• gregorum@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Isn’t that a huge part of his shtick? Since when is antisemitism a problem for Ben Shapiro?

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      9 months ago

      I don’t know, but he and his wife are Jewish, so probably not really his shtick? I wouldn’t be surprised if I’m wrong, though.

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        9 months ago

        Are they? A little odd for a neo-Nazi… but then again, there were collaborators back in the day, too.

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          Are they? A little odd for a neo-Nazi…

          Could you explain this to me? Not trying to defend Shapiro or anything, and not saying a person of Jewish descent can’t be a Neo-Nazi, but from what I know of Shapiro he seems pretty devoutly Jewish, so I don’t really get labelling him as a Neo-Nazi.

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            He also seems pretty devoutly committed to the same causes the neo Nazis running the Republican party are.

            In the lead up to end during World War II, many prominent Jews collaborated with the Nazis, believing it would carry them favor and save them. It did not, and they ended up in the concentration camps along with the rest of the Jews. The few that actually survived persecution after the war were reviled and were put to trial, and eventually death for their betrayal.

            Shapiro is exactly this type of Craven, traiterous, backstabbing piece of shit. And I would expect nothing less from him.

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          9 months ago

          Ben Shapiro a Neo Nazi? He is a prominent Jewish Man and defender of Israel on all accounts. He is extremely conservative but that doesn’t make one a Nazi.

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            9 months ago

            I’m sure that’s what the Jews collaborating with the Nazis in World War II Germany told themselves.

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    Only now? She’s already said that the only thing Hitler did wrong was expand outside Germany. They not only kept her after that but defended her, accusing critics of taking her words out of context. (The context does not actually help her in the slightest) Why is her doing the exact same thing she always does suddenly a problem?

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      Removed, it’s fun talking about “Punch a Nazi Day” but specifically advocating punching specific Nazis on sight bumps the advocating violence rule.

      No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

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    Probably shouldn’t have put her in Lady Ballers. Welp, too late to do anything about that shit.

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    9 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    The Daily Wire, the right-wing media outlet co-founded by Ben Shapiro, said Friday that it had severed ties with Candace Owens, the far-right commentator who has ignited a torrent of backlash in recent months for her repeated embrace of antisemitic rhetoric.

    Owens, a popular commentator notorious for promoting misinformation and conspiracy theories on a wide range of topics from vaccines to immigrants, joined The Daily Wire in 2021.

    Without directly naming Shapiro, Owens responded that one “cannot serve both God and money,” a brazen dig at The Daily Wire co-founder that was drenched in an age-old antisemitic trope.

    At the time, Shapiro hit back, “Candace, if you feel that taking money from The Daily Wire somehow comes between you and God, by all means quit.”

    In recent days, Owens has continued to generate more controversy, liking a post on X in which a user accused a rabbi of being “drunk on Christian blood.”

    Matt Walsh, another extremist commentator employed by the Nashville-based company, has demonized gay and transgender people on his program, calling for doctors who perform gender affirming care to be imprisoned or executed.


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