Clint Watts: Messing with the Enemy | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Clint Watts is a former FBI agent and the author of "Messing with the Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News."

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[vickybarnes]

Thank you, Mr. Watts I will be purchasing your book 📚, I have been listening to you since you came before the Congress/Senate. I thank you sir 🙏🏾💯

[NoktynGaming]

Clint watts has been waiting over 4 years to share this and it's incredibly important to our societal survival

[fluxpistol]

Finally someone said it, and said it well! Thank you Sir!

[danielpierce]

Imma say this, watching this segment I agreed with him on most of the issues regarding the issues where social media is involved.

[-ds]

Unlimited access to social media is a problem? The problem is the people that do not care to check or even read beyond the headlines.

[sharonledwell]

Intelligent, articulate and thoughtful discussion.

[panchopuskas]

...what a great interview...this guy is worth listening to...the effects of social media on society and public opinion have been totally

[tedl]

Wow, people like Clint are the ones who still give me hope for our future!

[gpatmac]

Weasel, i’m so proud of you and I agree with every word.

[leslierobtduncan]

Follow Watts, extremely aware and experienced.

[wtrbb]

True intelligence is always eloquently spoken.🧤💛🐦🕊🌹🦅Thank You, Very Kindly Sirs.🙏.

[xelloskaczor]

i was 13 when social media rise began. Since then i have and never had twitter, facebook (even when it was mandatory by my university) or any similar sites. Man does it feel good to call ppl out on how stupid it is

[Bunjamin]

Watts should have been a part of the panel. The guy is a square, but he's on point.

[LegoDork]

Squares have their place. They're what we used to call conservatives.

[robinraine]

My dad used to say if you only read what you like, you will always be misinformed

[kendrahutton]

I hope that being an honorable person is not a thing of the past. Clint Watts is an honorable man and I just hope there are more out there who appreciate our country and want to protect it from the current "administration."

[rogertramp]

Confirmation bias only affects everyone else because you can't see it in yourself.

[jeffreydershin]

Long before the internet came along, a wise man said, "We believe what we WANT to believe." Then, presumably, we look for a bunch of people who agree with us so we don't have to spend all day arguing with other folks. I think this sort of "tribalism" is natural for human beings, although it might not be admirable. I was very impressed with Mr. Watts' take on this, because, as he explained, what the internet did was not "create, " but simply magnify this tendency by a thousand-fold. As one of the other commenters (see below) asserts, it's a lot easier to see this behavior in other people than in ourselves. When we're inside the "bubble" or the "echo-chamber, " we can't tell. For me, the take-away from all this is that- for Americans to be fighting with each other because of our "left or right-wing opinions" profits only our enemies. I'm sure they're lovin' all this in-fighting, and don't care, at this point, who wins, as long as we keep weakening ourselves. They've set the ball in motion, and now we're doing their dirty work FOR them, while they sit back and laugh. My friends, let's work together and show them how strong we can be when we unite!

[ookamidouketsu]

This guy looks so 1950s he should be a Fallout character

[jt]

I love how we are getting more people with something to say and books to recommend.