With social media today, every idiot has a voice, so every idiot wants to show other people how moral and virtuous they are, they think if they get offended for the person who probably isn’t offended it makes them a good person. It only works if they can show off publicly.
@Ichijo Festival "Nuance is lost on the right." No. Bill's whole video here is a REFUTATION of that. He's actually complaining that leftist idiots (which means most of them) are incapable of finding difference between seeing a penis and having one forcibly shoved into you against your will.
@@random_eskimo_in_the_rockies You seemed to have missed the point of the piece in multiple ways. You can walk and chew gum at the same time. Saying "parts of the left can't seem to make distinctions" isn't saying the same thing as " _only_ the left can't make distinctions". He doesn't need to make a case against the right on his show, because everyone who watches generally agrees that the right is at least to some degree cooky. There's no point in saying it, but what does need to be said to a left-leaning crowd is something they may disagree with, which is that the left also has problems. _Also_ has problems. This is not a refutation that nuance is lost from the right.
Who's this Hollywood guy? I thought I was watching Bill Maher. Don't look for common sense from any large group, you'll never find it there. Tiki torches or pussy hats, they're all retarded.
Peter Adams - To answer your question ... the type of person who'll use the word "noob" is exactly the same type of person who'll use the word " nerd". Glad to be of help!
Groucho Marxism context is king. The type to use noob is the younger version of the type to use nerd. Also, there's a difference between hitting first and hitting back. But if you can't see the difference I really don't care😊
And just top top off this pretzel logic... 2018: Seeing a penis without your consent is exactly as bad as rape 2021: Transgirls can shower in female locker rooms and if you feel uncomfortable about that you're intolerant Not saying trans people are not worthy of respect and dignity, but it only took us 3 years to get from a to b
I'm not much of a fan of Bill personally, but he pointed out the obvious pretty well here. Good on him. We all need to support our freedom of speech over our freedom to be hurt.
Classical liberals are no longer welcome on the left. Either you are on board with their Marxist agenda or they will destroy you. Look at what happened to Weinstein and Pinker. Look at what happened to Lindsey Shepherd. Nobody on the left stood up for a single one of these classic liberals as the SJW's crucified them. If you watched CNN or MSNBC you don't even know it happened.
Scott Humphreys well I consider myself on the left on my own terms. but like you I feel I have been kicked out by people who don't understand what it means to be progressive anymore.
+finsclapping - These people on the far left are very dangerous. Jordan Peterson has a good video explaining where this insanity comes from - ua-cam.com/video/wLoG9zBvvLQ/v-deo.html
Scott Humphreys I know. I watch him too. the left has been taken over by radical groups. but if they weren't pushing this narritive of the power struggle. and in their view try to switch the dominance hierarchy. I'd be on their side. cus I'm am not on the side of conservative: leave things as they are and worry about your own problems mentality. I want to improve the world and care for people around me to make them competent. And I take responsibility for that goal. And that, I feel, has been better represented on the left in the past. The most obnoxious truth denying people have been on the right. And still are. But any support to the left right now is steering the ship in the wrong direction. we've been highjacked. so now I feel myself taking sides on the right.
I'm too conservative to be liberal and too liberal to be conservative. Bill Maher is one of the smartest and funniest liberals I've seen and on this issue I bow at his feet
@@declangill5138 I fall into that category myself. When people ask me I tell them I'm Independent/Theodore Roosevelt Republican because President TR wouldn't fit in any modern mold either. And as for Christian Price? I don't think TR would be called a Simp... Try reading books and things and learning, not parroting MSNBC or FOX News.
@@seththomas9105 when people tell me I have to be Conservative or Liberal, I ask them who says? They tell me "society". Probably the same society that once determined a POC is 3/5 a person, probably the same society that made capable women give up their careers if they wanted to get married or start a family, probably the same society that turned its back on the man who broke enigma in ww2 because he was gay. I could go on but I think I've made my point
Joseph Davidson small minority ? You mean the thousand of feminazis in the women’s march that wouldn’t agree with anything that was said in the video ? Oh and idiot Hollywood
I am an atheist living in the other side of the world, in a religious country, and have watched the right and the left wing of western politics and this is my conclusion: Both extremes - far left and far right - have vociferous lunatics trying to promote their ideology by deliberately skewing facts . You don't have to be "conservative", "liberal", "Christian", "Muslim"...or "gender fluid" or whatever. Those are individual preferences and those tend to be fickle . The West has become obsessed with titles. If one doesn't agree to another person's OPINION then that person is deemed to belong to a different faction. Most people are somewhere in the between.
Its not as strange as we are led to think. The whole idea of a political spectrum was created to make it easier for talking heads to generalize and whip up footsoldiers. Its marketing. Its not real except when you buy into it. George Washington said similar things in his firm opposition to the creation of political parties. Maher plays along with the labelling enough to get a TV show, but in actuality he examines ideas on their own merit - as we all should. It doesn't mean that he's always correct. It means he is at least approaching ideas like a grown-up.
j v Actually the political spectrum wasn't made up by anybody for any political end. It's a relic from the French revolution. It's still exhausted it's utility a long time ago.
Mahr is a comedian with a brain, and I'm sure he writes his own stuff......if it isn't just him talking freely, which I think it is. He's one of the liberal comedians I actually like.
I lean left and so do most of my friends and I think it's important to know, most liberals are more like Bill Maher. A lot of us can take a joke and hate the extreme left just as much as the next guy. Unfortunately people only know the Twitter warriors and assume that all liberals must be like that. I just want people to know that those people represent a minority of our side.
This was needed very badly! Little bit too late for Franken tho, good man was tossed aside, because Supreme Being Gillibrand said so. Females = Supreme Beings. I'm so happy I'm gay, but I feel for my straight friends. They re basically guilty of being males. Result of years of HuffPost, Salon, TYT, Samantha Bees of America.
As a woman myself, I completely agree with Bill about the degree of harm. It’s a no brainer. If I HAVE to “choose” between being raped and being forced to see a penis, I would choose the latter. It’s like if I have to choose between being shot on the head or shot on the arm, I would prefer the latter too. Not because I want to be shot (duh) but the harm is simply less than the former.
Beaujangles McJiggle you dont have to say it. Im just noticing a problem with the "but rape is worse" crowd. I am a big fan of bill but I dont agree with everything he said. He is right, equating seeing a penis with rape is ridiculous. But I think Kristen Gillibrant has a point that some people focus on what is worse or "degrees" than saying stop this shit altogether. He literally said what Al franken did was a joke. Maybe that is how he meant it and if he were a 19 year old I would forgive him. But a grown government offical should know better. I think some people bring up worse things as a reason to be dismissive. I know Bill isnt one of them but that is how it comes across
I think he means, different levels punishments for different crimes both deserve to be punished but we have to distinguish between a death sentence and life imprisonment
Mending Wall Literally no one is saying we should let groping go just because rape is worse. Absolutely no one has said that, you just seem to assume someone somewhere must be saying that.
THANK YOU for so beautifully addressing my concerns about the Me Too movement. Why do we jump straight into polarity, black and white? Makes something that is common sense into something ridiculous.
Runaway Lady I dont think its about lumping things into one category, I just think some people dont want others to come up with excuses to let things go. Most reasonable people know a pat on the butt isnt as bad as rape. But people are quick to bring up that rape is worse so you will shit up about the smaller things. Al franken is nowhere near as bad as weinstein, but that doesnt mean what he did is no big deal as Bill is trying to say
Mending Wall Polarization won't help, people who make statements like Minnie Driver lose all their credibility, they weaken the movement and muddy the waters regarding the real victims. Distinction is needed and differentiated language, otherwise this movement will drown in batshit craziness.
Sopho Nax What minnie driver said was crazy. But shes an extreme example. I think Gillibrant had a point thay some peoole focus more on what is worse rather thsn saying lets stop it altogether. Most reasonable people know rape is worse than groping but lets not be dismissive because something is worse by comparison
Mending Wall I see what you mean but in my opinion Gillibrant's statement was not one bit better. Like Bill said, let's have additional discussion. Rape is like groping as apples are like oranges. Absolute nonsense and dismissive against all real victims. I was groped too. So what? I slapped the guy and he backed off. What's the problem? Little girls should be raised to be self-confident and secure in their bodies. Not to complain and shrink and feel offended all day long. Edit: The MeToo movement is actually about harrassment in WORK places, where women can not slap a guy who gropes them. Still we can not pretend all kinds of sexual misbehavior are the same. Franken is not Weinstein or Moore.
@@ellenjones8695 you're doing it too Ellen. That "toothless, stupid jokes" quip was a round-about way to insult "conservatives". You're premise is nice though, there are nuts on both sides, far-anything becomes fascism and we have alot more similarities than differences. Need to stop focusing on labels and political parties and remember we're supposed to be neighbors and countrymen ... treat people with respect and empathize and you can be friends with almost anyone. Spread Love not hate. Have a nice day
And money. I'd say money over power. Once you start a non-profit, a whole bunch of people have jobs. And people need to get paid. And that takes money. And no non-profit is going to say, "Well, our main goals from 42 years ago have pretty much been met and exceeded. I think we're kind of done here" and close shop. So, they have no choice but to keep pushing the envelope farther and farther and more nonsensically away from where it all started. Gotta get those donations in. If nothing happens, no one donates. If something happens, BAM, the emails can go out, the phone calls can be made and "Let's go, everyone. We need to hit our quarterly goal. This sad fish youtube video is a winner!!" PETA President Sandy Hunston
Tom Barry yeah, unfortunately you could see the breakup pretty early. It's just sad only the right wingers called it. And it took some classic liberals to have to eat shit for it to be both sides.
Except MeToo was never a "just cause" that got perverted over time. It was a cause people saw as having potential to be a force for good but there was never any direction that kept it on anything resembling legitimacy... It is essentially a Riot. The only reason we didn't see it before is because no one broke anything yet.
a hero? we need him now more than ever? ..lol calm ur tits kids. none of this is new and theres nothing heroic about saying what most people are thinking..just, settle down..nothin to get worked up about.
I wouldn't give Bill too much credit as this really isn't that insightful. It's just that some people lack this thing called common sense which they have to be hit over the head with.
So how did Minnie Driver have children if she equates seeing a penis with rape? Was she saying she was raped when she conceived her children? See, that's how the logical thought process works, actions have reactions, words have meaning, etc...
Just fuck off already. I am so sick of you over sensitive idiots trying to make everything some sort of an attack. I don't give a shit if you agree with me or not. Bye Felicia.
Feminism is necessary. Making idiotic points like Gilibrand did weakens feminism. And equating stupid macho behavior to felonies assures Gilibrand a huge drop of male votes. Talking about shooting yourself in the foot...
shut up Meg! You mean controlled nwo puppets. Bill believes in the illegal military prisons like gitmo. Watch out if you get called terrorist you are not coming out.
Agreed. As a female who has always been incredibly aware of the potential for sexual harassment and assault, it greatly concerns me that there are a lot of women (or overly enthusiastic 'feminists', regardless of gender) out there who actually *want* to conflate something like an ass grab (which is not okay and if in a work situation should be reported to HR) with actual rape. There are a ton of things in between those two as well. No one can *honestly* say that they think any woman who has to endure being cat-called out perverse, scary, strange, etc. things on the street by men they walk past has the same level of abuse and trauma that rape victims have. Are all things on the 'spectrum' of sexual harassment and assault absolutely terrible? Yes. They all need to be condemned and stopped. But to say that there's no difference is absurd and only hurts the very valid argument underlying it.
Women have been undermining their own cause for years. Sexual harassment claims are no longer a mechanisms for addressing grievances. They're too often fabricated and wildly exaggerated strategies of a particularly vile nature. And they've become a blood sport. You've overplayed your hand, ladies and you'll pay for it in ways you never expected. Men of character and accomplishment - real skills and education - will turn to women from other cultures big time. As they already have by the tens of thousands. This has never been, simply, about bad behavior because both genders engage in that in the workplace. It's simply that one gender found a way to capitalize on it and will ride that horse until it drops.
Also cat calling is not sexist. It is because they are sexually attracted to them not because they are prejudiced. If cat calling was due to sexism then incredibly unnatractive women should be cat called equally to incredibly attractive women
On the other side of the coin, people love to use "it's not as bad as rape" to excuse some behavior that shouldn't be excused. Plus, the kind of attitudes that excuse the "less bad" stuff teaches people (men especially) that what a woman wants, or how she wants to be treated, doesn't really matter, Which leads to rape occurring more frequently, and more blind eyes being turned when it does.
Finally, someone had the balls to tell the truth. Metoo is taking things too far. Dave Chappelle said it right, " Women need men on their side to see through this problem not alienate them".
Then maybe men should stop telling women how to feel. Almost as bad as telling other people how to think (of course we would want to make sure there's a distinction :-P). Oh, and by the way, women don't "need" men for anything. Kind of the point of the whole movement, Davy. :-)
These crazies have already driven a wedge between men and kids and now they want a wedge between men and women. What sort of hateful puritanical society do they want ????? Yes, there are plenty of scuzzy men - but we're not all rape beasts walking around like silverbacks with out dicks swinging. This anti male bigotry needs to die a death.
Yeah, he is indeed self-involved, isn't he. I guess what it comes down to is that when he's making sense and/or being funny, one can overlook the smugness. When he's wrong though, he can get really irritating on top.
He is devoted to the truth but he is not as curious as he could be. There are people to the Right of him who make mincemeat of much of what he has to say.
4 degrees of murder, 3 degrees of burns, 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon....oh boy XD Thank you Bill, for saying what I, as a woman, have been wishing I could yell off rooftops for ages about this whole MeToo thing. I felt like I was the only person in the world who could see that the Al Franken thing was not only a joke, but that he wasn't even touching the woman.
He was actually touching the woman but in essence, I agree with you. Why don't you consider joining the Republicans? The MeToo movement was created (in my estimation) because shouting "racism, racism, racism" doesn't work so well any more.
Accusing people of being racist has kinda failed to lead to the impact as desired when America finally admitted it was okay with Nazis. The important part of accusing people of racism, reminding your subject that race is an artificial and broken worldview that leads to great harm to specific groups, and it might easily be overlooked if you are not part of that group, failed to resonate with people too stupid to tell insult from criticism, and too narcissistic to take criticism as anything but incrimination. MeToo will probably fail for the same reason, the type of people you'd need to listen to your message to fix the problems will ignore the conversation entirely and just take from it how it impacts them directly. Rather than approaching MeToo as a sign of systemic stress being shunted by a group of people who no longer can take the burdens of objectification, turning and rebuking the systems and members of that system that sustain that burden, MeToo gets turned into a tool of attack against men. Join the Republicans. Bury your head in the sand. Ignore the influence of markets on our lives and rejoice as the bubble our economy sits on is inflated beyond sustainability. Side with the wealthy, the powerful, and the well off, and maybe they'll get around to rewarding you someday. Ignore the world's problems, and ignore anyone who has a problem with your personal or political outlook. Embrace a fiction, fight for your comfort above all others, and act like a victim when your selfishness is called out for what it is. Vote Republican.
Because Republicans are absolutely some of the most vile and disgusting people on the face of this earth? I don't want to be associated with Trump, McConnell, Ryan, or any of the laundry-list of Republicans who are 'all about family values' while at the same time trying to take away my right to decide what happens with my own body, AND getting their stupid asses caught in adultery, male prostitution, and telling their children/mistresses to get abortions? Because they don't respect the environment? Because they engage in climate denial? Because they systematically put Creationists in charge of education? Because they put Religion before Politics? Because they're scientifically illiterate? Because they're widely homophobic, sexist, and xenophobic? I could go on about why I don't have any interest in being a Republican. Trey Goudy is the only Republican I can think of who doesn't make me nauseous, and he doesn't call Trump out on his shit, which makes me think Trey is a coward.
Reaching Higher "what happens with my own body" - what a disingenuous turd you are, aborting a baby 8 months into pregnancy is fucked up , oh and before you hysterically shout "where do you draw the line", well I have a question - Where do YOU draw the line of a child becoming an adult ?? 16 yrs, 17, 18, 19, 20, what ??, well it's the above in many countries. Drawing a line is difficult at times in the absence of any scientific marker so the society settled for a reasonable range based on pre existing science, instead of allowing 11 yrs olds to fuck each other and aborting babies in the 8th month you dunce..........oh and you sound like one of those gullible bums thinking that the bullshit statement of "97% scientists agree about man-made climate change" pushed by CNN (the symbol of honest and integrity) is actually true without taking one minute out of your stupid existence to try and find out the means by which that bogus 97% number was reached. Also, your hysteria is cringe-worthy - there is no mass phenomenon of children all over America being taught creationism and north America recording its coldest winter in decades isn't a shining example of the whole "every year will be hotter than the previous" nonsense that weak minded dunces like you fall for.
Noir Rain - don't go that far when you can record the conversations as proof to win a libel case. why be the one accused when you can win as the acuser?
We dont know what the truth is. I wont assume hes guilty or that the allegations are bullshit until more evidence comes out. We are not supposed to think a man is automatically guilty but we can assume a woman is automatically a liar
Well said Mr. Maher. The METOO movement is going to fall apart if the spokespeople throw common sense out the window. Are they going to tell a rape victim that her experience is equal to that of a woman who got a patt on the butt by a co-worker ? Saying rape is worse is not saying the patt on the butt is ok or that the 2nd woman does not have the right to feel violated as well. How about we treat each other with respect and don't bite someone's head off if they have a genuine question.
No Tolerance! No Thinking! In 2018 Liberal Democrats will show Trump they can still make America the Greatest Prison Police State the World has ever Seen!
i myself did my civic duty and ripped samantha bee a new one on twitter. i hope everybody else does the same thing. she even had the audacity to attack ashleigh banfield for speaking up about that BS "me too" article.
Differences in degree must be understood. Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln were both racists but Jefferson Davis wanted to maintain slavery and Lincoln wanted to end it.
It's true lol. They were both racists. Lincoln was of the belief that the best black man is still worse than the worst white man. He just wasn't as bad as some other racists who wanted to rape and murder black people lol.
sbg75 actually Lincoln waged war on the Confederacy because he felt that secession was an act of treason; if he could've won the Civil War without abolition he would've done so.
Lincoln initially proposed that any state in which slavery was already in practice wouldn't have to abolish slavery. He only changed this stance after the south succeeded and after the south attacked - He was holding out hope for unity at the cost of black freedom in the south before that.
Ichijo Festival oh gee another stupid feminist who can’t see the basic difference between third wave feminism and first wave feminism, feminism originally started when women didn’t have equal rights to men but now they do so what even is third wave feminism? It’s just insanity
Every liberal/progressive pocast out there has said the same thing. Enough with the hero worship. He's not even cutting edge. Pretty mainstream all in all.
A compliment is now worship? I like him, I like what he says and how he delivers his message. If more want to say what he does, the more the merrier. I don't hear it.
whats sad is that needs to be explained to grown up people in America/ My fellow Left islosing its collective mind, Senator Gillibrand should resign, after what she did to Franken.
kuman30 there is an important DISTINCTION between alternative media (like youtube) and the mainstream media (including HBO) -- and you know it. There is a reason i get all my news/current events from alternative media: because it isnt all trapped in a bubble needing Bill Maher to explain no brainers to people who should know better. I just think it's past the time for the MSM to catch up to the rest of us.
Hahaha!!! God dammit, was just about to say something similar. Great minds.............. Bill: "In 2018 it is more important than ever that we all keep laughing." 2020: "Challenge accepted."
He doesn’t really do anything. The people that watch him aren’t lost souls who suddenly see the light in his words. We watch him bc we already generally feel the same way. He’s not really creating new ideas…he just saying what we think already in a very entertaining way.
Right Bill doesn't do anything. You can't say with any degree of certainty that Maher's show actually influence's behavior. Maher is not that important. He's no George Carlin, not even close.
I normally disagree with Maher, but he seems to be one of the few mainstream progressive voices that is calling for a reasonable approach to many of today’s issues, especially PC culture. Well done Bill - never thought I’d say that
@Trigger Town You're taking tag-lines from a minority and attributing them to all liberals and progressives It would be like me calling you a "Nazi"; but considering your last sentence, perhaps you are
Tim cooney I completely agree with Bill on this but what Gillibrand is doing is not PC at all, it’s the opposite. It’s like what Bill said; Her stance is the equivalent to alternate facts!
Teh Goat No true Scotsman in the sense that you are saying that they do not apply because they are the minority when in reality you are in the minority if you don’t say those things- as a progressive. This stereotype did not just fall out of the sky. If it did, bill would not have had to make a video pleading with your side to stop this behavior.
I disagree with Maher on a whole lot of things, mainly political but when it comes to this and religion he speaks the truth. Now if only other people could separate their political party with their other beliefs we could make some progress. People on both sides are far too stuck on their sides.
Bmac 814 Humans are tribal creatures. When you put politics into it, the tendency becomes even more extreme because when you are in a political faction, the opposing faction is not just wrong, but evil. Obviously we don't or can't compromise with "evil people" or work with them for a common good, right?
Btw Meg is a classic victim of constant abuse. In later seasons it is revealed that she herself becomes a horrible person, probably to protect herself from daily pain. In real life a girl like Meg either will be broken for life, or will find a husband she can abuse herself, and then her children, and her grand children.
Remember that he WANTS to critize his own side. He wants to find the flaws with the movement he agrees with, he wants to correct those flaws and make the movement more bulletproof.
J F, but do there have to be "sides?" Who defined the differing sides, anyway? If you dig deep, you'll find the globalists pulling the strings of both the Demopublicans and Republicrats and fanning the flames of ill will and disagreement.
The more everybody starts to throw out the dogma of a give "side" and look at each issue rationally (like he does here) irrespective of whether it agrees with preconceived bias/dogma, the more likely we are to actually solve the world's problems. Too bad more people on all sides don't think this way.
Kirsten Gillibrand says "We need to draw a line in the sand and say none of it is ok." which is an oxymoronic statement. "Draw a line in the sand" means you are intentionally making a distinction, between what is on one side of the line and that on the other. So, she is saying, we need to make a distinction between what is and is not ok, and say none of it is ok. Idiocy.
Mending Wall Life doesn’t work that way - human interaction is full of complexities and we cannot categorize each action as being “good” or “bad” unless we analyze each action and its intentions individually. For example - I don’t always initiate sex with my s.o. by using verbal cues but I always ask for consent in other ways and understand fully when I am not given permission to continue. If we standardize the way consent should be requested/granted, we begin to lose our personal freedoms.
pookieluvie Intent counts but Im referring to stranger interactions. You are married so there is love and trust there. However, I do think its bad to grope a stranger without consent or even a cue. Some people want to be spontaneous but Im not going to risk harrassing someone that doesnt want it. If I touch someone it is with permission or someone Ive built trust with for years. If we get too loose with that people can use that as an excuse for unwanted behavior. But thats just me
As a young man, do you know how many women, a lot of them older and repulsive, actually touch my ass or flirt? Many. Yet if I ever said anything, I'd be labeled a pussy. Women have gone bananas over this thing and the fact is that a lot of them initiate it. The Aziz thing was started by her. She was the one who tried to get his attention. She was the one who went down on him twice. Even with a monster like Weinstein, some of his ''victims'' were in on it. Asia Argento being an example of that. Women want men to walk on eggshells around them and it won't happen, no matter how loud they yell.
Max Amon You arent going to change anything if you dont speak up. Just because you let it go, that doesnt mean others will. I didnt realize keeping your hands to yourself counts as walking on egshells. Men should speak up about harrasment too. If people laugh, so what? Keep going. Things change over time
She is so full of BS. She was and still is soooo insignificant while Al Franken was incredibly important; did she feel important when she attacked Al? A lot of people will never forgive her for that!
Al Franken should've stayed in the Senate. As far as anyone knows, his alleged sexual harassment incidents look nothing more than practical jokes than actual rape or molestation. Things for which he could've tried apologizing in private or let the committee run an ethics investigation on him without making such a fiasco to the press.
Yeah, you didn't follow the story. When he was first accused by a Hannity pundit no one took it seriously. But then, more women came out. You are taking this too personally.
Joseph Davidson I'm not taking anything personally. I'm just stating how I thought the situation was mishandled considering the Dems pressured him to resign rather than take the time to verify the claims through an ethics investigation.
eec, his own party kicked him out of Senate, Dem Senators, one after another put out statements that they refuse to work in same room with Franken. We are lost, my fellow Left! And America, you deserve Trump! You are a stupid, stupid nation! Trump is perfect fit for you!
"nothing more than practical jokes" Something can be both a practical joke and sexual harassment. And that was the situation with Al. You don't get to do something very disrespectful and then simply use your "But I thought it was funny" card, that's not how it works. media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2017_46/2228926/171116-al-franken-leeann-tweeden-airplane-se-1105a_cdbd11d4ba4f856a53dca9fe3803882f.nbcnews-fp-360-360.jpg
valgehiir - "The left is crumbling under the weight of its own hypocrisy, corruption, and shit behaviour... You other chumps can keep Trump. Trump is stoopid" Yeah okay, champ. We will. Thanks.
No, you're wrong. They've (meaning the neo-Marxists and New Left) been going overboard with it since the 1950s and 1960s, starting with the rise of second wave feminism and radfems. It's only in 2018 that we're beginning to see the affects of generations of anti-male brainwashing in our society, and we're also seeing the beginning of their endgame which involves making white men second class citizens throughout the West.
+president camacho is completely right. They are wayyyyy over represented. I'd say that the Feminazi's and SJW's have done far more to damage to the left in this country then they have to advance their cause.
Thomas Sowell talked about this for decades. He told us and we didn't listen. The liberal education system is turning out students that don't think and don't even know how. Instead they emphasize their feelings. Now here we are.
The liberal school system? What the fuck are you even talking about? The school systems in southern deep red states are liberal? Shut up you fucking dunce.
...He's talking about universities, not K-12 public schools. If you want to learn more about the phenomenon he is referring to, watch a Jonathan Haidt talk on the state of universities.
Jared Czaia Having been in college fairly recently, I'm not certain that either you or Mr. Haidt have any idea what you're talking about. No one encouraged me to share my "feelings" on papers. It was peer-reviewed fact or you failed.
He's not talking about STEM type programs, which it sounds like you experienced. Haidt is referring more to the humanities and liberal arts departments.
Holy shit do some people really think Bill’s opinion on this is controversial? This seems like common sense to me
With social media today, every idiot has a voice, so every idiot wants to show other people how moral and virtuous they are, they think if they get offended for the person who probably isn’t offended it makes them a good person. It only works if they can show off publicly.
Nuance is lost on those who try to categorize everything as left or right
Too bad common sense is lost, whether you go far left OR far right.
@Ichijo Festival "Nuance is lost on the right." No. Bill's whole video here is a REFUTATION of that. He's actually complaining that leftist idiots (which means most of them) are incapable of finding difference between seeing a penis and having one forcibly shoved into you against your will.
@@random_eskimo_in_the_rockies You seemed to have missed the point of the piece in multiple ways. You can walk and chew gum at the same time. Saying "parts of the left can't seem to make distinctions" isn't saying the same thing as " _only_ the left can't make distinctions". He doesn't need to make a case against the right on his show, because everyone who watches generally agrees that the right is at least to some degree cooky. There's no point in saying it, but what does need to be said to a left-leaning crowd is something they may disagree with, which is that the left also has problems. _Also_ has problems. This is not a refutation that nuance is lost from the right.
So relieved that you are back. We need this to be said.
Larry Fine, so say it. You don't need to sheepishly stand behind Maher or anyone else.
Mikey Mousse Ok... Time to take your pills! That's right their the ones marked ‘CYANIDE'
Brett VV Hahahahaha! Lol! Love the SLJ reference
Thank you holy shit. Finally some common sense from Hollywood
Who's this Hollywood guy? I thought I was watching Bill Maher. Don't look for common sense from any large group, you'll never find it there. Tiki torches or pussy hats, they're all retarded.
STFU noob!
Hollywood guy.....lol
you have no idea what you are talking about.
Peter Adams - To answer your question ... the type of person who'll use the word "noob" is exactly the same type of person who'll use the word " nerd". Glad to be of help!
Groucho Marxism context is king. The type to use noob is the younger version of the type to use nerd. Also, there's a difference between hitting first and hitting back. But if you can't see the difference I really don't care😊
Bill is one of the only rational liberals in the world.
Minnie Driver's statement is incredibly offensive to all women that actually have been raped.
I was thinking the same. How dare she!
Yup
@@ajv336 Exactly
And just top top off this pretzel logic...
2018: Seeing a penis without your consent is exactly as bad as rape
2021: Transgirls can shower in female locker rooms and if you feel uncomfortable about that you're intolerant
Not saying trans people are not worthy of respect and dignity, but it only took us 3 years to get from a to b
And she wonders why Matt Damon dumped her😂😂
The sad part is he had to explain it!
ikr !!!
dar ali I know! It’s also an insult to the people who have been brave enough to tell their stories!
Patiently waiting for someone to claim he is “mansplaining”
dar ali we have to though
Loreaver When did anyone talk about lying are always being a victim?
He actually went there! Damn, I love Bill.
This shouldn't be controversial
I know, right?
GodofPastries shouldn't be but is, so doesn't really make a difference.
Eww. You actually said he "went there"...? *douche chills*
I'm not much of a fan of Bill personally, but he pointed out the obvious pretty well here. Good on him. We all need to support our freedom of speech over our freedom to be hurt.
Classical liberals are fed up with the madness.
Classical liberals are no longer welcome on the left. Either you are on board with their Marxist agenda or they will destroy you. Look at what happened to Weinstein and Pinker. Look at what happened to Lindsey Shepherd. Nobody on the left stood up for a single one of these classic liberals as the SJW's crucified them. If you watched CNN or MSNBC you don't even know it happened.
Scott Humphreys well I consider myself on the left on my own terms. but like you I feel I have been kicked out by people who don't understand what it means to be progressive anymore.
+finsclapping - These people on the far left are very dangerous. Jordan Peterson has a good video explaining where this insanity comes from - ua-cam.com/video/wLoG9zBvvLQ/v-deo.html
Scott Humphreys I know. I watch him too. the left has been taken over by radical groups.
but if they weren't pushing this narritive of the power struggle. and in their view try to switch the dominance hierarchy. I'd be on their side. cus I'm am not on the side of conservative: leave things as they are and worry about your own problems mentality. I want to improve the world and care for people around me to make them competent. And I take responsibility for that goal. And that, I feel, has been better represented on the left in the past. The most obnoxious truth denying people have been on the right. And still are. But any support to the left right now is steering the ship in the wrong direction. we've been highjacked. so now I feel myself taking sides on the right.
I'm too conservative to be liberal and too liberal to be conservative. Bill Maher is one of the smartest and funniest liberals I've seen and on this issue I bow at his feet
Simp
@@christianprice2524 because I believe its more important than ever that we all keep laughing
@@declangill5138 I fall into that category myself. When people ask me I tell them I'm Independent/Theodore Roosevelt Republican because President TR wouldn't fit in any modern mold either. And as for Christian Price? I don't think TR would be called a Simp... Try reading books and things and learning, not parroting MSNBC or FOX News.
@@seththomas9105 when people tell me I have to be Conservative or Liberal, I ask them who says? They tell me "society". Probably the same society that once determined a POC is 3/5 a person, probably the same society that made capable women give up their careers if they wanted to get married or start a family, probably the same society that turned its back on the man who broke enigma in ww2 because he was gay. I could go on but I think I've made my point
We used to be called Moderates. But no one believes we exist anymore.
So glad Bill said this. I couldn't understand why Matt Damon was being vilified and no one came to his defense.
Easy, because they in turn would be tainted and be forced to go off to the mysterious island with Weinstein & the bunch and never be heard from again.
Valerie S Because many in Hollywood choose money over integrity.
Because democucks / libtards have no common sense.
he had to apologize too. i think he apologized over the weekend.
Do you live in a cave? Lots of people agreed with him.
Tell the truth Bill, no matter how much people don't want to hear it.
You mean the small minority of people who don't want to hear it. Yeah, so brave...hahaha
Joseph Davidson small minority ? You mean the thousand of feminazis in the women’s march that wouldn’t agree with anything that was said in the video ? Oh and idiot Hollywood
As a Conservative and Christian it is a strange day when I completely agree with Maher. Keep it up!
I am an atheist living in the other side of the world, in a religious country, and have watched the right and the left wing of western politics and this is my conclusion: Both extremes - far left and far right - have vociferous lunatics trying to promote their ideology by deliberately skewing facts . You don't have to be "conservative", "liberal", "Christian", "Muslim"...or "gender fluid" or whatever. Those are individual preferences and those tend to be fickle . The West has become obsessed with titles. If one doesn't agree to another person's OPINION then that person is deemed to belong to a different faction. Most people are somewhere in the between.
Its not as strange as we are led to think. The whole idea of a political spectrum was created to make it easier for talking heads to generalize and whip up footsoldiers. Its marketing.
Its not real except when you buy into it. George Washington said similar things in his firm opposition to the creation of political parties.
Maher plays along with the labelling enough to get a TV show, but in actuality he examines ideas on their own merit - as we all should.
It doesn't mean that he's always correct. It means he is at least approaching ideas like a grown-up.
j v Actually the political spectrum wasn't made up by anybody for any political end. It's a relic from the French revolution. It's still exhausted it's utility a long time ago.
Well, both parties are coming after each own parties because haft of their own members are lacking common sense in their party’s agendas.
PokeTeeHee
But on the Bright side.
There's Hope for you Yet ☺
As a conservative, I must say Bill Maher is guilty of being right on this issue!
Mahr is a comedian with a brain, and I'm sure he writes his own stuff......if it isn't just him talking freely, which I think it is. He's one of the liberal comedians I actually like.
I lean left and so do most of my friends and I think it's important to know, most liberals are more like Bill Maher. A lot of us can take a joke and hate the extreme left just as much as the next guy. Unfortunately people only know the Twitter warriors and assume that all liberals must be like that. I just want people to know that those people represent a minority of our side.
As a liberal, I'm glad to hear you and I both know a reasoned argument when we hear one!
@@bryanmachin2152 indeed 🍻
Good One lol!
Sometimes it takes a comedian to tell the truth
WorstCaseOntario lately this is the norm or has it always been...
aldi404 Artists are the only people who do. War on them is war on truth.
well, when people are becoming medieval like idiots, it take a fool to tell the truth, like in medieval times
theres no one better to tell the truth than a comedian.
....it takes a politician to tell the best jokes.
Thank you Bill, this was really needed.
right with you
NotYourTypicalFarah something a typical farah would say
This was needed very badly! Little bit too late for Franken tho, good man was tossed aside, because Supreme Being Gillibrand said so. Females = Supreme Beings. I'm so happy I'm gay, but I feel for my straight friends. They re basically guilty of being males. Result of years of HuffPost, Salon, TYT, Samantha Bees of America.
As a woman myself, I completely agree with Bill about the degree of harm. It’s a no brainer. If I HAVE to “choose” between being raped and being forced to see a penis, I would choose the latter. It’s like if I have to choose between being shot on the head or shot on the arm, I would prefer the latter too. Not because I want to be shot (duh) but the harm is simply less than the former.
Better than a money shot
I guys f it u yyzyyuyuuux Yo and your
Seeing a penis is like being shot in the arm?
You don't have to say 'as a woman' every rape victim suffers regardless of their gender
@@Anicius_ Minnie Driver made it a female issue, she never generalized for both sexes. The starter "as a woman" is addressing that.
“Justice requires weighing things.”
-Bill Maher, 2018
So these are statues of Maher in court.
Fascinating
I have to agree, murder and manslaughter are not the same thing, you cannot equal the pain of someone who was raped to someone one who was groped
duh
BladeWinters of course not. But that doesnt mean you let groping go because rape is worse. That doesnt mean you cant be zero tolerance on both.
Beaujangles McJiggle you dont have to say it. Im just noticing a problem with the "but rape is worse" crowd. I am a big fan of bill but I dont agree with everything he said. He is right, equating seeing a penis with rape is ridiculous. But I think Kristen Gillibrant has a point that some people focus on what is worse or "degrees" than saying stop this shit altogether. He literally said what Al franken did was a joke. Maybe that is how he meant it and if he were a 19 year old I would forgive him. But a grown government offical should know better. I think some people bring up worse things as a reason to be dismissive. I know Bill isnt one of them but that is how it comes across
I think he means, different levels punishments for different crimes both deserve to be punished but we have to distinguish between a death sentence and life imprisonment
Mending Wall Literally no one is saying we should let groping go just because rape is worse. Absolutely no one has said that, you just seem to assume someone somewhere must be saying that.
THANK YOU for so beautifully addressing my concerns about the Me Too movement. Why do we jump straight into polarity, black and white? Makes something that is common sense into something ridiculous.
Runaway Lady I dont think its about lumping things into one category, I just think some people dont want others to come up with excuses to let things go. Most reasonable people know a pat on the butt isnt as bad as rape. But people are quick to bring up that rape is worse so you will shit up about the smaller things. Al franken is nowhere near as bad as weinstein, but that doesnt mean what he did is no big deal as Bill is trying to say
Paul Nolan I hope it doesnt say please rape me
Mending Wall Polarization won't help, people who make statements like Minnie Driver lose all their credibility, they weaken the movement and muddy the waters regarding the real victims. Distinction is needed and differentiated language, otherwise this movement will drown in batshit craziness.
Sopho Nax What minnie driver said was crazy. But shes an extreme example. I think Gillibrant had a point thay some peoole focus more on what is worse rather thsn saying lets stop it altogether. Most reasonable people know rape is worse than groping but lets not be dismissive because something is worse by comparison
Mending Wall I see what you mean but in my opinion Gillibrant's statement was not one bit better. Like Bill said, let's have additional discussion. Rape is like groping as apples are like oranges. Absolute nonsense and dismissive against all real victims. I was groped too. So what? I slapped the guy and he backed off. What's the problem? Little girls should be raised to be self-confident and secure in their bodies. Not to complain and shrink and feel offended all day long.
Edit: The MeToo movement is actually about harrassment in WORK places, where women can not slap a guy who gropes them. Still we can not pretend all kinds of sexual misbehavior are the same. Franken is not Weinstein or Moore.
George Carlin is smiling in his grave!
+I'm A Nice Guy - I bet he's down there right now, screaming up at us. And I think he's in severe pain.
George Carlin was cremated, his daughter and his brother scattered his ashes several places....
I'm A Nice Guy Good one lol 🤣😂🤪
Nope - George has been dead for a decade...he dosen't have lips anymore.
George Carlin is happy that his favorite pupil Bill Maher is carrying on the tradition of calling BS in America
Bill Maher, a sensible liberal. One of the last of a dying breed.
Actually, there are quite a few of us left out there.☺
nah most of his ideas are on point only one is disagree is second amendment , but 99% of him is Ok in my book
Amen. But we need liberals and conservatives. Checks and balances......
It's alright to disagree with him. He does have common sense which is more important than his affiliation.
@@ellenjones8695 you're doing it too Ellen. That "toothless, stupid jokes" quip was a round-about way to insult "conservatives". You're premise is nice though, there are nuts on both sides, far-anything becomes fascism and we have alot more similarities than differences. Need to stop focusing on labels and political parties and remember we're supposed to be neighbors and countrymen ... treat people with respect and empathize and you can be friends with almost anyone. Spread Love not hate. Have a nice day
So good to have you back, Bill!
At fucking last! Well said sir
I used to not be a fan of Bill, but the more I hear him speak, I think he's one of the few people out there thinking rationally. Very well said...
" Cant we just be having an additional conversation ? ".
That requires nuance and sophistication Bill ...you silly boy .lol
Right? Doesn't he know that people can't have more than one thought in a day?
What sadly happens with most causes, they start out as nobel and just, then people see opportunity to use it as a way to get power over others.
And money. I'd say money over power. Once you start a non-profit, a whole bunch of people have jobs. And people need to get paid. And that takes money. And no non-profit is going to say, "Well, our main goals from 42 years ago have pretty much been met and exceeded. I think we're kind of done here" and close shop. So, they have no choice but to keep pushing the envelope farther and farther and more nonsensically away from where it all started. Gotta get those donations in. If nothing happens, no one donates. If something happens, BAM, the emails can go out, the phone calls can be made and "Let's go, everyone. We need to hit our quarterly goal. This sad fish youtube video is a winner!!" PETA President Sandy Hunston
Sounds like feminism to me
Tom Barry yeah, unfortunately you could see the breakup pretty early. It's just sad only the right wingers called it. And it took some classic liberals to have to eat shit for it to be both sides.
Except MeToo was never a "just cause" that got perverted over time. It was a cause people saw as having potential to be a force for good but there was never any direction that kept it on anything resembling legitimacy... It is essentially a Riot. The only reason we didn't see it before is because no one broke anything yet.
How fucking true is that.
Bill Maher is a goddamn hero
We need people like Maher more than ever
Eh, he can be hit or miss but he's dead on about this.
a hero? we need him now more than ever? ..lol calm ur tits kids. none of this is new and theres nothing heroic about saying what most people are thinking..just, settle down..nothin to get worked up about.
I wouldn't give Bill too much credit as this really isn't that insightful. It's just that some people lack this thing called common sense which they have to be hit over the head with.
Draigon18 are you kidding me? We do need people like him right now.
"Distinction deniers". I am going to remember that.
Did you?
@@cavegoblin101 who me ?
@@daveno8432 Yes! Did you remember?
psuro Like "conspiracy deniers".
Phrases like 'fake news' and 'Karen' stick. But 'distinction deniers' hasn't stuck. It needs to stick.
Very well said, Bill! Hats off for conveying common sense in the midst of the craziness. Minnie Driver is our of her freaking mind.
So how did Minnie Driver have children if she equates seeing a penis with rape? Was she saying she was raped when she conceived her children? See, that's how the logical thought process works, actions have reactions, words have meaning, etc...
Shoplifting and armed robbery are the same crime to Gilibrand.
Miss Kitty Fantastico I think she's like most politicians and sees a wave forming, she's just concerned about gaining points.
Well said Kitty.
to be fair: if you have arms when shoplifting, it is armed robbery XD
Just fuck off already. I am so sick of you over sensitive idiots trying to make everything some sort of an attack. I don't give a shit if you agree with me or not. Bye Felicia.
Feminism is necessary. Making idiotic points like Gilibrand did weakens feminism. And equating stupid macho behavior to felonies assures Gilibrand a huge drop of male votes.
Talking about shooting yourself in the foot...
Bill is at the top of his game rn
Batman i couldn't agree more!
If bill would of been a Republican his show would of been cancelled years ago.
EVERYTHING I've been thinking and why this good movement is really starting to piss me off. Thank you Bill!
As someone who is right of center. I'm glad that people like Bill are still around. Glad there are people out there with common sense.
This should be on trending.
BM a non social justice viewpoint on UA-cam trending? You're funny.
It is. It’s how I found it.
I lost respect for Samantha Bee. Thanks Bill for staying sane.
OniSyphon How did you ever have ANY respect for Samantha Bee?
Thomas Quiring The old Daily Show.
She was good on the daily show
How? They basically said the same thing.
Samantha Bee is a feminist propagandist. Even a demon can speak truth.
My country needs people like you.
shut up Meg!
shut up Meg! You mean controlled nwo puppets. Bill believes in the illegal military prisons like gitmo. Watch out if you get called terrorist you are not coming out.
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. Mark Twain
Agreed. As a female who has always been incredibly aware of the potential for sexual harassment and assault, it greatly concerns me that there are a lot of women (or overly enthusiastic 'feminists', regardless of gender) out there who actually *want* to conflate something like an ass grab (which is not okay and if in a work situation should be reported to HR) with actual rape. There are a ton of things in between those two as well. No one can *honestly* say that they think any woman who has to endure being cat-called out perverse, scary, strange, etc. things on the street by men they walk past has the same level of abuse and trauma that rape victims have. Are all things on the 'spectrum' of sexual harassment and assault absolutely terrible? Yes. They all need to be condemned and stopped. But to say that there's no difference is absurd and only hurts the very valid argument underlying it.
People are dishonest and they want attention.
Women have been undermining their own cause for years. Sexual harassment claims are no longer a mechanisms for addressing grievances. They're too often fabricated and wildly exaggerated strategies of a particularly vile nature. And they've become a blood sport. You've overplayed your hand, ladies and you'll pay for it in ways you never expected. Men of character and accomplishment - real skills and education - will turn to women from other cultures big time. As they already have by the tens of thousands. This has never been, simply, about bad behavior because both genders engage in that in the workplace. It's simply that one gender found a way to capitalize on it and will ride that horse until it drops.
Also cat calling is not sexist. It is because they are sexually attracted to them not because they are prejudiced. If cat calling was due to sexism then incredibly unnatractive women should be cat called equally to incredibly attractive women
On the other side of the coin, people love to use "it's not as bad as rape" to excuse some behavior that shouldn't be excused. Plus, the kind of attitudes that excuse the "less bad" stuff teaches people (men especially) that what a woman wants, or how she wants to be treated, doesn't really matter, Which leads to rape occurring more frequently, and more blind eyes being turned when it does.
@@boredphysicist Lol you just reified what sexism is thanks!
Bill Maher is the real MVP!!! Thank you for speaking on this subject!!
Finally, someone had the balls to tell the truth. Metoo is taking things too far. Dave Chappelle said it right, " Women need men on their side to see through this problem not alienate them".
Then maybe men should stop telling women how to feel. Almost as bad as telling other people how to think (of course we would want to make sure there's a distinction :-P). Oh, and by the way, women don't "need" men for anything. Kind of the point of the whole movement, Davy. :-)
These crazies have already driven a wedge between men and kids and now they want a wedge between men and women. What sort of hateful puritanical society do they want ?????
Yes, there are plenty of scuzzy men - but we're not all rape beasts walking around like silverbacks with out dicks swinging. This anti male bigotry needs to die a death.
I'm not going tell a woman who she needs on her side. It seems to me, she can make that decision for herself.
Smoothcollected
Actually, women having the ability to make their own decisions, is the reason I'm not going to tell them how to feel.
I had been hoarding the chappelle specials, and finally watched the last one, last night. As a woman I agree, and the brittle spirit bit hit home too.
This was such a breath of fresh air.
I am so not a Bill Maher fan. But this is some basic common sense stuff and it freaks me out that he even has to say it.
Yeah, he is indeed self-involved, isn't he. I guess what it comes down to is that when he's making sense and/or being funny, one can overlook the smugness. When he's wrong though, he can get really irritating on top.
how dare you appeal to common sense and legal distinctions while victims are still trying to process their trauma how DARE you.
He is devoted to the truth but he is not as curious as he could be. There are people to the Right of him who make mincemeat of much of what he has to say.
Erica Freeman you’re an idiot
If you're not a fan and can't stand him then why are you watching??
Nailed it!
4 degrees of murder, 3 degrees of burns, 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon....oh boy XD Thank you Bill, for saying what I, as a woman, have been wishing I could yell off rooftops for ages about this whole MeToo thing. I felt like I was the only person in the world who could see that the Al Franken thing was not only a joke, but that he wasn't even touching the woman.
He was actually touching the woman but in essence, I agree with you. Why don't you consider joining the Republicans? The MeToo movement was created (in my estimation) because shouting "racism, racism, racism" doesn't work so well any more.
Accusing people of being racist has kinda failed to lead to the impact as desired when America finally admitted it was okay with Nazis. The important part of accusing people of racism, reminding your subject that race is an artificial and broken worldview that leads to great harm to specific groups, and it might easily be overlooked if you are not part of that group, failed to resonate with people too stupid to tell insult from criticism, and too narcissistic to take criticism as anything but incrimination.
MeToo will probably fail for the same reason, the type of people you'd need to listen to your message to fix the problems will ignore the conversation entirely and just take from it how it impacts them directly. Rather than approaching MeToo as a sign of systemic stress being shunted by a group of people who no longer can take the burdens of objectification, turning and rebuking the systems and members of that system that sustain that burden, MeToo gets turned into a tool of attack against men.
Join the Republicans. Bury your head in the sand. Ignore the influence of markets on our lives and rejoice as the bubble our economy sits on is inflated beyond sustainability. Side with the wealthy, the powerful, and the well off, and maybe they'll get around to rewarding you someday. Ignore the world's problems, and ignore anyone who has a problem with your personal or political outlook. Embrace a fiction, fight for your comfort above all others, and act like a victim when your selfishness is called out for what it is. Vote Republican.
Because Republicans are absolutely some of the most vile and disgusting people on the face of this earth? I don't want to be associated with Trump, McConnell, Ryan, or any of the laundry-list of Republicans who are 'all about family values' while at the same time trying to take away my right to decide what happens with my own body, AND getting their stupid asses caught in adultery, male prostitution, and telling their children/mistresses to get abortions? Because they don't respect the environment? Because they engage in climate denial? Because they systematically put Creationists in charge of education? Because they put Religion before Politics? Because they're scientifically illiterate? Because they're widely homophobic, sexist, and xenophobic? I could go on about why I don't have any interest in being a Republican. Trey Goudy is the only Republican I can think of who doesn't make me nauseous, and he doesn't call Trump out on his shit, which makes me think Trey is a coward.
Reaching Higher "what happens with my own body" - what a disingenuous turd you are, aborting a baby 8 months into pregnancy is fucked up , oh and before you hysterically shout "where do you draw the line", well I have a question - Where do YOU draw the line of a child becoming an adult ?? 16 yrs, 17, 18, 19, 20, what ??, well it's the above in many countries. Drawing a line is difficult at times in the absence of any scientific marker so the society settled for a reasonable range based on pre existing science, instead of allowing 11 yrs olds to fuck each other and aborting babies in the 8th month you dunce..........oh and you sound like one of those gullible bums thinking that the bullshit statement of "97% scientists agree about man-made climate change" pushed by CNN (the symbol of honest and integrity) is actually true without taking one minute out of your stupid existence to try and find out the means by which that bogus 97% number was reached.
Also, your hysteria is cringe-worthy - there is no mass phenomenon of children all over America being taught creationism and north America recording its coldest winter in decades isn't a shining example of the whole "every year will be hotter than the previous" nonsense that weak minded dunces like you fall for.
Regina Idiotarum 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
I truly enjoy Bill, I do not always agree with his politics but he is great.
I agree that he is great AND agree with his politics. But to me, its also OK if you don't agree with his politics.
Me too only his athieism I disagree
The bullshit accusations against Aziz Ansari are part of this problem. Just because she had a bad date it doesn't mean she was assaulted.
amen.
I mean if you don't want sex on the fist date, you stop it before getting naked on the kitchen counter of a stranger's apartment.
Noir Rain - don't go that far when you can record the conversations as proof to win a libel case.
why be the one accused when you can win as the acuser?
We dont know what the truth is. I wont assume hes guilty or that the allegations are bullshit until more evidence comes out. We are not supposed to think a man is automatically guilty but we can assume a woman is automatically a liar
She's not a liar. What she said happened isn't sexual assault. Next case.
Exactly!
Sad it's come down to this
Yes, almost as sad as men abusing women because they have more power. Your definition of sad might be a bit overly emotional, bro.
"cuz only men hit women" lol your part of the problem
Joseph Davidson So what does that have to do with Maher’s overall point? Let me guess, you didn’t watch it...
Joseph Davidson Don’t you have anything better to do than post UA-cam comments about topics you don’t know a damn thing about??
Adam M The chickens are coming home to roost for liberals!
As a woman I 100% agree
DunniT that's a start.
As if we need to know your gender? Obviously you agree -- or you are a fucking lunatic. Gender irrelevant.
HOW DARE YOU?!...You're off the team;-)
We don't care about your gender, it doesn't make your opinion any more relevant.
BigErn_Mccraken there's no such thing, but if there were that has no relevance to your opinion
Bill Maher, saving the MeToo movement from Kirsten Gillibrand and Minnie Driver. Wish a female comic would stand up.
excellent video Bill! I agree with you and also, the delivery was great!
Agree 110% Bill.
Well said Mr. Maher. The METOO movement is going to fall apart if the spokespeople throw common sense out the window. Are they going to tell a rape victim that her experience is equal to that of a woman who got a patt on the butt by a co-worker ? Saying rape is worse is not saying the patt on the butt is ok or that the 2nd woman does not have the right to feel violated as well.
How about we treat each other with respect and don't bite someone's head off if they have a genuine question.
no it isnt, but patting on the ass should result in disciplinary, or slap across face, not life ruined for eternity
tinwoods something tells me you're not very bright.
No Tolerance! No Thinking! In 2018 Liberal Democrats will show Trump they can still make America the Greatest Prison Police State the World has ever Seen!
tinwoods you didn't watch the interview with Damon. If you did you didn't pay attention.
tinwoods nice troll
This is one of the greatest videos ever made. Everyone in America needs to watch this.
"believe all women" is INEVITABLY going to become "believe no woman"
dmitriy40 read the story of the Brer Rabbit
Yes! Love Bill Maher!
It's gotten so out of hand, I hope this gets trending. Especially to counter that bullshit Samantha Bee uploaded on the same issue.
I still can't get the smell of that video out of my house, the shit came through the screen.
I started ignoring her videos as soon as the movement picked up steam, glad to know I was right.
What video .. Whats it called
mal maller don't you blaspheme Samantha Bee!
i myself did my civic duty and ripped samantha bee a new one on twitter. i hope everybody else does the same thing. she even had the audacity to attack ashleigh banfield for speaking up about that BS "me too" article.
This is the kind of common sense that got him banned from speaking at Berkley.
Differences in degree must be understood. Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln were both racists but Jefferson
Davis wanted to maintain slavery and Lincoln wanted to end it.
t y not an argument
Differences in degree? The Union and the Confederacy were at war - how more opposed can you be?
It's true lol. They were both racists. Lincoln was of the belief that the best black man is still worse than the worst white man. He just wasn't as bad as some other racists who wanted to rape and murder black people lol.
sbg75 actually Lincoln waged war on the Confederacy because he felt that secession was an act of treason; if he could've won the Civil War without abolition he would've done so.
Lincoln initially proposed that any state in which slavery was already in practice wouldn't have to abolish slavery. He only changed this stance after the south succeeded and after the south attacked - He was holding out hope for unity at the cost of black freedom in the south before that.
He articulated what was swirling in my head , love you Bill.
He's back.
As a feminist I can just say YES! Lets please keep this debate reasonable!
but the modern feminist movement opposes being reasonable.....and thus the "me too" movement....and what they did to aziz ansari.
Ichijo Festival oh gee another stupid feminist who can’t see the basic difference between third wave feminism and first wave feminism, feminism originally started when women didn’t have equal rights to men but now they do so what even is third wave feminism? It’s just insanity
Fuck feminists
Avi “creating issues for attention”!? Apparently you haven’t heard about the pink tax, you misogynist! In the “current year” no less 🙄
feminism only makes sense in middle east and some countries in asia and africa. For you guys in western countries I should say what feminism?!!
This is the voice of reason. :)
A solid, SOLID, last line
I love Bill. He speaks the truth that some are too afraid to say and others are too offended to hear.
Every liberal/progressive pocast out there has said the same thing. Enough with the hero worship. He's not even cutting edge. Pretty mainstream all in all.
A compliment is now worship? I like him, I like what he says and how he delivers his message. If more want to say what he does, the more the merrier. I don't hear it.
Jack Shyt Sure, and there's also such things as alternative facts.
That commons sense has to work very hard to prevail is indicative of the level of conversation in America.
More like the level of intelligence and critical thought in general population 😂
Well said, Bill.
whats sad is that needs to be explained to grown up people in America/ My fellow Left islosing its collective mind, Senator Gillibrand should resign, after what she did to Franken.
Blinkers shut.up and gtfo
lol, truth hurt does it V Ling.
Show me one part of my comment that isn't true.
I have hope again. Reason still exists in the media, at least to some degree
lol, that's bullshit and you know it.
You're on UA-cam, there's plenty of sensible people in the alternative media.
kuman30 there is an important DISTINCTION between alternative media (like youtube) and the mainstream media (including HBO) -- and you know it. There is a reason i get all my news/current events from alternative media: because it isnt all trapped in a bubble needing Bill Maher to explain no brainers to people who should know better. I just think it's past the time for the MSM to catch up to the rest of us.
I'm a huge fan of bill Maher, and he absolutely right with this one.
"In 2018, it's more important than ever that we all keep laughing" 2020 - Hold my beer
Hahaha!!! God dammit, was just about to say something similar. Great minds..............
Bill: "In 2018 it is more important than ever that we all keep laughing."
2020: "Challenge accepted."
Not a fan of this guy, but he is 100% right on this.
Good analysis. I am the other person who agrees with you.
Marko Zivanovic same and same
Why not? Because he makes sense?
@@davyjonesvideos No I did. I was asking why he isn't a fan. Maybe you didn't read my reply properly?
You're not a fan of this guy? Got it; thanks for sharing.
Bloody hell agree
So, so pleased you are back Bill. Let's start talking again.
Bill maher is important person. He does a good job of keeping the left from complete irrational thought.
He doesn’t really do anything. The people that watch him aren’t lost souls who suddenly see the light in his words. We watch him bc we already generally feel the same way. He’s not really creating new ideas…he just saying what we think already in a very entertaining way.
Right Bill doesn't do anything. You can't say with any degree of certainty that Maher's show actually influence's behavior. Maher is not that important. He's no George Carlin, not even close.
I have been waiting for this
I bet you have, now ask yourself was it worth it to shut women up?
I normally disagree with Maher, but he seems to be one of the few mainstream progressive voices that is calling for a reasonable approach to many of today’s issues, especially PC culture. Well done Bill - never thought I’d say that
@Trigger Town
You're taking tag-lines from a minority and attributing them to all liberals and progressives
It would be like me calling you a "Nazi"; but considering your last sentence, perhaps you are
Teh Goat
Did you just try the “No true Scotsman” fallacy?
Tim cooney I completely agree with Bill on this but what Gillibrand is doing is not PC at all, it’s the opposite. It’s like what Bill said; Her stance is the equivalent to alternate facts!
@Jon Reyes
Explain how that applies to my post
Teh Goat
No true Scotsman in the sense that you are saying that they do not apply because they are the minority when in reality you are in the minority if you don’t say those things- as a progressive. This stereotype did not just fall out of the sky. If it did, bill would not have had to make a video pleading with your side to stop this behavior.
I disagree with Maher on a whole lot of things, mainly political but when it comes to this and religion he speaks the truth. Now if only other people could separate their political party with their other beliefs we could make some progress. People on both sides are far too stuck on their sides.
This is true. One of the things American agree on is that congress sucks, with only a 15% approval rate.
that is false equivalency
Bmac 814 I
Bmac 814 Humans are tribal creatures. When you put politics into it, the tendency becomes even more extreme because when you are in a political faction, the opposing faction is not just wrong, but evil. Obviously we don't or can't compromise with "evil people" or work with them for a common good, right?
The thing I like about Bill Mayer, is that I do disagree with often. But hes no fool, and I respect his opinions.
Have been agreeing more and more with you. We need more shit like this....its out of control! Bravo!
Love you Bill, from Portugal
From Portugal, as well
Yup... Same here...
shut up Meg! Love Portugal from California
shut up Meg!!
Btw Meg is a classic victim of constant abuse. In later seasons it is revealed that she herself becomes a horrible person, probably to protect herself from daily pain.
In real life a girl like Meg either will be broken for life, or will find a husband she can abuse herself, and then her children, and her grand children.
And this is why I love this show!
You know we have a problem when bill maher is complaining about his own side.
J F maybe there isn't 2 sides.
Remember that he WANTS to critize his own side. He wants to find the flaws with the movement he agrees with, he wants to correct those flaws and make the movement more bulletproof.
@Unrelated Coma How is mocking Trump supposed to kill bipartisanship? Surely you do not think bipartisanship just means the left criticising the left?
J F, but do there have to be "sides?" Who defined the differing sides, anyway? If you dig deep, you'll find the globalists pulling the strings of both the Demopublicans and Republicrats and fanning the flames of ill will and disagreement.
The more everybody starts to throw out the dogma of a give "side" and look at each issue rationally (like he does here) irrespective of whether it agrees with preconceived bias/dogma, the more likely we are to actually solve the world's problems. Too bad more people on all sides don't think this way.
Kirsten Gillibrand says "We need to draw a line in the sand and say none of it is ok." which is an oxymoronic statement. "Draw a line in the sand" means you are intentionally making a distinction, between what is on one side of the line and that on the other. So, she is saying, we need to make a distinction between what is and is not ok, and say none of it is ok. Idiocy.
2:12 Al Franken: roadkill on the Democrats-only zero-tolerance highway (:-(
And this is why Bill Maher is the best thing to come out of the mainstream.....
Better than Fast and Furious movies or Mark Walberg? ahahaha, dumbass generalization is dumb..
Joseph Davidson what a retarded and pointless reply
One of the best new rules in the recent times! Keep it up Bill!
Bill Maher you are awesome, go get em!!!
Amen.
i’m for the me too movement i’m not for walking around egg shells by a woman looking for slightest thing to accuse me of.
Jeff life finds a way Goldblum its not about walking on eggshells. I think if everyone keeps their hands to themselves things will be fine
Mending Wall
Life doesn’t work that way - human interaction is full of complexities and we cannot categorize each action as being “good” or “bad” unless we analyze each action and its intentions individually.
For example - I don’t always initiate sex with my s.o. by using verbal cues but I always ask for consent in other ways and understand fully when I am not given permission to continue. If we standardize the way consent should be requested/granted, we begin to lose our personal freedoms.
pookieluvie Intent counts but Im referring to stranger interactions. You are married so there is love and trust there. However, I do think its bad to grope a stranger without consent or even a cue. Some people want to be spontaneous but Im not going to risk harrassing someone that doesnt want it. If I touch someone it is with permission or someone Ive built trust with for years. If we get too loose with that people can use that as an excuse for unwanted behavior. But thats just me
As a young man, do you know how many women, a lot of them older and repulsive, actually touch my ass or flirt? Many. Yet if I ever said anything, I'd be labeled a pussy. Women have gone bananas over this thing and the fact is that a lot of them initiate it. The Aziz thing was started by her. She was the one who tried to get his attention. She was the one who went down on him twice. Even with a monster like Weinstein, some of his ''victims'' were in on it. Asia Argento being an example of that.
Women want men to walk on eggshells around them and it won't happen, no matter how loud they yell.
Max Amon You arent going to change anything if you dont speak up. Just because you let it go, that doesnt mean others will. I didnt realize keeping your hands to yourself counts as walking on egshells. Men should speak up about harrasment too. If people laugh, so what? Keep going. Things change over time
Bill at his shining, caustic best here. Kudos from across the pond!
Gillibrand just wants to jump on whatever bandwagon is trending for obvious selfish purposes. Her ambition far surpasses her intelligence.
You are so wrong.
She is so full of BS. She was and still is soooo insignificant while Al Franken was incredibly important; did she feel important when she attacked Al? A lot of people will never forgive her for that!
@@singerrb4984 that's a reflection on you: not her. Obviously you don't support women's right to personal safety.
....not to mention her level of integrity.
@@jamestidwell4989 Gillibrand has a great deal of personal integrity.
As a WOMAN...I agree with Bill 100%
#metoo
Natilie E. S. "As a WOMAN..." Why does your gender matter?
As a guy (with a mother grandmother etc....i do too) tf does gender matter?
Natilie E. S. This is an asinine comment. Many women disagree with you. Your gender is irrelevant.
Agree with the comment but again...agree or disagree...why does gender matter?
A million times YES.
More people need to be saying this!
Keeping it real
I don't agree with bill on somthings but when he's right he's right
2thomas k most conservatives would agree with him on PC culture, Islamism and Israel
I see what you did there
BRAVO!!!
May Bill Maher NEVER die and may he fight stupidity with all his might, FOREVER!
Al Franken should've stayed in the Senate. As far as anyone knows, his alleged sexual harassment incidents look nothing more than practical jokes than actual rape or molestation. Things for which he could've tried apologizing in private or let the committee run an ethics investigation on him without making such a fiasco to the press.
Yeah, you didn't follow the story. When he was first accused by a Hannity pundit no one took it seriously. But then, more women came out. You are taking this too personally.
Joseph Davidson I'm not taking anything personally. I'm just stating how I thought the situation was mishandled considering the Dems pressured him to resign rather than take the time to verify the claims through an ethics investigation.
eec, his own party kicked him out of Senate, Dem Senators, one after another put out statements that they refuse to work in same room with Franken. We are lost, my fellow Left! And America, you deserve Trump! You are a stupid, stupid nation! Trump is perfect fit for you!
"nothing more than practical jokes" Something can be both a practical joke and sexual harassment. And that was the situation with Al. You don't get to do something very disrespectful and then simply use your "But I thought it was funny" card, that's not how it works.
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valgehiir - "The left is crumbling under the weight of its own hypocrisy, corruption, and shit behaviour... You other chumps can keep Trump. Trump is stoopid"
Yeah okay, champ. We will. Thanks.
Nailed it.
Gillibrand is a disgrace. I hope she doesn't get invited to your show again.
HitchensImmortal that's why I wouldn't ever vote for a woman for president.
That is exactly what i thought. I am a liberal but democrats are going overboard with this male shaming.
I don't think so. Why are you so sensitive?
dany manchster He didn’t say anything about male shaming. He said that there are degrees in assault. Good grief!
No, you're wrong.
They've (meaning the neo-Marxists and New Left) been going overboard with it since the 1950s and 1960s, starting with the rise of second wave feminism and radfems. It's only in 2018 that we're beginning to see the affects of generations of anti-male brainwashing in our society, and we're also seeing the beginning of their endgame which involves making white men second class citizens throughout the West.
dany manchster this is sick yo. I’m a liberal brown man and I think I’m gona vote republican unless the democrats denounce these crazy feminists.
+president camacho is completely right. They are wayyyyy over represented. I'd say that the Feminazi's and SJW's have done far more to damage to the left in this country then they have to advance their cause.
How can you be the conversation people if you won't let the other side say anything.
Thomas Sowell talked about this for decades. He told us and we didn't listen. The liberal education system is turning out students that don't think and don't even know how. Instead they emphasize their feelings. Now here we are.
Silus
The liberal school system? What the fuck are you even talking about? The school systems in southern deep red states are liberal? Shut up you fucking dunce.
...He's talking about universities, not K-12 public schools. If you want to learn more about the phenomenon he is referring to, watch a Jonathan Haidt talk on the state of universities.
Jared Czaia Having been in college fairly recently, I'm not certain that either you or Mr. Haidt have any idea what you're talking about. No one encouraged me to share my "feelings" on papers. It was peer-reviewed fact or you failed.
He's not talking about STEM type programs, which it sounds like you experienced. Haidt is referring more to the humanities and liberal arts departments.