Explaining Jokes to Idiots: Oscars Edition | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

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As a public service for the humor-impaired, Bill breaks down the joke that led to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars.
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[@bigblue1287]

Everybody would've forgot that joke in 15 seconds but will Smith just made everyone remember it forever👋

[@cilliansands6166]

The true irony of the slap. You're exactly right: if he would have stayed in his seat and fake laughed no one would have remembered the joke. Now the joke will be immortalized and his wife's name will be in everyone's mouth.

[@markae0]

close to the Streisand effect

[@tristramcoffin926]

When Bill was doing the explaining the joke bit I thought he was going to show how Will cucked himself in real time.

[@sorryimsosad]

@Rando Yaguchi doesn’t mean it’s not true. Ig someone always gotta shit on the party lol

[@arkangelarkangel1302]

Yeah... thats not a good thing though

[@cammacisaac9966]

Ricky Gervais put it perfectly "Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right". That goes for all aspects of life not just comedy.

[@4120306]

Well... just because you offend people doesn't mean you are right either. Stupid logic really.

[@goldytwatus1674]

@@4120306 Well... that's not the comeback you think it is. It's true that just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right, it can also be true that you can offend people and not be right. They don't contradict each other, but jokes aren't "right" They aren't scientific statements, a joke can never be correct or incorrect, so your stupid logic response doesn't make sense, as expected.

[@4120306]

@@goldytwatus1674 My logic was meant to be a joke. It made as much (little) sense as Gervais's. Mark Twain once said explaining humor is a lot like dissecting a frog, you learn a lot in the process, but in the end you kill it. Unfortunately I had to explain this to you. Lol

[@jamesdonoughue4557]

@@4120306 don't try be smart it really doesn't suit you

[@EsotericOccultist]

@@4120306 You weren't joking. You were lashing out because you're butthurt 🤷‍♂️

[@craigrussell3062]

As a man suffering from alopecia - which we men usually call "going bald" - I would be DELIGHTED to hear a joke that basically meant, "I think you look like Bruce Willis in Pulp Fiction"

[@AndragonLea]

I wish I could the bald look off half as well. I'll just look sad when my hairline is eventually done with its fighting retreat and has air-evacced out of the conflict zone.

[@MachinaGirlRobots]

Ive told that to my father! I said to him something about dont feel bad for going bald look at Bruce Willis.

[@acronus]

(touches top of head) I...I didn't know I was a victim... do I get special parking now?

[@bcause3353]

I too suffer from the soul crushing condition known as alopecia. Do I get to park in the handicap spot now?

[@chuckrennert5783]

Youve been called worse!

[@MR-lq7ss]

That was the best breakdown of the Will Smith episode ever! So glad someone pointed out that Will Smith was laughing before the royal one decided she was not amused.

[@jennifersanchezdelaguarda3753]

YUP! That's why I lost ALL respect for Him!

[@CShellProductions]

“It wasn’t an alopecia joke anymore than the one about the chicken crossing the road is about bird flu.” Love the Zapruder film references.

[@kennettabradford6566]

It wasn't at all

[@charlytaylor1748]

Back & to the left

[@truthprevails4895]

Each week Bill gets more and more obsessed with something that "woke" people are doing or saying that he doesn't like. But the people he's referring to, the big Boogeymen, are TEENAGERS. This PC thing in high schools and colleges has been around for a few years, and yes, it's annoying. But guess what? They grow out of it! How about you analyze the source of these issues, Bill, like social media, if it bugs you so much? Throwing darts at kids sounds a lot like how pot smoking hippies were once treated. You remember them, right?

[@jasonbodden8816]

@Meadow Pinkelle And what context would that be?

[@ZeroOskul]

Deep breathing breaks down cortisol. Cortisol is the primary stress hormone. If you never calm down, cortisol toxicity can disrupt every body process. breathe deep. look-up "cortisol and oxygen"

[@mullethead1435]

Ricky Gervais said, " I would NEVER have made a joke about Jada's hair !" "I would have made a joke about her Boyfriend that she cheated with !"

[@ciarapress4878]

Best one yet-

[@hexl702too5]

To his face?

[@hexl702too5]

@Dave Grohl Lol silly! If Will Smith hasnt stopped a single comedian from making Jada jokes… And the slap only had the opposite effect - proliferating the jokes…. then why is Bill Maher bawling and whining about a “chilling effect”?…. Or Bellyaching about how “you can’t say ANYTHING anymore”….. He’s so full of shit….

[@Mike77x77]

@@hexl702too5 haven’t you watched the golden globes? He’s called them pedo pill poppers and told them to fuck off right to there faces as just a few examples.. he’s roasted Mel Gilbson as a racist and drunk while introducing him..

[@ayandambangani1559]

Oh Yes, I would gladly watch Ricky Gervais joke about Jada on "her entanglement with August".

[@maureenwagg5305]

"This war on jokes must end." I agree.

[@brownr749]

Yeah, that's what I thought...you want to go back to the time it was common to say, 'there's two n's drowning in the lake...which one.......'

[@overdrive7349]

Intolerance is the disease, humor is the cure. To arms, jackasses!

[@brownr749]

@Zek Kiel Some ppl look for reasons to get offended by an innocent joke AND some ppl insults other’s cloaked as a joke. Both of these things happen in life. Maybe you’re young and you’ve just experienced the part where ppl get offended, I don’t know, but ppl who pretend to be offended by my obvious jokes, I just say, F….them.

[@brownr749]

@Zek Kiel Now, as far as ppl scrolling …..I don’t know, I’m not on social media enough to notice the same ppl doing all this scrolling, if I were, and it bothered me, I would try to get a different hobby.

[@tonyseybert8068]

The War on Jokes must end! So no one is allowed to disagree on what is or isn’t funny. I’m guessing there’s a very good chance that this new rule is going to be very selectively applied.

[@patriciaschmitt6448]

Bill and the 'pointer stick' - LMAO!

[@cameronjohn604]

This is easily the best the breakdown of the situation!! Extremely clever and funny, thanks Bill. End the war on jokes!

[@inamullahkhan9045]

Bill Maher is a genius. His presentation and choice of words is almost otherworldly. Here he is genuinely sad and realises the implications that our diminishing thresholds for taking pun and innuendo can have on the world of comedy. However such lone incidents in bad taste cannot make dents in the pleasure that men like you provide to a sad and distressed world.

[@anncobleigh]

Brilliant, pithy analysis wrapped in humor. Love it!

[@ronaldleb3354]

I like Bill Maher. However Roseanne wasn’t making a joke when she compared Valerie Jarrett to a monkey. She sent it, no one asked her to. So his defence of her was weak, however as far as I am concerned. Jokes are only offensive if they are not funny

[@13lood13ath]

I never would have known about: Chris's joke, Jada's hair loss, Jada sleeping with their son's friends, and Will being a creep kissing his son in the mouth, if Will hadn't made such a global spectacle.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

Nor I!

[@observantwonderer7401]

Um that last point is not creepy, its a common poc thing (especially in Africa) we often kiss our relatives on the cheek or mouth, it's nothing wierd or gross its just a quick, closed mouth, platonic, peck on the lips. It's a form of greeting and perfectly normal and family appropriate. All that other shit going on with the Smith family is wack tho

[@andyguajardo4785]

😂

[@mohamedcoulibaly5774]

When I learned that Jada actually knew her son's friends since he was a kid was when I was over this shit. That witch is poisonous.

[@antnmu]

@@observantwonderer7401 ^^

[@fzerowipeoutlover]

“It’s the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.” - George Carlin

[@royrowland5763]

It is also the job of the comedian to make people laugh. By definition. And while I agree with much of what Carlin and Maher would say, I can probably count on one hand the number of times they've made me laugh.

[@judyrogers9313]

Me of the GREATEST- most intelligent comedians EVER! Love George Carlin!!

[@sidthecookiethief3133]

@@royrowland5763 You have a gift, friend, a near immunity to jokes. Hope that's working out well for you.

[@aaronarmideo476]

@@judyrogers9313 s1q6. 8 59 rh

[@chinacatsunflower8054]

George Carlin continued a tradition that began 2.500 years ago: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristophanes

[@sleepydragonzarinthal3533]

I loved how shocked Rock look, like his first thought is "really? THAT'S the joke I FINALLY got hit for? REALLY?!"

[@Christa.Francis]

HAHAHAHAHA !!!! YOU'RE TOTALLY RIGHT !!!! GOOD ONE 👍 !!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤗☺️🤣🤣🤣

[@Xavierpng]

Fyodor Dostoyevsky said: "Tolerance will reach such a level that intelligent people will be forbidden to think so as not to offend idiots."

[@alwaysgreatusa223]

And do you really believe that we live in a tolerant world ?

[@rickpoman]

@@alwaysgreatusa223 It's the paradox of tolerance

[@JC-eu8rg]

Except Fyodor Dostoyevsky never said that. Now everyone can see how misinformation works. Use person people think they should know (because you know, you're a smart person too) and attribute a quote to them, by using " " despite the person never having actually said it. Don't believe me. Ummm...trying looking something up for once

[@00J-Tone]

Why is it the "intelligent" people who are the ones trying to control the masses by forbidding jokes?

[@robertott2631]

@@Omniverse0 no one invented algebra., no one invented America. Now go invent yourself some more learning and less talking.

[@Monty7473]

I’ve had a love/hate relationship with Bill Maher for years. This is one of the love moments… thank you for this one Bill….. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@bean9619]

Haha, same. Sometimes I can't stand him and other times I agree with him. Either way, I'm glad he doesn't back down and just stays true to himself.

[@GaZonk100]

he's great! - and a fan of the nation-wrecking loonies in Washington...a real all-rounder

[@lisabass7584]

I have only love for him 🤪

[@lynnawalsh5290]

Me too

[@viajoseph4882]

Yup me too. Used to love him! Then I started waking up…seems like he slowly is as well!

[@joelw2023]

Haven't watched you in a long time but you totally nailed it here. Well done.

[@andyigwe7119]

What a well packaged, well researched excellently delivered presentation. Bill Maher's monologues are now like an oasis of saneness in the utter craziness that is now America

[@childwaters]

He has talked about how carefully he crafts them. It shows. Little literary gems worthy of Mark Twain or George Carlin.

[@marennolting1294]

Excellent

[@kurtamesbury6679]

@@childwaters Hardly.

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

If you listen carefully you can hear a chap leading the applause ... it's that well done, the audience needed someone to tell them when to laugh.

[@lauraoflanagan8928]

Yeah!

[@archive881]

"Explaining humor is a lot like dissecting a frog, you learn a lot in the process, but in the end you kill it." -- Mark Twain

[@johndough23]

sarcasm a humorous way, to mock stupid people without them realizing it. It is actually polite to use sarcasm. That's why the British use it so much. You can't just say "Janice is a moron" so you do similar in a polite way which the target is too stupid to see..It only took a few belt whips for this to sink in when I was a kid growing up with British parents.

[@stephenjstclair]

We will be mandated to talk like robots eventually.

[@ilandgrl]

EB White said that, not Mark Twain.

[@seymourbutts4654]

Trying to dissect a live frog is a lot like trying to dissect a live comedian. They're really slippery and full of guts.

[@zapkvr]

@@ilandgrl good job

[@missfisher5481]

Jokes are what keeps us sane. "let the common folk take the piss out of you for a one second"🤣

[@James-kv6kb]

That's so cool I thought only Australian said take the piss

[@RamiParadise]

I’ve been disagreeing with Bill for plenty of things recently. However, this is a gold mine. Well said!! 👏🏻👏🏻

[@Laughy-Flaaffy]

I’m a conservative republican and I think I’m starting to love Bill

[@swankybutters8371]

Yeah... Long overdue...

[@RamiParadise]

@@Laughy-Flaaffy Yea, I wonder why. I agree with most of what he said, but I wouldn't push it further.

[@RamiParadise]

@lygophile What do you mean by that? I'm curious. What do you disagree with Bill Maher the most?

[@majinraptor]

What do you disagree with? I tend to agree with bill on most things except crypto. Bill has no idea what it is but he still shits all over it lol.

[@CNVRSKDAJW]

*Explaining Jokes to Idiots* ... Absolute *Masterpiece*

[@gabrielenriquemartinez]

We know Bill Maher is a smart man, but that "explanation" was brilliant!

[@abuabdoalwaheed9967]

I like him, he is witty, but little shallow on general knowledge, especially when talking about international affairs and religions he is very shallow but he acts like he knows it all

[@Dialogos1989]

@@abuabdoalwaheed9967 well considering he tries to be a comedian as well as a political talk show host, you can’t expect him to also be an expert on the nuances of theology or foreign policy. That’s why he brings guests on the show.

[@somefreshbread]

He is not a smart man, but he sure thinks he is.

[@deep-pond]

I don't think he wrote it. He is too lazy to write his own jokes anymore. He's too busy hobnobbing with his right wing, shit-lib friends.

[@hallinden3942]

@@Dialogos1989 - I would disagree; talk show hosts are assumed to be knowledgeable and well-read on subjects they discuss on their shows by their audience. Sadly, most are not even close, substituting their uninformed opinions for actual facts: look no further than the hosts of "The View" as an example. Bill does tend to know something about the subjects he speaks about; however, not nearly as much as he should given the manner in which he carries himself and discusses these topics on air.

[@Charlie-xc6mb]

Humor is a relief valve, and when any relief valve gets obstructed, pressure builds, and if the obstruction isn't removed, bad things happen. Bad things are happening now. Thanks Bill, for illustrating it so brilliantly.

[@jeffrygriffith3811]

Visualizing toilet bowl overflow. After a big nasty turd is placed. The number of turds in the world are growing. We need to speed-up the flushing. Thanks Bill

[@Alkis05]

That is what fart jokes are for.

[@PapillonOne]

It was a brilliant piece!! Share it far and wide!!

[@4120306]

True if you laugh at your own misfortunes. But wrong if you're joking on other people's expense. That's just passive aggressive.

[@pauljnr2470]

@@4120306 Why do you feel the urge to regulate what other people laugh about. The fact that you don't find it funny doesn't mean it's not funny. Everybody should be able to say what they want to. In a world where people can't speak their mind, they tend to act towards it

[@serious_in_seattle6917]

That’s one of the best bits I’ve seen in awhile. Comedy is a venue where uncomfortable topics that otherwise make us squirm can instead make us laugh and think a little. Yes, that is funny!

[@maryannegunter115]

Some of us need laughter, to survive.

[@HealthyPlanet]

Careful. Veiling sadism with friendliness is something to think about.

[@Sujad]

@@HealthyPlanet How about the left veiling their authoritarianism with a sheen of progressive values? The kind that has damaged comedians?

[@lewisbeshers1946]

Mel Brooks has talked about using Richard Pryor as a consultant to make sure he didn't go to far in scripting Blazing Saddles. An incredible work of screen satire that highlighted the stupidity of racism. There's not a chance in hell it would ever get greenlit today. And where might you ask did I see this film? On the campus of Swarthmore College, while visiting my brother, and attending Alumni weekend with my Dad. My brother had a radio show on campus where he played the Blues, and highlighted the impact and artistry of African American music on all music created here in the U S of A. Sounds pretty woke to me. Facepalm. Racism certainly needs to continued to be talked about, especially since the right has been using it as a major plank in their campaigns the last 2 decades. But censoring things to the point of dullness, and oh please don't hurt anyone's feeling, the needle has swung to far in both directions at the same time.

[@Sujad]

@@lewisbeshers1946 Racism was already going away. I remember in the 90s nobody giving a shit about racism and everyone just being cool with every one else. WAs there still racism? Sure. But it was being fought in a good way. You saw media of good characters who happen to be black or gay or whatever. Now, that they're black or gay is their character and it's both it's own kind of racism (tokenism and reducing someone to arbitrary characteristics) and grifting. Look at BLM, it's a literal grift that's now being investigated but if anyone criticized it, they'd be automatically called racist. This breeds dissent as A) it posits that everyone forgets that racism is bad if they're not browbeat about it constantly and B) the people who were doing the browbeating turned out to be just as bad and as corrupt, if not more so than the very people they were criticizing. All of this race hustling has done nothing but set back integration of minorities by years if not decades and it's largely the left doing it.

[@richardjohnholdenra3492]

'Back, and to the left....' hilarious

[@lornalafontaine6434]

This show is SO WELL WRITTEN and so very well delivered!! Thank you!

[@leqaf]

It has its good moments

[@drindy5166]

@@leqaf most definitely and when it does, it is pure gold lol ✌

[@bobdamano9606]

Bills mom *

[@drindy5166]

@@bobdamano9606 lmao

[@michaellambert8919]

@@leqaf 9pm 9pm 9th is and and minute 🔳🔳

[@peteradams1588]

“Back and to the left”….that’s the hardest I’ve laughed in a long time, thanks Bill🙏

[@marinda3262]

Me too. Can’t stop laughing 😂😂😂😂

[@lw3269]

Well done, Bill. Comedy is not a blood sport. It's entertainment.

[@stevenchilders272]

Most comedy is exposing our weaknesses in order to find common ground with one another. It's never objective of that's what you're looking for

[@JaesonSS]

are you implying blood sports aren't entertaining? Maximus Meridius would truly like to know.

[@keithhoss4990]

The funniest part is that the “progressives” want everyone to tolerate everything they tell us too but they can’t tolerate jokes they don’t like. They are the true tyranny. 99% of the country should not have to tiptoe around for a few people.

[@malcolmxpanther]

Yet he won’t defend Joe Rogan lol

[@purplewine7362]

@@malcolmxpanther haha I said the hard r haha now laff pleez

[@EmilyKresl]

All I have to say is if I slapped a guy for saying stuff I don't like, I'd get arrested, given a ticket and forced to attend counseling AND anger management classes just to get the charge reduced to a county ordinance violation but even then in the deal I'd have to promise to never be violent again or else I'll get the book thrown on me. And trust me I know, I've already been through it.

[@B3Band]

Either your profile is fake or you're lying.

[@EmilyKresl]

@@B3Band why is it so hard for you to accept my opinion based on my own experience? You clearly have never been in charged with assault and battery misdemeanors or if you're lucky like me you'd be offered a 'sweetheart deal,' of reducing your charges to specific county ordinance violations you can plead no contest to in exchange for immediate enrollment into an anger management class (that costs money and lasts 8 weeks and if you miss any of the classes the deal is off the table,) and complete the required counseling and Critical thinking classes, then pay a fine, and in the agreement there's a stipulation that this is a one time deal and can not only be ever offered again but will ensure if I'm ever back in court for anytime violence in my county they can throw the book at me, if you had you'd know I'm telling the truth and I'm real lol

[@babs5573]

Will & Jada are entitled filthy rich people...black or white, it makes no difference

[@leacebee5892]

Don't forget the standing ovation Will got . Thankfully he did apologize unfortunately forgot one person in his apology.

[@bjshap]

​@@leacebee58920

[@llynnie888]

Comedians have to be protected at all costs. Chris Rock was blindsided and Will Smith was comforted. Excellent take on this calamity!

[@lorettamurphy7119]

So Happy for ya,Chris Rock🤗🤗

[@jamess3109]

Chris rock wasnt blind sided. He knew the slap was coming. It was all a work

[@1Jonathanable]

Comedians have helped to create the verbally abusive culture we live in now. Will Smith was at work just like Chris Rock was. Maybe comedians should learn not to talk about the people in the room. Will Smith was not at a comedy show. The Oscars have become a celebrity roast not an awards show.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Serie A Leader

[@DefSquadFan]

I don't think Will Smith is comforted. Most people are taking Chris Rock's side.

[@nembhardandre]

"Wait for the laughter to die down to say that wasn't funny"...so true!

[@jamesfeldman4234]

“Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.”- George Carlin

[@lindamoon4639]

It's Mark Twain.

[@jamesfeldman4234]

@@lindamoon4639 Linda, we're probably both wrong. The actual origins of this quotation have been researched and the source is unclear. However, the quote is most commonly attributed to Mark Twain and George Carlin. Regardless, if these two were alive, I'm sure they'd happily agree with it.

[@lindamoon4639]

@@jamesfeldman4234 I'm wrong, true, what a shame! Some years ago i spent quite a lot of time reading all the quote investigators etc concerning Mark Twain (as i was translating a book of his) & thought i had reached somewhere, but the trip is even longer than i thought at the time; also, i've forgotten some stuff. And no, it doesn't comfort me that Carlin didn't say it first either. 😉

[@bonnykowaski]

@James Feldman...and your point is?

[@22lyric]

@@bonnykowaski Butt out.

[@michaelrossel7339]

The analysis of the happy Oscar slapping did age very well good.

[@belleepoque2544]

Lol, I can’t believe this has to be explained to people. Never agreed with you more, Bill.

[@djrychlak4443]

Bill Maher is not your friend, lady. Open your f*cking eyes. You'll see.

[@ldylkr]

I know! Never thought I'd see the day. Lol

[@thatafricanlady]

Honestly!!!

[@ahh_yes_mr_bax]

Well to be fair it still had to be explained that nobody canceled Kevin Hart for his joke, they just asked him if him making this repeated joke was a sign of his beliefs. He then canceled himself from hosting the oscars because for some reason he didnt want to tell everyone that the jokes arent serious and he would never actually beat his son for being gay. Thats all he had to do, but the reactionaries blamed it on “cancel culture” because thats easier than accepting that your favorite comedian might be a homophobe.

[@The2musiclovers]

You would have because it was not said to you or anyone you love.

[@cadriver2570]

Bill has been absolutely on fire over the past couple years. Well done!

[@fixthesegames6303]

@@MS-qo3sy There are men who have been bald and made fun of for decades and no one had an issue. What makes women a protected class from jokes?

[@stephaniebaker1542]

@@fixthesegames6303 🤣

[@cadriver2570]

@@MS-qo3sy OK Jada.

[@auramac]

He starts with a valid premise, then runs it into the ground till he too sounds like a jerk. Obnoxious and arrogant. He blew it- I was hoping he'd nail it.

[@davidanthony1477]

Agreed, however I believe he is wrong about Trump who is hated by people who cancel comedians.

[@norsechick]

As a traditional conservative, I recognize Bill Maher as a traditional democrat. We are from a time when you were best friends with people from both parties. Where you rarely discussed politics, but when you did, it was a conversation, not a war of hurtful words and personal attacks. Where did the sane people from both parties go? I believe that love is always the answer and a sense of humor is a wonderful gift. Both parties' traditionalists are lost these days. So much hateful rhetoric from both sides. It's depressing and soul killing. Conversation is dead. Long live social media keyboard warriors.

[@danblaize5742]

Here here

[@EXPERTISE]

#timbitsforpresident

[@joeruth4673]

It's funny how in the past 6 months, I've noticed I agree with some of Bill's statements. He finally woke up pun intended. Nice to be able to share communication again, if only he would debate a little more with people on topics and get out of his comfort zone with the audience

[@nunyamarie9044]

Best post I’ve read in a very long time. I’m so tired of the need to label ourselves based on our political affiliations. It seems I was just a care-free 21 yo just a few months ago, I sneezed and am now 53. The 90s and 2000s politics weren’t perfect but we were more courteous and respectful. The spirit of the American people right after 9-11 was amazingly strong and unified. I wish it had remained. The desire to be true to one’s party, regardless of the absurdity of the stance, seems reminiscent of brainwashing.

[@joeruth4673]

Yuri Bezmenov predicted this a long time ago, he was pretty much spot on

[@Phil-For-Reel]

I'm not normally a fan of Bill Maher but the guy has dropped some gems in the past year or so on current culture.

[@ashjogalekar8814]

Bill Maher is a national treasure. If we can't laugh at ourselves and others, what's left to do?

[@kuljahanproductions4587]

treasure ? you kidding? he's a racist and an Islamophobe

[@lindafloris]

Slap people around 🤣. Chris Rock may have made a tasteless joke in some people's opinion. Will Smith topped it off. His slap was way more tasteless than the joke. Hope l don't offend anyone by sharing my opinion pfffff

[@will1graham]

He's woke about woke culture... he sees it everywhere

[@jacoblee7367]

National treasure LMAO! Oh! This wasn’t a joke? 😂

[@goose5462]

National idiot and a loser. Luckily his writing staff is pretty good.

[@C.D.J.Burton]

Bill Maher is going into legendary status - Really well done and really appreciated. Couldn't put it better myself.

[@tb1235]

He's in some kind of weird tug of war though, you can tell he's a traditional liberal but struggles with the way the current trajectory of modern liberalism is headed. He's vehemently apposed to conservativism but the irony is that he'd be more embraced by modern conservatives than modern liberals any day of the week. This is why tribalism is so dangerous. Even when people know the truth, they are still willing to destroy even themselves over tribalistic and dogmatic beliefs.

[@Marshall_Stacks]

@@tb1235 Well said for some dolt commenting under a fucking libertarian. Haha!

[@Incandescentiron]

Thank you for explicitly pointing out out Will Smith laughing before he saw his wife's reaction. The slap came from some personal guilt he felt, nothing to do with protecting his family. That was the biggest joke.

[@1Jonathanable]

So how many times should he let this dude pick on her? This wasn't the first time.

[@proculusjulius7035]

@@1Jonathanable she can take another man's strokes no problem but jokes?! Too far?

[@MandySam13]

@@1Jonathanable if he thought Chris was picking on her, he should have reacted to it before. Not laugh first, then see Jada isnt thrilled, so assault someone on Live TV! I’m a long time fan of Will. But those who attempted to justify Will have lost their grip on reality.

[@NestedQuantifier]

@@MandySam13 "if he thought Chris was picking on her, he should have reacted to it before." Right, because if he tolerated it before, he must tolerate it now. That's the shittest kind of argument there is. It's literally a moral abusive method. "You didn't do anything before, so I am obviously right!" Even if he reacted before, you would have said the same thing. Or even if he did react the first time, you'd just say that he is overreacting to a one-time offense. Also, the idea that a person must react to something immediately is ridiculous. What? Are you saying that a person can only use their first reaction to an action and must stick to it? What bullshit abusive argument.

[@NestedQuantifier]

Right, because a man taking action after he realized his wife is hurt is "personal guilt, "nothing to do with protecting his family". Your ability to twist narratives and motives is amazing. There are so many reasonable avenues to attack Will Smith for his assault due to a joke, but you chose this one.

[@savethezombies]

Best comedy show I ever been to: George Carlin at my college. He shocked us, he made us think, and he made us laugh. RIP

[@ralphshelley9586]

But not the IRS!

[@pdgutierrez8784]

George Carlin was practicing free speech. Well said Bill Maher!

[@waynej2608]

I can only imagine how George would've reacted to this affront to comedy. I guarantee it would be hilarious and right on target. Maher nailed it in any event.

[@Lisa-pl6gv]

True legend!

[@davidwilliamson8502]

“Has to wait for the crowd to stop laughing to say, ‘You’re not funny!’“ That’s gold right there.

[@kendomyers]

I think that was missed, comparing a woman's looks to Demi Moore, especially from her prime, isn't an insult.

[@kindabluejazz]

If what was said was just intended as a compliment, it wouldn't have been a joke at all. But still, Will missed the humor in it even more than you.

[@kendomyers]

@@kindabluejazz There were worse comparisons to be made. Demi Moore is a positive comparison, even if one wants to poke fun at a shaved head. This was clearly meant to "singe, not burn," as they say in the comedy world.

[@SiriusCJS]

Did you watch this video? Or just what happened at the Oscars? Will absolutely did not miss the humor in the joke. And the above comment didn't say the joke was specifically complimentary. He just said it wasn't an insult.

[@JG-bi3he]

Exactly 💯

[@davidberger8420]

@@kindabluejazz L

[@thomasmagnum3588]

“Kids used to go to college to lose their virginity ; now they go to lose their sense of humor. “. Gold!

[@tcsmagicbox]

So if you want to enjoy a good racist, sexist, or homophobic joke, don't go to college.

[@christerry1773]

@@tcsmagicbox thanks. Racist

[@cykeok3525]

@@tcsmagicbox Indoctrination in hypersensitive "wokeness" makes a person think everything is racist, sexist, or homophobic, even when it's not. ESPECIALLY when it's not. A non-offensive joke about a race, gender, or sexual orientation will be absolutely hilarious and not offensive to an actual person of that race, gender or sexual orientation, but then you'll have some "woke" person who is not in the demographic at all getting offended "on behalf".

[@trixieelle4511]

Bill Maher attended Cornell. What did he lose there ?

[@jovanleon7]

@@tcsmagicbox Fortunately not everyone is a s stuck up as you. Which oppressed minority are you offended on behalf on right now? Please tell.

[@mrocha3006]

That Seinfeld “back and to the left” remark was genius 😂😂😂

[@GigglewithFelix321]

That Seinfeld episode referenced the movie, "JFK".

[@SarahConnor618]

Chris Rock remained a comedian throughout the whole act. The "uh-oh" was hilarious. "Will Smith just smacked the shit out of me" genius And "that was... the greatest moment in tv history" lol

[@StimParavane]

I would love to know the burn he had in his mind after the slap, but had the restraint not to say.

[@happydazeharvick4399]

@@StimParavane I agree with you wholeheartedly. The sad thing is... That Will actually thought it was funny, but Jada is a you-know-what ! Unfortunately for Will Smith masculinity is pronounced dead

[@pammers5588]

I know. Chris Rock handled himself like a decent human being. I think that Will Smith needs to get some help, because he has clearly lost his way. He does not look happy

[@SarahConnor618]

@@pammers5588 well his wife was cheating with him since the 2pac days lol

[@AlTahoe]

@@SarahConnor618 Well then he should be used to it by now 🙂

[@AnaRocio2001]

Bill Maher should be the next host at The Oscars 😁

[@hhiippiittyy]

Or... Everybody with any talent should refuse to host.

[@TheresaLyonhart]

Bill would kill it. In a good way.

[@AllYouHaveToDoIsBeHonest]

Bill Maher wasn't joking when he said he wanted to American Economy to have a recession just so Trump would be voted out. He's fine with his $140 million. Screw the peasants!

[@deconry]

Totally agree.

[@ankitachandel]

And Jada and Will Smith should get first row seats

[@OnlineHustleTV]

A sense of entitlement is killing us all everyday

[@nancybcbg4316]

🎯🎯🎯

[@kaivogel253]

it's the racism and the sexism, living on even in this demented comedians mind. To him it's a duty to spread that filth. I truly wish he was cancelled. Maybe I don't have to hear his whining anymore

[@jakem8420]

@@kaivogel253 you're a certified cornball lmao

[@scc6454]

@@kaivogel253 Change the channel. Problem solved.

[@philanderphillips2309]

@@kaivogel253 You know you have the power to NOT WATCH OR LISTEN.

[@marlonnoordwijk4727]

That George Carlin joke. About the 7 words you can’t say on tv. Really hit home with me. Damn am I really that old 😂

[@rachellerae5888]

I often wonder what George would say about society now

[@sbsb4995]

What Smith did was unforgivable. But what the Oscar did after that, by allowing Smith to stay on the show was absolutely disgusting.

[@borgia4761]

This is ridiculous: typical Maher, going waaaaayyyyyy over the top. I was *AGAINST* the Smiths before Maher started whining. Yes, Will Smith acted stupidly and wrongly. Wait till you’re up for a big award with your nerves on edge, being “roasted” in front of millions by a guy you happen to have a bad history with _ and tell me that you’re 100% sure it couldn’t happen to you. Christ, as I said _ I was *against* him till Maher started up. *What* “war on jokes”??!! Jeez, get a grip. When Amy Schumer makes a joke, it’s *NOT* “the common people” taking the p&&& out of celebrities _ she’s a *very* rich celebrity *herself!!* If Maher is such a great defender of free speech, why does the most *TINY* criticism of Israel have the same effect on him as the full moon on a werewolf??!! Why does he *NEVER* have any Native Americans on his show? Why does he almost *never* have any real progressives on his show _ apart from Bernie Sanders a couple of times, whom he kept interrupting with stupid irrelevant sidetracks? Why has he constantly defamed Jeremy Corbyn, without allowing any right of reply? Some free speech fan!!

[@tylerkuite]

@@borgia4761 i hope this is a troll, lol cuz if not wow…

[@khoocheepeng]

Hello... Allowing Smith to continue to stay on the show was an other joke...You can't take it..I can...The whole show was a joke...Who cares ? It just a show...

[@brownr749]

I think like most ppl...they were totally off guard...even after seeing it, I wasn't absolutely sure it was fake...I saw it live, and immediately went on line and thought it would be all over the net, and it wasn't, so I thought maybe it was a fake...and then 2 hours later, the net blew up with ppl talking about.

[@watcharatphairatphiboon2949]

Lost my admiration for Will Smith. It looked like bullying to me like when someone gets accused of looking at a bully the wrong way.

[@bankait_rex1860]

This one was one of the best shows I seen Bill done in awhile, a joke dies when you start analyzing it , just laugh and move on.

[@BoilingDietCoke]

You must be young. We do not forget. Bill is too late, and many dollars short.

[@nothingnobody1454]

@@BoilingDietCoke your comment is bringing him more traffic rn

[@happydazeharvick4399]

@@BoilingDietCoke Not every song is a hit. But that doesn't mean you quit listening to a good band/group !

[@happydazeharvick4399]

B.T. Rex I totally agree.

[@AllYouHaveToDoIsBeHonest]

Bill Maher wasn't joking when he said he wanted to American Economy to have a recession just so Trump would be voted out. He's fine with his $140 million. Screw the peasants!

[@pitman6992]

Chris Rock was the REAL man in the room! I don't think I could've contained myself in such a manner!!!😡😡😡

[@francispoldiak7948]

If he offended my wife by joking about her medical condition (which is what this is all about) I would have put Chris in the hospital...

[@fairytaildog3363]

@@francispoldiak7948 Yeah sure buddy and end up in prison. I feel sorry for your wife at least she will find someone else who's more sensible while your getting your cheeks clapped in prison 😂😂. Only time you should use force is to protect someone not get butt hurt for something someone said. If they want to be a clown let them be. Why do you want to be a clown aswell?

[@novembercherry4]

@@francispoldiak7948 He wasn’t making fun of any medical condition. He didn’t know like half the world didn’t know, or care.

[@brianmorris2847]

We love victims.Chris should have went crazy on his ass!!

[@RS-fy9hb]

@@novembercherry4 Even if he did, it is for everyone else to judge how bad/insensitive the joke is. You never get to assault someone for words being said. And anyone saying they'd defend their SO, you'd first need to identify the threat. Because in most cases, if you're physically assaulting someone but feel confident showing them your back, you already knew you should have never been physical. If you genuinely think he aught to apologize, then tell him, or fuck off with your feelings. To think you'd be arrogant enough to feel like you should go through life without anyone ever offending you is absolutely insane.

[@Angel-um4ue]

This war isn't only against comedians..it's against all of us

[@MrGTO86]

I'm glad he did this so Chris Rock wouldn't have to unnecessarily justify himself.

[@jenniferwenkel9191]

Chris Rock's silence speaks volumes. He's a class act.

[@ahseemyousuf7238]

Hits the nail on the head with self censorship, has become a real issue among writers at the moment.

[@joyceroberts6979]

Hey, are you using the word “head” to take another swipe at Jada? That’s not funny!

[@malcolmxpanther]

Yet Bill Maher won’t defend Rogan lol

[@mrinalkumarravi8820]

@@malcolmxpanther He doesn't need to. Not vaccinating is as much a personal choice as blasting music in the middle of the night is, or burning 30 tonnes of coal (that's 6 African elephants for non-metric people) in one's backyard is. You are NOT free to incubate anthrax in your basement. You're not free to keep a black mamba in your yard. Your freedom SHOULDN'T cause objective harm to others and not vaccinating does.

[@toriless]

Yeah, good thing show like Seinfeld stopped before this happened. It was not always PC.

[@williamdirks5805]

Self-censorship? Sometimes simple taste and decency toward others requires a bit of it.

[@zalllon]

I haven’t been a fan of Bill since the start, but amazing how the changing world has brought us closer. “Bill, you were on point with every line in this segment, excellent job! Entertaining, informative and humorous!”

[@nonmagicmike723]

He still has a serious case of TDS and has been attempting to unseat Trump by any BS means and Russia story necessary. Nevertheless, he is funny and makes some pretty good editorials every now and then.

[@anthonydavis9382]

I'm just glad he's against this woke garbage

[@analoguedragon7438]

The fact that this needs to be explained is scary

[@jebidiahnewkedkracker1801]

It kind of IS😳

[@pashleyfication]

This man has summed up everything I've been telling my 'non Internet using' friends about this incident and I LOVE IT! Why? Because Will Smith won't hear what I say about him but he'll hear this

[@tonyacosta4574]

He fell for the wrong woman

[@waltermennekens1503]

Then you are also living in some sad fantasy world. You've never had more freedom than you've had this century, especially as a woman

[@pashleyfication]

@@waltermennekens1503 I have no idea who this comment was for, as it is completely out of context, but you seem really sad and angry about things. Maybe keep your butt hurt feelings to yourself? Good lad

[@NestedQuantifier]

@@pashleyfication "I don't understand what you say, but because I think you might be disagreeing with me, you must be sad and angry and butthurt. Good boy."

[@pashleyfication]

@@NestedQuantifier you missed the part where I asked them to keep their negativity to their self

[@melanie-js5gb]

one of the things that makes comedy funny is someone said what everyone is thinking but didn't have the guts to say it. Bill, you hit the nail on the head with this one.

[@brownr749]

not everyone was thinking CR joke was funny when it dawn on them he was actually taking a dig at someone's health problem...that's offensive and not a joke.

[@MalcolmnotX1863]

B Pop C C @@brownr749 CB No

[@Ali80076]

@@brownr749 True you're right, that J.I Jane 2 joke wasnt funny, i would've made a lord of the rings Gollum joke.. PRECIOUS!

[@brownr749]

@@Ali80076 One of many attributes of a bigot is malevolence.

[@lynworthypyles4731]

@@Ali80076 l

[@thrashmetalenthusiast5570]

RIP gilbert godfried. one of the funniest comedians of all time.

[@Mftjan2000]

Sadly another sicko :(

[@hexl702too5]

Bill: “George carlin, it’s a good thing you’re dead!” It’s a good thing Gilbert Gottfried is dead, too! (Too soon?)

[@jacobfromallstate4963]

Wow, you think hes funny? Do you remember what he said after the Japanese tsunamis? "I just split up with my girlfriend, but like the Japanese say, "They'll be another one floating by any minute now." "I was talking to my Japanese real estate agent. I said 'is there a school in this area.' She said 'not now, but just wait.'" Fucking HILARIOUS. 🤣🤣🤣

[@neomimzyneomimzy5095]

I hope Will Smith has nothing to do with his dead...

[@maximusaugustus6823]

We should thank HBO for letting Maher and others continue with their jokes.

[@mimi7839]

Humor is all we have left, leave it alone! I remember the day when a comedian would poke fun at everyone, I always waited for the Italian jokes and actually felt left out if there wasn’t any! What happened to the days when we laughed at ourselves and weren’t ashamed of our ethnic differences we embraced them and laughed!

[@bastardbill9480]

Why do Italians wear gold chains around their necks? So they know where to Stop Shaving.

[@dancingdiva5458]

So true. My favorite movie is "my big fat greek wedding" my culture was finally represented. We all love it.

[@assezzen194]

You probably mean "we embraced them".... Although embarrassing people is funny, alright!

[@SkillShoe-f11]

Those days died in the 90s. I sound like a boomer but istg its true.

[@mimi7839]

@@assezzen194 haha yes embraced lol

[@margaretettinger6134]

Two thoughts: It used to be a badge of honor to be roasted by a comedian, it meant you were famous. Laughter is the best medicine.

[@andromeda156]

It is the best medicine, I'm disabled, and joke about it all the time. Even my best friend thought I have gone to far joking about my disability, but it helps me :)

[@noelbrown6771]

Don Imus roasting Bill Clinton is a classic! 🙃

[@generaldirection5123]

Jokes usually hit on our pain points & stressors too. We laugh, because laughter is a release of stress. It's therapeutic. And we usually laugh either because "it's true, it's so true!" (because if we didn't laugh, we'd have to cry), or because a comedian took a common point and exaggerated it to the point of ridiculousness, to mock something else being ridiculous. I've always said laughter is healing. If we can laugh at e.g. racism, that means it's behind us, in the rearview mirror, and only getting further away. But if we can't laugh at it... that must mean it's a serious problem, and getting worse, which means we're regressing as a society.

[@generaldirection5123]

@@andromeda156 Lol absolutely! I like to use that as an example: if we're a gang of friends, of bros, and we had 1 guy in a wheelchair in the team, how would he feel if everybody all cracked jokes at each other's expense, except him? He'd probably feel EXCLUDED, right? Because that's exactly what you're doing, excluding him from the fun, because of some warped idea that "they can't handle it." Ask him yourself, I bet he'll say, "I hang out with you guys all the time, and your lame dick & fart jokes, and you think I can't handle one coming my way? Try me." Society needs to learn (again) there's a difference between making a joke about someone or something, vs. mocking directly. Stephen Hawking was a world famous figure, loved and respected. And plenty of jokes were made "about" him. (My favorite is the ERB video with him rap battling Einstein). But I think the pearl-clutchers fail to realize, none of the jokes were "LOL look at him, he's in a wheelchair". Because that's not funny. What's funny is accepting him for all he is, his achievements and his condition, and still making jokes about it regardless. It's true equality.

[@jimo1841]

@Johnny G Ummm, ya, no... not so much... if you were the subject of a roast by Don Rickles, it was considered one of the highest honours one could attain, as this was one of the highest pinnacles of recognition a person could receive. Don was the master at roasts, his comedy was second to none, and he always finished with class and respect to the person being roasted.

[@exsoba_ramen]

Bill Maher...thank you for giving us this. In such a hash, cold, world humor is what gets me through a lot of the time. To the whole comedian community, your jobs are one of the most difficult ones out there. Thank you for giving us laughter, I don't know what this world would be without it.

[@69Camaro-pn3bt]

Sir, you’re probably one of the last true comedians around you make me laugh so hard

[@yahyarajaee5883]

You can’t believe how much George Carlin is missed. In every dead celebrity survey, he’s the one of the most beloved still to this day

[@barbarastrayhorn4667]

So agree.

[@spyweb314]

Who???

[@erincaitlin1655]

Thee best to date ...

[@Wolfspaule]

I miss him too!

[@vtshawonly1]

Facts

[@kaiko70]

"Self-censorship, the worst kind of all" So true

[@churrothiev8387]

No. The human brains have exactly a department for self-censorship. It's called the frontal lobes. Without these, a person can be as barbaric as he could be and will jump into the next impulse without calculating the costs. Studies have shown that series killers and especially bull-dog-type psychopaths don't have developed frontal lobes like an average person does. So no, if self-censorship is the worst kind of all, why does the human body have a mechanism for it? Yes, I do talk about censoring in all forms, actions, words and thoughts, the frontal lobes do that. There's nothing wrong with self-censorship in itself. With almost everything it's only bad when it's an extreme. Stop parroting something someone said just because it hypes you in the moment.

[@EliteWokiesNonEliteRichHuhlolz]

Now see. The civilian conservatives that no one pays to tell jokes because they aren't funny who've glommed onto comedians because they want to say whatever they please to troll whomever they want are riding Bill's jock in this moment... But they were all calling for the cancelation of Kathy Griffin for her piece about Trump. She also still gets work now. See "Cancel culture" has never a solely leftist, "woke" affliction. And it's never really been a thing in the first place. But this isn't the current narrative. Everyone is suckling at the "We're too sensitive" teat. Up to me and people with brains to be the kid in the Emperor's New Clothes. As usual

[@bodyshoplaboratories501]

Nothing wrong with being your own best critic.

[@CassandrashadowcassMorrison]

It's called respect for another's feelings or "empathy". Shakespeare said it this way "He jests at scars that never felt a wound."

[@kaiko70]

@@CassandrashadowcassMorrison Ahahahah!!!

[@kevissimo]

Thank you. Comedians have always been the truth tellers and prophets of our culture. To fearlessly say the things that need to be said and to point the spotlight on the absurdities and failings of our culture. From comedy clubs to king's courts they have always, over centuries, played a single role...to tell the truth through humor. We cannot lose this. We cannot lose this ever.

[@missygoldstein12]

Yes, we CANNOT!

[@carloscabrera7073]

Not the hacks that are around today.

[@EliteWokiesNonEliteRichHuhlolz]

@Carlos Cabrera ikr?? Just like the unfunny civilians no one pays to see who want to be able to say whatever they want to troll. So they've glommed on to comedians as their symbols of hope they live vicariously through. For their great civil rights fight for Troll Speech- I mean Free Speech. A lot of these new comedians don't work on jokes. The fact that they're saying something transgression is supposed to BE the joke. Lames.

[@carloscabrera7073]

@@EliteWokiesNonEliteRichHuhlolz The female comics today are way funnier than the males. They punch up not down.

[@zacharythomas8617]

This is because internet.

[@Pretermit_Sound]

I’ve been a left-leaner ever since I became politically aware, and I’ll likely always remain one, but what Bill is talking about is absolutely true. It’s become embarrassing, and an increasingly heavy burden to share a political community with people who are doing these kinds of things.

[@HuckFlynn]

Yep. However, since I read about "political horseshoe theory", it's made the world make more sense. I don't know WHY the extremes bend towards the same crazy ends but it definitely seems to capture the experience of dealing with all of them.

[@lovelyliberal3294]

Amen! The tantrum-throwing "victims" are young/dumb #Berniebros. Why sane/smart democrats haven't been more vocal in telling them to settle down or get out is baffling. These passive aggressive online bullies are inciting cons to go to the polls to vote against us and depressing votes on our side w/their ugly extremism. Ppl need to speak out against this behavior.

[@mogznwaz]

I was the same as you. Sooner or later you realise the Overton window has shifted and you’ve become right leaning / moderately conservative

[@christianc.christian5025]

@@HuckFlynn Horseshoe theory is also a myth. You may want to keep that in mind. Yes, with centrists (aka liberals) being the most “anti-gun,” for lack of a better term, it leaves the other parts of the horseshoe to pick an answer in a binary… “Pro-2A” or “anti-2A.” Of course, the truth is less convenient than this - and the most sweeping anti-firearm legislation ever passed was the Mulford Act in California when Ronald Reagan was governor - because people typically are not monoliths unless they’re in groups (or on social media, which is more and more a groupthink setting, at the very least.) My experience is that people who are “easily offended” or “pro-censorship” tend to come from the strictest of all political movements - neoliberals and conservatives (if we even want to pretend they’re different anymore.) Liberals, as is par for the course, usually want to moderate the types of things that are socially acceptable or said informally. Whereas conservatives usually want to mandate what can or cannot be said or done under penalty of law. If you know a single leftist (mind you, not *liberal* but an actual socialist, communist or anarchist) who wants anything even approaching a flag-burning amendment, a book ban or a limitation on the use of recording equipment to monitor police and justice system officials, I’d love to hear about it. Personally, I fall somewhere between the latter two of the three types of leftists I mentioned. As are most of the people I associate with in a political realm. I don’t think I know a single leftist who supports *anything* like that.

[@iota7sharma722]

yeah the mediation of any community is necessary

[@rippindrummer666]

“Not everyone at a comedy club should be laughing, it should be half the people laughing and half the people horrified” Patrice O’Neal

[@asdfasdf7199]

rip the goat

[@rippindrummer666]

@@asdfasdf7199 amen brother

[@scottclark5474]

1000%

[@Harley57]

@@asdfasdf7199 uz

[@nostoppingit7827]

Never been a fan of Bill but recently have found myself watching his content and agreeing with so much of what he says. Miracles do happen.

[@brownr749]

...he was trying to manipulate ppl into believing he was all for civil rights while he had this jungle fever with black women...then he thought he earned a black card long enough to use the N word...we called his racist butt out on it, and every since then, he started to show his true colors by having, 'how can I be a racist' Sharon Racist Osbourn on his show, and now this...so, he's one of you now and you love it, huh?

[@chrisphillips6498]

I think he has finally realized these people he was siding with are fucking mental!

[@PathkeeperOfficial]

That’s because as the left moves farther away itself he appears more on the right, and because the enemy of your enemy is your friend you are psychologically at a loss for reason to continue hating him

[@annkelleyphoto]

Same

[@J0HN3]

He finally saw the light. Took him long enough.

[@AlwaysHereAndNow]

That's the best take in this whole thing I've heard! Hats off. Irreverence and humor are some of my favorite things. I actually believe it keeps us sane and loving one another.

[@freeman37]

Laughing prolongues life. Thanks Bill!

[@Rickpa]

Absolutely brilliant! I want my enlightenment classical liberal, free and open society back.

[@TheKrazysexykool]

Me too. 👍👍👍👏👏👏

[@proudliberal605]

Identity politics. It is when we transitioned from talking about keeping jobs in America, or the price of milk, to instead talking about self-perceived victimhood. No one is going to let some given minority have a monopoly on self-perceived grievance. So, everybody gets a participation trophy now. We all get to vent some type of frustration from personal grievance. We are all suffering from victimhood. We are in the middle of a "my grievance is more important than your grievance" war. Doesn't matter what "side" you are on. You get your entitled grievance. The most credible grievance is about the economic exploitation of the working class or the greatest wealth disparity in over 100 years. But no one wants to talk about that anymore. Especially the talking heads that we tune into on a nightly basis. Now we collectively walk on eggshells wondering whose grievance we are going to accidently violate. Best to not say anything at all.

[@ncorp2668]

@@proudliberal605 That's why identity politics and critical theory is post-structuralist throughout history. Often times when there's an awakening of class consciousness, a movement of identity politics is a reaction to it. It's why you see every major corporation and media outlet promoting transgender and movements like BLM. Capitalists are more than happy to welcome a diverse crowd of capitalists to equally fuck over the working class. They see it as a tool. The same Amazon that promotes gender identity and BLM is the same Amazon that shut down unionizing and has workers without bathroom breaks. You'd never see these companies promoting a worker's rights movement....not in a million fucking years. It says a lot. That's why, for example, a city in California is creating a UBI for transgender and non-binary people....mind you, California...one of the worst places in the US for homelessness (of course over 99% of them not being trans or non-binary). They can pretend that progress is happening by constantly placating to this tiny fraction of people, instead of by need, which requires a lot more resources and actual work and change.

[@c4caffeen134]

@@proudliberal605 That all began under O's first term. He began the division war = class warfare

[@bryanmachin2152]

@@proudliberal605 Do you know why no one wants to talk that wealth disparity? Because like 3 people own 80% of the media, and they won't ever really get into it, because the only way out of it is to TAX THEM MORE. And the one thing we can NEVER do in this country without the right going crazy is make the rich pay more in taxes. That would be the END OF THE WORLD according to corporate media, and a lot of the yahoos who benefit not one iota from low taxes on the rich.

[@Lake_Filter]

I didn't know that if your feelings got hurt by another person, you're entitled to a free assault and battery towards that person. I've been wasting all this time learning and practicing how to control my emotions so that I wouldn't do things that I would regret. I didn't know that people are supposed to gladly accept whatever brutal beatdown I impose upon them whenever I think that they might be the reason why my feelings are hurt.

[@guidodiman]

When you attend a comedy show or watch one it's not personal. It's not about you. It's what comedians do, some better or worse than others. If you are offended, watch something or someone else. It's actually that simple.

[@argoneonoble]

Welcome to the 2020s.

[@caralho5237]

Its also good to point out that its entirely unclear whether someone's feelings will get hurt if you say something, both to you and that person, so the alternative would be to not take any risks and try to do anything funny...In a comedy show

[@waynej2608]

What tf would comics like Carlin, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Rodney Dangerfield, Joan Rivers, Don Rickles, etc, do today?!! It seems we may have been deprived of a lot of brilliant humor.

[@singerrb4984]

I am SO grateful to be able to see Bill Maher once a week when so many events surrounding us daily are heartbreaking, distressing and depressing! Call it comic relief, an element so wisely injected in all of Shakespeare's tragedies.

[@ericseitzler81]

If you have to watch bill Maher for comedy than your life really is depressing

[@grudzz7049]

@@ericseitzler81 loosen yer necktie..

[@ericseitzler81]

@@fred7883 nope,I think he is an extremely smart guy just not that funny.kinda like joe Rogan but he is funnier than him.

[@glenncalzada1707]

Shakespeare would have been canceled today.

[@singerrb4984]

@@glenncalzada1707 You are SO correct!

[@TheKellie03]

Thank you, Bill. This is exactly what makes you one of my favs. Will Smith was completely deplorable.

[@jasonb4988]

Since when do you sit in the front row, and NOT EXPECT TO BE JOKED ABOUT AT THE OSCARS ? Grow up people .. Chris did his job, over and above the call. Bravo !

[@pokerbosscycler]

chris could have just said nope i wont read that one. duh.....

[@wcgl5595]

Oh shut up Richie…

[@Abdullah-vg1uc]

@@pokerbosscycler Jada could have said , nope I'm not going to a roast show

[@KB-sv7fm]

@@pokerbosscycler You still don’t get it. It wasn’t a joke. It was an observation. Were you listening ?

[@fernandillo9097]

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[@mind-of-neo]

This was genuinely beautiful. Really appreciated the respect to George Carlin too

[@cbailey2376]

Love GC....he must give these kill joys strokes, if they happened to hear (by accident) a clip of one of his shows. 😇😅🤣😂

[@dsludge8217]

Now there's a guy who should be on dollar bills and mountain sides, instead of the typical losers...

[@georgepapp3913]

Bill gets it. 🥰. Lol. When I was young, I heard somewhere that comedy is the only arena where people can say “hurtful” things in such a way to bring the teller of the joke and the butt of the joke closer. That was the magic of standup, to short circuit the narratives in our heads and reveal our common humanity through tempered irreverence. And sometimes untempered irreverence, too. 😇

[@csickpuppy]

You were lied to! There is nothing hurtful in true comedy; true comedy at most shows up the blatant ridiculousness of everyday life. It wasn’t, IMO, until the Obama administration that leftist began hurling hurtful verbal assaults at people they didn’t like or wouldn’t step in line with their sick fantasies and calling it comedy that the real problems began. I remember a particular comic from the left who said, in a supposed commentary “The only thing Sarah Palin knows about special need babies, is how to stuff her tit in its mouth” a very vicious attack indeed. However being a leftist comic, leftist advocates were falling all over themselves telling a shocked world it was only a joke. Maybe their leftist followers bought that crape but I still don’t see the humor in what he said.

[@jtking76]

@NBA HIGHLIGHTS Your comment is one of the most profoundly true I have ever read anywhere.

[@MCshlthead]

not always the case. here in the uk the bnp have private comedy gigs and its just raclst white comedians telling raclst jokes to an audience of raclst white people. its their god given right i guess but lets not pretend theres always some deeper good intention with comedy.

[@pammers5588]

This video was right on point.

[@WilliamOBio]

How would someone like me, a regular joe, learn this, say if I wanted to grow to be adept at this "approach"? 🧐

[@aks19880]

What a fantastic segment Bill! "Colleges are where you go to lose your sense of humour!" So true! What a snowflake generation of people the world is nurturing

[@alexahong]

Well said. I salute you for standing up for freedom of thought

[@crusader5989]

That “back and to the left” was a clever nod to JFK starring Costner. Classic!

[@garman7921]

And Seinfeld

[@warlockofwordschannel7901]

Reminds me of Bill Hicks' Kennedy assassination bits.

[@JohanStarDragon]

We do need comedians. If anything to be the sane voice in a world where sanity has been taken hostage.

[@user-nc9pc3gr4c]

Big mistake on Bill's part even though this was almost perfect. Kathy Griffen was not trying to be funny.

[@justagirlsd3000]

To bring people down to reality. Especially rich powerful people like the court jester.

[@cbailey2376]

@@user-nc9pc3gr4c more like wishful thinking. 🤔

[@user-nc9pc3gr4c]

@@cbailey2376 True. But definitely not comedy

[@manimac7238]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmemk5eGrMSdjZY Calle is a comedian who doesn't give a F**K. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGm6YXylbMt-p68 The last video he is actually making fun of the people in the store.

[@mbryred]

I disagree with Bill on many things, but I absolutely love that he speaks truth, as he sees it. If he is ever canceled, that would truly be the death of freedom of speech. Live long Bill!

[@julesdavenport2032]

He actually was cancelled. His show Politically Incorrect was not renewed because of a joke he did about 9/11. Thankfully, he weathered the storm and came back with another show.

[@nonamenoname1942]

"This war on jokes must end" - words of pure gold...

[@Ultimita01]

"all comedians are crazy and we need that crazy on the wall" Well said. 100% agree.

[@marcoevans2155]

I didn't get that one and neither did the audience. But I accepted it just the same (as did the audience)

[@bedog0ne216]

@@marcoevans2155 ok then (ok)

[@chadgilbert5587]

@@marcoevans2155 It's a reference to A FEW GOOD MEN, when Jack Nicholson says "You need me on that wall"

[@belovedwoman9953]

@@marcoevans2155 Well I got it... It's one of Jack Nicolson's most famous quotes from A Few Good Men and the joke was powerful. It's about the high cost of protecting a society from the outside so he's saying comedians protect us idiots from ignorances and intolerance by doing the heavy lifting of crafting jokes that test the boundaries in our society. My sibling, it was a damn good joke.

[@marcoevans2155]

@@belovedwoman9953 - it's a non sequitur point Bill made. And an obsolete reference to a movie I don't remember watching. I don't need Chris Rock on any wall.

[@randolfo1265]

It would be fun to see Bill host the Oscars. We will never live long enough to see the Academy have that kind of guts

[@yubantwo2086]

We can dream though...

[@Weltbummler23]

U just saw it two years ago with ricky gervais

[@N.S4L4S]

@@Weltbummler23 that was my thought exactly.

[@BrendaBaBoom]

The world awaits and the ratings would skyrocket.

[@Cantbuyathrill]

"Explaining Jokes to Idiots" Brilliant!!!!!!

[@plee6223]

It warms my heart to see Bill still being “Politically Incorrect!” BTW-When did likening a woman to beautiful woman become and insult?

[@christinechepeleffwaybackr8225]

I had been saying that too! Its like, omg, "insult" me by comparing me to a strong, confident, badass woman...!

[@GreyCrowe]

HAHAHA. oh.... you're not joking... 😐

[@yubantwo2086]

@@christinechepeleffwaybackr8225 How right you are! Jada proved that very point of the joke with her statement made by a source on her behalf in which she said that she could *fight* her own battles and didn't need protecting. It's mind boggling how many people claim not to understand that and have gone all off topic.

[@sangeet9100]

I'm sure you know very well that beauty was not on this joker's mind when he did that comparison on stage. BTW, your heart is supposed to be warm till minutes after you die

[@nefaristo]

2010 :)

[@nono-yesyesmaybe]

Well done Bill. I remember when Robin Williams made fun of ....... everybody, and they loved him for it.

[@nonyab5640]

❤️ He was a different type of human altogether. I bet if here today he could still pull that off. 😢

[@duaneoldfield]

As a moderate conservative I find myself agreeing more with Bill lately. We can come together as different people.

[@vikkiconners5081]

I know, me too. At first it scared me but I'm getting used to it!

[@aldersmoke1]

That's because he's becoming more conservative and blaming the world's problems on the young. Pretty typical boomer trajectory.

[@pasha606]

I’m 26 and a conservative. I think that Bill is just coming to his senses. I recall being irked by him when I would watch his Schtick as a teenager, but his perception on the state of the world right now is pretty much spot on. Society is going to shit and I’m really saddened by that

[@aldersmoke1]

@@pasha606 Conservatives have been saying society's going to shit for centuries yet here it still is.

[@deep-pond]

@@vikkiconners5081 It shouldn't scare you at all. He's a shit-lib now. The real left can't stand him. We can't even watch his show anymore.

[@BobMinelli]

"Back and to the left." Love it! Bringing a little Bill Hicks to the mix, love it!

[@danik9085]

Loved this! We appreciate you Bill. Thanks for breaking it down for the people in the back.🔥🔥🔥

[@trixieelle4511]

reminder to whom you appreciate : Maher gave a platform to self-confessed pedo Milo whatshisname and covid chinese lab conspiracy theorists., among others deplorable.

[@jessicaalbright7429]

The inability of people to laugh at themselves is a true sickness.

[@hermitcrab5067]

Doctors say that being sexy is good for your health. By my calculations, I'll be dead by noon! This coming from a narcissistic, egocentric, self-absorbed liberal with self-deprecation tendencies brought on by low self -esteem and insecurity. See inside my head for more details. There's a wealth of humor there.

[@gugy68]

Self deprecation is a great trait.

[@cilliansands6166]

@@jeffm3925 or spineless people. I don't know that their ego is always the issue: I think they lack a backbone.

[@mariashaffer-gordon3561]

If I had lost most of my hair from circumstances beyond my control, I wouldn't be able to laugh at myself for being insulted in such a public manner either.

[@luisserrano3073]

@@mariashaffer-gordon3561 Weak...

[@cayea4076]

I love comedians, they help me get through this mundane life.

[@PlainsPup]

Bill Maher: telling it like it is since the 90s, and still going strong. Don’t stop, Bill!

[@frizerbee]

The videos the West dont want you to watch right here folks (AZOV ANIMALS) kzbin.info/www/bejne/raCnXpSLj9qsi68

[@BBQDad463]

I am 70 years old, and I once was a coal miner. Everyone should get to work two or three years in a coal mine, right after high school. The experience would toughen them up, both physically and mentally. It would also give them a chance to get blackface out of their systems.

[@SHASHABOOMBASTICK]

Lol. #toostoopid! 🥸

[@bacchanal888]

Very funny.

[@FloridaManRacer]

Well in a way I believe he's already told us his position on these kinds of issues. "When I lived in NY polio was a big problem, we didn't get the vaccine. We swam in the East River. We tempered ourselves in raw human shit." LOL

[@SHASHABOOMBASTICK]

@@FloridaManRacer how freaking old Ru!?! 😁😂😁 I remember those red, white and blue "Johnny Pump" bicentennial editions lol. Too young for the East River swim, but I've seen pics and read newspaper stories about the so-called "third world" living conditions in the L.E.S and in The BX. Well, I've actually experienced it; when our "playground" was vacant lots and condemned buildings in the "boogie-down (burned down)" South Bronx. Yes I'm using alotta "quotation" marks lol

[@B3Band]

What makes you better than us? I was once a middle school teacher. Maybe everyone should be a teacher right out of high school too. And every other job that someone thinks is difficult. Asshole.

[@JigglePhysiKs]

The back and to the left bit was a super nice touch. Pinnacle of comedy, repeat the line 3 times, any more and its not as funny, any less and its confusing. This is going down as one of Bill’s best ever. Nicely done!

[@jeffmccloud905]

Also a reference to the Oliver Stone movie JFK. But yeah I actually LOLd at that one

[@normanhenderson9290]

Please watch the the movie JFK by Oliver Stone to understand the reference.

[@email5023]

He also said he was going 'zapruder film this thing' (at 0:49) which is a reference to the JFK assassination film (Abraham Zapruder) & if you knew that reference then you knew the "3 times" reference from the JFK movie.

[@jeffmccloud905]

@@email5023 also when he said "You need us on that wall!" - that was Jack Nicholson's line from A Few Good Men

[@Dankman9]

Except Jada didn't even shoot Will a look, she was rolling her eyes and her gaze didn't even go near Will.

[@callenmascarenhas8923]

Thank you for standing up for Freedom of Expression !!

[@andrewwestman2407]

That “Back....and to the left...” joke was one of the most hilarious things I’ve seen on this show, lmao.