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Category Archives: Ben Shapiro
Ben Shapiro 2005: Why war in Iraq is right for America
Ben Shapiro writes Aug. 10, 2005: Americans are impatient isolationists at heart. We don’t want to be the world’s policemen. Gaining Iraqis their freedom, as good as it sounds, isn’t enough of a justification for war. China is a dictatorship. … Continue reading
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Explaining Ben Shapiro’s Messy, Ethnic-Slur-Laden Breakup With Breitbart
Jesse Singal writes for NYMag.com: Ben Shapiro, the 32-year-old former editor-at-large of Breitbart News, doesn’t come across as the sort of conservative who would be cannibalized by his ideological fellow travelers for being too soft. The titles of his books … Continue reading
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Why I Can’t Take Bethany Mandel Seriously
Conservative commentator Bethany Mandel (wife of New York Post op/ed Editor Seth Mandel) writes for the Forward under this headline: “My Trump Tweets Earned Me So Many Anti-Semitic Haters That I Bought a Gun” Wow, sounds horrible until you think … Continue reading
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Gotnews.com On Ben Shapiro
Charles Johnson writes: #GrabGate: It’s about ethics in conservative journalism. Columnist Ben Shapiro once praised Donald Trump but now with anti-Trump, pro-Cruz money for his venture on the line he’s allowing his judgment and his ethics to be corrupted. That’s … Continue reading
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First They Came For Ben Shapiro
From Morgoth’s Review: One of the problems Jews on “The Right” have is to perform the juggling act of attacking Political Correctness while making sure their own ethnic group is shielded by a titanium like umbrella of social taboo and … Continue reading
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Ben Shapiro: ‘Our likely nominee is a sexist asshat’
I reply on Twitter: * Calling a woman unwatchable is sexist? When did you become a slur merchant like the left? * Will you soon start throwing slurs like Islamophobic, homophobic, lookist, ageist, racist (we must destroy their careers!)? * … Continue reading
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Ben Shapiro On Dennis Prager
A friend says: Last Thursday Shapiro was on Dennis Prager’s show explaining the reasons he would never support Trump. It was amazing to hear how Shapiro was talking about devoting his whole life to the conservative movement only to see … Continue reading
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Ben Shapiro Used To Support Free Speech
From May 2, 2014: On Thursday, TruthRevolt Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro appeared on The Kelly File with Megyn Kelly to share his personal concerns about the possible slippery slope of the NBA slapping a lifetime ban on Clipper’s owner Donald Sterling … Continue reading
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Why The Republican Party Is Dying
Ben Shapiro writes the Jewish Journal cover story this week: The distinction between being a pig and being politically incorrect is a real one. But Trump and his supporters have obliterated the distinction — and that’s in large part thanks … Continue reading
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Ben Shapiro on Free Speech, College Campuses, and The Regressive Left
Ben Shapiro says we must destroy the careers of racists: From a Twitter thread: * “We should find real racists and destroy their careers.” * He agrees we should destroy the lives of “Racists” – he just wants to make … Continue reading
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