Bill Maher: It’s not that I’ve gotten old. It’s that your ideas are stupid

A huge problem is treating celebrities like they have some sort of wisdom.

Aging is mandatory. Maturity is optional.

I'm old enough to remember when CNN was real news

I don't know exactly when it started. Just 13 years ago, people had different political views BUT WE STILL SAT AT THE SAME TABLE. We ate the same crappy fast food burger, drank the same milkshake from the same broken machine, BUT WE DIDN'T HATE EACH OTHER FOR VOTING FOR THE OTHER GUY. What happened!? When did things change from "my fellow Americans" to "us vs them?"

When you hate someone, you stop listening to them. So freaking true and it's one of the biggest problems in polarization attitudes.

Vietnam was about the draft. Forcing people to fight in a war they totally disagree with, and for what.

Kinda funny he is talking about not hating the opposition.. then he goes on calling trump voters fascist!

"When you hate people, you don't listen to them." Nailed it. Very well put by Bill in this.

Come on Bill, I was alive and well during the Vietnam war (although a conservative then) and I promise you there was plenty of tension between various student groups over the war. The Vietnam war was extremely contentious to some degree much more than what is going on now.

The division in congress really started in the mid 90's when Newt Gingrich was Speaker of the House and ordered the Republicans in congress to stop hanging out with Democrats. He wanted them to go home, to their districts every weekend. Prior to that, Dems and Reps would stay in DC and spend weekends together, going to the same parties, same restaurants. They played softball together... and talked. The two sides were friends, Americans. Gingrich changed that.

Man really just said "Am I so out of touch? No, it's the children who are wrong."

Centrism is an endangered species

As much as I depart from him on MANY subjects, Bill is absolutely correct about the unfortunate hate that exists between folks with differing political viewpoints, these days. I miss the days when I could still have a meal, see a movie, or just hang out with a friend who was a liberal, as we good-naturedly ribbed each other about our different outlooks.

The smartest guy on the planet hasn't figured out it's not smart to think you're the smartest guy on the planet.

Bill Maher: "It’s not that I’ve gotten old. It’s that your ideas are stupid." Outstanding. I'm not on the Left, but Bill has some valid points. If progressives would just try to go through life without being insane...

I think the answer to our polarization is to fix the media. We need real journalism and not click bait.

Pro---palestian protest Does Not automatically indicate sympathy for Hamas!

I am slightly older than Maher and Zakaria and have respected both for decades. I don’t understand how they both, along with many well to do liberals, keep gliding past the decline of the middle class over the past 4 decades as the real reason for our current polarization. Trickle down; free trade for multinationals while ignoring workers; corporate Democrats going along with the Republicans’ tax cuts for the wealthy (camouflaged by some tax cuts for the middle); Obama’s bank bailout with no meaningful conditions - all have gutted the middle class. Per Meredith Whitney, 46% are doing well and are part of the 401k, investor class which is driving the economy. That leaves 54% who are barely making it, amidst never before seen wealth inequality. Trump is a symptom of a society that lost it’s way. (For example, we actually revere multi billionaires without seeing the danger they represent to democracy.) Unfortunately, Trump is an excellent con man and the ‘left behinds’ are his marks. Try addressing the 54% and their concerns before crowing about how well the 46% are doing in this economy. Then talk about how Biden, for the first time in decades, is actually trying to curb monopolies and fairly tax the Uber wealthy. Then, thank Bernie and Warren for helping Biden see the reality for too many Americans. Then maybe you can keep our democracy, despite the appeal of Middle Finger politics.

Yay! Bill! You’re having your head on straight! Speak it! Call out wherever stupidity where it is on either side! Thank you

To often the media comes off as rich people that were born from rich people.