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Friday, September 15. 2017

The evil, evil Ben Shapiro speaks at Berkeley


Today, Shapiro had his say. He is quite reasonable. When did common sense become inflammatory?  Graduate from high school, don't have babies out of wedlock, stay married, and get a job.


OK, maybe he is a snotty know-it-all but he is a Harvard Law deplorable and they can be like that.


The Q&A is fun. A quick thinker.



Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 14:25 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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Very enjoyable, and thanks for posting, NJ.

If interested, Ben's web site is here. I recommend you put it on your "Daily Read" bookmark.

http://www.dailywire.com

As good a speaker as he is, he's an even better writer. Although it's a fairly short piece, here's his reflections on the above speech:

http://www.dailywire.com/news/21115/5-things-i-learned-berkeley-last-night-ben-shapiro

As for his comments on (delicate cough) "microaggressions", here's what you might call the 'lighter side' of the subject:

http://www.docmercury.com/rainy/the-dire-peril-of-trigger-warnings

Again, thanks for a great post, NJ.
#1 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2017-09-15 16:04 (Reply)
Doc - the video was hilarious!

As for the Shapiro vid, the question and answer about climate change was right on the mark. Ben answered it perfectly, and especially when he pointed out that there are actually three solutions at the moment. The fact that we're already down to 2005 CO² standards and still heading downward due to nothing but free market solutions is very telling. Who needs government regulations when capitalism is doing the job quite well, but without harm to the overall economics of the nation?
#2 John Deaton on 2017-09-15 16:41 (Reply)
Posting this was, like, horrible! I watched this guy (who must be a supremacist of some sort) and, like, I could feel myself getting triggered. He talks so fast that every word, like, feels like a micro aggression! That caused me to, like, reach for my coloring book and crayons but, like, knocked my warm milk onto my stuffed My Little Pony! Like, this guy just has to be, like, a racist! Then I heard him, like, answer some questions! My god! I'm, like, trembling! I don't know, like, how long I can listen to this! He just like called a fetus a potential sentient being! He, like, must be a fascist!

Aaarrrgggghhh!!!!
#3 mudbug on 2017-09-15 18:16 (Reply)
Best comment of the day. :)

I say, burn him to the ground! And I don't mean in effigy -- I mean the real deal! I thought it was so great that I actually listened to most of it a second time through. As News Junkie said, the Q&A part was really great.

P.S. Loved the Valley Girl 'like' references. As if!
#3.1 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2017-09-15 18:25 (Reply)
Thanks, Doc. On retrospect, I wish I had thrown in at least one "totally."
#3.1.1 mudbug on 2017-09-15 21:22 (Reply)
I'm just so totally bummmmmmmed, mannnnnnn, that you missed that totally. I vass macro-aggressed!
#3.1.1.1 Sam L. on 2017-09-16 13:24 (Reply)
Yeah man... I was like totally bummed!
#3.1.1.1.1 mudbug on 2017-09-16 18:06 (Reply)
No, dude, you were totally rad!

What greater compliment can one get?
#3.1.1.1.1.1 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2017-09-16 19:37 (Reply)

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