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[@bourbonbrigade1968]

Props to Bill for speaking on this, and props to HBO for giving him the freedom to do so.

[@dhokanson55]

HBO probably regrets it.

[@tonytravels2494]

@@dhokanson55 Not yet. Bill's big enough and has banked enough goodwill already to be able to rock it for now.

[@091461]

HBO get zero props. At 10:30AM today HBO is airing TRANSHOOD. “Four kids and their families unmask the intimate realities of how gender fluidity is reshaping the family next door,…..” WTF. And this is programming for kids.

[@clardanky9776]

Yes cause many are starting to realize that it's getting out of hand!

[@thesouringgentleman]

Props to HBO for airing this ignorance. The same exact graph could be used for people who identified as left handed. That graph plateaued once it was no longer a crime, or seen as evil to be left handed. The gender graph will plateau in the same way.

[@darhaha3391]

"Children are impressionable and very very stupid." Give this man an Emmy.

[@mnomadvfx]

Not stupid, just lacking experience and knowledge. Naive or ignorant would be a more accurate term.

[@resevoirdog]

@@mnomadvfx well said

[@Ms-er1bq]

​@@mnomadvfx What an ouroburos then. Stupid means "having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense". I'm not sure I would feel better about being called naive which means "lacking common sense" and/or ignorant which means "lacking intelligence". It all adds back up to stupid truly.

[@ChristopherMurphy1969]

STUPID (adj) - 1. Slow of mind. 2. Given to unintelligent decisions or acts: acting in an unintelligent or careless manner. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) I’d say the definition of “stupid” perfectly describes human beings of all ages, but especially children. As a father and bonus-father of a total of 7 children, I can testify to the accuracy of Bill’s word choice.

[@23calvken]

Ever try talking to one? They’re wrong about everything, much like the Republican Party…O!

[@SurSpir]

Bill Maher and Ricky Gervais are carrying George Carlin's torch. Thank you guys!

[@charlespark490]

lol, he's stealing Paul Lynde's schtick! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqGqaaOHiZWLndE

[@DeeTee79]

My single issue with this video is that I can only “Like” it once.

[@gmansgnarlyscienceshow2820]

As Bill Maher said, “Maybe the girl who hates girly stuff just needs to learn that being female doesn’t mean you have to act like a Kardashian.”

[@desilu860]

Amen 💯 👏 👏

[@xxxgrimmjobxxx]

Truer words have never been spoken!

[@sgshaday]

The tomboy should make a come back. I grew up as a tomboy but understood, thanks to my parents, that I wasn't a boy nor did I need to be one. I could be a nerdy girl that grew up into hunting and sports while keeping my pulp fiction, science fiction and fantasy likes, and that was fine.

[@scottcebulski4350]

That just shows that you aren’t understanding the issue. Why would you think that people hadn’t already thought of this? You honestly believe trained therapists and psychiatrists never once thought that some characteristics are shared by gay and trans people? Your fear of trans is making you not think straight.

[@gforce9596]

@@sgshaday and no one nudged you into taking hormones, which at any age has deep consequences (some not so desirable like health problems).

[@xilebat]

He'll never be a conservative, but he does have a functioning BS meter. I can respect that much.

[@MrSpencerport]

" a functioning BS meter. " Yes, Bill Mahar does occasionally stumble on to the truth.

[@robfut9954]

Deep down he’s conservative. He just won’t admit it to himself.

[@jacobfromallstate4963]

I think mostly like Maher, and I'm sure he doesn't want to be a conservative because most conservatives think EVERYTHING is some super deep conspiracy and are extremely religious and want to make everything spiritual. Can't get the last bit of toothpaste out of the tube? That's because of SATAN.

[@Scbirdsfan803]

@@robfut9954 he’s definitely a moderate at least. He just doesn’t like conservative politicians. And I don’t blame him. But he’s like millions and millions others, have seen enough of the lunacy from the “progressives”.

[@robfut9954]

@@Scbirdsfan803 too bad the Democratic Party can’t be more like him. They’ve slid so far left that they’re impossible to identify with these days

[@dylansmith880]

That was 9 minutes of truth. As a parent, I thank you for using your platform to say what needs to be said.

[@soccerguy325]

This is 9 minutes of shit. Bill doesn't once refer to the science of the matter which unambiguously points in favor of gender affirming care. It's 100% feels-based, which is so disappointing considering Bill isn't a parent and usually knows how much parents can be so easily manipulated by scary kid-based fearmongering.

[@highroller-jq3ix]

Why does homophobic hysteria need to be said, and what does it have to do with actual parenthood?

[@dylansmith880]

@@highroller-jq3ix not wanting gender affirming care for minors isn’t homophobic hysteria. Gender affirming care for minors is child abuse plain and simple.

[@jaycoopz2152]

He was part of the problem tone deaf for sure...to late buddy you crested the problem

[@jaycoopz2152]

​@highroller-jq3ix how is it homophobic to talk about transgender they're two different groups of people

[@beluza_gaijin]

I am a gay man and I stand with this man's point of view.

[@familiecole]

It's more than a point of view. He's making factual statements dressed up as comedy.

[@Truth_In_Numbers]

We need more of you standing up against this insanity.

[@user-xu6bv7yh2j]

How would you know? arrogant

[@acrane1100]

I’m a straight white man and I agree also.

[@user-xu6bv7yh2j]

@@acrane1100 what do you agree with? People can decide for themselves who they are - you don't get a say - just like no one tells you

[@deebee4622]

Couldn't stop laughing when Bill said, " I wanted to be a pirate. Thank God nobody scheduled me for eye removal and peg leg surgery"

[@thomasminot9799]

Yes that had me in stitches too - definitely the funniest ending to a new rule I've heard :D

[@victoriarosario3338]

I'm still laughing! 🤣😂

[@macalister8881]

Sweet pickles baby thats some funny shit .

[@vinlondon8904]

I'm completely jaw dropped in all this situation. Who on earth would do such thing to their own children? Not even the weirdest cult in human history have played with children like this. Who are these people? What motivates them behind their decision? It seems to me that this was all planned out decades ago. Let's have "women liberation".....let's have "sexual liberation"......let's have "gay liberation" .......let's have "gender fluidity liberation". They made a lot of people think they were free....then they convince them of being bisexual.....then being gay......now being trans.....I agree with Bill that is a trend.....but this trend was socially engineered long long ago. What is the end goal in here? You have many cultures in the east that are disgusted by all of this. It's a matter of time before these cultures will widen their differences to such a degree that it will clash in a world war. I fear for the future of my kids.

[@davismize]

@@vinlondon8904 It is by design. By the very people you have identified as being disgusted by it. They were jealous of our freedoms. The Marxists. They captured our three branches. Through blackmail and greed they control congress, Governorships, and Secretaries of State and Attorneys General across our nation. They've been stealing our way of life, our taxes and our Elections. In two months the truth will have already been brought to light. Pray people.

[@b_andrew]

As a democrat and gay guy I want to say this: thank you Bill for saying this out loud. Kids should not make these kinds of life-changing decisions.

[@giants8585]

You know this is really what the Florida bill is about. It was never the dont say gay bill that the left tagged it as. It truly was about the transgender fad that is sweeping through the children. Let me be clear anyone who does have to suffer through that truly, I feel bad for them. The ones that are dealing with the true mental anguish of not knowing their own bodies. Its not meant to stifle those but to slow down this very dangerous trend that is trivializing gender dysphoria to something akin to changing a shirt.

[@user-ib3kb1fd1c]

Fr

[@lockandloadlikehell]

Or abusive adults for them esp the kids that have no inclination to bring trans or gay Some parents are sick and would do something like that to their children just to hurt them

[@paxhumana2015]

Neither should adults.

[@Sp4cecase]

You're not gay and this segment is bigoted trash for old people who are scared of change.

[@soulfoodie1]

This is what Jon Stewart, John Oliver , Steven Colbert and others should be saying. Bravo Bill Maher for saying what needed to be said

[@japaneserequired6314]

yeah John Stewart is really all in on this.

[@Yami_Spirit]

On a different note, I was kinda disappointed John Oliver recently defended the trans person who won the girls swimming competition and didnt make any comment on how absurd it was that they were allowed to compete in the first place

[@g.d.graham2446]

Indeed, or the issues with pornography and what that's done to relationships these days

[@whiteknob7944]

Jon went from speaking for veterans to speaking for trannies.

[@Rasarel]

​@@g.d.graham2446 It's a question of a point of view. In ancient Greece there wasn't any such thing as herero-homo program. All the Greeks had anal sex and watched theater. Who didn't have anal sex was called barbarian. They didn't understand that someone could have sex just with women or just with men. All of them had sex with both. You see, nowadays society is biased programmed robots believing they are this or that. Nobody is anything. It's all just a program in your mind. Nothing else.

[@crimetimewithjess5366]

"It's not always about you" - thank you Bill, I'm so glad someone in your position finally just said it.

[@highroller-jq3ix]

Except that he has stopped saying it about wingnut fundies and has now become their mouthpiece.

[@VisionsOfSpy]

People on the right have been saying it for decades.

[@highroller-jq3ix]

@@VisionsOfSpy Yes, people on the right have been spewing hateful, bigoted, homophobic propaganda for years.

[@ForeverBennett]

@@highroller-jq3ix what's wingnut fundies?

[@highroller-jq3ix]

@@ForeverBennett You probably meant what are wingnut fundies, right?

[@alhugo4722]

“Not everything is about you.” Best thing I’ve ever heard Bill say.

[@nikaley]

I could say the same about straight cis gender people in their 50s-70s. Somehow the younger cis men don‘t feel threatened or offended by the existence of trans people. Every time the same thing. The gays had to fight to get SOME acceptance and empathy and now we‘re doing it all over again with trans people. I mean, why even make it a topic? It‘s clearly populistic and honestly a little narrow-minded in my point of view. But yay freedom of speech ~

[@alhugo4722]

@@nikaleyAnd yet you couldn’t let it go. The focus had to come back to you.

[@peterlane7128]

@@alhugo4722 idk what they said, but they deleted their comment.

[@hvmetalwarmonger178]

Everything is about you unless it impinges the rights of someone else. That is what it means to have freedom. How does one's sexual orientation impinge upon the rights of another?

[@johnnyr701]

@@hvmetalwarmonger178 simple, they start indoctrination of my children in school, or go after an employer because they dare to have a different point of view, or teachers and professors getting fired because they question anything…..that’s all the left has done is go after the rights of others that differ from them…

[@tj_6964]

I’m a gay man and I agree. I don’t celebrate pride because well, being gay is just something I am, but it’s not all who I am. In fact, “gay” isn’t even among the first dozen words I’d use to describe myself. Just don’t want to be shunned for it is all. And to be quite honest, I find a lot of modern trans ideology to be w*ke h*mophobia

[@coachjoe3074]

Midwestern straight white dude here. Most of us echo the sentiment. We TRULY don't care what anyone does or doesnt do with their bits. We're just tired of hearing about it everywhere. A person's preferred hole for pleasure doesn't rank anywhere on my list of qualities I use to evaluate their chatacter. I have no desire to know about anyone's sex life, straight, gay, bi, incel, or otherwise. If we just kept private life private, we would solve a lot of our problems. If nobody knows your sexual preference, you can't perceive that people are using it against you.

[@yahyarajaee5883]

Thank you for this. Unfortunately it’s so much better when a gay person says this.

[@jellybellytelly]

Yeah, everyone is totally accepting of gay and trans people and they are never shunned from any communities. What are they even complaining about? 🙃

[@stephaniemanchester-chermo3840]

@@jellybellytelly . Maybe subconsciously they’re upset that their attention getting “go too”isn’t going to get anyone excited anymore and now they’re just another person doing boring people stuff like everyone else. Maybe they just need to up the bar and go full furry or maybe some other outwardly repulsive lifestyle if there even exists one these days?

[@tj_6964]

@@stephaniemanchester-chermo3840 I am perfectly happy being a boring, unremarkable person. I frankly don’t want the attention of the public, nor do I have any intentions to be a public figure. I’m just a dude, who happens to be gay, and wants to be left alone.

[@mgirl30]

I'm conservative and love Bill Maher/can appreciate his humor even on the issues where we don't exactly see eye to eye/think he's hysterical! That is talent. And yes, just common sense. Gives me just a little more hope for this experiment we call the United States.

[@janetbarkwith]

I was a tomboy when I was a kid. Hated "girly" things, and despised those girls who screamed and snivelled at everything, which seemed to my eyes to be almost every girl except me. I wanted to be a cowboy (not cow girl) or failing that, a pirate, and I loved climbing trees. I was always with the boys, and they were happy to have me, apparently, since they never drove me away like they did with other girls. I was the despair of my mother, who desperately wanted a pink, frilly, girly girl. I'm still pretty much the same, but happily married with two kids. I like dressing up in nice clothes and jewellery at the appropriate time, though I'm probably happiest in jeans and boots on the farm with my horses. These days I would definitely have been steered towards gender change treatments, and probably have been miserable for the rest of my life. What people are doing to children now is utterly immoral. Joseph Mengele would have been proud of today's experimental child abusers.

[@MWSfan18]

Good thing no one scheduled you for eye removal and peg-leg surgery!

[@janetbarkwith]

@@MWSfan18 You got that right! I might have accepted a parrot, though 😌

[@seansmith6255]

Perfectly put

[@texassquids]

Pretty sure no one and I mean NO ONE is steering their children to transgender.

[@Lisargarza]

Janet, yours is an important voice that more people should listen to. I wasn’t a “tomboy” but I also wasn’t a girly-girl either. Thankfully, we both grew up in a time when you didn’t have to fit into a box that someone else designed.

[@stefaniasiembab2231]

This is not a satire anymore but reality. Thank you Bill.👍

[@noobicalnoob8073]

Why do you have a problem with Trans people?

[@ghostofsilence2697]

Not necessarily, he says the amount of lgbtq people coming out nowadays is more than double what it was a few generations ago. This is true but then he takes it to the conclusion that by 2050 everyone would be lgbtq, this is a logical falicy at best. Not everyone is gay or trans or what have you and being such isn't something that can be taught or forced into existence at any age, we know this because being straight isn't something that can be taught or forced into existence at any age, believe me we tried. Conversion therapy even back when it's practices were blatantly tantamount to torture it still didn't work. If it didn't work for gays it won't work for straights plain and simple. Now that we have that out of the way, with increasing acceptance of lgbtq people you will predictably see an uptick in population that identifies as such, but after a certain point that number will plateau, same way it happened for left handed people in the 1920s and 1930s, (when before even then being left handed was considered taboo). We saw the same growing of general acceptance, individuals who came out, and the same predictable plateau. not all people are left handed and not all people are lgbtq, that fact will not change. As for the puberty blocker stuff, we have over 30 years of research already put into the effects of it especially in children, considering one of its original purposes was to treat early onset breast cancer in children. The only real danger that is consistent across the board is very rare cases of temporarily reduced bone density. A lot of context is left out here and I don't blame Bill at all for it considering not everyone knows about this stuff yet but I'd imagine after a session of answering some of these questions we can clear up a lot of the misconceptions

[@draum8103]

He didn't understand the LGBT community AT ALL in this clip, it is really disingenuous and insulting. It is not that suddenly more people want to be lgbt, it is simply they are more comfortable identifying that way. It's really shameful what he said here trying to say that is wrong over and over again...

[@someguy7805]

@@draum8103 Oh, bullshit!

[@Ismael-kc3ry]

@@someguy7805 a sound argument

[@jhartley8441]

the best written and most accurate monologue Maher has ever done...

[@july9566]

Watch him 5 ten 15 years ago ....

[@followsthestars]

I agree with you!

[@robc8593]

Simply the best clip I have seen in youtube in several years, I thought I was alone in thinking some of these things. Clearly not!

[@QmVuamFtaW4]

@@robc8593 ur not alone mate, you are never alone.

[@Grantacre]

He articulates what I’ve been thinking for months!!

[@sandystrait3878]

This video needs 7.5 billion views.

[@user-xu6bv7yh2j]

are you scared? lol

[@sandystrait3878]

@@user-xu6bv7yh2j I have faced death. I have stood over the blood soaked dead. Ignorance and stupidity are terrifying. Thankfully they are also self limiting. This madness will end and history will record this period as one of intense social delusion. The end of each of us is closely tied our capacity to resist the tyranny of stupid people in positions of power.

[@bobdam4478]

after 18 do what you want. Before 18 NO!! changing gender should be an adult choice ONLY!!

[@vadenthakkar]

Agreed 💯

[@susancampbell4062]

I'm well over 18, so I can identify as a vampire bat! That's good to know...

[@SergioValenti-ow2gg]

​@@susancampbell4062 as long as your not hurting anyone, supporting yourself and a good bat yea go-ahead be you

[@SG-sf7sn]

Can't smoke or drink til 21. Make it 21. Better yet, kids are on their on their parents' health insurance until 25 years old. Make it that.

[@justincary6180]

It’s nice to hear someone whose political views are the exact opposite of mine still have some common sense.

[@jimspy1001]

@@andreamadden9153 what da Fuk is your major malfunction? How is a Vietnamese cooking show relevant?

[@russelljordan7688]

Eh I'm libertarian so I'm always half and half. So guess I won't ever get this it'll just be people I disagree with being sensible or possibly I find it out I may be wrong on something. You never know how these discussions, debates or arguments will go.

[@sebastiandelao6661]

Huh?

[@davidhill2618]

Ok you've been heard now go away

[@s70driver2005]

You know not all liberals are stupid.

[@yardengali]

"if kids knew what they want to be at 8, the world would be full of cowboys and princesses"😂

[@Fung43]

Something a little scary to think about is how this isn’t true anymore. Little kids grow up wanting to be KZbinrs. Their fantastical thinking of what their future holds has been replaced with the industry

[@yardengali]

@@Fung43 Actually the 8 year olds that I know want to be inventors, footballplayers, Olympic athletes, vets... things like that. Granted...I do not live in the US but in Europe. I can only speak for my neck of the woods.

[@drmachinewerke1]

Astronaut’s and fighter pilots

[@drmachinewerke1]

@James Brice get with the wrong woman and you may create one.

[@Freakazoid12345]

I got the cowboy surgery and regretted it.

[@TheDeecue]

That end bit about Bill wanting to be a pirate when he was a child and then thanking God that no one scheduled him for one eye removal and peg leg surgery was spot on and made me burst out laughing...clever

[@RocStarr913]

It trivializes the struggles of gay and trans people though. People in this world still will beat or even kill you just for being gay or trans.

[@mattbasford6299]

It was clever. The truth hurts sometimes

[@GigaChadh976]

@@RocStarr913most trans deaths are suicides

[@RocStarr913]

@laurakasbar4039 You don’t choose to be gay.

[@scottmiller8617]

​@RocStarr913 oh please, Bill was supporting gay marriage before you gave your first blow job. Gay and trans issues aren't the same. A lot of gay people aren't in lockstep with what the trans activists want.

[@Heathcoatman]

Half of it is "Look at me, I'm special and interesting now".

[@drek9k2]

Which what's pretty funny about that, and here's the thing about previous generations of lgwifi password, is that it was about passing and blending in before, just like prior to the 2010s it was more about normalization and equal rights. Like nobody actually wanted to be outlandish than drag queens or whatever, most people were trying to pass or blend in and fly under the radar. This is the complete exact opposite. It's the same thing as with all these fake disorders, people with REAL disorders aren't trying to get attention, they are literally trying (and often failing) to do exactly the complete f'ing opposite which is to blend in. Like kids who have bipolar or narcolepsy or tourettes, the last thing ANY of those kids want to do is draw more attention to their disorder, it's unbelievably mortifying, you DON'T want people to know that you are depressed. Like with cutters, I think most cutters I knew had hidden them, some pretty well. This is why so many girls had them on inner thighs or ankles or some shit.

[@Heathcoatman]

@@drek9k2 One thing to always remember is that society as a whole follows trends. If something is hip and wild and makes you seem interesting, others will start copying it. If anyone thinks that young people arent willing to alter their identity in order to elevate their social media standing, they are delusional. When I was a kid the only people who had tattoos were bikers, convicts and ex-military. Seriously. Then tattoos became a popular way to show how unique and rebellious you were and next thing you know, everyone has tattoos. People become addicted to them. What they are really addicted to is the attention. "Hey, check out my new piece". Look at dreadlocks in the NFL. Originally there were one or two guys with dreads. Then 5. Now its 20 guys per team and now dreads are popular and trending upwards in the gen pop. The ultimate irony is that things become trendy because they are unique, different. As soon as they become trendy the uniqueness is gone. People are so anxious to stand out and be unique, that they fall in line with all of the other 'unique' people. Same applies to this topic.

[@user-xu6bv7yh2j]

how would you know? Arrogant - no evidence

[@Heathcoatman]

@@user-xu6bv7yh2j Explain the regional aspect that Bill was talking about. Why is it happening more in LA than in Green Bay? This isnt twitter, you arent going to get pats on the back for virtue signaling here. Be ignorant over there, it's welcomed.

[@Heathcoatman]

@@user-xu6bv7yh2j And of course, the troll has a brand new youtube account, how different.

[@changemymind8692]

"Maybe the girl who hates girly stuff just needs to learn that being female doesn't mean you have to act like a Kardashian." That was strong. Funny, but strong.

[@garros]

Or maybe you have absolutely NO idea what you're talking about. Seriously... Maybe you should just let people be who they want to be, because it doesn't affect you in the slightest. Live and let live, mind your own business and realise that people don't have to conform to forms of being or thinking that others are comfortable with. Simple as that.

[@changemymind8692]

This is too complex to try to argue on a KZbin comment thread. But if a kid likes the characteristics of the opposite gender and chooses to pursue acting them out it’s his or her prerogative. It’s when someone wants to defy physical nature by amputating themselves that should raise questions about someone’s mental well being. And the same can be said about “normal people” doing culturally accepted cosmetic surgery. I’m one who can care less if you chop off or artificially add anything from or to your body. I just laugh when you demand from me to believe your lies when things are blatantly obvious….you’re either born male or female, period.

[@EB321]

@@changemymind8692 exactly. The trans activists say the most sexist and homophobic stuff!

[@heydeanie]

it was also spot on accurate lol

[@hideouspatje]

@@changemymind8692 tell that to people born with both male and female genitals....

[@rachellesawyer6523]

Thank you Bill for speaking up for children who are innocent and vulnerable. Thank you Bill for speaking out with facts and truth with a sense of humour

[@castroowens1927]

Yeah whatever Liberal

[@castroowens1927]

@@yardengali Well I suppose that's one point of view. But I am not just going to take things at face value. How do you know he is really criticizing them what if he is just being paid off by a higher force?

[@castroowens1927]

@@yardengali You know Corruption. Or even plotting some ambitious long shot political run?

[@castroowens1927]

@@yardengali Okay that's great... but he might literally be saying this for attention by point is how do you Maher is genuine?

[@JDnFL]

@@castroowens1927 In your expert opinion, tell us how you know he's not genuine? Little history for you. Believe it or not, liberals from his generation are not the unhinged and mentally inept liberals under the age of 35 today. He's been consistently saying these things for years, go out do the research and get the answers for yourself.

[@GixxerRider1991]

Spot on, Bill. As a bisexual man, all I ever wanted was to be able to love who I choose in my personal life and be left alone. I absolutely don't blame people for not wanting slogans and rainbow shit shoved down their throats constantly. I'm even sick of it at this point.

[@SomethingSomethingg]

I feel bad because most regular gays and lesbians and bisexual people are just normal people. They're not Frankie freaking Grande or Sam Smith. Yet unfortunately because they're under that LGBTQ umbrella they have to have these non-binary and gender fluid freaks attached to them. It makes it seem like you support this because it's your community.

[@derp8575]

Ever asked objectively, "why am I bisexual?". Would you have been bisexual had you been born 100 years ago? Probably not.

[@derp8575]

Of course you don't answer...

[@P2Reflectschannel-hh2zl]

@@derp8575 Possibly he doesn't answer because there is no point in his answering. If he answered, "I think I still would have been," you would simply choose not to believe him. Or you'd believe that he believes it, but assume he is wrong. And why would you do that? Because on this topic, you are fantastically ignorant. Sexual orientation is determined overwhelmingly more by nature than nurture, no matter how desperately you want to believe otherwise. Believe what you wish. Go through life dripping with unwarranted certainty. You'll be part of the problem, but you won't lose any sleep over that.

[@derp8575]

LOL! You won't even debate me live. Nature is influenced by the 1%. Come at me or STFU, womanizer. @@P2Reflectschannel-hh2zl

[@user-mg9yt2hl8l]

"Pro-common sense," I love that quote. Thank you for posting this. I appreciate you having the courage to stand up and say, "Let's talk about this. Just because we are asking questions and saying this doesn't make sense does not make us bigots or any of the slander words that automatically get associated. Last but not least, let kids be kids, let kids play. God bless both of you and everyone else that liked this clip.

[@cvx5595]

More people need to speak up like this. More and more people are being less afraid of offending the woke. Love it.

[@mysticaltyger2009]

That's right. We need to stop relying on Bill and open our own mouths.

[@albertobernal2537]

Yes, the tables are turning bit by bit. The LGBTQ movement is based on compassion and a need to be respected. Very little to do with the scum that leads the movement nowadays.

[@ChristianHowell]

This isn't a woke issue... This is little kids are never allowed to decide any "ADULT" issue other than sexuality or gender... That's the most complex thing ever and an 8 year old will be 25 before they really understand... There are adults who are unsure... 8 year olds should be learning math, science and reading, not exploring the complexities of sexual identity...

[@nightshades7921]

He is part of the woke though...just not on certain issues. Maybe classical woke?

[@ChristianHowell]

@@nightshades7921 Geez, you guys just steal everything.. Woke was originally about making BLACK PEOPLE realize certain things... Now it's all people who may not be racist assholes...

[@Ancestralwish]

"not everything is about you". Hats off to Mr.Maher.

[@todd1928]

Not the best line on a weekly show you host named after yourself

[@twuandixon8675]

Lucky he's in his position or you'll.get some full blown false ramble about hardships being experienced only by LGBT people.

[@Ancestralwish]

@@todd1928 Last time I checked he doesn't go around whining about all the possible ways in which things are deeply against him. His program, his choice. No wait, that's someone else's argument...

[@todd1928]

@@Ancestralwish he constantly whines about the things that annoy him. That's what most of his new rules segment is about.

[@Ancestralwish]

@@todd1928 Yeah. That's the job description. Make fun of everything you find nonsensical and ridiculous. It's still not about him, it's about the ridiculousness AROUND him.

[@swell_gal]

Bill is not on the right and not on the left, he is simply a very intelligent man with a very healthy common sense.

[@janetgrega5613]

💯

[@darksoles1305]

He's definitely on the left, he says so himself

[@swell_gal]

@@darksoles1305 today's Left is so extremist, so far Left, that it leaves Bill somewhat in the center.

[@MFYouTube683]

Neither are typical for one of the parties.

[@rodandousa3963]

Only idiots are on the left or right. Aristotle said a long time ago: The Golden is in the middle. But idiots love ideologies and extremist.

[@Sonimel2.0]

Kudos from France Mr Maher 👏 One of the most lucid and pertinent speech I've ever heard in ages. Your funny touch as a bonus 😊 Damn you're good !

[@tinaoconnor7034]

This monologue is genius. So glad Bill Maher used his very public platform to discuss this. Well done, keep spreading the word 👍

[@zach.0]

Congrats on agreeing with neo-Nazis.

[@theohuioiesin6519]

This was profoundly funny and intelligent. All of a sudden Maher is the funniest guy. Being honest is not a bad idea in comedy

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Liberalism is destroying the West.

[@jamiesaunders1422]

You can thank Dave Chappelle for kicking down THAT door.

[@Muckylittleme]

But even here he still uses their false narrative that they are somehow oppressed and "Marginalised" How? They are the most promoted and protected group in history and have special privileges through "diversity quotas" heterosexual people don't have. In fact "affirmative action" of any kind actually actively discriminates against people outside of the specified privileged groups. The most marginalised people across the West by far are white heterosexual working class men who are vilified 24/7, just supporting Trump is unprecedented extremism according to the US government! Before that they were deplorable and they are scapegoated for every single social issue in America, how is that not marginalised? Identity politics is the very definition of discriminating between groups based on religion, race, gender or sexual proclivity - something they pretend they are fighting. The more they divide, the more they have power and so they must perpetually invent new divisions and there fore a new oppressed class and new oppressor classes. Identity politics is the the mechanism for this and even where there may be a hint of real oppression it is hijacked by the high Priests and Priestesses of the cult of Political Correctness for their own self promotion and empowerment. Every individual within a so called minority group these people attach a label to has their individual voices stolen and are then forever "represented" by these antihuman, anti freedom, Marxian social engineers. There are plenty of gay men, for example, who disagree with the LGBT agenda but are now too frightened to speak out. They understand that they won the arguments for equality and now this is a war against the traditional family and decent civil society based on Christian ethos and morality. This is simply turning vast swathes of people against them and this anger is fermenting silently because speech and debate are so oppressed. The longer we allow the tyranny to continue and thrive the higher the price will need to be paid if we are ever to be free once more.

[@leem4203]

Just as it’s important for the moderate right to call-out the radical right, it’s incredibly important that the moderate left call-out the radical left. I hope this allows more people to have honest, critical conversations with each other

[@odiskelly1083]

Agreed

[@flashfire157]

I agree. Nothing worse than having a civil debate with a leftist only to have one of my fellow conservatives come along and say the dumbest thing you've ever heard. Like "thanks man you just invalidated everything I was saying"

[@flycrack7686]

No one from the left calls out the left.

[@KristinA-xv4yk]

What are you conserving tho? Low tax rates for ppl who hate you?

[@TheEarthRealm]

Exactly 💯

[@lolusodiya1131]

It’s the “Frasier” line that got me. 😂Lol 😂Lol 😂

[@staceybesherse]

I have avoided your show due to its crudeness, but I have recently had to let that go because you are the voice of reason and the most interesting person talking about the issues. We don’t always agree, but that is not what I am looking for. Looking to hear someone’s real thoughts. It also helps that you are hilarious…just a little hard on my ears sometimes. Keep telling the truth and calling out the dumb and evil. We are all more alike than we are different!!

[@melbaker9495]

As an older gay man I have to concur with much of what he has to say. I find for instance the explosion in people who identify as nonbionary is something only a very rare few did back in the previous decades. A nonbinary person I spoke with spoke specifically about learning online what they were. My vibe of them - after getting to know them - is that they are a lesbian who is fairly masculine, not exactly an identity that needs a new category. In fact many older lesbian friends say fewer young people are identifying as lesbian, prefering to be nonbianary, which is a shame considering that those of us L and G people fought hard to make room for women to break the bonds of strict gender roles. As an older, white gay man I've also been told to shut-up, I have no right to have any input in the modern movement, a movement that I and the generations before me built! The truth is that the best statistics indicate we LGBT people make up around 4 to 5 percent of all humans. Truly trans people make up about one half of one percent of humans. That's a lot of people, but having people who dye their hair blue declaring themselves queer, just makes a mockery of those of us who were in fact "born this way."

[@AbcAbc-sp1od]

Under rated comment right here

[@vickymcpherson7985]

You are created man or woman you're not created to be gay.

[@melbaker9495]

@@vickymcpherson7985 Uh, OK. You don't even understand the categories so you're comment is staggeringly dimwitted. Also perhaps you can explain same sex attraction in nature, which is well documented.

[@pollyviolet7878]

Gay people still exist. Lesbians still exist. Making room for others doesn't need to take away anything from you.

[@tsrocks2029]

@@pollyviolet7878 it does when those people you “make room for “ turn reality upside down and say a gay man is homophobic for not wanting to date a woman, or a woman is transphobic for not wanting to date a man.

[@jmichaelwherley3331]

"Not everything's about you"....Boom. Bill has been killing it lately.

[@bigguy9151]

Woah! Boom! Reddit moment

[@TimSimms7]

Funny thing is that as a gay guy, I don’t think I’m alone in wondering why anyone has made it about us; I certainly didn’t ask for it.

[@joharrison6014]

100% LGBTQ+ by 2060? so if this guy in the video is still alive then, HE will be? And you too J Michael Wherley.. Yes. you too.

[@user-xu6bv7yh2j]

sexuality is about people - not everything is about straight people

[@Ryanstuff]

LGBTQ+ went from understanding to accepted to celebrated to marketed in a pretty quick time frame. Regarding all the memorabilia surrounding it, it seems less like an accepted community of people (which i agree with btw) and more like a highly promoted movie franchise 😄

[@elizabethwhite1068]

Because it's true. The gender medical complex is a $5 billion industry and growing rapidly. There's nothing altruistic about it, and corporations jumping on the "pride" bandwagon has long been an obvious and offensive marketing scheme and little more to many gays and lesbians long before the TransQueer explosion. Look up transhumanism, it's even worse than it seems on the surface.

[@nishantintouch]

Common sense is becoming a revolutionary speech these days.

[@SeraphicGaming]

Never imagined myself hitting the like button on a Bill Maher video. This was beautiful.

[@Zoerixx]

My fellow conservatives. Lets all be happy the far left whackadoodles are pushing people like Bill right into our laps

[@flpanhead]

How did we let the world get to a point where I agree with things Bill Maher says?

[@Zoerixx]

@@flpanhead they say he's an OP 😆

[@Xiteg]

I was thinking the same exact thing. I am a conservative and it is refreshing to see Bill. We do not see eye to eye but deep down we all seem to want similar things.

[@gsk5161]

Exactly, 💯

[@LloydieP]

Gotta give it to him. He got balls. Good to hear his audience loving it too.

[@bigguy9151]

he would have had balls if he said this 5 years ago

[@kalidass1]

Canned laughter

[@human6990]

@@kalidass1 No it is real, I was there.

[@tellurye]

The funny thing is, is Bill's audience is laughing and clapping, yet most of them are the ones doing this bullshit.

[@kevdernman]

It’s still sad that anything he said is now considered brave

[@jackdlamb]

What's going to happen when all these kids grow up and realise their parents were cooky ideologues ffs

[@frankcousineau6042]

I saw this program when it aired originally. Valid questions that need to be asked.

[@camerondavis2872]

Respects to Bill for speaking on such serious unpopular stuff. That’s actual integrity, and actual courage.

[@childofvenus3781]

It's not unpopular. Look at the like vs dislike ratio. Most people agree with this common sense stuff just don't have the balls to say it, probably because of the surgery.

[@xdaniedx]

@@childofvenus3781 unfortunately we can't see the dislikes on KZbin anymore... Been like that for months.

[@kommisar.]

@@xdaniedx Yup, and it's all for "small content creators".

[@bcinspectorman]

He's playing to the stupidity and ignores the history of same sex friendships and the criminality that once led to many to hide their passions away from societies laws and eyes. Of course the numbers of those willing to say they enjoy same sex friendships is rising due to the elimination of extreme laws that imprisoned and at time put people to death for these friendships. Maher should do some research into the history of same sex friendships and he may just find even Abraham Lincoln enjoyed same sex friendships. Perhaps even Maher himself at one time experimented but at his age he would have known if it was found out he'd either have been castrated or put in prison. WTFup folks. He's a comedian and a homophobe. Given his face I'm surprised he can attract a heterosexual friendship. He must have to pay for it.

[@kommisar.]

@@bcinspectorman Typical alphabet bully: insists everyone who doesn't suck up to the LGBT crowd and accept every piece of far left, deviant, groomer garbage they demand you go along with is a homophobe and closet case. This is definitely proven in your case considering you completely ignored the part where Bill pointed out the increase in LGBT kids occurs far more disproportionately in liberal areas. Hmm, I guess they still have anti-sodomy laws in Omaha then?

[@laural.enright4780]

“Maybe the girl who hates girly stuff just needs to learn that being female doesn’t mean you have to act like a Kardashian.” Brilliant!!

[@Craxin01]

I was a boy who played with Rainbow Brite and Transformers. I'm glad my mom wasn't a California wokester or I'd have been raised as gender fluid, and I am in NO way gender fluid.

[@johnriser6021]

I'm 77, a biological woman and as a conservative am relieved to hear your remarks. I came thru the 70's and explored the age of Aquarius. I went thru the tomboy stage (boys activities were much more exciting) I felt twinges of same sex attraction when my close friends were girls and my hormones were activating, bought into the free love lifestyle, explored religions and spiritual enlightenment etc. I was allowed the freedom to be and to taste and test. No one labeled me as a set in concrete identity but depending on the observer ,I was variously viewed as tomboy, rebel, sinner (at times), activist, defender of infant life, ( after abortions) , truth seeker always, to the irritation ( understandably frequently) of some friends and former friends.. My point , If I had declared and identified permanently with any of those phases/seasons I would have stunted my growth. I would never have come to experience the peace ,confidence and love that I now posses by the grace of God. Thank you for being a seeker , speaking truth and love for children's welfare with courage and your gift for humor.

[@ashdav9980]

@@Craxin01 same with my sister….grew up watching dungeons and dragons, night rider, all the things boys loved. She even dyed her hair in crazy colors and had the “woke compatible look”. She also pretended to be some of the males on shows we watched where myself and other girls emulated the females on those shows. As an adult, she is totally hetero and more girly than me. She is very thankful she isn’t a child today, people would have definitely told her she was in the wrong body today.

[@MP-db9sw]

@@johnriser6021 your life experience is as valid for you as anyone elses is for them. Im curious if you have any trans people in your family or in your closest circle of friends? Ive come to believe that for a significant % of them, the need to be accepted as their identified sex/gender is not a phase, just like being gay isnt a phase for a significant % of people who identify as gay.

[@666thprofetofthegodthatnev5]

Facts!!!

[@martonfitness]

So nice to see someone on the left with common sense

[@charlesroyster2673]

We need more of this! Lets stop the people that are trying to stop us from asking why, and excepting the truth, no matter how uncomfortable. thumbs up and high favor to Bill Maher for this! why haven't we yet begun to accept the fact that people who live in a fantasy mind scape always have a problem with the truth of reality.

[@emelem584]

If Tucker Carlson said this then there would be widespread outrage. Thank you Bill for keeping it real.

[@wsrtwetr]

I high doubt tucker can be as articulate

[@TheCc064]

Tucker couldn’t pull it off so eloquently, plus he always looks like he’s constipated

[@darthbigred22]

@@TheCc064 Except for when he was with CNN carrying your water?

[@windwaker105]

Tucker Carlson is a a Nazi is is sited in a racist hate crime.

[@bossroth8201]

@@TheCc064 I love tuck and that’s true as hell lmao

[@susanheming1783]

Brilliant. I am so glad Bill has the courage to say these things. Children deserve adults who will protect them.

[@samuelj2k323]

He isn't courageous, he is trying to get more viewers. He is a coward for deliberately misrepresnting facts and issues here

[@Eldeecue]

His Atheism is the source of his strength.

[@Assenayo]

@@samuelj2k323 misrepresentating what facts?

[@sethflix]

Damn right!

[@sethflix]

@@samuelj2k323 Uh, no. You are just ignorant of the facts

[@troy.s]

Wow, haven't watched Real Time in years. I'm totally and completely amazed at Bill's take on this. Mad props for sure. Might be just enough to get me to subscribe to HBO again.

[@denmill5564]

Nailed it Bill, where does it end?

[@Mountainstosea2000]

Kudos to Bill Maher for keeping it real and telling it like it is

[@VIEWITIS]

Only took him... 7 years.

[@sibylsaint]

I'm from Tahoe and I'm trans. They're not doing genital surgery on children. Everything else he said is more or less right.

[@Ron-io1hh]

@@sibylsaint I don't believe you!!!!!!

[@sibylsaint]

@@Ron-io1hh Then prove they're doing the surgery. And yes, I'm from Tahoe. Born and raised.

[@AlyssaTheePatriot]

You know it .

[@TTony-tu6dm]

“Not everything is about you”. Something a lot of people have to get through their heads, especially over the last few years

[@GRUNTxZERO]

I verbally said, “thank you!” When I heard that.

[@pa3997]

If you look closer into the statistics of the study about this LGTBQ rise among younger people, it's interesting to note that the group of persons identifying as bisexual is rising by far the most. I'm gay and have the suspicion that it's a certain group of woke people: For example I know a number of young feminists who claim to be bisexual, yet always end up with a boyfriend! And I ask myself if they only claim their bisexuality for "street credibility" among woke people and to "have it about them"?

[@scottdickson1473]

My first thought when I heard people talking about LGBT and abortion rights

[@jamesmurrell2306]

@T. Tony, ummmm ... then who should the investigations and decisions in one's own life be about? Is the inference that somehow it's a community enterprise?

[@valentinhofmann951]

@@pa3997 I know so many women who claim to be bi because they made out with some women drunk at a few parties. I absolutely agree with your comment. I have never seen them with a women outside of parties, drugs and alcohol.

[@russwoodward8251]

Hoo boy. You got that right Mr Maher. Too funny. Thanks for helping us laugh at ourselves.

[@ShikagoMale1]

This is actually brilliant, Bill Maher- congrats on dipping your toe back into relevancy.

[@emilius_525]

I have a new found respect for Bill Maher now. This was the realist of late night host episodes ever. Respect

[@shayhall4344]

me too...

[@VIEWITIS]

Too bad the LA set kicked Owen Benjamin out of orbit for the same real take on protecting kids.

[@Widderic]

Don't forget he helped to spread this progressive bullshit by telling conservatives to shut up for years. He's just late to the party. I can't really absolve him just yet.

[@dannybruff]

He knows the pendulum is swinging and he wants to keep relevant....

[@llIlIlllII]

I'm still disappointed in Conan for going along with all this crap.

[@BellTunnel]

Bill, thanks for showing the world what a liberal who’s not poisoned by wokeness looks like.

[@trollism2271]

being woke is fine/good in itself, it just means you are alert for inequality. Being so woke you make more inequality is the problem.

[@clownphabetstrongwoman7305]

He is poisoned pretty much, just not as much as others.

[@A.Froster]

@@trollism2271 You are never woke enough , meaning no matter how thoughtful you are for inequalities you will never appease the purity spiral. Being woke is a downside, and anti liberal

[@dantheman8152]

What does being woke mean? Please define it and why it's bad?

[@clownphabetstrongwoman7305]

@@dantheman8152 it's a word that sums up the new religion that permeates now through government institutions, schools, more and more church denominations, and society in general. It's the religion of -equality- equity, progressivism, "wokeism", or whatever name it has

[@Joe-id2ns]

This is comedy gold! Keeping it real.😊 He’s got great comedy writers.

[@KellyHurley-ww1gm]

Yes waiting till you are 18 is nothing wrong with that.

[@michaelwandzek275]

More people need to start speaking out about this....It's about damn time!

[@81kikyo]

Didn't you hear the man? No one has any balls anymore lol

[@Jakuc3]

Agreed

[@barisbasar3909]

it indeed is, we will win over these pedophile ideologists, they wont get any further

[@sophiamr4008]

@@81kikyo exactly

[@qataribananahamock1495]

Literally all the right ever talked about since the 1800s.

[@chrisb9345]

This might be the greatest segment you have ever done Bill. Bravo.

[@Orange6921]

Its an analysis that has been around for a while now. Its only new to those in a left wing echo chamber.

[@Orange6921]

@@cstuartdc "Fox news sycophants" anyone who talks like that is not a free thinker, they are just a programmed puppet of one of the two sides. If you can't see the EXACT same absurd bias in nearly all MSM media going the other way then you are a blind. Neither side has an inch of space to criticizes the other media, one is just as bad as the other and neither side can claim the high moral ground. You say you are concerned about economic issues but you seem utterly clueless that your own side has by design given us record inflation, record gas prices, empty shelves, mothers cannot even get baby formula. We are seeing the biggest economic collapse in an entire generations and the end and bottom is still no where in sight. And ONE PARTY has all the power in the house, senate and WH. And they clearly have no answers of any kind. Just blame everyone on earth but themselves and their own polices. So people can no longer afford gas and food or the power bill, all the shelves are empty, mothers can't get baby formula......but hey, at least there are no more means tweets! Its worth it! See you in the breadline next week! Utter lunacy. And you can't see any of it because you are chained and brainwashed by identity and party politics.

[@mananimal3644]

Chris, My husband and I laughed so much we had to pull out our scuba tanks for O2👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@mananimal3644]

Master Blaster, I am a liberal gay man and do not get your comment. But , I absolutely agree with Bill👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@dylanhaugen3739]

In 1900 less than 3 percent of people identified as being left handed, probably because it was know as the Devils hand and kids were forced to use their right hands. Now its around 10 percent. Surprise, surprise, turns out when something is heavily demonized fewer people will want to admit to it, but when its socially accepted more people will admit to it.

[@kevinhegarty5775]

Daaaaaamn . Dudes dropping straight bombs from first second to the very last

[@charlietango48]

it's all entirely idiotic.

[@freyacolonello5240]

Thanks Bill. It needed to be said.

[@wilder92]

"If kids knew what they wanted at age 8, the world would be full of cowboys and princesses." Definitely some wisdom here. "Kids are fluid about everything." Yes.

[@pseudonayme7717]

It's funny that he didn't know the main reason for this trend, Alex Jones has been telling people about it for years. I guess everyone dismisses him because he's so crazy about alot of other stuff, but even a broken clock is right twice a day. Plastic interferes with our hormones, and in the words of Alex Jones "It makes the frickin frogs gay!" (something it also does to us)

[@marissashantez6051]

But they are not gender fluid.

[@jimmyjohnson2948]

So true man

[@shawnbunn4966]

udidnt waht it like this. but the other... whateva... dont listen to him... see.u man. said what did. confronted it.. admitted. u learned.. not complaining blaming others.

[@loftsatsympaticodotc]

@@shawnbunn4966 WWHHAATT ? ?

[@lukendrick]

“I wanted to be a pirate. Thank God no one took me seriously and scheduled an eye removal and peg leg surgery” 😅 So true Bill! So true. Probably one of the best one liners.

[@MrVishalkankatala]

hahahahaha! this was funny.

[@Pawsforthought222]

😂😂😂best reply 👍

[@weedthepeople2795]

IKR.....you dont seriously consider anything a kid says.....its mostly due to their environment that determines what they want.....they could just be emulating Ru Paul.....just no surgery or drugs till theyre 21 ok?

[@lukendrick]

100% agree with you@@weedthepeople2795! Medically, it's been proven through various studies, that the human brain isn't fully developed until our mid-twenties! Even then, I'm still not sure we make "good decisions". 😉

[@0ut1aw]

@lukendrick most development happens in the frontal lobe up until 20s, which, if I remember my psychology class correctly, is the part of the brain responsible for personality. Doesn't make sense to irreversibly invest too much in something that is not the slightest bit definite until you're in your mid 20s. So yes, you are more than right and I wish more people would realize this

[@georgeparsons7338]

The pirate analogy was priceless

[@melonenkopf2790]

"There must be other solutions than "Hand me the dick saw."." caught me offguard

[@BurntOakSix]

Bill says what we're all thinking but are too afraid to say! 💯

[@jesusuchiha6768]

A million applauses to Bill and his writing team. They drafted a "touchy" monologue for the masses to digest and discuss in a matter that could allow all of us to discuss a topic such this openly. Let the children be children, so they can make adult decisions when they become adults.

[@jamiehopkins3796]

We have to get over having "touchy" subjects. People's refusal to speak up on these horrors is why it's gone this far. Having freedom means being able to say No. It's time to fight for the boundaries we threw away. Biden told us on the campaign trail what he was going to do with women's sports, prisons and pediatric gender care, still 81 million people said sure, why not?

[@mostawesomecomment6553]

...have you read the headlines today? Anyone politically left of Ronald Regan is attacking Bill Maher with the same fervor they have recently reserve for Elon Musk

[@necroxisz]

Remove all straight relationships from kids shows too then. No more Disney movies, nothing

[@jasonbolding3481]

Being LGBTQ is not an adult decision. Letting them be who they are is Letting children be children

[@unnamed3932]

'Trans' is not innate and there is no such thing as a trans child--they may be gender non-conforming but that does not make them trans or born in the wrong body--they may just be gay or lesbian when they grow up or not but just leave the kids alone.

[@themmalk]

As a gay man I'm 100% with you Bill on this. We should look into this scientifically without any personal feelings.

[@TheBandit7613]

My brother is gay. So I grew up with a gay person. My brother has been telling me that we have some problems right now. And also he doesn't like to be put into a box with everyone else. The LGBTQ box. He doesn't like being classified and clarified and stuffed into a box full of people he has nothing in common with. That's what he thinks. I I don't really know.

[@markheithaus]

I'm generally conservative (however that's defined, I guess), but I have been surprised by how many writers, commentators and other public personalities who I really like are in fact gay. And I guess for me that means, no, I'm not homophobic for not being terribly comfortable with the idea of an over-the-top gay parade, just as I wouldn't be comfortable in a strip club... or any club really. My cup of tea is.... a cup of tea. Everyone is an individual. But so much of our culture of "either/or" says that on such an issue I must either be "pro-all gays" or "anti-gay". It's bizarre.

[@daveh893]

@@TheBandit7613 I completely agree with your brother. As a gay man I also resent being classified with people I have nothing in common with.

[@daveh893]

Yes. I agree with you.

[@andnl9819]

@@daveh893 The point of being classified together is to fight collectively for rights against people who want you dead, jailed or back in the closet. What you have in common is the fight for your rights.

[@ZomBearXD]

He’s speaking truth but a lot of the trans community would say he’s aiding trans genocide 🤦‍♂️

[@carmenmccauley1235]

and they would be wrong.

[@TheGuitarded1]

Stunning and Brave

[@Snhojbar]

Fantastic, Bill! That sums up exactly my thoughts and concerns but with way more clarity and humor than I could muster. I have a three year old boy, live in LA and am regularly horrified by the by the insanity that comes out of the mouths of parents at the pre-school. One mother was boosting about how she was taking away her son's boy toys and trying to force him to play with girl's toys and then complaining how the boy was resisting. I have no problem if a boy gravitates to that out of choice but to force it on him means you can't tell if it's what he wants or if he is just seeking his mother's approval by playing with girl toys. What a mess. I now consider myself an anti-woke liberal. Is that even a thing?

[@randomarsh9817]

Uhh. I been Democrat for 20 of my 36 years on this earth. I am now an independent. There a lot of good voices on the center right. But apparently that makes me a racist to my friends who are too prideful to challenge their own party. They’re lapdogs.

[@patrickbertlein4626]

Not only is it a "thing", its more common than you think. Most of us here are anti-woke liberals I would say.

[@tparbs]

Yes--that's a thing. It's the new Walkaway movement. I'd describe Bill that way. It's been enjoyable the past two years watching him get red pilled. Personally, I've walked away from the Democrat party, as have millions of others.

[@alexsipos1720]

@@tparbs The problem is that republicans remained the same. They didn't become classical liberals. A lot of them are still very conservative.

[@jimspy1001]

Oh, boy, is that ever a thing. Thank goodness! Thought I was the only liberal out here saying, "If that's woke, I'm sleeping in"!

[@radioguy8662]

I'm so impressed that Bill has the guts to do a segment like this! Way to go, Bill!

[@m0nkeywrench]

A yes a rich and successful talk show host being transphobic to roaring cheers and applauds in his studio, overwhelming support online and huge publicity from the controversy, stunning and brave.

[@breth8965]

@@m0nkeywrench Lol. Calm down groomer.

[@m0nkeywrench]

@@breth8965 Nice empty insult. Also watering down the term "groomer" like that is pretty scummy.

[@breth8965]

@@m0nkeywrench Nope, that's not an empty insult. Anyone who thinks it's okay for a CHILD to dictate who they are with such life changing consequences is either an oblivious idiot, or a psychopath. Which box do you fit in?

[@kennethdower7425]

@@m0nkeywrench Your first "comment" about Maher is nothing but empty insults. You don't like getting it back? Too bad.

[@kirkwaggoner7328]

Thank you for a well deserved dose of reality. Peg leg and eye removal surgery? Priceless!!

[@grandma002]

Thank you For Speaking out for our children

[@ryno5376]

Thank you Bill for saying what the overwhelmingly vast majority of people are thinking but are scared of saying!

[@seanroland612]

I honestly don’t think people are scared of saying this. I just think that to argue over common sense things with people without common sense seems like a huge waste of time and energy. I am not going to convince someone of my point of view if they think this stuff is normal. I accept that and focus on what matters in my world. Now, saying that, it is spreading to kids and that is something that people need to start standing up against. But again, I don’t think it is fear. Usually the people with the most fear are the ones that speak the loudest and try to force their opinion the most. THAT is why I think we are hearing so much more from the side that is clearly having deep internal issues that they are trying to slap a bandaid on with these unnatural tactics

[@FFSWTFisThis]

The saddest part of all this controversy is how many cowards we have now. Absolutely sad

[@TransmentalMe]

Perhaps if not a lot of people are saying what you're thinking they don't think that way.

[@FFSWTFisThis]

@@TransmentalMe Have you been under a rock? Maybe step outside your circle because everyone (including democrats) are running away from the far left. Bout time too, they've been fooling

[@spartanical]

it's true. i hate to think of myself as being afraid to speak, but i ALWAYS hold my tongue at work and even out in the world depending on the company being kept at the time. at the place i work, if they merely even knew how i felt about this ridiculousness, they would immediately start seeking a way to fire me. i've been there eleven years and they would let me go in an instant without a single care. and they wouldn't let me say goodbye to friends or coworkers or even announce my departure t until weeks down the road (seen this happen many times). the world is dangerous for free-thinkers nowadays.

[@757-David]

This is literally about the best and most needed one Bill has ever did. So many people are scared to say the actual truth that Bill just put out in this segment.

[@timothyp7300]

​@Razo narcissistic bs? wanting to be accepted for who you are and having your humanity respected on the most basic level and not wanting to be murdered (and having communities actually care to solve your murder when you are murdered) is "narcissistic bs"..... wow

[@thedaviestdave7232]

Bit of a leap

[@rickyrickardo3445]

Even as a left leaning individual I agreed with everything he said

[@backintimealwyn5736]

why are you scared though, I've been saying just this for five years.

[@Lorenzo1972.]

@@timothyp7300 “murdered” Who is murdering who? I thought the excuse for pushing this on regular kids was suicide? It’s weird that gender dysphoria which was considered a mental illness just a few years ago, is now pushed onto children at schools. “Okay class! It’s now time to confuse you about gender. You may have been taught that you’re a boy or girl, but you can be what you want to be. You can even change on a daily basis. Don’t worry - this won’t damage you in any way - which is why I don’t want you to tell your parents I’m psychologically damaging you and grooming you into this cult.”

[@gigiswords]

SO TRUE!!!! 👏🏼 I shared it too!

[@Jonathan-jj9uj]

Thanks, Bill!!! You deserve an award for this...

[@ballen2518]

"Kids are fluid about everything." Well spoken. Thanks for all this wisdom.

[@Blox117]

pedos: "ive been trying to tell you guys this for years!!!"

[@richardwalker6004]

The sad thing is you would think this is wife spread knowledge. It’s easily accessible and verifiable but these fuxkin ppl are oblivious to it

[@Mysticaltyger]

I find it troubling that people need this to be explained to them.

[@nowandrew4442]

This is absolutely true and exactly the proof that everything we are as people/members of society is socially and environmentally conditioned. "Women" are what we teach them to be and men the same. The fact that not everyone installs the programming in exactly the same way is precisely what tells us that our variation is environmental, not biological.

[@nanunanu8124]

@@Blox117 Whats that?! I can't hear you over this woodchipper!

[@tardigrade9343]

A huge THANK YOU to you Bill, from a same sex attracted man who does NOT have gender identity issues, but who has been called a "girl" and "feminin" all his life by sexist peers, kids and adults. And who would most likely have been set on a path towards lifelong medical patienthood, chemical castration and irreversible surgery if he was born just a few years later into this dangerous new trend. You absolutely nailed it with your statement regarding gay men and pride. I've never encountered so much homophobia in my life than I have from the "let's just be nice" crowd, the LGBTQ+ community. Which, quite frankly, hasn't been about actual gay people for a while now.

[@chino3796]

I understand. You think gay guys have it bad, real lesbians have practically disappeared.

[@sosaix3545]

A good friend of mine, who happens to be gay, said he and his husband finally think they understand what conservatives must feel like as they've been repeatedly shunned at LGBTQ+ events for being mockingly addressed as, and I quote, "The 'straight white males of the LGBTQ community'" and barely tolerated. He said, "I thought our movement was about equality? It seems more like it's about claiming victimhood." And he's not wrong.

[@DoomMomDot]

@@chino3796 what the heck is a "real lesbian"? you mean TERF's ?

[@aodhganmerrimac]

@@DoomMomDot An amazingly prejudicial/bigoted comment.

[@tardigrade9343]

​@@DoomMomDot It takes a pretty vile and homophobic person to twist " protecting (gay) kids from lifelong medical patienthood, chemical castration and irreversible surgery" into "you don't give a crap about anybody else". Vile and homophobic indeed. And dumb.

[@ReclusiveMaple]

As a Christian, Bill Maher is my favorite Atheist next to Ricky Gervais, to bad I won't be seeing them when Christ comes.

[@lantoniolopez4181]

I all most chocked on my pistachios 😅

[@Byzantinian]

One of Bill's best segments! Both honest and funny. We need more sensible people to speak up about what has obviously become a trend among today's youth. Pointing this out is not bigotry.

[@taylorc2542]

Every generation slides further into decadence until it resets. We're over due.

[@sardonicspartan9343]

@@taylorc2542 Its more of a pendulum.

[@joeberg3317]

@@taylorc2542 Eh, nah. Seems like generations have their challenges and realities and sometimes the olds really do need to call out the BS and other times the youngs really do have a better idea in mind and it usually takes awhile to figure it out

[@rc0ll18]

Bonus points to Bill for absolutely pissing off Donna Brazile the whole way through it

[@Byzantinian]

​@@taylorc2542 Let's hope it doesn't end like Rome's slide into decadence. Gen Z is supposedly less woke than Millennials, but this ideology has parasitized Gen Z in a very visceral way due to social media.

[@ftbllguy2515]

"I remember a time when people would ask kids what they wanted to be when they grew up, and they were talking about a profession!" 😆 so good.

[@susanwolf3654]

😶😶🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@petemavus2948]

Now all most think whether or not they'll admit or say it, is... RICH.

[@swiz5514]

Mr.Bill Maher this is perhaps one of your best ever and oh so clever, thank you for doing what you do.

[@claycjm6435]

Thank you Bill! This is the most REAL, Funniest monologue I’ve seen in a while. You’re the best!!! Bill for President. I’m a voter, by the way.

[@sph654051]

Who would ever think that Bill Maher would be the voice of reason on this issue. Big Props!!!!

[@draum8103]

He isn't, I am/was a fan of his, but he totally fucked up on this take. Maybe if he had a gay relative or friend they can explain why his attempt to constantly conflate glbt people with trans kids or whatever is very fucked up...

[@goober69er]

@@draum8103 I have gay people in my life and some of them are annoyed that the trans are piggy backing off their movement in the first place. I think some of us think that there is a fine line between just being attracted to your own sex and thinking you are trapped in the wrong body which seems like just a very aggressive and sad case of body dysmorphia.

[@draum8103]

@@goober69er I understand what you're saying, but oh get over it, the point is this video is way exaggerating things, no, not 30% of people claim to be gay and 80% will be or whatever stupid gay panic BS maher is doing here. Yes there is a fine line and maher completely fucked it up.

[@goober69er]

@@draum8103 I agree that part of the video is bologna and I think was more for laughs then anything but I do think he brings up legit issues in regards to hormone blockers and children. I remember when I was in high school it was popular for kids that didn’t fit in well or were a bit different to come out as Bi or gay as it brought them a lot of positive attention and now most of them are married with kids. I think today’s youth is doing that with trans however parents that want to be super progressive and indulge what may very well be a passing fad with hormone blockers seems problematic.

[@draum8103]

​@@goober69er if you're arguing that, I also agree that some bi people mess around with both genders and then get married and have kids (or don't!), I know many guys and women who have done that including myself, which just proves the fact they are actually bi or some degree between straight and gay, of which there are way more than people think - that's why this stupid bill maher segment is so ignorant. That's completely separate from the trans issue, which is why this maher segment is stupid, he's trying to make it seem like those two issues are the same thing. Ask yourself, do you know even ONE trans child? No, you don't. So the alarmist stuff like this claiming all children are now trans or whatever is misleading and super exaggerated.

[@AlergicToSnow]

The writers on this episode deserve an award.

[@redacted428]

Maher is the definition of a gr00mer

[@mybigwilly3]

A

[@robertyounger5849]

Just give the award to conservatives instead, Maher took embarrassingly long getting here

[@patriciachukwu1453]

This needs to be forwarded a million times

[@jg4585]

The most truth I've ever heard from Maher. Thank goodness there is still some common sense on the other side and that it's being voiced.

[@AM-fs8sh]

As a teacher I see parents treating their young children like mini adults far too often. I always offer this example hoping it puts things into perspective. "do you believe that a fat man in a red suit flies to everyone's home in the entire world in one night delivering presents? No? Well, children do."

[@marjorjorietillman856]

Parents are now allowing kids to tell the parents who they want to be. Then off to visit somebody with a degree on the wall to tell them. Little semi-babies were never meant to tell parents what gender they should be. Now a lot of them are trying to turn back. In the meantime, people are being told they are mean and have a phobia towards these kids. I agree with Maher, because he’s right and it’s simply common sense! He’s got it right this time. What other big life-altering decisions should little kids be making! The latest thing is trans-species, you believe you were born the wrong species! ☹️

[@mattmccusker7639]

When I was young I wanted to be Merlin the magician

[@ColonelStraker]

G E N d u h R D Y S 4 I A isamen TALL ilness

[@gwendolyngardner6037]

… we we hope it never change. When I was 10 I believed if I kiss my elbow I would turn into a boy. When I turn 15, the thought of being a boy made me nauseous. So I have emotions of fluid. We need to allow children the space to dream.

[@TakeTheFallActHurtGetIndignant]

​@@gwendolyngardner6037 Wow. I thought I was hot shit with my vials, bottles, glasses, and general vessels of fluid. Meanwhile Gwendolyn over here has full on emotions of fluid.

[@stewiewilliamson1541]

One of Bill’s all time great segments. Spot on, and a voice of reason in a sea of confusion.

[@dondp7500]

No one is confused. People know exactly what is going on but are afraid to speak out

[@josephthebobcat5085]

Not all masculinity is toxic masculinity. I thought Bill went over that a couple months ago. Lol

[@LuckyOne3749]

Agreed. A few more great segments like this one, Bill risks cancel culture to come after him

[@EmmsReality]

Nah he clearly doesn’t have any trans friends and hasn’t read one single book from a trans author. I’m 1984 born and transitioning now. Bill is full of shit.

[@REfan001]

yea, you're definitely confused, confused and afraid of anything different

[@captnfloyd]

Bill Maher for Surgeon General

[@someyoungguyjohnson7239]

It's amazing how powerful the power of suggestion is.

[@zendite]

From time to time Bill comes up with a masterful monologue with pure facts and reason. I'm glad to hear this one specially

[@amymason156]

It's not all facts. The sources and analysis are dubious and incomplete, here, and the humour isn't hedged with as much serious talk as his other monologues on life-or-death topics like this.

[@ydid687]

@@amymason156 i'm interested to know provide me "evidence" that is in complete favour of one now don't gaslight don't sneak your way out of this and be civil (god knows woke people are known to be irresponsible) yeah even though i generalized you show me you are a better informed person than me by taking the "high" road the Scandinavians opting out is enough evidence for me, THEY GIVE THE NOBEL THERE FOR FFS...they know better i imagine!

[@brm7469]

Shut up amy

[@1964DB]

Life or death? I think that’s the problem. We say that if someone doesn’t get to live the life they want, they’ll commit suicide. I had a horrific life growing up. I thought I’d never be human unless I looked like a super model (and these were the days before social media). I grew up in a house with a brother who collected porn mags and a dad who made all kinds of remarks about women on TV. My mother thought AIDS victims were beautiful because of their thinness. I wanted to be a model more than anything. No matter how much I starved myself, I could never be that thin and I stopped growing at 5’ 5”. I was literally told that I was too fat and too ugly to have a significant other. My mother was afraid that I was so desperate that I’d let some guy “take advantage” of me and end up pregnant. I developed an eating disorder. It took until I was in my 40’s for me to accept myself for who I am. I will never be tall and thin and on the cover of Vogue, but I have a Master’s Degree and speak three languages. I would have never reached that point without the love of my husband, who I’ve been married to for 38 years. He thinks I’m beautiful and smart. Maybe instead of trying to help kids become something they aren’t, we should help them become what they are.

[@zendite]

@@1964DB very true, sorry for your problems but that's life. You beat the game I know it's hard but congrats for living and being better person that those who brought you here

[@SaraKkkkkkkk]

This was spot on, hilarious, and everyone needs to watch it.

[@one567]

Said everything i want to say but can't. to shouldn't.

[@bossroth8201]

Females are all bi mostly so that’s probably why it’s gone up.

[@SaraKkkkkkkk]

@@bossroth8201 Not sure I agree with you. I think the largest factor is that the teenage girl years are tumultuous, and this is the new thing to sooth the agnst. Similar to anorexia and other eating disorders, except we don't praise girls for those and somehow we praise them for chopping off their healthy body parts.

[@bossroth8201]

@@SaraKkkkkkkk I’m a millennial and I never met a heterosexual female in my life at least in my personal life. It’s really weird because they act like their gross then hook up with girls. You’d think that here’s fully straight females do to them being made to reproduce with males but studies in 2012 said no. Lol yet there’s fully lesbian females which kind of doesn’t make sense because i was with one.

[@SaraKkkkkkkk]

@@bossroth8201 I'm also a millennial, and have the exact opposite experience. It all depends where the teen girls are getting their information from while growing up. If they only get a diet of indoctrination from the left, then I understand. And weep for them...

[@DrumandPianoDude]

Thank you Bill Maher for just simply telling the truth!

[@jaydykstra3706]

Nice to hear this from an American liberal finally.