Here’s Bill Maher’s latest (8-minute) comedy bit from “Real Time”. Surprisingly, it’s very patriotic. Maher extols the Harris’s campaign emphasis on patriotism and the privilege of being an American, but kvetches that the young folk aren’t buying it. His example: the vocal attempts of pro-Palestinian protestors to bring down America. Yes, whether or not they’re aware of it, they are being useful idiots for the Islamist goal of taking over America and destroying our democracy. And why don’t people realize that? If America is so horrible, why are we flooded with immigrants and requests to become Americans.
Maher shows his own patriotism by extolling the Constitution (don’t miss the Google AI picture), yet bemoaning the young folks’ ignorance of the Constitution, to the point of rejecting much of what it specified about how our government is set up. He admits that the document wasn’t perfect (it didn’t deal with slavery, though an amendment gook care of that), but says that Gen Z’s interpretation of the document is “white people did some very bad things.” Well, maybe, but they did some good things as well.
This is one of Maher’s better videos, for it uses his humor to make a good point. America is flawed, but it’s a great place to live. As Maher says, the Founders guaranteed the rights for “everything that makes life good for the very people who hate them so much.” Well, listen for yourself.
Nice piece. I wonder if his monologue will reach the audience that needs to hear it, and ponder.
Agreed. I am consistently disappointed that the best insights and commentary come from comedians such as Maher, Stewart, Oliver, and many others.
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Brilliant.
Generations of people going to higher ed with the expectation that it will make them rich, causing many higher ed institutions to cater to that need has rotted the brains of many people. They scoff at arts courses where you learn about history and the development of the nation state as well as how democracies work because those don’t make money. Now you see the result. – a hollowed out culture with dumbasses that have no clue.
I fear that this development has been inevitable, given the cost of university study in the USA. I think that university education heavily funded by taxpayers, as in Europe, is long overdue.
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My gosh, that’s really good!
Interesting, though not persuaded by the claims of American exceptionalism. I prefer a clip that is based on actual data:
America’s great strength is its economy. Its system of government was exceptional at the founding, but there are now many countries that are superior in that respect.
Bill Maher has a long history of being reasonable and thoughtful. Consequently he has said plenty to irritate every single person because everyone has toes that are stepped on either by Bill’s saying something they don’t agree with or saying something they agree with but not damning enough. I like him.
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Agreed, it was one of his best. I especially liked the line about how “Nobody’s hiring Coyotes to sneak into India!.”
That was great.