Is Prager Pompous?
I can hear most of my friends screaming at that headline. They would say: 1. How dare I even write that considering that Dennis changed my life for the good, etc… 2. How dare I critique someone so personally? It is lashon hara (gossip and slander). Noting those objections, I will push ahead. IMHO, because Dennis speaks publicly and frequently about himself and his life, it is not unfair to ask this question. Many of the illustrations he offers for his observations on life, come straight from his own life. For instance, he often says that he has never encountered antisemitism, that he has never heard anyone around him use the word ‘nigger,’ and other provocative personal claims. Because Prager personalizes many of the values he discusses, it is not unfair therefore, to turn this technique around on him. The most frequent description of Prager by those who are not fans of his, is that he is pompous. The December issue of BUZZ magazine described Prager’s show as “professorial and pompou
