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!!!!

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

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.

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

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

14 years old and he's already brainwashed.

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

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

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 .

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

scary that his parents are letting him say these things

The kid at 2 minutes sounds EXACTLY like Ted Cruz

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

this is awesome

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 :)

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

That kid was like a little Ted Cruz.

that kid looks like a baby paul ryan

This is absolute comedy gold

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

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

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

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

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

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

who's watching this in 2016??

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Isn't that kid a liberal now?

Bill Maher for president!!!!!!!

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.")

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

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

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.

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

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

Bravo Ariel!! Bravo!!

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

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

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

Jonathan Krohn is now a liberal who said if he could have voted in 2012, it would have been for Obama. So, I guess we all grow up sometime, now don't we?

If there was a charity, Wedgie without border then I would have dedicated my whole life on these two kids.

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

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

Kids are undeveloped, I’ll give him a pass. 7 years later I hope he’s more informed

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

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.

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.... -__-

SO SAD!!!!

Wonderful post !

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

I was a conservative when I was younger. Then I grew up.

Krohn has since left the conservative spectrum, on account of actually growing up and reading about things.

The KZfaqr Soph made me remember this new rule...her popularity is this phenomenon all over again...

He never ask us to be religious. He did ask us to believe. God forgives those that repent. God Bless.

A 14 year old lecturing us about gay people? A boy who not only never had sex but also who does not know how to shave but most of all never hit puberty and he is telling us it is sickening? What a joke.

This is truly scarry.

@WestsideArtMilitary Lincoln woyld be ashamed of our government

I couldn't like this post enough. Cheers.

Thats why America need free education🤣🤣🤣🤣atleast these kids will be smart

Of course having thirty teenagers in his county who are gay is sickening to this kid, his twenty-nine boyfriends are not fulfilling his needs.

In 2011, Krohn openly declared he no longer held conservative views, a change he attributed to his study of philosophers and maturing with age.

Very well said. I would add "stupid", "uneducated" and "illiterate".

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

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.

OMG how scary! Bill has it right.

And years later, Bill is confirming what these kids were saying.