In this call‑in segment of his radio show, Dennis Prager argues that the political left, not liberalism, is the true source of America’s cultural problems. He draws a sharp distinction between "liberal" (who vote left) and "leftist" (who he claims are evil and believe America is systemically racist). When caller Frank mentions his left‑leaning friends, Prager insists they are not true leftists and that good‑people can still commit evil acts. Prager dismisses QAnon as a fabricated left‑wing conspiracy, claiming he has never encountered it and that its 80,000 followers are insignificant in the broader American context. He critiques media influence, cites his recent columns “The Good German” and “The Good American,” and reiterates that the left exaggerates threats like QAnon while ordinary conservatives remain largely unaware of them.
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That the Bible made Western civilization possible, the civilization that is the least racist, least homophobic, least you name it, that's irrelevant to the fools of the left, which is redundant, but I need to say it. Oh yes, my daily note: Liberalism has nothing in common with leftism. Unfortunately, liberals vote left. What am I, my dear caller from Milwaukee? Liberals will have destroyed the country because they have been brainwashed into believing their enemy is conservatism, not leftism. That's it. That's the reason, because if liberals didn't vote left, the left would never win an election. Where is— okay, here we go. Chatsworth, California. Frank. Hello, Frank.
Dennis Prager, you routinely say the left is evil. I'm not on the left, but I have a couple of friends who are, and they're not wild-eyed Marxists. They're decent, hardworking family men. And believe me, they do not believe that men can give birth.
They do not believe in what? I'm sorry.
They don't believe that men can give birth, which you routinely say also.
So how do you know they're left and not liberal? Leftists do believe in Jesus.
Because I'm a liberal. I'm a liberal and their views are, yeah, much more aligned with the left than mine.
There you go. So let me ask you something. All right, so you know what? This is a very valuable call to me. I'll tell you why. And then of course I'll let you continue speaking. I will have to write up a sort of checklist to determine whether one is a liberal or a leftist. So for example, do your friends believe that America today is systemically racist?
Uh, I would say, uh, yes, they do.
Okay, so they believe the greatest lie since Jews use Christian blood for matzah.
Okay, but do you believe that they're evil?
No, I believe that— I've said a thousand times, good people help help bad people do bad. Your friends, taking your word for it, I've said this 1,000 times, no, not 1,000, that's exaggerating, 100 times. You think I've said it 1,000 times? Okay, he thinks I've said it 1,000 times. There are people, hardworking, nice people, good fathers, good friends, good husbands, good wives, who do staggering amounts of evil. If only evil people did evil, the world would be heavenly.
All right. But I would think you'd be a little more concerned about groups like QAnon, which—
I don't even know, sir. I want you to know, if I wish I had a Bible here, I would put my hand on the Bible, tell you I don't know what QAnon is. I have never heard it, seen it, or read it. This is manufactured by the left as an enemy, as everything else they manufacture. It's a gigantic lie that QAnon is determinative in conservative life. My producer has never seen it. I have never seen it. We read—
after they have 80— okay, can I finish? Can I speak? They have 80,000 followers. And I can just—
go ahead.
Okay. They have 80,000 followers. That's quite a few.
How many? How many?
80,000.
80,000 is quite a few. Elvis Presley is Alive has more followers. Oh my God, it's painful. 80,000. It means nothing. Nothing. There are 330 million people in America. God, it's the power of the media. The lies of the media are effective. And what does it mean if you're a follower? That's a good point. I mean, you agree with it? I'm a follower of half the left-wing thing. I have a subscription to the Washington Post, to the New York Times. QAnon, oh my God, they have 80,000 followers.
How does anybody know?
Even if he knows, so what does it mean, 80,000 followers? It plays no role in conservative life, no role. I'm one of the leading conservatives in the United States and I don't know what it is. I only know of it because the left-wing media talks about it and people like my dear caller therefore believe it. Anyway, how did— why was that a response to my question, does his friend believe that America is systemically racist today? By the way, I did come up with a good line: if only evil people did evil. The world would be heavenly. I gotta put that out. The number of good people who do evil is staggering. That's why I wrote my column a few weeks ago. You should read it, called "The Good German." Then the next week I wrote "The Good American." My thinking on the issue of the good German has radically changed. I realize how the average citizen that can just shut up in the face of tyranny. The, uh, the last year has made me realize that's true in America too.
