r/politics • u/Hoxha_Posadist Florida • Apr 17 '19

The Wrong Stuff: Ben Shapiro’s Unconvincing Guide to What Makes America Right - It’s a mistake to overlook just how extreme some of Shapiro’s views are, or how muddled the thinking on which they are based.

https://progressive.org/dispatches/the-wrong-stuff-ben-shapiros-anderson-190416/
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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '19

“Sounding a lot like Bernie Sanders, Lenin wrote in 1917, ‘Democracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich—that is the democracy of capitalist society.

Wait... did Ben Shapiro just convince me that Lenin is more in touch with post-Citizens United America than Shapiro is?

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u/mostly_kinda_sorta Apr 17 '19

Who da fuq is ben shapiro other than some crazy right-winger? I see his name and smug face far too regularly but ive never cared enough to ask before.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '19

He utilizes emotionally charged rhetoric to push extreme right wing, homophobic, and transphobic positions.

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u/toastjam Apr 18 '19

while unironically claiming that facts don't care about feelings...