Kristol: Republicans Shouldn’t Listen To Know-Nothing Young People On Same-Sex Marriage

[SpartanDem]

Top Republican pundit Bill Kristol believes that members of his party are only considering support of marriage equality to keep up with TV shows, and to appeal to “some 26-year-old who doesn’t know anything honestly.”

In an interview on The Weekly Standard’s podcast, Kristol, the publication’s editor, argued that Republicans who reconsider their position on marriage — like Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), who flipped his view after his son came out — are “pathetic.” When the interviewer pointed to television shows like “Friends and Dharma and Greg,” Kristol said that, thanks to young people, that’s exactly what is driving the conversation:

I mean, there’s something pathetic about it. I’ve found it really distasteful. I mean I myself am socially conservative on the marriage issue but even if you’re not, just say what you believe and let the country decide…. This kind of pathetic attempt of ‘Oh my god, young people especially are liberal so let’s just rush to cater to them.’ As if they’re going to respect you if you just embrace the views of some 26-year-old who doesn’t know anything honestly. Can’t adults say young people are sometimes wrong? [...]

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/04/01/1803301/kristol-marriage-equality/

I'm tempted to start writing Republican members of Congress asking them to listen to all this bad advice. Don't listen to the establishment, don't change on immigration or gay marriage, it really is a winning strategy for the future..

[JoePhilly]

1. Kristol is always wrong about everything.

[Richardo]

2. I love it when their pop-culture references are SO dated....

Dharma and Greg? That show that's been off the air for 11 years? REALLY?

[Warpy]

3. Yay, Kristol!

That's right, keep clinging to past attitudes and abandon the young! March that party to total obsolescence and irrelevancy in record time!

[LeftofObama]

4. Kristol, no doubt added somewhere in the article....

"And stay the hell off my lawn!"

[TlalocW]

5. Eleven years ago

I was around the 26-year-old mark, and I'm pretty sure I would have supported marriage equality back then as well, and I've never seen an episode of, "Friends," or "Dharma and Greg."

I guess if Kristol needs a TV show to blame for my open-mindedness/opinions, he can blame, "Star Trek: TNG."

TlalocW

[Marr]

8. Wow.. so was I.

And I could tell he was a moron already. I remember being exasperated by his ridiculous bullshit about how we needed to invade Iraq-- and I "didn't know anything, really", so how stupid must HE be?

[Marr]

6. He was pretty jazzed about young people when they were being blown up for his lunatic

foreign policy ideas. Suddenly they "don't know anything".

Odd how that changes.

[Initech]

7. This 33 year old says: go fuck yourself Kristol.

I'm glad the "TO THE MOON ALICE!!!!!!" era where old white Republicans are in charge is over.: eyes:

[Johonny]

9. what age do you magically know anything 'honestly'

Does he think <26 crowd somehow is lying about marriage equality? Or does it mean Kristol is so used to being dishonest about what he knows compared to what he says that he assumes everyone is dishonest about everything. I hear people claim young people really don't understand the world, but rarely do you hear someone complain they don't understand the world honestly... only a liar like Kristol thinks in terms of honesty.