New Rule: Words Matter | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
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This is why word inflation is a problem: You can try to change reality by redefining words, but it won't work - it just stops you from dealing with it.
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"They make up words to win arguements"
Dave Chappelle
Could also say "they redefine words to win arguments."
This immediately reminded me of Kellyanne Conway’s “alternative facts.”
Well when you actually have no argument at all, you have to do that...because you certainly won't concede you're wrong
Absolutely right. Whether it’s making up or redefining words arguing with these people is like trying to grab ahold of water. On occasion I ponder how I’d respond to these psychos on these talking heads cable news programs if I were in a debate with them but sometimes I don’t even know what they’re saying. It’s like I don’t speak crazy. It’s similar to talking to a conspiracy theorist where you can’t come to a basic agreement on reality.
Dave Chappelle has said things tbat are misogynistic and anti-trans, and I don't want to support him with my money.
Better?
"It's not hate speech just because you disagree with it." Bill is spot on there.
The premise is not wrong, but it's wildly misused, and inherently strawmans the point of view of actual victims. It's not a matter of people disagreeing with it. Sometimes, if not all the time, language is used to conceal the truth and divide people. That's all it really is. Spreading information and spewing rhetoric that can be damaging to people is hate speech. Saying facts about biology isn't. It's difficult to draw the line, and anyone who says it isn't difficult doesn't know what they're talking about.
Idea: if what you're explaining sounds so simple, it's probably wrong. The world, and especially objective logic, is a lot more complicated than "common sense, bruh," because much of the time, people like Maher commit many informal fallacies to support their premises, many of which are also false.
@@Person-ng5hpDo you like apples?
@@Person-ng5hp I understand your trail of logic but your premise that suggests that the spread of information that harms people is inherently hate speech is a fallacy. You've commited your own sin of simplification.
'Harmful' is now completely subjective. If one person says that transexual transitioning is a bad idea, that information might 'harm' some trans people. However, many trans people very much regret their transition and have found that experience to be 'harmful'.
So... Who decides what's universally harmful for the greater population or its social groups?
@@TheShepdawg9 Agree. The same people who want 'safe-schools' material in schools also want to keep scripture out because it is 'harmful'. Either kids should get to learn about all ideologies so they can have a choice or they learn only the three Rs. The Left can't have it both ways.
The reason why they want to make that a thing is to make people afraid to speak out about the wrong in the world. Just like he said it's orwellian.
Bill Maher is literally the voice of common sense.
Bill is the voice of rich, powerful white guys. That resonates with you and sounds like common sense. Because you're the same.
Until he starts talking about Trump. Then his switch flips.
Bill needs to run for President. He would get votes from both sides of the Isle.
“And we know that because it rhymes?”
He perfectly called out how people take sound-good slogans and try to make it reality even if it’s not so.
The phrase "Silence is violence" doesn't work. It works better when it is worded as "Silence contributes to violence." This also works with the phrase "See something? Say something!"
This is the type of comedy Carlin would do so well. Pointing out hypocrisy, calling out those exploiting others for power (including word power) and making people laugh while doing it.
I love how intelligent people are in this comment section. No one here has tried to identify as a hero or savior, and that's such a relief :)
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What I like about Bill Maher is that he's an equal opportunity criticizer of both the left and the right. That's rare to find these days.
@Miles Doyle What if you are Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish?? Or what happened to being a good human being??Will God treat you different if you are of a different religion??
@Miles Doyle lol classic Miles!
boomer says what?
You do you, chief!
@@wsmokr I would imagine the people that believe in those religions will have done what those religions say. That's one of the beautiful things about religion. Pick the one you like!
"you can try to change reality by changing the words, but you can't. It just stops you from dealing with it." Brilliant quote!
That part.
He mentions George Carlin in the beginning and George Carlin also has a great quote relating to this as well and he said some people think that if you change the name of a condition somehow you change the condition
I said something similar at the VA and I was immediately reprimanded by the staff . They said "everything is relative" but their individual relativism is absolute objectivity and if you disagree then that's "violence" because all truth is relative. And of course, my words about words has enslaved black people 200 years before I was born.🙃
You can call a man a woman but you won't change the gender.
Well the crazy left used and made up, stupid words to push their agenda. Now your saying the right cant do that ?? WTF . who put you in charge of the English language . i think Bill is 100 % right and true in what he says , he has a brain and doesn't give a f..... About what he says because its the truth no matter what . fact !!
"There's a difference between hate speech and speech that you hate."
Tom macdonald quote! ❤
I'm a moderate Republican with liberal social views, and I love your show. Thank you. We need more folks like you!
Please. This is about emotional maturity. Nothing political.
@@Destinychanged LOL. If you think Bill Maher is not political, you're not paying attention.
I agree with 80% of the things he said. It doesn’t need to be 100%. Respect to Bill Maher.
As long as mutual understanding is established on some level, that's all that matters ✌️
May we please add "Tyranny?"
Talk about drama queens, "I have to wear a mask on your private property? Tyranny!!"
@@jtjones4081 Sorry. How about "pre-propaganda in preparation for the tyranny of government enforcing regulations though corporations?" That's better, but we can just shorten it to the more accurate "fascism" that it is.
Talk about drama queens: "Give me my mask and give me my injections, and everyone else needs them, too, or I'll die, die, die!"
If you have kids and don't understand why a mask was and is a symbol of accepting fascism, you need to turn in your dad card. If you don't have kids, then what the f*&ck do you know anyway, really? The future means jack to you, so you didn't see the more obvious tyranny that was coming next. Either way, your ignorance of history is the Orwellian problem, not pointing out that practice for fascism is tyranny.
Ignoramus.
@angel cabrera-marotto Actually, forcing others to use pronouns was practice for denying biology. It was apparently successful, given all of these half-wits out there who don't believe that immunity is possible without a toxic shot.
@@jamespeterson2690 Woooo, reasonable precautions are symbols of fascism? Slippery slope arguments on steroids. I think you are reason-phobic.
I find it amazing that some people feel that they have the right to go through life and never be offended by anyone over anything.
And even more baffling is that they have that right but you don't.
Its a matter of perspective. If you see the world as revolving around yourself and your opinions on whatever the topic at hand might be it becomes a lot easier to feel that way.
Consideration for other peoples interests requires concious mental effort. Which unfortunately a sizeable chunk of our population is either unwilling or unable to perform.
WTF?
🙌
@@squirrelsupreme3896 Because they were raised to only think of thenselves.
well. some of them have a group of people or a news network constantly telling them exactly that. of course, those groups are obviously pandering to them in order to acquire their votes or money.
But its only amazing if you've been asleep your whole life and are now just waking up.
“Orwell never ends well.”
Great quote to end on.
@Maher
Yes, words sure do matter, as do the etymologies. Spot on. As a linguist, I greatly admired your show.
I’m a conservative watching, agreeing, disagreeing and respecting Bill Maher’s views. That speaks volumes to how left and right radicalism are bringing the rational thinking people from each side together in mutual disdain for the lunacy going on around us. Never in a million years did I think I’d listen, let alone agree with this man.
I'm not American, but I have a pretty good idea about the political division in this country, and to me Bill Maher is the model of how Americans should really be a.k.a conservative about some things and liberal about other things.
I’m far right. I sometimes wonder what people are talking about or referring to when they say radical right, extreme right, etc. You seem to be a moderate so I’m curious what you may mean when you say right radicalism. Could you point me to an idea or person who is advocating for radical right wing ideas and what those ideas are. As far as I’m concerned, the give away that somebody is off the cliff right wing is advocating for racial supremacy, but I can’t think of anyone who is doing that.
That's the reason l too often agree with him..because he, in his own inimitable "rationale" often makes sense ...
Congratulations on your label.
@@jamesmcinnis208 thanks man. I never thought of it as a “label”, but I suppose that’s one way to describe the tattoo of my name of your mom’s butt cheek.
These last several New Rules segments have been the smartest and best Bill has ever done.
Maybe the most important too - since they make so much sense!
The left finally went to left, even for Bill and he FINALLY WOKE UP!! THANK GOD! I hadn't been able to watch it for awhile
what, these braindead boomer takes? “Words have meaning“? No shit. And guess who decides what those are?
How does he honestly believe that pointing at a word’s origin is some kind of a slam dunk. What words mean and how we use them is literally constantly shifting. Even he believes and relies on that fact! Or maybe I guess he‘s actually a hardcore christian, because everytime he says “goodbye“, what he actually means is the word’s original and therefore one true meaning “god be with ye“. See how ridiculous this dumb take is?
Seriously how nonreflective and egocentric do you have to be to actually be convinced that whatever meaning words happened to have had when *you* were young are somehow the one and only, god given correct meanings and what people were doing 50 years prior and 50 years later is just wrong?
Honestly imo the best thing Maher does is by having these dumb boomer takes all the time and still hating republicans and trump he shows ignorant right wingers that there may actually be space for them under the democrat‘s big tent, increasing the odds of long lasting democrat rule.
He has good writers
@@mekullag9787 🤡
@@mekullag9787 The words aren't shifting in their meanings. Brain dead liberals try to twist their meaning to suit their agenda. "Silence is violence" will never be true no matter how desperately you lefty loons want it to.
This was a good episode - "You can try to change reality by changing the words, but you can't. It just stops you from dealing with it."
I have been appreciating Bill's views on things a whole lot more lately. Don't know if it's because I'm listening to him more or he's actually taking what's going on in this country and explaining it with more sense and reality. Either way, I like it.
"Orwell never ends well."
Spot on.
Ya sure. Bill helped create this problem we are in now
Yes, that horrible, horrible man, calling out Fascism like he did.
@@alexcarter8807 Please give me an example Alex
@@jasonmorgan27 Shut up, he's spitting truth. So he should be canceled for saying bad things about Trump? Cry some more. We need less whiney bitches on the right and especially the left.
That went over your head lol
This is so refreshing. We are tired of everyone mistakenly being called “phobic” just for disagreeing.
You are maherphobic
Was so wonderful hearing Bill straighten out that phobic stuff. It has always grated on me to be called phobic when I am just not agreeing about something. Who on earth thought up that stupid phobic idea in the first place.
@@beverlymccollum8861 somebody who was sensephobic probably
TOTALLY. It drives me crazy to hear "homophobic this... transphobic that..." It's not about fear. Idc if you agree or disagree, the terms themselves are nonsensical.
@@beverlymccollum8861 An idiot, presumably.
I've been a french 🥖🍟 teacher for years now, and this has allowed me to examine English from a different perspective. That perspective includes the culture uses of words , and how they are used in another language. Furthermore, the psychological impact of the words.
Voilà!
Bravo et merci Bill Maher!
Thank you Bill Maher!
"The whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought" Thank you, Bill!
Yes, thank you Bill for employing Orwell's great gift to humanity (which he spent his last days pushing to complete for us before his illness took over) just as he intended. Read it to recognize the signs. Make direct reference to draw parallels when real-life wheels are in motion on the wrong path. Use it to demonstrate the only place that path can end. Days before his passing he issued a press statement that 1984 is a warning, not a prophecy. "The way to avoid this nightmare scenario is simple: Don't let it happen. It's up to you."
I can't believe I live in a time where Bill Maher has to explain things that were once so basic and understood, but here we are. I also can't believe I live in a time where I agree with something Bill Maher says, but here we are.
Evidence of how right he's been since his politically incorrect days and the combination on how left the spectrum has shifted since then. CRAZY times in a society on a downward.
Yeah he's been great lately. I don't care if he's grifting, he sounds like a populist. I guess we all need to hear 101 again.
Welcome - I have been agreeing with Bill Maher for roughly 30 years.
@@folee_edge Well here's the thing. Bill Maher has historically been left of center and I have not agreed with his ideology. But lately the left has gone so crazy that it makes Bill Maher look...normal. And that's the crazy part, is that even Bill Maher realizes how crazy the left has gotten. I suspect that fundamentally I still don't agree with Bill Maher, but I do appreciate some of his more recent points about wokeism and speech.
Same. I'm used to liberals sounding nuts. Maybe Bill is attracted to truth (regardless of politics).
Ole Bill’s eyes are opened
I am a life long liberal and Bill was always a man I looked up to and this is why. It’s common sense no BS for the sake of towing the party line on any side. The far right scares me and the far left scares me just as much maybe even a tiny bit more. And that’s something very new to me.
Thank you, Bill, for being on the side of common sense. Although I am conservative, I think this political division is out of control. I wish everyone would stop lying.
I agree. By the way, the reason they are banning SAT tests is because the black community does absolutely terrible on standardized test relative to Europeans and Asians. Ignore the SAT test, then you can meet your racial (racist) quotas at colleges and universities
@@user-nc9pc3gr4c Blacks are failing standardized testing because the Teachers Union has chained them to failing public schools.
@@dalemcgonigal8763 This was extensively tested. There is no way to change IQ levels via environment, unless it is extreme, like starvation or continued physical abuse. The community makes the school, the school does not make the community. They have tried sending more money at the situation, no results.
@@user-nc9pc3gr4c It's not about money, or IQ's. the fact that more and more money gets poured into schools , that in the 50's and 60's used to produce Rhodes Scholars attests to this. It's about accountability in the schools. The money keeps pouring in regardless of what's happening, or not happening in the schools. Having the money follow the child to another school. It doesn't have to be a private school. Another public school in the district will work just as well. until these schools start losing there students , and their money to schools with higher academic standards, in safer neighborhoods there will be no incentive to change.
@@dalemcgonigal8763 It's IQ's and culture. Teachers are barely in control, and they can't do anything about it. They used to be able to kick violent kids out of school. Now they can't.
That was fucking great. Whoever wrote the “Biff and Chip are sailing a yacht to an Ed Sheeran concert” joke deserves a raise, yesterday…
Yes. That one was a classic. Had to rewind it 😂
The main point about that is does that really represent white people? No, it represents the one percent of uber rich that used to be exclusively white but not anymore.
Right? He should have closed with that, rather than the dull clunker "Orwell never ends well."
IKR; I laughed so hard I choked, for real.
WTF is a white claw?
I love seeing these comments and the viewership on this channel. It reassures me not everyone in this world has lost their minds
Sadly enough, people like us are being forced to consider Trump because the Democrats have lost their minds in social issues. That said, Trump is so disgusting and hateful that I’m still voting Demo.
Gaining respect, though not always in agreement, for Maher's comments simply because
they're grounded in such common sense. Who knew sanity could be that funny.
"I've been scarred by years of unspoken verbal abuse." - The Simpsons [Correction: Futurama]
-Futurama
@@loubertus Lol I was about to correct them too
"Your tears say more than real evidence ever could!" - The Simpsons
Dont call me transgenderphobe because i hate men dressing like women , i just dont like it
@@loubertus it’s not what he said…. It’s what he didn’t say
Saying this as a true liberal…thank you! I’m so tired of the outrage culture.
And it's here to stay
Then why are you a liberal?
As a middle democrat I don't believe in what's going on but respect all views!
@@Godisgreat725 not all views are worthy of respect though, that’s partly why the radical left has gotten this far, society is now too accepting. It’s also difficult to respect something one doesn’t believe in.
@@Godisgreat725 Even the views of pedophiles? Do you see why trying to include everyone is a problem? Views are evaluated on merit, not thrown in simply because they exist.
I heard that kindergarten verse in a British TV show discussing about feminism. The host or whoever he is said "sticks and stones may break my bones but there will always be something to offend a feminist" 😂
I used the word “admonished” in a security incident report. Was told I couldn’t use that word. I corrected my report to “gently corrected” the person and that was ok. To gently correct someone is the definition of admonish.
That is ridiculous to correct anybody else’s perception
@@fancynancymacy I full heartedly agree with you. It was all about how it sounded
Is that like gentle parenting?
Can't imagine what George Carlin would say in today's world...but it'd be hilarious.
Agree, but he'd have the woke Twitter mob amongst many others from the regressive left instantly going after him.
The sad thing is, I thought his saving Bill & Ted from flunking their history exam was supposed to lead to a utopia.
Since he was sort of the white Chappelle, we kinda know.
He might respond with those "7 words you can't say on TV? " lol
People across the political spectrum nowadays claim that George Carlin would speak for their “side” were he still with us. I prefer to think that he’d instead manage to say something that would offend everyone on their respective high horses equally.
As a member of the left-of-center, I gotta say Bills criticism of the Left is really good to hear. Many of my brothers and sisters really should be held in check for getting too crazy with their own shit. Bill, thanks for keeping is on our toes.
I love you Bill. Such a great episode. I really hope more people would regain their common sense.
Bill quoting from 1984 in reference to the Left's Newspeak sent shivers down my spine.
Bill Maher is becoming the voice of reason on the left. Thank you for speaking out against this insanity. I may disagree with him on a lot of things but I respect the man because he is honest about what going on and has some sense. Thanks again, Bill.
The problem with being reasonable on the left is that you quickly become alt right, seven though you haven't changed at all.
He’s an establishment Democrat- he’s their bitch
No he's nothing amazing on the left,that's just the story you are told daily by faux news.
Becoming? He's literally been the same comedian since he began lol it's just that conservatives don't like when he makes fun of them so they don't want to listen cuz it hurts their feelings in the no-no spots. He does the same to the liberals / left. For a while there was less on the left to make fun of but now-a-days the Gen-Z liberal tiktok generation have completely left planet Earth & live on Fantasy Island in La La Land. Bat shit crazy comes in both blue & red color palettes lol.
I'm a Conservative and totally love Bill Maher. Comedy at its best. 👏👏👏👏👏
I am a former democrat now conservative and love Bill Maher now he makes fun of conservatives but I can laugh at myself lol.
There is someone who hoots every single round of laughter. This is on every single of these videos. That has to be an employee.
Once again Bill nails it, thank you❣️
“Hero” is the most consistently overused word in the US by all political sides.
More over used then "hate speech" or "privilege" lol
Im not sure i get the point tbh. A hero is subjective and therefore pointless to anyone but that person. Seems like a waste of time to complain about
My pet irritant in this list - HERO! Seems everyone in America becomes a Hero when they die (or do something so much less impressive)! Its not death (et al.) that makes one a hero, but heroic actions while alive.
I feel the same. The standard for heroism has dropped through the floor. Get filmed buying a burger for a hobo and you're a hero. 🤦Maybe that's why there are no "good guys" anymore: You're either a hero or a zero.
I have to agree! I actually saw a sign in a business read “ the easiest way to be a hero is to wash your hands” what a joke! If everyone is a hero then no one is.
Bill is one of the few people on either side that actually criticizes his own side's craziness. That's very respectable and makes me more keen on hearing him out, even though I disagree with him on a lot.
I agree, smart liberals know how stupid this is
What's truly sad is that it's rare. He was late to the game though in a lot of ways. I remember him jumping on that Covington Kid BS early on and never heard him criticize the networks for pushing it of lying.
I think Maher is just smart enough to look around and see where the majority sides on and he knows that to keep his cushy job he better play ball. It does seem convincing when he blasts the liberal agenda, well some of it, the extreme left, but he knows which side his bread is buttered on. Jon Stewart on the other hand really comes across as he DGAF. Maher still has his “hate Trump” energizer pill he takes everyday and could never admit president Trump actually made a lot of great changes and hidin Biden has cancelled all he could of them. Let’s go Brandon!!
Because he talks about issues he cares about. These "sides" are not nuanced enough to represent so many individuals, so of course there will be variation since you will just fall on the side that on average represents you more. To criticize one's side is to want them to be (your idea of) better. This issue happens to not just affect one side, but he chose to focus on one side for that reason.
@@sevinstorey4365 Exactly. bill's TDS is still very, very strong.
As a conservative I APPROVE this message!! Keep the Dems in check Bill
Saying thank you for your service to the cart collector is priceless Bill.
He also needs to add “racism” to that list of words people keep redefining
Yep. I've pretty much been accused of racism at my workplace for asking someone where they were from. Nosy and intrusive, possibly yes (I know I am tactless). Racism? That was not my intention.
Also narcissist and gaslighting.
@@michaelh.8945 Yeah, a lot of these buzzwords need to go. They've milked them dry.
People keep redefining racism as “white people using institutional power to oppressing black people” and using it as an excuse/cop out when they say some bigoted shit
“I hate white people”
Hey thats racist
“No its not you cant be racist to white people”
"That's not Fat-Shaming, it's Fat-Splaining!" I love you Bill Maher, God bless you for ALWAYS keeping it #REAL
While Bill is busy pontificating, I think he forgot to mention the gleeful CRUELTY, scientific IGNORANCE & pompous SUPERIORITY with which he has degraded & slandered fat people for DECADES. He is part of the problem, not part of the solution. I suspect he KNOWS that but he just doesn't care because he HATES fat people. He is just as much in his own bubble as any Trumper and that's pretty pathetic. He's so busy having his yes-men tell him how wonderful he is that he will never see he's really just another hateful BIGOT. And so are YOU.
He’s an atheist
This is what I like about Bill Maher. He gives it equally to both sides, the right as a matter of course, and the left when they really deserve it.
Which is all the time.
Bill, never imagined you would be on this side of history. Glad for what you are doing.
This is not new for Bill.
@@gforcelation It is for those who think he is just a "libtard". My guess is this guy doesn't realize that Bill calls it like it is and just because you agree with him once, does not mean he was wrong the other times. He was right the other times.... "you" were wrong. Learn from that.
He had a show called Politically Incorrect 25 years ago.
this was brilliant, but tbh, socialism is another word that was missing.
@@joshsmithson7060 well, it's funny you say that. I am someone who has always considered myself center right and in some ways I still do. A few years ago I decided to do my own research and and get out my echo chamber. Bill Maher is one of the people I started listening to. I could never have imagined how much I would agree with him, and people like him, and most importantly learn new things from them! I truly wish more people did this. I believe I am a better and more informed person bc I took the time to look at different points of view, and I really wish more people would do this. They may actually learn something and be surprised by it as well :)
As someone who usually leans left i am exhausted at how many people get offended by the smallest of things. People need to learn to take a joke
It's exhausting, isn't it? It's all emotions on both sides now
The thing is that it's mainly corporate and Twitter: a place doesn't exist.
" i am exhausted at how many people get offended"
aw poor you
do you need a safe space?
You're not wrong. I don't even recognize the Left anymore Sigh..
The far left aren’t liberal. When you realize this, you wont be exhausted from their demands.
Add the word ”Literally” to the list. That one took a U-turn.
He is ON FIRE this season with his New Rules. Just amazing!
Yep..when the world is this F’D there’s plenty to pull from!
He is, that's true.
Also, he has done a halfway decent job of ripping on both sides of the Political Isle...
However, the people who need to see and hear the things Bill Maher is doing in his show, well, those people REFUSE to listen.
Rather, they do the exact opposite! They not only do not listen, they actively try to distort everything he says!
The Brainwashing is going to be tough to get through.
Bill is a hit or miss for me, but sometimes he gets it right on the head. This is good.
he has pretty good insight, but too much trump slander.
@@eleyasbtseamlak9102 to much? It's not that hard to point on trumps flaws.
3 years ago I couldn't stand to watch a clip of Bill, but I agree with literally every word in this clip and laughed out loud more than once
Bill calls out this stupidity, but falls short on calling out individuals who promote this nonsense and regularly has them on as guests.
@@tylerl3510 biden has far more flaws, from the point of view of a moderate. But even if trump has a lot of flaws, its too repetitive and mostly personal.
If you think someone's words can be violence, then you must condemn YOURSELF for internalizing someone else's words as violence.
Bill Maher's new rules is thought provoking, comedy gold!
In words of the Great George Carlin: "If you control the words, you control thought"
Machiavelli said it before him
Michael Knowles has a book out with that title
I like how Bill thinks logically...and can deliver clear explanation with brevity. Anyone can get this if they want to. It's a shame that far too many of us would rather be "liked" than be right.
Nailed it... people would rather be liked than right. Couldn't have said it better myself.
Worst of all, are those who will pull 💩 from their asses, & try to make you swallow it‼️
Well done.
The three words that have been weakened for decades are hero, genius, and phobic.
And the others Mahr mentions are right there with them
Damn, I love this guy.
And I'm a conservative Christian.
I don't always agree with Maher, but he is at least willing to call out the most ridiculous aspects of his own party. We need more people like him from across the political spectrum.
While we’re in the subject, stating provable facts is not “aggression”.
When I first heard of “micro-aggression”, I thought “how do you prove that?” It simply became to mean: someone said something that hurt my feelings a little.
@@autonomouscollective2599
Up until about 5 years ago it was legal to fire a person explicitly for being gay.
Minorities are commonly lynched by police, and their murder by citizens is often not taken seriously.
And the United States built and maintains literal concentration camps near our southern border and in Cuba; in fact the Republicans run for office in part on filling them up and making them worse.
But yeah, if you pretend its only about hurt feelings then you can minimize the voices of the oppressed.
@@kendomyers While we're on the subject, up until about 1800 years ago they fed Christians to lions because they were a threat to traditional Roman beliefs.
@@danceswithstone
And that was bad.
But whats your point?
Are you saying that the examples I gave are ancient history?
Because they arent.
@@kendomyers
That wouldn’t be micro-aggressions, now would it?
thank you for your service
I never would've believed that Bill Maher would end up being one of the only rational voices on television.
You sir are probably the last real Democrat left on Earth.. I love that you go at both sides and try to explain reality to this horrible sickening society we are living in. I am huge fan who is on the other side of the isle. But I'm smart enough and love my country enough to see the right and wrong on both sides. I wish we can go back to being Americans who want what's right for the country. God bless you sir.
Don't be so pessimistic... remember he has an audience.
Right and wrong detector not working if you vote for Trump again sir.
Maybe because he is an actual liberal and not some pinko, some center left commie sympathizer.
God I love it when Bill puts my frustration into coherent speech! 👍
Sounds like he’s going red.
@@spittinvenom9671 He's not a conspiracy theorist, so that's not going to happen.
@@soulscanner66 it’s only a conspiracy theory until the evidence they’re hiding comes out
@@spittinvenom9671 No, he's not. He's been critical of BS on the left as well as on the right consistently.
I know, many people wish he'd just pick a side and stick to it, and those people get frustrated that Bill chooses the common sense.
@@spittinvenom9671 You mean the evidence that's entirely lacking and non-existant?
"I don't fear commitment, I just don't want it."
That has been my manifesto since I was 18 (I'm in my 60s now). I never wanted a partner, kids, any of that. I wasn't afraid of commitment, I just saw no value in it and never met anyone I would even remotely consider spending the rest of my life with. To quote my grandfather, "I'd rather go through life wanting something I didn't have instead of having something I didn't want." Me too. Eagles mate for life -- humans don't. It's unnatural.
Owning a dog was the best and only commitment I was ever willing to give, and I gave 110% . And it was more fulfilling than anything else in my life, and I've had a wonderful life!
You sound like my very realistic chess player hubby. We argue in the most friendly way due to being different, but I love the flat unemotional reason in him. He is so incredibly patient and quiet. It is a joy to see him tell people no, without saying the word no.
completely agree. i've.had two great dogs, a springer spaniel named LUCY(GOOSEY) and a chihuahua mix in mexico named POOCHIE. my best friends, most always appreciatve, and always happy to see me snd love me.
What brilliant thoughts of yours will your grandson quote ? Oh wait...
@@tomgardner8825 Yeah, if you have such a desperate need to have everyone around you happy to see you and in love, that you can't even risk allowing a human to do it, that SCREAMS insecurity.
Right w/you T.J.
Bill Maher is getting better and better in this segment, New Rule
I am a Nurse, I worked on a Covid ward for months. I am no hero, I was just happy that I still had a job. Someone was paying me and i could still keep food on the table and a roof over my head while everyone else is losing their livelihood. I was no hero, just doing my job and making money. But I did do my job well and that why I never caught COVID because I was following PPE requirements as needed.
I felt the same way
I felt the same way, but I resent the assumption bad nurses caught COVID. My employer would not qualify me for a N-95. They told me to wear two surgical masks. I donned and doffed as carefully smothered myself in gel, had a shield, bag on my head, gowned…
and gelled and masked and distanced if I had to go to the store.
But no matter what we did, we couldn’t seem to stop the spread of Delta.
I’m 60 and have long term effects. I should have refused to work without a N-95.
Nurses that worked the pandemic were heroes until they weren't and were fired over vaccine mandates.
I can be your hero, baby! th-cam.com/video/3gAJWGYRHVU/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=0mGshh
I work in the Dietary Department of my local hospital and I don't consider myself a hero; but I know that hospital employees who work in "Behind the Scenes" departments such as Dietary or Housekeeping or Maintenance are just as important as the front line employees such as doctors and nurses. I was just grateful to still have a job so I could shop for groceries and pay the rent on my apartment as well as pay my cable and Internet bill.
Thank you Bill Maher, watching this made me feel like I'm not alone, an attack on language is an attack on rational thought... does anyone remember being able to think before they could speak?
Orwell 1984
I tell ppl all that we are becoming a country of mass hysteria as a way to make us look like a polite society.
I try to think before I speak... Though there are exceptions, which typically include and obscenity or two. 😜
Serious question: what is rational thought, in your estimation?
@@gmpm The ability to say the fact without minding about others feelings .If someone gets hurt by a fact it's on them.
You left out my pet peeve, humble. People are now saying that they have been humbled after receiving an award, or winning an election. Humbled is what you do after you lose, or have been shamed.
Bill, you keep getting funnier all the time- like the news itself.
1984 also mentioned:
"If all others accepted the lie which the party imposed - if all records told the same tale - then the lie passed into history and became truth"
TRUTH
LIBERAL LIES ARE DESTROYING AMERICA & ALL OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
@@pamelalinquist3733 Not liberals. Leftists. The old Marxist ideas are creeping back into the mainstream.
Like Bill Maher said: "Orwell never ends well."
And I wish everyone who watched this clip had also read 1984! When I quote it, the people around me don't know what the hell I'm talking about! I went to high school in the '60s so I guess people stopped reading 1984 & Animal Farm then.
Lies are subject to belief systems, but never actually become truth if you're a critical thinker. ✨🤔
"Word inflation." Damn if he didn't hit it right on the nose.
Yeah, I caught that too. I'm adding that one to my vocabulary.
I would say word “misappropriation”
phobic and phobia have different meanings. Phobic also include strong aversion instead of just fear.
Common Sense and Logic! - Yay Bill!
I love Bill Maher. We can be liberal without being a snowflake.
bill maher is not a real liberal , he is against freedom of speech against BDS , and supperter of sinema agenda ,
I can myself a Bill Maher liberal. I'm for the policies and against the BS word police
@@jpaul775 Please get your head out of your ass. Just because someone's a contrarian doesn't mean they're automatically frontrunners of the intellectual dark web. Manchin and Sinema are welll known for their corporate sponsorships and private incentives that conveniently get them siding with Republicans more often than not. The "woke left" Bill Maher and the likes keep complaining about is not a real issue. These blue-haired people do not exist outside of the internet and the news-media; real-world problems that need addressing are only getting solutions (even if sometimes shitty ones) from the Democratic party, Manchin and Sinema are just looking out for their own necks, and even if all the other Democrats are tbe same on that regard, at least they put policies forward that are helpful.
@@jacobandrews2663 blue haired people are not important? Sir, you are bluephobic, victimizing all of the heroes that fought oppression from the blondes, brunettes and reds. Have you no shame? I hope you get canceled and banned from TH-cam for your hate speech. Blue hair people have rights too.
Liberals, your rank-and-file status quo Dem voters are the biggest impediments to economic progress.
The Democratic party claims to be the party/hold the ideology best equipped to tackle issues of inequality. Really? Then why do they continue to support capitalism, a system very clearly BUILT upon EXTREME inequality?
Because they are center-right on economics as their loyalty to the wealthy insures their careers as status quo politicians. They - like their greedy Rep colleagues - are more interested in power than sustainability and peaceful coexistence
How ironic will it be when they start calling Bill a right wing extremist for saying these things?
I'm sure they already do at some circles
@@FINNSTIGAT0R sam seder and his whiny cry babies
Truth. You are the only one in the media who makes sense anymore.
I agree with Bill more and more each week. The lunacy in this country just has to come to a halt!
This might be the best piece I’ve ever seen from Bill, and I’m a big fan. Bravo.
Was pretty brilliant 🤗
He is my HERO. 🤣😆
The "OK, Zoomer" bit that just came out is even better. I don't know if it's new writers, but he's killing it right now.
I never feel like I am getting liberal opinions shoved down my throat.
... I doubt that he does his own writing. It would be interesting to know if he does or not.
10/10. Out of all the editorials that I’ve seen, this is the one that everyone including liberals need to watch. And I am saying this as a liberal myself.
Why "including Liberals"? You do realize that Bill Maher is still leaning left, as he always was, even if he's often criticizing them as well
@@damyr55 you sound very angry. I hope one day you can calm down and laugh at comedy too. If you believe in a deity may they bless you. If not I wish you luck and happiness. Gunruk Shan, Jimmy.
@@TGBurgerGaming Did my comment sound angry? Wasn't intended that way. I mean, now that I look at it, starting a sentence with "you do realize" does sound a bit passive-aggressive. But nothing else really seems "angry" about it, in my opinion
Liberals have thrown away liberal values.
@@paulburger9904 a lot of them have, yes.
He shoulda just leaned into it and full on quoted Carlin again at the end about how changing language doesn't change reality.
As Mark Steyn said, I'd rather be called something ending in "-ist" than "-phobe." One implies that I have an ideology. The other dismisses me as just having a disorder that the nice doctor will fix for me.
Bill mentioned in the last show that he was going to talk about "words" in his New Rule monologue. I have been waiting patiently in anticipation and I have NOT been disappointed!
Never thought we’d circle back around to a point where I agree wholeheartedly with Bill Maher.
Dude .... I'm right there with you man.
I’m here for it
Truly you show us why the world is friggin off the chain. Thanks
Thanks for defining “dog whistle”. I hated the overuse of “awesome “. Drove me mad in the most awesome way.
That last Orwell line was masterful
Best thing I've seen in years! Thank you Bill...we need this more now than ever.
"Democracy" and "freedom" need to be on the list of words to stop redefining.
Brilliant as usual!! Thank you!!!😊
I never thought I would watch something Bill Maher did and completely agree with it from beginning to end, but here I am agreeing with this entire video. And I laughed through most of it! 😆
same here - I also just watched the one on phones turning us into a-holes, very good!
Underrated comment of the week
Why would you think you wouldn't agree with something someone said before they said it? Are you a GOP voter or something? The only person I know who is guaranteed to say something so stupid you know it's wrong before they say it is Tucker Carlson.
An open mind is capable of greatness...a closed one...nothing.
except bills bull over the years is part of the cause of this woke crap.
"The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect."
The Revolution will be complete when everyone goes vegan.🌱
Also “One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.”
@@berniv7375 I'll be eating squirrels, roadkill, children, till the very end. The vegans will never take me alive.
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Yes We need to stop changing the meaning of words. To fit our point of view
I love this guy - it’s nice to have you back Bill ❤
The “My son is my King” crowd make me think of King Joffrey from Game of thrones. Pretty sure that’s who you are raising.
Right? And that kid, who is 'their hero' will stop talking to them at age 13 because they don't accept his decision to live as a furry with a 53 year old man because he identifies as a rabbit. No matter how far you think it can't go... it'll probably go there. Time to call BS... en masse.
A 3 year old called 911 because something bad was happening. This CAN be called heroic.
@@spaceclown7650 They WERE funny.
Bill Maher in this video is like Tyrion Lannister whenever he bitch slapped Joffrey and told him to fucking behave. XD
@@xhagast THIS is not what is being talked about. A kid playing outside is not "heroic".
One of the most insightful new rules of maher's career 👏
From what I read on social media, the words “anarchy” and “socialism “ are also widely misunderstood all over the political spectrum.
I agree. Though I do like that he didn’t try to include right wing examples just to placate both sides. When people do that, it just kind of falls hollow.
@@harveydodd8803 it always bothers me that the entire world can have pride in whatever but if you're white it's automatically called supremacy.
True.
All evidence indicatrs that 'socialism' means 'deprivation'. That will never change.
@@aphilipdent because it is white is a loaded term that has kept changing to keep white people in the majority, and unlike black or Latino which denote culture, white only refers to skin color.
@@aphilipdent That's because the modern concept of race was invented by white supremicists to keep who they see as white on top. There's really no such thing as white in an objective sense.
This man is a national treasure!
Bravo! This was perhaps The Best monologue i have heard from you in its Entirety. The very Best elements of necessary Clear, Nuts On ,'Caustic Mirth' , Pure Truth and Piping Up America. Thank you! Like the feeling after getting a good haircut; Putting on Freshly washed bedding... or a soul reaffirming bm... Please Carry On.
My gosh Maher has been so good these last few years. He’s setting the left/right, rich/poor straight and I love seeing it.
As is Tucker Carlson from the right, but no one wants to admit it because only a liberal is suppose to be seen and heard speaking common sense and sounding reasonable.
@@scottthompson7329 lmao tucker Carlson is such a sensationalist joke. He is purely identity politics entertainment
@@paoloemano5502 Classic mainstream bubble dwelling slander. Spoken like a person who's never seen Tucker's show. Just spewing what all your bubble dweller friends do.
@@72slayer72 get a dictionary.
@@scottthompson7329 seen his show and paylo is right. Stop being a baby