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[Yuri Zhivago]

We all remember where we were on Feburary 27, 2009 when 13-year-old Jonathan Krohn addressed the throngs of CPACers, spitting the hot fires of oppression and demanding the instant restoration of the Old Guard. Where were you? Your Wonkette, for one, was typing a blog post about his CPAC speech. It was clear that young Jonathan would have a lifetime supply of wingnut welfare cash to support him and his eventual horribly dysfunctional conservative family. By 2011, he’d already released a book — a “remarkably earnest and impeccably reasoned primer” on “Conservative philosophy’s basic tenets” that somehow managed to exceed two pages in length. What a future! But now, as Politico reports, Jonathan Krohn is a much wiser man of 17 years and basically despises conservatism. Krohn now wonders, like the rest of us, why a bunch of adults were cheering for the ideas of a 13-year-old kid who obviously didn’t know what he was doing:

Now 17, Krohn — who went on to write a book, “Defining Conservatism,” that was blurbed by the likes of Newt Gingrich and Bill Bennett — still watches that speech from time to time, but it mostly makes him cringe because, well, he’s not a conservative anymore.
“I think it was naive,” Krohn now says of the speech. “It’s a 13-year-old kid saying stuff that he had heard for a long time.… I live in Georgia. We’re inundated with conservative talk in Georgia.… The speech was something that a 13-year-old does. You haven’t formed all your opinions. You’re really defeating yourself if you think you have all of your ideas in your head when you were 12 or 13. It’s impossible. You haven’t done enough.”
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Just look at what this dirty commie likes now: President Obama, his AbortionCare law, the New Yorker… and oh god, where is he going to college? NOOOOOOOO! Bill Bennett’s gonna keel over when he gets wind of this:

Gay marriage? In favor. Obamacare? “It’s a good idea.” Who would he vote for (if he could) in November? “Probably Barack Obama.” His favorite TV shows? “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report.” His favorite magazine? The New Yorker. And, perhaps telling of all, Krohn is enrolling this fall at a college not exactly known for its conservatism: New York University.
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In the words of Loser Pennsylvania Jesus : What a snob.
[Politico] via WONKETT

Yes,he has grown up now, but our PJ cons are still with 13 year old mentality

 

[Gramps]

A very interesting read. Tks.

Gramps

We all remember where we were on Feburary 27, 2009 when 13-year-old Jonathan Krohn addressed the throngs of CPACers, spitting the hot fires of oppression and demanding the instant restoration of the Old Guard. Where were you? Your Wonkette, for one, was typing a blog post about his CPAC speech. It was clear that young Jonathan would have a lifetime supply of wingnut welfare cash to support him and his eventual horribly dysfunctional conservative family. By 2011, he’d already released a book — a “remarkably earnest and impeccably reasoned primer” on “Conservative philosophy’s basic tenets” that somehow managed to exceed two pages in length. What a future! But now, as Politico reports, Jonathan Krohn is a much wiser man of 17 years and basically despises conservatism. Krohn now wonders, like the rest of us, why a bunch of adults were cheering for the ideas of a 13-year-old kid who obviously didn’t know what he was doing:

Now 17, Krohn — who went on to write a book, “Defining Conservatism,” that was blurbed by the likes of Newt Gingrich and Bill Bennett — still watches that speech from time to time, but it mostly makes him cringe because, well, he’s not a conservative anymore.
“I think it was naive,” Krohn now says of the speech. “It’s a 13-year-old kid saying stuff that he had heard for a long time.… I live in Georgia. We’re inundated with conservative talk in Georgia.… The speech was something that a 13-year-old does. You haven’t formed all your opinions. You’re really defeating yourself if you think you have all of your ideas in your head when you were 12 or 13. It’s impossible. You haven’t done enough.”
​

Just look at what this dirty commie likes now: President Obama, his AbortionCare law, the New Yorker… and oh god, where is he going to college? NOOOOOOOO! Bill Bennett’s gonna keel over when he gets wind of this:

Gay marriage? In favor. Obamacare? “It’s a good idea.” Who would he vote for (if he could) in November? “Probably Barack Obama.” His favorite TV shows? “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report.” His favorite magazine? The New Yorker. And, perhaps telling of all, Krohn is enrolling this fall at a college not exactly known for its conservatism: New York University.
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In the words of Loser Pennsylvania Jesus : What a snob.
[Politico] via WONKETT

Yes,he has grown up now, but our PJ cons are still with 13 year old mentality

 

[Spamature]

Grover Norquist proves that a 13 yr old's ideas have more sway with Republicans than all the economist and policy experts in the world.

 

[YouCantHandleDaTruth]

Conservatives will claim the young man was paid to say all of that about Obama.....they'll just make stuff up....a good portion of them are delusional

 

[justoffal]

Nah...it's not that...it's just that the idea of children is so foreign to the left...I'm surprised they haven't found a way to just clone new adults.

JO

 

[justoffal]

Not necessary...people can change their minds and legitimately. He apparently changed his mind.....nothing at all wrong with that.

 

[gabriel]

changed his mind from one of an immature brainwashed child to one of an adult who can think for himself!

 

[Arkady]

I just have to thank my lucky stars my political thoughts were never memorialized at the national level when I was young. At about 13, I was going through my Alex P. Keaton phase. I was precocious enough and bright enough that I could recite many of the Reagan/Bush-era conservative talking points well enough to sound informed on a superficial level, but I'd never really thought deeply about any of the issues. Then I grew up and outgrew those talking points. Modern American conservative ideology is tailor-made for bright 13-year-old boys. It's an ideology that works great for those who want the clarity of moral absolutes, the ease of simple explanations, the excitement of an action-movie worldview, the pride of untempered jingoism, etc. It's an ideology for boys who haven't yet matured into the sense of social responsibility that mature men have. It's just sad that so many on the right never grow beyond that.

 

[YouCantHandleDaTruth]

Not necessary...people can change their minds and legitimately. He apparently changed his mind.....nothing at all wrong with that.

He had solid reasoning for changing his mind though....keyword REASONING...based off facts etc.

He even claims who in the world would listen to a 13yr old?!

After he was exposed to different positions and different view of COURSE the current incarnation of conservatism seems foolish...

Even to a 17yr old...

sight

Thx

 

[YouCantHandleDaTruth]

.. Modern american conservative ideology is tailor-made for bright 13-year-old boys. It's an ideology that works great for those who want the clarity of moral absolutes, the ease of simple explanations, the excitement of an action-movie worldview, the pride of untempered jingoism, etc. It's an ideology for boys who haven't yet matured into the sense of social responsibility that mature men have. It's just sad that so many on the right never grow beyond that.

hear hear!!!

 

[Spamature]

Nah...it's not that...it's just that the idea of children is so foreign to the left...I'm surprised they haven't found a way to just clone new adults.

JO

The concept of a child being a policy maker should be foreign to any sane govt in the world. This guy when he was a kid and that kid who has a conservative radio show in Montana (or somewhere like that) is a creepy as a child beauty pageant where they dress the little girls as adults. And its even creepier to watch adults drool over them.

 

[YouCantHandleDaTruth]

The concept of a child being a policy maker should be foreign to any sane govt in the world. This guy when he was a kid and that kid who has a conservative radio show in Montana (or somewhere like that) is a creepy as a child beauty pageant where they dress the little girls as adults. And its even creepier to watch adults drool over them.

The South Park episode on those pageants was SPOT ON

 

[Yuri Zhivago]

I just have to thank my lucky stars my political thoughts were never memorialized at the national level when I was young. At about 13, I was going through my Alex P. Keaton phase. I was precocious enough and bright enough that I could recite many of the Reagan/Bush-era conservative talking points well enough to sound informed on a superficial level, but I'd never really thought deeply about any of the issues. Then I grew up and outgrew those talking points. Modern American conservative ideology is tailor-made for bright 13-year-old boys. It's an ideology that works great for those who want the clarity of moral absolutes, the ease of simple explanations, the excitement of an action-movie worldview, the pride of untempered jingoism, etc. It's an ideology for boys who haven't yet matured into the sense of social responsibility that mature men have. It's just sad that so many on the right never grow beyond that.

and that was the main target-teenagers , for Ayn Rand novels

 

[justoffal]

Well I wouldn't go that far...he decided what was best for himself and what worked for him....that doesn't make it universal only individual. The left hates individuals though.

 

[Arkady]

I was lucky enough not to discover Ayn Rand until I was old enough to see through her. But if I'd read Atlas Shrugged at 13, I would have been a demented fan-boy, to be sure. I was the kind of kid who had a William F. Buckley word-a-day calendar. I shudder to think back. I only started to figure things out around age 16, and wasn't really up to speed until around 18.

 

[justoffal]

Yeah....there are numerous accounts of young lefties who convert to conservatives later in life also...and as far as indoctrinating children is concerned I find it amazing that you do not realize just how far the left goes in that arena.... it's wrong for school kids to sing a song about being a proud American but this is okay???:

[video=youtube;TW9b0xr06qA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW9b0xr06qA[/video]

 

[Terry Butler]

Well I wouldn't go that far...he decided what was best for himself and what worked for him....that doesn't make it universal only individual. The left hates individuals though.

Are you a lefty?

If so I can inderstand how you would know what a left of center person thinks, if not, how would you know what left of center people think?

 

[gabriel]

same as anyone else, by listening.

 

[Dawg]

Educational halls of liberal indoctrination hard at work on American youth...............damn shame when they become adults they learn they are wrong but now enslaved for life..........

 

[imreallyperplexed]

Good question. Hope that you get an answer.

Are you a lefty?

If so I can inderstand how you would know what a left of center person thinks, if not, how would you know what left of center people think?