Ben Shapiro

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Ben Shapiro
2018 Young Women's Leadership Summit, Dallas, Texas.
Occupation(s)Lawyer, businessman, syndicated columnist, author, political commentator, media personality

Benjamin Aaron Shapiro (born January 15, 1984)[1] is an American,[2] lawyer, businessman, columnist, and conservative commentator. Shapiro is pro-life and supports capital punishment. Shapiro has criticized the media for being too left-wing. [3]

Shapiro is Jewish.[4]

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Shapiro has interviewed many right-wing politicians and media people. Shapiro was mentioned by name in a leaked Google e-mail about radical YouTube content which called Shapiro, Jordan Peterson and Dennis Prager Nazis.[source?]

The Economist published an interview with him calling him alt-right but then said that he was a critic of the alt-right, apologized, and described him as "radical conservative".[5] He writes for some newspapers and magazines including The Washington Post.[6] The Atlantic and The New York Times describe his political philosophy as either conservatism or extreme conservatism.[source?]

Shapiro has often said "Facts don't care about your feelings."[7]

Shapiro argued that transgenderism should not have been removed from the DSM as a mental illness.[8]

Shapiro has written eleven books, including The Right Side of History[9] and How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps.[10]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Spotlight: Ben Shapiro". Daily Wire. Archived from the original on March 21, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  2. Tom MacDonald - FACTS Lyrics, retrieved 2024-01-29
  3. Nguyen, Tina. ""Let Me Make You Famous": How Hollywood Invented Ben Shapiro". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  4. Ben Shapiro: Jason Collins not a hero, retrieved 2023-03-28
  5. "Inside the mind of Ben Shapiro, a radical conservative". The Economist.
  6. "Ben Shapiro | Creators Syndicate". www.creators.com.
  7. See Ben Shapiro speak at Prager University.
  8. "Ben Shapiro - GLAAD Accountability Project". GLAAD. 2021-02-11. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  9. Shapiro, Ben (19 March 2019). The Right Side of History. ISBN 978-0062857903.
  10. Shapiro, Ben (2020). How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps. ISBN 978-0063001879.

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