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Transcript: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/01/text-of-university-of-connecticut-speech
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https://static.currentaffairs.org/2017/12/the-cool-kids-philosopher
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Facts don't care about your feelingsThis guy doesn't deserve his own thread.
Unless it's abortion, religion...or something.Facts don't care about your feelings
Maybe he does if he is going to be put in the same thread as the likes of Hitchens.This guy doesn't deserve his own thread.
Fair enough. If it keeps him out of there then at least there's a benefit.Maybe he does if he is going to be put in the same thread as the likes of Hitchens.
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You're the guy who took being compared to him as a compliment right?Goodness you are obsessed with this bloke
What?Ben Shapiro should be ridiculed at every turn for being a midget with terrible opinions about everything.
Hes 5 foot 4 inchesWhat?
That’s gas. He sounds like a shrunken person too.Hes 5 foot 4 inches
He’s the human equivalent of putting a crisp packet in front of the fire.That’s gas. He sounds like a shrunken person too.
I'll clarify and say that I don't advocate making fun of people for things they can't do anything about. But Ben Shapiro is a massive tool, and he's really insecure about his height, to the point of lying about it. So when he, say, tells a trans-woman that she's a mentally ill man, I think it's perfectly fair to mock him for his height (or rather lack thereof).What?
I was just wondering where it came from really. Mock him if you want to, I'm not defending him.I'll clarify and say that I don't advocate making fun of people for things they can't do anything about. But Ben Shapiro is a massive tool, and he's really insecure about his height, to the point of lying about it. So when he, say, tells a trans-woman that she's a mentally ill man, I think it's perfectly fair to mock him for his height (or rather lack thereof).
Shows that you don't need to be on the right side of an argument to win it. That's basically Shapiro's thing. He can outtalk people even if they're right. Loath as I am to admit it, he's quite talented at doing this.Thoughts?
There’s no shame in saying that, a number of us have said words to that effect numerous times.Shows that you don't need to be on the right side of an argument to win it. That's basically Shapiro's thing. He can outtalk people even if they're right. Loath as I am to admit it, he's quite talented at doing this.
Right, I need to take a shower after saying that.
Shapiro being a great debater is probably more down to the fact that he debates very bad debaters. If he got into a proper debate with a pro he would be found out pretty quickly imo....especially since he's on the wrong side of most issues.Thoughts?
Had a feeling you’d enjoy that oneWhat a normal guy
This.This guy doesn't deserve his own thread.
- Ben Shapiro, guardian of free speech.And Gore is not alone. Much of the language of the "loyal opposition" has been anything but loyal. In September 2002, Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) called President Bush a liar on Saddam Hussein's turf, then added that Hussein's regime was worthy of American trust. On "Face the Nation" back in December, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) stated that American troops were "going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the -- of, of, of historical customs, religious customs …" Howard Dean, the head of the DNC, averred in December that the "idea that we're going to win the war in Iraq is an idea which is just plain wrong."
At some point, opposition must be considered disloyal. At some point, the American people must say "enough." At some point, Republicans in Congress must stop delicately tiptoeing with regard to sedition and must pass legislation to prosecute such sedition.
"Freedom of speech!" the American Civil Liberties Union will protest. Before we buy into the slogan, we must remember our history. President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus and allowed governmental officials to arrest Rep. Clement Vallandigham after Vallandigham called the Civil War "cruel" and "wicked," shut down hundreds of opposition newspapers, and had members of the Maryland legislature placed in prison to prevent Maryland's secession. The Union won the Civil War.
Under the Espionage Act of 1917, opponents of World War I were routinely prosecuted, and the Supreme Court routinely upheld their convictions. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes rightly wrote, "When a nation is at war, many things that might be said in time of peace are such a hindrance to its effort that their utterance will not be endured so long as men fight and that no Court could regard them as protected by any constitutional right." The Allies won World War I.