Bill Maher
Celebrating St. Paddy’s Day with a Warning
Is America on the Brink of Becoming Another Northern Ireland?
3/18/2023 6:17 AM PT
Bill Maher used St. Patrick’s Day to make a point: the United States of America is not united and is on the verge of becoming the next Northern Ireland.
The ‘Real Time’ host served up a warning that we should heed. Our politics have become a religion for the majority of Americans, and the level of hatred toward people embracing “the other” religion has us dangerously close to calamity.
It happened in Northern Ireland, where a politically combustible landscape turned into urban warfare, and Bill sees us headed in that direction.
As he says, Democrats and Republicans are embracing that same level of hatred for those they oppose. The majority of people in both parties don’t want their kids marrying someone attached to the opposing party.
And then, he invokes the name of Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has called for a “national divorce” — in other words, creating two countries … made up of blue states on the one hand and red on the other.
Aside from it being ridiculous, Bill points out there are fundamental disagreements within each political party, so thinking a divorce will create harmony is just stupid.
Based on polling, this isn’t just a theoretical threat. It’s real and scary.
As St. Patrick’s Day came and went, Bill Maher used the occasion to make a point about the state of the United States of America. According to Maher, the country is not united and is on the brink of becoming the next Northern Ireland.
Maher’s warning is one that we should heed. Our politics have become a religion for the majority of Americans, and the level of hatred toward people embracing “the other” religion has us dangerously close to calamity. This is precisely what happened in Northern Ireland, where a politically combustible landscape turned into urban warfare. Maher sees us headed in that direction.
Democrats and Republicans are embracing the same level of hatred for those they oppose. The majority of people in both parties don’t want their kids marrying someone attached to the opposing party. Maher invokes the name of Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has called for a “national divorce” — in other words, creating two countries … made up of blue states on the one hand and red on the other.
Aside from it being ridiculous, Maher points out that there are fundamental disagreements within each political party, so thinking a divorce will create harmony is just stupid. Based on polling, this isn’t just a theoretical threat. It’s real and scary.
Let’s take Maher’s warning seriously and work towards a more united and tolerant America.
