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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFinally real info on the condition of Dennis Prager after he fell 5 weeks ago
Prageru founder.
But I wish him the best.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DD0Umiut1Bn/
His doctor brother describes his condition. Spinal injury at the c3/c4 vertebrae. Can't move his arms or legs but can feel sensation. On ventilator, mouths words.
It will be awhile (months?) Before they know if he will improve or if this is his perm condition.
Still no details about the nature of his fall.

GoYouPackersGo
(233 posts)Shellback Squid
(9,341 posts)magicarpet
(18,078 posts)viva la
(4,059 posts)Very old to recover from such an injury.
obamanut2012
(28,420 posts)Strelnikov_
(7,970 posts)no_hypocrisy
(51,287 posts)My friend was in a head-on auto collision and was thrown against the door despite wearing a seatbelt.
His head was precariously attached to his neck by a mere bone sliver. He had to have extensive neck and spine surgery.
That was five years ago. He's recovered 85%. He can walk, move his limbs, and reasonably think.
I can't believe he's gone this far without physical therapy. (He couldn't afford it.)
Iggo
(48,800 posts)dalton99a
(88,284 posts)PlanetBev
(4,298 posts)He’s just another supercilious, sanctimonious asshole.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,875 posts)per their comments on the Instagram post. Do they not realize that Prager is Jewish, or do they not care?
drmeow
(5,555 posts)some don't know, many think it will still be appreciated for them to pray for him because, after all, their religion is "right," and almost all don't care or don't even think about it.
Big Blue Marble
(5,595 posts)It really does not matter the faith of the individual.
Iggo
(48,800 posts)mucholderthandirt
(1,455 posts)Jews pray to the same God, anyway. Like Muslims. Makes no difference anyway, praying to something that doesn't exist. I think I'll start praying to unicorns. Maybe I'll win the lottery!
Skittles
(163,610 posts)thoughts and prayers
Happy Hoosier
(8,894 posts)GoneOffShore
(17,786 posts)Demovictory9
(35,457 posts)On his radio show, he was rabidly anti science and hostile towards universities. Anti Vax too.
Blue_Tires
(57,596 posts)That Dennis has refused all forms of modern medicine and is determined to simply pray himself to wellness... 😐
harumph
(2,665 posts)But having said that, I'd rather have him confined to a bed for the remainder of his life.
Death is too easy for that motherfucker.
spooky3
(37,377 posts)Mike 03
(18,404 posts)He's been on radio my entire adult life, first at KABC in Los Angeles, where he pretended to be a stodgy but rational cigar- or cigarette-smoking conservative "intellectual" with a sense of humor who had friends who were Democrats, and who argued there was no evidence smoking was harmful. This was the 1980s and I'd have guessed he was in his 50s.
bigtree
(91,778 posts)...healthy, he's a hypocritical apologist for Trump, and a declared enemy of progressives.
Prager:
Second, as a religious Jew, I learned from the Bible that God himself chose morally compromised individuals — like King David, who had a man killed in order to cover up the adultery he committed with the man’s wife; and the prostitute Rahab, who was instrumental in helping the Jews conquer Canaan — to accomplish some greater good. (And, for the record, I am not suggesting that God chose Donald Trump.)
Third, though I listed his moral defects in column after column during the primaries, I believe that Trump is a better man than his critics maintain. I see no evidence, to cite one example, that he is a misogynist. His comment about famous and powerful men being able to do what they want with women was a) said in private — and we are fools if we assess people by their private comments (Harry Truman, a great president, frequently used “kike” in private comments about Jews), b) not a statement about anything he had actually done, c) not misogynistic and d) often true.
Fourth, even if he were as morally defective as his critics maintain, my response is this: Trump’s character is less morally significant than defeating the left. If the left wins, America loses. And if America loses, evil will engulf the world.
Demovictory9
(35,457 posts)Out there.
Walleye
(39,784 posts)Jacson6
(1,157 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(27,035 posts)The Third Doctor
(434 posts)Hard to feel sympathy for someone who would deny healthcare to the needy. I personally wouldn't want to be in his position or wish it on anyone. It is what it is i guess.
Think. Again.
(22,330 posts)Grins
(8,272 posts)RockRaven
(17,166 posts)harming people can no longer actively harm people, that is a good thing.
Whether that applies to his current condition or not, I will refrain from assuming. Time may tell.
gopiscrap
(24,324 posts)this seems like karma for being such a lying piece of shit
Raven123
(6,614 posts)Mike 03
(18,404 posts)his condition. I wonder if he was attempting a yoga asana involving an inversion. Maybe "the Plow.." Maybe while smoking a cigar.
Demovictory9
(35,457 posts)One of the arguments he pulls out of his ass. The unprovoked yet it must be so in Dennis' crazy mind
Voltaire2
(15,367 posts)Totally don’t care.
ProfessorGAC
(72,389 posts)...God disapproves of Prager and wants him out of commission?
All-knowing, all-powerful, and all that.