New Rule: The Misinformation Age | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

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  • @DeftRose
    @DeftRose 2 года назад +907

    "Lies are all around you, develop a better bullshit detector"
    Priceless lesson

    • @timwarheit4908
      @timwarheit4908 2 года назад +17

      That along with "sometimes misinformation is just history's first draft".

    • @giantsr1eva
      @giantsr1eva 2 года назад

      @DeftRose
      It’s the government who is telling us these lies. There’s a reason that people only get their news from the internet. If Fox News, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC were trustworthy, so many people would be unemployed, and that includes Bill Maher.

    • @svenjorgensenn8418
      @svenjorgensenn8418 2 года назад

      Bill is full of shit and you fell for it

    • @peterstafford4426
      @peterstafford4426 2 года назад

      A majority of GOP voters believe the lie that Trump won. Misinformation could take down our Republic. Maher is ignoring that to get applause.

    • @candacemildred9906
      @candacemildred9906 2 года назад

      fact is humans have very poor bullshit detectors. Its wishful thinking to think we can stop the harmful effects of lies by just developing better bullshit detectors. We are up against people who do this for a living. Spend their whole lives studying how to influence. From psychologists, to writers, to politicians, marketers etc. How does the average person cope against that?

  • @suelkoka
    @suelkoka 2 года назад +2032

    Critical thinking and how to search on the web for information should be a class . From middle school to college.

    • @shacktime
      @shacktime 2 года назад +76

      “Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.”

    • @Johnnybsknees
      @Johnnybsknees 2 года назад +34

      Indeed. This is the best route, and done impartially. Simply teach how to seek secondary sources and opposing views. The world will and always has been full of lies, as Maher said. It's up to us to sort them and that's one of, if not the main reason, the first amendment exists.

    • @jefflee1189
      @jefflee1189 2 года назад +12

      i tried to pay someone $500 last night on twitter if he would just google how much he is paying in taxes per gallon for gasoline.
      he never did it. so i'll ask ppl here the same question. how ya liking the 250%+ per gallon of gas youre paying?

    • @ams914
      @ams914 2 года назад +34

      Teachers don't know what the facts are. Better to teach logic. Logic should be mandatory. It was a course in my college.

    • @dmac8949
      @dmac8949 2 года назад +5

      Before middle school.

  • @danboyle5409
    @danboyle5409 2 года назад +189

    When I was a kid my father told me "DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU HEAR AND ONLY HALF OF WHAT YOU SEE". At the time I thought he was losing it but time has proven him to be correct.

    • @esthervolkan6946
      @esthervolkan6946 Год назад +6

      My mother said the same thing. Only now somehow I cannot even believe half of what I see.

    • @nerdnam
      @nerdnam Год назад +2

      And that's the problem. People take that literally and just believe what they want to believe.

    • @dat2ra
      @dat2ra Год назад +1

      Don't believe anything your father told you. Or your doctor, mechanic, electrician....

    • @MI-hz1cp
      @MI-hz1cp Год назад +1

      I don't trust much of anything I hear or read anymore. Very few exceptions to be sure.

    • @williamjones3462
      @williamjones3462 Год назад +1

      And now with photoshop and voice synthesizers you can not believe even that.

  • @rafaelarelin7778
    @rafaelarelin7778 Год назад +62

    "Sometimes misinformation is just history's first draft" ...indeed, well said

    • @albertgaspar627
      @albertgaspar627 Год назад +2

      and we find too that the final draft of history--"written by the victors"--also can be misinformation.

  • @andrewhart8863
    @andrewhart8863 2 года назад +370

    Whichever writer had the line about "fact checking a toilet stall wall..." deserves a raise!

    • @lanternedu33
      @lanternedu33 2 года назад +7

      It’s a Jimmy Dore’s analogy. It’s a good line indeed.

    • @PeteMD
      @PeteMD 2 года назад +2

      It’s a really common phrase

    • @ExpendableRedshirt
      @ExpendableRedshirt 2 года назад +1

      Perhaps a better strategy would be to require a right to reply so more people get both sides of any argument? Maybe not...

    • @JuntaOne
      @JuntaOne 2 года назад +1

      @@lanternedu33 before that it was a Ricky Gervais analogy. Both legends!

    • @lanternedu33
      @lanternedu33 2 года назад

      @@JuntaOne Agreed! Thank you Jake

  • @someguy7424
    @someguy7424 2 года назад +460

    Few phrases annoy me more than “your truth”. Thank you, Bill.

    • @Flexyourmemes
      @Flexyourmemes 2 года назад +19

      Your truth read as your fantasy world. I don't like that phrase or compelled line of thinking it comes with

    • @EveryDayImJocelyn
      @EveryDayImJocelyn 2 года назад +9

      @@Flexyourmemes need a psychotic break from reality? Own YOUR truth! 🤣

    • @DeathBYDesign666
      @DeathBYDesign666 2 года назад +17

      In my experience people that use the word "truth" by itself overabundantly are usually implying "their/your truth". They do the same thing with words like logic, facts and critical thinking, these types of people just love to redefine words period. If enough of them get behind any given definition it will start to stick in their minds as the actual definition.

    • @JR-ko1mq
      @JR-ko1mq 2 года назад +19

      Or “lived experience”.

    • @g.raequitas6693
      @g.raequitas6693 2 года назад +3

      100%

  • @mfb4552
    @mfb4552 2 года назад +94

    I love how the crowd went dead silent when he started talking about the other side falling for misinformation. 4:48

    • @rum-ham
      @rum-ham 2 года назад +8

      That's because he didn't say it in the same format, it wasn't meant to be a punchline, he said it as a truth to point something out and it made people think. Not sure how you don't get this

    • @bearer0975
      @bearer0975 Год назад +13

      @@rum-hamI don't think so. Bill Maher's captive audience wants to laugh more than they want to think. listen to any of his monologues on controversial issues. He is adept at balancing the dominant narrative with critiques of that narrative. Audience members are often afraid to laugh at those critiques. This is one such case.

    • @PokeySoggybottom
      @PokeySoggybottom Год назад

      However, I think Bill IS actually wrong on that one though when he says "somehow misinformation got to those people" who thought that "41% of Democrats replied that at least 50% of unvaccinated people have been hospitalized due to COVID-19". That's not a case of the left-wing media spreading misinformation -- seriously, find me any source that made up anywhere close to those kind of numbers. Rather, it's just a case of too many people's utter inability to grasp statistics.

    • @anonsurfer
      @anonsurfer Год назад

      That's because people are more likely to get tripped up and believe an incorrect statistic surrounding a medical issue or some other fact that's impacting the whole planet; Sure these folks should have done their due diligence. But what is certainly laugh worthy are those believing and spreading stuff like "Lizard people are in control of the government".

    • @shouldhavenotshouldof2031
      @shouldhavenotshouldof2031 Год назад +1

      @@bearer0975
      No. It just wasn’t a joke. Did you laugh at that statistic?

  • @craigmayhan4009
    @craigmayhan4009 2 года назад +21

    I’m doing my best to stay in the middle with no party affiliation. Honestly I am a conservative who is thankful for Democrats like Bill who is trying his best to stay in the middle and hold his “side” accountable. I wish there were no “sides”. I try to remain open minded. It’s difficult because the left and the right are becoming more and more radical. Those of us in the middle are left scratching our heads at the insanity.

    • @dddux
      @dddux 10 месяцев назад

      Cudos to you for not being a mindless sheep, too. I don't get it how people just blindly follow some ideology without thinking for themselves.

    • @strayspark1967
      @strayspark1967 Месяц назад

      I used to think there were two sides to a story, but its more oftten accurate to me to think there usually in a right side and a wrong side. the idea the there is always just 2 sides to the story as if everyone is honest has lost me. meh?

  • @Irishhaf
    @Irishhaf 2 года назад +390

    Loved that dead silence when he pointed out the covid misinformation.

    • @xhagast
      @xhagast 2 года назад +67

      Another inconvenient truth: given our failing medical system even 1% is too much for it to handle. That is a thing people hasn't really noticed, how LITTLE was needed to overwhelm the system.

    • @3rdwaveredpill144
      @3rdwaveredpill144 2 года назад

      I'm sure the new ministry of truth will be right on top of censoring democrat lies.

    • @mrhyde2250
      @mrhyde2250 2 года назад

      The Republican joke was too myopic. Qanon and PizzaGate were quite dumb but they were products of the FAR right. Gender mania, BLM, and consequence free shoplifting are the product of the mainstream left. And they have done infinitely more damage to our country.

    • @shacktime
      @shacktime 2 года назад

      If erring on the side of caution means being wrong or dying I’m okay with being wrong, especially when you consider that viruses and infectious diseases have killed more humans than every other cause of mortality throughout all of history combined.
      What’s also notable is that since vaccines were first introduced over 200 years ago they’ve been administered to billions of people, providing the largest sample size by far. Hundreds of millions lives saved while the number of people who suffered fatal reactions to them numbers, at most, in the tens of thousands.
      Maher’s an entertaining guy but his research team misses a lot of very important information regularly.
      And when millionaires talk up how we should just let everyone’s immunity ride I have to roll my eyes.

    • @Irishhaf
      @Irishhaf 2 года назад

      @@shacktime check the recent release of data from Pfizer.

  • @steveprice33
    @steveprice33 2 года назад +356

    From a purely unbiased, sociological perspective, it's been a weird twist to see people on the right begin to commend Maher while people on the left begin to try and metaphorically 'eat' him. For someone that used to be considered solidly on the left side of the spectrum, it shows how far the goalposts are moving.

    • @seanbrown9048
      @seanbrown9048 2 года назад

      Democrats are revealing their dark side, whereas the republican “boogeyman” is being debunked and Republicans are more and more seen as supporting core traditional American values: parental control over childhood education, secure borders, law and order and tough sentencing for felons.

    • @stickman1742
      @stickman1742 2 года назад

      The reason is pretty simple, the left has deliberately changed dramatically over the last 5 decades. In the 70s, they were the harbingers or free speech even being willing to defend a member of the KKK. It was the right that was threatening to silence everyone and everything. In the 80s, the left started using PC as a form of censorship and have only gotten worse from there. The left claims they need to censor things everywhere to help protect everyone therefore making it ok. That is exactly the rationale people on the right had often used. Censorship is always the same. Bill and many others on the left have always been against censorship and they have been unwilling to change with the left. I've always been mostly aligned with the left, but I feel the same way as Maher and I know many others that do as well. Today's left is simply unacceptable. They do many of the worst things that people on the left had fought against for decades. Money and power always corrupts.

    • @andrewstrycker9374
      @andrewstrycker9374 2 года назад +17

      They only commend him for throwing some shade at the left. They are seething at his statements about religion and their conspiracy theories.

    • @jeepdan7776
      @jeepdan7776 2 года назад

      Bill still holds the same Leftist views as he did 20 to 30 years ago, but the Left has gone so far Left that if they take another step they’ll probably fall off the edge

    • @lexietalionis
      @lexietalionis 2 года назад +14

      @@andrewstrycker9374 No they aren't. They are the underdogs right now and grateful for scraps of decency. If they ever return to power, then they'll seethe.

  • @AlwaysHereAndNow
    @AlwaysHereAndNow 2 года назад +44

    "sometimes misinformation is history's first draft." I like that!

    • @nuria6075
      @nuria6075 2 года назад +1

      Yes, like that too!

    • @secondchance6603
      @secondchance6603 Год назад

      Such a simple yet profound statement.

    • @albertgaspar627
      @albertgaspar627 Год назад

      and sometimes the final draft of history--written by the victors--turns out to be misinformation as well

  • @marcusa.fromthebay7514
    @marcusa.fromthebay7514 2 года назад +8

    "It doesn't matter if you did your research on social media."
    Damn. That's gold. Pure GOLD!

    • @dddux
      @dddux 10 месяцев назад

      Exactly, it matters as much as going through your average garbage bin. 😆

  • @jl696
    @jl696 2 года назад +40

    People used to say, "I may not agree with what you say but I will defend your right to say it." Let's get back to that!

    • @keithferris9574
      @keithferris9574 2 года назад

      Yeah but now we have mediums that allow horrible people to ruin the world for decent people at an alarming rate.

    • @jayray1714
      @jayray1714 2 года назад +2

      Who has lost that right?

    • @sea_triscuit7980
      @sea_triscuit7980 2 года назад +5

      @@jayray1714 independent, normal every day Americans that didn't jump on the blue hair/pink hat bandwagon when they decided to turn both parties into the equivalent of football teams

    • @OC-CPA
      @OC-CPA 2 года назад +3

      People never said that. People used to literally be tortured to death for their beliefs, and in many places outside of the developed world still are.

    • @jayray1714
      @jayray1714 2 года назад

      @@sea_triscuit7980 Source? (as in, actual court cases of "independent, normal every day Americans that didn't jump on the blue hair/pink hat bandwagon when they decided to turn both parties into the equivalent of football teams" for expressing speech)

  • @leocordeiro81
    @leocordeiro81 2 года назад +384

    “Cleaning up Twitter is like fact checking the graffiti on a bathroom stall of a dive bar.”
    Truer words have never been spoken.

    • @leestringer
      @leestringer 2 года назад +2

      I've always called my bathroom stall at work, Shitter Twitter.

    • @rc8929
      @rc8929 2 года назад +3

      It takes seconds to make stuff up or share lies. But to provide truth it can takes long hours. It just isn’t worth it in most cases.

    • @peterstafford4426
      @peterstafford4426 2 года назад

      A majority of GOP voters believe the lie that Trump won. Misinformation could take down our Republic. Maher is ignoring that to get applause.

    • @steverenom.299
      @steverenom.299 2 года назад +2

      You mean a more false narrative has never been spoken. Cleaning up Twitter is simply not banning conservative opinions.

    • @leocordeiro81
      @leocordeiro81 2 года назад

      @@steverenom.299 yeah, because what we need is more people preaching about the world been run by lizard people intent on eating our children 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

  • @thewolf5459
    @thewolf5459 2 года назад +25

    As a college professor, it is beyond frustrating to see an overwhelming majority of students, regardless of class level, completely lack critical thinking and reasoning skills. Kids just "look up" information but have no idea how to critically analyze things. So when I challenge them to do so in my classes, they are bewildered and say that the class is too hard. It is very frustrating to receive students who have not been challenged by the secondary education system and parents, then have those students reject the idea of being challenged.

    • @jschuler53
      @jschuler53 7 месяцев назад

      the wolf. Well said. I am a retired college professor and I would have written pretty much the same thing. After teaching for 30 years I saw the students change. By the time I was ready to retire I felt like I was teaching the 14th grade of HS. Then there are the bribes, whining, feeling sorry for themselves and a whole array of emotional and psychological issues they are completely overwhemed with at midterms and finals. Grandparents dying three times during a semester, never coming to class. But to your point about critical thinking I agree completely. If it's not in the textbook, it's not worth questioning, if they read the text. We will not be sending out best and brightest out into the world is nothing changes. Colleges have been adopting more of a business model. Get the students in and out and so what is they plagaiized or didn't go to class. Get the next crop in.

    • @Lisa-ik3wt
      @Lisa-ik3wt 4 месяца назад

      Being a teacher is a thankless job. People are lazy and resist the urge to reason. I don't understand it. I never will. Keep trying 💪

  • @coltiskool
    @coltiskool 2 года назад +169

    Love that you’re bringing back good fair intelligent comedy. Keep it up.

  • @hippydippy
    @hippydippy 2 года назад +148

    “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything”~ Mark Twain.

    • @Plug604
      @Plug604 2 года назад +1

      That's genius.
      I'm always telling people that it's so much easier to tell the truth then to argue a position of Lies.

    • @tomtrick7051
      @tomtrick7051 2 года назад +1

      Brilliant!

    • @kingkontinuum
      @kingkontinuum 2 года назад +3

      It’s funny because bill Maher has seem to forgot his positions about social media and Twitter from 1-2 years ago.

    • @Plug604
      @Plug604 2 года назад

      @@kingkontinuum social media has changed from two years ago

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr 2 года назад

      You realize Mark Twain isn't a real person. It's a nom du pseud.

  • @williamerickson520
    @williamerickson520 2 года назад +652

    I don't always give Bill credit, but he has absolutely hit this one out of the park.

    • @hibernopithecus7500
      @hibernopithecus7500 2 года назад +22

      You mean you agree with some of what he says but not others? Imagine that. Imagine not just adopting what someone says wholesale because they happen to be in the same box as you, thinking that everyone in that box thinks the same about all things or that you can’t stay in the box if you don’t check all of the requirements to be there. Imagine that, after checking the intricacies & nuances of a given subject, that sometimes you find yourself falling on the right and sometimes you end up on the left. Y’know what, I’ll stop now coz that’s just crazy talk.

    • @mark-shane
      @mark-shane 2 года назад +1

      no he didnt today is completley different

    • @mossbogger8366
      @mossbogger8366 2 года назад

      you shouldnt he is a stooge. the radio broadcast that caused a mass panic never happened... it was fake news to generate publicity and idiots like maher are still falling for it to this day

    • @canadianmistake2640
      @canadianmistake2640 2 года назад

      Yet he will still vote for the left, who will have us all living in some post 1984 world.

    • @JackJackJack123
      @JackJackJack123 2 года назад +7

      @@hibernopithecus7500 Maher spent years telling the public that a sitting American president was a Russian spy. He told us that Biden was a better pick because Russia preferred Trump. There are dozens of similar instances. Maher has changed his perspective a lot all of since, which is why that guy now agrees with Maher.

  • @eBuLLieNCePReSs
    @eBuLLieNCePReSs 2 года назад +2

    We called this number and we DIDN’T have a good time. 😂

  • @jamesdelcol3701
    @jamesdelcol3701 2 года назад +6

    This all is so well illustrated in John Milton's "Areopagitica". That was good call out on Pope Innocent VIII and the printing press censorship. Censorship is never a healthy sign, yet societies do this naturally. The first books they allowed to be published were biblical horror stories like "Faust". It is important we keep Free Speech and maintain the Separation of Church and State in our Constitution.

  • @ExpendableRedshirt
    @ExpendableRedshirt 2 года назад +383

    Hit the nail on the head with this. Always ask "Is this true?" But so many are just looking to confirm an already existing bias. We all fall into the trap now and then, no matter how careful we are, but some seem to embrace it without question.

    • @rc8929
      @rc8929 2 года назад +12

      Why I always shared peer reviewed data that was duplicated during the pandemic to skeptics/conspiracy minded people. My favorite was masks when they claim it didn’t help and I pointed to numerous studies from multiple countries showing it helped and they were silent in response.

    • @jdm1039
      @jdm1039 2 года назад +12

      @@rc8929 I agree with your tactic. Another that I would use is to ask this question. "If masks do not have a positive effect on limiting in some degree or another the passing of germs among people then why are masks worn during surgeries when a sterile environment is paramount?"

    • @sambafreak13
      @sambafreak13 2 года назад +3

      Confirmation Bias: Works Every Time.

    • @mikeymc3094
      @mikeymc3094 2 года назад +1

      Embrace it Some idiots cling to it like it is the word of God

    • @jaimhaas5170
      @jaimhaas5170 2 года назад +7

      @@rc8929 so you were a double masker? How come every time we had some facts from Fauci they changed the following week?

  • @GGoAwayy
    @GGoAwayy 2 года назад +54

    I still remember being 8 years old in school when we watched a (VHS) video in class on advertising. They talked about how ice cream in commercials is really just crisco, how they arrange burgers in ads, and specifically I remember them pointing out the small "this isn't real" text at the bottom of a Pogo Ball toy ad. Weirdly that video alone changed how I see media for the rest of my life.

    • @Sussy-hotdog
      @Sussy-hotdog 2 года назад +1

      A friend of mine who did props for commercials, use to substitute motor oil for syrup in Aunt Jemima ads…..it actually does look a lot better that way. 😆

    • @cuivre2004
      @cuivre2004 2 года назад +2

      All marketing departments hire professional liars. I'm a scientist and their mindset is an anathema to our way of thinking.

    • @mwilson7842
      @mwilson7842 2 года назад +1

      Thanks to your teacher 👏💚

    • @dennistaylor5052
      @dennistaylor5052 2 года назад

      MSM, Government, is nothing more than Theatrics

  • @kennethwilliams1390
    @kennethwilliams1390 2 года назад +76

    Bill I have to say I love listening to you. I'm not of the same political ideology as you are but love to hear your takes. Keep on doing what you do. One of you fans from Georgia!

    • @nuckygulliver9607
      @nuckygulliver9607 2 года назад +2

      he still has TDS. He's only waking up to old issues

    • @kennethwilliams1390
      @kennethwilliams1390 2 года назад +3

      @@nuckygulliver9607 unfortunately there are a lot of people that have tds. I will say that I was a supporter of Trump and backed him in both elections but him latching on to Marjorie Taylor green and Dr Oz while attacking Governor Kemp (who btw most people of Georgia likes) has pushed me away. With the way he constantly harps on losing the election he sounds like Stacy Abrams or hillary clinton to me and a lot of people.

    • @tylerrjohnson68
      @tylerrjohnson68 2 года назад

      @@kennethwilliams1390 you sound like a liar

    • @thatguy22441
      @thatguy22441 2 года назад +1

      @@kennethwilliams1390 Extremists on either side are becoming the norm anymore. Why can't we find someone who just wants to make cannabis legal, loosen some of the more draconian laws on firearms (or at least take no further action, legally, against firearms) and generally leave us alone?

    • @woefulfisher
      @woefulfisher Год назад

      @Kenneth Williams
      Because Kemp voted for Trump's 2nd impeachment + he couldn't secure election integrity.
      He is a snake-like RINO

  • @daveshepard9154
    @daveshepard9154 2 года назад +49

    "Don't the 'wokest people in the world believe what really matters is your truth?'" - Priceless.

    • @recordgirly2567
      @recordgirly2567 2 года назад

      You're attacking woke?! You say, "Don't the wokest people in the world believe what really matters is "your truth".. WTF! Since when did Maher side with the right against "woke"! I'll break it down for ya Bill; Defination of woke; "JUST be nice to others". Politically; To be conscious of social and racisal injustices!?
      Oh but even if that's right, Bill has the answers, "Yell about how those issues are already a crime?" How did woke; Treat others how you'd like to be treated .. how did it go from that, to a selfish Bill Maher meaning, "It's all about ME and "My truth" ... And criminal behavior is already illegal? WOW!
      Bill for decades you use to be the King of tremendous earth breaking insights! All my friends would talk about your past shows and anticipate your next show all week! "What revelations with humor will he bring us this week!?" But lately, aren't you just the King of ... Zero insights while turning on the left! (And after what the last 5+ years of trump and the GOP taking America to the edge!) It's America's fault that Russia turned evil because we didn't abolish NATO and greet the past KGB socialpath with open arms the minute the USSR failed?!
      Bill, it's only because of your "past" years of unbelievable insights that allows your smug arroganance to survive NOW ... And I'll yell ya, you've always been arrogant but without all those awesome insights, it really shines through now. Sorry .... everyone I know, including myself, really use to idolize you! 😢

    • @sambrusco672
      @sambrusco672 Год назад

      “YOUR truth”?? There are OPINIONS, and there are FACTS. Your “truth” is just your OPINION, and I may have a different OPINION about the FACTS.
      If you bring 20 people into a room with no windows; ask them to close their eyes and point north. You will have 20 people pointing in 20 different directions, yet there is only ONE true north.

  • @stupidplumbing2343
    @stupidplumbing2343 2 года назад +68

    Everyone loves the 1st Amendment until someone says something they don't like.

    • @Luqueso1
      @Luqueso1 2 года назад

      Finally a serious comment!

    • @andrewtodaro2874
      @andrewtodaro2874 2 года назад +2

      Well, it takes two people to say something objectionable, one to utter it and the other to listen! You have the freedom to not listen to what you don’t like!

    • @prim7386
      @prim7386 2 года назад +1

      @@Luqueso1 you mean "Finally, someone who agrees with me" 👍🏼

    • @UncleMilo
      @UncleMilo 2 года назад +1

      Actually I love it because then I have the freedom to tell that person just how much I don't like what they said without fear.

    • @barne3668
      @barne3668 2 года назад +2

      @@andrewtodaro2874 Damn right Andrew. I love Black Sabbath....BUT my girlfriend hates it so she doesn't listen.

  • @frankcarlosnajera9723
    @frankcarlosnajera9723 2 года назад +482

    I love it how his public laughs when he roasts Conservatives, but when he roasts Democrats, everybody stays silent... confused😆😆😁 he is analyzing critically, and people just want to live in a made up world

    • @andrewstrycker9374
      @andrewstrycker9374 2 года назад +45

      Yeah, that was cringy. I'm a liberal and I thought his jokes were funny. Really uncomfortable for the obvious silence.

    • @cgall4444
      @cgall4444 2 года назад

      bill’s the dnc’s B!TCH, Smart American Know!

    • @Flip-3206
      @Flip-3206 2 года назад +32

      I wish he had given equal time to the wrong things that liberals have believed in large numbers. I have liberal friends who post "news" on Facebook that fits their world view, and it will be from a satirical website. All they had to do was click on "About This Site" on the menu at the top of the screen, and it would say that it's a satirical website.

    • @stevenspencer2832
      @stevenspencer2832 2 года назад

      This entire monologue on free speech seemed to be a liberal roast. I appreciate Bill is a "classic" liberal, but I don't understand why he still aligns with the anti-white, anti-male, anti-traditional feminism, anti-free speech, anti-police, anti-individual liberty, pro-crime, censoring, pseudo-intellectual, guilt ridden and victimized "new" liberals of today. He is alway welcome to come out of the closet and declare himself libertarian.

    • @johnmcmanus2332
      @johnmcmanus2332 2 года назад +5

      Yes, but I think he is based in NY and honesty, I think conservatives seem to be more rigid in their thinking and a night of listening to Bill Maher may trigger, "He's so liberal and against conservatism!" He may want to say a Christian prayer before the hour.

  • @lexietalionis
    @lexietalionis 2 года назад +2

    "I called this number, and I did not have a good time." 😂

  • @johnbourbeau2359
    @johnbourbeau2359 2 года назад +81

    When Bill Maher is a voice of reason, you know we are in some stupid times

    • @redwolf915
      @redwolf915 2 года назад +12

      Bill has been Gold for decades

    • @RobFraxedas
      @RobFraxedas 2 года назад +5

      Yes, you could grab any idiot out of the 80s who would spout you the exact same wisdom but more to the point. I'm not sure exactly when/how everyone got so stupid, but I feel like it was around the late 2000's. But yeah props to Maher for keeping his balls intact. 👍👍 He's right, ridiculous to view Musk as some sort of savior when he's just being baseline moral. All the same, good thing someone's trying to put the brakes on these weird high-level maniacs.

    • @codywhistlesnatch8274
      @codywhistlesnatch8274 2 года назад +3

      @@RobFraxedas ". I'm not sure exactly when/how everyone got so stupid..." Check out, "The Shallows" by Nicholas Carr, my friend. Or even his piece titled, "IS Google Making Us Stupid" (From 10 years ago!) ~~~> Use of the internet literally shrinks the areas of your brain associated with everything that makes us human (!), attention span, memory, the ability to think deeply about complex things and put new information into our heads! "We" knew this 10 years ago...but as the song says, "who can stand in the way when there's a dollar to be made?"

    • @nuckygulliver9607
      @nuckygulliver9607 2 года назад

      @@redwolf915 Bill's way behind. He's watching two year old Tucker Carlson videos. He's really low info and his mind is shaped by his leftist guests

    • @RobFraxedas
      @RobFraxedas 2 года назад +1

      @@codywhistlesnatch8274 Isn't it crazy? And if you bring such a thing up around people, even really smart people, everyone just shrugs uncomfortably. I guess we've crossed the "event horizon" of Pandora's box here? Thank you, I will check these out!

  • @Buckarooskiczek
    @Buckarooskiczek 2 года назад +194

    “Nothing is more true than that lie you’ve longed to hear.”
    -Karl Beck

    • @dag_of_the_west5416
      @dag_of_the_west5416 2 года назад +1

      I was very young when I realized my parents were lying to me about the existence of Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. I was incredibly shocked that seemingly all parents were lying to their kids. One thing it did was from that moment on I began to question everything I was told by all adults.

    • @brianpowell2798
      @brianpowell2798 2 года назад +2

      People will find what they look for, no matter what it is.

    • @dag_of_the_west5416
      @dag_of_the_west5416 2 года назад +1

      @@brianpowell2798 thanks. Just beginning my search for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

    • @kazimierzlenarczyk9067
      @kazimierzlenarczyk9067 2 года назад +1

      Ministry of Truth" in 1984 by George Orwell | Quotes, "War is Peace," "Freedom is Slavery," and "Ignorance is Strength."

    • @brianpowell2798
      @brianpowell2798 2 года назад +1

      @@dag_of_the_west5416 im sure you know what i was referring to.
      If someone wants to find good they will find good, if someone wants to find bad, they will find bad, if someone wants to find racism, they will find it. You get see what i mean? Didnt think i had to spell it out.
      Have a good day, im sure you can find it.

  • @gordon3186
    @gordon3186 2 года назад +212

    *“You are young yet, my friend,” replied my host, “but the time will arrive when you will learn to judge for yourself of what is going on in the world, without trusting to the gossip of others. Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see."--- “The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether” by Edgar Allan Poe*

    • @brentmcwilliams4332
      @brentmcwilliams4332 2 года назад +5

      Cool. The song of the same name is my very favorite Alan Parsons song ever and I am a major fan. Your comment was the first time I have heard a quote from the text, which I have never read.👍

    • @traekas7228
      @traekas7228 2 года назад +4

      gordon, I have never read that title by E.A.Poe, before. I’ll look it up. Thanks ☺️.

    • @GrungeMaster92
      @GrungeMaster92 2 года назад +1

      LOOK OUT FOR THAT BUS

    • @danielfinger6223
      @danielfinger6223 2 года назад

      Did you reach that level yet?

    • @sdwone
      @sdwone 2 года назад

      That's right! We seem to be living in a world where some people can't think for themselves and need to be told what to think. Because they're too damn lazy to go find the damn Truth themselves.
      It's like, not only have we become physically fat and lazy... But we've become mentally fat and lazy too! And can't be bothered to eat right, think right, sleep right or exercise right. I.e. we can't be bothered to take responsibility and look after ourselves... And so rely on others to wipe our ass!

  • @luismuzquiz
    @luismuzquiz 2 года назад +1

    Watching this from nothern Mexico where i live and where I am from, just went to Catholic Mass this morning to meet my "friend in the sky" I think Bill is quite right on a lot of things and his sense of humor is marvelous. I think one gets a lot of valuable insights from his show.
    Congrats to all American fellows reading this.
    I will never live in the USA, ( I'm ok here) but I visit almost every year and I think you have the best country ever existed. Doesn't matter if you are left or right, be proud, protect it, improve it. You are blessed to be Americans. Keep being a candle in the world.

    • @sachadee.6104
      @sachadee.6104 3 месяца назад

      the best country ever existed.... Really ?? And you know this how ? You did visit many, many, many other countries on a regular basis as well I suppose.

  • @acmech03
    @acmech03 2 года назад +2

    “ If you don’t read the newspaper your uninformed. If you read the newspaper, your misinformed. “
    Mark Twain.

  • @masterchinese28
    @masterchinese28 2 года назад +200

    "It's like fact checking the graffiti on the bathroom wall of a dive bar," "the martians had the whole universe to invade and they chose... New Jersey?," " it doesn't count if you did your research ON SOCIAL MEDIA." Gems like this make Bill great.

    • @MMAGamblingTips
      @MMAGamblingTips 2 года назад

      Indeed lololol

    • @canddirockers6444
      @canddirockers6444 2 года назад +2

      LoL he used to be funny keywords used to be

    • @jocksharerock7318
      @jocksharerock7318 2 года назад

      masterchinese28
      Maher makes some good points, but there was something very wrong with his info on the Democrats believing those COVID-19 unvaccinated numbers.

    • @Marijuanifornia
      @Marijuanifornia 2 года назад

      One episode by Bill Maher about the 1942 USDA film *Hemp For Victory* could change the world.
      He's been on television for how many years now, and he's never once mentioned this.
      That just enables the misinformation to continue.
      Watch *Hemp For Victory.* See for yourselves how the legalization of "Marihuana" was vital to stopping the Axis of Evil.

    • @jamesm654
      @jamesm654 2 года назад

      Bullshit coming from what used to be the president of the United States and backed up by half of Congress and and international news network aren't simply scribblings on a bathroom wall.

  • @jgallardo7344
    @jgallardo7344 2 года назад +89

    “The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything.”
    - Oscar Wilde

    • @m.c.martin
      @m.c.martin 2 года назад +2

      True

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr 2 года назад +4

      I'm not young enough to know everything. J.M. Barrie

    • @ThatOpalGuy
      @ThatOpalGuy 2 года назад +3

      The old are aware of nothing.

    • @luisreyes1963
      @luisreyes1963 2 года назад +2

      Couldn't have said it better. 😁

    • @homelesshannah50
      @homelesshannah50 2 года назад

      And old farts like him are arrogant enough to think THEY know everything

  • @petersattler22
    @petersattler22 Год назад +3

    Good critical thinking was the most important skill that I learned in college. I seems I use it more and more each day. My big concern is that democracy and its underlying process of compromise breaks down when a large number of folks no longer bring reasonable ideas to the table. How can I compromise with someone who believes that the Earth is flat? We live in a scary time indeed.

  • @Casandrargentina
    @Casandrargentina 2 года назад +6

    I'm so happy to hear what you have to say and that there is someone like you talking on american tv!!

  • @attwood1412
    @attwood1412 2 года назад +68

    This man is a breath of fresh air. Tells it like it is, calls out the crap on both sides and encourages critical thinking, evidence and basic common sense.
    For me Bill’s words make sense, no BS or snake oil politician speak, what you see is what you get. What we need in higher office. Just a thought.
    Love the shows mate, fan from across the pond.

    • @zzeus43
      @zzeus43 2 года назад

      It wasn't that long ago Bill was way far left and I know he is still left but how much? I like Bill and am glad he is seeing things from an Independent but I don't know how long that will last.

    • @thatguy22441
      @thatguy22441 2 года назад

      Someone like that wouldn't last a day in politics.

    • @dddux
      @dddux 10 месяцев назад

      @@thatguy22441 And that's important how? He is not a politician. He's a TV host and a journalist. I like to use the term "social commentator" and he's a great one.

  • @tombrown5924
    @tombrown5924 2 года назад +20

    As a life long moderate Democrat thank you Bill for reality, Stop being a bunch of Whinny babies who believe only your opinion matters.

  • @guyinthechat9533
    @guyinthechat9533 2 года назад +2

    Social media has become the break room at work. Nobody giving their real opinion for fear of getting censored or banned.

  • @andydrewlinger9301
    @andydrewlinger9301 10 месяцев назад +2

    Glad to see the historical examples in this. As usual, history has lessons to teach us...if we care to learn them and hold them close.

  • @Your.Best.Friend
    @Your.Best.Friend 2 года назад +414

    Being a religious conservative "with a friend in the sky", I can appreciate Bill for being rational and holding up the values that make us all free and able to discern truth or bs for ourselves. Wish both sides held this common ground with such bipartisan ferocity

    • @ixlnxs
      @ixlnxs 2 года назад +18

      As a gay European atheist of Arab and Persian grandparents, I wish every religious post on FB could come with that Fectcheck warning though. It could cure the evils of Iran and KSA within a generation.

    • @Bisquick
      @Bisquick 2 года назад

      Yes, well to be clear since liberals are conflated with "the left" in the narrow bounds of what qualifies of public discourse (uncoincidentally so, and relevant to this entire thing), any _leftist_ ie one with a class consciousness, would agree with you and Bill here, the first amendment is literally the only thing in the constitution that is not absolute dogshit, ie an intentionally constructed rube goldberg machine of baffles to dissipate accountability and cement class power (see: Federalist papers, Federalist 10 by Madison comes to mind) explicitly to _suppress_ democracy, contrary to our ubiquitous mythology (also "fun" fact: we literally stole most of it from the Iroquois Great Law of Peace...still "savages" though apparently). Liberals and _especially_ the democratic party are in no way shape or form "left" in any meaningful sense (anticapitalism), foundationally that they support the fundamental root cause of this social antagonism which is capitalism. Spinoza comes to mind, _"why do people fight for their servitude, as if it were their salvation?"_
      Bill _momentarily_ (and somewhat indirectly, though it could have led somewhere other than the banal truisms masquerading as insight, had he answered it) asks the correct question, really the _only_ political question of _cui bono?_ (who benefits?) when he asks "who gets to decide what is misinformation?"...but then just immediately moves on without actually answering it, apparently only asking it rhetorically for what I can only presume is supposed to be comedy (to me at least, oof, painfully unfunny). Freedom of speech under capitalism is guaranteed only to those who own/control a platform in which to be heard.
      _“The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e. the class which is the ruling material force of society, is at the same time its ruling intellectual force. The class which has the means of material production at its disposal, has control at the same time over the means of mental production, so that thereby, generally speaking, the ideas of those who lack the means of mental production are subject to it. The ruling ideas are nothing more than the ideal expression of the dominant material relationships, the dominant material relationships grasped as ideas.”_ - some guy
      Like my god, instead of perpetually reacting to this inconsequential "culture war" ideological/aesthetic smokescreen, anyone complaining about "culture" in general should maybe consider that "culture" doesn't spontaneously generate from the ether, it is _cultivated_ by the way we organize _material reality_ in terms of ownership and control which then directs social relations, existence _precedes_ essence (see: Sartre). Class, unlike all this other idpol nonsense, does not depend on subjective interpretation and is externally independent organization of material reality that defines orientation of one's _material_ interests. Importantly the class dynamic between the capitalist class and the working class is antagonistic, diametrically opposed, and zero-sum. The only success of the capitalist class is the working class's defeat, inevitably with tidal material forces now entirely out of any individual control, this in actuality ends up in their common ruin of these contending classes (climate change _alone_ ).
      _"The bourgeoisie cannot exist without constantly revolutionizing the instruments of production, and thereby the relations of production, and with them the whole relations of society. Conservation of the old modes of production in unaltered form, was, on the contrary, the first condition of existence for all earlier industrial classes. Constant revolutionizing of production, uninterrupted disturbance of all social conditions, everlasting uncertainty and agitation distinguish the bourgeois epoch from all earlier ones. All fixed, fast-frozen relations, with their train of ancient and venerable prejudices and opinions, are swept away, all new-formed ones become antiquated before they can ossify. All that is solid melts into air_ [Metaverse/NFTs/Crypto/finance/tech bs, all unconsciously undergirded by global US corporate empire entirely taken for granted], _all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind."_ - some guy, again, a bit optimistic at the end we wouldn't just choose individual delusion while the planet literally burns around us...
      Socialism or [continued] barbarism.

    • @user-nc9pc3gr4c
      @user-nc9pc3gr4c 2 года назад +33

      He forgot to mention, the BS of being able to change genders.

    • @rosemaryalles6043
      @rosemaryalles6043 2 года назад +2

      Yep!

    • @barryg892
      @barryg892 2 года назад +23

      I too can appreciate what Bill Maher Has to say. Being a Christian Conservative/ Libertarian Thinking person, I do not always agree with him. I know he is a comedian and can be a bit snarky, I do hear when he speaks sensibly. The problem is I do not hear enough from people on the "left" that claim to be liberals, But speak like socialists with a marxist ideology. I believe that Elon musk is more of a true liberal than the employees and "fact-checkers" on Twitter. Elon Musk is a liberal, but suddenly extreme leftists have come out of the woodwork to demonize him, because they don't feel he is lock/step with their marxist agenda, disguised as Democrat/Liberal ideology.

  • @neueman
    @neueman 2 года назад +33

    Clearly, that Pope, who warned against pernicious use of the printing press, was Innocent.

    • @JasonNaas
      @JasonNaas 2 года назад +3

      I see what you did there

    • @12345Micki
      @12345Micki 2 года назад +3

      Lol, the European history buffs are in the chat.

    • @ThatOpalGuy
      @ThatOpalGuy 2 года назад

      Unlikely.

    • @PiedrasdeSopa76
      @PiedrasdeSopa76 2 года назад

      Eso fue lo que no perdonó la Iglesia a Lutero: una biblia en idioma nacional.

  • @joannseaman
    @joannseaman 2 года назад +1

    “ develop a better bullshit detector”. Might be best advice Bill ever gave! 😂😂😂

  • @rlibby404
    @rlibby404 2 года назад +1

    One of Maher's best segments, keep that edge sharp Bill!

  • @7thson399
    @7thson399 2 года назад +71

    This is why I like and respect Bill Maher. He doesn’t just fall into line with “his side” and he even calls them out when he doesn’t agree with them.
    The world needs less sheep.

    • @barne3668
      @barne3668 2 года назад

      kevin less sheep for sure.... but more lambs 'cause I LOVE LAMB SHANKS!

    • @brianmeen2158
      @brianmeen2158 2 года назад +3

      Ehh Bill is a bit more honest but he’s still bias and pretty blind in some areas

    • @Downey-2000
      @Downey-2000 2 года назад

      Bill is a wolf in sheep's clothing . He's a commie .

    • @kickazz999
      @kickazz999 2 года назад

      Maher is fair in that respect..I just like his guests

    • @seanbrown9048
      @seanbrown9048 2 года назад

      @@barne3668 I’m not a lambologist!

  • @beantreats
    @beantreats 2 года назад +18

    "We called this number and we DIDN'T have a good time" gave me a good chuckle

  • @moweber
    @moweber 2 года назад +25

    I love the silence when Bill says, "somebodies misinformation got to 'those' people". He doesn't realize at this point his entire audience is made of "those" people.

    • @frarfarf
      @frarfarf 2 года назад +6

      He knows that dude

  • @Ferreolus
    @Ferreolus Год назад +1

    Bill Maher for President!

  • @MG-gb6cp
    @MG-gb6cp 2 года назад +85

    Bill is one of the few willing to call out the bullshit all around us coming from every direction.

    • @RobertBerry53
      @RobertBerry53 2 года назад

      yeah, he doesn't play the partisan game. unfortunately, many people on both sides will only play short clips that support their view. tiktokers will nod their head as if they've ever had an original thought and it really grinds my gears. back to you, Tom

    • @jeepdan7776
      @jeepdan7776 2 года назад +2

      In an age of extremists we need a Centrist.

    • @InspiredScience
      @InspiredScience 2 года назад

      @@jeepdan7776 - The right has gone SO far right, that the mainstream democrats have essentially become centrists. I'm a lifelong conservative and as much as I dislike the spending, everything else about the Democratic party is far closer to conservative values than ... the modern/Trump-inspired GOP.

    • @donaldhavasy2356
      @donaldhavasy2356 2 года назад

      No he isn’t. He’s just the only one who claims to be on the left who will call out the BS

    • @InspiredScience
      @InspiredScience 2 года назад

      @@donaldhavasy2356 - What "BS" exactly? If you listen objectively rather than hearing what you'd like, you realize he's not "calling out", he's explaining the hypocrisy of EITHER side, the further you get from center, or the further you get from "democracy", which is governing based on the voice of ALL people (through their elected leader) and diverse beliefs.

  • @Neanderthal75
    @Neanderthal75 2 года назад +14

    Hence, the good old saying. "Once I almost knew everything. Then I got older.."

    • @MonkeyKong21
      @MonkeyKong21 2 года назад

      @Braeden Bonilla that's an easily detectable spam bot, given that this comment is a character-for-character duplicate of one that was sent to me a week ago
      youtube is really falling behind the curve

  • @KristaBaroni
    @KristaBaroni 2 года назад +1

    This is Bill at his best.

  • @adamvicari3295
    @adamvicari3295 Год назад

    I'm more libertarian/conservative leaning, but I find myself liking Bill Maher more and more each day. He calls it like it is, tells the truth(often, but not always), is one of the last remaining champions of the first amendment on the other side of the aisle, without censorship, without being politically correct, and does not mince words. I find that I like him even more than some sonservative commentators because even some conservative commentators self-censor sometimes, and Bill doesn't do any of that shit, and doesn't give a damn what anyone thinks, that's why I respect him.

  • @ttentertainmentsolutions1674
    @ttentertainmentsolutions1674 2 года назад +151

    Such an amazing and refreshing monologue. I consider myself a mix between a staunch conservative and old school liberal. Although Bill has some views I vehemently disagree with, I sincerely appreciate and respect his voice in today’s world.

    • @riffbw
      @riffbw 2 года назад +9

      I'm younger and have only known post-Reagan politics. As I dig through history, I find I would have aligned with the JFK era Democrats more than anyone else. Sadly, that era of democrat is solidly right of center in the US political spectrum today. JFK would be conservative in modern politics because the spectrum has shifted but those around him in the spectrum don't want to put the same plans/programs in to place that he would have.

  • @rb8058
    @rb8058 2 года назад +38

    Bill’s special “Be More Cynical” was by far his best. Much more tightly focused than his most recent specials.

  • @Jared-bf9nf
    @Jared-bf9nf 2 года назад +1

    Laughing out loud at work. God, this was gospel...

  • @jamesweldon4591
    @jamesweldon4591 2 года назад +2

    I am grateful to "my invisible friend in the sky" for Bill Maher.

  • @becca7863
    @becca7863 2 года назад +155

    “The Martians had the whole universe to invade…. And they chose New Jersey?”
    Don’t usually find myself laughing at Bill Maher’s jokes but damn that was funny.

    • @zunipus
      @zunipus 2 года назад +2

      His joke is based on actual 'sightings'. Doing technical support years back, I once had a call from a friendly fellow who told me about the interdimensional appearance of alien ships every Thursday night on a hill in... New Jersey. - - It is astounding what we humans create and believe inside our Inner Worlds. If only the science of psychology would grow up and deal with who and what we really are inside our heads. Sometimes I get the idea that we don't want to know.

    • @dominosnostradamus2415
      @dominosnostradamus2415 2 года назад

      Bill your misleading ruclips.net/video/tzlqH0_OUTQ/видео.html

    • @RogerThat1945
      @RogerThat1945 2 года назад

      I've got the clowns DVD's from the Kissinger Inside Job Bush years, which were funny; but when he went left for a decade, then realised it is a dead end for his money &/or freedom, he has the idea to seek normal again; which is where that Jew Jersey funny got people. P.S. RUclips was on autoplay for a news vid (a D Trump Jnr bit), the only reason I caught it.

    • @zzeus43
      @zzeus43 2 года назад +1

      3 replies but one was deleted. I wonder what that reply said.

    • @chicodalianis8004
      @chicodalianis8004 2 года назад +2

      @@zunipus I think his joke his more based on the fact he himself is from Jersey

  • @georgeholloway3981
    @georgeholloway3981 2 года назад +5

    Misinformation and lies are not the same. It's not about being better at detecting lies. It's about being able to analyse information.

  • @matttrafton2725
    @matttrafton2725 2 года назад

    This should be mandatory viewing for kids. College kids as well.

  • @colinburns9736
    @colinburns9736 Год назад +1

    Well said. Yet again. Bravo.

  • @scottwasson
    @scottwasson 2 года назад +68

    Bill doesn’t change but our culture keeps making him more and more necessary and right.

    • @zapkvr
      @zapkvr 2 года назад

      He has turned into an angry old mental patient. Screaming at kids theyre all the problem.

    • @EveryDayImJocelyn
      @EveryDayImJocelyn 2 года назад +5

      Whoever commented on this, we can't see your comment.

    • @theredbirds3896
      @theredbirds3896 2 года назад +1

      @@EveryDayImJocelyn YT has really upped their censorship. Go to any of your favorite sites and most will read x number of replies but you only get to see a few. Imagine how many original post we never get to see.

    • @EveryDayImJocelyn
      @EveryDayImJocelyn 2 года назад +1

      @@theredbirds3896 it's quite concerning. Idk if you were the original commenter but I can see your reply just fine. I've been seeing this increasingly. Particularly on political posts.

    • @barne3668
      @barne3668 2 года назад +2

      he has to change. he's way too bright. He knows the progressives are going to be cancelled sooner or later AND he doen's want to be caught up in the massacre.

  • @kevinleversee5926
    @kevinleversee5926 2 года назад +117

    Praise God for Bill coming out against the insanity. Man we needed this a few years ago Bill. Better late than never.

    • @vidmasterK1
      @vidmasterK1 2 года назад

      What? He's been going on about it since Trump got inaugurated and Spicer was on camera lying and making misinformation about crowd sizes compared to Obama's inauguration.

    • @Derrek84
      @Derrek84 2 года назад +12

      "Praise God for Bill" :) I think Bill would have something to say about the irony in that statement ;P

    • @jacobl6714
      @jacobl6714 2 года назад

      @@Derrek84 There isn't any irony in that statement though? Lol who cares that bill vehemently doesn't believe in god and hates religion, he's allowed to do so and luckily he's one of the few atheists who likely wouldn't care that someone has the opposite beliefs to him. Praise God/god/the buddha/allah/and/or the Universe for someone on his side of the isle fiiiiiinally standing up to the mob even if it's just a little bit, on certain issues.
      Freedom of speech, debate, and being a place where people with different views live together and have to shut up and deal instead of attacking everyone that doesn't have the approved set of views, that's the foundation of our country. It needs to stay that way, instead of this Ministry of Truth BS

    • @hibernopithecus7500
      @hibernopithecus7500 2 года назад +6

      “God” is one of the insanities Bill comes out against regularly.

    • @lougiacobbi725
      @lougiacobbi725 2 года назад

      How would this keep those that won't question what they are told from detecting bullshit a few years ago?

  • @AMAR-ym7sz
    @AMAR-ym7sz 2 года назад +3

    Not a Bill Maher fan, but I'm with him on this one. It's one of his best and most funny ones I've seen...ever.

  • @Issaaay260
    @Issaaay260 Год назад +1

    2:48 . And the hooting and hollering comes to a screeching halt.

  • @pahudson74
    @pahudson74 2 года назад +225

    As a rational human, I liked your monologue, even if I didn't agree with every single word.
    I verify everything from everyone and use my very own brain to figure out the rest.

    • @mikespires6091
      @mikespires6091 2 года назад +3

      👏👏👏👏

    • @NebraskaGonvilleJones
      @NebraskaGonvilleJones 2 года назад +6

      Has that included your faith in god?

    • @cerebrofan
      @cerebrofan 2 года назад +11

      @@NebraskaGonvilleJones you answered it for him, lol.
      “Faith” in god! Faith by definition doesn’t need proof or reason. Just needs Faith.

    • @angelzcreed6192
      @angelzcreed6192 2 года назад +8

      I lol'd when i heard the Trump blonde joke lol and im all for most of Trumps policies he had to tone down on twitter when he was on imo (dont hurt me 😄) and evem tho Bill is a Dem supporter, I like his content!! Some comtext I dont agree with but thats the joy!! Of agreeing to disagree.

    • @shinobifirecracker6671
      @shinobifirecracker6671 2 года назад

      You don’t have to say “every single word.” Christ, grow the fukk up. Went without saying forever. Stop letting blue hairs dictate what you say.

  • @kingcassius2586
    @kingcassius2586 2 года назад +58

    Our culture used to bombard us with constant reminders to think objectively. Our old sitcom plots were almost always about recognizing the problem and solving the problem. The Twilight Zone would sometimes even scare us into thinking objectively. Our music was pretty thoughtful and profound as well(Cat Stevens, Logical Song, USA For Africa, Lennon, Stevie Wonder, The Gambler etc.) We're no longer reminded to have just plain old common sense.

    • @xhagast
      @xhagast 2 года назад +4

      What a curious statement. It is as if somebody did NOT want us to think for ourselves...

    • @BlazingOwnager
      @BlazingOwnager 2 года назад +7

      Star Trek's a great example of this. It used to use alien civilizations and stories to explore a social issue, and look at both sides even if it was biased towards one.
      Now in Star Trek they find some hot twitter target, literally show that target, go "Bad thing bad! Bad thing bad!" and then move on without even tying it to the story. Like they had a character get arrested by ICE for like 3 episodes and it said absolutely nothing about it and dropped it like a rock once he left.

    • @kingcassius2586
      @kingcassius2586 2 года назад +8

      @@xhagast Really? Did we not have that thing called The Fairness Doctrine? Have you never seen All In The Family, Barney Miller, or The Jefferson's? When was the last time you watched an episode of Andy Griffith? Even Mork&Mindy was designed for introspection. Munsters reminded us of perspective. And what about the music we loved? Where's today's unity of We Are The World, the cleverness of 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, or crossover power of The Pointer Sister's Slow Hand? We just had an actor recieve a standing ovation after slapping a comedian and then cursing like trailer trash on a live Oscars broadcast. We don't really think like we use to.
      I'm sure Bill would agree with me on all of this. Well.. most of this anyway.

    • @williamerickson520
      @williamerickson520 2 года назад +1

      @@kingcassius2586 Are you arguing against this point or adding to it? According to Wikipedia the Fairness Doctrine was ended in 1987 and eliminated from the Federal register entirely in 2011. All of your examples are from before '87. Seems like xhagast is on to something.

    • @jocksharerock7318
      @jocksharerock7318 2 года назад +4

      King Cassius
      I enjoyed reading your post. More idyllic back then in a quaint way as a country that wasn’t moving so fast and talk radio was an avenue for discussing life instead of daily conservative demagogues conditioning virtually half the country. You, me and others have seen this change before the internet put it on steroids.
      Maher is missing the big picture

  • @Miranox2
    @Miranox2 Год назад

    Could not agree more! This is one of Bill Maher's best clips.

  • @nightmarishcompositions4536
    @nightmarishcompositions4536 Год назад +1

    if you think misinformation is a one-way street, you've never been on Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr.

  • @atticusmcfly
    @atticusmcfly 2 года назад +8

    As a native New Jerseyian, I approve of this 2:40 burn.

  • @CJ-wh3zy
    @CJ-wh3zy 2 года назад +30

    I'm SO happy I took Bill Maher's advice and found out all his misinformation about Israel's policies and treatment of those that are not Jewish! Thanks Bill!!

    • @brianlevine249
      @brianlevine249 2 года назад +6

      I'm sure he'd advise you to do your own research too.....

    • @DanielVita
      @DanielVita 2 года назад

      Bill "I hope the economy collapses so Trump will be voted out" Maher.
      He's worth 140 million. His Jewish mother is taken care of. Screw the peasants.

    • @johnmckeag1048
      @johnmckeag1048 2 года назад

      Is that treatment anything like non-Muslims are afforded in Egypt or Pakistan or Malaysia or Indonesia or Iran or Saudi Arabia……………? OR….is that treatment similar to that afforded to Jews in historically Christian nations……..? So….Israel is YOUR boogyman…..boring -

    • @DanielVita
      @DanielVita 2 года назад

      @@johnmckeag1048 Like the black Ethiopian Jews STERILIZED by Israel. Disgusting tribalism.

    • @littlecatfeet9064
      @littlecatfeet9064 2 года назад +9

      Why do I feel like you already had your preconceived ideas beforehand and didn’t actually research anything 🤔?

  • @lisabowen3791
    @lisabowen3791 2 года назад +19

    It restores my faith in the “liberals” to see this level of critical thinking. Thank goodness!

    • @venomg5799
      @venomg5799 2 года назад

      Yeah, you're thinking of conservatives being the dumb ones. Like literally the most stupid on Earth.

    • @RVHello
      @RVHello 2 года назад +9

      Unfortunately we can't return the compliment. Nothing personal, just saying.

    • @nuria6075
      @nuria6075 2 года назад +8

      @@RVHello Unfortunately with most liberals today it seems everything is personal.

    • @halrichard1969
      @halrichard1969 2 года назад +4

      Tulsi Gabbard is doing a creditable job as well.

    • @cheri7054
      @cheri7054 2 года назад

      What restores my faith in Repubs isn't the same. Most are for voter suppression. Big fossil fuel and taking a women's right to choose. Mitt Romney restored my faith when he clapped for the new Justice. All Repubs walked out John M for keeping ACA. That's all the good I can say for Repubs

  • @shanecannon7253
    @shanecannon7253 2 года назад +1

    Well said Bill!

  • @eddiemethot8925
    @eddiemethot8925 2 года назад +3

    Everyone is entitled to their opinion,not their truth.

  • @minnamahonen1693
    @minnamahonen1693 2 года назад +64

    "Sometimes misinformation is just history's first draft". Nice one.

  • @DLFfitness1
    @DLFfitness1 Год назад +1

    Unfortunately misinformation has real consequences.

  • @Panwere36
    @Panwere36 2 года назад

    And this is why Bill Maher cannot be "cancelled". I am a Christian Moderate Constitutionalist, but watching Bill Maher call it what it is is very satisfying indeed.

  • @benjamintrevino325
    @benjamintrevino325 2 года назад +20

    After watching this I'm convinced Bill is talking about everyone else but me.

    • @agny369
      @agny369 2 года назад

      I hear that, and to add to that, he's talking about himself also but he's too up his own ass to realize it. Twitter is a garbage platform for lazy people anyway, who are on their to consume the garbage that other people put out. He misses the forest for the trees way more often than hes right. I've been paying attention to current events for basically 2 years out of 37 and I never had watched his show before 2021, and I long ditched twitter and facebook because I saw where it was going.
      The one thing I'll give him credit for is hes right that people are too stupid to fact check things, or do any real research, unfortunately he's in that category also. John Oliver squeezes more information and is a shit ton funnier , with only 30 minutes, Bills show is an hour, he talks over people he disagrees with, and lets whoever holds his viewpoint ramble on. He's been on the air long enough to produce something way better than what he puts out, yet he consistently just reaches for the low hanging and tired fruit.
      I only pay attention to politics at all because I started to recognize where things were heading around mid 2020, and sadly I've been right about almost every prediction I've made, because none of the information that formulated my opinions came from social media.

    • @ekirnehretzeuhcsanl
      @ekirnehretzeuhcsanl 2 года назад

      😅😅😅

  • @Andyman89.
    @Andyman89. 2 года назад +102

    DAMN this was probably one of his best "new rules" ive ever seen. agreed with every line. Thanks Bill! :D

    • @TheKrauzerII
      @TheKrauzerII 2 года назад

      The best one was China already won! Hilarious!

    • @mawavoy
      @mawavoy 2 года назад +2

      Problem is Bill thinks he knows everything. But will not admit it. He defined what that makes him. I recognize his clever BS.

    • @reidflemingworldstoughestm1394
      @reidflemingworldstoughestm1394 2 года назад

      he couldn't be more wrong. If he was right we wouldn't see half the nation willing to end American democracy over the blatant lies of a failed rug salesman/president. Hell, we wouldn't have even had him for president if the whole country had a passable set of critical thinking skills.

    • @zoobrizz
      @zoobrizz 2 года назад

      Yes. But Thank GOD for the Clapping seals. 👍👍.

    • @jamesellis701
      @jamesellis701 2 года назад +1

      @@mawavoy you mean his writers think they know everything, they know all they have to do is throw a Trump insult in there and his cult members will blindly follow

  • @firefly44220
    @firefly44220 2 года назад +1

    Bills been on fire as of late 👍

  • @MONK3YTAM3R
    @MONK3YTAM3R 2 года назад

    I lean more right than left but I still love Bill’s honesty and agree with some of what he says.

  • @tankacebo9128
    @tankacebo9128 2 года назад +34

    my father and I loved watching real time, before he passed. he was an old hippie. I feel he'd agree 1100% with your take, Bill.

    • @tankacebo9128
      @tankacebo9128 2 года назад +3

      @NBA could... could you not? please? every comment I make on a Bill Maher vid, I get your automated reply.

    • @anneb889
      @anneb889 2 года назад

      Sorry for your loss.

  • @bradburke6041
    @bradburke6041 2 года назад +13

    Kinda rings hollow when both RUclips and HBO are far more censored than Twitter

    • @jameshightower8875
      @jameshightower8875 2 года назад +2

      Yeah I’ve had a few comments deleted on here

    • @ivareskesner2019
      @ivareskesner2019 2 года назад

      Twitter's sole purpose is as a commenting platform. RUclips is a video platform with an added bonus of being able to comment. I agree it's extremely annoying when your comments get deleted. Believe me. But they're not in the same league. It's like saying that McDonald's has substandard salads. They're McDonald's. They're not there for salads. And them being substandard is certainly not the same as some high end vegan restaurant having a substandard salad. The later being Twitter...not that there's anything high end about Twatter...or special about salads...but you get the point.

    • @BlazingOwnager
      @BlazingOwnager 2 года назад

      RUclips has these terrible bots shadowban comments CONSTANTLY if the wrong combination of words get used.
      Twitter was the king of not just censorship, but of only allowing one opinion. I am glad to see it smashed and turn into a place for free speech.

    • @jameshightower8875
      @jameshightower8875 2 года назад +2

      @@ivareskesner2019 I agree. Twitter is more valuable for public discussion. RUclips is more useful for education and entertainment

  • @codywhistlesnatch8274
    @codywhistlesnatch8274 2 года назад +1

    Wow. One of the better Bill Maher bits. Very well done.

  • @Tristinfate
    @Tristinfate 2 года назад

    Hey, Thompson Twins told us all about this in the 80's with their song Lies!

  • @RobertVP
    @RobertVP 2 года назад +21

    Thank you for being a shining light of logic, intelligence and wisdom. Hopefully your logic starts to spread - it needs to for our society to move forward.

    • @taekwondotime
      @taekwondotime 2 года назад +1

      If he supports people having different opinions then why does he shadow ban people from his RUclips channel who express them?

    • @keithcameron8306
      @keithcameron8306 2 года назад

      All of the wisdom and logic and worldly rational of man is but foolishness to God

    • @ElDarric
      @ElDarric 2 года назад +1

      @@taekwondotime You honestly think that its Bill shadow banning you and not Google?

    • @taekwondotime
      @taekwondotime 2 года назад +2

      @@ElDarric Google can only shadow ban based on keywords, phrases, etc. I'm not writing anything with expletives or other offensive words. Someone has to actually READ my comments (I'm sure his channel puts comments through a review process before they get posted) and so someone is reading them and deleting them.

    • @taekwondotime
      @taekwondotime 2 года назад +1

      @@ElDarric Perfect example: Occasionally my comments will show up if I REPLY to an existing thread, but whenever I start a NEW comment thread, nobody can ever see it. I started one 12 hours ago and nobody can see it.

  • @RRP714
    @RRP714 2 года назад +51

    Wow, the audience laughed when he pointed out the foolish beliefs of Republicans but when he pointed out the same about Democrats you hear a pin drop. Says a lot about his audience.

    • @OC-CPA
      @OC-CPA 2 года назад +5

      It wasn't a punchline. There was nothing comedic about it.

    • @randysteele6741
      @randysteele6741 2 года назад +3

      @A.D. Hanson. You people who are pointing this out do realize that half of Bill's audience are conservative's, don't you?

    • @BlazingOwnager
      @BlazingOwnager 2 года назад +2

      @@OC-CPA I don't know, I find it pretty funny.

    • @TheJeremyKentBGross
      @TheJeremyKentBGross 2 года назад +4

      @@randysteele6741 I doubt it. At least not in the studio.

    • @markdrum2392
      @markdrum2392 2 года назад

      If the audience had been Republican Bill would have to stop and explain, using very short words, just what the fuck he was saying.

  • @tr7b410
    @tr7b410 2 года назад

    Speaking the Truth is the most difficult spiritual practice. Men may insult you,beat you,even kill you,but if you speak the Truth,God will always be with you...Neem Karoli Baba.

  • @jadamosx
    @jadamosx 2 года назад +1

    ..What to do when truth is censored/banned in Internet by those who want to "protect us" from the "lies" ? That is the problem Bill - You do not see it, don't You ? We can choose when we have a choice. Think about it Bill.

  • @mack63u7
    @mack63u7 2 года назад +31

    Yep, this is spot on, along with 90 odd % of latest rule, always look forward to checking it out. I just wish the studio audience wasn't there, totally annoying!

    • @jenniferannison4390
      @jenniferannison4390 2 года назад +1

      Ikr? If he would get rid of that live audience it would make it such a better show. So many times they miss the joke and have to be prodded to laugh. Then when guests are talking, they clap every other sentence. So the show never really gets too deep into any topic. The audience makes this show downright unwatchable sometimes.

    • @sabbracadabra8367
      @sabbracadabra8367 2 года назад +2

      Bill: Hi
      Audience: HAHAHA HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!
      Bill: Here's an vaguely amusing thing.
      Audience: HAHAHA HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

    • @barne3668
      @barne3668 2 года назад +1

      @@jenniferannison4390 So true Jennefer. I'ts like a bunch of stoned kids laughing at anything pro cannabis...(which is funny it itself but not in a serious conversation)

    • @barne3668
      @barne3668 2 года назад +1

      @@sabbracadabra8367 It's like every audience member gets a hit of X an hour before the taping..

    • @Americanoligarchy
      @Americanoligarchy 2 года назад +2

      OMG thank you yes, I mean love the live audience laughter response which actually helps make the punchlines hit better, but the constant self-righteous applauding and virtue signaling catcalls of every thought is so annoying. makes me wanna puke. it actually jumbles up the flow of the show.

  • @murraykeith4067
    @murraykeith4067 2 года назад +10

    Gotta love the just little too enthusiastic laughter and applause for moderatly humorous lines, oh and your feigning humility for such wit.
    Your essays are brilliant just wish the audience would listen and not feel the need to show how clever they are .

    • @tedd5361
      @tedd5361 2 года назад

      Really cuz I infrequently react much to shit and I had just about the exact same reaction the audience had on every one of the points. Idt it’s just the humor being reacted to, but the humor tied in with what couldn’t be more perfect advice the country needs to hear right now. Drives passion out of you like gasoline and then the humor is the spark that sets it all off

    • @GaZonk100
      @GaZonk100 2 года назад

      all left-leaners are desperate to do that...

    • @Philly_bul
      @Philly_bul 2 года назад

      Its because they know hes talking about them.

    • @Sussy-hotdog
      @Sussy-hotdog 2 года назад

      Sycophants.

    • @stevewarren4292
      @stevewarren4292 2 года назад

      I went to a "Comedy Club" a couple of years ago. Sat through three different routines. Not one chuckle, not even a smile. Could have heard a pin drop. Had sense enough to get up and walk out. Comedy is dead.

  • @shelffeather4473
    @shelffeather4473 Год назад

    The American flag coming out was spot-on hilarious

  • @stephencummings7615
    @stephencummings7615 2 года назад +2

    Fantastic monolog:)
    Your best yet...

  • @palarold
    @palarold 2 года назад +80

    I agree with everything Bill said but that's not the only problem. Another problem is calling "misinformation" and censuring information you just don't like to hear because refute something you think or a message you want to send.

    • @vs52217
      @vs52217 2 года назад

      Yes! Every time I posted about Xlear Nasal Spray that has been shown in university studies to kill Covid, it was labeled misinformation.

    • @peterstafford4426
      @peterstafford4426 2 года назад

      The first amendment does not apply to anything other than the government. People who think otherwise lack critical thinking skills.

    • @winstonsmith6607
      @winstonsmith6607 2 года назад +3

      THAT SOUNDS LIKE RUSSIA TALK TO ME! WHAT'S THE WEATHER LIKE IN ST PETERSBURG???

    • @terintiaflavius3349
      @terintiaflavius3349 2 года назад +1

      You have a Z in your name sir. We know who you are!

    • @brianlevine249
      @brianlevine249 2 года назад

      What is objectionable about a "Ministry of Truth"?

  • @marknova8704
    @marknova8704 2 года назад +30

    Damn Bill...you hit every nail on the head. Every week, you speak the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. I wish more folks would get their heads out of their a**es and wake up! Thanks for keeping it real...on Real Time.

    • @ep1789
      @ep1789 2 года назад +1

      Be careful what you ask for..lol those of us who's heads are NOT up our asses can think independently and don't need the likes of BM to explain to us or tell us what to think..lolol

    • @recordgirly2567
      @recordgirly2567 2 года назад +1

      @@ep1789 Maher is too smart to be wrong on manchin and sinema ... After taking all that money ... And he has been "wrong" more and more lately at slamming the left and defending the GOP!
      And right after the biggest corruption that almost brought down AMERICA! Seems like Maher saw rogen go from the middle of the road, to backing the GOP without losing the dems while gaining popularity with the right ... $$$

    • @yonatangoldman9759
      @yonatangoldman9759 2 года назад +2

      @@ep1789 And yet here you are

    • @stacyververis7731
      @stacyververis7731 2 года назад

      Absolutely correct and oh so true

    • @tcbep4157
      @tcbep4157 2 года назад

      @@yonatangoldman9759 the only reason and ONLY reason Bill has changed his ways is for Ratings! Late night is being stomped by Greg Gutfield and he knows it so he’s basically just copying Greg. Bills delivery is not near as crisp as Greg’s because his heart is not really into it

  • @spraymansterms4347
    @spraymansterms4347 2 года назад

    Good stuff - what a candid and rational monologue on this issue.

  • @franklinave2062
    @franklinave2062 2 года назад +1

    Every time this show ends I always think "now they're getting somewhere, if only it were 5 minutes longer".
    PLEASE get rid of the audience and their kneejerk spplause.

  • @bonfire1484
    @bonfire1484 2 года назад +26

    This was quite something. Bill has the intellect and courage to message truth in a way no one else can.

  • @tjjames9846
    @tjjames9846 2 года назад +33

    A “better bullsh*t detector” requires some intelligence and a willingness to think for oneself. Two qualities severely lacking for most people.

    • @SteveVon7
      @SteveVon7 2 года назад +2

      Also two qualities that make a population hard to brainwash, which is what authoritarians require.

    • @OC-CPA
      @OC-CPA 2 года назад +2

      ...and the problem is that everyone thinks these qualities are only missing in the people they disagree with.

    • @SteveVon7
      @SteveVon7 2 года назад

      @@OC-CPA At least from the centrist viewpoint moving rightward, we are'nt losing sleep over the viewpoints on the other side, or losing the ability to 'jew spot' them on social media.

    • @popireal3628
      @popireal3628 2 года назад

      Before the p(L)andemic was forced upon us, I gave any random person in their 60s the benefit of the doubt as being generally more intelligent and individual than us younger people. Now I see there’s a lot more old fools who are simply going through the motions while being led by political propaganda and big-money interests for most of their lives.

    • @OC-CPA
      @OC-CPA 2 года назад

      @@SteveVon7 Not sure what you mean.

  • @mikek3389
    @mikek3389 2 года назад +1

    He has to have an applause sign in that studio.

  • @dddux
    @dddux 10 месяцев назад

    Bill Maher, the voice of reason among all the bs on the Internet and TV. Thank you for existing and never stop being yourself! 👍👍👍