THROWBACK: Oldschool BASED Bill Maher Takes

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"The first time I ever really listened to Kyle Kulinski’s show was in the back of a cab last summer. The driver had his phone hooked up through the stereo and was pumping out an episode through the car speakers - loudly, as if looking to convert a captive audience.
“Do you like Kyle Kulinski?”
The driver, Ahmed, was a recent immigrant and apparently a die-hard fan of Secular Talk, the political talk show that Kulinski broadcasts on KZbin. I told him, yes, in fact. I do like Kulinski, had come across his show several years ago, and, all things considered, he seemed pretty good.
“He understands what we’re up against,” Ahmed said. “Like Bernie.”
But I was surprised to hear Kulinski’s name mentioned in the same breath as Bernie Sanders, particularly with such adoration. Because what I did remember about Kulinski’s show struck me as mostly capital-P “progressive” takes on the news - the left wing of the Netroots crowd more than the democratic socialism Sanders has popularized.
It’s an impression that wasn’t entirely incorrect.
“I have no time for philosophical, airy bullshit,” Kulinski tells me from his home in Westchester, New York. “I don’t want to hear about Lenin. I don’t want to hear about Marx. I just want a super plainspoken, straightforward agenda with a straightforward way of selling it.”
With over 800,000 subscribers and nearly 670 million total views on KZbin, selling a progressive agenda is clearly something Kulinski knows how to do - even Democracy Now, the long-standing flagship of progressive media, cannot match his reach on the platform. Chapo Trap House can certainly boast a wildly devoted fan base (and a not insignificant degree of media influence), but their audience is roughly half the size of Kulinski’s.
While Secular Talk might be more likely to be looped in with the progressive networks around Air America and Pacifica alums like Sam Seder than the more resolutely socialist world, Kulinski’s fiery rhetoric, razor-sharp class instincts, and knack for withering takedowns sets him apart from his peers. Judging by his rhetoric alone, he’s closer to a Eugene Debs than a Chris Hayes.
But unlike Hayes, Amy Goodman, or his friend Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks - who began airing Secular Talk on his web network seven years ago - the thirty-two-year-old Kulinski is virtually invisible in the mainstream media. Despite his enormous fan base, his show has never once been mentioned in the obligatory trend pieces on “the Millennial Left” pumped out by the prestige media. Nor has Kulinski’s name ever popped up at all in the New York Times, Vox, the New Yorker, New York Magazine, or the Washington Post, despite his leading role in cofounding Justice Democrats, the organization widely credited with sweeping Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the rest of “the Squad” to power.
Just last week, his Wikipedia page was deleted. The reason? “There is very simply no [reliable source] coverage of this person,” according to one moderator. In new media, he’s king - the Sean Hannity of the Berniecrat left. In old media, he’s nobody.
I suspect there are a few reasons for that. There is nothing “cool” about Kulinski’s show. (As a friend put it, “‘Welcome to Secular Talk’ sounds like something you’d hear on Egyptian radio.”) His no-nonsense social-democratic politics won’t get him much cred with the Full Communism crowd. He records his show not in Brooklyn or Los Angeles, but in a studio he built himself in his modest Westchester home. His hair is too groomed and his taste in clothes too preppy to qualify as “Dirtbag Left.” Nor has he ever attended an n+1 release party. “Not only have I not attended one,” he says, “I have no idea what that means.”
And yet he’s astonishingly plugged-in for a young man in the suburbs. Wondering how Sanders ended up on the Joe Rogan Experience? Kulinski, a frequent guest on Rogan’s wildly popular show, introduced them. “You make the most sense to me,” Rogan told Kulinski on a recent episode. “You’re a normal person.”
Much like Sanders himself, Kulinski’s show has a massive audience that just doesn’t compute with our media’s understanding of “what the kids want” or even “what the left-wing kids want.”
It’s probably for the best - the very woke and very WASP-ish decorum haunting much of the media world is nowhere to be found in Secular Talk. “Corporate Democrats over-focus on identity as a trick to divert you from the issues that unite us all - class issues,” he said on a recent episode. “That Raytheon decided they don’t hate gays or trans people - frankly, I don’t really give a shit what their take on that is..."
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[@J1mb0Y88]

The way Kyle is low-key embarrassed by how he used to like Bill Maher, is how I'm like with Joe Rogan now.

[@Hatchbasic]

Dude got “radicalized” by centrism when he took a hard look at klobuchar. Unreal

[@spitfire20122000]

🤣😂

[@john.premose]

Didn’t he say he was voting GOP now? That’s what I heard unless it was a joke (like the GOP is)

[@Fenris30]

How do you get radicalized by the middle of the road?

[@tannerpost9154]

@@john.premose he's not. He's just tired of seeing democrats lose imo.

[@levidezern3190]

He's gone full republican

[@johnpyle1268]

Nothing embarrassing about admitting that you liked Bill Maher back then. I loved tuning in back in the day. He was very instrumental in my journey to the left while helping me maintain a sense of objectivity.

[@Nim03]

Exactly what I was gonna say

[@garman763]

Ditto

[@wilnerolivier7971]

Watch John Oliver!!

[@libertybell5796]

Little just did Bill Mahers show

[@RyoHazuki224]

Yeah exactly. Those views then work now. But it is undeniable that Bill has changed. He thinks he hasn't, but he has. Just in these clips alone, how many times did he advocate for universal health care? And how many times today does he do that? NEVER. he never does.

[@than217]

I really started liking Bill Maher after seeing Religulous, because growing up in Oklahoma seeing someone openly saying "Religion is fucking stupid and I can prove it" was a breath of fresh air. But watching his show now is the embodiment of the adage of "die young and be a hero or live long enough to become the villain". Krystal did a great job on his show this last weekend, which was the first time I've seen any guest ACTUALLY hitting back with good responses in a while. Bill Maher and the other conservative hack guest saying they didn't know there was an economic collapse in 2020 was the height of Maher's bubble think. He didn't suffer economically in 2020 so it's like it never happened to him... "Why are we giving people money?!?! Can't they just live off their savings for a couple years till the pandemic is over?!?!"

[@xfuzzyslipperz4179]

A lot of us liked him back then Kyle. You were not alone. 🤣🤣

[@thenightingale7405]

The thing that changed is that now everyone wants to put their entertainers through a political litmus test. You all changed not him.

[@pennythedog6605]

I still really enjoy real time. He just sounds too centrist sometimes.

[@Hatchbasic]

@@thenightingale7405 if you don’t change in 20 years that’s cringe

[@fluidthought42]

I dunno, I thought he was insufferably smug even 15 years ago, even when he agreed with me I just couldn't stand him

[@briano9397]

@@thenightingale7405 100% right

[@eemoogee160]

I Remember Politically Incorrect. You couldn't find people discussing politics like that anywhere on TV. KZbin didn't even exist.

[@nasis18]

Yup.

[@ClintByrne]

That and tough crowd with Colin Quinn

[@eemoogee160]

@@ClintByrne Colin Quinn is deeply underrated as a thinker. His political history standups are gold as well.

[@bernlin2000]

It's as close as you could get to a KZbin discussion of politics lol. I don't know if that's a good thing but it certainly helped pave the way for social media.

[@nelsondashner7758]

This is back when Bill didn't spend 10 minutes per episode reminding us how stupid we are like an abusive spouse.

[@blackphillip564]

Maher goes after there stupid excesses of the Right for 30yrs, then points out the Left also has crackpots and all the Maher Bush era fanboys/girls flip the F out lol. Maher has been the same guy the issues are just different now. The Religious Right turned into MAGA and the antiwar Left became the campus Maoists.

[@TheBucketOfTruth]

The guy probably serves his own shit to his houseguests. But he's more excited about eating it than any of them.

[@M0EJ0EKING]

@@TheBucketOfTruth lol this is the truest thing ever said.

[@Stigmaru]

we are still pretty stupid.

[@peterkrug4124]

@@Stigmaru Our memories are much shorter than they should be.

[@jimchilton99]

Standing Ovation for Krystal. Outstanding, I have been waiting for this.

[@Rob_Cary]

The curly haired Republican guy that sat next to Krystal had to literally educate Bill that SJWs and leftists are different things. When Bill agreed with the guy that covid checks caused inflation, it felt like watching Krystal vs. MAGAts. She barely had to do any work which is a good thing since this show is basically "cut off when guest makes sense/fake audience seal claps" lol

[@Black_Caucus]

Krystal showed that she *actually* can argue from a left wing perspective. I just wish that she debunked right wing propaganda when it's on her own show with Saagar. Also wish she would call out fascists and bigots more often. Breaking Point's audience has shifted VERY right wing since Krystal and Saagar started Rising a few years ago- any browse of the comment section for five minutes shows that- which tells me that Krystal as the 'left wing' voice on the show (opposite Saagar) is obviously not doing something correctly. If Krystal went on Breaking Points and talked like she did on Bill Maher, she'd be a huge asset to the left and would gain relentless praise from people, even those that stopped following her after she kind of went down the Jimmy Dore path, although not nearly as bad obviously. I hope she sees the positive reinforcement and learns something, her appearance on Real Time was very good and made me hopeful.

[@saml302]

@AllRepublicansAreTraitors fr I wanna like Krystal but BP took such a hard right turn

[@renlysotherlover294]

@@saml302 but she hasn’t she still gives her honest take every show and to pretend otherwise is silly. Obviously she has to be tactful in her critiques of saagar because they have a friendship to maintain just like you do when you’re interacting with your real life family or friends. I think some of us on the left just want blood when maybe what they need is a friendly nudge. At least those right wingers are being exposed to other arguments.

[@briano9397]

Every person in the world who didn't already know who Krystal was was completely turned off by her performance

[@elisawhitman8526]

As someone who used to watch Maher, I have often wondered whether I moved left over time, or Maher moved right. This video definitively answered that question. Maher moved right. The older he got, the more he became a grumpy conservative.

[@robertwilson7813]

The more money he got maybe... idk

[@crogers4912]

Bill moved Right.GTFO!! You people are F ing crazy.

[@Rowsy91]

to be fair its natural to veer a little right as you get older Theres a reason there is ALWAYS a strong correlation between young/left and old/right Those young lefties tend to turn into some older right voting folks as they age

[@jemolk8945]

TBH, the real answer is probably both.

[@ilexevergreen5405]

Yep! Grumpy, too rich, old White man

[@GSP-76]

We all liked Bill Mahr back then. He's a perfect example of people becoming angry old men. It's astounding how far he's fallen off...in the end, money, greed and pressure from the "higher ups" always wins. It was awesome to see Krystal go on and absolutely embarrass those clowns with facts. She absolutely destroyed them and did it so thoroughly that they couldn't even scramble to defend their positions.

[@nicholasholden1896]

He is the same then as now

[@judefernandez9234]

@@nicholasholden1896 nah he's gone full boomer now, he's always going on about how Gen Z is sensitive yet he gets triggered by comic books LMAOOO

[@therxlord3694]

@@judefernandez9234 he might want to watch his mouth. These Gen Z and millennials will be changing his diapers pretty soon.

[@elsikpych]

@@judefernandez9234 hes always been a triggered lefty

[@buddygrimfield7954]

@@elsikpych He is certainly not a lefty lol.

[@cablehogue599]

He said we should copy the French system but should years later endorse Amy Klobuchar 🙄🙄🙄

[@JoseTwitterFan]

Amy Klobuchar is the Buzz Killington of the 'Milquetoast Moderate' Democrats. All platitude, all word salad, no energy.

[@bernlin2000]

I think he just gave up at a certain point. His show largely goes through the motions, I'm not quite sure why it's still on the air. They are not covering new points anymore, just iterations of stuff he's already gone over with endless partisan panels

[@nl1556]

I watched Kristen on show Friday. She was awesome. Bill didn’t even know wall st was bailed out. Proves he been watching Fox News and nothing but corporate media.

[@blackphillip564]

I didn't watch but Maher was railing against the TARP bailouts back in 2008.

[@cupajoy8498]

And the worse take, supporting DeSantis. Geez, the guy is a loser.

[@spencerantoniomarlen-starr3069]

If you honestly think Bill Maher is getting his information from Fox News, you must life in a very narrow echo chamber my friend.

[@Grimloxz]

I didn’t believe that for a second. How the hell is Maher gonna gaslight us like he doesn’t remember the crash in 2020 because of the freeze in trade due to global pandemic lockdowns???? Bill didn’t remember THAT??? STOP. LYING. BILL.

[@christinapomponio6452]

Lol u mean Krystal 🤣

[@deeL59]

Used to find him based as well. Krystal's appearance on his show recently was so hard to watch. She was brilliant and presented amazing arguments only for Bill and his idiotic guest to have really unintelligent nonsense to say.

[@ilexevergreen5405]

Biased?

[@scottfraser5994]

I used to actually like Bill Maher but when he left Bernie and went to Klowbuttchar he not only lost me he completely lost my respect

[@lukewillson2176]

Isnt it Cloudbootjar?

[@briano9397]

You have absolutely no point. You're complaining about that because Kyle complained about that. Come up with original thoughts

[@scottfraser5994]

@@briano9397 I’m old as dirt and the likes of you who I have probably forgot more than you’ll ever know, Maher also called Bernie old news when he went for round two and I thought WTF is wrong with him now he bitches more about the left than the right and FYI I’m Canadian we actually have left ideas and governments here unlike America no private prisons abortion is in our constitution legal weed a fair justice system barely any corruption especially next to the most corrupt country in the world and you radical right is finding its way up here too so shut the Fuckin up talking shit you don’t know typical thinks he knows it all American

[@Vurdox]

You should really only change people's names around if you change it into something funny.. Then you won't have people like me who probably agree with you thinking that you're cringe.

[@scottfraser5994]

@@Vurdox secular talk Kyle did it first I stole it from him and the fact she’s a prosecutor who put the boots to poor and minorities to put them in jail so if that’s cringe to you cringe away Vurdox

[@Nicole_whatsgood]

This is the same dude who thinks the current inflation is caused by a few tiny stimulus checks?

[@t221000]

It’s crazy right?

[@johnnymematik8649]

Still to me he's funny. Even when he's dead wrong about some things.

[@Phoenixwizard77]

He IS very witty. He's a crackpot but at least he is funny about it

[@matthewsmith3078]

Hey even Trump can get a chuckle or two out of me occasionally.

[@bernlin2000]

He was never very funny...his "Rules" segment at the end is about as close as he gets. He was a better moderator on "Politically Incorrect" and it was just a more fun, chaotic show. Less toxic overall.

[@johnnymematik8649]

@@bernlin2000 Yeah and now the nazis thank him, for being able to be incorrect all the time.

[@Baci302]

What happened to Bill was that the Berkeley students protested against his appearance there and it was then canceled (literally, not figuratively). Every since then, he's been on a rampage.

[@60015]

This is what everyone misses when they can’t see why Bill changed his tone. He criticized Islamic countries for being illiberal and was canceled at Berkley because if it, and since then he has focused his shift to criticizing the illiberal “woke” wing of his party

[@trysis260]

Great job on putting Bill Maher's feet to the fire, to you Kyle and Krystal

[@briano9397]

Krystal got utterly embarrassed on national TV. Chill

[@jasonamrhein9593]

@@briano9397 hilarious. Krystal whooped that oblivious Maher's ass.

[@fleckx]

*Kale and Krystal

[@colico14]

I miss Bill Maher...the real Bill Maher. This is such a great compilation. Also, Krystal CLEANED UP on Real Time. She positively mopped the floor with those clowns!

[@briano9397]

Literally every single person in the world who didn't know her before the episode disagrees. She was insufferable and lost almost everyone who didn't know her previously

[@nil981]

Krystal took all of them to the slaughterhouse.

[@seand.g423]

Bitch, if _literally anything,_ we're seeing "the real Bill Maher" _now!!!_

[@josue.ortega]

@@briano9397 Guess they're not used to have their comfortable upper class liberal opinions challenged so directly 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Rowsy91]

eh i thought she talked a bit much but overall yeah wasnt bad

[@t221000]

When I was growing up, “The Colbert Report”, “The Daily Show” and Bill Maher got me interested in politics and now I’m farther left than all 3 of those guys and I despise the corporate media. Maher used to mercilessly criticize both parties for being right wing. Something happened to him now and he talks like a Fox News boomer.

[@blamtasticful]

Yeah I think he has changed. He always had some center-right views but he was never as bad as he is now. My guess is it is the period between him supporting Bernie and then Klobuchar. It's like he is one of those left-leaning youtube viewers who drank the kool-aid and went to the right because of the all the negative attention SJWs got. When Trump got famous for trolling them I think he saw the center as where the sane people hated Trump without all the SJW nonsense. Despite how bad a take that is I think that changed him. I don't think he was always as sympathetic as he currently is to the right.

[@brandonreyes2417]

trump and the covid pandemic fucked us all man

[@Smith-sz9nt]

His total ignorance of the 2020 stock market crash was just sad

[@ryanfrazier3127]

That’s what I thought!

[@philh3263]

Krystal destroyed him on Friday. He was pathetic. I used to appreciate him too.

[@Witless-Pawn]

Religioulous generation here. He was out spoken with Dawkins that we admired. The last 5-6 years he’s gone down hill 2016.

[@Engineer_Heathen]

As an atheist lefty, I loved Maher back in the day because before KZbin, we didn't really have anybody else representing us. Maher was also much better back then policy wise.

[@brothersandsistersofvalhalla]

"Authority is not given from beatings or a gun. Authority is having the confidence to get others to follow you."

[@FazeParticles]

authority is an illusion unless you can enforce it. getting others to follow you is not authority but leadership. a key difference.

[@havvasweb]

please send this to bill. krystal was so good i am sure it got clipped and shared a lot. this is the moment to bring him back to us.

[@SOPARA862k]

I really hope Maher sees this because he will then see it's him that shifted, not the left.

[@seand.g423]

No, the Appropriated fucking Hel anyone with half a brain cell to rub against the other half can see that he damn well _won't._ On _both_ counts.

[@anna-mariepellett4362]

We have to remember that this stuff is being written by writers and I don’t know how much he had input on that so that’s another thing to keep in mind

[@lelandgrover9036]

Bill Maher was an influence on me it's genuinely disappointing to see him change for the worst.

[@RichardTabar]

You are in good company. I used to watch Bill almost religiously. Then when the pandemic hit he had no audience and all his jokes would regularly fall flat. Almost as if the audience made him by cheering everything he said. Notice how he gets mad at the audience if they don't laugh at his jokes. Take the laugh track away and it's super cringe just like his shows from home.

[@crogers4912]

Anyone who uses Cringe will not get Bill.

[@SplendidCoffee0]

@@crogers4912 settle down, Cringe Rogers

[@RichardTabar]

@@crogers4912 sad that we don't know the definition of words anymore. Allow me to define cringe. Cringe is something you do that makes those around you uncomfortable or feel pity for you. If you go to a comedy club and the comedian bombs, that's cringe. Some people cannot deal with a bad comedian as they feel physical pain from their failures. You stating that anyone that uses certain words wouldn't understand Maher makes me cringe. Happy fathers day

[@crogers4912]

@@RichardTabar You have no idea how well read i am or what my vocabulary consists of. Happy fathers day. Snowflake.

[@evanb4189]

A big problem with the death penalty is it is used as a threat to coerce suspects into confessing and waiving their rights to due process, speedy trial, a lawyer, etc.

[@undergrounddojokeyboardcag701]

I mean... if you're in the position to where the death penalty is being used as coercion, you're in a bad situation no matter what. Jokes aside, I don't mind the concept of the death penalty, i do agree that there are just some people you cant really do anything with. But, they are few and far between, definitely not as many as the US likes to execute. But the only reason as to why im ideologically okay with the DP but refuse to support it in our system is because we have a broken justice system. We've literally seen a mentally challenged man get sentenced to death based on zero physical evidence and the testimony of one eye-witness. That one eye-witness also happens to be the second person involved in the crime that the guy sentenced to death was involved in, but this guy was not mentally handicapped.

[@evanb4189]

@@undergrounddojokeyboardcag701 The problem is that it stains the process. Every confession for murder is tainted b/c I dont know if they were just trying to stay alive. I suppose you could say that about being threated with life, but that is reversible. Once you give that false confession, there is no going back. So whether innocent (or, at least someone that couldn't be found guilty beyond reasonable doubt) people get the death penalty or falsly confess, there is no practical way to reverse that.

[@undergrounddojokeyboardcag701]

@@evanb4189 False confessions are retracted all the time. Literally every day. And as far as im aware, this is actually not an issue. We generally don't see the DP used that way. Obviously we see people confess to avoid the DP, but i don't think ive ever heard of an instance where someone did that and was innocent. Confessions don't land you in prison by themselves. Even after a confession they need actual evidence and information only a guilty party could provide. Now, police giving people information they should not have and then getting them to include it in a confession, is a different story.

[@evanb4189]

@@undergrounddojokeyboardcag701 The West Memphis 3 falsely pleaded guilty to get Damien Echols off of death row. Juries never believe redactions, but even if they did they are gonna think "well, he is either lying now or he lied then" and will be more likely to convict on that alone.

[@undergrounddojokeyboardcag701]

@@evanb4189 Yah, im not saying its completely nonexistent, im saying its not really a notable issue and the real issues with these cases are falsified evidence and/or police feeding them information. This is exactly why i take the position i take. Ideologically, i don't have a problem with the DP. But in our system i cannot support it because of how bad our justice system is.

[@cbbcbb6803]

Two things I remember Bill Maher saying. 1. Americans love socialism. They just don't like calling it socialism. 2. When you drive to someplace in your car, you do not have to bring your own highway.

[@t221000]

He used to say that but now he says socialism is stupid

[@StevieDamnit]

Hopefully, Bill Maher will have both Krystal & Kyle on his show in the future...hopefully.

[@mannacler]

Not likely. When Thom Hartmann appeared on Maher's show he was barely able to get into anty conversations.

[@Dsworn]

You can see the difference between how he aged and how someone like Jon Stewart who is a national hero

[@HelmetOfHonor]

George Carlin died the hero, and Bill Maher lived long enough to become the villain

[@milanowns]

Bill Mahers movie Religulous made me realize how silly and manmade religion is. It's one of the best things hes made

[@susanmozda910]

Yes. I will always have some respect for him for that film.

[@shesulli]

Kyle, I'm 40, I too used to like Bill Maher. I don't know if maybe I just wasn't paying attention or if our values and politics have just strayed apart, but I do feel as though he has lost 3 1/2 generations of fans with his takes these past few years. I started noticing it when he turned 50.

[@kylekulinskiisthebidenbro1568]

Bill Maher got turned off by the WOKENESS and ANTISEMITISM of the Far Left , Biden Bro Kyle Kulinski. But at least he happy that Bill Maher has Trump Dérangement Syndrome like you and both of you SUPPORT Joe Biden's FAILED presidency.. Both of you rather see this see this country run into the ground than to allow Trump to bring this country back to prosperity.. You both are disgusting, Biden Bro Kyle Kulinski..

[@dbdist1]

There was also the time he said that "Democrats are the new republicans" because they were too corporate and the time he said "Reagan was the original teabagger."

[@deus_vult8111]

Taxing everything over a billion dollars just because “nobody needs it” is a flimsy response.

[@truhhhhhhhokIII3]

"When I was young and dumb I used to watch this" -every Rogan viewer in 10 years

[@saml302]

man I do miss younger Bill. wasn't perfect, but I could actually get through his show edit: John Oliver should do an extended segment on modern day Maher. that would get a rise out of business daddy

[@greenamber9827]

That would be great. John Oliver is actually funny.

[@blakelewison9872]

I still like Bill Maher but I sometimes think he’s unfairly bias against Millennials and Progressives. He used to always have Bernie Sanders on his show and now he never mentions him.

[@sunshine28091]

Your girl krystal did an Excellent job in his show

[@twistedturtle6654]

I used to like his stuff, but Jon Stewart was always my go to, then and now.

[@briano9397]

Funny, both Jon and Bill have torched Krystals terrible takes

[@theultimatenewplayer9341]

same

[@theultimatenewplayer9341]

What's funny is that Bill Maher does not like Jon Stewart and would frequently attack John as the problem. When Jon Stewart did that Rally to Restore Sanity Bill Maher would frequently attacked it. In the end John Stewart had way more impact than Bill Maher did because all of Jon's disaffected young viewers who under normal circumstances would have never voted decided to vote for Obama which gave him the edge over John McCain during that year's election. Bill Maher on the other hand only ever talked to the same partisan audience who already have their minds made up.

[@daveruda]

@@briano9397 the torch of ignorance has burnt every cell in your brain

[@JoseTwitterFan]

Used to watch Bill Maher since his early days at Comedy Central on Politically Incorrect. Sad how far he's fallen ever since.

[@mannacler]

Bill Maher has morphed into Dennis Miller.

[@jebidiahspringfield1570]

He’s only gotten more based

[@Zyborggian]

@@jebidiahspringfield1570 I don't think ur gonna get many updoots unless they're ironic

[@EVIL-C]

@@jebidiahspringfield1570 We found the trans-obsessed culture justice warrior. 🤮

[@Omen465]

@@jebidiahspringfield1570 Based does not mean out of touch

[@mazdaratti89]

I too once loved watching Bill Maher's show. Can't stand him now. I didn't change, he did ! Very sad. Kudos to Crystal Ball for bitch slapping Bill and the entire panel.

[@carpeimodiem]

It was wonderful watching Krystal demolish him on Friday 🤣🤣🤣

[@ryanstalkfleet863]

Jimmy Dore and Bill Maher brains both short circuited in 2016

[@overthetoppranks]

Krystal OWNS him now

[@Unclejamsarmy]

Watching politically incorrect is probably my first political memory as a like 10 year old, sad to see how far he’s fallen

[@cat-.-]

Politically incorrect was a brilliant show As to how far he’s fallen I’m wondering if he just had better writers back in the day and his most brilliant takes were not his own or something

[@undergrounddojokeyboardcag701]

I just remember watching Marilyn Mason on it and the only person siding with him (aside from Bill) was like.... June Cleaver or something.

[@jstevinik3261]

@@cat-.- I think that Maher has his own opinions and monologue stuff are written by his staff.

[@jstevinik3261]

@@undergrounddojokeyboardcag701 Yeah, the guest selection was very odd by habing some who have credentials yo the topic and none at all, but Comedy Central intended it to be a trainwreck.

[@Anthonycheesman33]

Bill Maher always was smug to me even back then in my neoliberal days .

[@t221000]

He’s an elitist limousine liberal.

[@wheeler1]

I actually found TYT (and, thereby, you) while looking for stuff by Mahar! My, how times have changed!

[@tylerhackner9731]

He used to be pretty based yes

[@andrewfrank7222]

I have been saying this for a long time now... California has 3 parties. 1) Traditional California GOP - Which is just rich actors like Reagan and Arnold. 2) Lefty Democrat - Bernie won these people. 3) Blue GOP - These are Bill Maher, Nancy Pelosi, Gavin Newsome, HRC ... Love them some left social issues (gay and trans), but are conservative corporate GOP thru and thru.

[@r8chlletters]

Wow I so enjoyed Krystal on Maher-his show has been increasingly stale the past few years. She really cut through the baloney and his two other establishment-style, snide guests. I’m glad she stuck with it when they were trying to cut her down to size and she rose above that and came out as top dog. Way to go Krystal! HBO should chase her down for a show to replace him!

[@Black_Caucus]

34:02 when Bill says 'pry it from a guy's cold dead hands' the camera INSTANTLY cuts to Steve Bannon LMAO, that was nearly a decade ago but how ironic.

[@juandeldiablo696]

Bill Maher and Joe Rogan it’s a perfect example how money change people

[@abrahamlincoln937]

Kyle hasn’t been on Rogan’s podcast in a year. Going on Rogan’s podcast might be his only hope in reaching 1M subscribers.

[@brettschacht4183]

@@abrahamlincoln937 I know, right? Kyle's been stuck at 970K for forever, it seems.

[@briano9397]

@@brettschacht4183 it was 971 but it went down to 970 after his last bumass take on Ukraine

[@juandeldiablo696]

@@abrahamlincoln937 I do have to say Unlike breaking points he did not go out of his way to defend Joe Rogan

[@MrGameonthis]

When I was a kid in the mid 2000’s I’d sometimes watch Maher with my mom during the bush era and he probably played a decent part in me getting into politics. Even if he is insufferable now, will always have a soft spot for the old bill maher.

[@seanwhitehall4652]

this was great

[@demonhoopa]

I just recently saw Bill Maher saying that he hasn’t changed, “the left has”

[@t221000]

He is lying

[@demonhoopa]

@@t221000 Or he suffers from a stunning lack of self awareness lol

[@jimmybonez8928]

I'm surprised that Kyle got monetized for this video with all the old material from HBO.

[@infjintegrityvsnarcissism7295]

I've been saying for years the tax rate over a billion should be 90%, it would combat oligarchy, and Jefferson wrote about that idea.

[@SelectHawk]

Billionaires don't have incomes, they have stock. Same with most rich people. They pay 15% capitol gains tax, if and when they actually sell stock. That is the first thing to change.

[@briano9397]

Hypothetically, say that happened. Do you have the ability to think further ? 1) they would move the money overseas, 2) if you then ban money from moving overseas, you'll crash the global economy overnight 3) you would be the cause of a world wide global depression 4) you would be assassinated

[@infjintegrityvsnarcissism7295]

@@SelectHawk True, but capitol gains over 100K should be taxed at the same rate as income at that rate, like 250K capital gains should be taxed at 39% same as a 250K salary

[@wehavebiscuits]

Damn I like this cozy lazy afternoon feel with Kyle

[@dragunov815]

Good stuff.

[@tonyortiz15]

Echoing what people have already said. I loved Bill growing up. He's just gotten lazy and sheltered in his old age. It's sad considering his hero Carlin was an ace on all of it all the way up until his finale.

[@julieannmyers8714]

Those were the days... Stewart & Colbert followed & had an amazing run. They've all gotten older & less insightful & biting... which is a choice, not an inevitability.

[@mitchmyhre17]

Stewart is as good as ever, last I checked.

[@R1ck_Ryder]

@@mitchmyhre17 he was never good so

[@billyj3842]

Stewart is still 100% fighting for progressives

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Maher in 2011 "We need to have our own crazy far leftists" Maher in 2022 "People slightly to the left of George Bush are asking for too muc- hold on i'm running late for my date with Amy Klobuchar!"

[@t221000]

Somehow trump getting elected broke his brain

[@bradleyjaffe6052]

That was the exact quote tiger said too. That was a great bit.

[@Acharmedlife]

I too recall loving the show back in the day. Also religiousity

[@nothankyooo]

You mean Religilous? The documentary

[@Acharmedlife]

@@nothankyooo yeah that one

[@veggiebad2087]

Like I said, you can track the quality of bill Maher by the theme song. Once bill changed his theme song, his quality changed. Now instead of the edgy bill Maher with an edgy shockjock theme song, he is a corporate shill bill Maher with a corporate tv show theme song.

[@harboguy]

This channel should not be called ‘secular talk’. “Liberal talk” would be more fitting

[@donnydogpiss4533]

You know what's wrong with this channel? I think Kyle doesn't say _"based"_ and _"low key"_ enough. Clearly saying those terms every 15 seconds is the key to growing his channel and he needs to say them more. That way, all the kids will know he's hip and with it!

[@jamiedoe6822]

I was surprised by how ignorant Maher was. How does he not remember the crash in 2020 or trillions from the government to prop up wall st?

[@mk-lk7gi]

Maher was really awesome back in time. It's a damn shame what happened to him. Sad.

[@dominics5235]

You could throw in Steven Colbert as another used-to-be-good political commentator. Sometimes our heroes get too old and lose their touch. It happened to Elvis too.

[@calvinlukas9]

George W. Bush was so right-wing that center-left people seemed left back then. Trump is a centrist compared to Bush.

[@user-wi3yx3gy2o]

4000 u.s. servicemen were killed in the Iraq war. That is what people cared about at the time. 270,000 to 300,000 Iraqis were killed in violence during the invasion and occupation, including 180,000 to 200,000 who were non combatant civilians. That is out of 25 million people living in Iraq. They killed 1 in 100 Iraqis 2/3 of them innocent people. This salvation mission was more than twice as deadly for Iraq that COVID was for the U.S. If you go to another country supposedly to make that county and the world a better place and are so indiscriminate that you kill 40 innocent people for every 20 enemy combatants for every 1 u.s. soldier, and worry more about the 1 u.s. soldier than the 40 innocent people you kill, you aren’t the good guys. That is who we are. We were not the good guys.

[@afiqhazwan97]

Or to put it simply, "Are we the baddies? "

[@noneofyourbusiness3288]

He was always smug, but he used to be smug and mostly correct. Now he is smug and mostly wrong.

[@carsonwieker]

Solid clips, wow

[@nthomp00]

I would honestly appreciate if Kyle kept it on 1X speed because I already watch his videos on 2X

[@anna-mariepellett4362]

That’s what’s so important is to remember the context in which it was in, the period of time and what was happening around him and it was extra good because you weren’t hearing it from anywhere else. You weren’t alone man many of us were on that same boat. The stuff that was written for him was funny and it was real to us. We’ve come a long way baby. Like they used to stay in the Virginia slims cigarette commercial. L O L

[@matthewkuechler8342]

11:19 lol Kyle totally just subconsciously ripped off his "the sun was in his eyes' line from that clip

[@RussianJackal]

No mention of a Safeway!

[@Kuhl09]

Don’t be embarrassed Kyle. I’m 71 and I never missed his old show. For the time he was the most progressive guy on TV. I think losing his show for not being politically correct (ironic huh!) got his mind right. Now making so much money and being so insulated keeps him that way.

[@fleckx]

There are sound level booster extensions for browsers.

[@cesarv3238]

How do you say Kyle? Because Bill had some trouble

[@jasonamrhein9593]

Yeah I miss the Bill Maher who was the bane of Republicans instead of half buddies with them.

[@k-sarrajane7277]

Sweetie, don’t apologize for liking him back then. I’m 48, we ALL loved him. HE changed- we did not

[@SSJBartSimp]

Laugh track? That's a live audience.

[@LOAblue]

I also used to watch Bill Maher on politically incorrect before he got his HBO show, it's crazy to look back and see the difference. I think he was the first political commentator I ever watched.

[@ericblair54]

I feel the same way as Mr. Kulinski. Bill Maher has changed significantly in the last 2-3 years. Maher's net worth is almost $200,000,00(2 hundred million) and his proselytizing on Covid, obesity, his distain for the young(I'm 73) and the fact that he seems to be intractable on many issues saddens me. Maher has turned into, like many of my old friends, a grouchy complaining, sour old man, maybe because he realizes his mortality. Maher is not pertinent anymore on many issues, just a very wealthy old man who feels he is always right, about everything.

[@briano9397]

You changed with the rest of the Libs not Bill

[@Rob_Cary]

Brian, your take is ass no matter how many comment sections you insert yourself into. He said covid relief checks are the cause of inflation. That's the intellect of a maga voter. If you can't see that he's changed, that's a you problem.

[@ericblair54]

@@briano9397 Labels.. So to you I'm a "Lib?" If you are capable of critical thinking listen AGAIN to the 36minutes of the younger Maher, then compare that to his last year of Real Time. If you can't hear the marked shift in his opinions, the shift in his biases then you're not listening. You're logic is clouded by your admiration for Maher.

[@BigSnipp]

Bill complains about ageism when people talk about old people, but he gleefully attacks our younger generations.

[@ericblair54]

@@BigSnipp IKR.

[@kenelliott6897]

Retro takes, stunning and brave

[@ashleyandchloe]

😂Kyle! His rich(full,layered) multi-connotative moan to the Arkansas newspapers 😂 sent me on a “alone lol” loop 😂😂

[@matthewrider5906]

Has Bill Maher been more based in the past? Yeah, he has. But has he taken a more elitist attitude as he's become a very-wealthy, California Liberal Democrat? Sure has. But as far as his "common-sense" stuff lately....?? Sorely needed.💯

[@apratimdas7652]

Ur gf destroyed bill maher

[@jimmyfall9302]

Not even close.

[@lonewolf5973]

@@jimmyfall9302 Take Bill Maher's twig out of your mouth

[@cathyosbourne6986]

Maher apparently had dementia during the 2020 stock market crash.

[@robertjenkins6132]

2:53 - I think the date gets cut off because there's too much junk next to the Like button. It's a major flaw with the YT user interface. The programmers don't want to allow flowing of content into any more vertical space (for unknown reasons), so the upload date will be hidden if there is not enough horizontal space for all the crud.

[@billyj3842]

Best KZbin content I've seen in a while. This country is going the wrong way

[@LolaBgcps]

Wish I could find the rant Bill did during Obama's second term basically saying if we're going to get hammered on leftist policies can we at least try enacting some? It was so good and would also apply now to Biden s admin. getting slammed that "the far left" have taken over policy when reality is centrist, corporate conservatism rules.

[@t221000]

I remember that rant so well man. He went balls to the wall in that segment. What happened to that guy?

[@PieBlaCon]

Kyle with his own based moment w the death penalty take. EDIT: Kyle also nailed it on the "not dehumanizing" people. These policies can help them. They've just been too brainwashed by propaganda to realize it. You should not victim blame.

[@mikekelly6053]

Krystal clocked him this week

[@acinoralas9107]

Totally agree with your initial take.