[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by dre

A dolt that graduates high school at 16, and university at 20.

What does age of graduation have to do with anything? I know plenty of people who graduated from high school at 15-16, and I wouldn't call them bright. Those people were usually over-achievers who did extra classes on their own, went to summer school, and dedicated themselves to being a student and not being a kid. I'd maybe focus on his university degree and ask why it took him four years to complete an undergrad degree. I mean, what happened to all that brilliance?

I'm not a fan of Shapiro as I find some of his views abhorrent, but I do respect his approach to having a dialogue. He's not a ######bag like some of his ilk, and he does tend to try and make his discussions less inflammatory than most bomb throwers on the right. As far as it goes, I'd like to have a sit down with him and hoist a few brews while having a casual conversation over important matters. I can't say that about a lot of the commentators out there, on both sides of the political divide.

Originally Posted by flylock shox

One of the reasons I think he gets criticized so much is that he is willing, unlike some academics, to venture into and opine on areas that are beyond his expertise.

The problem is that he speaks to some of these issues like he is an authority when clearly he is not. If he would couch some of his comments by admitting his has nothing more than general knowledge or cursory understanding of the subject matter it would make him easier to accept. This is why I wonder why his faculty has not questioned him at length on his commentary. It's fine to speak to subjects as an academic, but make sure you acknowledge your expertise (or lack thereof) or offer up a path to greater information as part of your commentary.

He's also an advocate in many respects for a group that has been lacking one (or at least a good one). There is a general vilification of males going on at the moment, when at the same time there's plenty of evidence to show that they're struggling. So he has a role to play there too.

Males have been lacking representation? Whaaaaaaaaaaaa???

I wish he'd stop with all the biblical references and just use Aesop's fables or Disney plots to make some of his points though. He loses me with the religious stuff.

I agree, as it hurts his academic cred as well. To me, it's like he does that to score cheap points with his audience as he believes that's what they want hear. Stick with the facts and keep the fantasy/fairy tales to a bare minimum. There are better allegories to rely upon than those in a religious text that more often than not is a dividing factor in our society.

Originally Posted by MelBridgeman

It really must suck for people of a younger age range who have been brought up in this wave of sometimes faulty and sometimes illogical ideals to have highly educated and intelligent people find a platform on the internet to challenge your long held faulty and sometimes illogical ideals. I get it, you are now questioning yourself and your mediocre education and thought process. May as well just rage against it, which is usually the thought process of children

What does this even mean? Was it pulled from a manifesto by this guy?

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