What a wonderfully put together presentation. Never thought Bill Maher would be capable of such gentle mockery and genuine compassion. Arguing facts with cult members rarely works. They have established such emotional and psychological connections with their belief systems that it would take more than just the truth to sway them.
"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. Its simply to painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves that we've been taken. Ounce you've given a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back." Carl Sagan
You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time. With odds like that, Trump will become your President. Thankfully for only one term.
Wow, three people who used to believe crazy shit now believe Bill Maher. If a "former" flat earther endorse Bill too, I'm done. That's all the proof I need.
Yes, indeed, Kathy, this should be aired on every television station in this country - including those stations owned by the evil Sinclair Broadcasting.
Two year investigating the 2016 election turned up no evidence of collusion. So it was off to third hand whistleblower testimony and impeachment theater as the country descendedn into a pandemic . For a Democrat to criticize anybody is the height of hypocrisy and self-delusion
Because they will try to kill you for freeing them, like the dialogue says at the end. Sunlight hurts your eyes and burns your skin and to a cave dweller that's scary.
You ain't black if you don't vote for Biden. Also, doesn't the left revere or did, Harvey Weinstein? What about Roman Polanski? What does the left say about that perv? Just sayin...
This cult was started (I’m editing this to fueled) by Fox News in 1996. My parents and my brother fell into it, watching Fox News from morning till night, and no other news. It was sad to watch and even sadder when Trump saw/seized the opportunity to be the cult leader. The cult was already created, ripe for his bullshit. I kept hoping they would see Trump for what he is, but it never happened. His following actually grew. It's the largest cult that ever existed and it terrifies me as to what they will do next. As Bill said, we just have to keep reminding them who they used to be and that there is a whole world out there beyond their television.
Yeah, and we need to start complaining to the other news networks. I only see stories about how Trump is horrible and about the virus. There are other stories out there. By limiting the news to those two subjects we give the naysayers fuel to point fingers and tell their followers that the main news networks are bias. Just look at Fox News' website and you can see all sorts of stories even if half of them is B.S.
I agree however it was the bias of news networks prior to 96' that gave birth to Fox News. A more balanced media that separates facts from opinion when doing reporting, would not give conservatives the feeling they are being ridiculed and left behind. Those sentiments were the bed-rock on which Fox News was built. And Bill Maher himself addressed the fact that while conservatives argue their case in CNN, liberals won't set foot in Fox News.
Isn't this the truth? Fox News should be treated like "enemy combatants " and carpet bombed into oblivian. Please everyone take one hour to watch "Outfoxed".Although funny in some respects, their ex- employees laid out the strategy for all to see.
Fox(Faux) News isn't to blame for the beginning of the BS that we have inherited. That all started with "The Moral Majority" bullshit in the 1980's when they started threatening even good political leaders, brow-beating elected officials and brainwashing people into sheeple with it's damn commitment to constituency contacts. It went from spreading the bullshit and hoping enough stuff would grow to feed the sheeple to mixing and spreading the ashes of the political careers they destroyed in with their bullshit to finally not being able to wait for their lies to grow and bear fruit so they just started feeding the sheeple the ashes and bullshit directly and TELLING them on fox news that not only does it not taste bad-- it tastes good! And you want more of it! And what's more YOU should be feeding it to you kids too! They taught their lies so well that the next generation grew up believing them as the truth and that's how they've went from urging and thus getting Republicans to go from march stepping on the streets but on and on until they are now Goose-Stepping down every Main Street across America...
Fox was created by and for Nixon apologists. Long before 1996. 40+ years of their garbage is exactly why we are where we are. Things got noticeably worse as the Tea Party started to gain traction. It may have been 1996 or so when the R party got up and left the table - no more negotiating, only want to rule, no interest in governing. Ever since, Rs appear bent on sabotaging government so they can tell their cult it doesn't work.
Good morning family and good health to everyone. Thank you Bill for everything, you time, your opinions and be safe please 🙏. We going to miss you but always LOVE YOU...
Idk, making fun of the guy bc he is gay is kinda shitty. Imagine being little fancy boy lindsey getting abused by everyone bc he was gay in the...50s I guess?...I don't envy the guy is all I'm saying
You know, this was probably the most compassionate thing I've ever heard Maher say. He realizes we are going to have to live with these people in our everyday lives. We have to bring them back to reality, and he's absolutely right about it.
@@chrisfrisch1347 4 years ago, the left didn't launch dozens of lawsuits, they also acknowledged Trump's victory once the votes wer e in, and they did not launch a massive purge of the bureaucracy, and appoint Obama lackeys in the "lame duck period". Oh, did I mention they didn't rush through a bunch of executions?
We used to wonder when learning about 1930's Germany, how the German people could support such a brutal madman.....and here we are. History doesn't repeat...it echoes.
@@TexasWreckShop Sorry if you are offended, but let's look at facts shall we? 1) Forced sterilization of women - check 2) Pulling kids out of their parents arms separating them forever - check 3) Distinct sense of racial superiority - check 4) Persecution of specific religious groups - check. 5) An isolationist policy with no regard for what other nations think - check. 6) Invading other countries illegally to take their resources - check 7) creating relationships with fascist leaders globally - check. How many more do you need to see pal before you wake up and smell the cappuccino? You are blinded by the rocket's red glare. Almost half of your population has seen all of these things and concluded "This is the man that represents my values and desires." An apt comparison by any metric. Just to put a cherry on top, tell me another free western nation that has done these things. Crickets....I hear crickets.
@@delphi-moochymaker62 To clarify, which countries has Trump invaded to illegally take resources? My impression was Trump was trying to get the soldiers home.
@@blacblack7187 Damn straight. And we haven't spent the last 10 years saying Fuck the Police, or ACAB. Gee..I wonder which side they back? And the majority of our ALL VOLUNTEER military leans right. As well as our Veterans. Not to mention, Republicans control the Senate, picked up seats in the House, the the Supreme Court is now heavily Conservative. Oh, there's one other thing..Trump got over 70 millions counted votes, which is more votes than any Republican running for President in US history. The Left have backed themselves into a corner, and the only thing they can do is destroy their own Left run cities in opposition, because they have alienated themselves. Oh well😎
@@barfyman-dm6zx 70 million,huh? Um yeah no, you still lost the presidency,AGAIN!😁 lol AND ol 1 term donny is DEFINITELY the BIGGEST LOSER in history now (70million < 78million ☺)after all,according to YOUR numbers...gee thanks for pointing that out😂😂😂
@Hardie Bynum Not all of us parent perfectly, all of the time. Whatever mistakes Catherine may or may not have made in the past, she did a wonderful job getting India out of that cult. Catherine was tenacious and never lost faith. That’s a good parent.
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@@Funktaro5 I believe that's why people with little or no education, if you will, reject anything or any character from the world of science fiction - especially a certain science fiction character who, if my memory serves me correctly, was known as Mr. Spock.
I was telling people years ago, that this had all the hallmarks of a cult. I realised this when I saw grown men crying when they met Trump. I’ve met celebrities and felt strange emotions they didn’t really deserve. I’ve been pleased, attracted, and indifferent. But I’ve never worshipped a human, or their ideas.
@Terry Lewis hahahaha Jesus Christ they basically annointed him a saint in the MSM. And celebrities sucked up to him all over the world like he was some kind of rockstar and it was 100% while he was in office.
Agreed. In the Right and the Left, subscribing fully to your party's platform and raging when someone goes "yea but what about..." is not a good sign. If you take the time to talk to people you'd find most people are all over the board on different issues.
Meanwhile the black community is the only demographic group in America who for years has been exclusively voting blue no matter who over 90% of the time without demanding a single viable thing in return and while devouring their own if they don't comply.
@@bluepearl_22 - Without demanding a single viable thing ? What about social welfare ? True , that means they will be always poor and always vote blue.
@@florinmihaiielcean3009 "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a life time." the black community didn't ask for wellfare it was hurled onto them by LBJ and the Democrats in the 60s. Wellfare is not viable. Viable meaning capable of working successfully. Wellfare has not, is not, and will not help the black community or single parent households with the issues they face. African Americans in this country have suffered from significantly high mortality, poverty, under education in STEM, and incarceration rates for decades after the wellfare state was established. The wellfare state is not helping and only exacerbating the root of the problems. what the black community in this country needs is good K12 education reform, availability of after school tutoring and skill building/nuturing programs. I don't see enough or any demands for better K12 education only complaints about these injustices. Too many of the current demands further reinforce dependency on gov and not aid and guidance towards independence and freedom from it. Gov exists to protect us not take care of us. Whilst there is definitely a subset of the right that is a cult that believes Trump us leading them, there is also a scary section of the left that is a cult that irrationally believes everything is bigoted and that the DNC is leading them. There is definitely something sinister lurking behind the Republican and Democratic parties that seems to be related to Epstein. My prayer is that we as individuals listen and exchange patiently and respectfully with those we love and with those we hate and with those we strongly disagree with. if we really are to unite America, no politician can do that. That's on US, WE ARE AMERICA. "From the lakes of Minnesota. To the hills of Tennessee. Across the plains of Texas. From sea to shining sea. From Detroit down to Houston. And New York to L.A. ..."
Wear mask or dont... ur a free man/woman.. cdc is showing 99% survival rate.. higher than the vaccine success...God is good. The human body is a beautiful thing
I love you, Bill. You have helped me make it through these last 4 nightmarish years! I will never understand how anyone cannot see what a despicable excuse of a “man” this president has morphed into. I hope you keep doing what you do, it is, in my humble opinion, brilliant!
Try winning the "hearts and minds" of people in a cult??? WHEN 73 million of them HAVE THEIR OWN MEDIA, ARE HATE-FILLED, AND HAVE A LOT OF GUNS!!! good luck.
@ so this UNPRECEDENTED thing the Republican Party is doing is another... "no big deal". Telling angry people who were fed lies, conspiracies, and propaganda for 5+ years THAT SOMETHING IS BEING STOLEN FROM THEM (when it is not) is normal and will be totally fine? because they haven't been behaving like grown-ups for a long-ass time!!! (my CAPS stay on until Trump and the cult go away)
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@@tomso9246 And Putin is quitting after he saw the election results. He's going to be a man on the run from the law! 🤭
@@EazyE11 Yeah, but they'll soon realize how ridiculous it is when they start questioning it all, when some little piece in their house of cards comes crashing down, ruining everything they've built their belief upon. They'll either come to their senses or find another something to raise the barn around.
If we want to approach Q-anon and convince them that the Democrats are in fact NOT a cult of baby-eating lizard people... maybe avoid reminding them of Kamala Harris lol.
I have Friends and Family who are ardent trump supporters, it is disturbing how they just won't acknowledge the facts even if shown the indisputable source, scary.
You share a semblance of patriotism with these folks as a fellow American. Imagine how someone outside of the American bubble views them! Hint: "Where is the butterfly net".
I agree. It is scary that so many people in our country think trump is legit and a standard bearer for the cause. For trump it's simple the cause is all about him.
" it is disturbing how they just won't acknowledge the facts even if shown the indisputable source, scary." So, would you like to talk about gender-studies and critical race-theory?
Thank you bill, another season passed, can't wait to see you again next year. Thank you for all the info and humour you gave me during this pandemic. Rest well and be safe
Reminds me of a quote from the guy who wrote Dune: “I wrote the Dune series because I had this idea that charismatic leaders ought to come with a warning label on their forehead: May be dangerous to your health."
This speech started as snarky, teasing Maher with a captive audience lapping it up and ended up somewhere more profound and inclusive; acknowledging the other side, empathising enough to know what response from the winning side will help and which will hinder. America, I hope the divisiveness will reduce in severity in months and years to come.
I am tired of people making excuses and apologising for the hypocrites. After 4 years of intense racism and pure evil leadership 74.2 million people STILL voted for a repeat and I am supposed to be understanding? Why? Am I not the one whose families were broken up and children locked in cages? Am I not the one whose people were openly mocked and intimidated on daily basis? Am I not the one they shot in the back and murdered in cold blood. Am I not the one they attacked with their vehicles and automatic rifles when I protested. Am I still the one who is supposed to apologise and walk on eggshells to spare their confederacy heritage and pride? What about my life? Does it really matter in America?
The problem with his advice is, she worked hard to bring around one person that she truly loved. Most of us only encounter toxic relatives who we are just not surprised to fall into Trumps cult. I honestly ran out of patience years ago and have absolutely no need for these people even before trump. I did have a couple successes, but only small ones. I managed to make a friend think twice as he went from liberal to centralist to posting Trumper nonsense. I turned him around with just Dude, I get how you care and the democrats often let you down and you want solutions from whatever side is willing to give it, but you are falling into the RUclips algorithm and it is pulling you right, all you are posting is right, that isn't centralist. You see, I agreed, and didn't blame him, I blamed the invisible thing pushing him, not his logic, just what some ad pusher made him click more. I did the same with my mom who got into some debate about all lives matter. Mom, phrases have meaning beyond the words, beyond the the surface. This is hate speech and that is why your black facebook friend dropped you. You are not racist, but this is being used by racists to devalue the words of their message of black lives matter. Again, reminding them of who they are, that others are using it as something different than from what you are using it as, and how it hurts others. Yes, there are good folks that joined that cult, and those turning that way that can turn back. But those toxic assholes you were already avoiding, you can't save them Bill, sorry. They never listened, and they never will. Good luck to those who are turning the good one's around.
I lost my best friend in the whole world to Q and Trumps cult. I miss him every day, especially when I see old photos or anything that reminds me of our friendship. I will always be there if he ever reached out but have no plans of reaching out to him. I just couldn’t handle all of the conspiracies and felt like I wasn’t being any help to him or didn’t know how to help him. Finally he blew up on me bc I didn’t believe his views and said some really hurtful shit. I still pray for him to see reality and realize the person he used to be.
There are toxic people who wouldn't or didn't vote for Trump, and that's where your point of situations of talking kindly and been loving towards those who are brainwashed into a cult, where the love is worn or isn't there to begin, makes sense. I think as people, is best to just think of others as an overall crowd, vs individuals where feeling what you mention you feel towards hurt, is a normal reaction. When you think of people like Jeffrey Epstein who was no saint, also like the people mentioned once you see the cult around Epstein having such elite, powerful members who now are terrified of the truth been out, or these men who falsely promoted themselves as something to be idealized by their followers and worse - they are also sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, cousins, husbands, wives, parents, "lovers", employees, employers, idols, leaders, business owners, doctors, officers, clergy, scientists, etc. Focus on the message instead of error doesn't mean to ignore, but to address with a focus on the larger picture. how these narcissistic and conning people base their actions and the things they promote on damaging mentality of egocentric world and personal held ideals, weather openly accepted and talked or shown through the enacted, etc. Those who operate through a hidden façade of "nice" or "good", is because these people know that what they do is wrong, so they need to hide their true intentions to fool others who aren't in the same schemes as them.
@@ifrahroble9077 it happened to my adult brother in NZ who was a green party activist and ecological businessman. He has come back because he went to an angel lightworker and realised how negative and hateful it all was. But I think he still believes in the pole shift and lizard people.
@@robertcartier5088 Pesci’s actually a nice guy in real life. He just often plays assholes. A fan once sent him an angry letter, complaining about one of his movies. Pesci apologized and paid him back the $8 the guy spent on the movie ticket
@@artembentsionov Lol, good story! Yeah, I have no doubt that Pesci is a good guy, I'm saying he must be annoyed that one of his characters is being used for such an insane cause. As a nice guy, it would surprise me if he thought it was a good thing to be mentioned by a crazed Giuliani. ;-]
The only thing it does is induce a headache anyway. Kind of like you would get from banging your head against a wall. Although I think that would actually be more preferable.
Because Lindsey Graham used to be a decent person when John McCain and Joe Biden hung out with them but once John McCain died Lindsey Graham became a f****** a******
I on the Democrat and I voted for Joe Biden and he's made a lot of mistakes but I would never ever ever vote for president he tried to overturn an election and have a proud boys and other keepers and try to hang try to murder his own vice president what the f*** kind of piece of s*** is that but there's people out there that really really believe in his s*** and they have a right to do so just like the clan has the right to believe in their s*** but Lindsey Graham was a very decent person and I believe that John McCain was not any a hero when he was prisoner of war he was a decent man a good man and he believed in our country and to treat people with respect Donald Trump wouldn't know how to treat a person with respect he thinks he should be f****** his daughter for god sakes
I meant to say that John McCain was a war hero and for Trump to say he didn't like war heroes cuz he got captured what the hell kind of s*** is that Donald Trump wouldn't know would have wore hero was if it ran over him some f****** a****** and these hearings are bringing out everything that he did on for January 6th I hope he goes to prison and gets his ass f***** every day of the week
@@stillaliveplus1forme - He remains #1, but Colbert & Kimmel have indeed shifted into higher gear the last year or so, not to mention Larry Wilmore, now back on NBC app👌
Bill Maher, you are a legend. You've helped us all to laugh at what is, in reality a sad and sorry time in the history of the world. So much could have been brilliant in the past four years - but America gave us that moron. Have a great holiday. I'll miss your passion and your ability to swim through all that bullshit to reveal the truth. From Australian with love.
TBQH, I think he could've been brilliant. He doesn't listen to people who are criticizing him and that's why he failed. Trump could've given us Medicare For All and Universal Basic Income and his supporters are fervent enough to trust Trump on these policies which would've benefitted everyone. TBQH, I was hoping he'd push republicans left on these issues and instead he did not and now he's losing.
@@SwiftySanders He never would have done those things simply because he knew his base would eviscerate him for it. Its all about image, its capital N Never about what's best for the people.
Think how VILE Alison Mack was, she recruited victims for that guy. She brought them to be branded and exploited. How sick. And Lindsay and Mitch are no different.
Before I saw this clip I had never heard of Vanguard, but I’m glad he’s behind bars for the rest of his pathetic life. He kind of reminded me of David Koresh; in fact he looked like him as well.
The times where I've taken advice from Stephen Colbert are long over. When Jon Steward left he literally took all the integrity of mainstream talkshows with him.
Bill, you said about this year, “couldn’t have done this without you”. Seriously, You have no idea how much we needed your humour and wit. I couldn’t have done this without you. Enjoy some time off and we’ll see you next year, a hopefully better one than 2020.
Mr.Mayer, What a truthist ! Congratulation! Contradicting everything that has a single cell of lies, breaking it down to its core and microscopically dissecting its internal toxins. Then showing and exposing these to the world! The kind of pot smoking / smart and funny teacher; I could have used in grade 8. You make it fun to learn. Let's hope the truth always stays in fashion and questioning political power never goes out of style.
Try George Carlin’s shows. Now, HE was a truth teller!!! One of the best funny, but real comedians of all time. He did one I watched again today, about elections, that apply neatly to the last 2 Presidential Elections. Bill is okay to good. I like him, meh yeah. But Carlin never had an off or so-so performance. U won’t be disappointed, if u go check George out. Up to you.
@@traekas7228 Hmm...I don't think anyone watching Bill's shows needs to be persuaded to watch Carlin. I'd check Carlin to be the greatest comedian of all time in any survey anytime anywhere. That is not to say Bill isn't great though. Although even Bill said he was inspired by Carlin at young age, he is not exactly the same as Carlin. It is also easier to make mistakes when Bill had to run live shows every week, comparing to Carlin's extremely well-prepared materials for stand ups.
@@traekas7228 Carlin didn't have to do a show about politics every week for decades though. Can't really make the comparison Bill is a standup comic but more because he likes it not because he's incredible at it. His skill is in political commentary and making that commentary regardless of partisan considerations. Also in bringing guests together from very different backgrounds and allowing discourse without the silly limitations of cable news.
That was the most loving and brilliant thing I have ever heard you say Bill. Maybe we can get united as a country with thoughts of kindness rather than fighting.
You're a good human being for feeling that way I felt that way all my life and you know what is done nothing yet people's s*** on you and spit on you put you down and I've always got myself back up but I'm 63 years old and I'm tired tired of people f****** with me I'm tired of people telling me I can't I just turn around and say yes I can and I will belmar is my age I get him I grew up with him I listened to him I give my opinions you don't want to hear my opinion and don't respond to what I have to say that you're a good person to want to be kind to people but be careful once you're kind of they look at that as a weakness trust me on that
@@rosehollis9639 Most people are good..loving people... I believe...and there are ways to say the truth that are kind...and sometimes... I have to look at my OWN thoughts and actions which are not always so great.
@@rosehollis9639 I am sorry to hear that...and glad you do know some cool people. Have you ever heard of the law of attraction? I try to listen to information about it frequently because I have experienced it work.
My adult daughter and some of my friends are Qanon. It's a tough nut to crack - to try to get them to see reason. Luckily for me, an elder guy, I'm content being home alone most of the time. Sometimes days without seeing or speaking to anyone, but have adjusted quite well, thanks.
Sorry to hear that Ken. My sons occasionally refer to the Luminati or Plandemic and it bothers me that they read some conspiracy theory online and think it may have truth to it!
@Bali Breeze it’s nut nut lunacy because you already made your mind up on what you choose to believe and you lack the capacity to think outside your echo chamber And you choose the crowds that fits your bias it’s the same conventional line people like you parrot “it’s lunacy blah blah” I understand your train of thought it feels more comfortable to go with the majority opinion I forgive you it’s not your fault.
Bill, What would we have done without you, Steven Cobert, Seth Meyers and the rest of the great reporters /Conedians in the past 4 yrs? You were our last bastion hope. I thought he will win and ruin the world. Really !! Thanks for resisting and overcoming all the threats and difficulties you encountered. Thanks Bill From an ex- muslim in the USA with a good comand of English !!
My wife has been disowned and cut off by her entire family because she refused to endorse or support Trump.Honestly,I really don't want these people back in our lives.It feels so much better not to have to listen to all the hate and negativity.They also claim to be Christian by the way.
I know the complete hypocrisy of trump followers. trump is trying to steal the election but they accuse Biden of doing it. trump is always telling them to yell lock him/her whoever up yet he is the criminal. The purport themselves to be religious people but vote for a serial cheater who grabs women by the pussy. The accuse QAnon of being this organization of pedophiles yet they are the ones who are in the cult. It is absolutely mind boggling they keep supporting this super sick narcissist/sociopath who constantly lies to them but yet they think he's god like. Truth is stranger than fiction and you can't make this stuff up. Don't even bother trying to change their minds because they are deep in the cult at this point. Fuggedaboutit.
Christian, I don't think they know the meaning of that word. They are false Christians and God spoke about people like them. God is the one who put trump out of office because he sees the crook he is.
@@brianwalsh1401 Actually, the number of ways in which Republicans violate the dictates of the Bible is legion. They contest the right to abortion, and yet are okay with killing doctors who perform them. They believe thou shalt not kill, and yet support the death penalty, massive military spending, and are willing to condemn millions to death due to poverty and illness cause "Don't touch my stuff!" (i.e. opposition to medicarer for all and welfare (mind you, Democrats oppose the latter two also
QAnon was a CIA PsyOp , Antifa an FBI PsyOp . The motivation is obvious by the ecstatic celebrations at Langley and Quantico over the successful completion of The COVID Coup D' ETAT .
Trump has lost but I'm not sure if Trumpism has. It could still be dominant within the Republican Party, at least that's my takeaway from this analysis that looks into the future of Trumpism and the Republican Party: ruclips.net/video/b_IgVhQ2IR8/видео.html&ab_channel=MyTake
@@MickyAvStickyHands While I agree that the Russia thing was a bit far fetched it’s nowhere near as bad as Trump cultists and at least there were reasons to believe that Trump had something going on with the Russian government... The Trump cult is all about stupid conspiracies, or I should say the entire right wing ideology is based on conspiracies these days 🤷🏻♂️
I'm an ex Mormon and I come from OG Mormon stock, so pretty much the zealous kind. I was married to an even more extreme and abusive Mormon for most of my 20s. I understand these people. I know what it's like to be so culturally and religiously brain washed you can't understand evidence and logic even if it smacks you in the face with a chair. And Bill is right. What it took for me to start opening up my eyes and being willing to look at evidence was kindness. The people who called me crazy for my beliefs never got through to me. It just made me more stubborn in my beliefs that we were that persecuted people they always tell you you are when you are neck deep in religious propaganda. I'm guilty of cutting people off who can't turn their thinking around like I did and I have come to the conclusion that that is the wrong way to go and that I need to be the person that I needed back then, which was the type of person who showed me love and patience and understanding. Brain washing is real. And it is the hardest thing to reverse and accept that has happened to you. It rocks every part of your existence to understand you've lived a lie. To do it you need support and if you feel like the other side just thinks you're a psychotic lost cause, you will never join those people. This is spot on. Thanks Bill.
Very good awareness there, revealed in your explanation, all true. You are now truly in the chosen few that understand the complexity. Props to you and spread the thoughts when you can.
Yea, I get very worried with the left writing off 70 million people as cultist, or racist, or just ignorant, etc. Screaming at people they are idiots does not seem like a good strategy. An even worse strategy seems to be making a list of political opponents or voters who do not agree with you.
@@brianjoyce9040 Admitting you were wrong is a big part of it but one also needs courage to walk away from friends and family who are still in the cult and the ideas which have been a big part of your life, often since childhood. Then there is also the courage to be alone in the world, without your imaginary best friend to comfort you. And the courage to not know.
Or the fact they are being labeled cult members for following a Controversial President, and supporting the president when there is clear voter irregularities, despite what the millionaire media would tell you, when they say Joe Biden, a millionaire politician, who is planning to appoint 40 millionaires on his administration team (many from huge corporations), has won the election, before the election has actually been determined over by the system. It could be the fact that not everyone is a cult if they look at the election that is obviously sketchy, and say "Perhaps we should count the people's voice"? Nah... I think I'll trust Big Tech, Big Pharmacy, Big Arms, and Big Business to rule over my life and discount thousands if not millions of votes, because some people considers it a cult to want free elections.
@@vinnyvin4287 Joe Biden has a networth of 9 Million.... McConnell- 34 Million... Barbie Loeffler...yes, the one that did insider trading (your republican) is worth 500 Million...then you have a somewhat Billionaire named Trump (who owes Deutsche Bank (Russians)) somewhere between 400 to 800 million...who appointed his son in law Jared (worth 800 million) so that he could get low interest loans from the Saudis for special favors from the US...should I go on or is this all fake news? Open your eyes and wake up. People voted. Get over it. It was Trump's fault he lost and no one else..it wasn't Biden. What did Trump do about Big Tech, Pharma, Arms, Business? Nothing for you and a lot for them...lowered their tax...sold lots of weapons to Saudis to kill Yemeni children(110 billion...350 billion in 10 years).... 23 Billions in weapons sales to UAE...so much for Middle East peace...those weapons will kill American forces one day... So pardon me if I think Our Dear Leader is not the people's president...you all been had but will never understand it.
@@IAmHereForeve Right, but Trump didn't make his Billions while being in office. That's the difference. He did appoint his son in law, but Jared did a pretty good job. 3 Historic peace treaties in the Middle East with Israel that the media has pretty much just ignored. Pelosi called it a "distraction" lol are you kidding me.... Meanwhile, Big Tech has had more hearings lately than ever before. Trump armed Ukraine with deadly weapons so they could fight against the Russians. You know who are his supposed allies smh... He put sanctions on China to try and slow their human rights violations. Almost succeeded. Anyways you don't like Trump its cool. I get it. But to act like the guy accomplished nothing is silly or maybe you're just uninformed?
@@adammarrujo2887 @Adam Marrujo I'll tell you what...I am sure that Trump made more than 9 million in 4 years vs the 40 years Joe Biden has been in service. But are we going to see his Taxes...I mean it should show his Salary as President but I know that's not what is showing. So keep drinking the Kool-aid. What Historic Peace Treaties? Did he solve the Israeli vs Palestinian conflict? Israeli vs Hezbollah? Israel vs Iran? Saudi Arabia vs Yemen? Saudi Arabia vs Iran..those are the conflicts...not Israel vs UAE or Israel vs Sudan...those are not conflicts and they never been and they are not Historic...just BS to feed the crowds or "distractions". Armed Ukraine...well he did it because he was Quid Pro Quo...remember. Sanctions on China? We are paying for those stupid tariffs.
Trump has lost but I'm not sure if Trumpism has. It could still be dominant within the Republican Party, at least that's my takeaway from this analysis that looks into the future of Trumpism and the Republican Party: ruclips.net/video/b_IgVhQ2IR8/видео.html&ab_channel=MyTake
You seen nothing yet wait for it cause it is coming from media elect Biden, he like a football team that gets a touchdown in first quarter and celebrating game victory cause the announcers say they won, it not official til Dec 14th and you all know it so come back here in 2021 and tell me I am wrong if you do it now and I am right you all look like the idiots you are.
I think that cuts to the heart of Bill's point. Don't argue, show them care and remind them of who they used to be. Convince people to self-reflect. Showing people kindness makes it very hard for them to see you as an enemy.
daniel guth And after next week? When this EO hasn’t done what you expect? Will you begin to realise that things aren’t what you think, or will you find some other part of the conspiracy to rely on? It’s a bit like when someone’s favourite preacher is proved to be a fraud and con man, the preacher says he has prayed to god and got forgiveness, and his congregation forgives and sends him donations to help him on his road to salvation.
Most people will wake up and leave the cult. In China's Culture Revolution, so many Red Guards would destroy their former friends and even their own families to defend Chairman Mao with their own lives. But they left the cult after Mao died, after killing so many innocent people and destroying thousands years of culture.
Physically attacking anyone wearing a MAGA hat or screaming in the face of anyone with a different point of view probably won't move the needle either.
Yeah, you only have to fool half the people, plus one. Actually, in a modern "democracy", you only have to fool about 30% of the people, strategically placed
my daughter marched against masks at our state capitol. she's nice looking, well spoken. was valedictorian in high school. did well in college. breaks my heart.
Sorry to hear, Back in March I thought the masks were a bit much. But I quickly changed my mind seeing the numbers go up of people dying of COVID. In Asia they all just wear the masks, no big deal, and numbers go down. In the West even a mask gets politicized. Viruses don't care what ideas you follow, they just wants to spread.
@@SantaBarbaraBiking I loved Allison Mack until I heard about this; by far the best actor/actress of the Smallville lot. I simply cannot believe such a seemingly wholesome person went down this path; not for herself, but bringing so many with her.
Dear Bill, you really helped us to get through the hard times these last 4 years. Especially in times when facts, science and true patriotism did not seem to matter any more, your show kept analyzing important topics and kept a dialogue going - it also cheered us up with the approach that if one cannot change it one can at least laugh about it. Our country for most of the times has been a wonderful place to live and you and your team have been an but important part of this. Many thanks to all of you - stay healthy and safe.
I think it's an inherent attribute of the human psyche. We always want closure and to believe in something. It just takes a certain environment (people, media, institutions, etc) to influence your psychological orientation.
@@HumanBeingSpawn no, it means if people put their faith in a incompetent corrupt failure that Stevie Wonder could spot a mile away, then the only explanation is his followers also possess some of his negative traits ( rascism, antisemitism, larceny at heart, etc). Donald Trump is so low, you need to reach up to touch bottom!
@@joeconner2231 Did you not catch the message of this video. You will not change minds by calling people dumb and by degrading them. You can, by listening to their problems and calling on their strenghts to fix those together!
Marcelo&Ilda Hernandez I think he was really thinking of ANOTHER body part..but he snapped back to reality for a second and remembered where he was.. Such a total useless POS
@@michaelweigand8643 Welllll...he had a physically massive CRANIUM. But what came out of it wasn't always that smart. Sometimes I think they would have been better off carrying out Pinky's plan to make pencils that taste like bacon. 😊
@@terrierqueen4091 the plans were good, they just didn't have the ability to execute them from the lab. Pinky's plans were much less egomaniacal, and had a much better chance of succeeding than Brain's.
As someone who has been duped into cult membership, I can say that the method Maher is describing is effective. The more people criticized me or the cult, the more strongly I clung to the cult. However, when people showed compassion and through their good examples revealed to me that people outside the culture weren't lost or misguided but rather normal and even good people, it started to break down my conditioning. I would add one thing, leaving a cult is a long process. Indoctrination doesn't go away after a few acts of kindness. It takes lot of time, so be patient. I've been cult-free for almost 7 years now, and I still see the Indoctrination rear it's ugly head and I'm still working on reclaiming the person I was who they tried to destroy. Compassion really is the answer in most situations.
The best thing I have to thought to do is when I see anyone out there that was a Trump supporter or just a conservative feeling disgusted or disappointed at the results, I tell them that their guy lost much like Clinton lost for us in 2016. I tell them the best you can do at this point is to pick up the pieces and go find a better class of human being to run in 2024. Take that moment to go find someone that will fight the way you want them to fight, but not divide the country. The love part is I tell them that we need them. I tell them that we still need conservatives in this country to be a healthy opposition to liberalism. Yes, I consider myself a liberal and even a progressive, but I would not want one side of the aisle controlling everything. that never goes well no matter which side controls it. We need the healthy opposition to keep us balanced, and we severely lost that. I tend to blame the Republican Party for that, but you can blame anyone you want. I tell all those disappointed people that they need to stop looking at people like me as the enemy, and start to understand our viewpoint the way we try to understand their viewpoint. However, they also need to come down to reality and stop thinking the world is a certain way because their favorite blogs or questionable media channels tell them. The sky is blue, water is wet, and fire can burn. Start with that and then build on it.
Very much appreciated. As a Trump supporter, I feel we could've done better and chose a classier president. However Trump's presidency did have results and his policies most of us agreed with. Besides who Donald Trump is, it was a good conservative term. Now in terms of Biden I know he's gonna behave far more presidential as opposed to Trump and one thing that makes me feel better about him is he has said time and time he won't shut down the country. Not that he legally or physically can , it's just nice to hear. We Trump supporters don't fear Biden. We fear his team. We fear the radical left Democrats. Some elements of the Dems IS STONE COLD CRAZY!!!! Had it not been for they're craziness Donald Trump wouldn't have won the election
There will be people on the right side of the aisle that I'll see as "STONE COLD CRAZY" as you will see people on left as the same. I would honestly tell you that you shouldn't be fearful. Right now I see the "very left" disappointed at Biden and his "moderate" stance, while I see those on the "very right" still believing we're going to see some crazed Communist Revolution about to happen. As much as I'd love to see the US join the modern age with ideas like Medicare for All and real work towards fixing climate change, I feel Joe Biden is someone who isn't going to just dismiss your point of view...despite how much the "very left" wishes he would. I think the only way this country can heal is when we see people in power who will take the opinion of both sides. NOW...I also think though that while the left needs to lighten up on the "woke" thing, the right really needs to address the issue of "alternative facts" and how much of right-wing media is pure propaganda, as opposed to real facts and logical opinions that happen to be conservative. Part of how we fix the country is to start living in reality, and listen to one another...as opposed to seeing one another as enemies.@@n.monavari6007
These people? Hmm, wonder how you’d feel if that term was used for lgbtq, blacks, Hispanics, Jews, etc. Oh I get it, it’s ok to “other” people when YOU don’t like/agree with them. Gotcha.
Bill states the problem so beautifully though. Our intolerance *strengthens* them. Your proposal that "we" (who?) just stop tolerating them goes nowhere, and it needs to be solved what we can do, if anything, to weaken it.
And there are religions with congregations repeating some story(fleecing) right now. But to those that believe, it’s is always the other church(political party)
The SDA church did not exist in 1844 so you are right, Miller was not a Seventh Day Adventist. He did not keep the sabbath on Saturday as SDAs do either. However, he is an SDA saint. They reference him, his teaching and the great disappointment and continue to preach that the return of Christ (the second advent) is imminent. (This idea has also spread widely through other groups.) SDAs are fairly identified as Miller’s successors even though they are not the only ones. It was formed out of a part Miller’s large following. After the great disappointment (which happened twice not just once) Miller’s followers split. The group which became the “seventh Day” adventists became convinced that the true sabbath was Saturday - hence the name. I know this because I was brought up SDA and went to an SDA high school. One should also be aware that like most religions, the majority of adherents are there because of how they were brought up. I think most religious people are just trying to be good and need structure in their lives. Every religion has a dark side and we are seeing the very dark side of Evangelical Christianity now.
Bruce Townsend SDA’s foremost evangelist are converts. I myself used to be Atheist who became SDA. Yes, William Miller(who used to mock the Bible like many Atheist today do, as did I) is revered for good reason. It’s unfortunate but Bill Maher and company, and even many SDA (typically 2nd gen+) have a very superficial understanding of what took place during that time, and therefore don’t really appreciate it.
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Thank you for being the voice of reason, Bill...we need you more than ever!
What a wonderfully put together presentation. Never thought Bill Maher would be capable of such gentle mockery and genuine compassion. Arguing facts with cult members rarely works. They have established such emotional and psychological connections with their belief systems that it would take more than just the truth to sway them.
Mark Twain said that "it's easier to fool people than to convince them they are being fooled". That's America.
"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. Its simply to painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves that we've been taken. Ounce you've given a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back." Carl Sagan
You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time. With odds like that, Trump will become your President. Thankfully for only one term.
@Jurgen Cuypers k8
@@craiganderson7986 ‘But you can’t fool all the people all of the time.’
Please watch the interview with the little girl ruclips.net/video/sKW7QaOf56I/видео.html tell me what you think is going on.
As someone who grew up a Seventh-Day Adventist I found this hilarious 😂😂
Same here. Born and raised SDA and lets not get started on the Ellen White BS.
Me too! Very good comparison.
Wow, three people who used to believe crazy shit now believe Bill Maher. If a "former" flat earther endorse Bill too, I'm done. That's all the proof I need.
Me too! I fell out laughing.
@@Trucmuch Seriously? We were children dude, calm down..
❤️ Love you back, Bill. Thank you for serving up the laughter during these hard times... best medicine! See you next year.
"Truth is a threat". Definitely.
To anyone who is in power, definitely. Truth is the thing that stops them exploiting everyone and making truckloads of cash while we are distracted.
No wonder my channel does so poorly. All is do is spit truth.
@@djn48 I'm also thinking school loans, they want you passive & in debt.
Truth is whatever the tv and social media tells the public it is. We're all fucked.
@E. W. BREAKING NEWS: White man shot by police as he advanced on them with a knife. He was clearly a victim of police brutality.
-No media outlet ever
That was pure brilliance. It should be a public service message.
Agree!
Yes, indeed, Kathy, this should be aired on every television station in this country - including those stations owned by the evil Sinclair Broadcasting.
You get your "facts" from actors lol.
@@Saxxin1 Nope. I get my facts from federal judges appointed by Trump. Lol!
Two year investigating the 2016 election turned up no evidence of collusion. So it was off to third hand whistleblower testimony and impeachment theater as the country descendedn into a pandemic . For a Democrat to criticize anybody is the height of hypocrisy and self-delusion
How could they see anything but the shadows, if they were never allowed to move their heads?
- Plato
Allegory of the Cave
Bill Maher doesn’t have this kind of sympathy for muslims. He is a hypocrite...
Because they will try to kill you for freeing them, like the dialogue says at the end. Sunlight hurts your eyes and burns your skin and to a cave dweller that's scary.
spoiler alert democrats already looked at the sun and understood what is wrong and what is good, trump is bad
@@pakpala1 So... usually people (rightfully) complain when muslims are conflated with islamists, and now you do exactly - that!?
Thank you Bill! Excellent show! Great message! Stay safe out there brother, we need your voice!🙏🏽
This should earn Bill a doctorate. PERFECT dissertation 🤣👍👍👍
Bill always delivers! This is a great help to keeping my spirit of hope alive. The situation is very dark at times. Thanks, Bill!!
“It is difficult to free fools from chains they revere“ - Voltaire
@Ivan Williams Exactly, then they're told "vote blue no matter who!"
That's why Califonia and New York are in lockdown all the time.
You ain't black if you don't vote for Biden. Also, doesn't the left revere or did, Harvey Weinstein? What about Roman Polanski? What does the left say about that perv? Just sayin...
@@renew5751 that is why >250k dead
@@kulagun very true how could you be black and vote for the biggest racist con man in history? If you voted for trump you ain’t black
This cult was started (I’m editing this to fueled) by Fox News in 1996. My parents and my brother fell into it, watching Fox News from morning till night, and no other news. It was sad to watch and even sadder when Trump saw/seized the opportunity to be the cult leader. The cult was already created, ripe for his bullshit. I kept hoping they would see Trump for what he is, but it never happened. His following actually grew. It's the largest cult that ever existed and it terrifies me as to what they will do next. As Bill said, we just have to keep reminding them who they used to be and that there is a whole world out there beyond their television.
Yeah, and we need to start complaining to the other news networks. I only see stories about how Trump is horrible and about the virus. There are other stories out there. By limiting the news to those two subjects we give the naysayers fuel to point fingers and tell their followers that the main news networks are bias. Just look at Fox News' website and you can see all sorts of stories even if half of them is B.S.
I agree however it was the bias of news networks prior to 96' that gave birth to Fox News.
A more balanced media that separates facts from opinion when doing reporting, would not give conservatives the feeling they are being ridiculed and left behind.
Those sentiments were the bed-rock on which Fox News was built.
And Bill Maher himself addressed the fact that while conservatives argue their case in CNN, liberals won't set foot in Fox News.
Isn't this the truth? Fox News should be treated like "enemy combatants " and carpet bombed into oblivian. Please everyone take one hour to watch "Outfoxed".Although funny in some respects, their ex- employees laid out the strategy for all to see.
Fox(Faux) News isn't to blame for the beginning of the BS that we have inherited. That all started with "The Moral Majority" bullshit in the 1980's when they started threatening even good political leaders, brow-beating elected officials and brainwashing people into sheeple with it's damn commitment to constituency contacts. It went from spreading the bullshit and hoping enough stuff would grow to feed the sheeple to mixing and spreading the ashes of the political careers they destroyed in with their bullshit to finally not being able to wait for their lies to grow and bear fruit so they just started feeding the sheeple the ashes and bullshit directly and TELLING them on fox news that not only does it not taste bad-- it tastes good! And you want more of it! And what's more YOU should be feeding it to you kids too! They taught their lies so well that the next generation grew up believing them as the truth and that's how they've went from urging and thus getting Republicans to go from march stepping on the streets but on and on until they are now Goose-Stepping down every Main Street across America...
Fox was created by and for Nixon apologists. Long before 1996. 40+ years of their garbage is exactly why we are where we are. Things got noticeably worse as the Tea Party started to gain traction. It may have been 1996 or so when the R party got up and left the table - no more negotiating, only want to rule, no interest in governing. Ever since, Rs appear bent on sabotaging government so they can tell their cult it doesn't work.
Good morning family and good health to everyone. Thank you Bill for everything, you time, your opinions and be safe please 🙏. We going to miss you but always LOVE YOU...
Good one, Bill. Enjoy the time off. See you next year!
When does the show return?
@@stitch3030 15 januari
Piggybacking this comment. Bill and your crew, till next year. 🥂
hopefully hell have a massive heart attack from the guilt of spewing lies and propaganda of the democratic party
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Time to move out of mommy's basement and get a job, kid!
The Lindsay Graham reference was spot on and really funny.
Idk, making fun of the guy bc he is gay is kinda shitty. Imagine being little fancy boy lindsey getting abused by everyone bc he was gay in the...50s I guess?...I don't envy the guy is all I'm saying
You know, this was probably the most compassionate thing I've ever heard Maher say. He realizes we are going to have to live with these people in our everyday lives. We have to bring them back to reality, and he's absolutely right about it.
A second civil war might be more effective.
Ignore them because they will certainly ignore you. You might as well be trying to reason with your shoes. They're set in stone.
One of the reasons that people fall for assholes like Trump is because schools in the modern world prepare people for JOBS, not for CRITICAL THINKING
i see no difference in the rights reaction now as compared to the lefts reaction 4 yrs ago
@@chrisfrisch1347 4 years ago, the left didn't launch dozens of lawsuits, they also acknowledged Trump's victory once the votes wer e in, and they did not launch a massive purge of the bureaucracy, and appoint Obama lackeys in the "lame duck period". Oh, did I mention they didn't rush through a bunch of executions?
Damn Bill... you spoke some real shit here today.
I know! And he wasn't like snarky as he can be sometimes. Really good end to the season. I really liked this.
Bill's in a different cult.
The lizard joke was good.
Well, that was unexpected, but pretty good.
@@gosselinluke No he isn't a cultist. He's a truth teller. There's a difference! But that fact might have gone over your head.
We used to wonder when learning about 1930's Germany, how the German people could support such a brutal madman.....and here we are. History doesn't repeat...it echoes.
SO ON POINT
He is BY FAR not that bad. That type of hyperbole is also dangerous and cult like
Irresponsible rhetoric at best, demonization of our fellow Americans at worst.
@@TexasWreckShop Sorry if you are offended, but let's look at facts shall we? 1) Forced sterilization of women - check 2) Pulling kids out of their parents arms separating them forever - check 3) Distinct sense of racial superiority - check 4) Persecution of specific religious groups - check. 5) An isolationist policy with no regard for what other nations think - check. 6) Invading other countries illegally to take their resources - check 7) creating relationships with fascist leaders globally - check. How many more do you need to see pal before you wake up and smell the cappuccino? You are blinded by the rocket's red glare. Almost half of your population has seen all of these things and concluded "This is the man that represents my values and desires." An apt comparison by any metric. Just to put a cherry on top, tell me another free western nation that has done these things. Crickets....I hear crickets.
@@delphi-moochymaker62 To clarify, which countries has Trump invaded to illegally take resources? My impression was Trump was trying to get the soldiers home.
frikkin legend Mr Maher, thanks for all the wisdom you bring to so many issues
@Keith Dupree who shall we believe? People like you?? You must be fun at parties 🤣🤣😭
You’re great I love to hear to tell it like it is straight up
Couldn't have gotten through this year without YOU! Thanks for your insight and laughs. See you on the other side, Bill. 😊
Actually he has a very good point This is a cult and these people are crazy.
Unfortunately, they're fully committed to remaining crazy.
Exactly...AND they have firearms!!😏
@@blacblack7187 Damn straight. And we haven't spent the last 10 years saying Fuck the Police, or ACAB. Gee..I wonder which side they back? And the majority of our ALL VOLUNTEER military leans right. As well as our Veterans. Not to mention, Republicans control the Senate, picked up seats in the House, the the Supreme Court is now heavily Conservative. Oh, there's one other thing..Trump got over 70 millions counted votes, which is more votes than any Republican running for President in US history. The Left have backed themselves into a corner, and the only thing they can do is destroy their own Left run cities in opposition, because they have alienated themselves. Oh well😎
@@barfyman-dm6zx 70 million,huh? Um yeah no, you still lost the presidency,AGAIN!😁 lol AND ol 1 term donny is DEFINITELY the BIGGEST LOSER in history now (70million < 78million ☺)after all,according to YOUR numbers...gee thanks for pointing that out😂😂😂
@@blacblack7187 The Electoral College has voted already? You know, the ones that actually vote for the President? News to me! When did this happen?
Catherine Oxenberg is the bomb. Was so impressed with her tenacity in getting her daughter out of NEXIUM.
Dont worry Trump supporters. Rudy and Cousin Vinny are on the case.
@Hardie Bynum Not all of us parent perfectly, all of the time. Whatever mistakes Catherine may or may not have made in the past, she did a wonderful job getting India out of that cult. Catherine was tenacious and never lost faith. That’s a good parent.
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And yet, decades after the revelation of "Zenu and the Thetans", Scientology is still going strong . . .
There is a "stupid" gene which is particularly prevalent in the US.
Believing that democrats eat babies is not any crazier than anything Scientologists believe.
Some people just don't do logic.
a fool and his money are soon parted
@@Funktaro5 I believe that's why people with little or no education, if you will, reject anything or any character from the world of science fiction - especially a certain science fiction character who, if my memory serves me correctly, was known as Mr. Spock.
haven’t been to a COS parking lot lately have you? ....
When he’s right,he’s 110% right
Bill Maher we need you now more then ever
Thank you for everything that you do to my laughter
"When he's right, he's 110% right"
That's 110% right.
Time to reboot the Age of Enlightenment.
Now's as good a time as any. We ain't going back to how it was before even if we wanted to.
I was telling people years ago, that this had all the hallmarks of a cult. I realised this when I saw grown men crying when they met Trump. I’ve met celebrities and felt strange emotions they didn’t really deserve. I’ve been pleased, attracted, and indifferent. But I’ve never worshipped a human, or their ideas.
true. worship of an effigy.not much different. if gives comfort good, but political force, go away.
Riiiiiight. The Obama worship was totally different.
@@redomega24 I think u missed the point. But typical trumper
@@davidpierce9949 The point was hypocritical so no... I didn't.
@Terry Lewis hahahaha Jesus Christ they basically annointed him a saint in the MSM. And celebrities sucked up to him all over the world like he was some kind of rockstar and it was 100% while he was in office.
Thank you Bill! Keeping it real with Bill Maher in 2021! You’re a national treasure brother!😎👍🏾
Blind Loyalty is the Enemy of Truth and Reality.
Agreed. In the Right and the Left, subscribing fully to your party's platform and raging when someone goes "yea but what about..." is not a good sign.
If you take the time to talk to people you'd find most people are all over the board on different issues.
Meanwhile the black community is the only demographic group in America who for years has been exclusively voting blue no matter who over 90% of the time without demanding a single viable thing in return and while devouring their own if they don't comply.
@@bluepearl_22 - Without demanding a single viable thing ? What about social welfare ? True , that means they will be always poor and always vote blue.
And the greatest ally of tyrants. . . .
@@florinmihaiielcean3009
"Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a life time."
the black community didn't ask for wellfare it was hurled onto them by LBJ and the Democrats in the 60s. Wellfare is not viable. Viable meaning capable of working successfully. Wellfare has not, is not, and will not help the black community or single parent households with the issues they face. African Americans in this country have suffered from significantly high mortality, poverty, under education in STEM, and incarceration rates for decades after the wellfare state was established.
The wellfare state is not helping and only exacerbating the root of the problems. what the black community in this country needs is good K12 education reform, availability of after school tutoring and skill building/nuturing programs. I don't see enough or any demands for better K12 education only complaints about these injustices. Too many of the current demands further reinforce dependency on gov and not aid and guidance towards independence and freedom from it. Gov exists to protect us not take care of us.
Whilst there is definitely a subset of the right that is a cult that believes Trump us leading them, there is also a scary section of the left that is a cult that irrationally believes everything is bigoted and that the DNC is leading them. There is definitely something sinister lurking behind the Republican and Democratic parties that seems to be related to Epstein.
My prayer is that we as individuals listen and exchange patiently and respectfully with those we love and with those we hate and with those we strongly disagree with. if we really are to unite America, no politician can do that. That's on US, WE ARE AMERICA. "From the lakes of Minnesota. To the hills of Tennessee. Across the plains of Texas. From sea to shining sea. From Detroit down to Houston. And New York to L.A. ..."
Have a good rest Bill Maher and thank you for all the laughter. See you next year.
I hope to see all of you in the comments next season.
Stay safe, wear masks, practise social distancing, wash your hands.
Done...You be safe and well also.. Thankyou!
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You too! Your picture made me laugh, goes well with your name😁Thanks for your comments see you soon 🤍☮
Wear mask or dont... ur a free man/woman.. cdc is showing 99% survival rate.. higher than the vaccine success...God is good. The human body is a beautiful thing
@@justinharrison5138 - please post a legitimate link to that CDC statement for us all to review.
I love you, Bill. You have helped me make it through these last 4 nightmarish years! I will never understand how anyone cannot see what a despicable excuse of a “man” this president has morphed into. I hope you keep doing what you do, it is, in my humble opinion, brilliant!
Thank you and your staff so much. Love this show.
I don’t always agree with Bill, but this was on point.
*I Don't Know WHY ANY Person of InTegrity wouLd STILL be,*
*a RePunk Liar-Con, After the LIAR WAR, by Bush!!!!*
exactly right
Try winning the "hearts and minds" of people in a cult??? WHEN 73 million of them HAVE THEIR OWN MEDIA, ARE HATE-FILLED, AND HAVE A LOT OF GUNS!!!
good luck.
@ so this UNPRECEDENTED thing the Republican Party is doing is another... "no big deal".
Telling angry people who were fed lies, conspiracies, and propaganda for 5+ years THAT SOMETHING IS BEING STOLEN FROM THEM (when it is not) is normal and will be totally fine?
because they haven't been behaving like grown-ups for a long-ass time!!!
(my CAPS stay on until Trump and the cult go away)
@@tomso9246
And Putin is quitting after he saw the election results. He's going to be a man on the run from the law! 🤭
The lizard joke was good.
Yup! I enjoyed that too!
Not really funny when you realize millions of people believe it.
@@EazyE11 Yeah, but they'll soon realize how ridiculous it is when they start questioning it all, when some little piece in their house of cards comes crashing down, ruining everything they've built their belief upon. They'll either come to their senses or find another something to raise the barn around.
If we want to approach Q-anon and convince them that the Democrats are in fact NOT a cult of baby-eating lizard people... maybe avoid reminding them of Kamala Harris lol.
@@SurferMan127 Don't forget AOC!
I have Friends and Family who are ardent trump supporters, it is disturbing how they just won't acknowledge the facts even if shown the indisputable source, scary.
You share a semblance of patriotism with these folks as a fellow American. Imagine how someone outside of the American bubble views them! Hint: "Where is the butterfly net".
I agree. It is scary that so many people in our country think trump is legit and a standard bearer for the cause. For trump it's simple the cause is all about him.
DONT LET A CRISIS GO TO WAIST.
I know what you mean. I have family members who still believe there are only two genders.
" it is disturbing how they just won't acknowledge the facts even if shown the indisputable source, scary."
So, would you like to talk about gender-studies and critical race-theory?
Thank you bill, another season passed, can't wait to see you again next year. Thank you for all the info and humour you gave me during this pandemic. Rest well and be safe
Reminds me of a quote from the guy who wrote Dune:
“I wrote the Dune series because I had this idea that charismatic leaders ought to come with a warning label on their forehead: May be dangerous to your health."
That’s a big ole book
@@janeseamore1370 An amazing book. Frank Herbert
Bless the Maker and His water.
Bless the coming and going of Him.
May His passage cleanse the world.
May He keep the world for His people.
@@OdinSonne Just reread it 50 years later. Still great. The imagination and genius that propels all great SF leaves me in the dust.
This speech started as snarky, teasing Maher with a captive audience lapping it up and ended up somewhere more profound and inclusive; acknowledging the other side, empathising enough to know what response from the winning side will help and which will hinder. America, I hope the divisiveness will reduce in severity in months and years to come.
I am tired of people making excuses and apologising for the hypocrites. After 4 years of intense racism and pure evil leadership 74.2 million people STILL voted for a repeat and I am supposed to be understanding? Why? Am I not the one whose families were broken up and children locked in cages? Am I not the one whose people were openly mocked and intimidated on daily basis? Am I not the one they shot in the back and murdered in cold blood. Am I not the one they attacked with their vehicles and automatic rifles when I protested. Am I still the one who is supposed to apologise and walk on eggshells to spare their confederacy heritage and pride? What about my life? Does it really matter in America?
we're going to miss you, Bill. The next few month are going to be trying w/o you. Have a great break! Hope to see you in February!
Oh...I thought he was back in January...
@@stormwatcher59 You think we'll live to see January?
@@dewaynethomas3122 - I'm gonna give it my best shot! ;-)
The problem with his advice is, she worked hard to bring around one person that she truly loved. Most of us only encounter toxic relatives who we are just not surprised to fall into Trumps cult. I honestly ran out of patience years ago and have absolutely no need for these people even before trump. I did have a couple successes, but only small ones. I managed to make a friend think twice as he went from liberal to centralist to posting Trumper nonsense. I turned him around with just Dude, I get how you care and the democrats often let you down and you want solutions from whatever side is willing to give it, but you are falling into the RUclips algorithm and it is pulling you right, all you are posting is right, that isn't centralist. You see, I agreed, and didn't blame him, I blamed the invisible thing pushing him, not his logic, just what some ad pusher made him click more. I did the same with my mom who got into some debate about all lives matter. Mom, phrases have meaning beyond the words, beyond the the surface. This is hate speech and that is why your black facebook friend dropped you. You are not racist, but this is being used by racists to devalue the words of their message of black lives matter. Again, reminding them of who they are, that others are using it as something different than from what you are using it as, and how it hurts others. Yes, there are good folks that joined that cult, and those turning that way that can turn back. But those toxic assholes you were already avoiding, you can't save them Bill, sorry. They never listened, and they never will. Good luck to those who are turning the good one's around.
Underrated comment. Thank You!
👋Hey, now: You've said a mouthful 👏!
Keep on Pushing 👊.
On the Strength 💪🗽✊🇺🇸.
I lost my best friend in the whole world to Q and Trumps cult. I miss him every day, especially when I see old photos or anything that reminds me of our friendship. I will always be there if he ever reached out but have no plans of reaching out to him. I just couldn’t handle all of the conspiracies and felt like I wasn’t being any help to him or didn’t know how to help him. Finally he blew up on me bc I didn’t believe his views and said some really hurtful shit. I still pray for him to see reality and realize the person he used to be.
There are toxic people who wouldn't or didn't vote for Trump, and that's where your point of situations of talking kindly and been loving towards those who are brainwashed into a cult, where the love is worn or isn't there to begin, makes sense.
I think as people, is best to just think of others as an overall crowd, vs individuals where feeling what you mention you feel towards hurt, is a normal reaction.
When you think of people like Jeffrey Epstein who was no saint, also like the people mentioned once you see the cult around Epstein having such elite, powerful members who now are terrified of the truth been out, or these men who falsely promoted themselves as something to be idealized by their followers and worse - they are also sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, cousins, husbands, wives, parents, "lovers", employees, employers, idols, leaders, business owners, doctors, officers, clergy, scientists, etc.
Focus on the message instead of error doesn't mean to ignore, but to address with a focus on the larger picture. how these narcissistic and conning people base their actions and the things they promote on damaging mentality of egocentric world and personal held ideals, weather openly accepted and talked or shown through the enacted, etc.
Those who operate through a hidden façade of "nice" or "good", is because these people know that what they do is wrong, so they need to hide their true intentions to fool others who aren't in the same schemes as them.
@@ifrahroble9077 it happened to my adult brother in NZ who was a green party activist and ecological businessman. He has come back because he went to an angel lightworker and realised how negative and hateful it all was. But I think he still believes in the pole shift and lizard people.
Dont worry Trump supporters. Rudy and Cousin Vinny are on the case.
LOL, in my mind's eye, I can see Joe Pesci is going, "Ah, fuck!"
@@robertcartier5088 Pesci’s actually a nice guy in real life. He just often plays assholes. A fan once sent him an angry letter, complaining about one of his movies. Pesci apologized and paid him back the $8 the guy spent on the movie ticket
@@artembentsionov Lol, good story! Yeah, I have no doubt that Pesci is a good guy, I'm saying he must be annoyed that one of his characters is being used for such an insane cause. As a nice guy, it would surprise me if he thought it was a good thing to be mentioned by a crazed Giuliani. ;-]
@@robertcartier5088 maybe he will ask Rudy to Cease and Desist...lol
@@phriedokra6158 That would be great! ;-)
Who can’t wait for Bill’s return and him saying, “I told you so”?!
I really want to know what he will say.
@@Emy-fv5ny That Lindsay Graham was hiding in the closet during the Insurrection.
So true Bill, I gave up arguing with these people especially relatives, good show!
The only thing it does is induce a headache anyway. Kind of like you would get from banging your head against a wall. Although I think that would actually be more preferable.
@@brianwalsh1401 It's so frustrating when people won't just see things exactly as you see them.
I've got no idea how Lindsey Graham kept his Senate seat for 17 years "and counting😳😆🤣"
johnasap777 That’s what I thought about Mitch McConnell but I guess it’s about demographic lol. 😂
Because Lindsey Graham used to be a decent person when John McCain and Joe Biden hung out with them but once John McCain died Lindsey Graham became a f****** a******
I on the Democrat and I voted for Joe Biden and he's made a lot of mistakes but I would never ever ever vote for president he tried to overturn an election and have a proud boys and other keepers and try to hang try to murder his own vice president what the f*** kind of piece of s*** is that but there's people out there that really really believe in his s*** and they have a right to do so just like the clan has the right to believe in their s*** but Lindsey Graham was a very decent person and I believe that John McCain was not any a hero when he was prisoner of war he was a decent man a good man and he believed in our country and to treat people with respect Donald Trump wouldn't know how to treat a person with respect he thinks he should be f****** his daughter for god sakes
I meant to say that John McCain was a war hero and for Trump to say he didn't like war heroes cuz he got captured what the hell kind of s*** is that Donald Trump wouldn't know would have wore hero was if it ran over him some f****** a****** and these hearings are bringing out everything that he did on for January 6th I hope he goes to prison and gets his ass f***** every day of the week
Enjoy your vacation, Bill, but don't be gone too long. We need the laughter and the TRUTH.😁👋
Thankfully there's also Colbert & a few others w/sharp intellect👌🏼
@@zg6766 😂 r u kidding bill is the only late nite lib that tells it how it is. No one comes close!
I thought bill was supposed to be funny and that he used to be now he's just a snarky ass
theres rarely truth on this show
@@stillaliveplus1forme - He remains #1, but Colbert & Kimmel have indeed shifted into higher gear the last year or so, not to mention Larry Wilmore, now back on NBC app👌
Genius! Thx Bill Maher! Stay real!
"That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence." Christopher Hitchens
Hitchens razor!
I'll remember that!
Would you consider this interview with a 9year-old girl evidence? ruclips.net/video/sKW7QaOf56I/видео.html
Please reply if you do watch it, thank you.
George Carlin once said: “Never underestimate a large group of stupid people” lol.
Carlin was referring to the Democrats when he made that statement
@@whodatnation4579 No he wasn't.
@@whodatnation4579 trumplicans
Any large groups of people are stupid. Herd mentality.
you're one of them you know, blind cattle following lies without question
Bill Maher, you are a legend. You've helped us all to laugh at what is, in reality a sad and sorry time in the history of the world. So much could have been brilliant in the past four years - but America gave us that moron. Have a great holiday. I'll miss your passion and your ability to swim through all that bullshit to reveal the truth. From Australian with love.
TBQH, I think he could've been brilliant. He doesn't listen to people who are criticizing him and that's why he failed. Trump could've given us Medicare For All and Universal Basic Income and his supporters are fervent enough to trust Trump on these policies which would've benefitted everyone. TBQH, I was hoping he'd push republicans left on these issues and instead he did not and now he's losing.
@@SwiftySanders He never would have done those things simply because he knew his base would eviscerate him for it. Its all about image, its capital N Never about what's best for the people.
Whats your view of the current Biden Administration, compared to Trump
@@siyafaith5615 you’re not asking the right questions
What an incredible message from Bill. Better than I could have expected. Let's hope we have the brains to do what he says.
Lindsey "Allison Mack" Graham? I will NEVER stop calling him that!
Miss Lindsey parents gave him that name obviously knowing he was gonna literally become an ass kisser to men someday.
Think how VILE Alison Mack was, she recruited victims for that guy. She brought them to be branded and exploited. How sick. And Lindsay and Mitch are no different.
Pretty obvious his parents wanted a girl.
@@Mom_sBasement are you saying Lindsay is a lesbian pretending to be a guy?
@@victorpradha9946 he's never been seen with a woman...he's either gay or no woman could stand his horrific ass kissing personality...
P.T.Barnum, if he really said the sucker quote, was right on the money.
I heard it was Horace Greeley the newspaper man who said "as my good friend PT Barnum would say..There's a sucker born every minute".
Yep. ruclips.net/video/AcaXszf3Nxc/видео.html
@@danbixler1568 so it was Barnum.. via hearsay
Actually PT Barnum never said the phrase. It was W.C. Fields. The entire phrase is " There's a sucker born every minute. You just have to find them".
Yup and he's named Bill Maher
Vanguard got 140 years behind bars, I'd be satisfied if trump got half that..
Before I saw this clip I had never heard of Vanguard, but I’m glad he’s behind bars for the rest of his pathetic life. He kind of reminded me of David Koresh; in fact he looked like him as well.
*I Don't Know WHY ANY Person of InTegrity wouLd STILL be,*
*a RePunk Liar-Con, After the LIAR WAR, by Bush!!!!*
trump will walk free, if there was justice in America, trump would never have been elected
trump only deserves to end up like Epstein; dead in a jail cell...
HA jail for what??? The president was aquitted by his peers so the Russia hoax was a Nada burger
The past four years would have been much tougher without Bill's show.
I suspect the "cult" would rather lay down with the cup of Kool-Aid than listen to reason or change their mind. Too far gone.
Bill wanted a depression so they could remove Trump. Is that you really wanted?
@@kulagun I would like to see a primary, academic source that supports your claim.
You're that easily entertained, then you can't wait to see the big Joke on the 20th.
@@kulagun looks like he'll get it, let him make that a joke
Laotian proverb
« When elephants fight, it is the ants that die. »
THAT is a great comment.
Stephen Colbert’s guide for telling if you’re in a cult: step one, if you’re wondering whether you’re in a cult, then you’re in a cult
The times where I've taken advice from Stephen Colbert are long over. When Jon Steward left he literally took all the integrity of mainstream talkshows with him.
Sounds like Obamas hardcore supporters.
@concrete Phoenix didn’t know he said that on his show. It was in one of his books
@@BishopWalters12 way to project
@@BishopWalters12 Hitler supporter?
Bill, you said about this year, “couldn’t have done this without you”. Seriously, You have no idea how much we needed your humour and wit. I couldn’t have done this without you. Enjoy some time off and we’ll see you next year, a hopefully better one than 2020.
If anyone's a reptile wearing a human skin mask, it's Mitch McConnell... and he can't even be bothered to get one that fits!
If you need bill Maher to make you feel good then there is something wrong with you already. You don't like yourself.
Mr.Mayer,
What a truthist !
Congratulation! Contradicting everything that has a single cell of lies, breaking it down to its core and microscopically dissecting
its internal toxins.
Then showing and exposing these to the world!
The kind of pot smoking / smart and funny teacher; I could have used in grade 8.
You make it fun to learn.
Let's hope the truth always stays in fashion
and
questioning political power never goes out of style.
Bill remains to be the one that makes the most sense in troubling times.
Been this way for years..
42 been watching him and paying attention to Carlin since I was 15..
Try George Carlin’s shows. Now, HE was a truth teller!!! One of the best funny, but real comedians of all time. He did one I watched again today, about elections, that apply neatly to the last 2 Presidential Elections.
Bill is okay to good. I like him, meh yeah. But Carlin never had an off or so-so performance. U won’t be disappointed, if u go check George out. Up to you.
@@traekas7228 Hmm...I don't think anyone watching Bill's shows needs to be persuaded to watch Carlin. I'd check Carlin to be the greatest comedian of all time in any survey anytime anywhere. That is not to say Bill isn't great though. Although even Bill said he was inspired by Carlin at young age, he is not exactly the same as Carlin. It is also easier to make mistakes when Bill had to run live shows every week, comparing to Carlin's extremely well-prepared materials for stand ups.
@@traekas7228 Carlin didn't have to do a show about politics every week for decades though. Can't really make the comparison Bill is a standup comic but more because he likes it not because he's incredible at it. His skill is in political commentary and making that commentary regardless of partisan considerations. Also in bringing guests together from very different backgrounds and allowing discourse without the silly limitations of cable news.
Well, his team of writers, anyway. Don't fall for the cult of Bill.
That was the most loving and brilliant thing I have ever heard you say Bill. Maybe we can get united as a country with thoughts of kindness rather than fighting.
Yeah, kindness worked REAL WELL in 1776 and 1789, right?
You're a good human being for feeling that way I felt that way all my life and you know what is done nothing yet people's s*** on you and spit on you put you down and I've always got myself back up but I'm 63 years old and I'm tired tired of people f****** with me I'm tired of people telling me I can't I just turn around and say yes I can and I will belmar is my age I get him I grew up with him I listened to him I give my opinions you don't want to hear my opinion and don't respond to what I have to say that you're a good person to want to be kind to people but be careful once you're kind of they look at that as a weakness trust me on that
@@rosehollis9639 Most people are good..loving people... I believe...and there are ways to say the truth that are kind...and sometimes... I have to look at my OWN thoughts and actions which are not always so great.
I try to look for but in my experience including with my parents life for has not been so kind but yes there are wonderful people
@@rosehollis9639 I am sorry to hear that...and glad you do know some cool people. Have you ever heard of the law of attraction? I try to listen to information about it frequently because I have experienced it work.
My adult daughter and some of my friends are Qanon. It's a tough nut to crack - to try to get them to see reason. Luckily for me, an elder guy, I'm content being home alone most of the time. Sometimes days without seeing or speaking to anyone, but have adjusted quite well, thanks.
Sorry to hear that Ken. My sons occasionally refer to the Luminati or Plandemic and it bothers me that they read some conspiracy theory online and think it may have truth to it!
Sorry to hear about your family and friends. I'm in a similar situation with the only nearby relatives. I'm pretty lonely and depressed being alone.
@@gjd1942 why is it when someone shares a different opinion it’s called a conspiracy or plandemic? good for you if you have it all figured out.
@Bali Breeze it’s nut nut lunacy because you already made your mind up on what you choose to believe and you lack the capacity to think outside your echo chamber And you choose the crowds that fits your bias it’s the same conventional line people like you parrot “it’s lunacy blah blah” I understand your train of thought it feels more comfortable to go with the majority opinion I forgive you it’s not your fault.
Bill,
What would we have done without you, Steven Cobert, Seth Meyers and the rest of the great reporters /Conedians in the past 4 yrs?
You were our last bastion hope.
I thought he will win and ruin the world.
Really !!
Thanks for resisting and overcoming all the threats and difficulties you encountered.
Thanks Bill
From an ex- muslim in the USA with a good comand of English !!
My wife has been disowned and cut off by her entire family because she refused to endorse or support Trump.Honestly,I really don't want these people back in our lives.It feels so much better not to have to listen to all the hate and negativity.They also claim to be Christian by the way.
I know the complete hypocrisy of trump followers. trump is trying to steal the election but they accuse Biden of doing it. trump is always telling them to yell lock him/her whoever up yet he is the criminal. The purport themselves to be religious people but vote for a serial cheater who grabs women by the pussy. The accuse QAnon of being this organization of pedophiles yet they are the ones who are in the cult. It is absolutely mind boggling they keep supporting this super sick narcissist/sociopath who constantly lies to them but yet they think he's god like. Truth is stranger than fiction and you can't make this stuff up. Don't even bother trying to change their minds because they are deep in the cult at this point. Fuggedaboutit.
Christianity = hypocrisy
Christian, I don't think they know the meaning of that word. They are false Christians and God spoke about people like them. God is the one who put trump out of office because he sees the crook he is.
@@annapeters2888 So god rigged the election?? Didn't the god know trump was going to fuck up? So why let him get elected in the first place??
@@brianwalsh1401 Actually, the number of ways in which Republicans violate the dictates of the Bible is legion. They contest the right to abortion, and yet are okay with killing doctors who perform them. They believe thou shalt not kill, and yet support the death penalty, massive military spending, and are willing to condemn millions to death due to poverty and illness cause "Don't touch my stuff!" (i.e. opposition to medicarer for all and welfare (mind you, Democrats oppose the latter two also
THE Qanon thing is so insane... ..I don't even know what to say
Don't say anything... "let the dummies go ahead" 👍🏾 my late-grandfather's quote
QAnon was a CIA PsyOp , Antifa an FBI PsyOp . The motivation is obvious by the ecstatic celebrations at Langley and Quantico over the successful completion of The COVID Coup D' ETAT .
@@GLORYNEVADASMITH Disagree, Qanon is just proof how stupid you have to be to get membership in trump's cult.
Whats psyop. ?
but russiagate isn't?
I'm going to miss you Bill!
I always hate these yearly sperations. Have a great vacation. See you next year. 💋
Bill Maher, you sir are “The Great Disappointment!!!!!!!!
Create a conspiracy about a conspiracy that conspired them to conspire
"Truth is a threat". Definitely.
Trump has lost but I'm not sure if Trumpism has. It could still be dominant within the Republican Party, at least that's my takeaway from this analysis that looks into the future of Trumpism and the Republican Party: ruclips.net/video/b_IgVhQ2IR8/видео.html&ab_channel=MyTake
exactly Dems suck man you're right!
It's a complex mix of complicated complexities.
Very good ☺️
At this point,MAGA hats should be made of tin foil.
No one has forgotten about your Russian obsession. Look in a mirror.
@@MickyAvStickyHands While I agree that the Russia thing was a bit far fetched it’s nowhere near as bad as Trump cultists and at least there were reasons to believe that Trump had something going on with the Russian government... The Trump cult is all about stupid conspiracies, or I should say the entire right wing ideology is based on conspiracies these days 🤷🏻♂️
Trump 2020 or we destroy the GOP by boycotting the Georgia runoffs!
Russia gate people have no room to talk and No, I'm not a Trump supporter.
@dumb genius
At least Democrats dropped it. When have Trumps cultists dropped anything?
I'm an ex Mormon and I come from OG Mormon stock, so pretty much the zealous kind. I was married to an even more extreme and abusive Mormon for most of my 20s. I understand these people. I know what it's like to be so culturally and religiously brain washed you can't understand evidence and logic even if it smacks you in the face with a chair. And Bill is right. What it took for me to start opening up my eyes and being willing to look at evidence was kindness. The people who called me crazy for my beliefs never got through to me. It just made me more stubborn in my beliefs that we were that persecuted people they always tell you you are when you are neck deep in religious propaganda. I'm guilty of cutting people off who can't turn their thinking around like I did and I have come to the conclusion that that is the wrong way to go and that I need to be the person that I needed back then, which was the type of person who showed me love and patience and understanding. Brain washing is real. And it is the hardest thing to reverse and accept that has happened to you. It rocks every part of your existence to understand you've lived a lie. To do it you need support and if you feel like the other side just thinks you're a psychotic lost cause, you will never join those people. This is spot on. Thanks Bill.
Very good awareness there, revealed in your explanation, all true. You are now truly in the chosen few that understand the complexity. Props to you and spread the thoughts when you can.
There are a number of paths out of irrational cultish religions. What they all have in common is courage.
@@brucetownsend691 --indeed, courage to admit you are wrong. Also awareness of knowing that you are wrong.
Yea, I get very worried with the left writing off 70 million people as cultist, or racist, or just ignorant, etc. Screaming at people they are idiots does not seem like a good strategy. An even worse strategy seems to be making a list of political opponents or voters who do not agree with you.
@@brianjoyce9040 Admitting you were wrong is a big part of it but one also needs courage to walk away from friends and family who are still in the cult and the ideas which have been a big part of your life, often since childhood. Then there is also the courage to be alone in the world, without your imaginary best friend to comfort you. And the courage to not know.
Bill Maher you are one of the best reporter not fake...
The 1k dislikes are angry you've made them doubt their cult membership
Or the fact they are being labeled cult members for following a Controversial President, and supporting the president when there is clear voter irregularities, despite what the millionaire media would tell you, when they say Joe Biden, a millionaire politician, who is planning to appoint 40 millionaires on his administration team (many from huge corporations), has won the election, before the election has actually been determined over by the system. It could be the fact that not everyone is a cult if they look at the election that is obviously sketchy, and say "Perhaps we should count the people's voice"? Nah... I think I'll trust Big Tech, Big Pharmacy, Big Arms, and Big Business to rule over my life and discount thousands if not millions of votes, because some people considers it a cult to want free elections.
@@vinnyvin4287
Joe Biden has a networth of 9 Million....
McConnell- 34 Million...
Barbie Loeffler...yes, the one that did insider trading (your republican) is worth 500 Million...then you have a somewhat Billionaire named Trump (who owes Deutsche Bank (Russians)) somewhere between 400 to 800 million...who appointed his son in law Jared (worth 800 million) so that he could get low interest loans from the Saudis for special favors from the US...should I go on or is this all fake news? Open your eyes and wake up.
People voted. Get over it. It was Trump's fault he lost and no one else..it wasn't Biden.
What did Trump do about Big Tech, Pharma, Arms, Business? Nothing for you and a lot for them...lowered their tax...sold lots of weapons to Saudis to kill Yemeni children(110 billion...350 billion in 10 years).... 23 Billions in weapons sales to UAE...so much for Middle East peace...those weapons will kill American forces one day...
So pardon me if I think Our Dear Leader is not the people's president...you all been had but will never understand it.
@@vinnyvin4287 If you can look at Trump and honestly say he should lead the country, you're in the cult.
@@IAmHereForeve Right, but Trump didn't make his Billions while being in office. That's the difference. He did appoint his son in law, but Jared did a pretty good job. 3 Historic peace treaties in the Middle East with Israel that the media has pretty much just ignored. Pelosi called it a "distraction" lol are you kidding me....
Meanwhile, Big Tech has had more hearings lately than ever before. Trump armed Ukraine with deadly weapons so they could fight against the Russians. You know who are his supposed allies smh... He put sanctions on China to try and slow their human rights violations. Almost succeeded. Anyways you don't like Trump its cool. I get it. But to act like the guy accomplished nothing is silly or maybe you're just uninformed?
@@adammarrujo2887
@Adam Marrujo
I'll tell you what...I am sure that Trump made more than 9 million in 4 years vs the 40 years Joe Biden has been in service. But are we going to see his Taxes...I mean it should show his Salary as President but I know that's not what is showing. So keep drinking the Kool-aid.
What Historic Peace Treaties? Did he solve the Israeli vs Palestinian conflict?
Israeli vs Hezbollah? Israel vs Iran? Saudi Arabia vs Yemen? Saudi Arabia vs Iran..those are the conflicts...not Israel vs UAE or Israel vs Sudan...those are not conflicts and they never been and they are not Historic...just BS to feed the crowds or "distractions".
Armed Ukraine...well he did it because he was Quid Pro Quo...remember.
Sanctions on China? We are paying for those stupid tariffs.
My, my Miz Lindsay I do declare!
@Bess Smith that exactly right, how are you doing Bess?
Tbf, Trump is living up to everything I believed he was. Actually, he exceedes my expectations. He's much worse than I expected...
Don’t stop there. List at least one reason he isn’t the best president we have ever had
Trump has lost but I'm not sure if Trumpism has. It could still be dominant within the Republican Party, at least that's my takeaway from this analysis that looks into the future of Trumpism and the Republican Party: ruclips.net/video/b_IgVhQ2IR8/видео.html&ab_channel=MyTake
Trump has always been a joke. His presidency was the punchline.
You seen nothing yet wait for it cause it is coming from media elect Biden, he like a football team that gets a touchdown in first quarter and celebrating game victory cause the announcers say they won, it not official til Dec 14th and you all know it so come back here in 2021 and tell me I am wrong if you do it now and I am right you all look like the idiots you are.
@@HermitHole - wanna borrow a vowel?
Brilliant. Thank you, Bill!
Brilliant! One of your best!!!
Believing in a cult is not rational, that's why you cannot reason with cultists. You can only hope that they will have a change of heart.
@@danielguth5777 oh daniel, poor daniel. A little man convinced of his own righteousness.
I think that cuts to the heart of Bill's point. Don't argue, show them care and remind them of who they used to be. Convince people to self-reflect. Showing people kindness makes it very hard for them to see you as an enemy.
daniel guth And after next week? When this EO hasn’t done what you expect? Will you begin to realise that things aren’t what you think, or will you find some other part of the conspiracy to rely on? It’s a bit like when someone’s favourite preacher is proved to be a fraud and con man, the preacher says he has prayed to god and got forgiveness, and his congregation forgives and sends him donations to help him on his road to salvation.
Most people will wake up and leave the cult. In China's Culture Revolution, so many Red Guards would destroy their former friends and even their own families to defend Chairman Mao with their own lives. But they left the cult after Mao died, after killing so many innocent people and destroying thousands years of culture.
@@RedlegsBluelegs This sounds good. But, some people's hearts are filled with hate: bombing churches. Gassing infants. And, the list goes on...
Physically attacking anyone wearing a MAGA hat or screaming in the face of anyone with a different point of view probably won't move the needle either.
@Jon Dough I wasn't advocating that. Violence should never be a part of the free exchange of ideas. Those that disagree are afraid of ideas.
They want a fight. They feed off the anger. Laughter and ridicule is one method to deflate their b.s.
Thank you, Bill Maher. Can't wait till Wednesday! The last 4.5 years have shown us how much we need to laugh.
Lincoln: "You can fool some of the people all of the time"
Trump: "Fine, I can make that work for me"
"but you can't fool all of the people all of the time" - aka the 2020 election
the guy with alzheimers will be better?
Yeah, you only have to fool half the people, plus one. Actually, in a modern "democracy", you only have to fool about 30% of the people, strategically placed
my daughter marched against masks at our state capitol. she's nice looking, well spoken. was valedictorian in high school. did well in college. breaks my heart.
Oh dear. Sorry to hear.
Did you ask her why she marched against masks?
Sorry to hear,
Back in March I thought the masks were a bit much.
But I quickly changed my mind seeing the numbers go up of people dying of COVID.
In Asia they all just wear the masks, no big deal, and numbers go down.
In the West even a mask gets politicized. Viruses don't care what ideas you follow, they just wants to spread.
She resisted college indoctrination that's pretty hard to do
@@bigt38402 you didn't go to college did you?
Ah, Allison Mack...She fought supervillains on TV and then became one in real life.
It made me so sad...😟
I'm more of a Kristen Kreuk fan.
@@SantaBarbaraBiking we all are
@@SantaBarbaraBiking I loved Allison Mack until I heard about this; by far the best actor/actress of the Smallville lot. I simply cannot believe such a seemingly wholesome person went down this path; not for herself, but bringing so many with her.
Anybody can get duped into a cult. She's a victim.
Every Trumpette I know is still claiming the election was stolen.
Because it was.
@@JosePerez-uz7pp It must be nice to live in your fantasy land.
@@augusthawks6576 ironic.
@@augusthawks6576 2016-2020 y'all were saying the election was stolen 🤣
@@JosePerez-uz7pp - Nobody said it was stolen. They said there was foreign interference, which our intelligence services confirmed was true
I laughed really hard the first time I head of the Great Disappointment because it's my birthday.
I’m not even a liberal but Maher is SO spot on these days.
No, he isn't. The establishment is what Bil is.
@@miskatonicalumni5612 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Bill has become more and more establishment, but I think this piece also shows he's a good guy.
You're a liberal in a reality you've been brainwashed not to see and be afraid of.
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Dear Bill, you really helped us to get through the hard times these last 4 years. Especially in times when facts, science and true patriotism did not seem to matter any more, your show kept analyzing important topics and kept a dialogue going - it also cheered us up with the approach that if one cannot change it one can at least laugh about it. Our country for most of the times has been a wonderful place to live and you and your team have been an but important part of this. Many thanks to all of you - stay healthy and safe.
Maybe this is exactly why people have been exploited since the beginning of time....they are easily... exploited..sadly...
Because they're too lazy to think for themselves!
I think it's an inherent attribute of the human psyche. We always want closure and to believe in something.
It just takes a certain environment (people, media, institutions, etc) to influence your psychological orientation.
@@HumanBeingSpawn no, it means if people put their faith in a incompetent corrupt failure that Stevie Wonder could spot a mile away, then the only explanation is his followers also possess some of his negative traits ( rascism, antisemitism, larceny at heart, etc). Donald Trump is so low, you need to reach up to touch bottom!
@@joeconner2231 Did you not catch the message of this video. You will not change minds by calling people dumb and by degrading them. You can, by listening to their problems and calling on their strenghts to fix those together!
Empathize
Damn Maher makes sense yet again!
To a better next year
After seeing the clip of trump saying he has a very big brain reminded me of "Pinky and the Brain" 😄😂😆🤣
The Brain literally has a big brain. Have you seen the cartoon?
Marcelo&Ilda Hernandez I think he was really thinking of ANOTHER body part..but he snapped back to reality for a second and remembered where he was.. Such a total useless POS
Pinky and Brain would be better leaders than the Dumpster fire in chief.
@@michaelweigand8643 Welllll...he had a physically massive CRANIUM. But what came out of it wasn't always that smart. Sometimes I think they would have been better off carrying out Pinky's plan to make pencils that taste like bacon. 😊
@@terrierqueen4091 the plans were good, they just didn't have the ability to execute them from the lab. Pinky's plans were much less egomaniacal, and had a much better chance of succeeding than Brain's.
Bill nailed it!
As someone who has been duped into cult membership, I can say that the method Maher is describing is effective. The more people criticized me or the cult, the more strongly I clung to the cult. However, when people showed compassion and through their good examples revealed to me that people outside the culture weren't lost or misguided but rather normal and even good people, it started to break down my conditioning. I would add one thing, leaving a cult is a long process. Indoctrination doesn't go away after a few acts of kindness. It takes lot of time, so be patient. I've been cult-free for almost 7 years now, and I still see the Indoctrination rear it's ugly head and I'm still working on reclaiming the person I was who they tried to destroy. Compassion really is the answer in most situations.
The best thing I have to thought to do is when I see anyone out there that was a Trump supporter or just a conservative feeling disgusted or disappointed at the results, I tell them that their guy lost much like Clinton lost for us in 2016. I tell them the best you can do at this point is to pick up the pieces and go find a better class of human being to run in 2024. Take that moment to go find someone that will fight the way you want them to fight, but not divide the country.
The love part is I tell them that we need them. I tell them that we still need conservatives in this country to be a healthy opposition to liberalism. Yes, I consider myself a liberal and even a progressive, but I would not want one side of the aisle controlling everything. that never goes well no matter which side controls it. We need the healthy opposition to keep us balanced, and we severely lost that. I tend to blame the Republican Party for that, but you can blame anyone you want.
I tell all those disappointed people that they need to stop looking at people like me as the enemy, and start to understand our viewpoint the way we try to understand their viewpoint. However, they also need to come down to reality and stop thinking the world is a certain way because their favorite blogs or questionable media channels tell them.
The sky is blue, water is wet, and fire can burn. Start with that and then build on it.
Very much appreciated. As a Trump supporter, I feel we could've done better and chose a classier president. However Trump's presidency did have results and his policies most of us agreed with. Besides who Donald Trump is, it was a good conservative term.
Now in terms of Biden I know he's gonna behave far more presidential as opposed to Trump and one thing that makes me feel better about him is he has said time and time he won't shut down the country. Not that he legally or physically can , it's just nice to hear.
We Trump supporters don't fear Biden. We fear his team. We fear the radical left Democrats. Some elements of the Dems IS STONE COLD CRAZY!!!!
Had it not been for they're craziness Donald Trump wouldn't have won the election
There will be people on the right side of the aisle that I'll see as "STONE COLD CRAZY" as you will see people on left as the same.
I would honestly tell you that you shouldn't be fearful. Right now I see the "very left" disappointed at Biden and his "moderate" stance, while I see those on the "very right" still believing we're going to see some crazed Communist Revolution about to happen.
As much as I'd love to see the US join the modern age with ideas like Medicare for All and real work towards fixing climate change, I feel Joe Biden is someone who isn't going to just dismiss your point of view...despite how much the "very left" wishes he would. I think the only way this country can heal is when we see people in power who will take the opinion of both sides.
NOW...I also think though that while the left needs to lighten up on the "woke" thing, the right really needs to address the issue of "alternative facts" and how much of right-wing media is pure propaganda, as opposed to real facts and logical opinions that happen to be conservative. Part of how we fix the country is to start living in reality, and listen to one another...as opposed to seeing one another as enemies.@@n.monavari6007
I thought when they go low we’re supposed to go lower.... Kindness never works on these people
These people? Hmm, wonder how you’d feel if that term was used for lgbtq, blacks, Hispanics, Jews, etc. Oh I get it, it’s ok to “other” people when YOU don’t like/agree with them. Gotcha.
We've been tolerant of those mindsets and ideologies for too long as it is.
Bill states the problem so beautifully though. Our intolerance *strengthens* them. Your proposal that "we" (who?) just stop tolerating them goes nowhere, and it needs to be solved what we can do, if anything, to weaken it.
People who say "I'm a very stable genius" are not!
So lets vote for the same exact people that have been fucking us over and keeping us at war for decades.
@@Sixstringman actually we should vote for the guy that has us on the verge of a civil war.
Seriously, how can ANYONE admire a moron who said, "I'm a very stable genius."? 🙄
@@Soapandwater6 peopel anybody who claims "America is the greatest and freest counrty on earth!"
Collaborate with Evil, doesn't make you Good - it makes you an ENABLER!!!
"I'm a stable genius"
I know there are contracts, but how can you stop for this season now??!! we need you Bill!! and there is so many more months to go to report on.
Miller wasn’t Seventh-day Adventist when he predicted the second coming in 1844 he was a Baptist preacher it is important to clarify that.
And there are religions with congregations repeating some story(fleecing) right now. But to those that believe, it’s is always the other church(political party)
The SDA church did not exist in 1844 so you are right, Miller was not a Seventh Day Adventist. He did not keep the sabbath on Saturday as SDAs do either. However, he is an SDA saint. They reference him, his teaching and the great disappointment and continue to preach that the return of Christ (the second advent) is imminent. (This idea has also spread widely through other groups.)
SDAs are fairly identified as Miller’s successors even though they are not the only ones. It was formed out of a part Miller’s large following. After the great disappointment (which happened twice not just once) Miller’s followers split. The group which became the “seventh Day” adventists became convinced that the true sabbath was Saturday - hence the name.
I know this because I was brought up SDA and went to an SDA high school.
One should also be aware that like most religions, the majority of adherents are there because of how they were brought up. I think most religious people are just trying to be good and need structure in their lives. Every religion has a dark side and we are seeing the very dark side of Evangelical Christianity now.
Oh. Kind of like Jesus was born, lived, and died as a Jewish man.
Bill didn't say that. Run the video again.
Bruce Townsend SDA’s foremost evangelist are converts. I myself used to be Atheist who became SDA. Yes, William Miller(who used to mock the Bible like many Atheist today do, as did I) is revered for good reason. It’s unfortunate but Bill Maher and company, and even many SDA (typically 2nd gen+) have a very superficial understanding of what took place during that time, and therefore don’t really appreciate it.