New Rule: Identity Crisis | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

We need to stop talking about the things that make Americans different from each other and start honoring the things that make us the same.

[@nealfager8126]

You can love your own culture, heritage or ancestry without hating someone else’s!

[@FoodNerds]

Very true!

[@michaelkuzelka8903]

Not if you're white, you can't.

[@frbl3610]

And- it’s a happy day that says “everyone’s Irish on St Patrick’s Day” - it’s a reason to party and that’s good enough! 😂

[@julianvega2677]

And you can be allowed to have the same diverse political views and values as anyone else of any identity.

[@hauntedbottles]

I think the point is it's more important to have a shared American identity. Wanna be Irish? Go to Ireland. Want to be African? Go to Africa. If you want to be American, of course you can hold on to some parts of your old culture, but not all. The cohesion of the country is dependent on our shared culture being greater than our differences. That's the point. So while one can of course enjoy a beer or two on spd, we should focus on creating a shared culture for people to assimilate to.

[@rumchjoe]

"The real issue is class not race" - Thank you Bill!

[@tomofnorthcal]

Class not race! Been saying this for years as a white guy with black and asian family. We all went from lower middle class to upper middle class by hard work, saving, and education.

[@janetscrivener7915]

Needs to be said over and over thank you..

[@brendans3817]

I was a little surprised that bill kinda sorta sounded like a marxist for a second. I know that probably wasn’t a point you were trying to make, but I agree that it’s a class not racial divide for the majority of us

[@Edison.m3806]

You're 1 bitcoin away from entering the upper class mate 😂

[@johnogrady2418]

Depending on the city race is a big problem too. History.

[@FreeSpeechWilderness]

Agreed, brothers and sisters

[@peaceness888]

I agree. As a person in a mixed race relationship, we sometimes worry that our future children will be forced to "pick a side" when it comes to identity and racial politics/relations and feel alienated. Why do we need to segregate children? Why does our understanding of race need to be so rigid? Why can't people just be who they are?

[@robertszeles3382]

That's ALL demoncRats have!

[@jesipohl6717]

That's a fun question, considering Maher hates queer teens and is racist.

[@lucianaromulus1408]

Every mixed Race kid I grew up with were all messed up in the head and they wished their parents picked someone of the same heritage instead of different

[@agaace]

Your future children will learn racism in Democrat ran public schools. My kind, innocent child went to Kindergarten where she learned to become obsessed about skin color (something she never recognized or paid attention to before) & the concept of treating people differently because of the color of their skin. She came home traumatized. Then I caught her segregating her lego figures by the color of their skin. I was (and still am) LIVID that the public school took away my child's innocence. I'd sue if I had the funds. Democrats have permanently lost our votes.

[@roberthartburg266]

Because humans are social animals and build groups for survival, which is something hardcoded into the human being. There is also natural competition hardcoded into humans. Competition for better social status, resources and mates. This leads compulsorily to competition and conflict between the groups that humans build. It's not others people fault for not accepting your future children, these people are just normal human beings. It's your fault for producing children in a situation which puts their future into jeopardy.

[@PassportGaming]

I have a dream that one day people will be treated based on the content of their character and not the color of their skin

[@RocStarr913]

Doesn’t exist. Even Dr. King ultimately believed it was unrealistic.

[@matthewdubay1180]

Last brother that had a dream got shot. Be careful

[@RichardA.-yi5sz]

@@matthewdubay1180 , yeah. So did Lincoln, JFK, RFK, Gandhi, & John Lennon. Why are you assuming Passport Gaming is black? Doesn't matter what color you are. The surest way to get shot is to say you come in peace.

[@rufuspipemos]

They would call MLK a right wing zealot now for saying that.

[@pietrojenkins6901]

@@rufuspipemos or they'd call it '' woke ''

[@peartdahurt]

I'm so happy that he talked about the complete and utter ridiculous idea of segregating missing children. Whoever agreed to and signed off on that needs to be fired yesterday.

[@aanon5716]

CA, theyre the worst run state.

[@Riley_rolo]

​@aanon5716 well its like one big ghetto where its lawless , dirty and full of hookers and addicts. But it's what the people want?

[@matthewjaredcox9753]

Is it supposed to help people ignore the ones they don't care about?

[@RS-xh8rq]

Canada spent $4B on missing Native Women and a discussion how to prevent this going forward. Do you think 1 person was found and arrested to this inquiry? I have not heard 1 person being arrested due to the inquiry.

[@MrReganomics1]

So you liked it the old way where they said fuck the black ones

[@PapaEli-pz8ff]

Identity politics keeps a whole lot of folks employed in "leadership" positions!

[@malachi-]

Divide and conquer... oldest trick in the book.

[@malachi-]

From the 80s! Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, we have deficits? Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, we have inflation and high taxes? You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does. You and I don't have the constitutional authority to vote in appropriations. The House of Representatives does. You and I don't write the tax code. The Congress does. You and I don't set fiscal policy. the Congress does. You and I don't control monetary policy. The Federal Reserve Bank does. One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme Court justices - 545 human beings out of 238 million- are directly, legally, morally and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country. I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Bank because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered but private central bank. I exclude all of the special interest and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes. Don't you see now the con game that is played on the people by the politicians? Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault.They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.

[@kylebushnell2601]

👏

[@krisgreenwood5173]

Well said

[@user-eh9uv3ir7k]

you're just describing democracy. In ancient athens, athenian voters voted in more and more government positions until half the voters had government jobs. Then they invaded Sicily and Egypt to pay for those government workers. They didn't have any identity politics.

[@Popeyesdad1234]

Honestly I'm a black American with many Irish friends ive been to Ireland 🇮🇪 2 times and loved it . I would marry an irish woman in a heartbeat and live in Ireland 🇮🇪 its a beautiful country. ❤

[@BigPhatMan]

"Feather Alert" is one of the most racist things I have ever heard.

[@Silvio67]

Not Ebony Alert?

[@alexvega7893]

Red skin alert would have been less racist

[@BigPhatMan]

@Silvio67 Feather Alert is worse. Would you rather be referred to as Ebony or Feather? There's a magazine called Ebony Magazine.

[@LordMaskin]

@@BigPhatManIndian's have their own magazine, it's called Wiskey Monthly.

[@saltydog7038]

​@@alexvega7893 ummm do you know any native people? I have native family and nobody finds the term feather alert offensive but everybody agrees red skin is

[@markferguson5924]

Segregating ABDUCTED CHILDREN is something no dystopian author would come up with. It's too ridiculous, too pointless, too authentically mad.

[@willhiggins9563]

I think it’s because of how missing POC children are treated historically. I think missing black children are more likely to be written off as runaways.

[@AAAFilm-yt7gx]

God dang that was well put. 👏

[@jratasu]

Not when there was an extreme lack of search efforts for black children that have been taken or missing because it’s not a blonde haired white child. This was a big issue in CA and I’m glad they have more of an effort to find these kids now.

[@stevesecret2515]

It just changes what the police call the alert. Calm down.

[@saltydog7038]

It helps to actually look up the difference between an Amber Alert and an Ebony Alert instead of just believing a hack like Bill that the difference is race

[@IfYouWantBlood1]

“He burns crosses on his own lawn” That made me explode😂

[@josemondragon3464]

I laughed out loud at that part 😂.

[@mortimersnerd5172]

Only the KKK burned crosses on lawns. The KKK was a southern Christian organization that hated blacks, Jews and Catholics. ANTIFA is a Communist organization that hates blacks, Jews and Christians. BLM is a black Muslim organization that hates whites, Jews and Christians.

[@Tan87ful]

😆🤣😂

[@vicarnagra7135]

This is a jewel. It makes me happy. Thank you Bill Maher.

[@edubbs3528]

I work in a very diverse school and it's always interesting to see how kids handle topics that deal with race, religion, etc. The reality is...they simply don't care unless they are taught to do so. They care more about accommodating and respecting a friend than they do about judging them.

[@r1grimes]

Gotta love that!! and I agree... race, religion, etc (the negative aspects) is taught. As a Gen Xer Black man who went to a diverse high school - this race "shit" is tiring!

[@JACKDAWFISH]

Define diverse. They are all humans correct? Diverse is Marxist for anti-white and you know it.

[@4bstr4ct]

so your saying its all the highly educated adults that are the problem?

[@libertylion6088]

Unfortunately, the education and media is teaching them to hate each other and see each other as the oppressed or the oppressor.

[@edubbs3528]

Not at all. Just that racism and race politics are learned subjects, not ones wired into us. Btw, I work with elementary kids…so they are relative blank slates in this arena. I just love it because I grew up in a town where everyone looked the same so to see these kids truly not care is fantastic. Many have interracial and/or interfaith parents and it is a non-issue. It’s quite a change from 20 years ago…a change for the better I might add.

[@iamcomcy]

Bill is at his very best, and relatable, when he is criticizing his own party. Completely on point here.

[@cahughes67]

I don't actually think he means to criticize his own party. But the Democrat party is nothing like they used to be! And every time you vote Democrat now, you are voting for these insane policies that continue to divide us all. You are not actually voting for the "person" anymore in the Democrat party.

[@owenokane9643]

Are you kidding? You have people in so called Red States who don't believe Biden is president as he goes into his 4th year as president, and that the Dems kidnap children, kill them and drink their blood. Bill can go take a swinging leap. He should be pointing out the crazies at every chance he gets. What identity do these loonies come under?

[@scottschultz4024]

You mean telling the truth. With no bias or slant to the left.

[@jrcather5196]

globetards on biblical earth

[@ramonmoreno8014]

I'll bet. Diversity you can support.

[@user1138]

Pleasantly surprised to find myself agreeing with Bill here. He's right, it is about class and not identity. If enough Americans actually gained class consciousness, things could improve massively in this country and internationally.

[@jenniferbarnett626]

Love it. Every time an application asks my race, I check other and write in human. Been doing this for 30+ years!

[@christineguttilla6465]

Love that

[@trentzulkiewicz5700]

Do you get a job this way

[@LilCraftyNook]

Excellent!!🙌🏻

[@julieCA58]

Me, too! Since 1974 with NY first job.

[@MikehMike01]

@@trentzulkiewicz5700 these days, nope… if you check white or other, application goes right in the trash

[@sethjacobs6441]

That was far from Bill Maher's funniest monologue. But it was definitely his most profound. Well done, sir.

[@davidgalvez1786]

Yea but that burns crosses on his own lawn line was funny

[@moleculist7978]

As was the Charley Brown Bar Fight St Patrick's Day Special@@davidgalvez1786

[@OpenHLZFocus]

Masterful again😂😂 👍🙏🍀

[@Ramonet3000]

Not his best. It just echos well with whiteness. It's easier to ignore than to accept the ugly truth.

[@mikefreitag574]

Well said - I couldn’t place it at first

[@irishcurse65]

I guess with the Amber alerts, Ebony alerts and Feather alerts we can select which ones we care about? Is that their message.

[@milongwhite2863]

Yes I only care about the normal alerts

[@Far7rom]

We have always cared more about amber getting abducted than ebony. Just saying.

[@workman88]

@@Far7romMaybe to you.

[@Far7rom]

@workman88 one of my favorite comedy skits of all time is by one of the greatest comedians. Patrice O'Neal. HE talks about people going missing.. and how long they would be searched for. Based on race. He mentions Natalie holloway..I'm sure you remember that name... white girl.. aruba.. she was unalived by a guy named vandersloot..they spent $3 million to try to find her.. $3 million... but he did the same thing to a non white girl.. nobody even knows that girls name.. nobody cared... but natalie was world wide news.. name one mising blk girl who the state spent 3 million to find. Or was national news from being missing.. I'll wait 😆 so no.. it's not just to me..

[@Far7rom]

@workman88 no. It's a fact... google "Patrice O'Neal natalie holloway" He tackles this subject so honestly. It's one of my favorite comedy bits ever... "The girl in aruba.. whats her name? (Whole crowd) NATALIE. HOLLOWAY...they spent 3million trying to find natalies. Vandersloot also did the same.thing to a non whitr girl in Peru. Whats her name again.. (whole crowd) Crickets... Name.a blk.girl that went missing.. and 3million was spent to find her.

[@michaelallred1516]

Nothing like raw honesty! Thanks Bill!

[@ltho5616]

Thank you!

[@bangslamwham88]

George Carlin said the exact same thing regarding national/ethnic pride. Those things are all a product of chance and we never had to work for it.

[@luna-hw9li]

Amen, "It's a big club and you ain't in it".

[@luna-hw9li]

@@totallybored5526 I think the point is that "your community" is not perceived as the actual people you live and work with, but rather an imaginary group of people who share the same identity checkboxes you check off. This is generally connected to keeping "your community" pure and throw all the people out who do not check the correct boxes. Accepting your actual community members as they are, but still trying to improve is certainly a good thing.

[@giantsr1eva]

@@luna-hw9li George Carlin also said that voting was meaningless and that this country was bought and sold for a long time ago.

[@benwalters4808]

​@totallybored5526 it's a thin gap between " my community" and " my heritage"

[@erichancock6815]

@@luna-hw9li The trick today is to accept everyone in your 'community' & while I don't think it is as racially divided as it used to be, it IS far more classist & as usual, those at the top keep those in the middle hating & fighting with those at the bottom. It used to be based on gender, race, sexuality & nationality, but these days it is just about social & financial status.

[@WiserInTime]

Class is the issue. The upper-class ruling elite can get away with lots as long as they keep us at each other's throats. Keep your eye on the ball.

[@sherrycompton]

Yes, keep your eye on the ball. Especially when the government is now controlling l women's abortion rights. "Don't Tread on Me."

[@epac7912]

The even scarier thing is that "they" don't need to keep "us" at each other's throats anymore, this ridiculousness is of our own doing.

[@danielswann3841]

The outcomes for poor whites and poor blacks are very different. Race matters and also correlates with class in this country.

[@briane173]

@@danielswann3841 "Race matters" because vested political interests _make_ it matter. Having been a child of the 50s/60s I've seen high-octane racism and I saw people with a genuine desire to get past it and move on to being Americans and neighbors -- and we pretty much did just that. FF to the 2010s and race rears its ugly head again, because people with the same insidious designs as there were 60 years ago have resurrected race as a cudgel to beat into submission everyone who dares to question their 'altruistic' objectives. It's gotten a lot of mileage the past 11 years; it's been good sport and soothing to one's ego to claim unto themselves an _identity_ -- something that makes them instantly morally superior to everyone else and with zero effort. The mere fact that you focus on "outcomes" is a tell for what the real agenda is behind the Victim Olympics. Something that has assured shared misery and has never worked anywhere it's been attempted, except for the elites running it. We're all getting a little tired of this, at least those of us who see Identity Politics for what it is and what it intends to accomplish. The backlash over race is having the exact opposite effect on what the advertised intent behind race politics was, and as a result we now get to watch a pointless food fight between the far Left and the far Right, and those of us between them are the only ones getting splattered. I'm so done with this.

[@ge2623]

A strategy as old as time itself: Divide and Conquer.

[@MICHAEL-vy3ch]

Very few people know or could even comprehend that Elton John played at Rush Limbaugh's wedding.

[@justsayin5609]

....or care

[@MICHAEL-vy3ch]

@@justsayin5609 Well, but my point is exactly what Maher is talking about. Nobody fits neatly into the pigeon holes we insist they fit into. Would you expect the grand pubah of right wing radio to invite a gay icon to sing at his wedding, or expect gay icon to sing at the wedding of a right wing grand pubah?

[@AuntieMamies]

​@@MICHAEL-vy3chI would expect the invitation. I wouldn't expect the acceptance of the invitation. Limbaugh made a career out of othering and demonizing the LGBTQ community. I wouldn't expect a black person to show up at a birthday party for a member of the kkk

[@user-pu9kt9ll3k]

Kenya, 1973, myself British and my American wife both teaching near Mombasa. We had a visit from some black American students from Harvard, who were coming "home" to Africa. The reception from black Kenyans was NOT what they expected, who considered them culturally and linguistically "Americans", who just happened to be black. The Americans were surprised and disillusioned, and then went off to Tanzania, to seek a warmer "welcome home" there.

[@user-ws1qf7ol4k]

My father who was born in Italy use to argue with his nephews that he wasn't Italian, he was an American. They claimed to be Italian Americans and were born in the USA!!!!

[@MichaelNolen]

You dad is right, although ha can claim to be a hyphenated American.

[@jesipohl6717]

Maher is a bigot-american

[@bonniejosavland3227]

My dad said Italians were like blacks way back then (my dad died 30 years ago) literally that how Italians were treats back East?!😳😭

[@archghoul4480]

Cool story bro

[@malachi-]

@@bonniejosavland3227 All new immigrants were treated that way throughout history, then it takes the second born in America generation to start blending in and, conforming. 😂 "Well, let me tell you something my Kraut-Mick friend."

[@doneestoner9945]

I agree with Bill. When I fill out a form, if it asks for my race, I write Human.

[@richardeschallert8526]

Well said!

[@gastropod557]

I will say, "No thanks...my legs are too old and arthritic to race."

[@Typhoon792]

That's excellent.

[@rainbo2987]

I was recently asked if I was human before I could resume my Disney+ subscription and I was like...yeah sure whatever, Disney, you're being really weird right now, I just wanted to watch Pirates of the Caribbean??? Like, wtf Disney?

[@d.263]

Excellent answer! When it asks for sex I write "yes please".

[@krashlyboo]

Here i am a Conservative finding common ground with Bill because we are indeed all united in the madness of 2024

[@ladistar]

It’s a clown world bro, absolute clown world

[@ianpatterson3061]

At least at a St. Patrick’s Day parade, everybody’s welcome

[@SpoopsdaGawd]

My politics summed up in 9 mins or less. At this point the 2 party system is a traveling circus that we're forced to pay tickets for and nothing gets done when they leave.

[@RocStarr913]

Republicans don’t believe in elections anymore. Democrats do. Wise up.

[@ClandestineObserver]

Agreed but on the flip side of that token are the third Parties that come and go. They set up their own tents outside the main event and that's all you ever hear from them again. The ambulance chasers of the political world. 😅

[@scottprather5645]

I don't know if you actually follow what's going on in Washington the Democrats try to do legislation for the people and the Republicans obstruct it. Also it's the Republicans that have given these huge tax cuts to the wealthy not the Democrats. If you start paying attention there's a stark difference between the two parties

[@stevenhanson6057]

And the clowns don’t know when to get on the bus

[@2Bluzin]

There is only one party that is a traveling circus, their leader is an orange clown. Not paying both sides are bad game anymore.

[@enockasamba1507]

The real divide is class. 💯

[@blackrocks8413]

yes, the power political class is the only one getting perks

[@NPC123UH]

biden pretenders think they are apart of the elite class that uses them happily as pawns

[@ehrenschopenhauer]

still no, America has the most economic mobility.

[@tammyjohnson1927]

But yet still with all that economic mobility we still have homeless we still have people who don't have enough to eat. We have land to grow food on in abundance.

[@26michaeluk]

​@@ehrenschopenhauer the Numbers show division is class based.

[@Jeremy54321]

probably one of the best new rules of the year. Nicely done Bill.

[@benmclinjr9607]

Yes. We love St. Patrick's day! It makes us the same for one day!

[@carolynsumners4915]

I am a liberal 82 year old who agrees with getting over with the divides!

[@DickNonya]

I'll stop celebrating my culture and heritage and stop cooking my grandmothers recipies, and when asked I'll just be american

[@eduardoalvarez1921]

The progressives shouldn't call themselves liberals. There is nothing liberal about them. I argue that liberal is not fringe progressive left. I call myself an old school liberal that owns guns lol. Every old school true liberal I know is about free thinking and not conforming to the status quo because we are told to. I live the Northwest Oregon Portland area and I miss the old school Portland liberals. They are pretty much all gone by the way. They left when Portland went downhill.

[@Rasarel]

Legalization is the reason republicans lost the last election. Millions who voted Reps in 2016 didn't in 2020, because they want their weed legally...

[@aod_derekjeter4493]

They are literally trying to jail their political opponent

[@Charlii931603]

Weren't old school liberals called out by Malcolm X for their ability to seem like they're forward thinkers when it comes to racial inequality but they are also secretly more racist than those who are blatantly racist?@@eduardoalvarez1921

[@Forge17]

Big problem with identity politics is not realizing the invisible “you don’t matter” sign that everyone you’re not pandering to is seeing. If a politicians’s platform is 75% identity politics for groups you’re not a part of, why would you feel like they’d fight for or represent you? This is coming from someone who is pandered to by the far left.

[@rimrunz1795]

Well put

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

Yeah. I'm not a trans person but I don't see how I could align with Republicans if I was. How many trans people are rich like Kaitlyn Jenner?

[@Forge17]

@@BigBadJerryRogers I agree with that. I wouldn’t expect a transgender person to vote for a candidate that demonizes them for votes.

[@sheli5483]

Yes, that invisible "you don't matter" sign is a big problem. Try to address anything outside the mainstream and there's always an opponent willing to wave that invisible sign for votes. 10 minutes of attention somewhere else means you're losing. Including them excludes you. Zero sum. "They're taking your stuff" is so low down. Makes sure things stay the same.

[@sawtooth808]

@@BigBadJerryRogers And even then, Caitlyn Jenner is by and large against Transgender people 🙄🤦‍♂️

[@juliamariesterling]

So true!!! Thank you and let’s move on!!!

[@jayrutter6111]

The line about Subaru was so spot on!

[@a.j.l3872]

True. My wife is from Africa and when I’m there, people don’t know what the term african American means. They laugh at that.

[@isocarboxazid]

A set of people who have nothing to do with AA people and culture don't understand a cultural phenomenon. Wow. How insightful. You ask them about Chinese and Aleutian experience too? Oh, no, you only mocked The Blacks? Shocker.

[@nikogj8153]

@@isocarboxazidit was such a weird take for him to bring that up

[@isocarboxazid]

@@nikogj8153 Very weird. This is EXACTLY the type of thing that covert racists say. Whatever Bill Maher's pie-in-the-sky dream of colorblindness may be, it's people like the other commenter who perpetuate racism and discrimination. And that's a fact.

[@justjackie7272]

​@@nikogj8153I understood !! I Guess it's a Black Thang👌🏿✊🏿🙏🏾💯🥰😘

[@Cheese-Hound]

My gf is black and she’s just an American. Elon Musk is white and he actually IS an African American.

[@christopherkennedy3026]

Bill frankly you are one of the last Moderate cross-party voices left standing in a country and climate of "partisan divide-no-mater-what" . Thank god for you still saying what needs to be said to (and heard by) both sides.

[@user-nf4tm1fc3x]

Nope! He's flipping.

[@shawnmcarthur9021]

Bill is still Blue no matter who. He just points out the left lunatics. He rarely compliments the right.

[@brendans3817]

⁠@@user-nf4tm1fc3xnope! He’s the same as he always was. Just because someone doesn’t accept the new current “liberal” opinion as holy gospel, casting out all heretics, doesn’t mean they’re flipping. Imo, there isn’t anything in this video that is conservative. I notice a lot of comments on stories about bill from people who have seen a clip or two, and they have a lot to say about his politics in general. I’m fairly confident that he’s the average democratic voter, and he is saying what a lot of people think right here.

[@user-nf4tm1fc3x]

@@brendans3817 Nope. He's sliding.

[@brendans3817]

⁠@@user-nf4tm1fc3xjust cuz you say so. I guess im sliding too. Cuz you say so, without writing anything of any substance

[@christopherbrennan8308]

@realtimewithBillMaher might have been the best rant you’ve had in a long time. Spot on

[@gcolson3388]

Back in the 1970's, I remember reading Ebony Jr, in which they promoted the return home to Africa. I was so excited as a kid at the thought of a massive movement back "home." It's 2025, and I'm still here!

[@racookster]

"The real issue is class, not race." Exactly.

[@nomadicroadrat]

@racookster Marx wrote that back in the 1800s.

[@bxi1547]

No it’s both

[@josephimperatrice5552]

​​@@bxi1547 More class than race. Should LeBron James's children benefit from affirmative action in colleges even though they were born extremely privileged and financially spoiled?

[@pressman1788]

I always thought Politics is the biggest divider

[@Mtl-zf9om]

Nope! It's the lack of condoms.

[@joeloiacono8850]

it's not about race it is about wealth

[@naiyang888]

It’s about race.

[@JM-vj7we]

Obviously you’re not a blk person who lives in the burbs!

[@Chinchilla2310]

You can be black, trans, disabled, etc… as long as you’re wealthy, you wield privilege and have upward trajectory. I’m so tired of seeing it left out as a social factor.

[@dmenace265]

As long as your not white

[@RichardSchiffman-jn1ds]

​@@Chinchilla2310Like AC/DC once eloquently put it: MONEY TALKS! BS WALKS!

[@anderseckstrand7033]

I'm legitimately shocked Bill Maher said the real divide is CLASS and not IDENTITY. Your about 13 years too late Bill but it's good to see you acknowledge what many of us have been saying for years now going back to Occupy WallStreet lol.

[@oldschooltakingyaback]

That first quote about pride is from Carlin, and you should give him credit because that was basically verbatim.

[@michaelmejia8678]

I dream for the day when we can all finally judge each other just by the content of our character, and not by the color of our skin - just like Martin Luther King Jr. himself dreamt of!

[@trumpfailedhaha816]

Mr. King was also a massive socialist who believed in black people getting reparations. Stop inducing his name without knowing his history. Lol

[@adrianjames6736]

how much more could we accomplish if we did not judge?

[@NoOne-bp2jw]

Yeah, good luck with that.

[@goutteoceanique]

“Divide and conquer” have been the political motto for more than 2 millennia. How convenient for politicians when people are too busy fighting each other, so they don’t pay attention to the really important issues… So of course, they precisely cultivate that division. Will humans evolve to “Unite and create peace” ? We simply are just a big family on ONE planet ❤️ Ethnicities and language are just details… or another tool to discover so much more interesting things about life !

[@declanstewart5690]

Differences in peoples is what makes humanity interesting. I don't want to live in a world where everyone looks the same, talks the same, and has the same culture. That sounds very boring.

[@richardknapp8322]

as long as they smell good.@@declanstewart5690

[@wayne4050]

Religion is one of the biggest reasons uniting as one is a long way from happening.

[@rhymeswithsomethingy4766]

I agree. So why is Bill focusing on Democrats instead of Republicans who make every effort to divide?🤔

[@pixelj4877]

@@declanstewart5690 I think you missed the point. No one is arguing for one culture and one language.

[@nilocblue]

"To undo racism, we have to undo our belief in race." Sheena Mason. God that hits hard.

[@peggyhunt2391]

Amen. For years my mantra has been "diversity divides," pointing out that friendships aren't created because of shared differences, but shared interests.

[@declanstewart5690]

The world would be boring without diversity. Even america would be boring if there weren't unique regional cultures.

[@winxclubstellamusa]

EXACTLY!! I have always believed this, and I’m so happy to find someone else who thinks the same.

[@You_Tube_is_retarded]

​@@winxclubstellamusait's a flawed belief, I'm upset that more than 0 people actually believe that or think it. So if you were around a diverse group of people, you feel they will cause division? So instead you'd rather have only those who share your physical and mental aspects, but anything outside of your type(you know, diversity), should be avoided because then it divides us? That makes no sense. Diversity is great, we have a diverse nation with all kinds of people. The answer isn't to ignore and pretend there's no difference in any of us, it's to acknowledge those differences and accept and love each other anyway.

[@winxclubstellamusa]

@@You_Tube_is_retarded focusing on differences can only divide, even if it’s done with “love”, while focusing on similarities and commonalities is what has always unified people. We are more divided and fearful of each other than ever BECAUSE of all of the extremely condescending and all types of -ist “diversity” protocols. Can’t you see how it has destroyed society? Diversity is great only if we are UNIFIED, not divided!!

[@winxclubstellamusa]

@@You_Tube_is_retarded focusing on differences can only divide, even if it’s done with “love”, while focusing on similarities and commonalities is what has always unified people. We are more divided and fearful of each other than ever BECAUSE of all of the extremely condescending and all types of -ist “diversity” protocols. Can’t you see how it has destroyed society? Diversity is great only if we are UNIFIED, not divided!!

[@garyt.8745]

"He burns crosses on _his own_ lawn!" 😂😂

[@NineNine-zz6cs]

what i wrote is Data , please put in on here , i write the way i talk in street = is my life and if humans get mad they have hurt me before because the way i talk < it is what it is <

[@WyldfireKeeper]

He must have been inspired by a skit Dave Chappell did in the 2000s about a blind black KKK leader.

[@tdestroyer4780]

Fbi had a hardon for proud boys for probably beating up an undercover agent pretending to be antifa

[@tellstarrsixtwo7120]

@@WyldfireKeeperThat also inspired German comedians 😄: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2mwhYF3ja5_rqM

[@krisgreenwood5173]

Damn Bill. So much logic. What the hell ? I have to stop hating you. Damn !

[@synthzee]

Amen, Bill.

[@denniskai2331]

This is the best Bill Maher monologue that I've seen in a long, long time. Team Blue - take heed, this is good important stuff.

[@JKnksrsly]

yikes

[@jair2454]

This is Bill accommodating to the left wing, he knows his common sense positions are Raid to his listeners!

[@janebyrne6463]

The Democrats have won the 2022 midterms, and the last few special elections in NY and FL.

[@Soknik01]

@@JKnksrsly yikes what? Did you think what Bill said was invalid? The facts point to him being right on the money.

[@t.s.adrian8785]

I believe @Jknksrsly "yikes" comment is that the DNC will never abandon identity politics. They 100% believe they need to appeal to non-White, non-Christian (quietly!) as much as they can.

[@ELCrisler]

We, as a society, has become to focus on WHAT a person is and not WHO they are. Race, religion, sex, sexuality, gender; all of these do not matter, a person is a person. What they do and how they treat others is more important than any of these.

[@williamlong63]

Exactly true! When we ask the wrong questions we get answers but they just do not help solve the problem.

[@theWayoftheHero]

As a two-spirited, albino, non-binary multi-feathered wolfself, I agree.

[@Whaddayamean13]

That’s the result of government being involved in everything. Government’s design is force incarnate. It’s no secret if you read history. Freedom brings people together.

[@chrisbuesnell3428]

No Dont agree

[@Tijuanabill]

Speak for yourselves, Democrats. At no point in history, have Republicans ever seen it this way. Black Americans were just Americans, on the day our party started, and it's never changed. Sure, there have been some racist Republicans along the way; but at no point ever, has the Republican party engaged in the ideology of groups and group think. The individual is the smallest minority, and the only one that needs to be protected.

[@shoutinshannon]

Any political personality who can criticize their own side has my respect.

[@donb7576]

Well done, Mr Maher

[@k-matsu]

I live in a country where bureaucratic systems dont care about your ethnicity ... just your nationality (though admittedly, society at large isnt quite as indifferent). As a result, the years I spent living in the US were the only time Ive ever been asked "What is your race?" On every single form I ever filled out for a US organization, in the 20-odd years I lived there, I answered the question as follows: "Race: Other (please specify) ____1500 meter hurdles____ I had one or two people look me in the eye for a second, after scanning the form... but nobody ever objected, or even commented. I guess they were just too embarrassed to have asked the question in the first place.

[@fiddlerontheroof4099]

To be clear, though: there *should* be a Peanut's Special for St. Patrick's Day. 🤣 somebody has gotta make this happen!

[@paulzammataro7185]

😂

[@patpowers9210]

The Simpsons did it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIWUm4OceZtqpJYsi=3qa6AQWftjNqjCCP

[@LividImp]

Only if we can have Snoopy getting busted by the cops for pissing on a wall, a completely shitfaced Peppermint Patty and Marci going at it hot and heavy next to a dumpster, and Charlie Brown finally snaps and beats the living shit outta Lucy for she yanking the football from him for the last time.

[@nealfager8126]

One of the best things about America is that it was supposed to be a “Melting Pot” of many different cultures!

[@DelroyGill]

When the audience laughed at Raven Simone saying she had “Roots in Louisiana” that’s the real

[@SkiKoala]

The more we point out our differences, the more we take note of them. We are all people at the end of the day. Everyone is different but we don't need those things shoved down our throats all the time. Just live and let live.

[@DickNonya]

Pull your head out! Differences are to be celebrated. Culture is a beautiful thing. Stop being ignorant

[@pneulancer]

My sentiments exactly. I truly think the "powers that be" take joy in keeping the underclass at odds with each other. The better to fuck us all over! ....Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain....

[@waynetoombs4132]

Loser

[@anirudhthakore8741]

"Class, not race". Preach brother!

[@bamboosho0t]

We used to be about class, before a "small" rebellion in Jamestown, 1676. That's when we switched from class and economics, to racial hierarchy. And the remnants of that de jure system still linger on a de facto level.

[@k_hack9441]

And yet the uneducated lower/ middle class flock toward obvious lies, and vote against their own self interests

[@svscared]

More so political affiliation but yeah race definitely isn't the number one divider by prejudice anymore.

[@TheDreadfulCurtain]

Class and race ?

[@Hirnlego999]

He also preachers for the invisible hand

[@AntoniusNV]

One of Bill's better segments for sure.

[@deanna24x7]

word! 🎯 love this 😀 thank you!!!

[@masterchinese28]

Within three generations of my family, we have Dutch, Finnish, Ivoirian, Chinese, Filipino, Indonesian and Mexican and we love every one of them and nobody is our favorites. The concept of "diversity is our strength" is what each of us brings to the table, nothing more and nothing less. We are all family, and we are there for each other and that is how we should be for our compatriots, regardless of their backgrounds.

[@eln5343]

Kumusta ang araw mo? Mitä kuuluu? :)

[@masterchinese28]

@@eln5343 Haha! Kumusta po kayo! That's the limit of my Tagalog. I'll let my sister-in-law respond to the Finnish. I'm happy to share a 你好吗？Comment vas-tu? Or a "howdy"! in the languages that I speak.

[@typetwo]

'Diversity' is a totally paradoxical concept to unite around. If you don't agree then how about 'diversity of opinion' about whether it is important? Actually it is shared tolerance and accommodation of difference that is your unifying value. If ever those 'cultural or ideological differences' threaten to undermine your own other core values, you might change your tune.

[@ademosthenes4911]

Maybe for some diversity is their strength, to me is just division, and no country is more divided than this one.

[@willieholmes1483]

What is the third nationality you mentioned?

[@NoisyMayhemInc]

Black Irish heritage is why I don’t drink I don’t like waking up in the afternoon both hungover and yet somehow still drunk 😁

[@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry]

I call bullshit. If you were really Irish you'd never be hung over and it would be no mystery as to why you're still drunk. And what the hell's this "sleep" thing you're talkin' about?

[@mariebussinger6565]

The purpose of many holidays is profit.

[@elijah9585]

Exactly!

[@jnightshade4379]

Many things at once. Thank you!

[@ScaredyCatTactical]

The diploma divide deserves serious attention. It is real no matter how each side wants to ignore it. Real education, no indoctrination, is the way out of this mess we're in.

[@courtneymeehan504]

Education got us in this mess...

[@ScaredyCatTactical]

@@courtneymeehan504 I mean it in the real sense. Math. Science. History. Not this social engineering that's being done today.

[@courtneymeehan504]

@@ScaredyCatTactical Ah, ok that I can get on board with.

[@MsBhappy]

Enlightenment revival is the only solution. Taking politics, DEI (as it currently is) and geopolitics out of academic institutions is the path forward.

[@andyl8055]

The Lady of Justice is typically depicted blind.

[@anaibarangan4908]

I think that means that blind justice is doled out, and if blinded? Too bad.

[@mohonamukherjee2511]

1. She isn't blind, she's blindfolded. 2. And no, it doesn't mean blind justice is doled out - it means justice does not discriminate based on how a person looks or WHO they are. But on pure facts of the case.

[@MichaelJohnson-hx7qi]

Blind folded and being Blind isn’t the same thing … We need to reform the justice system top to bottom…. Our Supreme Court judges are cashing in. Who’s buying them ?

[@rinobratelli609]

Bravo! Finally a news commentator describing that we need to come together! ALL OF US!!

[@DesertlizzyThe]

Amen to all

[@davidwild2]

Spot on. Take a look at the 1%. That’s where the politics really is.

[@romanpaladino]

Exactly!

[@abw48]

Mr Maher is one of the 1%.. He hates walls and guns while living behind a massive wall in the Hollywood Hills and protected by a bunch of men carrying guns..

[@erichancock6815]

More so than ever: they own & operate a growing majority of both sides of the political aisle by owning & operating both sides of the media aisle to control both sides of a growing majority of the electorate. Hitler & countless other dictators, cult leaders, kings, queens, etc. could never imagine having the level of influence over the masses the corporate & cultist ruling class enjoy today, with their capabilities to target & manipulate specific demographics growing by the minute, all to keep those in the sheep distracted by having those in the middle keep hating & fighting with those on the bottom of the social ladder.

[@direwolf6234]

actually it's also about the 9% just below them .. that group has 60% of the wealth ...

[@Simon-talks]

I wish biden hadn't done so much damage to the country in just 3 years. Record crime, homelessness, inflation, people having to work 3 jobs to survive, open borders,(vote fraud scheme), our once beautiful cities are now zombie/crime wastelands.....people want their America back. That's why we need Trump again and smart people are voting for him now.

[@CashKingMarcus]

This might be the most sensible thing on KZbin at the moment

[@searchdiva]

30 years ago completing a Sociology degree learning that the Watt's riots were about class, not race. Thank you Bill for saying the real issue in class not race.

[@mtshasta4195]

Two drunks in a bar had been guzzling for an hour. Finally, one guy turns to the other and says you look familiar.. The other guy says you do too! A few minutes later, the 2nd guy said I went to St Marys High School in 85.. The other guy says, So did I!! The phone rang, and the bartender picked up.. He said oh not much going on here, just the O'Shaunessey twins just getting drunk again...

[@mostunclean6619]

In my opinion there is only one race, the human race.

[@Nathan-gd7xq]

God you're deep.

[@JakeC-xx8zq]

Try telling that to the woke.

[@tinatidmore3809]

And that is what I answer every time I am asked, including the Census.

[@ceciliaFX]

​@@JakeC-xx8zq Please stop using a term you don't understand the meaning of.

[@awalton9024]

@@ceciliaFX If that's the criteria all but a few dozen people would have to stop using it. 🤭

[@mosierbuild]

Blasted that monolog out of the stratosphere!! Bravo Mr Maher.

[@user-ts7ns7bt2v]

Nah. Still pushing us to Communism.

[@nealfager8126]

Irish people saying “Everyone is Irish on St. Paddy’s Day” is like saying “Everyone please appropriate Irish culture”!

[@Duffield_World89]

Bill Maher keep doing your thing OG laughter is much needed 👍😁✌️✌️

[@Manikromantik]

Amen, sir. Identify politics is not liberalism. ^THIS is liberalism.

[@DickNonya]

I'm so ashamed of celebrating my heritage and cooking my grandmother's recipes. I guess I'll just be white bread flag waving murican from now on. Why would anyone be proud of their culture when we have meatloaf and chicken wings we can identify with

[@LividImp]

To be fair, most "progressives" look down their nose at liberalism, equating it to libertarianism.

[@Wicked_Sushi]

New Zealander here and believe me, we're not immune to progressive segregation and identity politics. I think people of all persuasions (as opposed to thinking in terms of us or them) are sick of it. We all (really - ALL) have a lot more in common than we don't.

[@RLee-we1fc]

I'm American and when I think of New Zealand all I think about is woke politics

[@_mnl_]

lol you don't have to tell us New Zealand has a problem with identity politics

[@holmesd5003]

I really wish Bill would of been this insightful 6-8 years ago

[@brianesbaugh6897]

Even though I was a gigantic Bill Maher fan at one point… And then shortly after became a huge “unfan”…. you got to give it to him… Sometimes he does speak gems. And this was one of em

[@ChOOHbacca]

I love how the audience reaction has become more supportive of common-sense commentary as extreme social censorship has started losing its grip. Glad to see it. Thanks for consistently towing the common sense line, Bill.

[@kimwilliamson7880]

So agree with you Bill. Our clueless mayor in Kansas City Missouri is a black separatist who has organized a committee on reparations, and a“ village “ for LBTGQ people.He has paralyzed the police with false claims of racial profiling and is so tone deaf he implied the Governor was racist for calling the young black men who shot 22 people at a Super Bowl celebration “thugs”. He may be genuinely obsessed with race and orientation but is clearly causing division to further his aims of obtaining a Senate seat. Hopefully the rest of the state of Missouri is not as stupid as Kansas City and will end his political ambitions. He at least reveals a reason why Trump won the State in two elections.

[@xhagast]

Trump and the RepubliKKKans are winning out of sheer disgust. These "woke" Dems are not actually as destructive as the Conservatards, they only look and feel it. But they are getting there.

[@bunk95]

Missouri is fictional. One of my slaves is being marketed as mayor of Kansas City, Missouri to you? Others too?

[@mountainmidget1975]

The most complete and beautiful example of this day and age we're living in. Thank you Bill!

[@user-ec3ws9vs6c]

I'm irish, and i would love to see an end to paddys day. well spoken Bill

[@nancynaylor6731]

While the wider point is reasonable, I disagree on St. Patrick's Day. I think that all cultures should make St. Patrick's Day a model for all cultural holidays. It's just a fun, inclusive, lighthearted day where they generally discuss about oppression or complain about cultural appropriation. Everybody who wants to be Irish on St. Patrick's Day, can be Irish! Every culture should celebrate their holidays this way!

[@DG-gz1oe]

Then call it Irish Heritage Day or something like that. St Patrick was captured by pirates as a young man, was a slave in Ireland for many years, escaped and went home to England, and then returned as a Christian missionary to Ireland. I wonder if he would be pleased with what the holiday named for him has turned out to be. Not likely.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

​@@DG-gz1oe who cares what he would think. Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland so it's basically the Irish national day.

[@bencullen8480]

Why would you celebrate another culture’s holiday if you have nothing to do with it? 😂 and I know, you’re “all Irish” somehow and with that you feel you have some right. I also know “this is just how Americans are” and my response is always the same, “what, pricks?”

[@sideshowbob]

St Patrick was a Dominionist who forced Christianity on pagan Ireland - "driving the snakes out" is an allegory for this. Also, yeah, binge drinking is not an appropriate way to "all be Irish on St Paddy's day". Just as Awful as Columbus Day.

[@chesterdonnelly1212]

@@sideshowbob is it just as awful as Columbus Day though? Some people are really offended by Columbus Day. Some people might not like St Patrick's Day but no one is offended by it.

[@chewiebacka4377]

True, but then you hear these communities saying the Dems aren't doing enough for them. So where do you go next?

[@vic77789]

Ask not what your government can do for you but what you can do for community!!

[@rachaeljordan2209]

What communities?

[@Calliegun]

Ignore them? They are called the vocal minority for a reason. The idiot trump is going to win this election and it's 100% these peoples fault. What do you think happens when your party only panders to only a small portion of their base, and tells the rest they are wrong and racist.

[@Calliegun]

Ignore them? They are called the vocal minority for a reason. What do you think happens when your party only panders to a small portion of their base, and tells the rest they are wrong and racist.

[@JCChavz]

The best advice I ever got as a young Mexican immigrant who eventually graduated from college was: always vote republican.

[@jasonwardy8192]

Well said Bill. Marvelous commentary. Keep up the great work 😎

[@quicoboy]

...we are great and are many multitudes...if we contradict ourselves, then we contradict ourselves...lol...and the powerful play goes on...WOOOOOOOOO!!!...

[@juleeflicker5759]

Good talk! I've had those feelings for years, nice to hear someone say it so beautifully!

[@etch-a-sketch]

I‘ve been feeling this way for some time. Bout time Bill covered this, again and again and again.

[@nickengstrom1983]

Amen x 1000

[@jfhorselenberg7778]

This is this the most hilarious show, u given thx😂😊 ❤

[@humanonearth1]

Every once and a while Bill redeems himself. It's confusing but also glorious. I guess it's a bit meta here, he doesn't really fall into a neat box. He'll make you cringe and he'll make you clap.

[@dmenace265]

That’s because it’s not his thoughts, duhhhhh

[@ocox8659]

The Ukrainian flag profile pic is so 2022 😂

[@humanonearth1]

@@ocox8659 How those rubles working out for ya?

[@TheRogueEmpire]

he is always on point

[@dufftillottson3776]

I think you’re on to something here Bill-“It’s a Barfight Charlie Brown”😂

[@williamoverton7775]

kaitlen jenner was an olympic athlete that counts as an expert opinion.

[@user-re6zg4wd7c]

Still, under it all a guy with a lifetime of experience in being that. Expanding his/now her mind cannot erase that knowledge

[@allensmith7626]

Being open honest and "poking" fun on both sides of the isle - is real entertainment. Bill you have a great show. Bipartisan political jokes a winner