APPLE PIE YOU’RE REALLY GOOD AT
THE TURKEY THAT’S THE
COMPETITION.
THANKS SO MUCH, I’M LAURA
INGRAHAM, THIS IS THE LAURA
INGRAHAM FROM WASHINGTON
TONIGHT.
AMERICANS ALONE.
THAT’S THE FOCUS OF TONIGHT’S
ANGLE.
NOW HERE’S A TROUBLING STATISTIC
FLAGGED BY THE ECONOMISTS BRYCE
WARD IN THE WASHINGTON POST.
AMERICANS SPENT 38% LESS TIME
WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND EXTENDED
FAMILY JUST OVER THE LAST
THANKSGIVING WEEKEND, AND IN THE
PAST TWO YEARS THAN THEY HAD IN
THE DECADE PRIOR TO THIS
OCCURRING.
EVEN MORE DISTURBING THE TREND
LINE TOWARDS SOCIAL ISOLATION
WERE WORSENING EVEN BEFORE COVID
BEGAN.
BETWEEN 2014 AND 2019, THE
AMOUNT OF TIME WE SPENT WITH
FRIENDS DECREASED AND THE TIME
SPENT ALONE INCREASED BY MORE
THAN IT DID AFTER THE PANDEMIC
BEGAN.
ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS BUREAU’S
AMERICAN TIME U SURVEY, BETWEEN
2010 AND 2013, THE AMOUNT OF
TIME THE AVERAGE AMERICAN SPENT
WITH FRIENDS WAS STABLE AT ABOUT
6.5 HOURS PER WEEK.
THEN, IN 2014, TIME SPENT WITH
FRIENDS BEGAN TO DECLINE.
SO WHAT ACCOUNTED FOR THE DROP
OF IN-PERSON SOCIALIZING.
WELL, HERE’S AN EDUCATED GUESS.
IN 2012 FACEBOOK WENT PUBLIC AND
BOUGHT INSTAGRAM.
AND BY 2014 THE SOCIAL MEDIA
COMPANY WAS A DOMINATE FORCE IN
AMERICAN LIFE.
FIVE SHORT YEARS LATER, BY 2019,
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN WAS
SPENDING ONLY FOUR HOURS PER
WEEK WITH FRIENDS, A SHARP 37%
DECLINE FROM 2014.
SO THE INCREASING USE OF SOCIAL
MEDIA ALSO POLITICAL POLARSATION
ONLINE PORNOGRAPHY ALL
CONTRIBUTED TO AMERICANS MOVE
INWARD.
OF COURSE, COVID RESTRICTIONS
ONLY MADE THIS GROWING TREND OF
LONELINESS WORSE.
NOW THERE ARE MANY CULPRITS OUT
THERE.
CHIEF AMONG THEM ARE BRAIDSENLY
CORRUPT PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR
THEIR MEDIA LAP DOGS AND BLUE
STATE GOVERNORS AND MAYERS LOVE
POWER AND CONTROL AND THEY
DIDN’T GIVE A RAT’S YOU KNOW
WHAT ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE DOING
TO OUR SOCIETY.
SO, OF COURSE, TIME SPENT ALONE
WENT UP.
AND TIME WITH FRIENDS WENT DOWN.
IN 2021, THE AVERAGE AMERICAN
SPENT LESS THAN THREE HOURS PER
WEEK WITH FRIENDS.
THAT’S DOWN 59% COMPARED TO 2010
TO 2013.
NOW, WE ALL KNOW, WHATEVER OUR
BACKGROUND, HOW IMPORTANT
FRIENDS ARE FOR JUST SO MANY OF
US.
THEY’RE FAMILY.
WHEN I WAS YOUNG I WAS
ESSENTIALLY AN ONLY CHILD
BECAUSE MY BROTHERS WERE SO MUCH
OLDER.
THAT MEANT MY FRIENDS FROM FIELD
HOCKEY AND SOFTBALL FROM AROUND
THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS WERE INFORMATIVE.
THEY WERE CRUCIAL TO MY
DEVELOPMENT.
YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY, THEY
NEED GOOD FRIENDS.
IT’S HEART BREAKING.
AND IT’S INFURIATING FRANKLY TO
SEE WHAT OUR GOVERNMENT DID TO
HARM MENTAL HEALTH WITH COVID
RULES AND RESTRICTIONS,
ESPECIALLY TO THE YOUNG.
NOW COMPARED TO 2010 TO 2013,
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN TEEN SPENT
APPROXIMATELY 11 FEWER HOURS
WITH FRIENDS EACH WEEK IN 2021.
THAT’S A 64% DECLINE, AND AN
ADDITIONAL 12 HOURS ALONE.
THAT’S A 48% INCREASE OF BEING
ALONE.
NOW, IN HIS FAMOUS BOOK, BOWLING
ALONE, ROBERT PUTNAM PEGGED A
BIG CHUNK OF OUR SINK DECLINE TO
TELEVISION.
AND TODAY IT’S NOT CARS OR
SUBURBS OR CAPITALISM THAT’S
SEPARATING US, IT’S OUR
OBSESSION WITH CONSTANTLY
MONITORING ALL MANNER OF SOCIAL
MEDIA.
AND WHEN WE’RE NOT DOING THAT,
WE’RE STREAMING SHOWS ON OUR
PHONE OR OUR TABLETS IN OUR
ROOMS, OFTEN ALONE.
>> I ENTER THESE APPS AND LEFT
FEELING MORE ANXIOUS, SPENDING
FIVE TO SIX HOURS A DAY FEELING
MORE DEPRESSED AND REALLY HAVING
A CORROSIVE SENSE OF SELF
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT MY BODY AS A
YOUNG FEMALE.
TEENS AREN’T TOLD THOSE ARE THE
POSSIBLE HARMS WHEN THEY ENTER
THESE APPS SO YOU EXPERIENCE
THESE NEGATIVE KIND OF IMPACTS
ON YOUR MENTAL HEALTH AND I
DIDN’T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT
WAS HAPPENING AND IT CAUSED
GREAT ISSUES DOWN THE LINE THAT
I KNOW A LOT OF TEENS
EXPERIENCE.
>> Laura: EMMA LEMBKE GREAT
INSIGHT.
TEMPERATURE IRONY THE MORE
CONNECTED WE ARE THE LESS
CONNECTED WE ARE TO REAL PEOPLE.
IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE IN
THE MET A VERSE WHICH IS MORE
FAKERY TO KEEP THE MASSES FAT
AND HAPPYY AND NUMB TO THE WORLD
SPIRALLING AROUND THEM.
ALL OF THIS IS TO CREATE A
SOCIETY MORE ANXIETY RIDDEN,
MORE DEPRESSED, LESS
COMPASSIONATE AND IN SOME CASES
MORE VIOLENT.
>> IF YOU SPEND MORE TIME ON
YOUR OWN YOU’RE MORE LIKELY TO
ENGAGE IN UNHEALTHY BEHAVIOR SO
YOU MIGHT SMOKE MORE, YOU MIGHT
EAT UNHEALTHY FOODS.
YOU MIGHT GET MORE STRESS
BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE SOMEBODY
COMFORTING YOU AND SUPPORTING
YOU.
HIGH RATES OF LONELINESS ARE
CORRELATED WITH MORE AGGRESSIVE
AND PARANOID BEHAVIOR AND LEAD
TO VIOLENT EXTREMISM.
>> Laura: A FORMER VIRGINIA
STATE TROOPER WHO MET A TEEN-AGE
GIRL ON LINE, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN
THIS STORY, THEN TRAVELED ACROSS
COUNTRY TO GET HER, AND THEN
KILLED HER FAMILY ON FRIDAY IN
CALIFORNIA WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO
GET HER.
NOW, POLICE SAY 28 YEAR OLD
AUSTIN LEE EDWARDS PRETENDED
THAT HE WAS ANOTHER TEEN-AGER
WHILE HE WAS TALKING WITH THIS
GIRL ON THE INTERNET.
THE PREDATORY ACT IS CAUGHT CAT
FISHING.
HE TRIED TO TAKE OFF WITH THE
TEEN BUT POLICE ULTIMATELY
TRACKED HIM DOWN AND SHOT HIM
DEAD.
NOW, THE SICK THING IS THAT HE
PROBABLY THOUGHT, IN HIS OWN
WARPED WAY, THAT THIS WAS SOME
GREAT AMERICAN LOVE STORY,
BECAUSE IT BEGAN ONLINE.
BUT HE WAS JUST ANOTHER LONER
UNNOTICED BY SOCIETY THAT
INCREASINGLY SEEMS TO VALUE
THOSE WHO IGNORE BASIC TRUTHS OF
HUMAN EXISTENCE.
LIKE THE FACT THAT EVERY MAJOR
RELIGION TEACHES THAT HUMAN
BEINGS ARE BETTER OFF AND
HAPPIER WHEN THEY’RE IN A FAMILY
CONNECTED TO A COMMUNITY AND
ENGAGED IN WORKS OF SERVICE.
WE’RE NOT MEANT TO LIVE BY
OURSELF.
IT’S ONE OF THE GREAT TRAGEDIES
OF THE 20TH CENTURY THAT
FEMINISTS WORKED SO HARD TO
RIDICULE AND REVERSE ALL THE
THINGS WE KNEW TO BE TRUE ABOUT
BASIC HUMAN BIOLOGY AND JUST
HUMAN LIFE.
THEY ASSURED WOMEN THAT THE
SEXUAL REVOLUTION WAS GOING TO
MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPIER.
THEY WERE TOLD THAT, WELL, CHILD
BEARING WAS OPPRESSIVE, RELIGION
WAS PATRIARCHAL AND OLD NORMS
WERE INHUMANE.
SOME EVEN ARGUED WE COULD INVENT
OUR OWN DEFINITION OF A FAMILY.
>> WHILE THE IMAGE OF THE
NUCLEAR FAMILY IS OFTEN HELD UP
AS THE IDEAL AND ONLY FORM A
FAMILY CAN TAKE WHETHER OR NOT
THAT’S TRUE SEEMS TO VARY BY
SOCIAL GROUP AND REGION.
IT’S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
WHATEVER FORM, SHAPE OR SIZE IT
TAKES, WE HAVE THE POWER TO
DEFINE WHAT FAMILIES SHOULD LOOK
LIKE FOR OURSELVES.
>> Laura: NOW, MUCH OF THIS WAS
A LIE, AND NOW ACTIVISTS WHO
PROUDLY DECLARE THEMSELVES TO BE
THE SECULAR CRUSADERS, THEY’VE
MERELY REPLACED THE TENANTS OF
ORGANIZED RELIGION WITH THEIR
OWN RIGID DOG MA.
IT’S A MIX OF SOCIALISM
TRANSGENDERISM, CLIMATE
ALARMISM.
A RITUAL THAT HAS ITS OWN HIGH
ARCIES, FLAGS AND MAGIC WORDS.
>> HI, MY NAME IS SGRONY AND I
USE HE HIM PRONOUNCE.
>> AND I USE SHE HER PRONOUNS.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO
DO IS MAKE SURE I CREATE AS AN
INEXCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT AS
POSSIBLE.
>> DIVERSITY EQUITY AND
INCLUSION IS ABOUT EMBRACING ALL
DIFFERENCES, AND WE CAN DO THAT
WHILE AMPLIFYING THE NEEDS OF
UNDERREPRESENTED INDIVIDUALS.
.
>> Laura: WELCOME TO ZOMBIE
LAND.
YET TODAY THE THREAT TO OUR
COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES ISN’T
JUST COMING FROM KIND OFLY
LEAGUES AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
BUT ALSO FROM OUR CORPORATE
LEADERS.
LOOK, IF WE WANT WELL ADJUSTED
KIDS SOCIALLY AWARE WITH BETTER
VALUES, WE’RE GOING TO NEED
PARENTS WHO STAND UP TO
COMPANIES LIKE DISNEY AND APPLE.
AND FOR THAT MATTER, ANY
BUSINESS THAT’S PROFITING OFF
THE SEXUALIZATION OF OUR
CHILDREN.
>> OUR LEADERSHIP OVER THERE HAS
BEEN SO WELCOMING TO LIKE MY
LIKE NOT AT ALL SECRET GAY
AGENDA.
I DON’T HAVE TO BE AFRAID TO
HAVE LET’S THESE TWO CHARACTERS
KISS.
LET’S HAVE IN THE BACKGROUND --
I WAS WHEREVER I COULD JUST
BASICALLY ADDING QUEERNESS.
>> Laura: WELL, OUR POLITICAL
SYSTEM TRUSTS THAT THE PEOPLE --
TRUST THE PEOPLE TO FILL THEIR
ROLE AS INTERESTED CITIZENS,
GOOD FAMILY MEMBERS AND HONEST
WORKERS.
BEING AN AMERICAN IS NOT
SUPPOSED TO BE A SPECTATOR
SPORT.
WE’RE ALL EXPECTED TO HELP MAKE
THIS COUNTRY WORK.
AND WHEN AMERICANS ARE TRAINED
TO STAY HOME, PAID, IN SOME
CASES TO STAY HOME, TO WATCH THE WORLD ON SCREENS AND JUST DO
WORLD ON SCREENS AND JUST DO
WHAT THEY’RE TOLD, OUR REPUBLIC
IS AT RISK.
FOR DECADES THEY’VE WARNED OUR
FREEDOMS AND SYSTEM OF FREEDOM
AND LIBERTY RESTS ON THE VERB
TUNE AND DILIGENCE OF AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
THOSE RESIST THREATENED BY THE
LONELINESS THE DIRECT RESULTS OF
ACTIONS TAKEN BY CYNICAL
DIFFERENCES AND INDIFFERENT
POLITICIANS.
IT’S A MAJOR REASON WHY WE NEED
A POLITICAL MOVEMENT THAT