Prager: Lockdown Is The “Greatest Mistake In History”

April 29, 2020 Coronavirus, Crackpots

The Huffington Post reports:

Conservative pundit Dennis Prager made an outlandish statement against the coronavirus lockdown that came back to bite him, drawing considerable mockery and scorn on social media from both sides of the aisle.

PragerU, a website that Prager himself founded, tweeted a quote card Tuesday featuring a quote from the controversial commentator: “The lockdown is the greatest mistake in the history of humanity.”

Critics pounced on the claim by suggesting other historical events (some serious and others for comic effect) that could be more worthy of the title.

Never mind the burning of the library at Alexandria, European colonialism, the 1914 alliances that provoked the Great War, the Weimar left and center failing to unite against Hitler and the Orioles trading Schilling, Harnish and Finley for Glenn Davis, https://t.co/CRtIjXzrt8

— David Simon (@AoDespair) April 28, 2020

bottle up the confidence it takes to put this take on a graphic and use it to propel your life https://t.co/NZ0QOnNWgQ

— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) April 28, 2020

(stares in historian) https://t.co/NPLP0s2O95

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) April 28, 2020

Let’s assume it’s a mistake. The biggest in human history? The reparations on Germany after WWI? Sending Lenin back to Russia? Carve out for slavery in the US Constitution? The Fire of Alexandria? Canceling Firefly? https://t.co/qGxbu0tUBu

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) April 28, 2020

Dude, it’s the 35th anniversary of New Coke, have some respect. https://t.co/H5SYfia2lA

— tedfrank (wear a mask ? ) (@tedfrank) April 28, 2020

I worked for the same conservative media co. @DennisPrager works for. Prager is no dummy. He can’t believe this. But this is what sucks about conservative media. You get rewarded for being outlandish, for enraging your audience. I did it at times too. It’s wrong. It’s dishonest. https://t.co/K2DBC9pOqj

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) April 28, 2020