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In his editorial New Rule, Bill Maher attempts to help self-loathing white Americans find a middle ground between being racist and seeing racism in everything. Original air date: April 22, 2016.
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Bill has a point. Every time I see a white person self-loathing to get on my good side just because I'm black, I think it's one of the saddest things ever.
It's embarrassing
+Random Person The best answer for that is college.
+Random Person It's a breeding ground for people like that.
+Random Person Why are stupid people in college? Because we stopped having standards. In the rush to get money, colleges have forgotten the "higher" part of higher education. Anybody can go now, degrees mean nothing, especially when they go off and get degrees in useless fields.
@@sonikku956 lololol the most correct answer of all time
There's something very wrong when an old Jewish guy shouldn't say the word ghetto.
My thoughts exactly.
+digitalbookworm5678 Ignorance is the cause of all problems in this world.
Absolutely. His father was a holocaust surivior. If anyone has a right to say the word ghetto it's Bernie.
bill maher IS an old jewish guy
@@satori-in-life well it doesn't really count as a holocaust survivor if you emigrated 20 years before that. But indeed many of Bernie Sanders' relatives that stayed in Europe were murdered during the war, so he definitely has a right to say "Ghetto". As does everyone, really.
Bill Maher just shut down every tumblr white liberal ever.
P
thy are still here sadly enough
Lol as a black man, I agree. let's have everyone chill out
Purely the best sense - if my fellow Scots can get over their hostility to gay/bis like me, there's hope for everybody.
Are we smoking just the right amount? Mission accomplished!!
Yeah. Now just think how many black people will hate you for saying that.
Wtf does it matter “as a” u could be white and say the same point, idgaf about ur blackness or my whiteness
@@gabrielpoletz7511 agreed. Character over color
Bill Maher speeches always has a perfect blend of humor and sarcasm which actually has great reach into the audience
It's nice to see at least one person on TV that's still willing to keep it real without selling out to anyone's agenda.
Sad I can only like this once
agree
This is one of the best bits Bill Maher has done in a while. I hope a lot of people hear this.
I love how kidd & bill are besties 😂 hell yeah that’s the friendship I never knew I need it .
Bill hits it spot on again! I'm a freshmen in college at a pretty diverse school but all my white professors constantly apologize for everything that might "offend" students. Bill couldn't have put it better - "You pretending you're making a difference when you're just making yourself feel better."
People should not be apologizing unless they have individually have done wrong.
He's always on point. I just hope his ratings are through the roof, because his social commentary is way more mature than what you'd see on CNN, FOX or others...
In fact, he has been providing food for thoughts at least for me!! You have to use analytical thinking to really understand the whole issue and amazingly he has been very succinct and to the point most of the time!! I totally agree with you and I hope many more Americans watch his show. That might make America more mature and humane.
"it's a perverse sort of narcissism" This is the very crux all SJW actions.
Paul Blank so true
you mean like when conservatives try to tell everyone what is right and wrong? who the fuck made you god? that's narcissism at its finest.
Did you read that in the Daily Stormer, Mr Blank? Proud boys (who applaud politically incorrect comedians Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson, Bill Maher & their own reflections) don't have the guts to stand up to abusive bosses and instead bash the historically abused, "illegals", antifascist SJWs, John Lewis or Martin Luther King as far left "perverse narcissists". But being politically incorrect (asserting a rich white heterosexual male privilege/right to be an unapologetic scumbag) is Making America Great Again?
@@mariaconnors6287 just compared herself to MLK. Not even realizing how perfectly she just proved the OPs point
@@Xavier_Coogat_the_Mambo_King What I did was compare blank's prideful disdain for social justice or political correctness to white supremacists like Corey ("womp womp") Lewandowski. As Melania would say, Be Beast.
I can't help what color skin I was born with just like people of color can't help their skin color. I don't feel responsible for what rich white men did to people of other races because I wasn't there and I couldn't have stopped it. I refuse to feel like shit because of the color of my skin, no one should.
+Emma Cox you can't even sop it now, if you have a lot of money there is nothing anyone can do to stop you, you are basically god and the police, military and politicians are your personal bitch.
+Emma Cox WHite people stopped slavery, for moral reasons alone and went to war to do it, sacrificing their own lives. Slavery is not universal today because of the ethics and sacrifice of white people. White people have a lot to be proud of.
*****
"WHite people stopped slavery, for moral reasons alone and went to war to do it,"
White people also participated in slavery, both in endorsing it, running it, and profiting off of it/ facilitating it.
"Slavery is not universal today because of the ethics and sacrifice of white people."
No what you should say is in our first world white countries slavery is not legal, but we're fine with it being allowed in the middle east, Africa, south America, east Balkans, Asia etc.
Mckenzie .Latham
All people participated in slavery. All people have been slaves. You could still buy White slaves as late as 1908 in the Ottoman Empire. African blacks and Arabs had slave trades much bigger and far more cruel than the Atlantic slave trade. Arabs would castrate their black slaves, most didn't survive. A greater percentage of blacks and Natives owned black slaves in the USA than Whites.
Before White people stopped it, slavery was practiced all over the world without a thought, it was a normal aspect of life. I know you're too racist to give White people any credit for any good deeds, but that doesn't matter, stopping slavery was one of the most moral and selfless acts any people have ever done, and it makes me proud to be WHite.
*****
"African blacks and Arabs had slave trades much bigger and far more cruel than the Atlantic slave trade."
So, that's like saying it's better to have lung cancer than aids... i always see this attempt at fallacy, where people try and excuse the severity of one by comparing it to another...slavery is slavery, no matter how cruel or not, slavery is slavery, the purpose is that you are nothing and or belong to someone else, that your worth and life is in the hands of those who consider you no more than an asset or property, all forms of it are demeaning human rights violations.
"A greater percentage of blacks and Natives owned black slaves in the USA than Whites."
Stats?
not too mention the blacks who owned blacks in the states were the same as the what the dutch/Belgians did in Rwanda, they chose the people with defining features (Tutsi) and made them their slave master class, a middle class to govern, oppress and help them run the rest of the population, and of course we saw how well that worked out for Rwanda didn't we?
"Before White people stopped it, slavery was practiced all over the world without a thought, it was a normal aspect of life."
Still is again in Africa, Asia, Middle east, South America, east Balkans, the whites only stopped it in their countries, and actually many of them only did so after the market went down do to over saturation and abundance.
The civil war was not fought to end slavery, in fact the emancipation proclamation and the 13th amendment were more beneficial pluses to the war, they were not the cause and or the the plan, this is all well documented by the way. Lincoln saw an opportunity during the war to cut off the south's main economic factor-free labor, and saw the opportunity when it presided itself for the 13th amendment, side effects only.
"I know you're too racist to give White people any credit for any good deeds, but that doesn't matter, stopping slavery was one of the most moral and selfless acts any people have ever done, and it makes me proud to be WHite."
First off nice flip fallacy by calling me racist, as for giving white's credit for good deeds, why do whites alone get all the credit? no one other than whites ever opposed, campaigned and or fought agaisnt slavery? the whites did it all alone?
Of course the whites who went agaisnt slavery deserve credit, but they weren't the only ones, and to act like slavery just ended becasue whites got involved is a lie, as i said it's still practiced in various forms globally.
i don't get the point in being proud to be white, proud to be black, etc. who gives a fucking shit?!!!!
I don't see the world in race, race is merely a social construct we ass scratching primates created based on phenotype characteristics, the only race that matters is the human race and whether or not you can be proud to be human given how much fucking shit we do on a daily basis is the more apt question.
There is no such thing as reverse racism. It is just racism if a black person discriminates against a white etc.
+Frank
Reverse racism just means a minority being racist towards a majority. Eh....
Right, it is just racism.
+Frank A non power black discriminating against the power elite. Boo-hoo.
+Carlos Soto Sorry but an impoverished white male who grew up in a project where he was a minority, or in a trailer park...has never been a part of "the power elite."
+Carlos Soto You should revaluate reality with your power+ prejudice= racism bullshit formula. Racism is racism no matter who is in the act of committing it, irregardless of the social standing or background of the source of the racist. There is hardly any true racism anymore to begin with but my suspicions are that you believe that this country is full of racist white people and ironically that actually makes unholy the bigot.
I love how Maher smirks every time the audience claps... PSST, he's talking about you.
lol
yeah
lmao...I love you Bill ♡♡♡
"If you're a bearded dude in a dress, hold it until you get home." lmfao
"Mick Jagger's lips are so big, black people look at him and go, 'You got some big ass lips.'" - Eddie Murphy in Delirious
Steve Tyler could give Mick jagger a run for his money.
Not a big fan of Bill Maher, but he's spot on right here.
+RobotShlomo love Bill, but if you're a bearded guy in a dress, use the men's room.
Thank you Bill! This needs to be said.
“If you’re a bearded dude in a dress, hold it until you get home...”
😂🤣😂
Listening to this brought catharsis. Moderates are where it's at.
+longtail4711 I don't think Bill considers himself "moderate". He's very proud and outspoken liberal. I think what he's complaining about is white liberals who wear guilt as a cloak of self-righteousness, and condescendingly try to look out for everyone else, actively looking for shit to be offended by on other people's behalf as though THAT were some sort of solution. You don't have to be "moderate"- you can be pro-choice, pro-LGBT, pro-feminist, a strong environmentalist, pro-economic equality, etc., without being a coddling, apologetic sap.
moonlily1 -- I'm aware of that.
moonlily1 - I took what longtail4711 said as "moderate liberal", as opposed to an "extreme liberal". Somebody who is in the middle of both political sides equally is generally called a "centrist".
longtail4711 Yup
Way late to this party, but I think the issue is 'moderate' is a poor descriptor. One could say that Hillary Clinton was the moderate vs. Progressive Sanders. But it was Hillary's camp that banked on identity politics the hardest particularly in terms of gender and race. It was on Maher's own show that Gloria Steinem basically slandered young women as being trivial and lacking seriousness because they supported Sanders over Hillary. "That's where the boys are."
I'm more inclined to make an appeal to rational, reasonable people that to loaded political terms.
YOU GO, BILL!!! Thanks for pointing out the ridiculousness of our current society's perspectives.
Finally someone had the guts to say it!!!
Thank you!! In 92 I was watching Martin. Also were my friends and classmates. And we weren’t talking about those other shows. We didn’t give a fuck.
As a minority from the middle east, I have to say, I agree 100% with Bill. Lol! Bill's show is the reason why I look forward to Fridays (yes I do have a life) haha!
Every word of this is cathartic.
I disagree with BIll Maher on a lot of stuff, but most of this was spot on.
Yeah same here. It's weird seeing a leftist speak the truth for once
"White Guilt" is just signaling "I'm one of the good ones" and is actually rather selfish, not selfless. If you want to help people of color, then actually help them if you have the power to do so.
Spot on!
Thank you bill sick of these patronizing liberals
You do realize that he was tattooing conservatives too right?
Brian OSullivan I do but I can deal with racism what I can't deal with it the overtly condescending tone of liberals when it comes to race issues, way too sympathetic often lacking balance. Everything and every action is racist and ppl must be fired and all this mess it's like they over do it trying to be prove how much they aren't racist.
Bill Maher is one of the best in comedy, he is intelligent
I took a totally different point from this video than a lot of this comments section. White men in the U.S enjoy privilege (Bill Maher said exactly that at about 4:30), but being consistently self-deprecating for the sake of any minorities who might be watching isn't going to help. If you actually want to do something, vote for public officials who'll stop supporting the drug war and unnecessary incarceration of black men. Stop supporting businesses and organizations that profit off of the labor of underpaid minorities. Start taking concrete action instead of being fake-remorseful.
I don't think Maher's saying that reverse racism is America's biggest problem and that white men have it just as bad as anyone else. I think he's saying that if you actually want to do something, self-flagellating for the sake of some kudos from your one ethnic friend is a stupid way to go about it.
Agreed and well said.
It's sad if your take on it is in the minority bc you took it the way it was meant ,imo.
Bloom County Actually, no. If you'll read my original comment, you'll notice that I mentioned drugs specifically. There is a documented racial disparity when it comes to who is more likely to be incarcerated for drug-related crimes. Most races do drugs at equal rates (in fact, white people are more likely to deal drugs than black people), but black people are jailed disproportionately for them. This isn't something I've concocted as a justification for my feelings; this is a point of view driven entirely by the statistics, some of which you can see here: www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/30/white-people-are-more-likely-to-deal-drugs-but-black-people-are-more-likely-to-get-arrested-for-it/
It's interesting that you bring up gender, because there's also evidence that men may receive longer prison terms and be less likely to avoid incarceration than women, even when committing the same crime. This doesn't mean law enforcement officials should stop arresting or incarcerating men, but it does seem unfair to me that two people who commit the same crime will face different consequences depending on their gender. www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/11/men-women-prison-sentence-length-gender-gap_n_1874742.html
I never said that we should make sure that all prison populations should have a particular racial or gender composition, but I do find it interesting that even when committing the same number and kind of crimes, black people seem to face harsher penalties. Considering how negatively-disposed you seem to be towards emotion, you seem very upset about this. I'm not sure what made you this bitter or angry, but I hope that whatever it was, you feel better soon.
Bloom County First off, let me just comment on how hilarious it is that you claim Maher has "doesn't commit crimes" privilege, considering his life story. He's been very open about selling pot in college, long before it was legal in his state. He paid for college by committing crimes, and now he has a television show. I personally don't see selling pot as a moral lapse, so I don't mind, but I'm surprised that someone like yourself still watches his show. I'd expect you to want him imprisoned.
None of this addressed my original point, which is that two people who make the same "poor decision" are likely to be punished unequally depending on their race. Are you supporting that? Do you believe that some people who make "bad choices" should remain unaffected because they were born white or female? Receiving a different sentence due to your race, an inherent quality you have based on luck, is a privilege. I think that anyone who's genuinely concerned with accountability and facing the consequences of their actions should make sure all consequences are equally enforced.
I didn't mention anything about low-income people or teen moms, so I'm not sure where you're getting that from either. Also not sure why you think I'm suburban or white (I'm neither), or that I haven't spent any time around low-income people. You seem to be making a lot of false assumptions about me, and you also seem to be assuming some things about people who find themselves in dire straits. Just because you've met some felons or poor people you dislike doesn't mean those people are representative of all felons or poor people. You seem a little vindictive about this.
Bloom County Murderers should obviously be imprisoned, but the issues you're describing aren't caused by institutional racism against white people or for black people. It's not the government enforcing that kind of prejudice, but a social phenomenon that isn't caused or perpetuated by the government. Unequal drug sentencing (which was the issue I was trying to talk about, not murder) is a different matter. And since you still haven't addressed it: do you believe Bill Maher should be imprisoned? The numbers of black and brown men currently in prison for low-level drug offenses is something I personally find heinous. If you think it's reasonable to incarcerate someone for most of their adult life over a possession or distribution charge, then that's your stance, but if you refuse to apply it equally to everyone, you're being motivated by prejudice.
You're making a lot of false assumptions about me. For starters, I'm not white (I laughed a little bit at your 'white supremacist' comment). I grew up in a lower-income household (I see lower-income people every Christmas, as opposed to never, as you seem to believe). Many if not most of my friends from the area where I grew up have been arrested for drug charges, and one of them spent time in prison for them. I've seen how drug policy in the United States is excessive and plagued by racial and gender disparities, and personally, it makes me a little sick. If you believe drug offenses should carry lifetime prison sentences, then that's your prerogative, but to argue that they should be enforced unequally is biased and unfair. If that's your stance, fine - just don't pretend I'm someone I'm not because you're desperate to ignore my point.
I agree with the first sentence of your last paragraph. People should deal with the positive or negative consequences of their choices. The issue in this case, however, is that despite making the same choice (to deal or use drugs), white and black people are likely to face different consequences under the law.
You're clearly very upset and if you're going to call me a racist (again, despite the fact that I'm nonwhite and couldn't be a white supremacist if I tried), I think it's better off if I end this conversation here. Have a good one.
YES SO SO GOOD!!!
CAN;T STAND SJW'S
+Nicsho Because the best of intentions don't make up for deplorable behaviour.
+Nicsho It is more important for people to be free than for people to be polite. SJWs don't understand that.
+Seyi 116 But SJW's are the only one to defend you if I say ``youtubers with caps lock malfunctions should be euthanized``.
+Jing Li. But I don't their defence though... I'm fine defending myself.
+Seyi 116 Is the term "SJW" of OFFICIAL term for "FAKE-social justice warrioring"? I mean, there are some LEGIT "social justice warriors". Maybe people call them something else? Humans?;)
When the Caliphate is established, all of this will go away, Bill.
+CZcams Account#:457 it's a trap!!
This is what i like about Bill Maher. Straightforward should be his name.
Bill Maher is FANTASTIC! He called out everyone! 🤣
Thank you, I have always felt the people who are constantly apologizing are trying to make themselves feel better and actually feel as though Blacks could never accomplish what they could with their assistance.
Jon oliver and bill maher are the only people on tv that tell the truth about our country
+travis larson Not true
I have been waiting for some to bring this up thank you
FINALLY someone speaks out about this bullshit. Thank you, Bill!
im conservative, but i kind of like this guy. I agree there has to be some middle ground
"If you're a bearded man in a dress, hold it until you get home" lol
This holds true even today. Recommend to do a show about this subject.
Bill is so spot on in this video lol ...and this is from a brotha.
+kannibalZZ *Brother
+kannibalZZ who's brother
+Mr Moist whose*
+Mr Moist no it's brotha, trust me, I'm black.
+kannibalZZ LOL.
White guilt is so...
white.
A nuanced plea for a middle ground. I'm sure the comments under this video aren't full of toxic extremism.
+Penny Lane On a side note, I've got a bridge in Frisco to sell...
How about labeling the restrooms "sit-downs" and "stand-ups"?
That was very funny.
+Lee48Lee Indeed
+Anthony LiPira Another possibility: you could do what a Kroger's store in Georgia recently did and just make the switch to unisex bathrooms entirely.
MarionetteSaviour that would freak out people in Alabama so I'm for it.
5 years later, and many voices in the public arena still dont get this. Good grief
Damn, this has to be the longest New Rule I've ever seen. lol
Even as a conservative, I think Bill Maher makes good points. Sometimes.
"If you're a dude in a dress, hold it until you get home" 😂
BEARDED DUDE in a dress.
Solving America's problems one at a time.
"If you look like a woman use the women's room. If you look like a man use the men's room. If you're a bearded dude in a dress, hold it till you get home."
You and your team are awesome!
THANK YOU!!!
I remember being in my Philosophy class and my teacher saying that the 'Check Your Privilege' meme was a terrific thought experiment composed and intended for racial discussions among classes, but specifically ignored the individual entirely. White men were not individuals who had personal tragedies or non-standard lives, they were blanket stereotyped white men, SOLELY for the purpose of in-class discussion on racial stereotypes of all kinds.
And this was 2009.
I shudder to think what she thinks of this 'movement' now.
Finally someone is speaking up about this.
another excellent viewpoint with heavy sarcasm. thanks Bill!
Education system is producing this phenomena
Its great to finally see liberals standing up to their own, I've gotten so used to them cowering and submitting to the progressives like SJW, BLM and Feminazis, its sickening.
+vyso Problem is this is just one guy. Where is the rest of the mainstream media in this? All submitting to "social justice" and "cultural marxist" bullshit! Spreading false stories and leaving things out of the news...to the point where many Americans don't trust the news coverage. It's sad!
“Check your white male privilege!”
“Okay, I checked. I have it. Now what?”
That’s exactly how I answer when asked that question!
Are Bernie Bros watching this?
LOL
they're the worst. they go out of their way (and it's funny, because they're largely a nice group of people) to say how bad/racist they are, just because they're white. it's awful.
it's like 'hey, if I say how racist I am, that makes me not racist at all now right?'
“Just the right amount”. I’m dead 😵 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thank you! Both of these extremes are insanity
I'm offensive and I find this triggered.
Ahh, Van is wearing purple. I see what you did there Sir..💜
thank you
I like how just about every CZcams comment section inevitably breaks down into a 'left' vs 'right' war of words, with people flinging meaningless ( ie having many different interpretations) terms like 'socialism', 'far right', 'far left', 'PC' etc etc etc.Personally, I'm as tree-huggy a 'lefty' as you'll ever find, but if I was ever at a Halloween party and someone criticized someone's costume as 'inappropriate', I'd be the first to tell them to get a life...
Everyone needs to quit jumping on the grenades of others.
+mellamosean Well, okay, maybe there is such a thing as an inappropriate Halloween costume. But isn't it kinda like free speech? I may disagree with what you say or wear, but I'll defend your right to say or wear it, especially on this one day of the year...
You should get Larry Elder or Milo Yiannopoulos on your show !
+MadeInChina Milo Yiannopoulos? The self loathing homosexual? The shock troll? Do you actually buy into that guy's bullshit?
***** He has some valid points, specialy when he talks about mass-immigration in Europe.
ZDProletariat Any gay person who supports the party that believes their actions will be punished by god, and that they don't deserve the same rights of other citizens, is a self loathing homosexual. Milo said himself, that he would prefer to be straight. He said this when he was on Joe Rogan's podcast. Sounds like self loathing to me. He also constantly spreads falsehoods regarding nationalized healthcare in England. He is just a gay male version of Ann Coulter. That is why they are both fans of one another. They say shocking stuff in order to get attention. Gavin McInnes is the exact same way. You people are fools. Mindless morons listening to people who have absolutely no journalistic credentials, whatsoever. They are the same as shock comics. Attention seeking morons who don't have actual statistics to back up their claims. Watch both Milo, and Gavin's, appearances on Joe Rogan's podcasts. Their "facts" were immediately disproven. There, was that communicating like a "human"? Assclown.
Nah, get Ben Shapiro.
He did bring Milo on a year later and Larry Wilmore and Malcolm Nance had fun with him on overtime. czcams.com/video/3cDLflyQ8TA/video.html
thank you !!!!!
He's making those white liberals on his panel uncomfortable. + 10 points
Bill Maher is an example of something that was once considered a very good thing in this country - a "common sense liberal". He remembers that liberal values are supposed to include freedom of speech and expression rather than "trigger warnings", "safe spaces", "PC police" and shitty reboots of classic movies.
🤣🤣I’m very privileged I checked.😂😂😂
bill maher actually being funny for a change
Yes. I am a minority and I agree. I don't give a shit.
You And them Well yea. I meant in the United States.
Something came in the mail today True. Asians in this country have come a long way. Racism towards us still exists in parts of this country, but its a different type of racism when compared to what black people and Latinos deal with.
I will say moving to a very white area, Lancaster, PA from Miami, FL does have me saying: "It's SO white!"
And, it's not because I hate myself for being "white". It is because I now live in a place where people are freaked out because they see a person of another color, or someone who is bilingual and has an accent, different religion, etc. The area hardly changed for so many years until recently and was like a time capsule. Sometimes it sucks to live in a place where the people had spent so much time in their own insular bubble. BTW, I moved for job reasons and originally grew up in Detroit. It amazes me when people act like diversity is a new and scary concept. Otherwise, I don't have a problem with the area.
Another great piece from Bill!
There must be something between pc police and boltimore police🤣🤣🤣
I need a safe space now
Bill is spot on about white people! I'm black and Jesus not all of us think the same. Just be cool and don't act weird. Not everything racist.
Mr. Maher does it again another brilliant commentary sir.
You are still the best Bill Maher!
I'm glad Bill did this segment. I'm so tired of the new wave of pseudo-liberals these days. Hell, a lot of conservatives these days embody the values of classic liberalism more than the stupid feminist-SJW crowd we have to put up with these days.
What's "classic liberalism" --- our politics have moved far to the right over the last 40 years. No right wingers are not liberals. It's just convenient to say that the left is too far left and the right is the left. But just the opposite is true. The fact that some people say and do stupid things is not unique to the left. The fact that conservatives are becoming more liberal just means they are becoming more liberal --- and the left going more left doesn't mean they are wrong people just don't understand the difference between being sensitive and being a socialist or left on policy issues
+Babak G A social conservative would tell you American politics have moved far to the left over the last 40 years.
+Babak G He/she probably was talking about libertarians, the upholding of individual liberties and judging people individually and not through the lens of colectivism (which are still the core principles of "classic liberalism")
studentofsmith If by social conservative, you mean prude, then yes.
German Libertarians are almost identical to what we now have to call 'true liberals'. I think the only difference is liberals like a small government only regarding social policies, and are fine with bigger government elsewhere.
How about instead of apologising for being white, just be a good person. And if you see racism, call it out and put it to shame. I think for some of us, it's not about a self congratulations, but actually fighting injustice.
The point that he was making is that a lot of these people see racism everywhere and in everything when it's just not there.
Well said.
love this one
Bill Maher is my kind of liberal. He gets it.
Or you know, he's someone who uses his brain, unlike following like sheep.
reverse racism isnt a thing...either something is racism or it isnt, the race of the person its coming from and the race of the people its directed to is irrelevant.
+neko mata I thought reverse racism was "Well, it's okay to be racist towards these people, because people like them were racist to people like me in the past." Not saying it's a smart idea, but...
+MindOfGenius no that's still racism
+MindOfGenius reverse racism is the idea that in America's efforts to make up for its racist system's (e.g. Slavery, Trail of Tears, Japanese internment camps) white people are now being victimized. I am black, but some of my white friends feel bothered because they don't have scholarships for their race. They feel like they can only rely on merit meanwhile I'm riding off of the race card.
No Madge
which is no different than when the Germans were saying the Jews are profiting off of Germany's decline/have all the breaks.
+No Madge
We are not victims. They didn't get a scholarship or a large inheritance, well too bad. The world is not fair. Thinking you are a victim because your spoon is not made of silver is one of the many reasons you are where you are.
There are two "races" of people: the hard workers and the complainers.
Couldn't agree more !
You got to love this guy my grandfather watches Bill Maher now I do great show!
We all knew "Social Justice Warrior" was going to enter mainstream parlance this year. The whole movement is going to crumble under ridicule in the next year or two.
+inthefade I'm a Bernie Sanders will-talk-myself-into-supporting-Clinton-because-the-Republicans-are-insane liberal and I've hated this stuff since 2013. That's when it really came up: combination of cultural criticism media becoming very single-minded and insular, a wave of postmodern academic politics getting another mainstream run, social media, and clickbait. Hence you get the social shaming and the cultural appropriation and the no-platforming and all this nonsense.
I remember in 2013 it seemed like I was a crazy person for hating this stuff, but the last year or so has been awesome in terms of pushback. "SJW" going mainstream is great; ridiculous college protests are getting noticed and mocked; people like Dave Rubin (who is becoming a bit more right-wing lately but follow my point) have opened up a space for criticizing this kind of thing and have found an audience.
Cautiously optimistic.
That assumes they're paying attention to people who ridicule them. They've done a fairly good job of building up their own little echo chamber, where the only people they interact with are other idiots who always agree with everything they say.
Brett Perry
That is true, but they have held a certain amount of power over society, and I think that will be waning.
I do have some concern is that our culture will swing too far in the opposite direction, but I can't wait to see things move a little in the direction of reason.
Bill almost hit the nail on the head discussion privilege, but still missed by a bit. The reason that most of the sane world hates that term is because it is WRONG! The problem is not that most white people are "privileged", it is that many others are not being treated properly.
Being treated reasonably fairly in life is a right, not a privilege - so it pisses off the majority of people who have never gotten more than they deserve to be called "privileged". I sympathize with and want to help people who are not being treated as they should be, and there are far too many of them - we call that "discrimination" and it's a real thing!
Is a child whose father does NOT beat him "privileged" because some people's father DO beat them? NO! One is having a normal life, and one is being abused!
If these moronic SJWs really cared about achieving anything, they would get rid of that stupid concept - but they need it to feed (as Bill said) their own narcissistic desire to pretend to feel guilty for not being discriminated against.
Right as usual Bill!! Love you!!
Agreed so hard.
don't mind me, just manspreading my white legs here.
I'm so white and rich
Good for You sir 👍🏻
I know I don't get out much since I became a Dad, but I know quite a lot of independents, liberals, and progressives, and I don't know of any one of them that acts or sounds like what you're describing here.
... And holy shit am I glad I can say that!
Haha great as always.
Caucasians are people from the Caucusus.
lol
+opiumpoetry No, stupid, they're people from Causasia. Everybody knows that...;)
+Jettero Fletcher It actually means both
olga159 No, no it doesn't. The REAL Caucasians have been pissed at the Caucusasatianites for years about them getting their name stolen. So it's hard to pronounce! Not. Their. Problem!
+Jeff Faust modern science is pretty divided on that actually seeing as there's evidence people migrated out of Africa and across Europe over 30+ thousand years ago which predates the people from the Caucasus mountain region by a good 20+ thousand years. Some believe that humans were living in Europe some 50 thousand years ago. So your comment is like saying all white people have ancestors that lived in Africa so they're Africans.
"I can't tell who's more annoying: conservatives who don't care about anyone who isn't white or liberals who hate themselves because they are white. There's gotta be some sweet spot between the PC police and the Baltimore police."
Gauntlet laid.
There's a somewhat tangential moment at the end I part ways with, though: I don't agree with the simple solution to transgender issues and restrooms, if for no other reason than that I think for every peeping tom jeopardizing the liberty of others in the women's, there's a trans man in the men's who's jeopardizing his own life just to take a piss. A full solution will involve either gender-neutral facilities, more private stalls, or else just a cultural shift towards gender-fluid indifference about who's around you when you drop trou. But luckily this flourish of Maher's was more or less an obiter dictum tacked onto the end, probably having something to do with his lingering befuddlement over Caitlin Jenner and how her transition won her instant approval among many liberals, effectively shielding her from any criticism, however legitimate, of her politics and even her character. That ceasefire of last summer is mostly over, after jumping the shark at the ESPY awards, but for some reason it's still sticking in Maher's craw.
Oh well, nearly everything else I agree with. There's got to be some middle ground where smart people of good will can try to raise awareness of the unfortunate parts of any and all cultures, and where these criticisms can be evaluated on their merit instead of reflexively being labelled virtuous if directed at whites, and racist if directed anywhere else.
I hope Maher doesn't go anywhere anytime soon, else I too will have to buy a bumper sticker that tells everyone behind me just how much I miss Bill.
that last joke was the best
Thank you Bill!
The way things are going the US is going to need a 3rd moderate party.
too bad its too late...
+btbrotherton We have it now. Its called the Democratic Party. Warhawk Hillary is center right on an international scale. We need a new left. Ohh wait last time we tried that we got COINTELPRO.