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Originally Posted by Red Slinger
I don't agree with most of what Ben Shapiro has to say but I do like to listen to him because he listens to other peoples opinions, even if he doesn't agree, and he seems to come by his opinions from his own honest reflections rather than the political echo-chamber.
Comments like yours help to drive a wedge between people and push both groups to extremes, rather than bring people together. I suspect that your motives are directly opposite of this however. We all need to force ourselves out of our bubbles.
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I agree and disagree. I think Shapiro is a total poop chute, but our criticism does need to be more than that. I think the Vox article (despite being a little preachy and triggering a few itself) does at least a decent job of explaining the why behind Shapiro’s fecal-like reputation.
That doesn’t mean that Duplass should feel the need to apologise for his opinion. But context and perspective would’ve been helpful across the board. Whatever he is, Shapiro mixes in some genuinely poor and outright hateful opinions with those grounded in some intellect.