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 Trump who is not a conservative seize the nomination.
It is unprecedented for any candidate to come under such attack both from his own party as well as the other party.
Shapiro reminds me of what Kroeber said about Ishi (the last wild Indian living in California) that he thought of the white men who he came to live with as intelligent children – smart but not wise. That is what I think of Ben Shapiro. He was born in 1984 which should give you some idea of his perspective. He has no experience of the cold war. No first hand memories of any president before George H.W. Bush. No first hand memories of the Israeli Arab conflict until sometime after 1995 or so. His views on conservatism and Republican party are based on the only elected Republican he remembers George W. Bush, and the overwhelming influence of neo conservatives (especially Jewish ones) on American foreign policy. Again, he grew up in L.A. He attended both public schools although he graduated from Yeshiva. Then went to UCLA and Harvard Law school I don’t think he has had any real work experience outside of being a lawyer and commentator and doesn’t realize his limitations. The conversation with Prager was revealing since Prager although he has expressed his dislike for Trump, makes clear that he is still preferable to any Democratic nominee, because Prager asked plenty of questions and gave Shapiro plenty of time to answer them. In my opinion Shapiro came off as arrogant and vindictive in that nothing so far has been able to derail Trump’s path to the nomination, and since it hadn’t, Shapiro (out of principle as he put it, but out of spite as I perceived it) was taking his ball and going home.
We shall see if Professor Reynolds (or anyone else) retracts their position on the Michelle Fields claim.
