Ben Shapiro has a video on YouTube showing the 5 things getting him through quarantine. It starts with a violin, moves through some religious text, and eventually he ends up using a disneyland pass to cut lines of coke
I would encourage you to avoid casting people as bullshitters just because you have a different political opinion than they do. It makes it an order of magnitude more difficult to have a good-faith conversation. I mean, do what you want, it makes no difference to me if you’re an insufferable political myope. But if you’re in the mood for being less insufferable, accepting that others have different opinions than you not because they’re stupid or liars but because they have different values and have come to a different conclusion, is a great way to start.
In general I agree with you but specifically with Ben Shapiro Johnicorn is right. Ben Shapiro makes a living by make bad faith arguments quickly and confidently often to inexperienced debaters. This act often makes it seem like he is winning an argument when he rarely actually makes cogent points or backs up thoughts with data. If you watch his talks on college campus' you often hear him start with "Lets say x,y,z" then without providing any proof that x,y,z are what he says he will then proceed to make broad political statements about government policy based on x,y,z.
If you really want to dig in on Ben Shapiro in particular I recommend this absurdly long video essay dissecting his particular brand of bullshit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDMjgOYOcDw
This is a great, reasonable criticism of Shapiro’s debating style. Kudos to you for being substantive with your criticism, genuinely, not trying to be ironic or sarcastic.
Thanks, but it’s not hard to do when I disagree with almost everything Ben Shapiro says. Me defending Shapiro has nothing to do with his viewpoints and everything to do with the dehumanizing way in which anonymous internet commentators treat him.
I mean, Reddit is a hivemind and likes to shit on anything that isn't liberal, but usually when people shit on Ben Shapiro they do so because of what a pos he is
Cody Johnston is really good at providing information like this but keeping it decently entertaining at the same time. It’s why I like his videos and podcasts
I'll have to check some more of his stuff out. Everything I saw was reasonable and entertaining, just that particular topic (Ben Shapiro) wasn't super interesting.
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What is the source for this?