This had me rolling in stitches. It's also interesting to note that Jonathan Krohn, older and wiser now, no longer identifies with Conservative ideology and calls his 13 year old self 'naive'. Very apt, I'd say.

"Democrats want the freedom of thought but regulation of economy, Republicans want freedom of economy but regulation of thought." ~My amazing AP history teacher

@DeadSezSo

9 күн бұрын

10 years later and sadly, this isn't nearly as true as it once was. Still infinitely better than Republicans but so-called "cancel culture" is a plague on the progressive movement.

@JimC

6 күн бұрын

Things have changed a bit, haven't they?

@blank-vj1mc

6 күн бұрын

@@JimC Yes they very much so did.

I love how the CPAC kid says,"My world view is not an ideology of feelings or romanticism, and to prove it, here's a vague-ass catchphrase designed to elicit feelings of romanticism." And then they applauded!!!!

@equalitystateofmind5412

10 жыл бұрын

PS - Patriot Act anybody?

@rightsideofhistory

9 жыл бұрын

Especially when conservatism is COMPLETELY an ideology of "gut" and lamenting the ways of the past....

@sarahlisa5191

5 жыл бұрын

"Protecting the people and the people's rights." As long as those people are straight, white, Christians.

@emmaduncan2991

5 жыл бұрын

somebody needs to roll up a copy of Guns & Ammo and smack that little boy on the ass with it

@gavinschultz8994

5 жыл бұрын

Truly honest question. He said "protecting the rights of the people." How does that elicit feelings of romanticism?

I was born and raised in the south. Every pain, trial, slander, verbal abuse, discrimination, and sorrow came from people who were called conservatives. Their meanest made me suicidal. I survived because I met people who called themselves Democrats.

@samlambert7133

9 ай бұрын

Beyond sorry to hear that. Hope things got better for you!

The amount of ass Bill always kicks can't be measured with existing technology.

@MultiUnreal

9 жыл бұрын

Give it time. If we can send men to the moon, we can measure this man's ass kicking!

@jeffrey6244

9 жыл бұрын

gspendlove It's probably right up there with the amount of ass he gets!

This kid doesn't have any of his own opinions, he's just repeating what he's heard his parents say.

@llamaattacks

8 жыл бұрын

+GamesLegitament I agree. Bigotry and racism aren't something you are born with. It is something that children learn from their parents and relatives.

And Jonathan Krohn is now a Liberal. I guess he gained his sanity when puberty hit.

@Kotazo85

5 жыл бұрын

a boner can work wonders on those castrated church morons.

@queenfan45

5 жыл бұрын

He came out as bisexual as well.

@shawndavis8111

5 жыл бұрын

Each comment in this thread is wilder than the last lol

@head909

5 жыл бұрын

@@shawndavis8111 I may or may not be Jonathan Krohn's love child (adopted).

@thehellyousay

4 жыл бұрын

When it ended.

14 years old and he's already brainwashed.

@robbieclark7828

7 жыл бұрын

Shiro Amakusa That's when they get them.

@pedropena880

5 жыл бұрын

He is not being brainwashed, look for the adults making money out of it and the kid is making some money too!

The second kid they showed has had his balls drop since then ad he very enthusiastically refutes everything he said at CPAC . Some children grow up , others join the teapublican party .

@Tony29103

4 жыл бұрын

Funny thing is he really didn't even say anything in that speech that impressive, mostly parroted fox news.

Conservatives are children. When l was in high school, l was also a conservative. By the end of it, l totally reversed my positions.

@sbcistheboss

9 жыл бұрын

That must of sucked. I was always extremely liberal and my parents moderate conservatives (now known as democrats). I can't imagine being an evil piece of shit.

@pdoylemi

9 жыл бұрын

Drug Addicted Pornstar The problem is, that there is just enough of a tiny kernel of truth in some conservative positions, that selfish dickheads can build an entire worldview around it. Sadly, too much of that is faith-based, which is why it appeals so much to hard core Christians.

@billr5443

9 жыл бұрын

sbcistheboss Being evil pieces of shit only requires voting Republican.

@sbcistheboss

9 жыл бұрын

Bill Rice Some don't vote but they are still evil pieces of shit. Just because someone doesn't take their opinion to a poll doesn't mean they still don't have some fucked up ideas.

@slayerSRBIJA89

9 жыл бұрын

Bill Rice l think that majority of GOP voters are dumb and uneducated. The rest are plain assholes and scumbags.

Fun fact about Jonathan Krohn.... he got a little older and in 2011 stopped being a conservative. He's not a liberal (Apparently he's not a fan of labels) but he has moved to the left on several major issues including gay marriage and the affordable care act, and even said he'd vote for Obama in 2012. Turns out, between the ages of 13 and 17 he started reading non-conservative media (Apparently some philosophers like Nietzsche and Wittgenstein) and turns out, didn't agree... he then got shit on by conservative critics who he mocked by calling them "scorned right-wingers showing all the maturity of a little boy.". So what I'm saying is that yes, those teenagers might look scary acting like Rush or the like, but eventually they grew out of it. Now we just have to wait for the rest of the republican party to grow the hell up.

A 14 year old kid knows SQUAT. He is nothing more than a cute little puppet of his right wing parents.

@Meh-im1qs

9 жыл бұрын

He's an adult now and he's a liberal.

@pdawg193

9 жыл бұрын

Meh Nope, he got even more crazy. One of his most recent videos was covered on the Drunken Peasants.

@Meh-im1qs

9 жыл бұрын

pdawg119 really? link plz.

@dalekrenegade2596

9 жыл бұрын

pdawg119 He means Johnathan khrone

@pdawg193

9 жыл бұрын

Dalek Renegade Sorry, thought he meant Caiden.

The GOP theme song should be, "It's my party and I'll cry if I want to"

@markw3598

5 жыл бұрын

Oh, did you hear, Trump WON!!!!!

@firestream93

5 жыл бұрын

The look on your face when a liberal talk about crying. What...like y'all? Been crying for 3 yrs. Haven't stopped yet. I'm sorry. Did someone steal your favorite toy. Good job, Mary!

@Tony29103

4 жыл бұрын

@@firestream93 Remind me again how your whole platform is about "gay people are icky and women have no rights..." Also, remind me didn't Bush Jr literally cry all the way to the Supreme court when he lost to Al Gore..... Yea.... Forgot about that one didn't ya.

@firestream93

4 жыл бұрын

@@Tony29103 Bush Jr.? Well that's a bit late. Since we're talking Jr.s: Remind me how Biden Jr. beat a cocaine charge, and got kicked out of the Navy, for failing a drug test. Remind me how Biden Jr. has a kid with a stripper...one that's he's not married to. Since we're talking about rights: How about my right not to pay for 'universal' health care? I'm still trying to figure out how that's my responsibility. Ok. So tell me who you plan on voting for.

That kid Krohn sounds like Jodie Foster (Voice, not content). Also, notice how he looks sidewards after he says his little sound-byte? If taht look doesn't sya 'Did I get it right, Dad?' , what does?

Watched this clip years ago. Now I'm watching it again, but with Trump as president. It is scary accurate how Bill Maher totally called this one, as we now have a man-child in the oval office.

@markw3598

5 жыл бұрын

...... and things are GREAT!!!! The economy is thriving!!

@HurricaneSalim

5 жыл бұрын

@@markw3598 As it has been on an upward trend since 2010. Most economists agree that a president's economic policies don't affect the overall economy until approximately 1-2 years into his/her term. But I guess Trump can take credit for not having it crash yet?

@sheilaghbrosky

4 жыл бұрын

@@markw3598 Are you joining up to defend the Saudis? Thought not.

It's funny because johnathan khron is now a raging liberal rofl

@BeatlesFanSonia

10 жыл бұрын

Yes, he finally saw the light! Learning is such a wonderful thing!

@GreenMorningDragonProductions

5 жыл бұрын

What's a liberal rofl?

@johndanielson3777

5 жыл бұрын

His sanity came when he hit puberty

@pedropena880

5 жыл бұрын

The problem I see here is a whole bunch of adults listening to a political speech delivered by a kid; isn't something wrong with the adult audience? Is he giving now speeches for the liberal side or his behavior has become liberal? If I get into a room and the freaking speaker is fourteen, I would walk out immediately. However, it seemed a normal behavior in certain circles.. oh my!! 🙄

Seeing Mark Ruffalo on here made me think. What Bill said was not completely unlike what Tony Stark said to Loki (though I don't want to insult Loki by comparing him to the GOP): _"You don't get it. There's no throne here. There is no version of this in which you come out on top."_ I only hope that's true.

@alexpenneytration699

9 жыл бұрын

Ur fucking weird as fuck

WHY would ANY government block a regulation replacing styrofoam? The only people interested in keeping the styrofoam are the plastic companies. Everyone else would love to have disposable cutlery that didn't poison their bodies.

Even I am disgusted by those adolescent... Well... Politicians. I mean, they do the job perfectly, and that's the problem on so many levels. But where was my point... Ah, yes, even I am disgusted by those little idiots and I am in the age range.

@shamsj7193

10 жыл бұрын

Children learn what they live, so if their parents and alotta other influential ppl in their lives are assholes................... Don't judge Johnny there's time for him to grow and develop his own ideas about what's what ! Maybe he'll meet Jenny and she'll be from a liberal background and in order for him to stick his dick in her he'll have to evolve his thinking and accept her gay parents !!!

@dashlambda6707

10 жыл бұрын

Sham SJ Doesn't mean Johnny isn't a disgusting specimen as of current.

@rightsideofhistory

9 жыл бұрын

Krohn has since been completely open that he had been indoctrinated by rightwing talk radio - the biggest radio station in his hometown when growing up.

this is awesome

The kid at 2 minutes sounds EXACTLY like Ted Cruz

This probably has to be my favorite Maher bit of all time

LOVE YOU, BILL! KEEP SPEAKING THE TRUTH, IN THE LANGUAGE OF HILLARITY!

Today is February 8, 2023. Last night a woman named Marjorie Taylor Greene, was an obvious display of a teenage mentality in the house of representatives at President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech. 10 years ago was easy to laugh about this stuff, but now we’ve lived through a fascist president in trump, and And The Capital has been overrun by Them

When I was about 9 years old (I was born in 95) there was a time where I thought George Bush was alright, but never said as much because I was in school focusing on other stuff. Then a few years later, when the 2008 election came about and I saw Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton running on the same ticket I thought "You know, these Democrats seem like they have good ideas and they're nice people." So I just went with the Democrats.

scary that his parents are letting him say these things

ROFL, I will get right on that, as soon as I am finished NOT shutting up. Please wait your turn like everyone else.

To be fair, Jonathan Krohn had already come back at his words when this fragment aired.

@Ekkie101

8 жыл бұрын

True. Jonathan Krohn is now a liberal and Fox Nooz hates him.

Paul Ryan has always seemed to me to be the adult version of the privileged, sheltered, immature, righteously indignant 14 year old conservatives profiled here by Maher. The 14 year olds in this piece actually remind me of me when I was a raging 14yo conservative and the world seemed so wrong while I seemed so right.

Hilarious venom coming from my man Maher.. LOL!!

I've felt this way for years. Just marveling at the right wings ability to morph into rabid fascism. I was 14 in 81 and it was the only time I thought Reagan could be a good President. Then I remembered what my Great Aunt Irma said before she died, HE'S AN ACTOR!!!! lol. She was of the WW II generation. She despised Reagan and was so grateful to Roosevelt as it lifted my then family out of abject poverty.

I'm 14 and find this offensive.

This video is kind of insulting to 14 year old boys - I'm 16 now, but I've been able to make fun of Fox News for decades now

@robelkton7800

8 жыл бұрын

+Rob Simpson Sorry, that was a typo - fixed it

@tonymathew391

8 жыл бұрын

+Rob Elkton i'm 17 and i've been making fun of fox since I was 11

@richardrhodes8216

6 жыл бұрын

Rob Elkton FYI A decade is 10 yrs. So you're 16, and decades indicates more than one ( plural ) so how long you been around??

@MrPernell27

5 жыл бұрын

You’re 16, you haven’t been alive for decades.

@lorrainekresch7075

5 жыл бұрын

Well, ok, so not decades, but years, and so great to read your comment!

Hahahaha!!!! Bill Maher may have put too fine a point on his hammer, but he still hit the nail on the head. I consider myself a bit more centre-left than Mr. Maher, but I find most of his rhetoric agreeable.

I hate people who say they are small-government then start telling you things they would like to ban.

Not old enough to consent to sex, but somehow expected to understand the intricacies of politics? Come on.

@oldishandwoke-ish1181

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely - plenty of adult voters have a very poor grasp of them!

who's watching this in 2016??

Jonathan Krohn is now no longer a conservative and described his old self as naive.

TAKE THAT, KNOWING THINGS! one of my favorites phrases from this guy

Those were the days. I wonder if we'll ever see that level of maturity in conservatives again.

This is absolute comedy gold

@vickilawrence7207

5 жыл бұрын

It doesn't get much better than this...but, I have to put in a word for my man John Oliver here! They're on equal footing imo they're so different but equally as funny & brilliant!

There sure are a lot of "Bill haters" posting here. That can only mean one thing: HE'S RIGHT! Truth hurts, don't it?

@james501001

9 жыл бұрын

Drake Iverson That reasoning is exrtemely flawed, but I guess it works in this case.

@philiphoward1731

6 жыл бұрын

Bill Maher does not know everything sorry

@orlandofigueroa3567

5 жыл бұрын

Just because there is a form of opposition doesn't justify it's claim. There's a lot of people that hate Nazi Sympathisers but doesn't mean the Nazis Sympathisers are right depending who you talk to because there will always be opposition. You must be very ignorant to believe this law or belief of yours is a one size fits all scenario when in reality, makes yourself look bad. Do question your words before making yourself look uneducated.

@jeffk1722

4 жыл бұрын

I'm a big fan of Bill's show and a lot of what he says. Yet here, how is this different than Greta Thunberg? If Greta raised good points, then how was Jonathan Krohn's definition of conservatism so wrong, aside from having a Glenn Beck-style cadence and delivery?

@garethamery3167

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeffk1722 ...because Greta's argument is based on and refers to science, and Jonathan's is based on and refers to wish fulfillment. The former can be argued on its merits, the latter is pure rhetoric...This is logic 101!

I'm genuinely curious what this kid will be like after a few years of college or after joining the military, assuming those are possible plans of his.

@CriminalGameplay

9 жыл бұрын

He's a liberal now, and he has stated his younger self was stupid.

@kushal4956

2 жыл бұрын

@@CriminalGameplay caiden is still a conservative

Bravo Ariel!! Bravo!!

That kid was like a little Ted Cruz.

This is so true. This is exactly why there are young conservative superstars like Tomi Lahren. You can't be a 22 year old progressive pundit. It's just not a thing, because the complexity and nuance that's required in one's approach to challenging issues presupposes some accomplishments and life experience.

@andrewwblanchard6037

5 жыл бұрын

TOMI LAHREN IS A PAID RACIST CUNT SHE'S DATING A BLACK MAN

SO SAD!!!!

its difficult telling the young anything, they are born knowing soo much.

I really don't agree with the opinions he expressed in this video. I mean, come on. 14 year olds have MUCH more common sense than most conservatives :)

@Misanthropic_hellhound

9 жыл бұрын

You're really arrogant about being a liberal, aren't you?

@CyeOutsider

9 жыл бұрын

WolfAnarchyVonCreepy Better to be arrogant than stupid.

@wolfstar675

8 жыл бұрын

Were you paying attention to what those kids said?

@GravitySmashify

8 жыл бұрын

Enrique Godinez *most

@17422Beast

8 жыл бұрын

+CyeOutsider arrogance goes hand in hand with stupidity

that kid looks like a baby paul ryan

@gilbertmueller720

6 жыл бұрын

boonestead vi

@WestsideArtMilitary Lincoln woyld be ashamed of our government

I wonder if he would say the same thing about Greta Thundermouth?

@PhoenixRising87

4 жыл бұрын

The only reason climate change is even a political issue is that we have science deniers and corporate fat-cats with real political power.

Well, then, I guess my gayness is all Obama's fault. Who knew??

What's hilarious is that Krohm is now a liberal.

Well does kids are challenge. Because knowledge is to hard to comprehend from them.

How the world changes in 7 short years...wow

He's not wrong. At least 14-year-olds have the excuse of still learning, and of course, all teenagers are smug little snots who think they're the smartest people around (I say that having been one myself), but the fact that there are conservative adults in the media and government who say and believe these same things is a little frightening.

@14monkelifter88

Жыл бұрын

it goes both ways honestly

The only reason these kids are as brainwashed as they are is that it's probably their parents holding the cameras and typing into the makeshift teleprompters I'd make the argument that many progressive leftists, and basically anybody that isn't a conservative doesn't brainwash their children nearly as hard as the two shown examples. That being said, I'm 14 and I find myself agreeing with most of Bill's statements, namely on religion. I appreciate this for the satire that it is, but I think the true joke is that young leftists such as myself and the people my age I associate with have a higher intellectual capacity than most conservatives.

Amazing that a 14 year old can be that full of hatred and misinformation already.

@timothybrown760

3 жыл бұрын

Never forget, that hatred isn't born into you it's taught or as I call it it the current GOP especially after Trump lost...to a white man who was against hate and ignorance! : \

This is truly scarry.

If you have no content, anybody can deliver your message. It's not like the Republican idea come from any sort of life experience, wisdom if you will. Any gifted actor could do it, regardless of the age. It pretty much is an act.

@sivervipa

10 жыл бұрын

"Gifted actor." Well look at the top "journalists" and people that support the party. This describes them perfectly.

Isn't that kid a liberal now?

@pdawg193

9 жыл бұрын

Jack Tracy Nope, he got even more crazy. Nearly on par with the Nazis. One of his most recent videos was covered on the Drunken Peasants Podcast with Ben & TJ.

@steelersguy74

7 жыл бұрын

I think he's asking about Crohn.

@davidshareefChTPhD

6 жыл бұрын

I believe Jonathan Krohn is liberal now that's why Fox News hates him

As soon as Bill said "step two", I was expecting him to say "see step one".

I remember my father saying that children should be seen and not heard. My great grandfather would have thrown a rock at these kids.

Bill Maher for president!!!!!!!

@markw3598

5 жыл бұрын

Nope, Donald Trump, actually!!

I really dig this guy. He's smart, he knows his business and calls it like he sees it.

wow that kid should get kicked out of the country...

I think Bill should invite Caiden to his show. If he can handle debate with adults on Twitter and have his own radio show, he should be able to debate Bill on live television. I bet he would storm off in tears.

"You can't tell me what to do!" That is the mentality of the conservative movement. That's what got trump elected.

That kid went through the same growing pains that everyone who was raised in a conservative area went through. If my neighbor wouldn't have been a very liberal polygamous astrophysicist that partied like a rockstar regularly I may have been in the dark much longer. But having that influence was what allowed me to see the world in a new light. Everyone thinks they have it all figured out before they graduate. No matter who you are you know you have something that you really regret from your early days, someone just put a camera on this kids future regrets.

As soon as I have 24/7 security on my house (like a police station or barracks) then I will not have a public registry of what type and how many guns I have.

Am I getting it right that a 14 year old set up a radio station and preached the same kind of stuff as the GOP? Wow, what a wasted childhood, I bet he hasn't got any friend.

I agree, BOTH Conservatives and Liberals need to re-think. Intellectual honesty is a double edged sword.

I weep for the future. Poor fortunate sons.

He reached the age of reason and his mind developed from a child's mind into an adults. He is now smarter than half of the US population.

Bill says you don't find Liberals cheering kids. Ooooohhhhh how times have changed!

Reminds me of those kids who travel around the world, preaching their religion to others. ("After spending all these years studying the matter, I've come to this brilliant realization, and you should believe me.")

Wonderful post !

Because they are deathly afraid of their status quo.

Don't forget about our right to assemble, right to privacy, right to a trial, and right from cruel and unusual punishment. But hey, at least they're all for our right to pack heat.... -__-

Gee .......that kid sounds just like a real adult politician Saying exactly what you want to hear

Apparently the second one later switched parties, saying that he was a brat as a kid. After he did this, the conservatives pulled a sweet and sour grapes on him and called him an annoying brat, anyways.

OUCH protecting ONLY THE CHOSEN ONES rights

Yes a new hero for Jr. Deplorables

Krohn puts me in mind of Pitt the Younger in Black Adder series three. More severe sentences for Maths teachers!

We all look forward to his coming out party!

My problem with Styrofoam is the squeaking. I had a cooler in my car but couldn't stand that noise and had to throw it out. A shame since it kept the ice better than the hard plastic ones.

Was that Mark Ruffalo I seen on the panel, I liked his performance in the movie Zodiac. that was an awesome movie and still one of my favorites.

Thank you. I felt that Krohn gave a very intelligent, insightful, & candid response to his own experience as a fourteen year old adolescent...

I'm only 25, so I didn't get to live through it, but I envy those who did. I think another problem is that most schools just don't do a very good job of teaching the basics of astronomy, why its important, and how we know what we know. Schools spend too much time forcing people to memorize the names of planets, and other rote learning methods that have nothing to do with science. Ask most people how we know the big bang happened and you'll almost always get a crazy answer.

With age comes wisdom.

That may be the simplest and best way to describe it.

Young Republicans: we help those that already have the means to help themselves!!

Jon.. Jon.. Jon.. Flip flopping at such an early age???

Well i remember having to write a paragraph once a week on current events...in the third grade. I'm surprised there is a such thing as "current events teachers".

Bill nailed it again

The moral emptiness of this kid must have come from his parents or rebelling against his patents.

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Those kids are just struggling with their own secrets. poor young men. instead of embracing who they truly are fear is driving them to act this way

There is no step two.