New Rule: Collective Narcissism | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

When “activism” merges with narcissism, it becomes less about the cause and more about the ego.

[AnnaDraconida]

People chanting from the river to the sea while not knowing which river and which sea. We've reached peak human stupidity.

[jimclip]

Nice scarves, suddenly cultural appropriation is fine.

[jonnyhatter]

Cuba here. The Che bit was awesome. I always love when Che lovers school even cuban refugees on the man's virtues, which virtues they learned about in predominantly white upper middle class colleges

[sarkisbabikian]

“Hamas WOULD do that to Israel but can’t, Israel CAN do that to Hamas but doesn’t.” Bro - I can’t with the brilliance that is Bill Maher.

[shanegreen]

What about the civil war in Sudan? Does anyone care about that? The media sure doesn't for some reason

[themaestrodamus]

We should stop celebrating every form of fanaticism

[posterlion]

The smart phone and the internet has unleashed the inherent narcissist in everyone.

[PamelaProPeace]

This was just published in the The Times of London.

The war in Sudan…erupted last April and has created the world’s biggest humanitarian disaster, uprooting 8.5 million people and leaving 25 million needing humanitarian help. Experts say that famine will break out in the coming weeks, which could kill 500, 000 to one million people.

Anyone interested?
No, I thought not.

[Kanelle]

He has a point about protest in general... just stay on the side of the road and ask for people to beep their horn if they agree. Blocking traffic just pisses people off.

[dannysart]

Blocking traffic, and trowing soup on art paintings is moronic.

[rogeryoung]

4:20 Don Lemon acting like he's not guilty of that same thing, lol

[scottjeune]

Actually my first thought is HOSPITAL. People need roads for emergency rooms. Never block a road

[LadyGrace]

Thank you for continuing to call out crazy.

[TaraWert]

The point of a protest is to inconvenience the powerful, the second you start hurting the average person, you lose your support.

[lynetteray]

They are moving the Mona Lisa into a bigger area of the Louvre. This gives more space for visitors coming during the Olympics AND allows the Louvre to create a more effective security barrier for the painting.

[ido]

I'm an Israeli living in London. A couple of years ago I volunteered in a mentoring programme with refugees. I met Tigrayans fleeing the war in Ethiopia. Every time we meet I hear horror stories, and I go check in the news and barely any mentions in the BBC and The Guardian. The civilian death toll on the Tigray side alone was around 500k. They tried to get attention to their cause here in London, to stop the actual genocide of their people. They were protesting, blocking roads. No one joined them, no one cared. I didn't want to say, "you're Africans, no one gives a fuck about you". Ethiopia, like Israel, is an American ally, getting its supplies from the US.

[tombrennan]

Love this. People protesting about stuff they know nothing about is ridiculous and dangerous. Wake TF up.

[Scorehound]

In my humble opinion, this is Bill Maher's best and most important "New Rule" in as long as I can remember. It should be shared on every platform.

[ACuneio]

Lemon is smiling and smirking but you can tell how uncomfortable he is with Bill's lines.

[YitroBenAvraham]

None of people protesting against Israel have ever read The Mandate for Palestine, yet they have passionate opinions about the subject.