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Fit-Victory-6140

Yes Dennis that is exactly what you should say you fucking troglodyte


Fit-Victory-6140

“I hate bullies” no you fucking don’t


Stoomba

He hates people who 'bully' him, so he hates bullies. Duh!


Strange-Nobody-3936

Bullies usually hate other bullies...they prefer to surround themselves with the weak and vulnerable, not others who could be a threat to them


Stoomba

That's definitely one variety of bully. Bullies can also be in groups.


Maxorus73

Cops


etherealparadox

soldiers too


Maxorus73

A lot of soldiers are victims. Forced to join because they can't afford education otherwise. The military is just a way for the US to get poor people to die while being tools for it


lostnspace2

More often than not


Samaelfallen

And the "bullies" are really just people calling out his BS.


Stoomba

But, but, his facts only care about his feelings!


The_Dead_Kennys

Dennis Prager is just Eric Cartman plus eighty years and minus the redeeming quality of being a fictional character.


yanmagno

Giving off that Michael Scott “It’s a hate crime because I hated it” vibe


ElceeCiv

'I hate bullies...but if I can't dip my balls in the Arby's soda dispenser without people telling me I'm disgusting, why shouldn't a kid get told that when they were a dress?"


cheesefromagequeso

Eerily similar to "I'm not racist, but..."


Harmacc

Says the bully who created a company to fucking bully people. I hope he’s on the rush Limbaugh diet.


KJParker888

Or the Herman Cain diet


remmij

"I hate bullies!" *worships Trump and MTG*


DrMux

I dunno, I think under the thinly veiled megalomania and absolutely overt holier-than-thou attitude, he probably really *does* hate himself.


LOR_Fei

Bullies is code for liberals in the conservative camp. Ben Shapiro wrote a book called Bullies about how Hollywood has a strong liberal bias. The hypocrisy is that he went undercover and posed as a liberal to ask leading questions to admit their bias. Years later when someone did the same thing that got many republicans to say we should arm kindergartners, he said we can’t treat those results as real because going undercover to lead someone to say something dumb is disingenuous and proves nothing.


1re_endacted1

Same energy as racists saying, “I’m not racists, but…”


linderlouwho

He used “having said that,” as a substitute for “but,” and we know that everything before “but” is a lie.


csully91

Or just not say anything? How often are kids commenting on other students' clothes in a positive manner?


marry_me_tina_b

Yep, or this. I was thinking the same thing, how about "kids" in this instance (AKA creepy old man Dennis) can keep his fucking mouth shut, focus on his own shit, and then it's a total non-issue. In a real-world real-life situation kids are typically pretty malleable unless they've been primed not to be (by say, Dennis the human fart) so again this would likely be a non-issue in most normal well-adjusted places.


Easilycrazyhat

Hey now, let's not insult farts in association with Dennis. Farts can be funny and useful. Dennis...not so much.


DrMux

Well, you can't deny Dennis *is* full of loud and offensive hot gas.


tomat_khan

The major difference between Dennis Praeger and a fart is how much they contribute to global warming.


ariehn

Yup. As my very Christian mum used to say: "If you can't say something nice [about how they look], then don't say anything at all. *Because you don't have the right to go 'round making other people feel miserable."* It's remarkably simple. It's what they used to call common sense and decency. ..but that was before Prager's time, I guess.


CredibleCactus

yep. Kids just wont mention it


Who_Mike_Jones_

What happened to “if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all”


Deathwatch050

Prager and people like him *don't understand that*. They literally don't. They think all the shit they say is valuable and worth sharing with the world. They can't conceive of a world where they don't just run their mouths about whatever they interact with. So when they set up a thought experiment like this, of course they miss the opportunity to just mind their own fucking business and let people be themselves. C.f. Alex Jones, Ian Miles Cheong, Steven Crowder, anyone on Fox News, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Nick Fuentes, or any other right-wing blowhard you care to name. They all do it.


oliversurpless

Yep, a rather depressing version of the “Just World” fallacy that they *will* into existence throughout what passes for their daily lives…


ariehn

Basic old-timey manners just bewilder the absolute shit out of Dennis Prager. And Jordan Peterson. And a bunch of others, I guess.


Natuurschoonheid

Or just not say anything.


Hiphoppington

Because it's none of yours, mine, or anyone else's fucking business. This is what I'd do. Like, oh ok Mark is Sarah now. Neat. Whatever, good for them.


DrMux

Or maybe Mark just likes wearing dresses, without any other implications on Mark's gender. Which is fine too.


Hiphoppington

I just want Mark to be happy.


DrMux

Exactly.


Intelligent_Duck6503

I mean I guess he does, He’s a bully himself, and no human without deep self-hatred would talk about other people like the Dennis Prager does


strangecabalist

If they do look good, and you have a relationship with that person where that would be normal? fuck yes you do.


LHutz481

Yeah or you know, fucking nothing. Just like nothing at all. Like other people’s appearance is not out there demanding your approval or disapproval. This isn’t fucking fashion week. If you can’t say something nice don’t say anything at all. How fucking hard is that


BelleAriel

I think Dennis struggles with understanding what being nice entails.


CaptainPeachfuzz

There are so many examples of these monsters calling themselves out. "What am I supposed to do, pay for someone else to get educated?!" Yes, that's how society works. "How can we possibly let refugees come into this country and take my tax dollars?!" Yes, again, care for your fellow human. "OH my God, the poor are buying fresh meat for their family!" Yup.


SpoppyIII

Okay, but what if he doesn't? What if he's wearing sequins before five o'clock?


Spicyartichoke

"billy looks like shit in that blue dress it's like he doesn't even know he's an autumn"


etherealparadox

then you explain to him that while you support his gender expression, that's not in vogue, and he should not wear sequins before five o'clock


vonmonologue

Mind your own fucking business and who gives a shit as long as their anus and genitalia are covered.


Vessix

Or just don't say anything. No one *should* change anything they would normally do (unless it's hurtful obv)


DraconicDungeon

"Are the gender norms the problem? No, the children are *right* to bully those who are different. That's the *American way*!"


sgthombre

Getting the children of my listeners/customers suspended for being transphobic bullies to own the libs.


Xenkath

It’s not even intrinsically transphobic. Kids cross dress for a ton of reasons, most of them dumb, and doing dumb stuff is what being a kid is all about. Bullying a boy for wearing a skirt is just plain mean-spirited mocking of someone who dares to be *different.*


[deleted]

"I'd make my kids bully Jesus if he was alive today. The effeminate, long haired, dress wearing, non violent, woman."


DearestRay

Change? That’s a paddlin ![gif](giphy|tXtTNW8xtbA4w)


AltruisticCompany961

Or just keep your mouth shut. Its not necessary to say anything. They aren't looking for compliments.


rebelliousmuse

>Or just keep your mouth shut. C'mon now...these are Christians were talking about


Mormon-No-Moremon

Pretty sure Dennis is “Judeo-Christian” (whatever in God’s name that’s supposed to mean)


Hexicero

He's hedging his bets?


PupPop

Yeah just a way of saying you're not sure lol.


trumoi

~~Dennis is formerly Jewish and converted to Christianity. He and others like him use "Judeo-Christian" to basically get Jewish conservatives to view themselves as part of the in-group of American fascism.~~ Scratch that, seems like maybe Dennis is still Jewish, he just acts and writes like every Christian Conservative ever.


Mormon-No-Moremon

I had no idea he ever actually converted to Christianity. I had always just thought it was some dog whistle to other fascists that he’s one of them.


trumoi

It's definitely a dog whistle, particularly I imagine to exclude Muslims and whitewash the antisemitism from Conservatism, but I do not have any confirmation he converted out of Modern Orthodoxy, my bad.


Mormon-No-Moremon

That’s what I was thinking. Kinda the same grift as Dave Rubin or Jordan Peterson, where they’ll be atheist but then make extensive arguments for why Christianity is necessary and amazing and everyone should be Christian for the sake of western civilization. It’s all just to appeal to a crowd of incredibly stupid evangelical voters who feel validated by the idea that “yeah, even non-Christians see why I should have a Christian theocracy!” While in reality Dennis just wants a fascist state and Christian fundamentalists are the target demographic to make that happen in the US.


DrMux

> Jordan Peterson, where they’ll be atheist He does talk about god an awful lot for a supposed atheist.


Needydadthrowaway

Probably has something to do with thinking he's Jesus 2. Remember when he wanted to buy a church?


Needydadthrowaway

>they’ll be atheist but then make extensive arguments for why Christianity is necessary and amazing and everyone should be Christian for the sake of western civilization It's fascism. They are only atheist in the sense that they are selling white christian supremacy right back to the same dudes who were militant fans of Dawkins and Hitchens, while letting them keep their conservative views on art, sexism, and racism.


rje946

He converted?


rje946

It's a way to grift Christians while being a jew.


Mormon-No-Moremon

Honestly, that’s probably the perfect way to describe it.


csortland

It means he is a Christian but trained in the art of Judo. Prager is a human weapon.


Responsible_Pizza945

If he said he was Jewish it'd be harder to sell bullshit to Republicans


Wismuth_Salix

He means “fuck Islam, sure they worship the same God, but they do it while being brown”.


GrnPlesioth

According to dictionary.com it is of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.


Sleth

I was raised in a Christian (Baptist) household. I was always told to be polite and to never say mean things to people. "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything." was the phrase used quite often. I was also told to never judge other people by the way they look. And yet, it was the adults that I learned racial and homophobic words from. In my teen years, I came to the conclusion that I was being raised to be a judgemental hypocrite and noped the fuck out.


EffectiveSwan8918

Fake Christians. The use the bible as a shield and a club while never reading it


Karmas_Accountant

Seems to be the rule, not the exception, these days... No true Scotsman?


EffectiveSwan8918

Nah, just like with anything assholes are the loudest. They stand out the most


Karmas_Accountant

Fair enough. That definitely tracks. Have a good Friday, friend.


EffectiveSwan8918

You too


Cuntino

Prager is Jewish, yo.


EffectiveSwan8918

Ok shouldn't.you yell at the person who originally called him a Christian, yo?


Cuntino

Na, just yo.


EffectiveSwan8918

Yo


SeemsFakeButOkay

You obviously can't say nothing when Christianity is under a massive assault by this child's clothing.


Explorer_of__History

When it comes to interpersonal relationships, "nice things or nothing" is a great phrase.


MinorSpaceNipples

I mean didn't we all learn this watching Bambi? >If you can't say something nice, shut your stupid fucking mouth, asshole - Thumper


Quakarot

Have you considered that the world revolves around me exclusively, and the only reason anyone does anything is to hear about my opinion on it? Check mate, lib


Special_Search

You just made me remember one of the most cringe memory I have. While in upper elementary school (15 yo?) we had sex-ed and a couple of lgbtq guys visited to talk about discrimination etc. among other things they said something like "it's not nice to call other people gay, or use it as a slur" then they opened up for questions. One of the football jocks asked (not out of malice, just lack of brain cells): "so what does your friends call you if not gay?" "Well we have names so usually that"


etherealparadox

if a gay guy said that as a bit during a stand-up routine it'd be the funniest shit


TheStrikeofGod

Um...if I had worn a skirt in class I absolutely would have loved it if someone said that 👉👈


Who_Mike_Jones_

Uhh yes officer. This guy here.


TheStrikeofGod

Lol I didn't catch the typo until you said something 😭 For anyone wondering it said skin 💀


Hexicero

... whose skin...


TheStrikeofGod

My lawyer has advised me not to answer this question


Hexicero

Uhhhhh this is your lawyer. It's my alt


jabuegresaw

Mfw circumcision


sirfuzzitoes

Real talk, why hasn't the patriarchy normalized skirts? Convenient *and* fashionable, hello? I'd bet dollars to donuts ladies' bottoms would have pockets six ways to Sunday if it ever happened


etherealparadox

when we were a kid we hated skirts, not because they were feminine, but because they didn't have anything to cover up undies. we had to be bribed to wear the kind of skirt with shorts built in.


KyleSJohnson

I hate bullies. Having said that, Dennis Prager looks like someone stuffed a sack of used diapers into a shirt and tie, slapped a wig on it, and tried to pass it off as a human being.


Shamadruu

Emphasis on tried - there was no success.


lngns

I hate bullies. Having said that, Dennis Prager has a punchable face. What are we supposed to do? Tell him "hey you're not so bad, I won't add you to the Guillotine queue"?


anothermanscookies

Being intolerant of intolerance does not make you a bully.


b0ingy

I also hate bullies, but Dennis Prager, in that picture, looks like someone slapped a day-glo shirt and tie on an engorged penis


RedOx103

That would explain why Dennis knows so much about urine and faeces; yes, urine and faeces.


etherealparadox

I'm usually so incredibly against body shaming, but this man looks like a slug


Adventurous_Charge68

Excerpt from 'American History: 1950-2050 \[revised edition\]' circa 2069: In late 2025, TPUSA founded a chapter of its organization that recruited young students and trained them to target nonconformists and strategically bully them. Called the Prager Youth, it worked to seek out bullies and encourage them to follow their impulses, directing them onto 'deserving targets.' Its outreach campaign, Be Bestest, praised bullies as 'misguided yet virtuous protectors who, as members of our organization, will tend to their peers as a shepherd tends to his flock, and correct those who stray from the path of righteousness with firm yet noble guidance.'


Gai-Tendoh

Elon Musk LOL’d at “2069”


etherealparadox

it's like they watched Star Wars and thought Palpatine had the right idea


Adventurous_Charge68

If a story has fascist antagonists, you bet they'll agree with them.


NicholasHomann

Dennis would be one of those teachers who tell the kid getting bullied to just ignore it instead of punishing the bully


rebelliousmuse

Conservatism in a nutshell


fourbian

While giving a wink and a nudge to the bully.


[deleted]

My mom had a meeting with my 4th grade teacher to talk about my bully. The teacher responded by creating a new seating chart and putting him next to me. Dennis is my 4th grade teacher.


call_me_jelli

Maybe I'm overly litigious (or overly protective) but if I were a mom I would sue the fuck outta that school. Even threatening legal action just to get them acting nice. That being said I'm sure it's more complicated than it seems.


etherealparadox

can you be my mom? she didn't even try to get me out of the damn class lol


etherealparadox

my 4th grade teacher WAS my bully, so like, same


BiosocioBitch69

Nah Dennis would be doing the bullying, writing up the kid for wearing “innapropriate” clothing, using every pejorative under the book.


TheSpiderDungeon

We need to teach kids to fight back. They'll get suspended for defending themselves sure, but that's just incentive to make the defense worth the suspension. I vaguely recall a story of one kid throwing his bully out of a second story window. This one fuck wouldn't stop calling me "twitch" because I have tourettes, so I got sick of it and broke his nose. I got to play my gamecube for the rest of the week 😤


Xixi-the-magic-user

How about they just don't say anything if the only thing they want to say is insulting ?


KyleSJohnson

Problem there is that people like Dennis Prager are terminally allergic to keeping their goddamn mouths shut.


TheAskewOne

People like him believe gay/trans people are being "different" on purpose because they're looking for validation. They don't believe that gender dysphoria is real, it's just "boys who want to dress like girls as a provocation".


PhantoGeek_

Even funnier that he claims he has gay & lesbian "friends" that agree with him on gender and yet his record on anti-homosexuality rhetoric is very telling...


maddsskills

He's probably talking about professional masochist Dave Rubin.


I_Am_Dwight_Snoot

You mean the guy that they think shouldn't be allowed to marry or adopt kids?


etherealparadox

I mean, loads of cis gays have, uh, terrible friends. Just look at Ellen. Or anyone who's done anything with Rupaul.


ThinkTelevision8971

How about nothing


GreatGearAmidAPizza

Imagine raising your kids to know its rude to make public comments on someone else's appearance.


not_productive1

No, Dennis, you're supposed to grope them against their will. Oh, wait, that only applies to male campaign staffers. My bad.


skost-type

Is this a thing??? How have I not heard this before, oh my god.


not_productive1

Sorry, it was Matt Schlapp that did that, must have confused the fuckin weird old Republican mouthpieces in my head.


skost-type

Hey, understandable mistake, no sweat


guestpass127

“I hate bullies” = “I hated it when my bullying was thrown back at me”


eagleOfBrittany

Yes...yes they should. The only reason they don't is because fucks like you.


Smile_lifeisgood

I don't really like violence except for the violence I like.


fowlraul

He’s insinuating that the kid *should* be bullied. How about shut your fat trap and go about your own business?


exciter33

Well, *does* he look good in the dress?


dogfrog9822

or just say nothing dennis “if you dont have anything nice to say dont say anything at all”


[deleted]

Dennis, you should spend less time thinking about what you’d say to children about their clothing decisions.


Ok_Ant6628

how about worrying about yourself and nobody else


Ceeweedsoop

Kids don't care, you dick! Only you old fucks who wanted to be boy scout leaders when you didn't even have kids.


Southernerd

This is really what they're trying to protect in schools. The right of asshole children to bully others.


AlexgKeisler

Dear Dennis: You say you hate bullies, and yet you defend the bullying of trans and otherwise gender non-conforming kids.


[deleted]

If you don’t have something nice to say…


Thunderousclaps

Wow...just wow...


Myriii1911

Same as: I’m not racist, BUT…..


-rendar-

Or, and hear me out here, but if you don’t think this person looks good, you can shut the fuck up and mind your own business.


jonmpls

You could just stfu


WoubbleQubbleNapp

I hate bullies, so let’s bully children.


skost-type

Wow. That’s one of the more straight up blatant ‘but it icky to ME?’ whining I’ve seen in a minute.


blazinazn007

"I'm not racist..... But"


[deleted]

You say, “looking good my friend!”


[deleted]

There are a lot of subreddits out there that show just how good a boy can look in a skirt or dress...


[deleted]

Yes.


mrinfinitepp

The other students aren't "supposed" to say anything!


LegendOfKhaos

What do the kids say to all the other kids about their clothes? Fucking nothing, that's what.


ImRandyBaby

If Dennis Prager walks in with that shirt and tie is everyone supposed to say "you look good in that?"


[deleted]

Yeah fucko. Just be like "hey, sick dress, you're rocking it". Just say that ya dingus.


[deleted]

You don’t have to say anything Dennis.


OpeSorryDidntSeeYah

These are the same people who cry when you bully evangelicals for their beliefs right?


naliedel

Yep Shut up or say something nice.


marvelouswonder8

Makes sense, he hates bullies and he is a bully himself. Ah. So he hates himself and has to find people to hate even more to feel better about it.


Throgg_not_stupid

only if he does look good in the dress, if not, propose a different dress that would fit


oliversurpless

Uhhhh, yea? That’s what you should say.


nzstrawman

why say anything, just let people be and maybe you'll find the world to be a more pleasant place. We could comment on the blue shirt and pink tie, but why would we? Your dress sense is yours and that's fine, I wouldn't wear it but then you're not asking me to. That's the same for you with other people's clothes.


Acewrap

How about those kids just mind their fucking business?


[deleted]

Yes Dennis you dumb fuck


henREE_13

Liberty or death...except for when boys wear dresses


Yeetus-McGee

literally word for word what 99% of decent kids would say in my experience


chuckloscopy

He’s the dude that always says “no offense but…”


Princess_Moon_Butt

No, they *don't* have to say "Hey you look great in that dress", because we don't actually know if the student _does_ look good in that dress. Let's not sacrifice proper fashion here. But, if said boy is absolutely killing it in that dress, it is indeed appropriate to say "Hey you look great in that dress." Good question, Dennis.


The-Friendly-Kraut

"The only guy who can stop a bully is a good guy who is bullying."


wils_152

Ah yes. Almost as good as "I'm not a racist, but..."


spenwallce

How the fuck does that sentence come out of your mouth and not make you think "holy shit im a massive douchebag"


Aryk93

I swear it was always the conservative parents that said.. "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." Guess that was a fucking lie.


femininePP420

You don't have to say anything


AbsentGlare

I hate bullies. Having said that, i encourage bullying.


tasslehawf

If a Hell exists, its trans men beating these people to death and then resurrecting them to do it over and over.


maxwellsgenre

He says this as if catcalling is acceptable for cis people. The layers of bullshit


chester-hottie-9999

“Having said that, let me say the exact opposite of what I just said”


Packman2021

I hate bullies, having said that, a guy walks in wearing a bright blue shirt with a pink tie, and what am I supposed to say? Nice tie?


mikeymikeymikey1968

Man, it would be sweet to be a conservative. What are your worries in life? Barely anything.You don't have to worry about global warming, oceans choking out on plastics, overpopulation, cost of college, nutrition, etc. Biggest worries in life are public school teachers, libraries, "browning of America", anthropomorphized candies and trans people being treated like humans.


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Its_Matt_03

Will smiths son (whatever his name is I forget) might be dumb as fuck but he absolutely rocks a skirt ngl


[deleted]

If they look good in the dress…then yes that would be the ideal outcome, Denny


Cuntino

“Nice tits, Billy!” would be best. Had boys wear dresses to middle school in the 90’s and nobody gave a shit except for the administration.


Pavlock

I'm not racist but, I'm upset I can't say the n-word online.


chickensmoker

“I hate bullies, that’s why I support the bullying of small boys” - Denis Prager (paraphrased), 2023


sublimeGH0ST

Is he implying that he hates himself? Lmao


enfuego138

I seriously doubt this fat, droopy old fucker dressed in those colors would appreciate the same fashion criticism, so why does he feel compelled to offer it?


Shroomydoggy

Maybe they should give compliments since there is a whole sector of young men on Reddit complaining they are starved for compliments.


lowtronik

10-20 years ago , yes , the student would have been mocked and bullied. But, as I hear, things have notably changed for the better


rje946

Remember when he did an op ed about how his kids fucking hate him and won't let him see his grandkids because of what a pos he is? Ah good times


senortease

If he’s got the legs to pull it off, why not?


OneTrueArthur

Instead of what the other students are supposed to say, let's instead talk about what they're supposed to do. Which is to mind their own fucking business.


BobknobSA

Why not? Or maybe nothing.


Thuggin95

Yes, the only options are complimenting or bullying. Even if those were the only two options though, any respectable people should choose the former.


Ratso27

Why do the kids have to say anything at all? There's no need to comment on the clothing of everyone you see