Happy as a Jew in a retirement community.
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wrote on 15 Nov 2021, 23:14 last edited by
Why do so many people dislike Shapiro so passionately?
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wrote on 15 Nov 2021, 23:17 last edited by
I don't.
Neither do I have a stick up my butt.
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wrote on 15 Nov 2021, 23:18 last edited by
@klaus said in Happy as a Jew in a retirement community.:
Why do so many people dislike Shapiro so passionately?
Because he's an outspoken conservative and anti-woke sort, with a few tentacles into pop culture. Pop culture rejects that as a cancer.
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@klaus said in Happy as a Jew in a retirement community.:
Why do so many people dislike Shapiro so passionately?
Because he's an outspoken conservative and anti-woke sort, with a few tentacles into pop culture. Pop culture rejects that as a cancer.
wrote on 15 Nov 2021, 23:21 last edited by@horace said in Happy as a Jew in a retirement community.:
@klaus said in Happy as a Jew in a retirement community.:
Why do so many people dislike Shapiro so passionately?
Because he's an outspoken conservative and anti-woke sort, with a few tentacles into pop culture. Pop culture rejects that as a cancer.
But there are many outspoken conservatives in the US. What's so polarizing about him?
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@horace said in Happy as a Jew in a retirement community.:
@klaus said in Happy as a Jew in a retirement community.:
Why do so many people dislike Shapiro so passionately?
Because he's an outspoken conservative and anti-woke sort, with a few tentacles into pop culture. Pop culture rejects that as a cancer.
But there are many outspoken conservatives in the US. What's so polarizing about him?
wrote on 15 Nov 2021, 23:36 last edited by@klaus said in Happy as a Jew in a retirement community.:
@horace said in Happy as a Jew in a retirement community.:
@klaus said in Happy as a Jew in a retirement community.:
Why do so many people dislike Shapiro so passionately?
Because he's an outspoken conservative and anti-woke sort, with a few tentacles into pop culture. Pop culture rejects that as a cancer.
But there are many outspoken conservatives in the US. What's so polarizing about him?
Like I said, he's got tentacles into pop culture with his podcast and talk show presence. He's the sort who gets invited on Maher.
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@horace said in Happy as a Jew in a retirement community.:
@klaus said in Happy as a Jew in a retirement community.:
Why do so many people dislike Shapiro so passionately?
Because he's an outspoken conservative and anti-woke sort, with a few tentacles into pop culture. Pop culture rejects that as a cancer.
But there are many outspoken conservatives in the US. What's so polarizing about him?
wrote on 15 Nov 2021, 23:41 last edited by@klaus said in Happy as a Jew in a retirement community.:
@horace said in Happy as a Jew in a retirement community.:
@klaus said in Happy as a Jew in a retirement community.:
Why do so many people dislike Shapiro so passionately?
Because he's an outspoken conservative and anti-woke sort, with a few tentacles into pop culture. Pop culture rejects that as a cancer.
But there are many outspoken conservatives in the US. What's so polarizing about him?
I dunno. Ben does like to go to college campuses, give his speech or presentation and then open the floor up to student questions. Maybe it's fear he's winning over young minds of mush...
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wrote on 15 Nov 2021, 23:52 last edited by
It really has a lot to do with how effectively he dismantled liberal arguments and talking points during on campus presentations when he would be challenged by students.
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wrote on 16 Nov 2021, 01:28 last edited by
@klaus said in Happy as a Jew in a retirement community.:
Why do so many people dislike Shapiro so passionately?
Because he wears a yarmulke?
(where's that "leaving" emoticon when I need it?)
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It really has a lot to do with how effectively he dismantled liberal arguments and talking points during on campus presentations when he would be challenged by students.
wrote on 16 Nov 2021, 05:00 last edited by@lufins-dad said in Happy as a Jew in a retirement community.:
It really has a lot to do with how effectively he dismantled liberal arguments and talking points during on campus presentations when he would be challenged by students.
It's effective to you because you agree with his points. His "government always equals pointing a gun to your head" argument is and continues to be ridiculous.
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wrote on 16 Nov 2021, 11:36 last edited by
It doesn't always, but governments have an insatiable lust for power, which many times relies on all types of weapons.