Bill Maher’s New Rule for Bridging the Political Divide: ‘Shut the F*ck Up’

HBO’s Bill Maher thinks we should just stop talking politics with each other.

“Let’s stop talking politics to each other,” Maher said during his final show of the season. “Everyone these days says the way to bridge our frightful partisan divide is to talk to each other…It never works.”

Then after pointing out that talking politics used to be considered impolite, he gave this advice for bridging the partisan divide: “Shut the f*ck up.”

Maher also gave this example from his own life as proof talk will not sway folks: “Over the years, hundreds of people have come up to me and said, ‘I saw “Religulous,” and now I’m an atheist.’ Nobody ever comes up to me and says, ‘I watch Real Time every week, and now I’m a liberal.’ They’ll flip on God, but not Trump. That cult is serious.”

He also suggested giving up trying to convince your relatives to change their political views over the holiday table.

If they haven’t figured out Trump by now, Maher implored, nothing you say “over the green bean casserole” is going to change their minds.

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