Bill Maher: I'm tired of the extremes and the extremists that dominate the debate

Joe Scarborough sits down with 'Real Time with Bill Maher' host Bill Maher for a wide-ranging one-on-one discussion on the state of politics in the U.S. and the 2024 election.

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[tobiaswilliamson]

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups

- George Carlin

[janradtke]

Show me the equivalent of a Trump, an MTG, an Musk, an Mike Johnson, a Bobert in the Democratic Party.

[iliketowatch]

“When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat.”
― George Carlin

[lorriewatson]

I am tired of the extremes, the hate, the division, I want the US to learn from history and move forward.

[davkatjenn]

You don't talk about "soiling the blood of our people" without being a Fascist. You don't say that there are good people among those carrying torches shouting "Jews will not replace us" and not be a Fascist. There is no gray zone here.

[jeremysanders]

I’m tired of this country’s inability to accomplish anything meaningful for its own people other than tax cuts for the rich

[MartinJ-ty]

No veteran should support a man who called our honored dead " losers and suckers."

[MarkWelch]

I think racism lands differently for me. I hear Maher saying "I didn't do it, but I benefited from it". I grew up in a racist environment and was taught racist and classist things as a child (examples: certain neigborhoods being inherently dangerous, assumptions about people's intelligence and ability, etc). While I didn't say or do overtly racist things, I benefited from racism, and I believed what I was told at the time. As an adult, knowing this about my past, I have a responsibility to unlearn the racist crap as it comes up. I'm in my late 50s, and while I've deprogrammed myself quite a bit, I assume that I will continue to need to unlearn racist assumptions and tropes for the rest of my life. I don't feel bad about myself as a human being because of what I had to unlearn, but I do feel an ongoing responsibility to continue to deprogram myself.

[valgehiir]

Love Bill Maher, he helps to keep my sanity.

[Melania.Melanoma-cx]

In the past 40 years we've had 7 Presidents; 4 Republican and 3 Democrat. The 4 Republicans saw the U.S. economy enter a recession before they left office, and so a Democrat came in to fix the economy. The Democrat saw the U.S. economy recovering by the time he left office only to have a Republi

[eldenringer]

The extreme left is fringe. The extreme right is their candidate.

[peggydavidson]

This was a great interview, with two of my favorite people.

[marysibayan]

I'm sick of being equated with people who hate because I care about children, the environment, equity and justice, human rights, educating and advocating for my fellow citizens.

[InclusionPioneer]

Joe I hate the both isms
The left and right extremism are NOT the

[TNBVB]

Love Bill. Agree with a lot of what he said.

[DCMultiCollector]

The false equivalency on display is absolutely insane. Kamala Harris running the most centrist Democratic campaign in recent memory.

[jazumi]

I’m a conservative. I very much like Bill Maher and most liberals. And don’t care for the crazies on both sides or the insanity in the colleges. Traditional liberal values. Constitutional governance. Why is that a problem.

[fitz]

Being tired of extremes is a key part of the Harris promise. Trump has lowered the bar on discourse, instituted ad hominem attacks in place of policy proposals, lied about anything and everything and promised fascist behavior if elected - and you don't get much more extreme than that. We do indeed need to move on from this dark chapter in the history of our democracy.

[sumernoel]

I’m 100% in favor of rejecting extremes. I’m tired of it. We have real, basic needs to address in this moment & we have to come together to do that.

[kekskdjhflsdkfs]

Haven’t watched Bill much, but his views are spot on with my own.