On Monday’s episode of his “Club Random” podcast, comedian Bill Maher sparred with Hollywood director Rob Reiner over whether the right and left in America should keep talking to each other.
Maher insisted that both sides should continue talking despite the heightened political tensions in the country – inflamed in recent weeks by the assassination of Charlie Kirk – while the Hollywood liberal said there might be exceptions if people can’t agree on basic facts. Maher disagreed, calling Reiner’s point a slippery slope.
“Before you have the exchange, you have to agree on certain facts,” Reiner said .
Maher replied, “No, you don’t. You can’t. Once you start down that road… you just have to talk to people.”
Reiner, an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, opened the discus