McUnited
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Shapiro has made his views on racial discrimination clear enough that they deserve not to be misrepresented in this way. His position is essentially this - 'For sure, there are racist people in America, but American society is not racist. Don't go round chanting 'institutional racism' without concrete evidence, but instead highlight instances of racism and I'll fight it alongside you.'The fact that some intelligent people decide to use their intellect to appeal to the gut of the masses in order to gain fame and inflate their ego doesn't make them dumb. It just makes them morally bankrupt arseholes.
We have this same movement in Holland with Thierry Baudet. He's also this new type of conservative (intellectual) with a PHD in something something and several best selling books to his name by the age of thirty. There's no question that the guy has a high IQ, same as there's no question he is a narcissistic shitbag of a person. I doubt he truly stands behind all the things he says, but he knows it appeals to a lot of disgruntled people who adore him for saying it. He basks in this adoration, his goal is this adoration.
It's the same for Shapiro when he says there is no real discrimination against black people. I'm quite sure he knows this isn't true, because he's not an illiterate hermit living in a small hut in the desert, but he knows his supporters will coo and scream his name in elation when he says it. He craves the adoration of the crowd. If he were funny I'm sure he'd want to be a stand up comedian.
Being smart and being a bad person isn't mutually exclusive. Most historical supervillains are probably very smart. Doesn't make them any better.
This seems to me to be a reasonable position to take. I found Larry Elder quite persuasive on the topic and recommend you watch this short video (though perhaps you may ultimately disagree with him), which I believe more truthfully aligns with Shapiro's views.