I have kids around his age, and we're going to be okay. The best part about their generation has been the number of young men who can be gently flipped with facts. A lot of these guys are from conservative homes and then headed that way online. They're not lost forever, they just don't know any differently, so they're lost until their anger dissipates enough to see they are not helping themselves.
I feel this too. I don’t worry as much about not knowing as I do about what happens when confusion gets hardened into certainty. I’ve seen how much changes when anger settles and someone feels safe enough to ask real questions.
I grew up in a conservative midwest household and experienced/saw how that change happens during college. I believe that's why they're so terrified of people continuing their education beyond high school.
Step one is to get rid of Trump. My guess is that he’s going to find a way to stop elections so he can continue to ignore the Constitution. As a people, we MUST NOT let that happen. He’ll try to cancel the election based on some manufactured crisis. It’s probably in Project 2025 or maybe there’s a 2026 edition.
But unfortunately he's already had ingrained into him to limit any further quest for more knowledge. A prejudice he might never get past now. I like your hopefulness for him. Treasure it, it comes in as a spirit saver in times like this. Ignore me if I sound lecture-y, don't mean to be.
I have kids aged 23 and 27, college educated and Nick does not represent the vast majority. We will be okay, but it is important to reach people that have never received any good information and many stuck under the maga hype have not been taught to think critically - that they can actually do their own research and form an opinion - I feel bad for kids who don’t think for themselves.
" do their own research and form an opinion" ← that's the catch cry of every ignorant fool influencer today… "I did the work" … "Do your own research…" — for them facts and mistruths are a set of equivalences from which they can choose to believe those that fit their prejudices. Critical thinking is easy to derail if there are no guiding voices to educate.
Exactly. Last weekend I listened to a great episode of On the Media with Brook Gladstone and her guest discussed this very thing. It’s worth listening to, if you get a chance. The episode I listened to was aired on the Boston station: WBUR 90.9 and I believe it was at 1:00pm ET.
Thinking for oneself and debating points of view was an integral part of growing up in my parent’s house. It wasn’t until I was 18 and meeting my in laws for the first time that I realized many families discussed nothing of substance. Be sure to engage discussions with your child’s friends. They generally enjoy being taken seriously. And they usually have plenty to say.
Could not agree more! As a family we all sat and watched Nixon resign on TV - I was 7 - but even so, I learned to have real conversations about real topics.
School is for leftwing lunatics. Who needs education when t g ere's this political club called a church, which can also baby sit? Taught to not think through, at all cost. Repro n ate.
Here’s a treat for y’all. I read he’s Mormon and went on a mission.
The 13th Article of Faith, written by founder Joseph Smith, was something we ALL had to memorize and recite repeatedly in church. Missionaries especially are required to know and understand it. This specific article tells us how to be good examples of Jesus Christ. See if there’s a word in there that jumps out and bites you in the face:
“We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.” Hmmm. Doesn’t know benevelont and certainly isn’t seeking after those things listed.
Don’t worry, Joseph Smith couldn’t follow his own words either. He had a bit of an Epstein issue. I guess when you belong to a scam religion you are easy to fool.
I had the same thought! Inactive Mormon here. Each month kids in primary are taught the 13 Articles of Faith in song and practice remembering these articles perpetually. Him not knowing it or understanding it's meaning is just mindblowing to me!
But that's the point. Repetition is like chanting in a foreign language. The individual words don't matter. You learn to say it, but never to understand it. Like the Pledge of Alligence, "and justice for all", just means, ok now we sit down.
Well, when your base is dumber than a box of rocks, and your leaders encourage stupid and rude uneducated hillbillies, this is what you get. The Nick Fuentes mentality. Hopefully, it gets better for honkies before I have to get a race/ethnicity change 🙄
Thank you for this article. What I feel the article really exposes isn’t just one person’s ignorance, but how a whole media style is built on it. Not understanding how things work becomes a feature, not a flaw. Confusion turns into suspicion, suspicion into accusation, and any attempt to clarify is treated as hostility. The danger isn’t this one guy. It’s how easily outrage replaces curiosity, and how quickly accountability gets recast as oppression.
you're right, he's just modelling the template of right wing influencers and would be media hacks. right up to the current crop of Whitehouse spokes people and cabinet appointments, they all come from the "attack is the best form of defence" school of reactionary defensiveness.
I worry about the future of this country if this is our next generation. Did he at least get a solid education or is he still in 7th grade?
I have kids around his age, and we're going to be okay. The best part about their generation has been the number of young men who can be gently flipped with facts. A lot of these guys are from conservative homes and then headed that way online. They're not lost forever, they just don't know any differently, so they're lost until their anger dissipates enough to see they are not helping themselves.
I feel this too. I don’t worry as much about not knowing as I do about what happens when confusion gets hardened into certainty. I’ve seen how much changes when anger settles and someone feels safe enough to ask real questions.
I like your response. A generous nature.
I grew up in a conservative midwest household and experienced/saw how that change happens during college. I believe that's why they're so terrified of people continuing their education beyond high school.
Unless we do legitimate reformations post trump, our country will continue to decline. Maga were the tipping point
Step one is to get rid of Trump. My guess is that he’s going to find a way to stop elections so he can continue to ignore the Constitution. As a people, we MUST NOT let that happen. He’ll try to cancel the election based on some manufactured crisis. It’s probably in Project 2025 or maybe there’s a 2026 edition.
my exact question!! maybe he was home schooled by ignoramuses?
He may be a legit moron, but we need to understand that he deserves credit for having into the heart of his to spread his plopoganda virally.
But unfortunately he's already had ingrained into him to limit any further quest for more knowledge. A prejudice he might never get past now. I like your hopefulness for him. Treasure it, it comes in as a spirit saver in times like this. Ignore me if I sound lecture-y, don't mean to be.
If only...
I have kids aged 23 and 27, college educated and Nick does not represent the vast majority. We will be okay, but it is important to reach people that have never received any good information and many stuck under the maga hype have not been taught to think critically - that they can actually do their own research and form an opinion - I feel bad for kids who don’t think for themselves.
" do their own research and form an opinion" ← that's the catch cry of every ignorant fool influencer today… "I did the work" … "Do your own research…" — for them facts and mistruths are a set of equivalences from which they can choose to believe those that fit their prejudices. Critical thinking is easy to derail if there are no guiding voices to educate.
Exactly. Last weekend I listened to a great episode of On the Media with Brook Gladstone and her guest discussed this very thing. It’s worth listening to, if you get a chance. The episode I listened to was aired on the Boston station: WBUR 90.9 and I believe it was at 1:00pm ET.
Thinking for oneself and debating points of view was an integral part of growing up in my parent’s house. It wasn’t until I was 18 and meeting my in laws for the first time that I realized many families discussed nothing of substance. Be sure to engage discussions with your child’s friends. They generally enjoy being taken seriously. And they usually have plenty to say.
Could not agree more! As a family we all sat and watched Nixon resign on TV - I was 7 - but even so, I learned to have real conversations about real topics.
How old is this child? Based on these film clips, I'm guessing he is still a teenager!
he looks to me like he's not able to read or write. Not 7th grade, not even 4th ...
I think the answer is obvious…🤣😍
Nah, he hasn’t graduated from elementary school yet.
I taught 7th graders who could've run rings around that guy. He sounds like a lost child.
School is for leftwing lunatics. Who needs education when t g ere's this political club called a church, which can also baby sit? Taught to not think through, at all cost. Repro n ate.
He sounds like an ignorant kid. Did he receive a high school education. He sounds really dumb and stupid.smh
This is my whole point a fucking idiot pushing more bullshit for what a moment of fame
And the numb-nuts who eat it up. Never questioning, never verifying, nothing. They all just start spreading the shit around. Pathetic.
And MAGA soaks it all up because they are as dumb as this moron.
Here’s a treat for y’all. I read he’s Mormon and went on a mission.
The 13th Article of Faith, written by founder Joseph Smith, was something we ALL had to memorize and recite repeatedly in church. Missionaries especially are required to know and understand it. This specific article tells us how to be good examples of Jesus Christ. See if there’s a word in there that jumps out and bites you in the face:
“We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.” Hmmm. Doesn’t know benevelont and certainly isn’t seeking after those things listed.
Don’t worry, Joseph Smith couldn’t follow his own words either. He had a bit of an Epstein issue. I guess when you belong to a scam religion you are easy to fool.
Benevolent! There’s that pesky word again!
Ben E. Volent was arrested in 1932 for robbing an orphanage...
They are all scam religions. The very concept of religion itself is a scam!
💪💯💪💯💪
I had the same thought! Inactive Mormon here. Each month kids in primary are taught the 13 Articles of Faith in song and practice remembering these articles perpetually. Him not knowing it or understanding it's meaning is just mindblowing to me!
Thanks, now I have that damn song stuck in my head. Hahaha!
My husband and I are both inactive too. I can’t even explain how handy that is for both of us to cope over the holidays with our families.
We both are card carrying members still.
I’m not dumb. If the shit hits the fan, we know where to go where there’s shelter, food, and lots of guns. 😅
So sorry! 😂
"Lots of guns" Oh you Americans! Alex Pretti was a good man with a gun. See how much good it did him.
But that's the point. Repetition is like chanting in a foreign language. The individual words don't matter. You learn to say it, but never to understand it. Like the Pledge of Alligence, "and justice for all", just means, ok now we sit down.
Mormons are very good at saying things they don’t believe or understand 😂
He is exposing his own constant stupidity and the stupidity of his Radicalized Republican Extremist pals.
He holds the bar for Maga intelligence. It's like he wants to be the next ...whatever...
Why does he slur his words like a 16 year old after 2 beers
I noticed that too. Sounds like he just got his braces off. Who's son is he??
Nick’s slurring because saliva pools in his mouth due to advanced dementia, and… Never mind.
sounds like he had a stroke… surely too young for a stroke.
Well, when your base is dumber than a box of rocks, and your leaders encourage stupid and rude uneducated hillbillies, this is what you get. The Nick Fuentes mentality. Hopefully, it gets better for honkies before I have to get a race/ethnicity change 🙄
MORON
Thank you for this article. What I feel the article really exposes isn’t just one person’s ignorance, but how a whole media style is built on it. Not understanding how things work becomes a feature, not a flaw. Confusion turns into suspicion, suspicion into accusation, and any attempt to clarify is treated as hostility. The danger isn’t this one guy. It’s how easily outrage replaces curiosity, and how quickly accountability gets recast as oppression.
you're right, he's just modelling the template of right wing influencers and would be media hacks. right up to the current crop of Whitehouse spokes people and cabinet appointments, they all come from the "attack is the best form of defence" school of reactionary defensiveness.
He's a child who has never had to navigate dealing with health insurance, child care, or life in general. 😒
I don't think he's the sharpest tool in the shed but then again, this is MAGA-IDIOTS!
Yes. This little prick trying to get likes on social media is a dumb fuck!
Pitiful and ignorant MAGA white boy.
IGNORANCE IS DANGEROUS
“Accountability is treated like oppression.” This is the entire MAGA platform right here.
He actually sounds like he is mentally disabled. I'm trying to say that as politely as possible. But there is something wrong here
“It must hurt to be that stupid”.