I have zero romanticization of children.
Children are among the meanest creatures on earth.
How you make a child into a good adult is
the single most important question any society can ask.
Essentially there's no close second,
because we don't start off all that wonderful.
>> That was Dennis Prager weighing in on children, and how much he hates them.
Or how awful they are, how mean they are.
What prompted this discussion?
Well, he wanted to comment on the he gets us commercials,
they were the religious commercials during the Super Bowl.
And Prager took issue with one of the ads that encouraged people to
reconnect with their inner child, okay?
And here's a reminder of what that ad looked like,
that we'll get to more of Prager's insane video.
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Okay, so for those of you listening to the audio version of the show,
the ad has a bunch of kids doing cute things, except for the kid who's like on
all fours on the bathroom floor, so his friend can take a leak.
Like [CROSSTALK] every time I see him, like mm-hm, don't do that.
Okay. Anyway, but in the end, it has some texts
across the screen that says, Jesus didn't want us to act like adults.
And that is what triggered Dennis Prager.
We're gonna get two more of his video in a second, but Francesca,
I'm dying to know what you think so far.
>> Okay, so the ad is just the ad is in itself one thing,
because look, I was like involved in a Christian youth group,
and I was like, yeah, this is great, this is fun.
We can act like children, blah, blah, blah, and then I got to like
that one ski trip where there like, by the way, if you're gay, you're going to hell?
And I was like, what?
This is terrible, so take it all.
Christians are the ones like fundamentals are the ones who are making us all grow up
real fast by being like, you're going to hell.
>> True.
>> Lol jokes on you, It doesn't exist, but Prager notice how he hates kids.
There's more to this, obviously this video, but he's like,
there's some of the meanest creatures on the face of the earth [LAUGH].
>> Well, >> He's responding to this video of
toddlers.
>> [CROSSTALK] I know, I know, but you know, to be fair,
game recognizes game I guess, [LAUGH] right?
Like how miserable does Dennis Prager look?
I mean, and he's not [CROSSTALK] a very nice guy.
>> No, it's like how babies can see ghosts, you know what I'm saying?
It's like [LAUGH] kids can see him, Prager,
like only they can see each other.
We see you, we see you.
>> Well, I don't know, Maybe he makes a good point about how awful kids are,
let's watch.
>> My belief is that the bible wants us to grow up and,
Look, you know my belief that if Christianity dies, so
does the west, so couldn't be more clear on that.
And I have zero romanticization of children.
Children are among the meanest creatures on earth.
I'm not talking about three year olds', they don't have the capacity to be mean,
but once they get into elementary school, I mean,
the whole bullying issue is an example.
I was a counselor at the camp, I saw how kids treat each other,
the whole process of life is making children into good adults because
they don't start out that way.
>> [LAUGH] I really wanna know which seven year old
bullied him when he was the youth group counselor, right?
>> Yes, hey, Mr P, why does your chin connect to your chest?
Like, hey Mr P, why don't you pull your pants up tighter?
Hey, Mr P you got some gum, like, just they clowned him so hard.
Just so, he's so scarred from being bullied as a camp counselor.
Like, I love how they bully each other.
Well, we know it was you, >> Because, look,
the heart of what he's saying isn't necessarily inaccurate, right?
Like my nieces for instance, I love my nieces so much, but man,
there's that phase at like, around two where they wanna hit you, right?
Like they want to hit [CROSSTALK] you in the face.
So like, yeah, you have to teach them not to do that, right?
Like, at the end of the day we're all animals, and
I guess, yeah, there needs to be some discipline, and some raising the kids, so
they don't go around hitting people type stuff.
But Dennis Prager is not a nice guy.
I wanna use other words, but I don't wanna give my editors a tough time [LAUGH] with
editing, [CROSSTALK] >> He cannot control his disdain.
>> I know.
>> And it's so weird because he also constantly, I mean,
this is a guy who berates women for
not wanting to have kids, >> Right.
>> Like Christian, Western civilization and yada yada yada.
And then when push comes to shove, he's like, they are distasteful creatures,
and he can't even stomach it, I just think it's so funny and
it's like, he's not wrong, I agree with you,
but he's not talking about toddlers, >> Yeah, exactly.
>> Who I think are objectively trash in a lot of ways.
>> [LAUGH] Like [INAUDIBLE] >> I mean, they are, they're just,
they're whiny and they can't control their emotions, and
they're not potty trained half the time.
>> That's sure. >> I mean, they're still adorable, but
you can't understand them or just like, enunciate bro.
Like that's, what I'm gonna say to my [LAUGH] kid, but
he's not making any point, he's not even really making a point about bullying,
he's just like, and then there was Trevor and Trevor hounded me.
He took the air out of my tires, my bike tires, of course.
>> God, you're so right, because the idea of doing a segment on this, right?
>> Yeah, >> Like a segment where all I want to do
is just talk about how much kids suck is inconceivable to me.
And it's just he thought it was a great idea.
He's like, you know, I think the bible wants us to grow up right away.
Kids are trash and
I'm completely oblivious to the fact that I myself am trash.
So >> Well, I just wanna say,
I think there's a lot of anti kid people out there and I just look as a new mom.
Everyone was a baby at one point and
your parents very much thought about abandoning you, all right?
>> No, [CROSSTALK] there's no way, not my parents.
>> [LAUGH] Okay. Well, Anna was especially adorable, but
look, I love how everyone sort of walks around like know me.
I was born like a 28 year old with just great taste and it was like [CROSSTALK].
>> Okay, we were all terrorists, okay?
>> Yes. >> We made people miserable when we
were children.
>> Yeah.
>> Like 100%, 100%.
Now one thing that I will say, because it will happen, Francesca,
I know for a fact because literally every single one of my nieces and
nephews have done this, and the pressure is unbelievable.
So at some point, your daughter is gonna be old enough to communicate to adults and
she's going to ask the adults who come to visit you to play with her.
And more often than not the adults will oblige they're gonna play with her,
they're gonna have a great time, sometimes though,
they're not gonna wanna do it [LAUGH].
>> No.
>> Look out for your homies, okay?
Just look out for your homies, [LAUGH] because [CROSSTALK] the one time I said no
to my niece, my god, the look of death from her mother, I was like okay, yeah,
I guess we're gonna go play now [LAUGH].
>> Well look, here's the deal, you can play with your friends will make
play dates, but like this is my friend, my friend comes over in a chat,
we're gonna talk this adult time, you have to respect adult time.
You can have a little bit of it, but you can't just come to the table,
start screaming and throw your toys everywhere, in my house, I will look knock
on wood, Karina will be gracious in this, but it's not just your world,
the world does not revolve around the kid, It revolves around the adult, the alpha.
>> Yeah, yeah, I mean, >> We'll see.
>> Yeah, just be able to read what your adult friends and
family members are actually trying to communicate.
>> Sure. >> You know [LAUGH] what I'm saying,
cuz it's like and more often than not, I'm down to play with the kids,
like I have a great time.
It allows me to tap into a part of myself that I didn't
even know existed, until my brother had three kids,
and you know what >> Jesus does,
Jesus knows where that part is.
>> I mean that can be interpreted in a bad way, but yes, no, but
seriously like the kid inside, we all have that inside us, right?
But sometimes you visit after a torturous day at work and it's like,
no, I don't wanna play with your magnetic triangle toys.
I'm not interested [CROSSTALK] >> That you just say I'll be right there,
I'm coming.
>> No, >> Here I come about to be there [LAUGH]
and then you never show up.
>> These little girls are persistent, let me just say, okay, they don't let it go.
[LAUGH] All right anyway, Dennis Prager, a miserable person,
entertaining to watch sometimes.
>> So funny.