Saying “I don’t know enough about that to have an opinion” has gotten me out of a few hot button conversations lol

@praetorian3902

8 ай бұрын

You're an intelligent man.

@geoffshaw346

8 ай бұрын

That's actually very honest.

@jackedattack8781

8 ай бұрын

I used to say that to be polite but it started leading towards the "well then you're ignorant" response. Most people want validation, not discussion. So now I say "I'm not getting into that" and they usually leave it alone

@mmusya793

8 ай бұрын

Nice one I'll be sure to use this 💯💯💯

@bryanutility9609

8 ай бұрын

@@jackedattack8781I like making liberal women cry, telling them everything they believe is a lie. 😂

For over 10 years, from 1989 to 1999, I met with friends every weekend. We played card games, watched TV shows, went to the movies. In all those years, I could have counted the number of times we argued politics on one hand, and still had fingers left over. And it's not like we were 15 year-old kids. We were in our 20s! *What happened to those times!* I want them back.

@jimpalmer792

8 ай бұрын

"..... What happened to those times! I want them back.". Ain't gonna happen thanks to Unfettered Capitalism and the now Unfettered Politicians that they 'bought'. [ps America is done as a country and 'humans' are done as a species].

@bobabooey285

8 ай бұрын

Teachers brainwashing students is whats happening

@rustyshackleford6035

8 ай бұрын

Totally agree with you on that!

@cailineireann1359

8 ай бұрын

friend rule: no politics or religion allowed

@mehoyminoy1326

8 ай бұрын

Having to work overtime or two jobs is what did it. Social media is all the time anyone has left for so all you see on there is anger and false comparisons. Nobody has time to hang out and when they do, they often find themselves saying, “hey, did you see such and such on tik tok or facebook.”

When I was a kid I was told there are three things you never discuss in polite company; Money, religion, and politics. That adage worked so well for many years. And it's funny how as soon as society started running it's mouth about everything all the time on social media, things began to unravel.

@James-me6dw

7 ай бұрын

Carnal living versus walking in Spirit. Praise Jesus Christ.

@user-mz1kt6iz4e

7 ай бұрын

@@James-me6dw Yeah, sure, ..that's what it's all about. So, you win a cookie at Sunday School next week.

@James-me6dw

7 ай бұрын

@@user-mz1kt6iz4e so you hate Jesus Christ?

@x00p3

6 ай бұрын

@@James-me6dw Christianity is 99% fake. Christians praise Jesus all the time but they don't follow any of his teachings.

@olyokie

6 ай бұрын

Yeah that was really stupid advice. If We The People are supposed to be running things.

Cancel social media. The worst thing that ever happened to society.

I wait for the New Rule every week. Thanks for delivering regularly, Bill.

@champigranja1179

8 ай бұрын

#NoOpinion

@ImZeroDayz

8 ай бұрын

You know, he doesn't read these.

@bhambhole

8 ай бұрын

Oh goodness, I'm very sorry. You are in my thoughts ❤

@thomassisco1292

8 ай бұрын

Woke up, Bill’s Show is going going gone!

@fulol

8 ай бұрын

lmao facts

The more we fight each other over every little thing, the less we notice the things those in power are getting away with and the less energy we have to fight them when we do notice.

@gugy68

8 ай бұрын

That’s why this is made by design. Divide and conquer. My neighbor is not my enemy but the ones in power distracting us all.

@HurricaneJD

8 ай бұрын

You're actually right about that. it can kind of spread us out too thinly so that there's not really enough people actively fighting against the stuff we really need to fight against, because everybody else is too busy in their own drama

@firstlast8258

8 ай бұрын

Speak for yourself

@kurtsudheim825

8 ай бұрын

That's exactly what they want, the public confused & unfocused

@mr.z3664

8 ай бұрын

Bill was perfectly fine with fighting over every little thing until it started to backfire in his whiney face. Enjoy those Jew hating "progressives" you helped create, Billy.

The best Thanksgiving rant ever. What kind of world are we living in where Bill Maher is a lonely voice of reason?

@larrygrassinger2819

8 ай бұрын

I beg to differ with your "voice of reason" statement. ALL of his "shots" were fired at only one side . Conservatives. What shots did he take at the left?

@commandercaptain4664

8 ай бұрын

This town needs an enema! 🎉

@m228562

8 ай бұрын

@@larrygrassinger2819 People on the left have found reasons to be mad at Chick Fil A

@larrygrassinger2819

8 ай бұрын

@@m228562 You said absolutely nothing about Bill Maher, but that's a lefties way of arguing (total deflection 100% of the time)

@m228562

8 ай бұрын

My freaking point was that bringing up Chick fil a was Maher's swipe at the left. I'd make a snide comment about how "the right" argues, but I 'm not sure it'd be fair to other right wingers to refer to you as an example of them.

If we understood the difference between debate and opinion that would be a world worth living in, and a platform worth supporting!!

@bunk95

5 ай бұрын

The fiction or what the fictions used to market?

“You always have the option of having no opinion”- Marcus Aurelius

@terrab1ter4

8 ай бұрын

@@Bills_Wife_And_Kids To state "I have no opinion", however, is not an opinion. That's a statement of fact

@jimmythemadostrich8947

8 ай бұрын

As rocker Rod 'The Mod' Stewart said in his unreleased song 'Don't Ask Me Nothin' 'Bout Nothin' . . . . ( . . . I Might Just Tell You The Truth, Boys!)' from the early 90's . . . "Opinions, boys . . . They be just like *ssh*les! Everyone's entitled to at least one . . And this one's mine. And if you don't like it, Feel free ~ To stick it where the SUN DON'T SHINE!!" © Rod Stewart 1992.

@TheRetroManRandySavage

8 ай бұрын

"If 50 million say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." -Bertrand Russell.

@youropionmattersnot

8 ай бұрын

"Silence is violence" - Liberals

@baneh1329

8 ай бұрын

@user-a2b-4c7d-9e0f The only God I need

Spot on, Bill. Do any of us really want corporations to be our moral guides in this world? I don't think so.

@andrewcrook2240

8 ай бұрын

Oh he'll no. Corps are incapable of moral thoughts. They exist to make money only. Read woke Inc. Has great thoughts on this point and some viable solutions to make it possible.

@yvettemontalvo7991

8 ай бұрын

Actually hes not spot on, because what Bill is taking about is companies giving there option without pointing out that it is solely for profit. Its not that they are "woke" its all for money.

@davidmoran7827

8 ай бұрын

@@yvettemontalvo7991 I disagree. If it was truly all about money, real capitalism, why would Disney continue to crank out woke movies while they are losing billions of dollars? At some point, someone in their organization prioritized "messaging" over profits. Bud Light did the same thing, prioritizing a small minority of the population while completely offending the large majority of their customers and they are also losing billions of dollars for that. If companies actually did just focus on profits instead of becoming the moral police, they would be far better off.

@simpleman72685

8 ай бұрын

They are getting on this now because the baby boomers will start dying in large numbers soon and they want to start getting young people now before they start being loyal to other companies. Don't forget Boeing, Amazon, Starbucks, and other companies doing the same thing. Sure they may take a short term loss now, but in the future they will be able to claim they were the first to care about true diversity, and they will profit for years from that.@@davidmoran7827

@scotthughes7440

8 ай бұрын

Do any of us want Bill to be our moral guide?? Also, he works for HBO....these things just pass you by don't they? Does he even pump his own gas or have an ounce of a clue what life is like outside of his LA mansion?

Social media has created far more "experts" than we really need.

@juliagoodfellow7539

7 ай бұрын

Morons, not "experts".

Bill is a national treasure.

He really hit it on the head when he said we used to watch the news and move on. Everyone is obcessed with politics now.

@sartori69

8 ай бұрын

Maybe we shouldn't be obsessed, but we should definitely care. That's the lowest bar that democracy asks a voter to do. Unfortunately, ours is pretty fucked at the moment.

@DewgNews

8 ай бұрын

Lol Good. If we’d have actively held our politicians to account all these years maybe we wouldn’t be living this complete hell world shithole scenario in the first place 🤔😅

@BishopWalters12

8 ай бұрын

@@sartori69 Why care that much? It really doesn't matter who the President is anymore because we can't change the system.

@bettyjones113

8 ай бұрын

We must be paying attention. Those who do not learn study and hear/see history are destined to repeat it. We do not want a dictator or king in the USA. We do not want a German descendant or cousin of Hitler rhetoric overthrowing US Constitution. We all stand to benefit by paying attention. If it takes obsessing to get the masses to vote and learn history in time to pay attention, then obsess, please🇺🇸🇩🇪not

@Hirnlego999

8 ай бұрын

"Everyone is obcessed with politics now." Not really. Not many read anything to actually learn. Half of Trump supporters still thinks he won, or that he is religious.

This needs to be said more, and youngsters need to wake up to the fact that corporations dont have convictions other than more money good, less money bad

@igordewit7357

8 ай бұрын

The world is not black and white.Its yellow and purple...🙄😁uh..No,its actually just many shades of grey,i mean.But any nuance about anything seems to have gone out the window,with the arrival of social media.It was supposed to be the way to connect people.But not just to argue and fight,and create division and stoke conflict.

@ArianaRosalia

8 ай бұрын

Youngsters? It's everyone regardless of age. Bill even pointed that out with the whole Bud Light thing which was mostly certain older gen people having an issue instead of just enjoying their beer and going about their life.

@memyself898

8 ай бұрын

@@ArianaRosalia that's fair. Our dumbass boomer uncle is just as bad if not worse when it comes to having an opinion on everything.

@chestermarcol3831

8 ай бұрын

The biggest and most powerful "corporation" in the world, is the United States' Federal government.

@kermitfrog593

8 ай бұрын

Most youngsters are aware that money makes the world go round and corporations defer to the almighty dollar. This isn't news to anyone.

Thank god for Bill Maher. A man that speaks out about what is wrong with society today. I'm from the UK, and the woke Brigade in this country has got larger and larger. Even in Universities where at one time they used to encourage free speech, has turned into a cancel culture.

@bunk95

5 ай бұрын

Slaves were forced to behave in ways lied about as encouraging free speech near you? You not in the same places?

Yes, yes, Yes!! 💯 Let corporations make goods and services and not take stances on every news story or political or social issue.

One problem is that we've got an entire generation, the first in history, that, thanks to the Internet, have grown up able to surround themselves exclusively with people who are just like them, and see the world the exact same way. It is ridiculously easy to filter out any differing viewpoints, with the click of a "block" button. Now, that would be nice if you could live your entire life without interacting with people unlike you. But that will never happen. As long as you live in a society where you need things from others, and others need things from you, you will inevitably come across someone not like you. Living most of your life online has robbed you of the ability to co-exist in what is, frankly, the most diverse world in all of human history.

@Astrozac44

8 ай бұрын

The problem is the boomers/conservatives have figured this out too and are just as bad. Toss in the natural shit posters, and contrarians...

@Jenifer_R_

8 ай бұрын

You just described a retirement village in Florida, or a church in the Bible Belt. Or Mississippi.

@scarpfish

8 ай бұрын

You don't need a block button anymore. The almighty algorithm will do the filtering for you.

@MiketheCabbie

8 ай бұрын

@@Jenifer_R_ Now take that mentality, and apply it globally.

@Jenifer_R_

8 ай бұрын

@@MiketheCabbie I know. I encounter conservatives all over the internet. It's staggering how many there are and how happy they are to see the world go backwards.

Bill is saying something that Emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote in the Meditations: *“You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.”*

@MiketheCabbie

8 ай бұрын

That is precisely the reason these pro-Palestine/Israel/Haman/IDF rallies in this country completely baffle me. Do these people really think that if they chant loud enough, Israel and Palestine will hear it thousands of miles away and magically do what they demand of them? Do they really think that getting into even a slight shoving match with people with an opposing viewpoint will accomplish a goddamned thing? Hell, I can ask that of ANYONE who takes to the streets and rallies about ANY CAUSE. Or some right-wing blowhard who sets up a table on a campus and wants nothing more than to make people cry? So you posted a KZread short about it. BIG FUCKING DEAL! You have accomplished absolutely nothing.

@tauIrrydah

8 ай бұрын

Aurelius would be horrified everyone under 30 is reading his diary and calling it a philosophy.

@jurassicthunder

8 ай бұрын

​@@tauIrrydahyou have a sad life sir

@jefferyjacobson3290

8 ай бұрын

Taoism

@jayjones9219

8 ай бұрын

Stoicism@@jefferyjacobson3290

Can’t agree more. The funny thing is that truthfully, the matters for which everybody has a strong opinion is often time to complex issue that goes very deep, and most of us are ill informed.

Probably the biggest problem with telling people you don’t have an opinion on something (as I occasionally do) is one of two things: people either presume you’re indifferent, or they criticize you for not being up to date on an issue so they insult you with something along the lines of, “what is wrong with you? How can you not be up to date on this?”

@willec7105

8 ай бұрын

And those reactions are exactly the point and what deters people from doing what you say here. We have to be able to tolerate the reactions of others and not be deterred or intimidated by them. My response is, "Thank you for sharing that." and move on.

@LasVegasKev

8 ай бұрын

You're either part of the problem or part of the solution

@igordewit7357

8 ай бұрын

So? Fck em! Life is too short to care about what idiots think about you.

@janodstrcil7533

8 ай бұрын

agree. but people reacting like this are the problem. not the one without opinion.

@janodstrcil7533

8 ай бұрын

@@LasVegasKev no!

There is one aspect about this political consumerism that absolutely drives me nuts is that it's all surface level. There are serious human rights issues involved attached with pretty much every good sold and it barely is talked about. People will stop buying Bud Light or not eat at Chick-fil-A, but won't buy a USA made product. No judgment because I consume goods made by awful practices also. It's just blows my mind the silly things people will complain about.

@TheEvolver311

8 ай бұрын

People buy American made products what are you even talking about.

@leviswranglers2813

8 ай бұрын

@TheEvolver311 I'm talking the people who won't buy Bud Light or Gillette and the group that won't eat at Chick-fil-A or go to Hobby Lobby. So you really go out of your way to only buy America or European clothing, that way you don't participate in the modern slave market?

@jurassicthunder

8 ай бұрын

​@@TheEvolver311yeah yeah American products with "Made in China" stickers

@StudioDaVeed

8 ай бұрын

@@TheEvolver311 There it is......

@kieranwhittemore1010

8 ай бұрын

"There are serious human rights issues involved attached with pretty much every good sold" is complete BS

The problem is that these companies want to latch onto trending causes as a marketing ploy. Then, when the cause is controversial, it becomes all the things wrong with society.

@garyhouse4432

7 ай бұрын

NAILED IT.

@elizabethpeterson56

7 ай бұрын

tru dat !!!!!

The way a company or corporation treats their employees/interacts with their community -- aka the sole thing that is actually in their ethical wheelhouse -- is what matters. Everything else is just PR or positioning to turn a bigger profit.

If I owned a business, the first rule in the corporate bylaws would be "Widgets Inc. does not take a political stance on anything."

@blah914

2 ай бұрын

10/10 would be a customer. half thr brands i no longer shop from is not bc I disagree with whatever political stance they have, but bc I f hate being lectured at by a hypicritical ass or a corporate management.

@user-nb7co9hs3g

Ай бұрын

There is a Company that created a game called Hell Divers that took that stance. The LGBT community decided to attack them on why "There is no LGBT representation in the game" so they banned all of them. The Right wingers rejoiced and the banned them too. It was hilarious.

Thankfully we never fought at the dinner table over politics and that includes holidays. Years ago when the majority of my aunts/uncles and cousins were still alive, we always had good conversations during holiday meals about what everyone was up to and told stories about past holiday celebrations with family members who were no longer with us. Holiday meals were always a relaxing time together.

@bettyjones113

8 ай бұрын

We played games like softball and badminton. Outdoors and moving. No tv and spectator sports

@joeg2258

8 ай бұрын

I'm with you there. One part of family is middle of road Republican and the other middle Democrat. We just don't even talk about anything close to political and it's nice. Lol

@tubester4567

8 ай бұрын

The people that talk about social justice are the worst. They buy endless crap from Amazon, and they get Uber Eats because they are too lazy to pick up their fast food,

@modickens1272

8 ай бұрын

But did you have some ol confused boy cousin sitting at the table with a wig on acting sullen and wanting to be called " they/them" ? And how many of them at the table were mixed race? Looking all grey colored. Its difficult to have a traditional Thanksgiving when half the people attending it look like the guests on a Jerry Springer episode!!

@prettybullet7728

8 ай бұрын

@@modickens1272 LOL No, thank goodness we didn't have anything like that at Thanksgiving. Now Christmas Eve was a different story. By the time we arrived at my aunt's house, everyone there had been boozing it up for several hours and tempers would start to flare between my Uncle and his son, and the Christmas night fights would begin. And instead of taking it outside they always punched it out in the living room in front of everyone. We used to laugh every Christmas Eve before driving over there. I'm not a conservative but I will never understand this gender business. I was filling out a questionnaire last year and there were close to a dozen listings under gender. I got so confused trying to figure out what was what that I finally typed in straight female at the bottom of the page.

"Republicans buy sneakers, too." - Michael Jordan. If only every public figure had this level of maturity.

@jurassicthunder

8 ай бұрын

yeah he can't get into it because he might lose customers he can't do that to his millions

@Kurt-ci1dk

8 ай бұрын

Retrumpicans buy white sheets, also.

@giantsr1eva

8 ай бұрын

@alexbowman4392 If democrats and republicans were mature then democrats and republicans wouldn’t be in Congress.

@RocStarr913

8 ай бұрын

Michael Jordan was a weak-minded sellout, a true Libra.

@pw44salem

8 ай бұрын

Which is extremely important to society- selling more sneaking or social justice? Michael is a sellout for the dollars only!

Thanks to living in Japan, I have learned from the locals that if I don't know enough about a topic then I should NOT have an opinion about it AND that is OK!!!! I still have opinions about what I'm passionate about and read about.

Thank you, Bill, for pointing out the obvious: it's no ones moral obligation to be brutally honest.

More of this, Bill Maher! We need more people calling out today’s insanity!

LOL I still remember the good old days before social media. I watched the news on TV and then went about my day. Sometimes my mother and I would briefly discuss something that was on the news but that was about it.

@albertulrich4958

8 ай бұрын

Wowwee

@BishopWalters12

8 ай бұрын

I agree, a mix of the internet, social media, smartphones and 24/7 media has ruined this country. I went to a doctor the other day and she had on a pin saying my pronouns are She/Her and it's just like how the f@@@ did we end up here.

@DewgNews

8 ай бұрын

Lol holy shit right…I still wish nobody knew nothing about nothing and everybody thought Reagan was the best president in the history of the world and we all liked bill Cosby and there were no problems in the world worth discussing with our peers 🤯🥴😂

@BishopWalters12

8 ай бұрын

@@DewgNews You missed the point and Reagan with all his flaws was superior compared to what we have now.

@bettyjones113

8 ай бұрын

We all read the newspaper daily in the 50s and 60s. Still do. Some good articles I remember when making my vote count for mayor. Sheriff and school board and judges

Having an opinion is a good thing. Making differences of opinion something adversarial is not. People who think different than you, doesnt have to be your enemy.

@shaunkerr8721

3 ай бұрын

Having a beer or three is a good thing. Having all the beers available is NOT a good thing. Having an opinion or three is a good thing. Having an opinion on every single goddamn topic is NOT a good thing.

We need to get better at accepting someone may have another point of view and that can change based on facts you havent learned yet. I'm tired of people taking a stance because its popular and not because they actually agree.

@elizabethpeterson56

7 ай бұрын

amen

Spot on. People are so ridiculously full of themselves they actually don’t realize that saying something is complicated, implies a person is thinking instead of spontaneously picking a side or worse making a ten second judgment.

@joeyjojojuniorshabadoo8549

8 ай бұрын

Such a great point. A generation has been raised to believe that they are the centre of the universe, and have the only valid viewpoint on anything.

@kermitfrog593

8 ай бұрын

Bill only hates people having an opinion when they're anti-Israel.

@elizabethpeterson56

7 ай бұрын

or worse using the current catchy phrase signifying nothing except arent i great i can agree with everyone when i say this and offend noone. 'you got this'😢

There is nothing wrong of having an opinion, even on subjects that we know very little. But forcing others to agree with you, or else you throw a tantrum, is just wrong. But the most egregious is not letting people to keep their opinions private to themselves, not everyone needs to take a stand on everything all the time, and that‘s why we fight all time.

@taekwondotime

8 ай бұрын

Bill basically reads my comments, deletes them, and then creates his monologue based on what I say. I've said for years that there needs to be a clear separation between work and politics. No politics in the workplace. No politics tied to any product or service. I'd have it written into the Constitution. The clear separation between company and politics. It will become as taboo as religion.

@MiketheCabbie

8 ай бұрын

To paraphrase the once-awesome Dennis Miller, everyone now feels that their opinion should have an impact, even if it's like the impact of bird shit hitting a windshield.

@Big_Island_Boi

8 ай бұрын

Uh... wait... isn't what you just wrote EXACTLY what Bill Maher just said? Thanks, Captain Obvious.

@LtColVenom

8 ай бұрын

People should feel invited to contribute their opinion only if doing so will be meaningful to the discussion. 99% of the time, it isn't.

@heckensteiner4713

8 ай бұрын

I remembered way back when I wasn't at risk of being labeled a bigoted murderer if I didn't display my preferred pronouns on my LinkedIn profile. Those were the days.

I may not always see eye to eye with bill but most of the time I do. and I like bill, he's a funny guy. he says things the way they probably need to be said. Good stuff as usual bill... thank you Sir

Thank you Bill, this was a good segment.

Really like your show. Some people can’t mind their own business and never will. You will have comedy material forever !

"Did you post the Black Square? - No - That's why there's still racism " 😂😂😂

@Criner05

8 ай бұрын

That reminds me of when people wanted to boycott big oil by not buying any gas on a specific date (like May 14, 2006). I can't remember the exact date, but it was a one-day thing (month, day, year). It was the dumbest boycott ever.

I'm still being called a weirdo for ditching social media almost 7 years now. I left before TikTok was even a thing, now it's one of the most mental disorder apps out there that kids & adults should avoid if they value their mental health.

@ThatSingingGuy

7 ай бұрын

You realise KZread is social media too, right?

@Lilpat60

7 ай бұрын

@@ThatSingingGuy Really? Last I checked it's a video platform first, every thing else is last. Commenting on videos & replies will not put it on the same category as the rest. You're well aware of which social media Im talking about. Why do I need to spell it out?

@ThatSingingGuy

7 ай бұрын

@@Lilpat60 It's literally social media, and that's literally how we're using it to have this conversation. It still has an algorithm judging what content you want to see. If you mean you left Facebook, Twitter / X, or Instagram, say as much. But you are still participating in social media.

@Lilpat60

7 ай бұрын

@@ThatSingingGuy I'm still confused as to what your real point is in starting this argument. You can not interact with anyone on this platform unless a video is present. Yes it is a form of social media, but it's secondary, not primary purpose. People just started calling it social media recently & it became a thing because the Sub system is similar to the follow system use on major social media. It's a video sharing website with social media characteristics. The reason I'm on KZread is to watch videos (Music, News, Docs, Comedy etc). I'm not here to get into pointless social media beefs like the one you're starting right now. If I wanted that kind of BS, I'll be on Twitter or whatever it's call nowadays or the others. I can choose to comment (socialize) or not & still watch my videos. I don't need to write a freaking essay to explain my point to normal people when they can put two & two together themselves. Whatever that's going on with you, that's your own problem. Deal with it.

He makes me want to resubscribe to HBO. At least there's one platform out there slowly recovering its sanity.

I suppose the pressure to have an opinion on something when I’m a person who hates confrontation has made me spend more time trying to learn history. I feel like I can’t say anything I can’t back up, so I research it. Then, knowing more makes me MORE unable to comment because I usually just see that both sides of a debate have legitimate reasons to be supported. I really am rubbish at taking any stance. I sit on a well informed fence.

@loucat2779

8 ай бұрын

Perfect stance that! That's the best approach. Everything that is agreed on is never black or white, but the grey. The grey area is where the compromise comes in. Advantage YOU for being informed. Well done!

What a great talent, really enjoy watching his show!

Lets start with you Bill.

I have been saying this for the last 5 years. My current employer is so cringe. Every single day our employee home page just smacks you in the face with the newest virtue signaling trend they must let you know they are standing behind. 😂

@KanjoNights

8 ай бұрын

@@Bills_Wife_And_Kids I think that's probably turtles all the way down

@TheVonMatrices

8 ай бұрын

If the American government wasn't so full of corporate-funded lobbyists, I would agree with Bill regarding companies taking political positions. But the American government is full of corporate-funded lobbyists and gerrymandered "safe" districts, so those lobbyists have more control over politicians than voters. Therefore if you want to effect change, making a company take a political position is more effective than voting out your representatives because government is more responsive to corporate money than voters.

@bosmerfromcanada3878

8 ай бұрын

I know, Home Depot!!!! Am I right or am I right?

@MrBurt3000

8 ай бұрын

@@TheVonMatriceswow. Everything has to be a moment to talk about your politics.

@kitcoffey7194

8 ай бұрын

The companies don't care about any virtue. They only care about dodging taxes.

Reminds me of an episode of Cheers, when Lilith says to Carla " you know it is permissible to have an unexpressed thought"

People used to say: don't talk about religion or politics. It's easier to be friends if you don't bring up such heated topics. One time in high school, my friend and I started talking about abortion. We disagreed on the topic, so we decided we better just change the subject.

Telling everybody that they should keep their opinion to themselves is just your opinion. Get it, Bill?

There’s nothing worse than a celeb who posts an opinion and then walks it back because of woke pressure, have a f””king backbone

@RocStarr913

8 ай бұрын

The Kardashians are absolute prostitutes in the celebrity sense, so no surprise there.

@erichancock6815

8 ай бұрын

Like political leaders who take a stand against a cult and/or its leader then flip on that stance out of fear of that increasingly violent cult? Spinelessness is not exclusively on the left or the right: woke or asleep.

@scarletcartt5677

8 ай бұрын

Same as spineless republican congressmen afraid to stand up to insurrectionist Trump

@ricomajestic

8 ай бұрын

Money talks! They are all obsessed with money and would rather sell their mother to the lowest bidder then to take a stand and have their bank account go down a little!

I deactivated my facebook and twitter about 2 weeks ago and am not looking back. Social media is the worst thing to ever happen to humanity. If someone really wants to be a part of my life they will have to put forth some actual effort.

@BigBadJerryRogers

8 ай бұрын

That works so long as your happiness isn't reliant on other people. I mainly use Facebook because it's the best resource for event listings around the city. Nothing really offers a replacement, yet anyway.

@bUdDh1stPsYcHo

8 ай бұрын

​@BigBadJerryRogers I use songkick and local news sites for events listings now. I also prioritize quality over quantity in all things. Was never one to have many followers or friends on social media anyway.

@jurassicthunder

8 ай бұрын

I've quit the sm drug 2-3 years ago and I have never felt this much freedom to do and think whatever I want

@erichancock6815

8 ай бұрын

Consider if you will that maybe those in power indoctrinating a growing majority of both sides of the political aisle have also planned for the irrelevance of those who step outside the flock: the silent independent minority nobody listens to who has no effect on election results in a 'democracy'. I stepped away for a couple years a couple years ago as well, then remembered that- like any tool- social media has its uses too & not the least of those is staying in contact with certain family & friends, but also practicing a level of moderation. Also remember, however, that KZread- especially the comment section, qualifies as social media.

@mikeoxlong3676

8 ай бұрын

I did that too and lost all my fake friends. Now I'm alone.

I just love your take on everything!!!

'It is better to keep one's mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.'

Tiktok is the best weapon the CCP ever made

@rogerfurlong1535

8 ай бұрын

@James_Willow The fuck? Esxplain yourself Stalin

@rogerfurlong1535

8 ай бұрын

@James_Willow That was a typo but pretend I'm a f*cking idiot lke you are

@arcturusme2630

8 ай бұрын

It's more destructive than climate change.

@glidercoach

8 ай бұрын

It appears 3 comments in this thread have been #NoOpinionAllowed.

Bill built his whole career on opinion.

@downzy56

8 ай бұрын

Bill is a fine example of his generation: do as I say, not as I do.

@cioccolateriaveneziana

8 ай бұрын

On opinion that is based on research and thinking.

@fernandopoo8211

8 ай бұрын

@@cioccolateriaveneziana I'm pretty sure all opinion works that way. Is that your opinion or did you delve deep into the mechanics of Real Time and vet their research.

@daviderwin4705

8 ай бұрын

A lot of his content these days is " That's my job, stay in your lane". The man is often very funny, but I wouldn't and don't trust anything he says when forming my own opinions.

@klaussone

8 ай бұрын

@@daviderwin4705 I find no objection on that. but hes right when he says we don't care about every uneducated opinion you have. Its a bit of straw man because you didn't addressed his core argument. You juts said "i don't trust him". Which is fine, but you don't need to trust anyone to determine the logic of an argument. You just have to look at the argument by its merits. I know its harder and requires more knowledge. But is better.

General thesis laid out here: only elites are allowed to have an opinion, shut up. Great analysis Bill.

"I'm sick of this annoying world !!! "....Exactly my sentiment 👌👌👌👌

I don't have a problem with regular people sharing their opinions, no matter how stupid or ill-informed it is. The problem I have is when corporations who's products has nothing to do with politics start doing it, or celebrities whoses careers has nothing to do with politics start using their platforms to talk about it. The BIGGEST problem is when these people start using their powers to enforce their politics.

@advancedomega

8 ай бұрын

Especially when that company is closer to utility companies. You know, Google, Apple, and many other tech companies whose product are essentials for every day's life.

@kuroeltheog

8 ай бұрын

I’m a political centrist and exhausted and fed up with the politification of everything. Even though I believe that the likes of Daily Wire capitalizes on hatred and division, IF their new media company Bentkey actually delivers on their promise to provide apolitical content (not pro/anti left/right), I can see there being a huge demand for such. My kid already has to go through bullying, inflation crisis, covid and having to share the biggest land border with a dictatorship (Russia), etc. The last thing she needs is cartoon characters telling her that she might be a boy because she doesn’t like dresses or that she’s inherently evil due to the circumstances of having been born to two white parents. I want my entertainment, products, services and news without political bias, religiousness or push for segregation based on qualities we have no control over (sex, skin color, looks or sexuality). I miss the 90’s when Denzel Washington and Will Smith were actors and not BLACK actors, Buffy and Xena were terrific TV shows and not shows helmed by WAHMEN, Boys Don’t Cry, Philadelphia and Crying Game were movies about poignant social issues but you were not obligated to have a cultist attachment to them.

@TheEvolver311

8 ай бұрын

​@@kuroeltheog"I'm a political centrist..." lmao 🤣

@Samrx60

8 ай бұрын

@bobjones4469 But aren’t corporations people? That’s what SCOTUS says.

@ppbur

8 ай бұрын

@@advancedomega tech companies are not utilities. Apple makes phones, verizon is the carrier, the cellular tower companies are the utility companies (American Tower, Crown Castle, SBA). You can use another phone through another carrier to arrive to the same result. Same for X and Google.

my parents always said the two things you don't discuss is religion and politics. the older i get the more i see the wisdom in that.

@bournazianvahan

8 ай бұрын

The older I get the more I see the censorship of alternative voices and realities in that, because the self-serving dominate version of reality is allowed to go unchallenged.

@user-zy5yq8yi3p

8 ай бұрын

My brother started dating and is now married to the most liberal woman I've ever met. I'm more in the center, and my mom is liberal. Anyways, every family dinner she dominates the conversation with the trendy woke speak of the week. Her and my mom bully me at the table over politics, because I don't agree with some of their politics. Fast forward one year, we've gone from dinner every Sunday, to only special occasions, and this year we're not celebrating thanksgiving or Christmas. We're considerding selling the family business, my mom and I don't talk, and I never see my brother. My dad is lonely because his kids were his main source of social contact besides my mom. My brothers wife, brings up a woke topic, takes the most woke stance, then accuses anyone to the right of her stance of bigotry. Our family fell apart, the business is on the brink of being sold, and everyone walks on eggshells. If my brothers wife could just stop with the politics, we'd all be so much better off.

@kitcoffey7194

8 ай бұрын

​@@user-zy5yq8yi3psounds like her expressing herself is the least of your problems.

@bettyjones113

8 ай бұрын

@@user-zy5yq8yi3p Have a weekly lunch or walk or chess game with just your dad. Have debates wit mom and sisinlaw just not over a meal, maybe tennis or archery Hope you stay in touch. I see my family for a month every 4 yrs. Some I see daily, some weekly, some once. But your parents likely won’t outlive you. We don’t discuss politics at the table, but as the most liberal visiting an ultra conservative area, there are people whom I can discuss politics with and others I can point out all those bridge repairs and roads paved under infrastructure funds. I hope you get more liberal as time goes by, but at least find parental socializing you can live and thrive with. 👨‍👩‍👦💕☮️ take the word “woke” out of your vocabulary until you read the definition. Avoid the sisinlaw and make alternative socializations with others

@superdoonz1

8 ай бұрын

@@kitcoffey7194 you are arguing with a bot, not a human being. No actual person would choose a name like zy5whatever.

That was Awesome Bill.....Thank You for your Thanksgiving Contribution.

Bill, I truly love when you show your independent colors!

My family is much more traditional for thanksgiving, our topics will be; “Do you think you’ll ever get married”, “ Maggies screwing her kids up and she wont listen to anybody “, and the annual “when is your grandmother going to die?”

@mattschneider6773

8 ай бұрын

But no politics lol.

Someday, someone will come up with the perfect gift for Thanksgiving & sell it on Etsy: A doormat that says "Leave Your Politics Outside". 🤫

Genius! I wasn’t planning on going to my family’s Thanksgiving, but after watching this, i may go with my mute and def hashtags

Love it Bill!!! Peacon of hope.

Couldn't agree more about everyone having an expert opinion about all subjects because they read it on social media. The simple rule in our family is that there are two subjects that we NEVER talk about at the dinner table...politics and religion...and remarkably...dinner is a fun get together with family!

Of course this is all Bill’s opinion. 😂😂😂

@2011hwalker

8 ай бұрын

He also regularly hosts guests with marked *different* opinions to his own, have you noticed that. I think Maher should be applauded.

@igordewit7357

8 ай бұрын

Yep.As he often says.He doesnt pretend to be important.He s not in politics.He is on tv making jokes.So...its just a guy,saying what HE thinks about stuff.Nothing more.

The part at 5:08 where he says chicken thats "chrrriissstrennn" got me 😂

The Pilgrims and native Americans argued about organic food being at the Thanksgiving dinner table.

Bill Maher finally said what I've been thinking for the last decade.

Thank you Bill, one of the few voices of reasoning we have today

" the other butterball". I love that line.

Bigger and bigger fan all the time thx bill

I have no opinion on this.

@glidercoach

8 ай бұрын

So you didn't like it... I have no opinion as well.

Maybe the Activist Consumer Thing Is Because People Don't Think That Their Vote Matters But That Their Money Does ( Capitalism As A Force For Good ? 🤔)

@bryanhuseboe539

8 ай бұрын

Absolutely a factor we should all continue to practice. And guess what? You don't even have to to voice your opinion to anyone.

@thrawncaedusl717

8 ай бұрын

Nah, it’s because what actually matters is the boring, hard work of understanding actual policies and who is actually pushing for meaningful change. “Voting with your wallet” is just another thing that lets us feel like we are doing something but is just as meaningless as complaining about a movie on social media.

@kitcoffey7194

8 ай бұрын

Vote with your dollars is legit. Boycotts legit work. Of course, voting should matter as well. No reason we shouldn't have 50 state vote by mail & paid national holiday for election day too. It's both. We'd better be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. Anyone who says it's one or the other may be selling you something. Let's hope we can walk and chew.

@danjohnston9037

8 ай бұрын

@@thrawncaedusl717 Or joining your protest line on a street corner

Thanks Bill this was good. 👍🏼

Once you realise that the laughter on this show is the same handful of crew members week in and week out, you cannot unhear it.

Right on the money again Bill. Fantastic season so far. 👍

"Even though I'm sure the Indians had strong feelings about immigration." K.O.!!

This!! I've been saying this for a long time. This pressure to voice an opinion has to stop.

Spot on. Businesses shouldn't virtue signal to anyone.

I agree the younger generation never learned how to handle conflict. That said, every American generation understands better than the previous generation we are nothing but consumers, and how we choose to consume is the only power and source of identity we have. There's nothing wrong with using that power to promote green energy, marriage equality or, say, legalization of marijuana, or paying attention to what your consumption is funding.

@Tom-cn4cm

8 ай бұрын

Have you seen conservative boomers? lol have you seen the way Trump and his older supporters behave? Saying this is a problem of younger folks is ridiculous.

@TwilightxKnight13

8 ай бұрын

To be fair, the younger generation is a produce of their elders…that’s us. We have no one else to blame for problems of the younger generation than the previous generations who taught them how to think, or not think.

@echochamber1234

8 ай бұрын

@@Tom-cn4cm I'm under 25, and we are no better than previous generations

@marksink1652

8 ай бұрын

"every America ...understands... we are nothing but consumers" Hope you meant that tongue in cheek. ...And believe in whatever may lie in those things that money can buy, though...

@Billsmafia50

8 ай бұрын

They don't help matters any. That's fo sure@@Tom-cn4cm

This, right after Bill raised hell on Gen Z "for not having opinions'' & "Not giving a damn" → → I like you, Bill, but I remember those jokes! And I am a Gen Xer!

@janebishop5885

8 ай бұрын

Yep, you're right. I like Bill and he is spot on funny much of the time but half the stuff he says is contradictory to what I have learned about his belief system over the years.

@shamusenright5387

8 ай бұрын

Yes bill makes a living from talking politics and complaining about things in general. Granted he puts in a few jokes to make it more tolerable but he's still part of a group that keeps the discussion on certain issues going far longer than needed

Spot on Bill!

There is a time to listen, but there is also a time to talk. This is how change for the better actually happens.

I had to explain why to my boss that putting his politics on his trucks was not a good idea.

When corporations are actively working against the people that buy their products, it's nice to know.

@chetrodin9656

8 ай бұрын

Yes, where would be if Colgate toothpaste didn't let everyone know it supports gay marriage?

@BigBadJerryRogers

8 ай бұрын

Very true. Do you want to be enriching people who are doing all they can to support legislating against you?

@johncooper9746

8 ай бұрын

@@BigBadJerryRogers Better stick to buying everything from the Amish then

@Astrochimp88

8 ай бұрын

@@BigBadJerryRogersas long as i can have my cold Coca Cola, they can do whatever they want

@Tom-cn4cm

8 ай бұрын

Wrong! You’re a snowflake!!!… according to Triggered Bill Maher.

Bill Maher is so good. God bless

as Americans, it is our birthright to have an opinion on everything.

I'm SO happy that I work for a company which, despite having a market cap greater than Target, or Ford, or Adidas or Burger King, no one has ever heard of, so we're not all pressured to make political statements, and can focus on just making our product. I can't imagine how many "sensitivity trainings" and other such crap I'd have to put up with if we were in a public eye.

@eralddavid6892

8 ай бұрын

Ohh are you working on private company? Cargill or Koch Company?

@ronblack7870

8 ай бұрын

just don't hire todays snot nosed young people who think they are out to save the world. the world doesn't need saving.

@Roycebert

8 ай бұрын

​@eralddavid6892 He just said it's a company no one has heard of, so why would it be either of those whom everyone knows?

@eralddavid6892

8 ай бұрын

@@Roycebert Lol but to be fair for company who has market cap greater than these company that he listed, someone ought to know about it

@dmitryspivak4586

8 ай бұрын

@@eralddavid6892 - no, david, private companies don't have a "market cap" value, because they don't issue stock. So I work for a publicly traded company.

been awhile since the show was this consistent and engaging ... great mix of guests and they all stayed on topic with some very insightful comments mixed with humor ...

Getting news from Instagram, TikTok, and FaceTime is the same as getting news from MSNBC, CNN, and Fox.

Bill, keep saying the things I’m thinking!

When I grew up, we had 2 news broadcasts. Local news at 6pm and National/International at 10pm. Plus the newspaper. Now, we have news shoved in our faces 24/7, we carry things in our pockets that have access to EVERYTHING and every opinion on everything and nobody shuts them off.

@jeffaddis5715

8 ай бұрын

dead on

I've been saying it too, im sick of businesses telling me a stance on something. Just take my money and shut the hell up.

@truthandjustice22

8 ай бұрын

Shut the efff up and stop price gouging me on inelastic goods! That's all I care about!! Not your political statements aimed at increasing your bottom line without accountability 🤑

@kitcoffey7194

8 ай бұрын

It's a tax avoidance thing for them.

@jayjones9219

8 ай бұрын

Thank You! No kidding. I don't want to know their opinion on some social justice issue, and they don't need to know mine. The more they push an agenda, the more I back away and decide I don't want what they sell.

@Criner05

8 ай бұрын

But do you still buy from those businesses? I hate Dylan Mulvaney as much as anyone else. But having him as a spokesperson or whatever isn't gonna stop me from buying from a given business. I still buy groceries and other stuff from Target because I don't give a shit about the pride stuff. It shouldn't bother anyone. If it does, you are a fragile pussy.

"People don't want to hear your opinions. They want to hear their opinions coming out of your mouth."

@lastdonuts

8 ай бұрын

Honestly, I would have liked this video so much more if that's what he said instead, very accurate

These videos are funny! Good job Bill Haher! You bring it! My only question is, who are those random people that you show quickly from time to time? Are they people that just like to go to the show every week?

Old man yelling at the clouds 😂

@santoshNarayana

8 ай бұрын

No he is actually on point on this one, there are too many people out there these days with strong opinions based on incorrect or incomplete information, and it's so god dam annoying

@user-jd4uz9gw3h

8 ай бұрын

@@santoshNarayana I don’t agree

People are just following your example Billy. They're reflecting the hostility you put out in the world. It's not your fault solely but we're living in the world your sarcasm creates.

@jayceewedmak9524

8 ай бұрын

And, everyone like him.

Bill Maher you are a genius

Looking great Donna!

"You don't have to turn this into something. It doesn't have to upset you". -Marcus Aurelius

@gshefer11

8 ай бұрын

People are told today by the media that they *must* have the "correct" opinion on every single thing, or else their "bad people"

@Tom-cn4cm

8 ай бұрын

That’s an opinion and opinions are not allowed anymore… unless you’re Bill Maher.