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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a moderate republican. I was a Jeb Bush supporter who held my nose and voted for Trump. I appreciated his work on taxes and the economy (pre-pandemic).

I can not stand Ben Shapiro. He comes off as annoying and seems to just talk fast to make it seem like he is making a good point. He is obviously an intelligent guy (UCLA + Harvard Law and wrote an NYT best seller) but none of his points really resonate with me. My family members who are much further to the right than me can't stand him either. I am just confused as to who his target audience is?

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I started listening to him several years ago and still do. I found that his earlier podcasts had better content even if the production isn't as polished as it is now. I believe the issue within the past year or so is that the general public's reaction to Trump has become much milder but Ben is in the position of having to fill 45-60 minutes *EVERY DAY* with discussions, plus other hours of content for subscribers to Daily Wire. I know that in the past 12 months we went through the impeachment, plus Covid, plus George Floyd, but people are [i]generally [/i]either paying attention to other things, or just grown numb to their continuous distaste for Trump. So whereas an analysis could be done in 5 minutes, he feels the commercial need to stretch it out to 10 minutes. As a consequence, issues get amplified beyond an adequate level of coverage.

I listen to Ben not because I agree with everything he says or even some of the fundamental pillars of his ethical/moral principles (I'm an atheist), but I appreciate the fact that Ben makes an effort to tie his positions to those fundamental principles. This makes him far less hypocritical than most other political commentators, and he is not shy about admitting his mistakes when he makes them. He is very clear about his conservative bias in his coverage, does not pretend to be neutral, and does he hesitate to criticize and ridicule Trump.

I don't know why you and your relatives can't stand Ben, maybe it's his speaking voice? He does talk quickly and takes on somewhat of a "squeaky" characteristic. Ironically, I listen to all my podcasts at 1.3x speed, including Ben Shapiro, so that I can fit more listening. [/quote]

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