As I’ve written about many times before, I used to be HUGELY liberal.
When I started questioning the liberal talking-points being crammed down my throat someone suggested I listen to a few episodes of Ben Shapiro’s podcast. I did… and it threw me for a tailspin. At first, I had a pretty negative reaction to him. After all, he completely TRASHED every premise I used to think was true. And while I had been doubting my liberal roots for a while now, I wasn’t ready to go full conservative. I mean, Conservatives were evil, right? At least that’s what everyone had been telling me all these years.
I kept listening – and realizing that while my “feeeelings” thought I didn’t agree with him, I couldn’t come up with ONE good reason any of his major points were wrong. He was always right.
(Disclaimer: I do disagree with him on certain details now. But the core values are all there.)
So I kept listening, and I started realizing that I actually DIDN’T disagree with him… I had just been programmed to tune reason out.
Fast forward a few years, and here I am now.
What I’m getting at is that when Ben Shapiro challenged the “new face” of the Democratic party, I was THRILLED.
Maybe seeing Alexandria get DEMOLISHED in a debate would open some eyes… or at least get a few people thinking about what it is they stand for.
She shut it down in the most PATHETIC way possible – saying Ben was “catcalling” her.
So anyway… Patton Oswalt, who I suppose at some point was relevant and is now just a lil’ nugget of TDS, responded with this:
Why does Ben Shapiro want to debate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? He’s not running for office. He should debate me. I’m also a short clown no one takes seriously. #fun
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) August 10, 2018
Dear LORD. Speak for yourself, nug. I take Ben Shapiro seriously. You, on the other hand? No, not so much.
But to prove how entirely disconnected from reality they are, the libs actually think Patton could “win” this thing.
I’d pay to watch you shred him#BenShapiroChallenge https://t.co/8ECXf2yODV
— Tara Dublin Hates Traitors 🌊 (@taradublinrocks) August 11, 2018
Nice try Patton. You may be shorter, but you aren’t a clown, and a lot of smart people take you seriously. @benshapiro doesn’t deserve your subtlety. https://t.co/3fsJKPVHny
— Chip Franklin (@chipfranklin) August 10, 2018
People take Patton Oswalt seriously? Really? I’m not even going to ASK about “smart” people… because that’s a clear “NO.”
So WHY did Ben Shapiro “catcall” Ocasio-Cortez?
Because he’s a political expert from the other end of the aisle with a massive base and feels that the people, more respectively the voters in her district are entitled to hear her back up her stances?
— Bob (@WhatAboutBobby) August 10, 2018
BINGO.
This, of course, elicited the standard liberal response to ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING :
And what is his area of expertise? misogyny and racism?
— Samantha Hagan (@samantha_hagan) August 10, 2018
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DEAR LORD SAVE US ALL.