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Douchebag Ben Shapiro Loses It Over Black Joy Over Black Panther Movie (Original Post) Quixote1818 Feb 2018 OP
what a whiny little pissant Skittles Feb 2018 #1
Ben and I go way back. silverweb Feb 2018 #2
What an ahole Hav Feb 2018 #3
I don't think I've ever actually heard anyone mewling... JHB Feb 2018 #4

silverweb

(16,410 posts)
2. Ben and I go way back.
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 02:02 AM
Feb 2018

I was introduced to him when a certain hard-core Libertarian relative enthusiastically gave my 17-year-old daughter a copy of Ben's then-new first book, Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth, for her birthday. She wasn't particularly interested, thank goodness, but I wanted to see what Shapiro's premise was and why this relative was so enamoured of him.

After reading the first 20 pages or so, I closed the book and went to my girl's room. I told her about what I'd read, and she made a face and said "donate it." I couldn't bring myself to spread his poison, though, so I tore each page out and put it in the shredder, where it belonged.

Ben and I lasted only as long as it took me to read those 20 pages (and I'm not sure how I got that far before gagging). It was one of the happiest breakups of my life.


Hav

(5,969 posts)
3. What an ahole
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 05:52 AM
Feb 2018

I'm glad they jumped on the strawman he developed right away and offered a good analysis to reveal the bs he pulls. The moment Shapiro started, I thought what the hell is he talking about as he was making an argument no one would make.
I love how miserable these aholes get by this movie. Makes my experience even better when I eventually watch it.

JHB

(37,965 posts)
4. I don't think I've ever actually heard anyone mewling...
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 06:59 AM
Feb 2018

...and how can you complain about Black Panther when you live in Bizarroland.

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