minaj has torpedoed his career and set himself up as the boy who cried "racism", and set back actual victims of racism.

[@ontaka5997]

"Emotional truth" sounds like "Alternative facts". Let's hope such "terms" are used only in comedy sketches.

[@Ruby_Villain]

“Emotional truth” is an oxymoron. Truth is facts only, not feelings, and feelings have no place trying to attach themselves to fact

[@PrimoStracciatella]

@@Ruby_Villain I don't know how I feel about that statement... Just kidding.

[@gina_st.george]

That was my first thought as well !

[@connycontainer9459]

Sounds like hunger or thirst to me.

[@zt3823]

He learned it from the Republicans

[@happyhammer1]

The big problem is that victimhood is now seen as a virtue and it's a problem on the left and right. It obfuscates real suffering. When everyone is a victim of something, no one is.

[@zacharythomas8617]

Further it harms real victims.

[@GBergroth]

It’s way less of problem on the right. No one feels sorry for anyone on the right ever.

[@zacharythomas8617]

@@GBergroth I am too complex for 90 percent of it. I am very Independent Left. The system works, but it is incumbent upon our collective imagination to fashion it to weather this century, and pray to whatever Divine will take pity upon us and deliver a miracle. All sides can't be saved by one man. That goes for the supposed fascists in our midst. America has reached the end of the Baby Boomers influence in politics. Trump is the last gasp of the Baby Boomers. Generation X is so divided it's almost tragic meanwhile I wouldn't be surprised if millennials self annihilated each other because they're a dangerous mixed bag. The biggest problem is, no one cares.

[@mlfgc]

Only the privileged get to exploit this. Class has everything to do w it.

[@kingloufassa]

@@GBergroth The right are victims of 'job stealing immigrants', having to pay taxes, being taught science in public schools, having guns sanely regulated. Pretty much anything that is a public good or in the common interest of society turns the right into a bunch of whiny victims.

[@eidreen]

If you missed it.. the new yorker article is not so much a comprehensive exposé but more a completely dishonest hit job. Good thing Hassan recorded the interview and brought the receipts

[@philippschiffers1752]

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[@1crazysistah384]

From the few news & talkshows I saw on this topic... the takeaway that saddened me the most was the doxing of the prom date and the 'exposing her'. But when you watch Hasan's response, it shows an email correspondence from her thanking him for always protecting her and concealing her identity. He even gave her advice on things to delete on social media to make it less easy for the public to spot her. FBI story & Anthrax story I care less about but he provided receipts as well. If you believe his receipts, I'm just glad he set the record straight on the doxing of the prom date because she's a regular person that didn't sign up for this.

[@LeoWKing]

He definitely still admitted to exaggerating a lot that, in the end, will probably lead more people to view those who actually experience such events with skepticism. Definitely didn’t “have all the receipts”

[@AndyMakesPlaylists]

As the New Yorker has stated in *their* response to *his* response, he was unable to disprove a single fact they reported (because they were facts) and essentially admitted all of it, trying to put the best face on it he could. That's all he can do at this point. He should have just apologized, but nobody does that anymore.

[@jujitsujew23]

@@AndyMakesPlaylistsum, he literally had emails showing he didn’t lie and play audio from the interview where you clearly hear him both tell the full story and offer to give them the emails… so wtf are you talking about?

[@jamesblight8073]

In times of great deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

[@leechap3]

George Orwell (according to a Google search, but fact checkers disagree). May be a quote from the great author "Anon"

[@eyeseer1]

George Orwell drops the mic.

[@soonerfrac4611]

Kinda like how when Bill had Mary Kathrine Ham on the show and even she said that Crossfire Hurricane was a complete lie, Bill made jokes about how well som of it was true.

[@Tany84]

This was music to my ears. Hassan grew up in an upper middle class family and is looking for a reason to be oppressed. Like Bill said, there is legitimate racism in this world. However, classism is more prevalent than racism in this country. As an Indian myself who grew up in a working class neighborhood, I personally experienced classism significantly more than racism. Bill calling Hassan out for being shady was on point. More people need to call this kind of behavior, regardless of race, religion, and creed.

[@ncorp2668]

I watched his first special and totally bought the serious stories he told. The one I thought was slightly shady was the one about his family home/car being hate crimed...it seemed a bit weird they would know him and where he lives and they all live in a privileged area where crime is less likely to happen, but I believed it because he involved his dad in the incident and I figured he wouldn't bring family into lies (I guess there's no limits to what he's willing to lie about). The class aspect of it should have been a bigger tip off to me.

[@monicabeaston4996]

Thank you for sharing your perspective. I agree that the importance of class is underestimated in this country.

[@Onikage55]

When I saw Hasan's special and he said "Bill Maher said we should put Muslims in camps" regarding the Sam Harris vs Ben Affleck incident (and one of the most watched videos on this channel) I was pissed. I don't agree with Bill on everything, probably 70-80%, but watching that Special and seeing those "Real" Photos Hasan kept putting up behind him to illustrate his story as being "real" is why this is a problem. You wanna tell a story, tell a story for jokes. But don't put up pictures of REAL people for your FAKE story

[@shanemac1646]

I’m a socialist (the bill shankley kind) and I’m so tired of rich kids running around acting like their early years were comparable to like Bobby Sands in 1970s Belfast or Malcolm X whose dad was killed by the KKK. I don’t want to hear about the privileges I don’t want to hear about the genders, I don’t want to hear you weeping about how hard your life is. I care about material conditions. NO MORE OPPRESSION FANTASY FOOTBALL.

[@amangoyal923]

Classism > racism, any country, and it should be given more attention but we keep crying about culture and races

[@NoMansLand24]

“He feels cheated by progress” this is a deep line

[@ddha0000]

except the who article has been proven false and made up

[@djoetma]

If only what he said about Minhaj based in that article they didn't check the legitimacy of was remotely true.

[@janecolman9865]

Thank you a million times. Wish I could post this on Facebook and every newspaper in the country!

[@ddha0000]

except the who article has been proven false and made up

[@someoneelse1i1i]

“The demand for racism has far outstripped the supply.”

[@hannibalb8276]

Objectively wrong, amazing now that hasan published the actual evidence proving that he was slandered and the facts come out, Bill wont come close to apologizing for lying about him

[@ravibalu8989]

Once again, Bill knocks it out of the park. Im glad to see Minaj being held accountable for his lies. And his lies are lies, not emotional truths.

[@scout805]

When Trump and his supporters say the election was stolen. Bill and the left claim "there's no evidence to support that" but in fact there's tons of evidence but he falls back on "the courts didn't confirm his/our allegations" Ergo because the courts didn't pursue it it's false. When fake news says crime is down in let's say NYC it doesn't mean crime isn't being committed at increased levels (it most certainly is) they claim crime is down because it's not being prosecuted by crooked DA's So PROSECUTION is down, not crime! Election fraud happened but wasn't prosecuted! That's their way if claiming there was none for Trump to claim!

[@armandoacevedo7388]

It's an act, a stand up act , he uses story's to tell jokes, you don't think Larry the cable guy is telling all truths do you?

[@ravibalu8989]

@@armandoacevedo7388 sorry you cant do the clown nose on, clown nose off routine like Jon Stewart. And there's nothing funny about telling lies that lead to a woman receiving death threats.

[@robyarby8129]

larry the cable guy isn’t fomenting division and impacting real people’s lives in a negative way

[@pikengren1]

​@@robyarby8129 I was waiting for someone to attempt that bs comparison. I agree with you. They have to leave out what you pointed out to make it even remotely similar.

[@CurtisCT]

As my man Zuby once said: "The demand for racism vastly exceeds its supply". Truer words have never been spoken.

[@thomasespositio3139]

exactly,they are eager to manufacture it which I believe a few Blacks in Dem cities are allowed to be arrested over and over again without being incarcerated

[@SurgeryIsWoke]

@CurtisCT The other Indian guy she married is actually a crisis actor

[@chrisschill9222]

It's good to hear for once a voice of reason.

[@hinduismwithpremananddasbhagat]

Actually conservatives have been commenting on the fake hate crimes for years and years and years (I can trace it actually to play 1990s from books I've read) and been calling out as racist, and told it doesn't matter if they're fake or not, as a fake hate crime proves that racism is real. Bill is late to the party.

[@Frederick0220]

Maher is literally the only liberal in the entire media willing to call out wokeness and victimhood culture. That is frightening

[@Kissmysixnow]

Joe Biden said it, Truth before Facts......

[@vaidphysics]

Minhaj could just say "yes, I made stuff up. The intention was good, but I should not have fabricated stories about being oppressed. I apologise" ... and leave it at that. Most people would be like "ok dude, you're a talented guy. don't do this sh*t again" ... and move on. It's when you dig in your heels and say "nah man, my truth is my truth" ... that's wrong.

[@shashamnk2525]

I used to be a fan of Hasan Minhaj as he seems like a voice of reason in India during this terrible reign of Modi, but it seems like he's a liar just like the Maga crowd in the US and Modi supporters in India, Hasan deserves nothing from the America now, he tried and was very successful in portraying America in a bad light , it's upto you guys now to make sure none of his shows sell a single ticket.

[@xaspirate8060]

Do you notice how much bs is being manufactured just to support a specific narrative? That is wha tis infuriating. Like they don't have enough substance to go on so they pull this?

[@NeoTechni]

"The intention was good" but it wasn't good. He was demonizing innocent people, that's very evil

[@victorpradha9946]

I too felt he was "balanced" but if he lied about getting fake anthrax or whatever in the mail, or made up that his would have been prom date's parents nixed it because they were worried how it would look to have prom pictures with a brown kid. that's just wrong. Lies within a comedic bit are acceptable. That's performance. Lies to evoke sympathy or make point about racial bias or exclusion or political intimidation are improper and not acceptable.

[@21972012145525]

Yea. Weird how he’s doubling down

[@Simouno]

This story reminds me of that Fight Club scene in which Brad Pitt says: "We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War's a spiritual war… our Great Depression is our lives" I think there's a giant disconnect in the world right now between those living in poverty and others living an upper class life that creates a sort of guilt on the latter group so they need to fabricate a false sense of struggle to somehow relate to those who are struggling for real. Add to that how social media rewards victimhood and you have the perfect mix of hypocrisy and condescension

[@LucaJDLee]

It is pernicious that the ruling class seizes their legitimacy by manipulating the poor, accumulates their wealth by rent-seeking (Sheriff of Nottingham Effect), and solidifies their power by divide-and-rule, while escalating racism, disseminating lies, intensifying the gap b/w the few and the many, and worst of all, condemning the many as 'clingers' (Obama), 'a basket of deplorables' (Clinton), 'no matter what 47% dependent upon goverment' (Romney).

[@zz449944]

The flip side of this is that personal success is no longer to be celebrated. If you are successful, you must have done something bad to another person or group or somehow jumped the line. If you are successful, you must be an oppressor or a bigot or a racist or an anti-Semite or a mysogynist, or a homophobe, etc, etc. I have a 30-year friend who is politically opposite of me. Sadly, it has partly severed our friendship. But my friend has ALWAYS responded to someone's success with the following words: "You Suck or They Suck" and this applies to very simple things like, hey I got a free drink at a restaurant because the server screwed up -- "You Suck." I have endured these casual You Sucks for 30 years by simply dismissing them as just an expression. But, it's never Lucky You or You Did Great -- any success or good luck is only "You Suck." On a personal level, I can get past them without getting butthurt. When I DO have success or good luck, I don't share it with him, however -- it's far more comfortable if he thinks I am an eternal Slacker who will never accomplish anything. But the underlying problem of my friend is that, deep down, he is envious or jealous or suspicious of ANY Success or Good Luck. He has actually said things like: the only way to get rich is to be born into a rich family. He doesn't believe anyone can be truly successful without doing it on the backs of somebody else. He dislikes any success and hates people like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs and Elon Musk or Warren Buffett. He cannot be happy about ANYONE'S success -- they MUST have done terrible things to achieve that success. And THIS is the underlying problem with all Liberals, Progressives and Democrats. They all believe this crap -- that success MUST have been achieved by doing bad things to other people or groups of people. That anyone who gave a job to someone has kept those employees from being successful because they stole that success for themselves -- that people ONLY get rich off the backs of others. Nevermind that simply giving someone a job and a steady paycheck just happens to be the goal of that person and is how they measure their own success. So, we are left with a society that no longer celebrates success and if you ARE successful, you are everything that is wrong with this country. ►► We have elected officials that pretty much HATE the United States of America and their goal is NOT to help to improve things for everybody, but only to TEAR DOWN the successes of others in the name of "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" -- whatever the hell those are supposed to mean. ►► Don't you DARE be successful or get rich. If you do, we are gonna find ways to tear you down -- psychologically, financially, politically, and socially -- and we are gonna do it while simultaneously taking as much tax money from you as possible and then give your tax money to everyone else in the name of "Equity."

[@metalboy5150]

@@zz449944This 100%. Literally everything you said. I don't know if you're a Thomas Sowell reader, but you sound like you'd enjoy his work.

[@jamesoakes4842]

​@@zz449944I mostly agree with this, and have had a similar experience with a friend. I just stopped sharing experiences or upcoming things I was hyped about because he would actively try to be a wet blanket about me being more successful than him. After the 50th time of hearing, "It must be nice to have the money to do that", I mostly stopped trying. Don't write off all of "The Left" as being of the same mindset. Many of those that are the furthest left often need a reality check, because it seems like they're afraid of the very progress they're seeking. They want to have Jihad against oppressive forces rather than actually defeating them. Most of us though are pretty reasonable about things. We'll take the wins we can and realize that progress may be slow, but it does generally move in the right direction. The country won't ever get back to a sense of normalcy if the left and right write each other off as lazy communists and bigoted fascists.

[@jesswalczak9946]

​@@zz449944 I love your comment here, there is so much truth to it--I think many folks know this line of thinking and the folks who embody it, and how it undergirds so much political thought these days. I will say, there has to be something, some kind of balance, or a notion of balance where the final goal of everything has to be more than the bottom line--let's outsource all of my companies jobs to Bolivia because shareholders numbers go up goes against your idea of by my hard work creating a company I gave these folks jobs. I also don't think that social goal-setting should be the measure of corporate decision-making, see also, Budweiser (AHB), and that at the end of the day you run a business to make money for everyone involved. However, there is a middle way, somewhere, where it does some of each, just not sure what exactly that looks like. I don't think it is so mysterious that we cannot ever get there, but it cannot be simply applying a formula to get the outcome--there's a human element involved in how we run these structures of corporations/governments/communities/etc. Anyways, a bit of condensed ramble, but thank you for getting my mind moving in the right direction. Peace

[@Forge17]

The most angering thing about Minaj’s lies was the amount of comedians defending them.. They weren’t “simple jokes” his routine is half comedy half TED Talk story time. He spent years appropriating struggles he never faced, and badmouthing our nation in the process.

[@imacarguy4065]

To be fair, many trashed him, including fellow brown comics.

[@reedmartin8212]

Perhaps it’s akin to “stolen valor” and the random people who claim falsely to have served in Iraq or Afghanistan.

[@Forge17]

@@imacarguy4065 that’s great, the comedians defending him were more visible on the news coverage I saw.

[@Forge17]

@@reedmartin8212 well in the midst of George Floyd, Eric Garner, and the many others, including anti Asian attacks, these kinds of fraud stories are not only intensely disrespectful to victimized communities, Hassan made his audience believe that violent racist anti Muslim behavior was something he experienced and saw throughout his life in America, now he admits he’s never witnessed AT ALL. That is despicable.

[@Andrew-sy6on]

Which comedians defended him, because all of the ones I’ve seen are quite angry?

[@yechinzhao479]

The new Bill Maher is the talk show host that America has always needed. Doesn't matter if you are on the left or right, he speaks common sense that is non partisan. We need more of this.

[@djoetma]

Well, he's partisan in this, since they didn't give the subject chance to rebut this story.

[@andydrewlinger9301]

@@djoetma The New Yorker article writer has given more than enough evidence and Minhaj has stated more than enough in the public space to inform Bill's take on this. Now if Bill misrepresented any of the facts and public statements involved, then your point would have merit.

[@djoetma]

@@andydrewlinger9301 He did misrepresent it. If you want to criticize this, you need to include the point. If you want te respond to me about this and are actually willing to talk about it, include Minhaj' explanation in the argument.

[@ravai5229]

@@andydrewlinger9301Hey Andy, did you see Minhaj's rebuttal video? The shows how certain quotes were selectively put together while he was talking about something different making him look like some frustrated incel. Also the specific thing Bill talks about here actually did happen, just not in the same way. But Minhaj explained this to the reporter. It's fine if she didn't think this was OK and criticized it based on what he said, but she didn't do this. Minhaj actually plays an audio recording of the conversation they had and how he explained it to her. She didn't include that whole context. So Bill definitely misrepresented it, since that whole context was missing. The question is, after giving this strong opinion about it, are you even interested in informing yourself with the facts (that are presented to you in a very accessible way)? Or will you just chose to assume what you like to be the truth without considering it critically whether your opinion is correct or not?

[@HOLY_CHRIST_GOD]

Except the right wing will cherry pick this as a stab at liberals.

[@psicologiajoseh]

Honestly, Bill could have been harsher. But handled it with class. He was on point. Edit: I just came back to say that, after watching Hasan video response on the article about him, I take my words back. Hasan could have done better, but the reporter intentionally misrepresented him in an almost malicious manner.

[@tubester4567]

In Muslim countries girls get honour killed for dating anyone, but they will kill for dating a non-muslim.,....Most of the non-western world doesnt even allow "dating" within the same race or religion.. They do arranged marriages. Muslim women in places like Pakistan cant even leave the house without a male family escort. Muslim women in most Islamic countries cant even go for a run, or ride a bike, or play sport in public. These people have some nerve to criticize the west while they defend and support backward oppressive practices in their own culture.

[@Waywardbiscuit]

its hilarious coming from him. WE litteraly have a clip of him denying truths about trump because it goes against his feelings on trump

[@tubester4567]

@@Waywardbiscuit Yep, thats true, but I give him credit for being one of the very few liberals pushing back at all. Bill would lose his show if he defended Trump in any way. Bill knows Trump is kryptonite to the liberal elite.

[@Foxfire_forty-nine]

​@@tubester4567isn't Trump the elite? Sure was buddies with Wall Street and Hollywood actors and celebrities and is a very rich man himself

[@21972012145525]

@@tubester4567if you’re islamiphobic you can just say it 😅

[@cakiepyunyuru112]

Who hasn't been a victim of prejudice or discriminations in some way? Everyone has their own struggle, but some people think their struggle is more important.

[@unlimitedrabbit]

And narcissists will believe theirs to be the worst struggle ever - which leads into the 💩 show that is social media and the never ending kvetching about how bad they have it.

[@adammwalch]

"Truth to power must include the truth part..." PERFECT

[@tdiipo]

Hope you will be stand up enough to admit you were misled.

[@Tusc9969]

"..Man if ppl don't like you now, it's not because of your skin color, it's because you're shady" Mic drop!

[@sasdbc]

I never will forget Leslie Jones calling the staff of a hotel she visited "racists" and that "they don't like black people"; no, Leslie, they're not racists, they just don't like YOU. Hard to accept; easier to play the victim card.

[@JacksonHoulihan]

@@sasdbc, is that like those on the right fabricating crimes that never happened like Ron defascist claiming to have spoken to three mugging victims in California when we all know that’s a fucking lie.

[@zt3823]

Same thing about white people it's not Reverse Racism just because we don't like your leaders who preached about 1950 like it was the Golden Age

[@dominiccarter5070]

@@sasdbchow do you know ? Were you there ? While the right has a whole theory of being replaced and plays victim

[@Harkness78]

not that good of a line....

[@garyji]

Succinct. On point. Intelligent. Balanced. It's why we listen to Bill Maher.

[@wjrmyop]

91% of the time

[@apassagebeyond108]

Except that he Believes the Russian Hoax is still true!

[@garyji]

@@wjrmyop Given the current, highly biased state of the news media, that's a percentage I can live with. LOL

[@Happyboymargarine]

Really because I’d say you’re dumb go watch his podcast. He’s so stoned he’s practically ordering an in coherency that’s who he really is.

[@shadowcat1606]

I don't know... basing a broad-stroke-sweep against both sides in an issue where both sides are clearly not equal, neither national nor globaly based on the misdeeds of one guy he has personal issues with is neither of those things imo, but hmkay.

[@coolraul07]

1,000% TRUTH! I'm a (big/tall) African American male and grew up in a high crime area during the time when my city regularly was in the nation's top 10 in murders per capita. However, I'm not going to embellish my life and say it looked anywhere close to what was portrayed in "Lean on Me", "Colors", "South Central", etc. Likewise, I never even imagined being in fear of a school shooting even though metal detectors weren't used; they simply weren't "a thing". In that same vein, my only DIRECT encounters with law enforcement was about 6 "moving violations" spread out over the course of 3+ decades. I talked my way out of 2 citations, received 2 that I objectively deserved, and the other 2 I questioned but didn't fight because they were out of town I knew I'd lose (FYI: those last 2 were in the early 90s, so cell/dashcams weren't a thing). While police brutality and civil rights violations aren't MY story to tell, I do acknowledge the OBJECTIVE TRUTH that they exist at epidemic levels as they are literally built into the systems in place (e.g., qualified immunity, police unions, civil indemnification, etc.) It's one thing to exaggerate life events for the sake of hyperbolic entertainment (e.g., stand-up comedy, song lyrics, etc.), but it absolutely crosses the line when you try to portray as actual truth. Even "Law and Order" has the common sense to preface their shows with "RIPPED from the headlines" or "BASED on actual events" disclaimers to imply that they've taken considerable dramatic license for entertainment purposes.

[@knockdown10]

its a comedy stand up show ofcourse its gonna be made up what the hell is bill mad about, nothings wrong with coming up with made up situations to make a point

[@coolraul07]

@@knockdown10 The allegation is that he goes beyond the show to make claims of the veracity of said events.

[@zt3823]

@@coolraul07 you mean like when Trump tells people to attack a judge or a clerk

[@daveg6839]

@@knockdown10 I was out at a club last night and I made that exact point you just made. A guy overheard me and shoved me in the back so hard I hit the bar with my face and broke a tooth. The guy took off running of course but I just got back from the dentist an hour ago - $1200 out of pocket!!

[@daveg6839]

Does it matter to you that I just made that whole story up? I guess not eh?

[@tpreston8453]

Thank you Mr. Maher....you ..... and your writers ....are exceptional. You ALWAYS deliver truth....

[@SGxShadow]

"It's my truth!" No... there is only one truth.

[@notreally2406]

And Bill doesn't know it

[@Ruby_Villain]

“My truth” is a thing that liars say

[@xaspirate8060]

You're singing my song! I'm goin to keep saying it on these boards -- Oprah Winfrey was the primary driver behind all of this "My Truth" bulsht! I was never a regular viewer but I remember seeing one show and 1 girl stood up and used the term "My Truth" and shortly after another followed suit. Coincidentally or otherwise the next few time I checked in on Oprah, sure as hell there were more "My Truth" ers talking sht. ONLY ONE TRUTH PEOPLE...ACCEPT IT!!! Otherwise you have major problems that will probably keep you from living an honest life. @@Ruby_Villain

[@Ketowski]

@@Ruby_Villain Or trust me, I’m telling the truth.

[@sirtra]

Just like there is only 2 genders. A woman is an adult female and no amount of surgery or drugs will magically transform a man into a woman but here we are... living in a world where it's acceptable for ppl to fabricate the truth about their gender but when it comes to some comedian fabricating the truth for a stand-up show... Oh that's a step too far and crossing a line that simply cannot be overlooked cause orange man bad 👍

[@brianmi40]

I've said for YEARS that we need to ADD TO HIGH SCHOOL mandatory classes to GRADUATE: - Fact Checking - Rational Thinking - Syllogisms - Logical Fallacies We can SURVIVE with a few less students passing something like Algebra 101, but UNLESS WE GET A FIRM GRIP ON TRUTH and FACTS in this country, we ARE AT RISK OF LOSING DEMOCRACY HERE. Turn the TIDE OF EDUCATION ASAP, it will STILL take YEARS to have an effect so we MUST get started now.

[@stemill1569]

yeah. But nah. It's a fucking comedy show. You don't need fact checking with a comedy show. If you start fact shacking on a comedy act in every other country than the US you need a brain doctor.

[@devdogra7173]

Add a class on cognitive biases, HAVE YOU SEEN THE LIST IN THE WIKI !

[@MrChopsticktech]

How do you fact check a school when they lie to you. As parents we should be teaching our kids things like you suggest. Too many parents expect school to do everthing.

[@philosopher2king]

Finland developed a k-12-college logic & rational thinking program to fight Russian propaganda many years ago. We need the same thing.

[@ItsukaShimotsuki]

I'm curious because I'm not American and didn't go to American high school. What made you think Algebra 101 doesn't require rational thinking or avoiding logical fallacies?

[@andrewnesbitt2523]

"If you want to speak truth to power, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say you have to include the 'truth' part." Maybe the most astute and poignant quote that Maher has ever said.

[@Josh-sj9ig]

New no no!

[@stiggsmasta]

Maybe he should do it. Much misinformation from this guy over the years.

[@SurgeryIsWoke]

The other Indian guy she married is actually a crisis actor

[@toh6261]

He'd have to get over his raging TDS to ever be taken seriously.

[@lloydwarden3758]

If you say so

[@giorgioortiz]

Maher should watch the video Hasan just released.. He fact checks the ridiculous article that literally took quotes out of context and brought receipts.

[@giorgioortiz]

@@fortyfirstmillennial9862 not about the racism though, which was Maher's point. Did you even watch the video?

[@אסנתשםטוב]

The lair fact check his own lies lies..... 😂😂😂😂😂

[@maskedmarvyl4774]

I like Hasan, but he didn't need to fabricate anything. There was plenty of social commentary for him to make Without fabricating what he did. He owes that girl he portrayed as a racist a huge apology. A huge Public apology.

[@squid_fish]

He’s done, we’ll never hear from him again

[@WCGreeny]

He was also talented enough he never had to do this. I never saw those fake personal stories and I found him funny enough I'd go and watch Patriot Act from time to time. That's what kills me, you don't *have* to be a victim to be liked and successful. *He* didn't have to be a victim to be successful. He was funny. Instead he lies, pulls an incel move by making a woman far more miserable than he ever was, and torpedoed his career.

[@maskedmarvyl4774]

@@squid_fish , He's still here, and he's performing next week. Just because he made a mistake, doesn't mean he deserves cancelation for life.

[@alexkocian690]

His whole social commentary is built on a false narrative of systemic racism in America. Without it, he has no material.

[@g6ter1]

As a Pakistani-American who grew up in the suburbs I've never once been profiled or questioned by security for anything at any US airport since 2001, (although it was semi-common amongst family/friends) I also never felt the need to make up some story that I was profiled for victimhood brownie points.

[@connycontainer9459]

I had to fill out a form stating that I wasn't involved in the holocaust or any nazi crimes against humanity at an airport in Chicago, because I'm from Germany. That was 1999 when I was 17. Since I wanted to get in, I had to lie of course.

[@21972012145525]

@@connycontainer9459😮

[@21972012145525]

Entrapment by the fbi is a very real thing in American Muslim communities. Just because it didn’t happen to you doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. And Minhaj lying about it is even worse

[@RocStarr913]

The arts are different. Show business in America has become more and more about directly appealing to the most marginalized.

[@tonygrowley5275]

@g6ter1 Do you regularly tell jokes and stories on stage? Then shut up!

[@johannespkassing]

Now I realize how much I missed Bill the last 6 months

[@cioccolateriaveneziana]

Me too. But I miss Hasan Minhaj's Patriot Act even more.

[@1crazysistah384]

From the few news & talkshows I saw on this topic... the takeaway that saddened me the most was the doxing of the prom date and the 'exposing her.' But when you watch Hasan's response, it shows an email correspondence from her thanking him for always protecting her and concealing her identity. He even gave her advice on things to delete on social media to make it less easy for the public to spot her. FBI story & Anthrax story I care less about but he provided receipts as well. If you believe his receipts, I'm just glad he set the record straight on the doxing of the prom date because she's a regular person that didn't sign up for this.

[@Slayqueenatron]

It didn’t happen, Minhaj has exposed the New York Times, his story stacks up kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3PMeZ-qa56AY5Ysi=ThzH6ihYmbrRimJR

[@juancamilovelasquez6212]

Why did he lie on the first place?.......hey, I am going to fabricate a huge lie about your parents on Prom night, so this is a list of things you need to delete from social media so nobody knows you were my date........what a great man!

[@xhagast]

@@juancamilovelasquez6212 Rodney Dangerfield invented things all the time. But you couldn't believe that when he told his doctor he wanted to stop aging, the doctor actually gave him a gun.

[@richardramfire3971]

As a brown man born and raised in USA and Canada who’s almost 50. I can confirm what bill is saying is correct. Racism was terrible in the 80’s. It’s a whole different world right now. I try to explain that to younger people

[@zt3823]

As a brown man living in Oklahoma growing up in the early 2000s I can tell you it didn't go anywhere, first time experiencing I was 11 with my Brothers pregnant wife who was black at a clothing store and a lady followed us all around the store my pregnant sister-in-law pointed out to me why we were being followed. I'm not saying it's gotten worse, on the contrary, I think it's gotten better you can't hang people freely in this country anymore but I'm not going to Blind myself and say it's over, pregerU just got brought to my state and all the counties REJECTED it saying "We will not teach this" so I do know there are allies in Oklahoma but there are also those who would seek to undermine that Allyship

[@waltergrace565]

@@zt3823 pregerU, haha, hilarious.

[@zt3823]

@@waltergrace565 it is a hilarious joke of a system

[@waltergrace565]

@@zt3823 Haha, you think anybody really cares about "pregerU"? This is like thinking Charlie Kirk is influential.

[@zt3823]

@@waltergrace565 its construction is so people don't have to feel guilty about the past and anyone that tells you to feel guilty about the past is wrong it's not about guilt, but about empathy just like the Natives had empathy for the Europeans that came here and we're starving to death and the Natives taught them how to Farm on this land how was that repaid, Removal Acts. True history will be taught no matter how you try to hide it everything is brought into the light one day perhaps that day will be 2045 when minorities are the majority and can finally have a larger voice both in society and in congressional power

[@megannapier9269]

I never thought Bill Maher is somebody I would whole heartedly agree with on anything. 👏

[@ryankuypers1819]

Anyone with a modicum of intellect and integrity eventually has to face ALL the facts. Bill finally decided that he couldn't ignore them anymore.

[@Tyjohnable]

It would be nice to see if he could possibly make a point without trying to shit on Trump I don't even like Trump that much. But this asshole is obsessed with him and when it comes to Trump it doesn't matter if it's true or not Bill believes everything negative

[@toh6261]

​​@@ryankuypers1819Bill will throw any and all rationale out the window anytime, anyone brings up Trump. The guy is a loser.

[@Kwansudru]

You should watch more often then. The man makes more sense than most talking heads

[@elucas3975]

Really? You should listen to him more often.

[@katsebua]

Minhaj is not running to become Supreme Dada of this country

[@SAK1855]

Nor is he trying to overthrow democracy and successfully whipping up of America to do so. Bill’s chronic false equivalency is annoying.

[@arkangelarkangel1302]

Yeah but... if your trying to draw sympathy through comedic stories and their all completely made up... then your a liar... and last time I checked aren't Muslims seriously punish lies and deceit?

[@SeiyaSoiya-un4jj]

@@SAK1855 “Overthrow democracy” 😂 You must be REALLY mad that the DNC cheated Bernie out of the nomination in both 2016 AND 2020 then, huh?

[@dankmusic1212]

Yes but the point he’s trying to make is that truth matters, regardless of who says it

[@mecha-sheep7674]

@@SAK1855 And neither was Trump in 2008. But he was already a liar, and the political forces he represents now already existed. Minhaj is not the only guy doing that, and he represents political forces that do exist. For now, they are very, very remote from power. But ten years from now ?

[@m.g.3021]

Bill, I hope that you take the time to watch all of Minhaj’s answer to the article that was written about him. You have a large platform. Now that Minhaj has posted an answer, I think you owe it to your audience as well as to him, to set the record straight. Sure there are some people looking to make a claim of racism in places where it doesn’t exist, just as there are people trying to deny it’s existence. This example that you used is not good. Please, enlighten your audience that not everything printed represents truth.

[@cioccolateriaveneziana]

Exactly, thank you!

[@WalterStanley-zf6lo]

I agree, lying is bad, no matter who says it. However, the president saying it is still a lot worse than a comedian saying it.

[@guitarpaul3645]

Yes.. but when the whole media AND prominent politicians jump on an incident like the Smollett case, then that can be really insidious. And when it comes to Presidents, that means Biden as much as Trump. Biden recounts bullshit anecdotes all the time, and lies about details of policy. Even the Washington post has called him out on it, and they gave him a "bottomless pit of Pinocchios" for his deficit claims. Now it could just be because he is senile and doesn't realise he is lying, but it doesn't look good.

[@ClaraDobluis]

Lying is wrong no matter who does it. Of course lying about or oroxy war in Urkaine is worse overall

[@xiaoka]

Yes definitely worse. Minaj is a relative nobody.

[@brucenadeau2172]

wrong because president trump claimed thousand when it should have been several because several people in new jersey did party on 9/11 when the towers worefalling, but what the comedian claim did not happen at all

[@margaret928]

sure but his point was not to rationalize when its your side.

[@ceofounder]

Bill Maher's New Rule is comedic therapy! Always hilarious! Bill Maher, Real Time; awesomeness!

[@xaspirate8060]

Your wounding all of the kiddies that come to Real Time on YT with the intent of bashing Maher and saying what an Alt Right player he is now.

[@ceofounder]

@@xaspirate8060 Now I overstand why your mother keeps telling everyone that she regrets not having a abortion or a miscarriage! Go stand and face the corner! Here is your one way ticket to St. Elsewhere forever! Good riddance!

[@adamaa9144]

The canned laughing/claps, wrecks the facts here.

[@PeteQuad]

I thought he is live.

[@toddprickett6376]

His audience does what the montors tell them to do: laugh and clap.

[@connelly6375]

Yeah Bill has a bad habit of the clap trap. Wish he would kick that, it's annoying

[@SAK1855]

When you’re not funny, clapping is the best option.

[@PeteQuad]

Maybe clap, but I find it unlikely they laugh on cue. Would you?

[@KolnFriedChicken]

Did Maher actually corrected himself on the Minhaj story, because much of it is proven wrong and or intendingly misleading? And the sentence the stories were 'completley made up' is wrong no matter where you stand on this issue.

[@Kormac80]

To all the dummies saying comedians are allowed to make things up, i'd say, context matters. Joke are one thing, but when you're doing social commentary about bigotry and not even trying to be funny, then veracity matters. He makes up bigotry to make himself a victim but those things didn't happen. If they were jokes that'd be different. Saying your HS prom date didn't want pix with a brown guy the way Minaj did was not meant to be funny. It was meant to be social commentary. Put things in context people.

[@carlosvillanueva8530]

So, is it okay to call Will Smith's wife G.I.Jane, because if I remember correctly Bill was on the side of comedian's being allowed to say whatever they need to say to entertain. You don't get to do the Will Smith. Laugh, then find out others are taking offense, then join the "I'm so upset" crowd.

[@justinhill2378]

​@@carlosvillanueva8530it's not about being upset at joke. It's about someone claiming to be a victim when they're not. At that point it becomes a false accusation.

[@Kormac80]

@@carlosvillanueva8530 Understanding context is key. I'm not sure if you lack cultural fluency or if you're being intentionally obtuse, either way, you're not getting a basic point about communication even in the realm of performers.

[@xaspirate8060]

Exactly. Hasan was trying to endear himself to the Woke community.

[@carlosvillanueva8530]

If you believed what Mr. Hassan Minaj said, why did you believe it. I've read the definition social commentary; it doesn't say it has to be the truth only informative about the society. It literally said, "Social commentary can be fiction." sounds like context to me.

[@turanga35]

Thank you Bill Maher for bringing sanity back to the insane.🙏

[@tyronetucker3093]

He is telling lies

[@Tmr1221]

Hah. What a crock! Expand your horizons buddy. You are living in a bubble if you think Maher knows the truth of the matter.

[@TheDarkLasombra]

​@@Tmr1221you think Minaj wasn't lying?

[@Josh-sj9ig]

New no no!

[@ViFabulous]

I've been a Bill Maher fan since his PI days. He's starting off VERY weak. DeSantis arrested the chief statistician and confiscated her laptap when she said FL was LYING about CoVid data. Not know how destructive and EVIL Jim Jordan is??? He gave a PASS to a team doctor at OSU when MULTIPLE wrestlers said the doctor was a perv. Bill needs to brush up on current events. DeSantis may have left FL open but at a HUGE price. Not that I agredd with the draconian policies but...

[@lorinelson7523]

If you have to lie to try to give "credibility" to your political or societal position or ideal, you've already lost the argument.

[@jeffreygarcia5398]

This wasn’t an editorial or an interview where these things were claimed. It was a haha man trying to spin a story. People getting upset by this are overshooting the landing.

[@anneb889]

@@jeffreygarcia5398. Idk…..people will take his stories of bigotry from the prom date and FBI and see that as just another example of what a horribly racist country America is….and it deserves to burn to the ground, or whatever the haters say, be communist, whatever. Again, that girl was receiving death threats. There are comedians like Bill Burr and Andrew Schultz who somehow are successful without claiming they are oppressed.

[@hassanbeydoun2460]

Is Maher going to allow Hasan Minhaj to be on the show? He definitely should...

[@TheSakuragihanimichi]

He wont do that because rhe New Yorker lied.

[@Li_Tian]

Alternative facts vs emotional truth. Here we go.

[@Ruby_Villain]

Facts/truth vs. alternative/emotional

[@Li_Tian]

@@Ruby_Villain sounds like a two-front war. Hope you prevail.

[@Spearca]

The "alternative facts" side is so much larger, though. Pretending to believe in the Trump election lie is pretty much mandatory for Republican politicians now.

[@brianmeek5236]

This problem is also infecting the Supreme Court, ruling on cases that never happened

[@maxsparks5183]

Say what? You lost me. Explain to this lawyer please.

[@warofnoise5394]

what cases are you referring to?

[@garymathe9863]

are you referring to a lawyer who used ChatGPT and it made up cases to cite?

[@martingord6982]

@@maxsparks5183 what lawyer

[@clydealways7405]

I've got to quote the funniest American who ever lived on this one, Bill: "Never let the truth come in the way of a good story" --Mark Twain

[@xaspirate8060]

Mark Twain is still relevant. Fkg Love It!

[@Uncle--Fatty]

happiness & sanity are an impossible combination... (M. Twain)

[@eduardoandres5989]

Steve Buscemi said that also in a great way as the gangster in Boardwalk Empire, but he added "1st rule of politics kid-o, never let thee truth....."

[@LDGecko]

Mark also has some colorful quotes from his fictonal works if you know what I mean.

[@jeffreygarcia5398]

Exactly. These are an entertainers stories. This wasn’t an interview on the nightly news where he was claiming these things.

[@kevinnelle6208]

The problem with his stories is he’s actually attacking and entire group of people with his lies. This does nothing, but further the divide between people.

[@drakezen]

Explain. Bet you can't.

[@kevinnelle6208]

@@drakezen people the guy does nothing but devote his entire comedy to attacking and entire race of people. Eventually those people get tired of hearing your complaints and move to another group. I’m an anti-woke liberal and I myself am getting tired of this kind of behavior.

[@stevek4440]

​@drakezen what an asinine comment

[@drakezen]

@@stevek4440 Asking for someone to explain is asinine? yeah, keep up being a 'progressive' and let the world burn.

[@JonInCanada1]

Spot on. Left or Right, if you lie you're not worth listening to. End of.

[@bobpratt7112]

I look forward to comparing actual lists of confirmed liars on each side of that ledger. I know which one would burn through an entire toner cartridge. You first.

[@carlosvillanueva8530]

Then you must watch only reality television except they aren't real either. As a matter of fact what you just said is opinion. Does this mean we shouldn't listen to you? In this very show Bill told us about the internet searches in this show without a disclaimer, does that mean he's a liar, are you going to stop watching him? Why is Bill's entertainment and Hissan's not, neither claimed to be news.

[@Ruby_Villain]

Spot on, indeed.

[@UntitledNerdNetwork]

End of what?

[@xaspirate8060]

If you have to lie, you are probably not so confident of your side of the issue. Or at least a tad desperate.

[@sergiuprofiroiu2814]

Is different because one is a comedian and one is a president. That's in no way, shape, or form the same

[@kstrazz3552]

not the point but ok

[@SarahGilhooly]

Looking forward to bill doing the right thing and walking this all back…

[@davehersh667]

So he should come back and say that lying is good? What is your favorite flavor of Crayon?

[@masterchinese28]

Yes, Bill, yes!!! Lying and victimhood go hand in hand and we need for both sides to get out of their victim-villain bubbles and start treating people and truth as real and important.

[@SAK1855]

Don’t go “both sides” on this. Trump was the president, and his lies are sometimes criminal offenses that are jeopardizing our country. Minaj is an entertainer. There’s a national rot in the Republican Party, and it’s a danger to everyone.

[@gregbuckley7596]

Both sides?

[@tonyt8805]

@gregbuckley7596 Yes, "both sides"..... One side of Trump constantly lies while the other side always plays the victim! 💯

[@Privileged-White-CrackHead]

love the cheesy platitudes. but, that PED0 worshiper/wanna be comedian brought this on himself. he's the villain, along with his ilk.

[@zt3823]

Teaching proper history isn't victimhood Caucasian complaining about teaching Porper history now that's victimhood

[@Gokash4672]

Bill, Nice to have you back! My Parents got married in India in 1940. My Father was a Hindu and my Mother was a Muslim. He was a Doctor and she was a Nurse (I know it sounds like a Harlequins Romance). They eloped and had a civil marriage. They had 3 children, including myself. We were educated in a Catholic Boarding Schools!🤣 They were married for 45 years and mercifully they did not kill each other. In fact, they never hid their religious background from anyone because they were not religious. But they were awesome Human Beings! I remember being confused about religion and my Dad just said, be a good human being and don’t worry about religion. That’s it! I have lived in North America for 50 years and have never ever felt discriminated against. If anyone did, I probably did not notice it, because it was not my problem. I have never felt less than anyone, nor has anyone made me feel less than themselves. I am thankful to my Parents who taught us how to navigate life without needing a Bible, a Koran or a Bhagvat Gita as a crutch. In summation, I think Children learn biases from their Parents. Shit starts at home! 🤣 I really enjoy your show and find myself agreeing with many of your point of views. And yes, of course you are funny! Best wishes. Cheers!! PS. Not all Hindus hate or kill Muslim’s or vice versa!! One should not generalize.

[@piyalikundu153]

Well said!!

[@akkm6234]

This … didn’t expect that kind of crap from Bill Maher !

[@NoOne-bp2jw]

Lighten up. There are jokes that are simply jokes and that is how I interpreted Bill's Hindu/Muslim joke. It's obviously absurd; that's why it's a joke. It wasn't meant to be an emotional truth. That said, it sounds like the original commenter had great parents and found the universal truth that, for the most part, if you treat people with courtesy and respect, you're likely to get the same in return.

[@MrLee-cy1pw]

If they’re not religious, then how are they still Muslim & Hindu?

[@xrfa7422]

@@MrLee-cy1pw It's their legacy religion. Doesn't seem that it was important.

[@mak23997]

I'm of middle eastern descent and faced a lot of racists jokes and dealt with parents of girls with fairer skin give me the side eye for showing interest in their daughter (or simply telling their daughters they'll end up like Sally Fields in Not Without My Daughter if they went out with me 🤣) growing up in the 80s and 90s. So when I heard Hassan's schtick it really resonated with me as I had gone through that myself. But man that's effing sad if you need to make shit up just to get ahead in your career/act. It actually ends up belittling the rest of us who faced the same things, but then more importantly, divides us even more than the stupid sob story was attempting to correct. So yeah, done with that fake idiot.

[@micclay]

White girl's' parents didn't like me either and I'm white. Nobody's good enough for their princess

[@CyberSamurai4Life]

Grow up. Who cares what her parents thought of you because your skin color. Crybabies.

[@kerrynicholls6683]

Obviously not the same things, you experienced it. He didn’t. I didn’t know about this man until now, but what he’s doing is belittling people, to make himself look and feel better. Shame on him and bravo 👏 those type of people aren’t worth your time either. Love ❤️ from Australia 🇦🇺

[@kerrynicholls6683]

@@micclay I’m apparently white. But I’m a mix of a lot. English heritage, but I’m yellow, white, brown and red. All mixed together. Also been insulted by white people and black people. All races can be racist. Also female and I’m no princess. 😊

[@rossrobertson674]

But that isn't exclusive to white parents, I've heard plenty of black guys say their mom told them they better not bring home a white girl, even the Filipino guy I work with told me he doesn't want his daughter to date a white guy

[@busolaak]

This became more interesting, now that I've seen Hassan's side of the story. Smh

[@taintedlogicng6985]

I agree. I saw this video first, then skimmed the NY'er article, and it seemed pretty bad. Then I heard about Hasan's side of the story, and now I don't know what to think. I'm just genuinely unsure how much the "embellishments" in his stories matter anymore, especially since they were made in the context of a comedy show.

[@jerrymac1795]

Feeling the truth without also knowing it is just hysteria.

[@MM-yi9zn]

Bill is BEST! Humour + TRUTH!

[@erichvonmolder9310]

Bill doesn't play loose with the "truth?" He is a comic. I'm ok with him and others playing loose with the truth, I'm not looking for News from him, I want to laugh and to think a little bit.

[@alberteinstein2027]

Man, Hasan was like my favorite comedian 🥲 I sympathized a lot with his stories because I'm of a similar background and his stories are stories that I understood and related to, but hearing that they were made up just broke sth in me.😔 Why did you do that Hasan? I trusted you 💔

[@randyevermore9323]

"Why did you do that Hasan? " Because, as Maher said, victimhood is cool.

[@alberteinstein2027]

That's sad man, I'm a Syrian immigrant I was worried sick that everyone would hate me here, but I love America. I don't think that I would be more accepted in any country like this. @@randyevermore9323

[@21972012145525]

@@alberteinstein2027it’s ok , move on. If you’re Syrian you know this is nothing

[@greenderp]

Hey the same thing happened with me and George Lopez !😂

[@Callingnone]

What was the sympathy for? Did he toil in the sun picking cotton while a man whipped him. For god's sake, stop over dramatizing being a loser. And if you prefer to be a loser, stop saying from similar background as you don't represent the rest of us. I wouldn't care even if Hasan Minaj's life stories were true because it represents his individual experience and not a collective whole.

[@fernandotaveira7573]

It's really good to hear now and then someone rational and moderate and out of the bipartisan stupid bubbles.

[@JC1533-g7n]

👏Well said, Mr Maher - as always.

[@Riclmnopp]

It’s one thing to embellish a story for comedy. But Hassan only told those stories for victimhood.

[@lVlagnificentGaming7]

Agreed. And to show photographs of real people who supposedly did horrible things to you as part of these lies? Nothing short of despicable. The woman in question and her husband should sue Minhaj

[@Riclmnopp]

@@lVlagnificentGaming7 one of the stories I heard him tell was about him opening a fan letter that had white powder in it. It then spilled on his 3 year old child and he had to rush her to the hospital. It had no punchline. He only told the story for sympathy.

[@xaspirate8060]

Political intent was priority, comedic aspect was a distant second.

[@richterkennedy2101]

Still got it. Calling out bullshit on both sides is the main reason I watch this show. The laughs are a bonus. Thank you Bill.

[@CeeLow53]

Same!

[@CountryFenderBass]

That’s great. But is it only “truth” you agree with? Or will you allow truth you don’t agree with?

[@ragantate3995]

Yours is the comment that should have one million likes

[@johnmoore1798]

You’re great, bill. Love ya. Longtime fan. Thanks

[@tmofog]

He's comparing a COMEDIAN to a former President and right wing news.

[@woodiemarv]

Right seems he had to really dig to make the both sides claim.

[@robo5013]

He's comparing a political activist who also happens to be a comedian and from whom a lot of young people get their information from to the other side. It's not much of a stretch.

[@woodiemarv]

@robo5013 it's a huge stretch the GOP vs some c list comedian. Sounds like both sides

[@tmofog]

@@robo5013 I've never even heard of that comedian/activist until Bill Maher mentioned him in this piece. Again, comparing a former President and Fox News to a C list at best COMEDIAN. Please...........

[@robo5013]

@@tmofog If you've never heard of Hassan Minajh before then you must be older than me and I'm in my fifties. What you just replied to me is "I made my OP out of my own ignorance and didn't understand the topic since I have never heard of the comedian before." He has a large following among younger people and it's because of his political activism more than for his comedy. Bill wasn't talking about jokes Minajh told but what was supposed to be biographical stories supporting the lefts narrative of how racist this country is. Political activism was being compared to political activism.

[@jopo7996]

Hasan Smollett is a hilarious comedian.

[@gordonhenderson1965]

Yet, a comedian is being used by Maher to represent "The Left" as being as bad as when the Former President of the United States commits treason. It's bad on both sides!!! Duh. WTF Maher?

[@mew10521]

His favorite restaurant is Subway

[@johndoe-dl6qo]

🤣

[@Onikage55]

I don't think it was fair to compare Smollett to Hasan. Smollett only lied about ONE hate crime, Hasan's are in the double digits lol

[@davidmayer769]

Bill thanks for the honesty that others deny themselves. This is so needed....

[@allanblack2793]

Bill echoes everything I want to scream from the roof tops! I’m so happy he’s back after 5 long months!

[@EastSide-qc5oy]

It’s too bad the couple of interns and the writers with the fake forced audience laughter and the “Woo! Woo!” didn’t go on strike too. A permanent one.

[@arkangelarkangel1302]

Wow that's an amazing 180... you went from... lying Muslim comedian... to too hell with these writers dressed as fake audience... THAT'S AN AMAZING 👏 SPEECH PRETZEL KID.😂... give yourself a sticker for originality.

[@EastSide-qc5oy]

@@arkangelarkangel1302 You seem confused. Bill’s the one who was all “lying Muslim comedian,” not me.

[@arkangelarkangel1302]

​@@EastSide-qc5oyyou milennials/zoomers... have literal meanings... straight out your spincters.

[@21972012145525]

@@arkangelarkangel1302”it’s too bad the couple of interns...” is referring to Bills show/audience clapping. Not Hassan Minhaj. You have reading comprehension issues.

[@EastSide-qc5oy]

@@arkangelarkangel1302 Gen X here with a Gen X sphincter (not “spincter”).

[@WarrenC3884]

YES, IT DOES MATTER

[@trmilby6648]

Time index 3:59 "Bullshit is bad, no matter who says it or what you call it." I truly hope YOU remember your own words in the future. Because in the past, YOU have promoted "Bullshit". And thank god you're waking up!

[@laurie9708]

Oh how I missed you during the strike, Bill! We need you to speak hard-core truths to both sides, as only you can. Carry on, sir.

[@zt3823]

Lol yes I'm glad his writers are back to speak truth to power

[@dago87able]

“Both sides” here are a guy who does stand-up comedy vs an expresident and current republican candidate who lies systemically, has committed multiple alleged as well as convicted crimes and who wants and has tried to terminate american democracy. Not exactly what I’d call both sides of anything.

[@toptenguy1]

He's still clining onto debunked TDS propaganda thought. So I wouldn't say he's all about "hardcore truths". He's still a Russia Gater.

[@sourabhjogalekar3842]

Real time keeps it Real... Bill Maher is back, baby..🎉🎉🎉missed this a lot.. As an Indian, he expressed my thoughts with immense clarity

[@Peter_Riis_DK]

Nah, he's just as full of it as anybody. It's all politics, dude - even if it sometimes disguises itself as comedy. His philosophical ideas has interesting points from time to time though.

[@AI_177]

@@Peter_Riis_DK Maher is an out of touch right-wing hack

[@aquaman12187]

Too bad Bill won’t have the balls to update this story from Hasan update.

[@hannibalb8276]

@@fortyfirstmillennial9862 He literally produced evidence that proved him right, lol you lying coward

[@Ghazalmetal]

One of the best bits I have seen in recent times. Love from India

[@bamesbamesbames]

The Jossie Smollett bit made me spit my drink out laughing.

[@kmacksmcdonald6475]

Jussie Smollet, Duke Lacrosse, Tawana Brawley. Lots and lots of hoaxes over the years.

[@memento81]

because making accusations to the police and telling stories as a comedian on a comedy stage is just the same, huh?

[@srsr28]

@@memento81 no one said it was the same. Sorry it was too hard for you to understand and went right over your head. But go cry about it

[@Onikage55]

@@memento81 You're right, it's not the same Hasan made up a dozen Hate Crimes and told them to rooms with thousands of people in them and accused REAL people of the crimes with photos. Smollett made up one hate crime and accused fictional people

[@moistrnts4179]

"Bullshit is bad no matter who says or what you call it" ...yup...agreed

[@ddha0000]

i mean..............Bill has been talking bullshit for years

[@dracont11]

hey bill when is your retraction coming for this one, after all, turns out the new yorker really screwed their own report, instead of hassan lying

[@hannibalb8276]

Bill is a conservative grifter and narcissist coward, he'll never apologize

[@CrazyPupil70]

Yeah the coverage of his response is like a tenth of the coverage on the initial allegations

[@djoetma]

@@CrazyPupil70 Yep, that's the unfortunate fact.

[@thomasvertommen9526]

We are theatrical beings. We like a good story with a side of drama more than we like the cold, honest truth and some rational solutions to our problems. That same issue is also what creates the "us versus them" narrative and explains why we are so prone to "emotional truths" and "trusting your gut".

[@fathertimegaming17]

I understand that Minaj holds himself up as a social commentary. Comedian striving for whatever he's driving for. However, I think it's a huge leap to conflate that his lies are anything in the same realm as the commander in chief, the president of the United States and so-called leader of the free world come on Bill, you're better than that

[@SAK1855]

Yes! Bill has been on the false equivalency train for a while now.

[@TXOLDEBULLDOGGER]

Lies Are lies, no matter whos butt they're coming out of. What you want to talk about is consequences to these lies, so that you can make 1 liar, the one you like, acceptable.

[@ricomajestic]

​So I guess we should ban all works of fiction because you know they are all made up.

[@kipper7142]

It wasn't conflating. He was giving an olive branch to show that he can see right wing lies as well as left wing lies. He never said Trump wasn't worse.

[@clarkpalace]

No. I wouldnt say bill is better then that. I would say u r being polite or you dont know bill’s shtick well enough. Bill is a talent in a suit. Not an empty suit. Maybe worse

[@wheelwrightpl9429]

A comedian has no choice, but to make up stories, or else he will quickly run out of material, and he has no power over people like politicians do, so I find this comparison disingineous at best.

[@Annapurna818]

True but don't lay the victim.

[@Rose-p5m1v]

YES! It matters to me too, Bill! Where o where has TRUTH gone? It seems trampled in a satanic world 🌎.

[@kenrogers1948]

No comparison between POTUS lying(ev-er-y day) and a comedian making sh*t up... If you're going to do the lying equivalency thing here you can't hold a comedian up as the representative of the left

[@craven5328]

Agreed! I remember when Jon Stewart went on Crossfire with Tucker Carlson - oh back in about 2004? Jon made a similar comment when Tucker tried to compare the shows on CNN to the show Jon did for comedy central...

[@gloriaf6971]

I agree. Presidents are expected to tell the truth. Comedians are only expected to make us laugh. They do that by telling jokes. Jokes don't have to be true.

[@ronblack7870]

no it's a very apt comparison. it's people like you dismissing the lies of the comedian that's the problem. trumps lies are so outlandish everyone sees through that. hasan's lies seem believable which to me makes it worse. he is spreading hate.

[@Ketowski]

@@craven5328 Then he went on a show calling itself news, but legally not. According to their own admission and the courts.

[@OpusWon]

​@@ronblack7870I've never heard of this guy until Bill's outrage over his fellow comedian (a private citizen) appealing to others who pay money tl hear lies. He isnt a journalist hammering millions every night with lies. Or a former president consistently liying to the country with the authouty of the Federal Branch of The United States Government behind him...(alomg with Evangelical Christians)...

[@cindypoole6792]

Exactly, "BS is bad no matter who calls it..." "Feels cheated with progress".

[@chewacan]

Truth does not matter when faith matters more.

[@flickerblip9044]

Are we going to see a retraction?

[@ChrysostomosKaniouras]

Bill's a coward

[@yzolakitchi]

I'll happily take a comedian's story of anything for humour...entertainment is bombastic, exaggerated, often fictional, but, when it gets into darker material - claims of injury, attacks, discrimination etc I'm sensitive enough to want a quick disclaimer afterwards to clarify the story is based on the experience of others/didn't really happen/was a topic the comedian wanted to explore as commentary on current events. There are so many types of comedy and I enjoy most of them, one-liners, the plain silly, the musical, personal stories, educational or political. I don't enjoy insult comics or puppets on the whole. I have always appreciated Hasan's work because he does go deeper into certain topics. With the recent reports about him, I personally don't feel particularly cheated as a fan. However, learning it's brought real people terrifying, threatening consequences, is very different and alarming. So again, for certain bits, some clarification seems prudent and given the state of social media, definitely best not to use identifiable people without their consent particularly when a bit portrays them in a negative manner.

[@kattatonic1]

That's what I was thinking. I really enjoyed the Hasan Minaj special in question. I wish he'd found a creative way to slide in a disclaimer. I've heard other comedians say things like "and that never happened!", and it received a laugh itself because the audience was so rapt by the story. "The joke's on you" speaks to what we're willing to believe. I also think poor Bill holds a grudge forever, in this case still angry with Minaj. Telling a tale on stage (Minaj) and going to the police with a story (Smollett) are different, and a politician's lies to a devoted base is another level of dangerous.

[@xaspirate8060]

You almost sound like a lawyer who is telling us what a naughty boy Hasan was but in the end still trying to get him off the hook perhaps?

[@dasbootykid]

Honestly, thought that this is a good, insightful comment on his work.

[@21972012145525]

@@kattatonic1hasan didn’t need to do all that. He could’ve just said why/how entrapment is REAL. He didn’t need to say It happened to him

[@erichancock6815]

@@xaspirate8060 I saw it as Bill starting to appear like he was committing his own form of both-sides-ism then had to point out how one is STILL worse than the other, though only in subtle ways.

[@dawnmclaren8723]

Thank you Bill. It is about time someone brings this idiocy to the forfront

[@ddha0000]

except now its proven that the new yorker article was completely fabricated. Bill and you just got done by a terrible journalist.

[@gavindoyle8717]

As one would say, it's easier to create fake outrages than to deal with real ones.

[@coreymay918]

"Why tell the truth when a lie will do?" - Enabran Tain

[@jnwestray78]

ST DS9, deep cut for this crowd

[@markh3271]

This is what was called "one-upmanship" in my teens. Your story has to top everyone else's. I'm sure we are all guilty of doing it sometime in our lives. Then we grow and realize how stupid we sound while doing it, so we stop trying to "one-up" the other person. Some people don't get wiser with age and so they remain acting as children.

[@mikestevenson576]

I feel attacked.

[@michaelfilipiak687]

Gandalf always one upping Bilbo with the Hobbit Ganja smoke blowing. un wise ass wizard.

[@msavina9129]

Yay, I didn’t want Hasan to be the new permanent host of The Daily Show anyway.

[@xaspirate8060]

He may land it anyway...people associated with that show probably love him more now>>>

[@kipper7142]

Sadly if anything this probably improves his odds dramatically.

[@Pandolfinstein44]

I've always said just cause you believe something to be true doesn't make it the truth, there is no such thing as your truth or my truth there is only the truth and facts are the greatest ally of the truth

[@Ti5qu4ntum]

The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true. - Carl Sagan

[@Lisa-pl6gv]

One of the greatest scientists and philosophers.

[@bradleyariss5525]

Sorry, Bill, but if you want to hold a stand-up comedy routine to the same scrutiny as a political campaign speech, you just ruined comedy, you hypocrite.

[@molecularsamm7899]

Amen Bill! This has been a problem for a very long time