# Pitting the parents of Jonathan Krohn. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 24, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218 "2010-02-24T02:37:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218/61 "2010-03-01T15:22:36Z")
\*Very \*easy to run people over when driving on the sidewalk. And fun! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218/62 "2010-03-01T15:38:47Z")
Which brings up back to my original contribution to this thread - is Krohn’s speechifying any worse a hobby than _Grand Theft Auto_? I mean, personally, I’d much rather play GTA than talk to rooms full of people angry about words they don’t understand, but that’s just me. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218/63 "2010-03-01T15:42:25Z")
One is really creepy and annoying? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218/64 "2010-03-01T15:44:49Z")
Sure, but you don’t _have_ to read his book(s?), or go watch his YouTube videos, or the inevitable security camera footage of him jerking off in a public place. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218/65 "2010-03-01T15:53:14Z")
This little shit will run for Senator one day, and then we will have to watch the inevitable video of him wanking in a parking lot with a hooker in the passenger seat. But then it’ll be funny, so I guess his parents did good after all. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218/66 "2010-03-01T17:50:13Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > One is really creepy and annoying? And we ain’t alking about GTA here 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218/67 "2010-03-01T18:19:02Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Yes, they are called **bullshit artists** , they raise bullshitting to an art form 😃 I thought they were called “standup philosophers”? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218/68 "2010-03-01T18:47:53Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Which brings up back to my original contribution to this thread - is Krohn’s speechifying any worse a hobby than _Grand Theft Auto_? One hobby glorifies selfishness, reckless destruction of the environment, racketeering, and fraternization with whores, and the other involves a videogame. ---
**Author:** ![Dostoyevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Dostoyevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dostoyevsky)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218/69 "2010-03-03T01:10:55Z")
Ann Coulter likes [**Krohn**](http://www.anncoulter.com/): > [@](#): > > If Republicans were smart, they’d shock the world by sending in one of their most appealing members of Congress, who can speak clearly on health care – Sen. Jon Kyl, Rep. Steve King or Rep. Ron Paul. Actually, if the Republicans were really smart, they’d send in 14-year-old Jonathan Krohn, who understands the free market better than most people in Washington. Of course, so does my houseplant. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218/70 "2010-03-03T11:41:27Z")
> [@Dostoyevsky](#): > > Ann Coulter likes [**Krohn**](http://www.anncoulter.com/) I think we covered that under “fraternization with whores”. Attention whores, anyway ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218/71 "2010-03-03T16:41:12Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > One hobby glorifies selfishness, reckless destruction of the environment, racketeering, and fraternization with whores, and the other involves a videogame. …Craig? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218/72 "2010-03-03T16:59:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Of course, so does my houseplant. Oh, Coulter has a writing partner. That explains everything. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218/73 "2012-07-07T02:58:58Z")
Jonathan Krohn Laughs Off Bitter Conservative Reprisals [http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/jonathan-krohn-interview.php](http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/jonathan-krohn-interview.php) > [@](#): > > Jonathan Krohn, the teen conservative idol turned liberal heretic, is on the receiving end of a world of abuse from right wing pundits this week. Fine by him. But please folks, lay off his mom. > > “My mother had a friend today who said she can’t be friends anymore because of me,” said Krohn, who described her as close to tears. “She texted her and said ‘Have a nice life.’ It’s a friend she’s known since before I was born!” Krohn told TPM Tuesday. > [@](#): > > The Daily Caller led the charge. Gregg Re started things off with a profanity-filled screed from a spurned conservative who attended Krohn’s big CPAC speech in 2009 and apparently demanded anonymity to tell Re the 17-year-old was a “douche.” **Fox News’ The Five Takes On Former Conservative Whiz Kid Jonathan Krohn** > **[Fox News’ The Five Takes On Former Conservative Whiz Kid Jonathan Krohn](https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fox-news-the-five-takes-on-former-conservative-whiz-kid-jonathan-krohn/)** > > On Tuesday afternoon, Fox News' The Five co-hosts gave their take on the former conservative wunderkind Jonathan Krohn's coming out as no longer believing in conservatism. Greg Gutfeld chalked the conversion up to what he calls "Krohn's Disease" (a... > [@](#): > > Who didn’t see Krohn coming? He existed to validate the assumptions of the left. A right winger who finally opens his eyes, thus gaining strange new respect from the media. But that’s not real life. Normally you start out idealistic and then you stumble to wisdom — it’s why Occupy Wall Streeters are young, but the Tea Partiers aren’t. That’s why Krohn was so odd. I call it “Krohn’s Disease.” ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218/74 "2012-07-07T03:25:21Z")
The articles answer a number of pressing questions. \* Did Krohn turn liberal so that he could get laid?\* “There weren’t any ladies in the conservative pundit phase, there are not much now,” he said. “I’m still a white Jewish nerd, I mean come on.”" _How were the book sales? Are you rolling in the dough?_ The only significant cash generator was his book and the money went entirely to his college savings. Even with a generous scholarship, he said the funds will only cover only a portion of his tuition at NYU next year. “Conservative teen pundit is not as lucrative a job as it sounds, you should probably look into getting a degree in something else,” he said. _So why did you flip polarities?_ […a close reading of German philosophy…](http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/gop-teen-idol-jonathan-krohn-defects-from-conservative-movement.php?ref=fpb) _Why were you conservative to begin with?_ In an interview with Politico, Krohn, now 17, says he was “naive” when he wrote “Defining Conservatism” and hobnobbed with the likes of Newt Gingrich and Grover Norquist. “It’s a 13-year-old kid saying stuff that he had heard for a long time,’ Krohn told Politico. “I live in Georgia. We’re inundated with conservative talk in Georgia.” _But Krohn’s old conservative friends take this all in stride and act like adults, right?_ Daily Caller headline: “Tired Of Being Typecast As Conservative, ‘Douche’ Actor and CPAC speaker Jonathan Krohn Turns to Liberalism” ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218/75 "2012-07-07T04:08:33Z")
Reminds me of when my then-six year old brother would get up on the kitchen table and do his fire-and-brimstone preacher thing. It was dead on and hilarious. It doesn’t take much to be any kind of stereotype. I only wish my kid thinks of something good while he’s that young. I’d like him to pay his own way through college. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218/76 "2012-07-07T12:42:35Z")
> [@Measure for Measure](#): > > “There weren’t any ladies in the conservative pundit phase, there are not much now,” he said. “I’m still a white Jewish nerd, I mean come on.”" Ah, an opportunist. Shocking. > [@chela](#): > > Is there a term for such a gift of gab? Loquacity? > [@panache45](#): > > I’d feel exactly the same way if he were a Liberal. Well, feel free to engage in some [recreational outrage](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZsDliXzyAY) then! ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218/77 "2012-07-07T14:01:44Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > _But Krohn’s old conservative friends take this all in stride and act like adults, right?_ Daily Caller headline: “Tired Of Being Typecast As Conservative, ‘Douche’ Actor and CPAC speaker Jonathan Krohn Turns to Liberalism” That attitude is certainly shocking. I can’t imagine any adult heaping abuse on a kid just because of his political philosophy. Truly low. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218/78 "2012-07-07T14:08:28Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > So the kid’s got a hobby. Is it really any worse than rooting for Local State University Team. . .? That, my good man, is a rite of passage. It typically precedes getting intoxicated, even laid. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218/79 "2012-07-07T14:13:36Z")
Clicked on a couple of the videos of him. I could only take about 10 seconds each. Ug. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218/80 "2012-07-07T14:33:18Z")
What’s the over/under for the number of years before he flips back? I swear to God, though, if he joins the Bull-Moose party, I’m gonna lose it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-the-parents-of-jonathan-krohn/530218.md?page=5)