re: Ben Shapiro at CPAC

Men that have been in fistfights are eternally suspicious of men who haven’t. That’s Ben’s issue . A certain kind of man always views a guy who lives a Life of The Mind suspiciously and maybe even contemptuously. He’s too smart and talks too fast and too effete for some. My whole life people have asked me to dumb things down for them, I can’t imagine what it’s like for a guy like Ben.

From where I sit I see Ben as a brilliant but vaingloriously proud Guy. Of all the pundits, his consistent usage of Straw Men annoy me the most . I also think his age, his post- Iron curtain perspective makes him a little too current . Jewish Conservative intellectualism has always been about the long view and some times he misses very simple things because of his age .

So , small doses of Ben Shapiro for me. He’d do good to listen more and talk less.

Edit- I totally get your point DS. He takes on his own camp . You respect that.

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a Shapiro family Thanksgiving

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His people celebrate Hanukkah instead

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Shapiro is going to run into is that when he seeks an elected office(which I think is his ultimate plan


This would surprise me. I think he views himself as a warrior. I’d expect to see him doing college campus tours 15 years from now.

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Shapiro has said he's only interested in two positions: President and Supreme Court Justice. No way in hell the later will happen given how crystal clear he's been over some things he'd turn over, but the former might. He's said he would have less power as a Senator or Representative than he does as a major political commentator. You just get him on that debate stage, and I think he could take off, and Shapiro could certainly throw a rally.

He said he had to basically quit giving speeches about black crime because he would get death threats for simply pointing out statistics and data. He said something to the effect of people getting seriously upset and mad about discussing facts and data.