After mixed signals on whether U.C. Berkeley would support Ben Shapiro’s appearance on campus, the university has pledged to pay and secure a venue for the right-wing pundit, whose September address there will mark another chapter in the college’s free speech wars. “This event is going to happen. We just need to sit down with…
When Ben Shapiro gives a speech on a college campus, the right-wing pundit is often met with a hostile reception – demonstrations and disruptions. He’s griped about it before, and later this month, he will fill in some members of Congress on a topic dear to the heart of many conservatives: free speech at universities….
Ben Shapiro, the conservative pundit and Daily Wire editor, is planning to give a talk at U.C. Berkeley in September, a free-speech test for a campus that has erupted in protest and sometimes violence against events featuring right-wing figures. “I look forward to speaking to students of all viewpoints at Berkeley,” Shapiro said Sin a…
Conservative Jewish commentator and former Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro defended Iowa Congressman Steve King Monday after he tweeted a xenophobic comment embraced by white supremacists. Rep. Steve King (R-IA) wrote Sunday, “We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.” Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can’t restore our civilization with…
Ben Shapiro took aim at comedian Sarah Silverman on Monday, mocking her for mistaking construction signs for badly drawn swastikas. “Sarah Silverman is one of the dumbest human beings on planet Earth. She’s this comedienne who’s made her fortune from basically doing the little girl voice and saying super dirty things,” he said in a…
Ben Shapiro is continuing his verbal assault on Lena Dunham, with the right-wing pundit referring to the artist as a “human potato” and ridiculing her father’s parenting skills. “She actually thinks that she’s some sort of poetic genius,” he said on his Wednesday podcast, reading aloud a poem that the “Girls” creator penned after the…
Ben Shapiro poked fun at the Women’s March on Washington on his Monday show, ridiculing the pro-choice stance of the participants and skewering in sexist terms the looks of premier speakers. Responding to Madonna’s speech at the march, in which she ruminated about blowing up the White House, the rightwing pundit called her a “crazy…
Milo Yiannopoulos keeps getting a question on his “Dangerous Faggot” tour of American university campuses: When is he going to debate his enemy and former Breitbart News colleague Ben Shapiro? The debate idea originally surfaced in May, after the “alt-right” darling Yiannopoulos challenged Shapiro to an argument on his Facebook page. “I’ve challenged Ben Shapiro…
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