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Perhaps Mr. Shapiro should refrain from discussing matters of which he knows nothing?

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Is he really this stupid or is he just a grifter?
@BohemianBoo A really good question. 😳
JaggedLittlePill · 46-50, F
@BohemianBoo

He is socially inept. He is book smart. He is great at debating because he is great at conflating and manipulating information to fit his agenda.

Simply put, he is a great bullshitter.
@JaggedLittlePill He does talk fast, I'll give him that.
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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@BohemianBoo He's a grifter.

Technically, he is intelligent up to a point. He was studying in advanced years throughout school.

His political practice is as an intelligent grifter. It's the art of gaming the system. He is a successful debater because he talks fast and is skilled at straw-manning his opponent's positions. His depth of analysis is negligible but that doesn't matter to his audience: It's just about 'winning'.

He also has a lack of emotional intelligence, partly due to geekiness but also down to the fact that he inhabits an echo chamber.

A white nerd attacking a black female rapper over sexual lyrics is a tragic look. Worse than that, he used it as a critique of 'feminism'. The projection was obvious even before he shared his lack of knowledge of female anatomy.