Dennis Prager DERANGED Pro-Bullying Take

[@MEETMagazine]

I seriously doubt he wasn't a bully. His business is all about bullying, lying and promoting propaganda while pretending to be a university.

[@hadronoftheseus8829]

Are you serious? This guy probably spent half of high school with his head in a toilet. And this is very consistent with the the obvious truth of your second sentence.

[@kevinchristensen7510]

@@hadronoftheseus8829 Either that or the sort of kid who giggled and wrung his hands while watching the bullying.

[@GrandChessboard]

This dude was bullied and is taking it out on everyone else now like so many people in business, the police and politics.

[@Kmcgonigle0]

the unbelievably part is this human marshmallow beat anyone up ever.

[@enginerdy]

@@Kmcgonigle0 he seems a little low energy today

[@brokenot]

Dennis Prager: "I don't care what Donald Trump does in his personal life." Also Dennis Prager: "I really care what all these OTHER people do in their personal lives."

[@FakingANerve]

Hahaha! Nailed it. 😄🍻

[@warlordofbritannia]

Trump made Clinton look like a faithful husband, but the evangelist “Christians” supported and at times worshipped him anyways That’s the level of consistency we should expect

[@bobwilson3980]

@@warlordofbritannia they love that tax free status.

[@nemesisurvivorleon]

"I care if someone does things I disagree with in their personal life"

[@MrMarinus18]

Remember he is far right. Rules are for the elite to impose on the rest of society. The elite make the rules and the rest obey the rules.

[@shadowoflugia]

“I hate bullies. I used to be one. I was the biggest strongest and baddest kid. Now I think kids can be bullied for dressing weirdly.”

[@marierosario2773]

He also said he beats up bullies 😂while also being the biggest in school! Also some bullying at times is okay

[@sierraguru6942]

Says the guy in the aqua shirt and the ugly pink and grey tie.

[@marierosario2773]

@@sierraguru6942 that’s the first thing I noticed! 😂😂who dressed him?

[@sierraguru6942]

@@marierosario2773 I'm guessing his colorblind boyfriend.

[@rishabhanand4973]

@@marierosario2773 either he's lying about beating up bullies, as in he didn't beat them up or he was the bully and doesn't want to admit it. Or it's straight up a liz lemon situation where he genuinely thought he was the one being bullied but it turned out he was the bully.

[@margotpreston]

Imagine being so threatened by what clothing other people choose to wear. Must be exhausting living in such abject fear all the damn time.

[@jackdebell3252]

Exactly, now go tell that to everyone who was "threatened" by Ivan Provorov's practice jersey.

[@nsbd90now]

Search for "republican amygdala". They are prone to feel fear, and it is this that is manipulated and exploited by their leaders.

[@neil2444]

Imagine wanting children to bully other children for being different knowing full and well that it might be your own kid that suffers from that. But I digress, when has Prager ever taken anyone else into consideration in his life?

[@Opheliakami]

@@neil2444 certainly not women.

[@marvinmartin4692]

That’s the conservatives mantra

[@OrangeStrayCat]

"I hate bullies...but what I really hate are kids that are kind of weird to their classmates. Their classmates have no choice but to beat them up, insult them, socially isolate them, and steal their lunch money to let them know that being weird is not okay. I forget the word for that."

[@TheVerendus]

"I'm so insecure that you simply wearing something I don't like means I get to KILL YOU" - Dennis Prager

[@blaireofhylia1572]

Dude I was a judgemental little kid and I still kept those thoughts to myself. Prager over here having inferior morals to a 12 year old me.

[@avishevin1976]

He has inferior morals to a 12 year old chicken salad sandwich.

[@matrix91234]

I kinda did stuff as a kid that i do regret. But i think mostly i had fun with friends so that does overshadow some mean stuff i did

[@HannibalOrJustRex]

I was just thinking "I hate bullies, I beat them up" sounds so much like a fake brag that a 8 year old kid would say. Dennis really reminds me of a kid trying too hard to be an adult sometimes.

[@blaireofhylia1572]

@@matrix91234 Don't worry. I did legit horrible things as a kid. I'm pretty sure I actually ruined someones life and actually still thought of myself as a good person. But I'm not that kid anymore, and neither are you. Kids are dumb, they don't have as much agency over their thoughts and actions as we do today. We just try to be good adults now, and forgive ourselves for the past

[@danieldesjardins4074]

@@matrix91234 whattt

[@Mas_Tun]

"it makes me feel like Dennis Prager has never been a child" He never was. Legend says he came into being as the 70 year-old shapeless mass we see today. That's why he was so much larger than his classmates

[@kylemorgan505]

Conclusion: Dennis Praeger is an SCP that got loose-and they have yet to capture him

[@sakomanlee]

It's a pretty funny joke but it's also INCREDIBLY irresponsible on your part. I hope you feel bad when your conspiracy is embraced by the Giants-Used-To-Roam-The-Flat-Earth crowd.

[@Takkiebos]

@@sakomanlee If the newest big conspiracy is going to be how Dennis Preggers is a never-born that just popped into existence fully "formed", I think this world might just be salvageable...

[@ziploc2000]

I heard he grew as a wart on George Santos' bum.

[@sakomanlee]

@@Takkiebos That's a fair point. It will still be awful for anyone who, despite promises to the contrary, gets left alone at their partner's high school reunion and any sane person who works in a restaurant kitchen.

[@oolong2]

30 years ago at my high school, there were guys who wore dresses, makeup, and long hair to school because it was somewhat fashionable at the time (The Cure, Boy George, etc.). Literally no one cared. I really don't get why people would be so obsessed over how other people look and dress when it has nothing to do with them.

[@shiloh5000g]

Same. I graduated in 1989 and there was a dude who wore a dress and lip gloss to school. You know what happened? Nothing. At all. Somehow all the other people in my class didn't start being gay somehow.

[@itemushmush]

"Conservatism" is based on _conformity_ and _hierarchy_ . So these non-confirming kids need to be bullied into line. Horrible political system :/

[@purplestuff]

I went to high school during the grunge era and there were guys in my school who wore dresses to troll the jocks.

[@thomasjensen5042]

I went to high school in the late 2000's and it was common for goth kids to have long hair and wear make up. Literally the only reason why conservatives care now is because they learned that trans people exist. Before trans people the target was gay people. Conservatives are literally repeating history with the newest minority group

[@erikvan9582]

Republicans:"We have a mental health crisis" Republicans:"Bullying is fine guys"

[@holydezmondgamez1728]

Isn't he literally endorsing bullying and harassment which is aganist terms and conditions of social media and can be reported for that? Would be great if we can do that.

[@samiamrg7]

He can definitely be reported for that. Whether anything comes of it is another matter, but it’s worth a shot!

[@truecrimelover2022]

the reason why he did a whistle blow was to be consequence free oh i didn't bully or tell others to bully i said i used to beat up bullies line he knows what he's doing

[@rodneyp9590]

Seems like a bully move

[@Opheliakami]

@@rodneyp9590 it's not.

[@seanfoley974]

so pathetic... like running to the teacher to tell

[@noelanderson8915]

My mother always quoted to us... "If you can't say something nice, say nothing at all" and I have kept this in mind all of my 82+ years.

[@edwardharvey7687]

Bullying enforces conformity and conservatives are nothing if they aren’t conformists.

[@michaeljones1802]

You know who wasn't a conformist? Jesus.

[@ih8study]

I don't think he beat up "bullies" so much he just beat up kids smaller than him and then called them bullies to cover himself

[@marvinmartin4692]

Exactly!

[@logancole5267]

Prager with the "I used to beat up bullys but..." has strong "I have black friends but..." vibes...

[@remistarlight8485]

Man I need glasses, I read that as "he has strong black friend vibes" 🤣

[@Virjunior01]

@@remistarlight8485 come on, he's black, right... oh shit, gimme those glasses

[@Valyssi]

Perhaps even "I used to beat up black kids because they inherently intimidate me which I consider bullying"

[@cumulonimbus4459]

@@Valyssi don't worry, there were no black kids at pragers school

[@Valyssi]

@@cumulonimbus4459 Fair point, I'm from the south where someone Prager's age would have gone to school around the time of integration, and someone like Prager would definitely have been on the side of the state-sanctioned bullying of black kids. But of course with him being from NY going to a private Jewish school, black kids at school would be extremely unlikely

[@thendsufi]

Dennis probably WAS the bully in his school. As someone with disabilities who got bullied all the time in school, it would have helped a lot if the kids who did it would have just said and done nothing like Sam said. I doubt a boy would have shown up to my high school in a skirt because I was in such a conservative area, but if a person did that, I wouldn’t have cared because it’s NOT MY BUSINESS. By the way, “anti-bullying” policies in schools are a joke and they might as well not even have them.

[@hadronoftheseus8829]

I don't think so. I think it's far more likely that _he_ was the bullied, and is the type to take his turn at any opportunity he can as a adult. I'm sure he would have _liked_ to be a high school bully, but I can't imagine any of his efforts ended well.

[@samiamrg7]

I think anti-bullying programs abd policies are hell of a lot better than nothing.

[@IncognitoSprax]

Dennis definitely got bullied

[@miscalotastuff733]

Where I went to school they expelled the victim and you received counsuling to be a good victim. The bullies got off scott free. The victim was punished as it was your "fault". Tgat went away for about a decade but gas now returned. We have now reinstated an isolation policy where the victim is locked up in a room while the bully gets to continue being a bully. You stay there until you are expelled or forced in to charter cyber school.

[@robsemail]

So long as we ignore the christian source of ALL hatred and bullying, no anti-bullying program can possibly work.

[@TheZombiemofo]

Let's be honest, the way that Denis Prager "defeated" any bullies was by putting them to sleep with his dull tones and ability to suck the atmosphere and energy out of any room.

[@Valyssi]

Bullying people for how they dress and express themselves is 101 bullying, it's the cornerstone of bullying. It is the entire rationale behind school uniforms at those schools that have it.

[@bundevsawhney7578]

That's a big one but there are other possibilities too - like bullying based on religious identity, which I faced a ton of. But I absolutely guarantee that Dennis would make a convoluted argument in defense of that if it's not "Judeo-Christians" being harmed.

[@Valyssi]

@@bundevsawhney7578 Oh absolutely that too, essentially anything that can reflect a personal characteristic or (sub)culture

[@bundevsawhney7578]

@@Valyssi I do believe that, at least on paper, Prager would claim bullying purely on the basis of race is bad. Even he can't really get away with saying otherwise, and I don't really believe he's vicious enough in his racism to, say, hate minorities who espouse his own vile politics. But he certainly sees fucking everything as an ideological threat, and won't stand for any sort of questioning on the abysmal moral record of "Judeo-Christian values" in action.

[@ApexEater]

Had to start home schooling my daughter because of bullying. This wasn't an issue, at least not as ubiquitous or a tolerated issue when I was in school. Conservativism was always just fascism with extra steps.

[@margotpreston]

As I heard it put once: conservatism is just fascism in a fancy suit.

[@raggedflaggon9566]

Okay, I am generally a Marxist, but I have to say something because this is such an absurd commend. Conservatism in America is absolutely not facism. It is true that you can make facist connections to conservatives, but you can do the same thing with liberals today. Look at the whole covid issue the democrats were quite authoritarian during that whole process for example. Doesn't make them facists though.

[@GreedRunsall]

@@raggedflaggon9566 far right conservatism is absolutely fascist ideologies

[@ApexEater]

@@raggedflaggon9566 Then you don't know what fascism is. "Generally a marxist" 🤣

[@straightMKchamp]

He is for bullying but if you ever heckle him on his show, he cowers and cuts you off. Weird...

[@marvinmartin4692]

He’s a coward like most bullies!

[@JustAnotherNamelessGuy]

Curious Mr. Prager

[@Romanticoutlaw]

anyone who says "I used to beat up bullies" is 100% lying. If you were in a position to be beating up bullies, you *were* the bully

[@arcanineryu]

Bet he considered "bullies" to be any ethnic minority kid who even hinted at possibly having a white girlfriend either now or in the future.

[@IcemanJuice]

Not necessarily. But i see what you mean in the sense there weren’t people who weren’t being bullied Jus standing up to bullies 24/7 like Batman. Chances are he was being bullied. There weren’t people jus beating up bullies unless they were being bullied or their friends were bullied. ( i should mention i don’t believe he was beating up anyone)

[@TimothyCHenderson]

Or he was bullied and now has gone on to become one. That is actually a thing that happens.

[@Romanticoutlaw]

@@IcemanJuice I think there's a real difference between fighting back against a bully and "beating up" a bully. Anybody fighting back isn't actually gonna be routinely winning to the point they consider it beating the other person up, it's just gonna be enough violence to get the bully to back off (for as long as that lasts) but also, yeah, no, I do not believe he was beating up anyone, in retaliation or otherwise

[@andromidius]

I did, though only once per bully 'group' and either in self defense or defense of a friend. Witnessing me reduce someone to tears was enough of a statement to not mess with anyone anywhere near me. Otherwise I was very mild mannered and reserved. Did I maybe go too far a few times? Sure. I can admit to that. Was effective at stopping the bullying, though. If you want to call that bullying, then what is wrong with you exactly? Should I let myself or my friends get beat bloody without response? Or should I use my superior height and mass to put the bully on the ground and tell them to stop until they actually do stop? If you think that's bullying - get your priorities straight.

[@lisae6725]

Dennis is so creepy and I get the feeling he's done all kinds of nasty shit for which he's always projecting on to others as these freaks always do. He repulses me to no end.

[@ameerhamid89]

Fucker makes my skin crawl.

[@christinalittleton3771]

Well, Prager. If the kid wants to wear a skirt or a dress, let them. Who would that kill?

[@anarchkat]

His heterosexuality.

[@sierraguru6942]

@@anarchkat So, a mythical beast.

[@KindlyKalen]

@@anarchkatsociety can’t turn you trans more than it can turn you gay.

[@screamingphoenix8113]

I agree. Let's bully children out of conservatism.

[@tschorsch]

how about just talking them out of it. They've already been victimized by their parents and religious zealots.

[@wirelesmike73]

🤔So, he was bigger, taller, and stronger than all of his other schoolmates. He proudly and confidently beat people up so often that the school called his parents about it constantly.🤨 He was the school bully. Does anybody believe for one second that that narcissistic lummox wasn't taking other kids' lunch money on the daily? 🙄

[@tylerhackner9731]

He’s a sad old man

[@emeraldtabbycat148]

Who hopefully will turn to dust when the sun rises....

[@laurenwalker1048]

A sad old man who likes to say that women on the left are never happy and never smile 😂

[@Don-md6wn]

The last few times I've heard clips of him he sounds almost disoriented.

[@metu5818]

If he (PRAGER) was the biggest kid in the school… he was the bully… (edited to clarify I wasn’t generalizing big people)😂

[@diggysoze2897]

As consistently one of the biggest kids in my classes, I can assure you that your perspective is based on nothing. Bullies don’t have to be physically larger, and there is no correlation between a kids size and their likelihood to pick on other children.

[@bongodave13]

@@diggysoze2897 True, but he was a bully.

[@metu5818]

@@diggysoze2897 I am not talking about big people in general. I am saying based on what we know about Prager, if he was the big kid, he was the bully. Stop trying to throw yourself into the line of fire. I wasn’t talking about you or anyone else. Prager is and will always be a bully, he mentioned that he was the biggest kid in his school.

[@nikm5628]

Good... Cuz I'm a fukken TEDDY BEAR... I'm just all sunshine and gawdam fukken lolipops. Got it bub? 🤣 I recently reached 290lbs... I think I might qualify as "big" 😐

[@diggysoze2897]

@@metu5818 My bad, i think i get what you’re saying. That his belief that he was the biggest kid is a result of his ego, rather than a nonchalant statement of fact.

[@TheFirstLaughingFool]

I graduated high school in 2004. One of my classes was a philosophy class, where the teacher assigned us to do something that would make us uncomfortable. A student came the next day to class wearing a sundress. He got so many high fives that day, and everyone thought he was cool for not caring what others were thinking about him. These ghouls want us to regress as a society.

[@mr.v8467]

🤣 "No, the correct response is fight or flight" that one made me laugh out loud

[@johnforde7735]

I used to go to school, at 11 years old, with my top button done up. It wasn't normal, but I thought, if they put a button there, it should be buttoned. Maybe some OCD, don't know. Anyway, nobody else wore their shirts like that, so my peers called me a 'poofter'. Which, at that age, I didn't understand, meant gay. They didn't literarily mean that, but it was a way of making people fall in line. I refused. And eventually someone ripped my top button off. Bullying is about othering people even if it makes no sense whatsoever. Read "The Sneetches".

[@philipvipond2669]

What would you expect them to say? "Why are you wearing that? ... Oh, okay." Kids are curious, but why would you expect them to be hateful?

[@Thezuule1]

Because many are raised by hateful people.

[@Romanticoutlaw]

idk, it depends on the age. A 3 year old, I would expect to have the reaction you provided. By 7 they're usually pretty hyper aware of baseline social norms and make an effort to enforce them

[@philipvipond2669]

Hate is taught. On an unrelated note, Prager U does videos for kids, to teach them how to think and act.

[@elisawhitman8526]

“I beat up bullies in high school. Also, I’m terrified of sequins.” -Dennis Prager

[@waltmccarthy9837]

I wonder how Prager would feel if a person said, “what are the students supposed to say if they see a child wearing a yarmulke?”

[@RemarkXer]

So telling people things like "you should dress different" is bullying and beating up the people who say that isn't bullying. My guess would be that his experience is that people were saying things like "stop constantly bringing up religion" and he felt very bullied.

[@goodnessratedbeau8147]

“Bully keeps people in line.” I hate bullies . You bully me. You met the wrong one. I will meet you head to head.

[@darlalathan6143]

That's what I did!

[@noalowenstein6741]

"I hate bullies. I was the biggest kid on the schoolyard and I used to go around beating people up if they were mean to me. There's gotta be a word for that .........."

[@cannibalgrape9863]

The problem with bullies is that they're always tough until they run into an apex bully. Then they play the victim when you throw them down the stairs.

[@JustAnotherNamelessGuy]

Until they run into a giga bully

[@MrMarket1987]

The ONLY thing I'm gonna give to Prager is that he himself is quite large at 6'4". Do I think he actually beat bullies? He might've beaten people up he thought were bullies for all I know, but there's a saying that abusers tend to not be aware that they are abusive...

[@scifisyko]

Was probably a religious weirdo even then and beat up anyone who “bullied” him by disagreeing with his religion.

[@kcolonelx6181]

But can I major in bullying studies at Prager U?

[@TomisaLami]

You probably can major in it because that is the entire foundation and philosophy of the institution. You'd probably have to do something in like racial bullying or gender bullying or economic or class bullying kind of stuff.

[@xbradx75]

He's truly come full circle from hating and beating up bullies to being a prolific one.

[@SeanStrife]

I guarantee he actually was a bully when he was in school.

[@xbradx75]

@@SeanStrife undoubtedly

[@monorail4252]

Dennis never beat up bullies

[@xg6hpyk]

More likely he was the bully

[@johnherring4394]

@@xg6hpyk I'll take it one step further Dennis wished he was the bully but was always getting bullady he shows all the signs of it

[@samuelrosander1048]

Prager: "I used to beat up bullies. My parents got called in a lot. I was a big kid." What I wish Sam would have said: "What's a bully?" Prager's response, probably: "Anyone who was weaker, more intelligent, more witty, more funny, or more popular than me, and anyone who wasn't as hardcore conservative as I thought they should be, or didn't live by the values I thought they should."

[@emilycrow8278]

Bullies don't really know, nor remember, they were actually the bullies.

[@bloo9699]

Soon as you're outside the womb, its open season to them.

[@cyborggrizzly4577]

If a student transitions and starts dressing to reflect it you don’t have to address it you can just speak to them as a normal human being

[@darlalathan6143]

Well, you might have to call them their new name and pronouns...

[@TallDiana]

Dennis: “Let me continue…..” No, Dennis, just STFU! 😏

[@Derchlands]

"i hate bullies, I was bigger than everyone else and I beat people up". That makes you the bully

[@SpaceForceCommander]

After hearing his story, I’m starting to think of Dennis Prager as a Lennie Small character in Of Mice And Men.

[@erincoco612]

That character was more real and smarter....

[@JustAnotherNamelessGuy]

Hold on now no need to down the homie Lennie to that level.

[@louisern4278]

My daughter has a girlfriend at school, and I haven't heard of a single instance of bullying over that. Kids these days are alright... times are changing, thank goodness!

[@dougcoombes8497]

So this guy is basically encouraging for children something that would probably get you arrested as an adult. Threatening or stalking someone is illegal and that is basically what bullying is. And considering how important social media is to kids now, online stalking can often be life threatening. So Prager is basically saying he doesn't care that some of the targets of bullying are going to die from it.

[@justatiger6268]

What happens when the biggest kid who happens to be the bully, also happens to be transgender?

[@darlalathan6143]

A sex scandal in Congress!

[@ms.bunniesarecute2287]

Dennis Prager: I hate bullies Also dennis: I use to beat up people as a big kid in class, and I also like bullying gay kids He is such an unhappy and miserable man. There is absolutely zero happiness in his life. I feel so sorry for his family members who have to deal with such an insufferable pos

[@julieblair7472]

Notice he is taking that card about bullying be around gender stereotypes and jumps straight to "boy in a dress" that is not how it usually is. Kids make fun of you for how you sit, how you stand, how you laugh, how you move, liking a "girl/boy" color etc. Having a low or high voice, a piece of your hair flipping up weird one day.

[@thecheebsy]

It’s so weird how conservatives will go here. Unironically advocating for bullying

[@itsjustme6632]

When I was in fourth grade, us girls were 'allowed' to wear 'slacks'. Being a tomboy, I was so happy. How is this different?

[@dirkvoltaar]

Matt’s interjections are my favorite. “Hello [your name].”

[@BooksForever]

I would say, “Hey, bold fashion choice. Rock on.” 🤘

[@MaraudingManiac]

"I used to beat up bullies." Sounds to me like he just was provoked into fights with people. See, he doesn't really talk about protecting people or standing up on behalf of kids who couldn't defend themselves. Just that he fought people who he considered to be bullies.

[@EvilJawa]

It's more like he's trying to write an instruction manual for raising "good" children. Instead of connecting with a child on a personal level.

[@demonboy619]

Lmao his comment about the kids saying nice dress made crack up so hard lol.

[@robertdickerson8195]

Maybe he was big and strong in school because he was 16 and still in grade 2.

[@SuprousOxide]

What if a kid comes in with sleeves ripped off his shirt? Are kids supposed to say "He you look good in that shirt?" Because maybe they would. Maybe that guy can pull off setting a trend. Fashions change. Maybe Prager doesn't like it, but why is a guy wearing a skirt any more unusual than a guy wearing intentionally damages clothing?

[@interdimensionalsteve8172]

I used to get into fights with bullies in high school. Even punched a girl once after she harassed and then attacked another girl, then tried to take a swing at me when I stepped in. I was one of those pot head kids who didn't really give a sh*t about social conventions AND I was much taller/bigger than my peers. I found it fun to get in between people fighting or kids being bullied.

[@areuarealman7269]

I was stoner but could play basketball but enjoyed being jumped alot by bigger other brothers in ghetto usa wherever still hate you guys love from a random cracker .

[@interdimensionalsteve8172]

@@areuarealman7269 Uhhhhhmmmm, okay? :)

[@CerpinTxt87]

For some reason I don't think I trust Prager's judgement over who was a bully and who was not

[@The_Gentleman_Blacksmith]

"I used to beat up bullies... which is why I became one."

[@MrNicholg]

Prager talked a lot about shame being a good thing on his TV show in the 90s. He loved the idea of shaming people for being outside of the Judeo-Christian norm.

[@rwed13]

Being the biggest kid in school. Beating up kids he calls bullies. You know who else fits that description? Bullies.

[@vh4504]

He was one of the bullys and told himself he was beating up bullys.

[@monorail4252]

However, if someone bigger than Dennis showed up, he would bow down and accept whatever the bigger kid said.

[@JustAnotherNamelessGuy]

Gimme the -heritage foundation- lunch money nerd

[@steventucker8444]

"permitted" ... That's the key word in Prager's agenda. He is presenting a hypothetical where boys express an opinion, while talking about bullying. The opinion is not presented as a threat or intimidation, which is the key aspect of bullying. The objective is to equivocate, and confuse the ideas of "permitted" to give opinions and "not permitted" to bully, so that they can convince people that the lefty agenda is to make it "not permitted" to give or even have opinions. The big prize for these people is if they can trick a lefty (or just any person who has any social sense but who doesn't obsess on word choice) into saying "you can't do that" or "you have no right to do that" in a way that can be attached to the idea that it was just "expressing an opinion" that is being talked about. They want to convince people that mores concerning the social inappropriateness of certain opinions, and rules or laws against coercion and other types of threats, are one and the same, such that the left is trying to outlaw their freedom to have opinions, or their right to express them. In reality, their agenda is to do this to those they "other", including leftist political thinkers. They want to outlaw the right of people to express their opinion that racist views are socially unacceptable and repugnant to the concept of equality in a republic, as an example. They also want to make it difficult to enforce laws against coercion and intimidation, because those are the tools of authoritarian oppression. And this entire agenda is transparent in his very intentional use of that one word, which he articulated very pointedly - "permitted."

[@staceybert1975]

Let him go tell that to Hawaiian, Polynesian, Irish,and Scottish men.

[@thecrimsoncure8201]

Or an Arab!!

[@aheroictaxidriver3180]

"There isn't any problem I can't solve with my god and my gun." These people are worms.

[@denisesorensen9568]

Guess he never asked out a girl in slacks.

[@xg6hpyk]

He would consider a girl in pants to be cross dressing

[@MobileDecay]

"I hate bully's. I was really big. My name was Chad. I used to get it on with all the women. Wait what were we talking about again? 🤔"

[@arbCannons3395]

Dennis didn't have to fight any bullies he would just talk and bore them to death

[@YukonBloamie]

I was the biggest kid in class so it was my duty to beat up all the bullies. Since EVERYONE else was a bully I would get in trouble. Well, this explains Prager's foreign policy positions.😂

[@Zenbuck2]

I wasn't bullied in school for being Trans but for being sensitive. PTSD level stuff. But I got big as I grew older and I got a LOT less sensitive (for good or ill). Now my childhood bully can't see out of his right eye anymore. I feel no regrets for half blinding him and the school knew the bullying was going on and did nothing, this was decades ago, so I wasn't expelled or charged with assault. The school administration put it down as an "accident" with me playing with a metal stick. I can still remember the feeling of standing over him listening to him "deal" with what had just happened. I was able to use fear and intimidation to stop some other kids in the school from bullying weaker kids after that, as I had earned a reputation for violence at that point, although I never actually committed a violent act ever in my life again. I can't even imagine what it must be like to be even more vulnerable as a kid with a trans or queer identity. This guy Prager was definitely a bully himself. He makes me want to vomit. He's straight up giving his young listeners license to bully people who are different and vulnerable. We live in a sick world.

[@JustAnotherNamelessGuy]

Please tell us if you ever knew anything about the bully as of now

[@bigbaddawg101]

I had to deal with the same group of bullies from elementary school all the way to high school. They turned me into a bit of a psycho to the point that by the time I got to high school, other groups of bullies didn't want to mess with me. I had a habit of beating bullies with whatever I had in my hand at the time, like a lunch tray, a textbook, a desk, etc. In fact, I met my best friend via a bullying event. He was trying to fit in with a group of bullies who also bullied him. One of them tried to mess with me after gym class, so I chucked a textbook at the bully's head and walked away. The gym teacher told me to come back and get my book, but I just casually responded, "It's not mine, it's his. I was just making sure he didn't forget it." and kept walking. Then the group of bullies tried to get my friend to "beat me up" for them. When he tried to make his move, he came across me having a conversation with an idiot I used to hang out with explaining to him that Final Fantasy 7 was not the first game in the series. His argument was Mario 64. Instead of trying to beat me up, my friend ended up getting involved in the conversation and we've been hanging out ever since.

[@timtebone1843]

We used to jump them. Don't start none, won't be none.. Lol I read your story. I enjoyed it

[@bigbaddawg101]

@@timtebone1843 I think the last bully that ever messed with me was back in my first year of high school. He tried to pick a fight with a friend of mine, and when I pushed them both aside because they were blocking the hallway, he came after me. I broke his nose and ended the fight in two punches. I ended up doing community service for that one.

[@timtebone1843]

@@bigbaddawg101 . I broke my buddy's nose too. Fighting in a full caravan on the way back from the bar. I immediately felt bad! Blood was everywhere. A minute later, we're pulled over and he's blowing blood down back, cursing at me while I'm puking in the street! My other friend was mixed race and everybody used to pick on him. He beat up all of them. Fought like Homer Simpson! Dude would kick people in the shin and then blast them in face. He yelled "blahhhh" when he hit them.. He's dead now. That was fun talk

[@aaronsande]

Nah don't believe him. He WAS the bully.

[@asmuel]

apparently he peaked in primary school.

[@metu5818]

Lmao… right?!

[@nerag7459]

pre k

[@seanpatrick1243]

Be Best, Dennis!!

[@001HK0]

The whole pro-bullying theme seems to have gone mainstream. I have some friends with conservative husbands (sad, I know) who echoed this exact sentiment to me in separate instances. I was quite surprised they would be open with this repugnant view. I have no idea what makes them think this way.

[@darlalathan6143]

Religious homophobia and transphobia.

[@BlakeWhoLivesAtHome]

Prager's "I hate bullies" invokes Kavanaugh's "I liked beer" in both tone and cadence

[@ttomgast1769]

Trump/Prager/Republican playbook : Be a bully/play the victim . Repeat....

[@ericfaith2810]

From personal experience, bullying can make a person think everyone hates them, even later in life. Even if you defended yourself in school.

[@yellowblanka6058]

I'm sorry you had to go through that. Never let a few assholes define you/your outlook on life.

[@1Kent]

Someone tried to bully me once in school.

[@Matacron]

A guy in a dress WOULD be wearing guy's clothes, because the dress would be ON A GUY.

[@louanne360]

Like my mother always said, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all". I'm sure most people have heard that from a parent.

[@Lukaazas9]

"no, correct response is fight or flight response" daamn that cracked me up :D

[@KevinQuinn81]

When a kid is bigger and stronger and beats a lot of kids up, they sometimes ARE the bully.

[@rasheedjamal9091]

This is possibly one of the creepiest old slugs I've ever seen.

[@obychnyichelovek6757]

This reminded me of Key and Peele sketch : A Wise Bully

[@steveng6704]

But Prager would be the first to argue that a Tunic isn't a dress, or a Kilt isn't a skirt!

[@hannamakela6989]

"I hate Nazis, serial killers, ritual murderers...Having said that..."

[@piggystims702]

Unsolicited critiquing of your peers is always bullying

[@scifisyko]

“Oh, yeah, I used to beat up bullies.” “Make a Deception check.” *rolls* “Zero.”

[@jeffreysanders7334]

Sam has this exactly right. It's ok for you not to like something. It's not ok for you to insult someone personally just because you don't like their choices, especially in an environment the kids are forced into.

[@metu5818]

He was born in 1946. He never encountered transgendered in school. This is like him attacking the this saying about a fifth grader making this world a better place, because they were in it. He is literally making a case for abortions… 😂

[@margotpreston]

Trans people mate. Trans people. Not transgendered.

[@arcanineryu]

He was probably beating up ethnic minority guys for daring to consider having a white girlfriend and called that "protecting people from bullies".

[@judyemmstoyradio3064]

This is the same guy who got upset because an elementary school classroom had a poster that said "the world is better with you in it".

[@TheOblivionMan]

Not to play armchair analyst, but isn't claiming to have been the kid who'd "bully the bullies" a sign of someone with a hero complex?

[@darlalathan6143]

Only if he was wrong!

[@DHPanthony]

At my highschool, when I was a teen, there were no trans people (at least, at the time, I didn´t know anyone who was or was just not that obvious/didn´t notice it...), but there were a few gay/bi friends/colleagues. No one really batted an eye about it, as far as I know, but you could see they felt somewhat uncomfortable having to keep it in (mostly because they were afraid they would be bullied) or not talk about it (some came out and told me and other fiends, and then it became known around the whole school. That´s why I say no one batted an eye, also because I never saw anyone actually be mean to others because of that, specifically). There was a lot more bullying happening because of height differences (mainly me, I´m short, adult and about 4 foot 8 now, imagine back then) or just being a general dick to one another, just as generally (mostly) male teens are to one another (and then just mutual name calling, talking about eachothers moms, etc)... It was mostly peaceful towards gay people (gays and lesbians). And in college here (public college, paid for by taxes), I met loads of different people, including gay, bi, trans, gender non conforming people (and they are the best kind of friends/people you could meet). There was a guy, who just straight up used dresses (somewhat manly, huge beard, etc), was a really nice guy, offered to drink and party, always, as college students do, and no one cared about what he wore. Wish more people were like that...