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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a republican and I’ve listened to him a few times. He speaks fast but really says nothing of importance. [/quote]

I thought this way about him too for the most part. But one thing he said that resonated was when I saw a video wherein a woman once asked him how he can dare to speak out against abortion as a privileged white male. And his response was something like “because I think evil is evil and our responsibility to speak out against evil should not be constrained by our identity politics. I think killing unborn babies is evil even though I’m a white affluent male”

I am pro-choice. So it’s not the anti-abortion argument part that resonates with me.

Instead, it’s that I respect his rationalization on this point because if his belief system is such that he truly believes this is an act of murder, then he is correct that being a white affluent male should not  prevent him from saying murder is wrong. [/quote]

I'm guessing most people base their opinion on some sort belief system. What's there to respect in that? What insight does Shapiro bring?  On the matter of abortion, I tend to listen to those that talk about it in a thoughtful way.  [/quote]

Boy did that go over your head. This is about someone challenging the validity of another person's belief system based on their economic status and race. Imagine if someone's belief system on a topic was deemed invalid because he is a poor black person. [/quote]

Nah, try again. Shapiro's belief system was not challenged but he threw it out there to justify his opining on a subject.  That's to be respected? [/quote]

Not challenged? Are you not able to read English? Also no one is asking you to respect Ben Shapiro, it's irrational for you to insist that the PP should also not respect Ben Shapiro because you don't. [/quote]

1 - Not sure what the first 2 sentences deal with. In the incident description, Shapiro was challenged on abortion - not his belief system.
2 - I wanted to understand why PP respected Shapiro. It seems the reason was Shapiro had a belief system and wanted to express an opinion. Shapiro is paid to express an opinion - that's all he does. Why is that to be respected? Same goes for political pundits of all stripes.
3 - This is not really adding to the discussion so I'll end it here.

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