New Rule: Identity Crisis | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

We need to stop talking about the things that make Americans different from each other and start honoring the things that make us the same.

[peartdahurt]

I'm so happy that he talked about the complete and utter ridiculous idea of segregating missing children. Whoever agreed to and signed off on that needs to be fired yesterday.

[nealfager]

You can love your own culture, heritage or ancestry without hating someone else’s!

[peaceness]

I agree. As a person in a mixed race relationship, we sometimes worry that our future children will be forced to "pick a side" when it comes to identity and racial politics/relations and feel alienated. Why do we need to segregate children? Why does our understanding of race need to be so rigid? Why can't people just be who they are?

[rumchjoe]

"The real issue is class not race" - Thank you Bill!

[PassportGaming]

I have a dream that one day people will be treated based on the content of their character and not the color of their skin

[tomofnorthcal]

Class not race! Been saying this for years as a white guy with black and asian family. We all went from lower middle class to upper middle class by hard work, saving, and education.

[PapaEli-pzff]

Identity politics keeps a whole lot of folks employed in "leadership" positions!

[krashlyboo]

Here i am a Conservative finding common ground with Bill because we are indeed all united in the madness of 2024

[markferguson]

Segregating ABDUCTED CHILDREN is something no dystopian author would come up with. It's too ridiculous, too pointless, too authentically mad.

[iamcomcy]

Bill is at his very best, and relatable, when he is criticizing his own party.

Completely on point here.

[jenniferbarnett]

Love it. Every time an application asks my race, I check other and write in human. Been doing this for 30+ years!

[Popeyesdad]

Honestly I'm a black American with many Irish friends ive been to Ireland 🇮🇪 2 times and loved it . I would marry an irish woman in a heartbeat and live in Ireland 🇮🇪 its a beautiful country. ❤

[BigPhatMan]

"Feather Alert" is one of the most racist things I have ever heard.

[irishcurse]

I guess with the Amber alerts, Ebony alerts and Feather alerts we can select which ones we care about? Is that their message.

[vicarnagra]

This is a jewel. It makes me happy. Thank you Bill Maher.

[Jeremy]

probably one of the best new rules of the year. Nicely done Bill.

[bangslamwham]

George Carlin said the exact same thing regarding national/ethnic pride. Those things are all a product of chance and we never had to work for it.

[wsqfolk]

My father who was born in Italy use to argue with his nephews that he wasn't Italian, he was an American. They claimed to be Italian Americans and were born in the USA!!!!

[puktllk]

Kenya, 1973, myself British and my American wife both teaching near Mombasa. We had a visit from some black American students from Harvard, who were coming "home" to Africa. The reception from black Kenyans was NOT what they expected, who considered them culturally and linguistically "Americans", who just happened to be black. The Americans were surprised and disillusioned, and then went off to Tanzania, to seek a warmer "welcome home" there.

[oldschooltakingyaback]

That first quote about pride is from Carlin, and you should give him credit because that was basically verbatim.