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Originally Posted by blankall
I was going to say this as well. Perhaps I should rephrase my previous comment.
If you actually break down what Shapiro is saying, he's essentially saying that although Bernie comes from a Jewish background, he has no particular ties to anything especially Jewish, politically or religiously.
I guess I would say that I disagree with the way Shapiro is saying it (which is typical as Shapiro is beyond abrasive and constantly spewing thinly veiled outdated conservative views), but agree with the statement. Shapiro is inadvertently helping Sanders out in many ways.
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Thinly veiled? Shapiro is a conservative. There is nothing veiled about his views, he is up front about them. As for outdated, according to whom? People that disagree with him? Ben's views are no more outdated than any other mainstream politician, on either side of the political spectrum.
Regarding his take on Bernie, I don't see what is so objectionable. He's simply making the distinction between being religiously Jewish versus being ethnically Jewish. Given that Sanders is an atheist, Shapiro is not wrong here.