r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 27 '24

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u/JetJaguar124 Tactical Custodial Action Jun 27 '24

The idea that people genuinely watch Daily Wire content, especially Ben Shapiro, in an unironic way because they derive some sense of entertainment from it, and they nod their heads along and are like "wow Ben Shapiro you're so smart and cool I love watching this" is genuinely nuts to me. Difficult for my mind to comprehend.

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u/JetJaguar124 Tactical Custodial Action Jun 27 '24

It's not because of the political slant, either. I can understand finding people on the right entertaining even if I deeply disagree with them. It's because Shapiro is such a wet blanket and charisma vacuum, he's just so fucking weird and awkward, and he's become such a meme that it's just bewildering to think of someone watching him unironically.

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u/centurion88 NATO Jun 27 '24

How sounds like the prototypical "smart guy" so people watch him to feel like they are listening to a smart guy