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Anonymous wrote:I've never gone out of my way to listen to him but I watched him on a couple of YouTube videos and he seems smart but also just pretends that his opinions are facts. He does indeed speak very fast. I've never seen a single one of those videos where he doesn't mention religion or that he's Jewish. It's ridiculous. He seems to believe that gives him some sort of moral authority. I saw one video where he claimed he was fine with gay people but didn't think marriage was something they should get because it's a religious function. Evidently he speaks for all religions everywhere.

I don't know anything about Ben Shapiro, but this is colossally stupid. Marriage is a legal contract; the religious aspect is just an extra function for some of the population.

Marriage is an institution created and ordained by God, so Shapiro is right about that. That it has become a legal contract is also true, but that is not what it is at the core.

I assure you, marriage was around in a lot of cultures long before your bible came to them.

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Anonymous wrote:I've never gone out of my way to listen to him but I watched him on a couple of YouTube videos and he seems smart but also just pretends that his opinions are facts. He does indeed speak very fast. I've never seen a single one of those videos where he doesn't mention religion or that he's Jewish. It's ridiculous. He seems to believe that gives him some sort of moral authority. I saw one video where he claimed he was fine with gay people but didn't think marriage was something they should get because it's a religious function. Evidently he speaks for all religions everywhere.

I don't know anything about Ben Shapiro, but this is colossally stupid. Marriage is a legal contract; the religious aspect is just an extra function for some of the population.

Marriage is an institution created and ordained by God, so Shapiro is right about that. That it has become a legal contract is also true, but that is not what it is at the core.

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Anonymous wrote:I've never gone out of my way to listen to him but I watched him on a couple of YouTube videos and he seems smart but also just pretends that his opinions are facts. He does indeed speak very fast. I've never seen a single one of those videos where he doesn't mention religion or that he's Jewish. It's ridiculous. He seems to believe that gives him some sort of moral authority. I saw one video where he claimed he was fine with gay people but didn't think marriage was something they should get because it's a religious function. Evidently he speaks for all religions everywhere.

I don't know anything about Ben Shapiro, but this is colossally stupid. Marriage is a legal contract; the religious aspect is just an extra function for some of the population.

Marriage is an institution created and ordained by God, so Shapiro is right about that. That it has become a legal contract is also true, but that is not what it is at the core.

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Anonymous wrote:I've never gone out of my way to listen to him but I watched him on a couple of YouTube videos and he seems smart but also just pretends that his opinions are facts. He does indeed speak very fast. I've never seen a single one of those videos where he doesn't mention religion or that he's Jewish. It's ridiculous. He seems to believe that gives him some sort of moral authority. I saw one video where he claimed he was fine with gay people but didn't think marriage was something they should get because it's a religious function. Evidently he speaks for all religions everywhere.

I don't know anything about Ben Shapiro, but this is colossally stupid. Marriage is a legal contract; the religious aspect is just an extra function for some of the population.

Anonymous wrote:I've never gone out of my way to listen to him but I watched him on a couple of YouTube videos and he seems smart but also just pretends that his opinions are facts. He does indeed speak very fast. I've never seen a single one of those videos where he doesn't mention religion or that he's Jewish. It's ridiculous. He seems to believe that gives him some sort of moral authority. I saw one video where he claimed he was fine with gay people but didn't think marriage was something they should get because it's a religious function. Evidently he speaks for all religions everywhere.

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Anonymous wrote: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?

The people that write the reeeeaally long repetitive posts on this site. Also the smarmy poster that shoots from thread to thread telling everyone how ignorant they are.

Anonymous wrote:I just checked.

1.53 million subscribers on YouTube!

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Anonymous wrote:I've never gone out of my way to listen to him but I watched him on a couple of YouTube videos and he seems smart but also just pretends that his opinions are facts. He does indeed speak very fast. I've never seen a single one of those videos where he doesn't mention religion or that he's Jewish. It's ridiculous. He seems to believe that gives him some sort of moral authority. I saw one video where he claimed he was fine with gay people but didn't think marriage was something they should get because it's a religious function. Evidently he speaks for all religions everywhere.

Well... I don't know if Ben is claiming that he personally is some sort of moral authority, but it's at least a debatable point that religions do in fact serve as a moral authority. While Ben does mention his religion, he almost use it as the basis for an argument - unless he is specifically talking about the founding principles of the US, and governing politics since then, which is historically accurate to say was heavily influenced by Judeo-Christian values. Even then, he merely states this as an observation rather than an argument that because these are Judeo-Christian values, therefore they are correct. It is also factually true that the US has two separate treatments of marriage: a religous/cultural ceremony, plus a legal civil union. If I understand Ben's position correctly, he supports government-recognized civil union for anyone, but leave religions alone and to their own decisions on whether or not they want to recognize certain types of marriages. Therefore Ben's position on religion and marriage is exactly opposite of what you are understanding - he does not want anyone to speak for all religions, not the government, and certainly not himself.

Anonymous wrote:Who?