Bill Maher lower to the chase Friday evening … calling out intolerance Americans now have for these with whom they disagree … intolerance that has led us to cease mingling with anybody who just isn’t like-minded.
The “Real Time” host mentioned what’s merely true … plenty of Americans will solely f**ok with folks whose views align with theirs, they usually simply cannot imagine any right-thinking individual may embrace opinions opposite to theirs.
Bill goes down the highway with an instance — Arizona’s Republican Secretary of State candidate Mark Finchem, who not solely believes Trump received the 2020 election, he “can’t find anyone who voted for Joe Biden.” In different phrases, dude’s dwelling in a Trump bubble, and doesn’t affiliate with anybody outdoors of it. He actually is aware of nobody who voted for Biden.
Of course, Maher then swings to the left, and says the identical is true there. His instance is hilarious, so we’ll spoil it. He invited somebody to a celebration at his home and that individual declined the invite as a result of one other visitor supported Trump, saying he/she would not “breathe the same air” with a Trumper. Bill mentioned there is a phrase for such folks — ASSHOLES!!!
The level being … we’ve got develop into so tribal … either side have essentially totally different realities, and that paves the best way for hatred and contempt.
As he mentioned earlier within the present, even watching the information — particularly cable information — has develop into downright harmful … the “realities” portrayed on either side are so skewed, it is not possible for viewers to imagine any sane individual can have an opposing perception.
That just isn’t to say folks cannot draw a line — slicing out racists, homophobes, xenophobes from their lives, however contrarians usually mechanically get lumped into these buckets.
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