https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Shapiro#Views
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feels like saying he's not alt right is splitting hairs. He said "alt right is garbage", buuuuuuuuuuuut...
Splitting hairs yet he denounces the alt right and has been the victim of the alt right countless times. It's not splitting hairs at all. It's people being misleading and using buzzwords to attack him so it makes him seem morally bad.
I like Ben Shapiro. I think he's grown over the years and matured into a better person than what he has been in the past. He's owned his mistakes too.
That said, he still says things that bothers me or exaggerates things and uses buzzwords to demonizing the left. He does, pretty much what every politician does, but he's learned to monetize it and become successful.
I follow him as much as I like his page on Facebook and will occasionally read an article that's posted - and I'll watch YouTube videos of him. I take him with a grain of salt, but I do generally agree with what he says.
I think it's dishonest to link him or his followers with Charlottesville. That's like being simple minded to link the Dallas police shootings with the BLM.
There are extremists in our country no doubt about it. The extreme left or the alt right do not represent the left or the right. Granted, Trump has his followers and a lot of them do have their stereotypical beliefs, but I will not lable all Trump supporters as racists, Nazis, etc because I know it's not true.
I would love for their to be a political savior for our country and be someone both the left and the right trust and will follow. Our country needs a great leader and unity. The more I've educated myself about politics I've realized I, too, have become divisive, think I'm right, mock people's political stances, etc. I don't want to have that mindset anymore. Would love if the next president was the guy we think presidents are when we're in elementary school.
Edit: I just reread this and thought wtf am I even trying to say. Lol