Thoughts on Ben Shapiro?

I first heard of him after listening to a Joe Rogan podcast, I throughly enjoyed it and whilst disagreed with some things he had to say I actually thought he was worth listening to. After following him twitter he seems to twist things to suit his own narrative regardless of whether it's accurate or not. I'm from the UK by the way, hence why I wasn't so familiar with him.

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Burnley123 · 41-45, M

I'm also from the UK but I've seen him on YouTube.

I respect his intellect and have sympathy for him on a personal level because he is the old school American Conservative who left Breitbart for principled reasons. He has also had to deal with a lot of anti semetic abuse.

But his politics are terrible. Like you say he does like to twist things and also uses straw man arguments. He compares himself to the shoutiest elements of American University politics to make himself look like the sensible one. He's pro gun, anti abortion, pro tax cuts for the rich and so on.

He is a very skilled debater though I have yet to see him go up against someone on the left who can debate well.