PragerU Kids Is Worse Than You Think

[@hootsyoutube]

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[@alyssasamons1837]

Idea, Pragger U tier list.

[@JohnPatterson-kz8jr]

Keep your children away from Dennis Praeger!!😮😅

[@danieljames1868]

"Before you ask for help, ask yourself - are you just being lazy?" ... I know prager U is infamously bad at child care, but. Holy shit, all the same.

[@nickerchis]

I know it's cliche to reference Orwell, but Prager U reminds me of how, in 1984, one of the things the narrator hates most about his dystopia is that it's boring. Their methods of propaganda aren't concerned with believability or nuance, only "us good, them bad. Don't ask questions."

[@yakubduncan9019]

I really think we should start referring to conservative edcation/entertainment as "prolefeed."

[@ARescueToaster]

Which is funny because look at virtually every comment on this video that does that same thing.

[@yakubduncan9019]

@@lookstothetroon Ah, the old right wing tradition of "I know you are but what am I."

[@yakubduncan9019]

@@lookstothetroon With what? The fact that you're intellectual parasites, who can do nothing but ape on your opponents? I'm sure I'll manage somehow.

[@liviwaslost]

@@lookstothetrooncope prole

[@matthewgagnon9426]

Dennis Prager's child OC is super creepy.

[@jercos]

I've definitely had the thought... if I could jump back in time into my younger self's body, I could take advantage of looking like and already being accepted as a child to be a "child prodigy", despite my average general knowledge and reasoning as an adult. ...I didn't dwell on it long enough to write and produce a children's television show based on the premise.

[@connerblank5069]

Now for the real question, do you think that's _because_ it's an SI?

[@Ponera-Sama]

Why did they give him gray hair? Even actual PragerU videos show that young Dennis Prager had black hair. ​@@connerblank5069what's an SI?

[@ferdithetank7535]

Especially if you swap the capital letters in his name😁

[@strangeaelurus]

​@@ferdithetank7535PD? I don't get it

[@thendsufi]

My favorite thing PragerU does is they’ll link “sources” under their videos that either have broken links, cite other PragerU videos or take you to articles that directly contradict what they are saying, even though they themselves cited it as a “source.”

[@JeremiahWdabullfrog]

Broken links because they like to censor truth to the world. But that's probably PBS for you.

[@thendsufi]

@@JeremiahWdabullfrog First of all, I don’t see what PBS has to do with anything. Second, get back to me when you learn how to spell “censor” correctly.

[@honorofthedepths]

Unfortunately, I think that’s the case for a lot of conservative material. I remember being forced to read the ACPeds’ 2018 article on gender dysphoria and checking the sources on it, which was either bad data that has already been proven false or data that directly contradicted what they said. Bigotry is never meant to make sense. lmao

[@stinkytoy]

​@@thendsufi Aw, go easy on him...his anti-PBS censors start tingling and he had to speak up 😁

[@emilyrln]

@@stinkytoy "Woop woop! Public radio detected! Communism alert! Take evasive action!" 😂

[@Paratet]

You're 100% correct at the end. Ignoring the abhorrent politics, Idk why the content itself has to be so bad. Veggie Tales and Bibleman are still beloved by even the most jaded, leftist, soy-eating millennials to this day because of the care and effort that went into them. They were specifically made for kids to get hooked on. Hell, I still play Spiritual Warfare on my PC from time to time. PragerU makes lazy slop for conservative boomers to force on their kids.

[@theanswerisa3758]

My religious and political leaning has shifted so far in the past few years and yet I still have veggietales songs on my playlist because hot DAMN they slap

[@Shadow08707]

@@theanswerisa3758That’s why Veggie Tales is so good! It’s still funny and enjoyable even if you aren’t Christian.

[@carlwheezer1640]

@@Shadow08707 And they use religion as means of teaching morals and important values! There's actual lessons being taught on each episode that any kid would benefit from learning, even if they don't believe in the God the series uses to teach them. And the songs slap.

[@strawberyyicecreamdream216]

I contest that Bibleman is as well liked as Veggie tales, yet you're right about the Christian vegetables.

[@BlackdragonTheShadow]

Wait there was an actual show called BIBLEMAN?! Sound like one hell of a fever dream

[@sinokman]

Kids will get a better history lesson from playing assassin's creed

[@johnallenbailey1103]

Playing Red Dead Redemption 2

[@jercos]

At least they'd find out the catholic Jesus painting is (duh) not of Jesus.

[@fardsoop8567]

Assassin's Creed unironically got me through history class as a kid.

[@Vhlathanosh]

The cartoon Time Squad can do better than PragerU.

[@theregalproletariat]

Honestly yes when it comes to architecture and general setting.

[@llpolluxll]

You know what was some good educational content for kids? School House Rock. Each episode was cell animated, well researched, and was put to a musical number. Even if a bit of it is now considered dated, it is some fun content that sticks to your brain. I watched some of the PragerU kids content and was too bored to even try and pick out the factual errors or blatant America first propaganda. I still have SHR episodes that run through my brain to this day and I haven't watched any of it since I was in grade school.

[@creativewriter3887]

YES!! Bring back School House Rock!!!

[@amesstarline5482]

Not to mention shows like Time Squad (and its influence, Mr. Peabody and Sherman), WordGirl, Arthur, Peg + Cat, Cyberchase, and even Sid the Science Kid.

[@bananateeth1733]

I’m just a bill and I’m only a bill

[@Luckydog-cc9jn]

@@bananateeth1733and I’m sitting here on capital hill 🎶

[@liviwaslost]

I sang some of their songs in a kids choir. Good shit

[@phoenixvance6642]

Prageru material does have a place in the classroom. It could be used for critical thinking exercises and learning to spot misinformation & logical fallacies in media

[@Bustermachine]

I mean, my first thought when they started running their slavery video is 'cool story about the overall history of slavery, but I'm here to learn about the history of slavery in AMERICA, and how that's shaped our country as it currently exists'.

[@enigmaj1494]

We literally did that in our 12th grade humanities class.

[@Luckydog-cc9jn]

If I ever become a teacher, im using this idea 😭

[@drphosferrous]

That's a good idea. Teach kids the logic fallacies, then goebbels, skinner, that ad guy whose name i forgot, then prager U, and talk about postwar history of advertising/propaganda/behaviorism. Or culture is totally saturated in it.

[@PoppiD93]

@@enigmaj1494 Well, looks like people didn't learn $hit given the world we are living in.

[@jackskellingtonsora]

Your conclusion is my only real solace in this decision. The content is so boring that the kids watching it won't actually listen to or hear any of the propaganda. They won't retain any of it. Because the videos don't really care about the kids or want to keep their attention. Teachers who actually wanted kids to learn something wouldn't show this even if they were conservative.

[@awesometwitchy]

They have a “Let’s Visit” series which I can best describe as Drag Queen Story Hour but without costumes, improv, audience participation or indeed, being physically present… so worse in every way. I think they’ve just been envious this whole time.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Yeah. PragerU is like one of the folks that screams "Think about the children", yet they don't care about children rather than profiting off their beliefs. I don't consider them as a university anymore.

[@cheezbiscuit4140]

They'd be relieved when they get to show bill nye again

[@molluscumlore]

Straight up. I went to public school in a very white conservative area and absolutely noone would listen to this shit. The kids who aren't conservative already hate this shit, the annoying centrist types *might* watch if they aren't already sleeping through the class, and the conservatives will just be making racist or sexist "jokes" at all of pragers attempts at ""diversity"" because they're already so far gone prager isn't blatant enough for them. Best it might do is cause a fight when the conservatives say something a little too far and piss off the wrong progressive

[@DustyHoney]

@@cheezbiscuit4140I’m a 2007 baby and sadly teachers believe that Bill Nye is outdated nowadays.

[@SeeminglyOdd]

My first PragerU video was the one where Dennis whining about the praise "Happy Holidays". I couldn't escape it either because it was an unskipable ad on almost every video. That's when I learned the wonders of ad-block.

[@NitroIndigo]

I'm in the UK and I've never gotten a PragerU ad, nor an unskippable ad longer than 20 seconds. I know America has less strict advertising laws, but yeesh.

[@SupHapCak]

Then let people make shows about Christmas without whining that they didn't bundle it with Hanukah and Kwanza, and don't give people stink eyes or complain if they say "Merry Christmas" instead of happy holidays, and stop taking everything Christmas related and calling it "holiday decorations" or "holiday cookies" or "holiday trees" The holiday is Christmas.

[@americanliberal09]

😆So true. What dennis tends to forget to realize is that you're still allowed to say "merry christmas".

[@TempoTronica]

In case you're wondering how brittle prageru's arguments are, I broke one when I dropped it on my bed. It only fell like, 2'

[@emilyrln]

I was holding one when I sneezed and it disintegrated 😂

[@TempoTronica]

@@lookstothetroon feet

[@TempoTronica]

@@lookstothetroon in Canada we use imperial, metric, bananas, and cars for measurements.

[@TempoTronica]

@@lookstothetroon you know, I never could figure that out. I think it's just the car you can most immediately see.

[@Ember_Green]

That "Mount Rushmore" craft is the perfect encapsulation. A lump of shite and money.

[@hootsyoutube]

Lump of shite and money 😭 I wish I had put that in the script

[@andreabonetti7420]

Can't believe they focused an entire episode on Reagan while Leelah went around to meet multiple important women in history. Like it's such an obvious message that tells the kids that what women say or do is less important than a man.

[@PhazerXP]

How is that so?

[@searchingfororion]

10 hoots out of 10. I had to block prager after a while because the snippets they put on lgbtqia+ creator content was so invasive, intentional, and vile that I simply couldn't tolerate it anymore (not even to let the channel know about the ads and how to block them) Also, as an individual of First Nation heritage - prager trying to re-sanctifiy Columbus via the "savage natives" argument *on their kids program* makes me genuinely livid.

[@chrisconnors7418]

I saw that Columbus one. It’s like they haven’t even read a book about him. He was a sick sadistic greedy wannabe despot. How is it possible to whitewash the horrific things he did and sanctioned? I fully expect Prager to put out a video on why Nazis weren’t all that bad. It’s just a matter of time.

[@babs2952]

It's interesting that they talk about not judging people from the past by present standards in that episode. That belief does have some merit but calling Christopher Columbus horrible is true for both modern and past morals. Colonists appealed to the Spanish Royal courts because he was such a bad leader and he was arrested. Also; entries from his own diaries pretty much tell us that the only reason why Columbus was able to begin his brutal occupation was because the FN folk there are accommodating and kind. He even says that's why they would make good slaves.

[@babs2952]

@@thebruceleefan they would need to be telling the truth first.

[@RageTyrannosaurus]

​@@thebruceleefan Even during the time he lived in, Columbus was recognized as evil. Even his financiers thought what he was doing was wrong.

[@searchingfororion]

Everyone here is awesome. It's a bit hilarious to see someone obliterated (literally) before you even wake up. Other than being a general headstuck, what was "BruceLeeFan"s complaint about my smearing CC's name?

[@mountainhun]

One of the things conservatives don't get is that the kind of homogeneity and conformity they want to impose on the world stifles creativity. You can't take risks and think of new things if you only want to venerate and preserve what came before.

[@harrisonpeterson3733]

All they want is power and complete control over everything. New things are scary for conservatives, as is anything that challenges the status quo in any meaningful way. Creativity and freedom are the complete antithesis to how they want the world to function. They're spiteful, angry people who are obsessed with everything they can't control, dominate, and exploit. Sorry for the rant. I appreciate your comment, as it got me to think!

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

It makes me miss the days of Satanic panic, which at least guided me to some great music and introduced dirty thoughts I'd never imagined on my own.

[@ApostleofTzeentch]

Yeah it's something I've noticed, they'll rant about how socialism or anything slightly left wing and progressive will stifle and stagnate civilisation yet that is what they're all about, trapping humanity in a time bubble (which they can't even agree on, some think the 30s-50s, some the medieval period and others way back to the bronze age)

[@RezzSubs]

Creativity and objective, thorough education have always been the greatest enemies of all kinds of totalitarism, have they not? I wouldn't say they don't get it, they're more than aware of the "risks" and want to avoid them at all costs.

[@Vatterju]

I think the problem here is that's entirely the point. Doing these things will expose you to different ideas and widen your mindset, which is hell on the sort of trite garbage conservatives want you to believe.

[@BrigitteEmpire]

Prager is Croatian for fryer and I think that’s probably where all the tens of thousands of dollars given to Prager probably went

[@philzeo]

"Praj gjërat" is the closest cognate I can think of in Albanian. More or less just means "Thus, stuff."

[@fungo6631]

Must be some drunkard mainlander dialect. Here on the coast we call it "friteza".

[@Kret-o]

​@@fungo6631we call it Friteza here too

[@zoe_bee]

This video is so good! Amazing content, as always, Hoots 💜💜💜💜

[@hootsyoutube]

Thank you! So was yours! 💕

[@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342]

both of you are amazing and help keep me sane. Thank you!!!

[@celowein]

it's so weird, because they clearly aren't opposed to lying or misrepresenting facts. So like....wy not make it exciting? tell me Reagan was a decorated war hero or George Bush invented the internet or some shit lol. but it's like you said, I guess that would involve more than the bare minimum

[@hootsyoutube]

Honestly I’d respect full blown fanfic

[@SupHapCak]

What facts did they misrepresent? You're the ones basically living in a fanfiction I bet the only reason you actually have a problem with them is because you heard they were right-wingers.

[@racconsoup]

when i was in 8th grade history class, my teacher put on one of their kids videos and i re-watched it recently and realized the video was awful, like both historically inaccurate and just annoying.

[@jermails9849]

It is currently 4 o’clock in the morning and seeing Rushmore just be some brown Play-Doh with a four coins stuck in it made me laugh out loud enough to almost wake up my kid

[@allanjmcpherson]

I think something underlying the poor quality of all their content is that they honestly and seriously think that kids are stupid.

[@RatPfink66]

and...they want to keep them stupid.

[@jonathanschweiss316]

Why does it seem like the only people incessantly whining about how everyone is lazy-- except for themselves, of course-- happen to be these conservatives who half-ass everything they do?

[@XanIndigo]

Have to say, your sardonic line delivery is some of my favourite on all of KZbin

[@yourlocalnerd7788]

Offtopic but I was the person in your live stream who got a new kitten. Wanted to let people know he has a name now: Sir Curiosity Ambrose Kingsley Esquire but we call him Curio or Sir for short.

[@hootsyoutube]

Purrrfect kitty name!

[@MulberryDays]

omg i do hope you're watching Mentopolis rn

[@InaneBlatherPodcast]

Im so glad that this is being covered, it's (unfortunately) very important and depressingly funny in a way. Shout out to Zoe Bee's video, too! Another great perspective

[@Joshuaraymalan]

As a former mormon, this reminds me so much of mormon media (really all Christian media). Even as believing child, I understood on base level that it was inferior to other media.

[@adamandsethdylantoo]

I don’t remember who said it and it was mostly about CCM, but the saying goes: “the problem with Christian media is that it’s trying to tell a story where the solution to the problem is already discovered before the story even begins”. Like god forbid someone have a question or a problem that can’t be answered by “Jesus loves you and your sin is why you’re struggling”

[@fatcat1414]

I had similar thoughts about popular Christian music growing up as a believer. There is nothing artistically compelling about a genre that requires you to only say one particular thing every time and in ways that are inoffensive for radio play. I was actually drawn to Twenty One Pilots as a Christian band because they actually addressed religious doubt in realistic ways beyond 'don't question anything' and they expressed it through rap and metal genre elements that most Christian artists were afraid to touch. I actually lost my faith because of that band, but I'm thankful for it because they helped me process my religious trauma. I was surrounded by all the generic Christian pop in the world, but nothing compared to the one artist that actually tried.

[@jefferyjones8399]

How the hell does Prager U videos cost so much??

[@hootsyoutube]

I assume they pay the guest speaker a giant appearance fee.

[@lnplum]

In all likelihood it's a money laundering thing like most Adam Sandler movies where the movie has a disproportionate budget but most of it goes to pay Sandler and his buddies.

[@mattm8870]

Pretty sure that because there's some elaborate payment scheme that end up funnelling the money into the pockets of Dennis Prager and his mates.

[@cameronpearce5943]

Meth. Better use of the money than their guests

[@Ancusohm]

Everything I learn about this makes it seem worse, which is impressive given how bad it seemed on first glance.

[@VlogColton]

This comes today when it was announced here in my state Oklahoma that the Oklahoma Department of Education is partnering with PragerU :(

[@am55255]

Hoots deadpan reviewing the different series is exactly the way I wanted to receive this information.

[@umbreoncoredenise]

12:30 Omg what's Layla doing with her eyes? Is she hypnotised, having a stroke?? Does she need help? An ambulance?

[@Rowan_d]

Guess or Mess concerns me. Like all those videos of kids where people would timestamp points that could be suggestive.

[@manderly33]

$40k???? Are the animators using gold keyboards? Or is he just giving cushy jobs to his wives’ nephews?

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

Well, they don't employ anyone that is too woke (like, they can't think slavery is bad, or minorities should have right.). It really limit their potential, and just let them with creativity challenged individuals.

[@marshallsweatherhiking1820]

Its because no artist naturally wants to make his idiotic propaganda. You gotta lure them with the billionaire fracking money.

[@cameronpearce5943]

Pfff we know they’re not paying their animators

[@RezzSubs]

As an animator (I haven't worked for organizations like this, thankfully, but have seen tons of jobs postings for similar gigs and heard horror stories), I assume it's similar to your run of the mill content farms - the amount is usually fake and only used to lure in people, or it's legit but most of it is actually used for "other" things like publicity / straight up pocketed while animators are left with the bare minimum - or even less, as most animators who'd sign up for this are 101% freelance and desperate for a some cash to stay afloat and employers take advantage of this to pay them scraps given the lack of contracts.

[@bort6459]

It all make sense when you realize Preger U is a boondoggle, designed to grift as many donations as they can while spending as little on the product.

[@CandGoods]

I liken this PragerU Kids content to modern Christian cinema, in that they're both created with very little care for the actual "craft" of it, they're not making art, they're just using the medium as a vehicle to proselytize.

[@owenaspinall2046]

Veggietales (and I guess Prince of Egypt) are the exception

[@CandGoods]

@@owenaspinall2046 Absolutely, though when I say modern Christian cinema I mostly mean the PureFlix dreck like the God's Not Dead series and anything Kirk Cameron or Kevin Sorbo is involved in

[@isabeldb7043]

I can't imagine how frustrating watching the "Columbus History" video would be after your research on that foul, waste-of-space for Respect the Dead.

[@jercos]

The random heavily accented Spanish forced in becomes funnier every time you hear it though. It's all in interjections or similar where his native accent would be most pronounced (and his native language would be more likely), yet the accent they use is completely generic. It's so funny you can almost ignore the fact that he's dribbling out slavery apologia.

[@joelpartee594]

@@jercos (Also, of course, Columbus not being Spanish)

[@glenn_desert_witch]

@@jercos I think they are trying to do an Italian accent, since that's what he is, but of course it just sounds fake and weird and clearly just the most stereotypical "what an American thinks Italians sound like." Big time Foghorn Leghorn vibes.

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

​@@glenn_desert_witch"Eh, ragazzo! I'll show you how to take away the natives' land with PASSION and GUSTO!"

[@mattm8870]

@@joelpartee594 its really funny that they have him using the Spanish exclamation "ay caramba" instead of an Italian one.

[@johnallenbailey1103]

Imagine if you were an actual teacher and you had to play this crqp for your class. YOU ALSO HAVE TO WATCH IT!

[@RedSunUnderParadise]

PragerU is just a crueler form of Lobotomy. A macabrr yet oddly sensual type of torture as an art form.

[@arbitrarytoast]

LMAOOO the day anything I create gets called a "crueler form of lobotomy" is the day I take myself out

[@bryanblanco88]

And funny enough, when this video came out, you can add OKLAHOMA to the list of states adding PragerU

[@jaydinledford6990]

I can't fucking believe THESE people get away with calling US groomers.

[@ladysegagenesis]

Why can't they show PBS Kids instead of PragerU? Most PBS Kids shows are like 20x than this anyways.

[@Friendly_Neigborhood_Astolfo]

You learn more from Prager KZbin POOPS than actual prager u

[@calvinware7957]

PragerU is what happens when you make political art for politics and not art

[@glad_to_be_mads]

Yeah, but Hoots; if they actually put money towards production, where's the grift?

[@naturalistmind]

You're right, my conception of Dennis Prager as an unknowable Eldridge abomination is far to kind

[@TheDarthbinky]

NH is about to approve allowing PragerU vids in the public school curriculum too. The plan is to start off with just the "Cash Course" videos, but you know they won't stop there once they get a foot in the door. (While NH is typically considered a "blue state" as far as federal politics are concerned.... outside of the cities along the seacoast, it's very much "Trump Country". There's also a high number of Libertarians thanks to the Free State Project. So the state government is dominated by Republicans, including Governor Sununu and both houses of the legislature. NH also oddly has an elected "executive council" that can veto certain things the governor does- 4 of its 5 members are GOP right now)

[@loorthedarkelf8353]

Thank you for all your hard work. I've watched a lot of clips from PUK and it exhausts me, even a step removed. Sometimes I wonder if the content is boring because they think kids won't notice, or to turn off adults from looking directly at it for more than 30 seconds at a time.

[@veronicalillo4233]

FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER VIDEO!!! Is it me or does it smell like tax evasion round here?

[@CoolPorygon]

okay but a handful of coins stuck into some clay being called Mt Rushmore is hilarious

[@Caius1942]

TIL Hoot is from FL and can therefore emotionally relate to the daily suffering I feel living here and longing for the west coast.

[@angelinacamacho8575]

the funny thing is that you cant use prager u as a source for college papers

[@emm_uhh]

Mr. Peabody and Sherman did it first in the 1950s and was some how less racist.

[@damejanea.macdonald2371]

Being a conservative channel, you *know* the high cost claimed doesn’t come from paying a proper wage for labour.

[@colepuleo6809]

IKR

[@Froggsroxx]

0:38 that's gotta be some sort of money londering right??

[@FunAngelo2005]

9:20 the words "rational" and "patriot" don't go well together

[@spencerjames9417]

I did not need the knowledge that content like this has a market America is unwell

[@colepuleo6809]

Ikr

[@dalekrenegade2596]

Time bring back Time Squad to save the kids.

[@literaterose6731]

Ugh, this stuff just makes my head hurt even trying to think about it. Having watched both Zoe Bee’s video and this one (now you guys are excellent entertainment *and* education!), I do find myself wondering re the abysmal quality and mind numbing boring of it all… Maybe there’s a connection to (at least some of the worst) conservatives/right wingers basically feeling that “educational” content shouldn’t be too engaging or fun because *real* learning is supposed to be “serious” and, yes, boring. I mean, I’ve known people who think that way, so I don’t think it’s impossible. The only question is whether that was intentional or just a “lucky” accident… Ick ick ick, gotta go pet the cat and get some of the cringe off 😖 I’m so impressed you got through so much of that dreck without setting something on fire, you’re a hero! 🤩

[@MrXHCx]

I like how the little girl getting the pie in the face opens her mouth like "my strategy is I'm gonna eat as much of this pie as I can. "

[@els1f]

Those opening 10 seconds are some of the saddest things I've ever heard and every time I hear it I'm blown away by it like it's the first time😒🤦‍♂️

[@KumaBearOso]

If you want some Children's propaganda with a disturbing amount of quaility behind it. Might I reccomend Caleb and Sofia?

[@athenagomes2318]

My AP us History Teacher loved this shit and played these videos often. I got a 3 on the exam because the Final writing question was on a event we never learned about

[@ToxiKid]

Religion and politics often make some people lose all perspective and give way to ranting and raving and carrying on like emotional children. They either refuse to discuss it with reason or else they prefer argumentum ad homeinem, which is a hell of a way to conduct a discussion. Well, anyhow, not long ago I was talking about the elections and how the campaigns were ignoring the issues and sticking instead to invective and personal crap that had nothing to do with the substantive problems of running a government (which is all true as you know if you followed the speeches and so-called debates of the candidates). Anyhow, one of the guys I was talking with said not a word in the whole conversation except at the end when he suddenly chuckled and said we were all full of sh*t and why didn't we all go live in Russia or China if that was the way we all hated the United States of America! Next thing you know, the whole blooming discussion is more like a brawl and the epithets flew thick and fast and the noise was incredible! Someone said "son of a bitch" and I think he said "bastard!" (I couldn't be sure; it was all so confusing.) Well, anyhow, I was attempting to get it all back on a rational level. I tried, for example, to talk to the one who had started it all and I asked him just what did he mean we were all full of sh*t? Was he making a statement of fact as he knew it and where was his documentation to back up his claim? I think Socrates would have been proud of the way I refuted his argument. That is, I tried to refute it. But all he could offer by way of rebuttal was more of the same: about how we were all full of sh*t. But he wouldn't say why; he just kept on repeating it. That and the part about Russia and China and Communist dupes. And I'll have to confess that I got a bit angry and told him to stuff his ideas up his * (which you don't have to tell me is hardly a way to convince anyone in an argument). Then he got salty and threatened to give me a punch in the mouth if I didn't shut up. And I really got hopped and the others did, too. And we all beat the sh*t out of Mr. Conservative. And, after all, he had only himself to be blamed. This is still a free country and anyone telling a fellow like me "brother, you're full of sh*t" better be good and ready to answer politely when asked if he'd care to say WHY!!

[@OceansideSpiderHouse]

Anyone else find it morbidly hilarious that the man who thinks all higher educational material has been hijacked by one political ideology decided to name a “university” after himself and blatantly seeks to indoctrinate his students into his way of thinking?

[@alanfike]

In fairness, a yellow balloon is probably the lightest bulb that be produced by the Prager U staff.

[@oscarguerrero178]

I was recommended this channel and video from someone I follow on Instagram. I’m glad I watched it. Your delivery is engaging and amusing. Also unrelated but you rock braids.

[@gorillaguerillaDK]

As I understand it, this goes for Oklahoma as well now! It’s F'ing BONKERS!

[@mariaantoniajosephajohanna]

One thing I can respect about Jehovah's Witnesses is that their kid's propaganda is, unlike PragerU stuff, well animated

[@colepuleo6809]

Yeah LMAO

[@Wise_That]

The reason that conservative writing and art sucks is that being good at creative works requires you to be able to understand nuance and complexity, but those same skills mean you are less likely to accept conservative reactionary talking points about uncertainty and stereotypes. There are studies that show that conservatism and your ability to understand complex ideas are inversely related.

[@JohnPatterson-kz8jr]

Dennis,don't make me call your parole officer!!

[@evan7795]

The Mount Rushmore craft would’ve been better if they just gave them clay and told them to make Mount Rushmore..

[@pumpkin3062]

I GOT A PRAGER U AD ON THIS VIDEO WHAT.

[@RomanticDrip69]

14:00 you don’t need any money to write. I don’t think it’s unreasonable that they actually put in effort to write at least a magic schoolbus knock off. It’s the laziest most pathetic propaganda ever. It presupposes that the audience is mindless automatons. Children are humans too and can at least tentatively tell if something is bad. No excuse, prageru has millions and millions at their disposal and can easily afford a small writing team but they’re treating their kids content like their adult content: lazy and disrespectful

[@gregcorsten2056]

What's going on with the dime on Mt Rushmore? Is FDR standing in for his 5th cousin?

[@ChristopherSadlowski]

The things our comrades put themselves through to bring us entertainment and education. If I had to watch this much PragerU Kids bullshit, I would probably jump off the roof. Thanks Hoots; you're far stronger than I am...also, I think you deserve a spa day to unwind from the trauma Dennis Prager has inflicted upon you.

[@TempoTronica]

That craft show reminded me of how much I miss crazy quilt

[@Chillaxes]

I think it's so funny that there's so much history based content because they would have to take the mask off to touch on anything contemporary

[@washmyhoohah]

9:07 As someone who avidly watched the British show 'How 2' as a child, I resoundly reject this impotent imposter

[@mistercohaagen]

If I were forced to watch even one of these in school, I'd feign demonic possession until they let me stay home to plot Prager's ending.

[@Bird1_PNG]

The way I got a prayer u add when I was watching

[@Cadmann778]

Inalways love seeing american conservatives try and explain what life in Canada is like. At least in English Canada its literally about 90% the same culture and extremely similar history, yet somehow they seem to think we are some communist police state forced to worship Trudeau or something

[@kanecrotty2576]

This has pissed me off about Leo and Layla, and it's that the frowns and neutral faces of the characters are just upside down smiles.

[@drphosferrous]

We made a video for$20 and charged 20k to teach about business

[@colepuleo6809]

Right

[@chrisblake4198]

Wait wait wait, did they really just tell the kids to put the WRONG GUY on their Mt. Rushmore craft? *freezeframes* yup thats an FDR dime, not even a $1 Teddy coin (which would have been bad in its own way). How did they spin that as ok? Please don't make me watch the video.

[@Iamchrisshorts]

I’m digging your vids please upload more often going forward 💙

[@fungo6631]

10:17 Hello? Colonies? Britbongs, Portoguese, Spanish and Frenchies all had colonies, considered as overseas territories of their countries, where slavery was a-OK.

[@dancoroian1]

Wait why are they making actual fetish content for kids...? Wtf

[@FlameHawke]

5.10 o_o that haunted stare. "I watched a bunch of Pee-eww kids videos. . . "

[@uboa8060]

PragerU needs to fire whoevers putting their videos together cause it should *not* be taking 30-40k dollars to make each video wtf

[@luc8043]

So... you're telling me Dennis PRAGER isn't the ceo of PRAGERU ?!!!

[@Kth77]

I’d love to take a kid forced to watch this garbage and show them The Owl House, “wow, being gay is so much more fun then conservatism!”

[@rubenvasquez8592]

You're beeing too generous with your assessment, like trying to find the smallest redeemable thread in something that is unmistakably unsavable. And by "being too generous" I 100% mean "you managed to watch they content". I was an educator for a whole decade before switching careers, and seeing that material scares me. Love your videos.

[@vegahimsa]

That Mount Rushmore is diabolical 😂

[@Tacom4ster]

I hate living at Florida, I rather have Nathan Explosion of Dethklok as governor than Ron DeFascist

[@tracey9888]

Ron DeTalibantis. Yeah I hate it here too I finally got to adulthood though I could finally be me and no it just got worse because trans people became his only target

[@leahsodyssey123]

Isn't Layla's top showing a bit too much skin. What if she causes a brother to stumble?

[@ajo8655]

I bet you aren’t tired of this type of joke yet at all but, I just subscribed and hope it’ll be a hoot!

[@yourlocalnerd7788]

Guess or Mess seems like they're trying to do offbrand Nickelodeon Slime

[@Starving_Phoenix]

I mean, when you don't respect children, why would you put effort into anything you make for them?

[@Pooknottin]

When you know the world is going to change and people are going to be upset - make them stupid.