Bill Maher concluded another episode of his HBO talk show with another rant about everything wrong with Gen Z.
On Friday’s episode of Real Time, the comedian simultaneously got on his trusty old anti-woke high horse, accusing young people of aligning with terrorism, while also attempting to appeal to the youths with a reference to the same network’s The White Lotus.
“Talk to your children, and remind them you don’t really wanna live like your heroes in Hamas. All the shit you do all day, it was all made in America. Your smartphone, your Grubhub, your freedom to bitch about America, that’s all American stuff,” said Maher, adding: “Please! You couldn’t survive a week living in Intifada-ville. You’re like the girl from The White Lotus who was going to live in a Buddhist monastery and then lasted one night.”
He was referring to Sarah Catherine Hook‘s Piper Ratliff, who goes on a spiritual journey in Season 3 of the Mike White-created series.
In the same monologue, Maher complained about diverse TV commercials and used a statistic about LGBTQ people purchasing property to recycle one of his favorite talking points. “Yes, in America, gays buy buildings. In other places, they get thrown off them,” he quipped.
L-R: Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sarah Catherine Hook and Sam Nivola in ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3
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“Liberals are weak and woke, especially the white ones. And they indulge all sorts of nonsense from their kids, a problem that then continues on in the Democratic party,” added Maher. “Liberals need to push back on the dumb ideas that come from their children.”
Earlier in the episode, Maher caught up with DNC vice chair David Hogg, the Gen Z gun control activist who survived the Parkland school shooting in 2018.
“It’s not just a matter of age, to be clear,” reasoned Hogg as he advocated for new blood in the Democratic party. “As you know, Bill, there are young people who suck, just as much as there are old people who suck. It’s not that simple to just say if you’re above a certain age, you shouldn’t be there.”