Ben Shapiro's book is bad. Let's discuss. (True Allegiance)

Shapiro is a bad writer (in addition to, ya know, everything else about him).
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"America is coming apart. An illegal immigration crisis has broken out along America's Southern border-there are race riots in Detroit-a fiery female rancher-turned-militia leader has vowed revenge on the president for his arrogant policies-and the world's most notorious terrorist is planning a massive attack that could destroy the United States as we know it. Meanwhile the President is too consumed by legacy-seeking to see our country’s deep peril.
Brett Hawthorne is the youngest general in the United States Army-and he’s stuck, alone, behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. He’s the last lost soldier of a failed war, fighting to stay alive and make it back home-but will he be able to stop the collapse of America in time?"

[@JamesTullos]

Okay, so KZbin keeps flipping back and forth on monetization for both of these videos so I'm just going to have to ask y'all to bear with me while I figure this out. This right here is the original version, the censored one can be found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKi0eIOhrbZ4ack Just watch whichever floats your boat the most and I'm really sorry for all this confusion and inbox spamming.

[@firetarrasque4667]

James are you Our Guy? And by that, I mean a leftist. No dog whistles around here.

[@JamesTullos]

Ye.

[@badgaming921]

@@JamesTullos Hey James, randomly came across your video. Really good, given the subject matter. haha Just one thing I wanted to let you know-- we did find wmd's in Iraq, they were just chemicals, not nuclear weapons. So yeah, the administration was completely dishonest, but "wmd's" were definitely in Iraq. Source: I'm a Marine and we found some mustard gas canisters in 2007.

[@badgaming921]

@The Martial Lord of Loyalty I didn't mean the royal "we," I mean when I was in Iraq, my company found a cache with illegal chemical weapons in it. It doesn't change the fact that Iraq didn't have nukes, so the result is the same at the end of the day, it just annoys me that this is forgotten-- if for nothing else then because of the fact that Saddam used them to gas the kurds on at least one occasion.

[@icameherejusttocomment550]

If you think this book is bad...You should do Victoria: A Novel of Fourth Generation Warfare. *Cringes at the mention of its very name*

[@oooo-sg2cs]

Let's say, for the sake of argument, that Alexandria Ocasio Cortez sends me feet pics

[@kayhaych05]

ooo o I can hear his whiny voice saying this 😫

[@psi9899]

I wish

[@oooo-sg2cs]

@@wisemankugelmemicus1701 it would've cost you zero dollars to let me know that.

[@Mortablunt]

I'm not into feet, but she's hot.

[@totalwar1793]

He said this? That’s hilarious

[@dunderbread]

its very Ben Shapiro to write a black character staging a police shooting

[@focusstudios1296]

Ye, I was first introduced to his insanity when 12Tone made a video called “No, Ben Shapiro, Rap IS Music” 🤦

[@leviackerman9510]

It doesn’t happen all that often tho

[@_doop8257]

@William Hancock source?

[@ashikjaman1940]

@@_doop8257 I think I've seen this guy dogwhistling in Hbomberguy's comment section

[@samuelgaskell6424]

@William Hancock [citation needed]

[@emiledlund9559]

Being fair. Atlanteans need more housing after the refugee crisis caused by the infamous terrorist group Isfish

[@matthiasw8777]

Also the Terorist Attacks in Atlantfish City, caused alot of caos in the country.

[@turma8eac]

That could be an interesting book

[@birbseesall1529]

oh no I just made it 666...

[@kilroy6429]

The white shelmets have done everything they can to save the victims of depth charge blasts. Those crabs are fucking heros

[@marcosbarrionuevo7792]

Your comment legit made me.spit my coffee xD Btw The emperor protects

[@juljul184]

i gotta say no one is allowed to make fun of teen girls and their bad fanfics anymore lol. this is a grown man's book y'all.

[@animorph17]

Are you sure he's a grown man? He does look awful smol ...

[@urielgonzalez900]

He’s like a midget

[@sophiethesnail]

I’m still not entirely convinced Ben isn’t a 12-year-old boy.

[@juljul184]

@@urielgonzalez900 i believe the proper term is "manlet"

[@Sleepinmokey]

@@juljul184 Manlet indeed, well said

[@runningcommentary2125]

If I was trying to hide my weapons of mass destruction, I would also try to hide them in a country I was at war with for eight years. That makes perfect sense.

[@gaiusjuliuspleaser]

I'd argue that Shapiro thinking Iran and Iraq would work together is quite possibly the dumbest take in the entire book, and that's saying something.

[@nagelfischer]

@@gaiusjuliuspleaser do you think that he knows the difference between them?

[@truefanforum3273]

@@nagelfischer I doubt it. He probably thinks that because they are in the same geographic location they are the same. Its like when people refer to Europe or Africa as if they were one country and not many nations.

[@svyalinirnhut890]

@@gaiusjuliuspleaser He gave all the wrong reasons for arguing that and he’s extremely Islam-phobic. But Iran and Iraq are indeed working together in some ways in recent years. Apparently Iranians backed some of the pro-government right wing militia there who shot hundreds of protesters in 2019. It was mostly ignored by western media.

[@steelersguy74]

@@svyalinirnhut890 Yeah Iran has influence over PRESENT DAY Iraq. They weren’t trying to run interference for Saddam Hussein in 2003.

[@redforest9269]

"We need to love and come together as Americans." President Prescott said evilly.

[@danielhughes6556]

"Kill them all, down to the last woman and child", Brett shouted angelically

[@redforest9269]

@@danielhughes6556 I don't THINK that was part of the book...

[@awhahoo]

@@danielhughes6556 “I killed them all, not just the men, but the women and children too” - -Anakin skywalker- General Brett

[@tarielkaroldan4106]

I think Ben Shapiro wanted to portray Prescott as a bs president who says things that agree with politically correct positions that he does not believe himself, he's just using made-for-TV phrases without any real meaning. He's written as a sleazy asshole politician that gets his comeuppance at the end

[@iamcool544]

@@tarielkaroldan4106 That the issue. Doing good because your a good person, and doing good because you like the good PR is the SAME THING people arent helped any less because you do it out of selfish reasons. If I feed 100 people cause it makes me look good, and another person feeds 100 people cause they want to help the end result is the same. You can't really write a villain that way, especially a politician. We KNOW they only do good cause it makes them look good, but at least the ones that pretend to give a fuck are better than the ones who openly dont care.

[@nootnewt3]

Ben “just sell your underwater home” Shapiro

[@zegh8578]

@The Martial Lord of Loyalty Well, selling ones submerged properties quickly became quite well known. I'm amazed the guy even steps outdoors after saying shit like that, but... he does seem like a pretty confident little fellow :I

[@abandonedchannel281]

*_Aqua man wants to know your locations_*

[@originoflogos]

The Martial Lord of Loyalty just a fan of not making logical fallacies.

[@originoflogos]

zegh8578 you have to understand that the average Shapiro fan doesn’t think for themselves or research or even have a normal functioning brain. So you gotta cut him a little slack lol

[@nootnewt3]

@Kenny Duncan “If you’re going to critique me, critique me, I don’t care. Frankly, I don’t give a damn since I’ve never heard of you.” -Ben Shapiro 2019

[@axelmaldonado2642]

"I don't care about civilian deaths," - Ben Shapiro, war crime supporter

[@cyberninjazero5659]

Look in his defense, they were just Palestinians he didn't think anyone would care

[@indigo714]

This sounds like a straw man, but it completely true.

[@Silburific]

@@indigo714 Ben Shapiro _is_ a strawman. It's like if the Scarecrow from Wizard of Oz decided that, instead of an actual brain, he wanted the ability to intimidate college students so he could _look_ smart.

[@indigo714]

@LeadFaun Google Enemy 'civilian casualties' ok by me by Ben Shapiro. To be fair, this article was written in 2002. Ben Shapiro would be 18 at this point. The issue is that he never said anything that contradicts this since then. You only get more conservative as you get older so I doubt he change his position. He is a big war hawk. He just smart enough to focus on free speech and SJWs. He was upset that John Bolton was fired from the Trump administration. Said people like Ron Paul had no morale backbone because he didn't want military intervention in Venezuela. He still stands that the Iraq War was a good idea and only fail because Obama didn't go far enough.

[@indigo714]

@LeadFaun Can you source it?

[@Isegawa2001]

>215 pounds in his underwear Jeez, that's some weird porno Ben decided to write.

[@troyjardine5850]

Someone should post his Andrew Neil interview to Pornhub under the title "Brunette twink gets destroyed by BBC"

[@TheAsyouwysh]

215 isnt even that big? Like I'm around that and very in shape but I dont look like super muscley by any means

[@Isegawa2001]

@@TheAsyouwysh Read it again, you'll get the joke

[@TheAsyouwysh]

@@Isegawa2001 OHHHHHHH

[@RyanKaufman]

​@@TheAsyouwysh It's really not big. I'm 5'8 and 160, a bit soft around the edges but otherwise average if a little muscular from regular gym going. If I hit cardio I could be more cut but I'm too lazy. If I really pushed myself to bulk, I could hit 180-190. To throw on half a foot on top of me, that would put me at around 240-250 post-bulking. But I don't really expect Ben to know what a big dude's mass would look like, he's both not big himself (and I can say that as I'm basically his height, fuck you Ben) and also I doubt he hangs around fitness boards.

[@AtaMarKat]

Let’s say, hypothetically, that an author, whose wife is a doctor, wrote a book, then, for the sake of argument, would that not be a good book? Am I not correct in stating that, because this book is good, that criticism of it is antisemitism, right folks?

[@imaginieiota]

Dude🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@AtaMarKat]

Imaginie Iota I watch a lot of the little Gnome, he’s entertaining, even if he’s misguided.

[@diepssuarez2676]

Ok so firstly just because your wife is a doctor does not make your book good, and secondly no criticism here mentions about anti semitism. It only talks about the book. By hiding behind religious believes or race you make yourself seem less credible

[@AtaMarKat]

Deip Mapper! It’s... it’s a joke. I was imitating Ben Shapiro’s mannerisms and speech patterns in the comment.

[@diepssuarez2676]

Xochitl-Czesława Marisol-Pilar, HIE oh ol

[@orderofazarath7609]

You can't blame him for describing men as big, from his perspective most are. also... 1 hour book review! ^____^

[@nexvenorose7252]

Lol

[@DevanK-rg3td]

holy fuck how did I not see that

[@BullFrogFace]

Short bois unite

[@Silverwind87]

Hey, don't think little of his writing. BADA BING!

[@nottherealpaulsmith]

this might be nitpicky as hell but IRANIANS ARE NOT ARAB, THEY DO NOT SPEAK ARABIC they are persian, they speak farsi maybe the imam in the book is an arab minority, i dunno, but if he's a persian iranian then he's not arab and he most likely only knows quranic arabic the same way some people know church latin

[@teslashark]

Arabic Iranians also won't give two fucks about the Afghan war...

[@hodzal5258]

That's not nitpicking I mean it's like having your Chinese character speak Japanese it just doesn't feel right

[@unexpected2475]

@@hodzal5258 Not just doesn't feel right, it's just wrong.

[@user-leavemealone]

If only you knew how much different ethnicities in Iran hate each other. Tell this to my father and he would bludgeon Ben for degrading him by calling him an Arab.

[@iamcool544]

Your not nitpicking. Your pointing out racism and ignorance.

[@osnatyakar6799]

Holy shit. The arab character complaining about "sinful music" is literally Shapiro complaining about WAP. 40:09

[@kertchu]

You mean what his wife doesn’t have?

[@riotbreaker3506]

Ben Shapiro talking about John Lennon

[@ohitsrusher842]

@@kertchu No she gets it every Friday he's gone.

[@scrumpus8938]

@@kertchu His sister does though

[@Killerbee4712]

Have to agree with Ben on that one tho

[@AdrianCelsiusTepes]

Ben irl: "throwing Milkshakes to shut up neonazis is basically fascism" Ben in his novel: "yeah so I guess terrorism is okay if you do it as a conservative"

[@marfin4325]

Wow, where does the book say that?

[@AdrianCelsiusTepes]

Marfin the Soledad arc summed up

[@fukkthisnewupdate8882]

Adrian Tepes to quote another video "in one episode, she said that killing Nazis makes you a nazi. And in another, she said that nazis 'just made some mistakes'."

[@marfin4325]

@Demiclea my point exactly. I don't like Ben Shapiro because I find over zealous, ideologues off putting and that is the same reason I don't like many of Ben Shapiro's Critics either (such as: Adrian Tepes)

[@mitchellline3398]

@@marfin4325 Literally the entire rancher women's arc is about her being a terrorist but it's ok in the book because she is a conservative

[@liquidmark5081]

215lbs is “a bear of a man”? I weigh 260. Does that make me the unstoppable juggernaut?

[@animorph17]

I love how Ben is so short he doesn't actually know what a big man looks like.

[@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786]

interesting choice of words, "BEAR of a man." Probably a Freudian slip... :p

[@gaiusjuliuspleaser]

150lbs would be bear-like to the average Shapiro.

[@bobsempletank5362]

Yep. Go destroy the world bro, your sheer body mass makes you basically a good

[@highsun76]

@@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786 you just had to point that out and put that in my mind 😂

[@wildheartmustang]

"And then it goes into how he met his wife" Cue Brett talking in length about how his wife's a doctor

[@waspoppin4784]

wildheartmustang omg

[@itme626]

A doctor who has informed him that women only get wet when they have an infection

[@redblaze8700]

@@itme626 LOL!

[@slangoognals]

A doctor who protects his ego by assuring him that a wet vagina is a medical condition

[@erichvondonitz5325]

Ben: Nothing wrong with killing civilians The reason the Taliban has more recruits is literally because civilians who wanted revenge

[@enotsnavdier6867]

It's almost like if you kill civilians and plunge a nation into a pointless bloody war, you aren't the good guys

[@maxthepaladin2147]

You see? If they were all killed they wouldn't have joined Taliban /s

[@Colon-D...]

Nope. That is not literally why the Talibs had a great recruiting effort.

[@ponponpatapon9670]

@@Colon-D...OK. what is the real reason?

[@abdalln8554]

​@@Colon-D...I dunno man, feels like you'd have an easier time convincing someone America is a great devil who should be militantly opposed when you can point to the smoldering corpses of thier family,

[@torfinnzempel6123]

In what world is 9 am only "almost" rush hour? It is clear from this sentence alone that Ben Shapiro's only experience with commuting to work is that he's heard of the concept.

[@danieldeburgh8437]

Yeah Most people have started work by 9am

[@ryanblack8392]

Whats a 9 to 5 not like our entire country has been based on that for what over 100 years or so

[@torfinnzempel6123]

@@ryanblack8392 if your job starts at 9, then if you are in traffic at 9, you are losing your job. Rush our traffic starts typically at 7am and usually runs until 10am. If he had said 7am instead of 9, than it would be realistic. But by 9am, Rush hour has been going on for at least 2 hours already.

[@gaiusjuliuspleaser]

@@ryanblack8392 You definitely never held down an actual job.

[@fatquickscope4150]

@@ryanblack8392 you've clearly never been in any city early in the morning. Even in my town, which has 50k people, is still pretty busy at 7am. You're lucky to have gone from one end of the town to the other in 20 minutes

[@mosura2695]

Ah yes, the classic American Military motto, “It’s only a war crime when other people do it! Even citizens!”

[@awhahoo]

And the classic grand army of the republic motto

[@Wolfbeast-gu8nk]

@@awhahoo Hey man. It's only a war crime when the Separatists do it, and Anakin.

[@rickymcgowen6776]

"It's only a war crime the first time." The Fat Electrician.

[@JamesCarter1998]

The whole book is like a perfect caricature of how the rest of the world views the American right wing

[@lidelbaldl]

As an European person I can confirm that

[@aregulargamer1]

@@lidelbaldl As a Canadian, can confirm, 100%

[@turma8eac]

Caricature? But isn’t caricature supposed to be exaggerated? This is how the world views America

[@100billionsubscriberswithn4]

@Demiclea ejucation

[@shivendraroy4527]

@Demiclea lol china is not socialist. I don't support socialism, just saying

[@np8139]

We need a cross-over where Brett Hawthorne and Jake Rivers (from Trigger Warning) work together to stop a terrorist attack. They should call themselves the Big Men.

[@johannageisel5390]

I vaguely remember seeing a review of Trigger Warning on youtube. Yeah, seems to be the same "I am badass man" shit.

[@izsazsa219]

Wait, "Hawthorn was a BEAR of a man", so he already has his nickname !

[@np8139]

@@izsazsa219 "The name's Bear." "Just bear?" "Just bear."

[@johannageisel5390]

​@@np8139 "You mean Platypus bear?"

[@riley8385]

@@johannageisel5390 I recommend this with all my organs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p37KfqVmf8iMgJY

[@grayscribe1342]

Didn't you know? It's not a crime if the good guys do it and as everyone is the hero in their own story...

[@alexandrub8786]

Like in "The office" and many other stories. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJbGaJiqZa5qobs

[@AdrianCelsiusTepes]

That’s especially true for terrorism

[@i.cs.z]

This sums up both ww's tbh.

[@theArab__]

He’s a Zionist, what did you expect?

[@hellboy6507]

SECTION 31 literally did nothing wrong. Glory to the Federation!

[@TheAsyouwysh]

"A major who, by simple coincidence, knew Pashto" when your level 16 fighter got a bunch of languages from their background and they just pick them at random because they only want to kill things

[@BoisegangGaming]

"Fighter man" from A Crap Guide to DnD starts playing

[@oooo-sg2cs]

@@Nova_kxne I was reading a book today using an example of an actual incident in Afghanistan where a Special Forces team member who spoke Arabic used it to relay a message to a Taliban fire team, he pretended to be from another Taliban fire team getting mortar fire close off the coordinates of the last strike and the fucking actual Taliban fire team responded in Arabic saying ya they hit 200m W from us so the mortar team adjusted and blasted the Taliban fire team within the next few seconds

[@cossaizy6309]

@@oooo-sg2cs i can't tell who is stupider the Spec Ops who thought Arabic was the native language of of the Taliban or the Taliban who actually flexed their Arabic skills

[@oooo-sg2cs]

@@cossaizy6309 maybe the writer making it up? 🤔 I mean they SAY it happened but yeah, Afghani natives speak Urdu right? IDK I'm not googling it, going w first guess

[@oooo-sg2cs]

@@cossaizy6309 I googled it, not even close 😂

[@charliebarley24]

I'm just going to say it. Been describes all big men as "bears" which is pretty ironic considering how anti LGBT he is. Bear is very well-known slang for a large hairy gay dude.

[@redblaze8700]

@Defunct Account Lol! I bet his secret favorite song is “It’s okay to be gay” 😆

[@Dave-te5bs]

I know Ben is gay or bisexual, he is just “choosing” to be straight in order to “sleep on his bed of money”.

[@idontknoq4813]

May be if he just had a big, strong, man to hold him, he wouldn't have so much pent-up aggression?

[@mrnonsense1031]

@Defunct Account It's confirmed that he likes femboys. Live on his show, he couldn't bring himself to even pretend to be disgusted when he showed a clip of a femboy on air.

[@Thomaas551]

@@mrnonsense1031 do you have a link?

[@JaeshaunDT]

lol as soon as you said "hes a black guy that runs a barber shop" i was like hmmm i'm curious how shapiro's gonna write a black guy and in same sentence "but he also runs a racketeering ring". i was obligated to laugh at my own lack of wisdom for actually expecting anything other than that.

[@kenm4390]

Can I get a time stamp for that?

[@AaronRotenberg]

@@kenm4390 It's at 25:30. Although I imagine that sometime in the past 3 months you've either watched the whole video or stopped caring. 🙂

[@kenm4390]

Aaron Rotenberg thanks man

[@BoisegangGaming]

NOBODY BRINGS THE SWAT TEAM COOKIES

[@EyeLoch]

this currently has 69 likes. Nice.

[@48917032]

Let's bring it up to 1312 likes

[@danielhughes6556]

Poor swat team, why is everyone scared of the unit designed to crush domestic threats with overwhelming firepower.

[@wetgarbo8769]

Well, girl scouts should do the trick!

[@louis8487]

I actually unironically loved that line lmao it's so tone deaf it's amazing

[@masihghasemi1082]

39:20 - 40:20 Iranian national here, I've never heard a single person here say or think something like that, ever. Despite Shen Bapiro's shameless propaganda, the overwhelming majority of Iranians are pro-Western and against the current Islamic regime, and there is only a tiny extremist minority (who have most of the power and money) who resembles Shapiro's portrayal. Ironically, the kinda people who do think that way are crazy right-wing dickheads who, like Mr Shapiro himself, think (islamic) conservatives are special and always right, and everyone else is wrong.

[@Mark_Jonas]

You should watch spaghetti road’s driving from Denmark to chine series

[@leftIncel]

@@Mark_Jonas they literally live in Iraq, they should know more about Iraq than anyone else.

[@kikibyde]

It is American to know about your own oppression than you do 😅​@@leftIncel

[@roberthill5805]

"Avoiding civilian kills is deemed bad by the president. " Complained the protagonist *Proceeds to avoid civilian casualty by disarming a bomb with a hand gun* also the protagonist

[@napppstar0]

I totally thought he was gonna shoot the kid and the donkey.

[@basedeltazero714]

@@napppstar0 See, that would be consistent. But it'd also look bad, so instead, Cop Out City.

[@totillity2647]

When you have to explain why something isn't terrorism, it's probably terrorism.

[@ononono7016]

"Well, then: Your mom is terrorism." -I understand what you meant but instead just owned you with facts and logic of a preschooler.

[@dynamicworlds1]

"Have to explain why something isn't terrorism." not "something gets called terrorism" do you 2 understand the rather significant difference?

[@carwyn3691]

Antifa is a terrorist group

[@literallygaston2489]

Kishibe Rohan It’s not even a group

[@dynamicworlds1]

@@carwyn3691 antifa isn't a group. You can't be a member of antifa. You can't even get that part right.

[@truefanforum3273]

54:10 Okay, as I guy who grew up in El Paso, that line really ticked me off. It is constantly recognized as one of the safest cities in the country, because it is. Even when the cartel violence in neighboring Juarez, Mexico was really bad it did not spill over to El Paso. Heck the worst shooting in the city's recent history was not done by someone from Mexico, but by a American fueled by bigotry. Yet another way Ben Shapiro has no clue what he's talking about.

[@spindoctor358]

"Big government needs big spending" I never knew Ben was the biggest and loudest critic of Pentagon's wastefully enormous military spending that only increases every year with no oversight nor transparency.

[@mattmurray6125]

Nor did know of his disdain for the governments high funding for federal prisons which are places that use slave labor instead of reforming said prisoners

[@courier6960]

@@mattmurray6125 Actually in regards to prisons, at least the federal prisons are better then the privately owned ones (which literally give out infractions to prisoners for the most bs of reasons so they can drain more money out of OUR GOVERNMENT).

[@enotsnavdier6867]

​@@courier6960 The issue is that almost none of those prisons should exist at all

[@luisfilipe2023]

@@enotsnavdier6867where do you suggest we house criminals in

[@danic_c]

@@luisfilipe2023 To be fair, a lot of those prisons would not be necessary if we stopped imprisoning people for victimless crimes.

[@dragonchr15]

Tom Clancy was a right wing conservative as well but his politics were very subtle in his novels because he, or rather his publisher, knew that the money was in appealing to a wider audience.

[@hephaestus9901]

It also helped his books werent complete shit.

[@fulcrum6760]

rick johnson That too. He’s focused on making a story and not being an asshole.

[@shredgordon3240]

SD it’s because Tom Clancy is an actually good fiction author. Ben is really good at political commentary and nonfiction but sucks ass at fiction.

[@gezi5927]

@@shredgordon3240 “really good” he literally links the wrong articles that don’t support his point

[@shredgordon3240]

@@gezi5927 I’m guessing you know nothing about Ben. The reason he got popular was because he dose a massive amount of research on all the topics he talks about so he destroys everyone he debates because they aren’t as prepared.

[@fastony9659]

Gotta love it when conservatives complain day and night non stop about "agenda-ridden media"... and then proceed to make their own agenda-ridden media.

[@Im__Andy-f6x]

for conservatives if you’re rich, white, christian, straight, or right-wing then having agendas is perfectly fine. there’s only a problem if you’re poor, lgbt, a minority, or left-wing

[@slangoognals]

It's only an agenda if it's someone else's goals

[@garibaldibritann1240]

@Anthony Sanchez Where is Literature Devil to save us day from this abomination?

[@runeanonymous9760]

Most things have an agenda but some are hateful and stupid, as opposed to just stupid

[@luisfilipe2023]

It’s almost like the conservative agenda is actually good for a change

[@charliephoenix3674]

This reads like an Onision book

[@eddiespeight8103]

a WHAT NOW!?

[@charliephoenix3674]

@@eddiespeight8103 oh my god, you mean? Okay so onion thinks he's brilliant and all right? So he wrote 3 self insert books where he's perfect and sexy and badass. One includes children having descriptive sex and one includes a school shooting

[@reviewman]

Kaden James oh, and he kills god in one of them too

[@alinastanescu4430]

@@reviewman I am shure that Ben Saphiro is not that bad,but he is close

[@funybirbman3813]

@@charliephoenix3674 2 of them do the pumped up kicks thing, actually

[@squid1481]

To truly enter the writers mind you need to read this so fast we can't hear what you're saying and can only assume it's written well

[@spindoctor358]

Ben's editor probably skimmed through the shit as fast as the guy talks and still got paid the same amount.

[@RenaDeles]

"how is the terrorist chapters the most boring ones??" I kept repeatedly asking out loud. Thank you for suffering through this for us

[@spindoctor358]

Soledad's chapters? It seems to me that those simply lack any sort of stake to make them remotely interesting.

[@ssilversshadow65]

47:10: "Yes, I'm looking for an Arabic young man" Young man: Is Iranian Only ~2% of Iran's population is ethnically Arab. But you're definitely not racist at all and don't think all brown people are the same. Way to go, dude...

[@turkeygod6665]

Honestly just seems like a mistake, instead of a deliberate attack or anything.

[@spindoctor358]

Considering how Ben think Islam is "unified" instead of having multiple sects with differing views of their holy book, it's probably that he's just ignorant enough to think non-Israeli middle-easterners are "Arab enough" to him to hate.

[@turkeygod6665]

@@spindoctor358 Hm, fair point. Don't know much about Ben himself I'll admit.

[@dragonchr15]

Tell me about...after 9/11, people thought Indians (from India), particulalry Sikhs, were Arab just because they were "brown"

[@blixer8384]

To Bench Appero: Brown Middle Easterner = Muslim = Arab. Indians, Iranians, north Africans, Romani, Syrians, Turks. Nah everyone knows there are only two groups in the middle east: Arabs and Jews. /s

[@mikeoxsmal8022]

James Tullos destroys book with fact's and logic

[@conscientiam_sui7385]

I love your profile pic.

[@marfin4325]

As any critique should...

[@coltonriffle2310]

Facts don't care about your shitty writing skills, Benjamin

[@vinniechan]

Facts and logic don't care about your feelings;

[@ChaseMcCain81]

lol

[@ghostofabulletproducciones5748]

Right-wing thrillers have an obsession with really big protagonists

[@cyberninjazero5659]

For you

[@balganhyrede8735]

4 u

[@newnamesameperson397]

The right has gary stu's the left have mary sues

[@geohiekim8705]

AS LARGE AS A ..... B A R G E

[@ghostofabulletproducciones5748]

@@domino4843 I meant "big" as in literally, physically big

[@goddamnittoomuchclyde463]

“Nationalism is a hell of a drug” is my new favorite quote.

[@Anaris10]

Nationalist and Proud!.

[@gloriesnormaldude7513]

@@Anaris10 same

[@rodrigorafael.9645]

Anaris10 addict hahahahaha.

[@enoch13th85]

It's a hellova drug because it is perfectly normal and natural for people of the same culture and ancestry to want to be able to live in peace. That is why I support Palestine. So fk Shapiro and fk Israel. However, I wish people who review books didn't get so political like this. I read books to escape politics so I don't think he should polarise his audience like this and call people who disagree with him terrible. Hence I wont continue watching this as it is not what I came to this channel for.

[@Liggliluff]

There's a nice sub on Reddit called r/ShitAmericansSay that highlights these nationalistic people who say great things. It's important to note that this sub is not claiming that all Americans say shit, but that it only highlights shit that some Americans say.

[@BoisegangGaming]

Is it just me or is every single right wing conservative fiction book just the same thing?

[@JamesTullos]

It's not just you.

[@pmcshow44]

Yes

[@BoisegangGaming]

@@JamesTullos It's almost as if they want the US to collapse so they can live out their fantasies of supremacy.

[@reveranttangent1771]

@@BoisegangGaming that is disturbing. "Ethno nationalist" want to start a war.

[@johannageisel5390]

@@BoisegangGaming "Just me, my dick and my gun." - every wimp fantasizing about suddenly being a manly man badass after the collapse

[@Clawdragoons]

"He sputtered, slamming his phone down on his carefully crafted maple desk.” Ben's clearly got a thing for hardwood furniture. And so, I present to you, the story he clearly WANTED to write, but was too ashamed. Continued from that point: "He had no idea how to deal with this news. He turned his back on his delightful, real maple wood desk for a moment, before turning around once again. Perhaps he could call in his team, he thought to himself, as he gently stroked the wood, feeling the sensual grain underneath his fingers. No, he didn't have anyone that would be any help here. In his frustration, he placed his head against his smooth, cold hardwood desk, absently playing with the drawer handle. At least his handcrafted maple desk was always here for him, steady in uncertain times, always sitting coquettishly behind him as he made calls, as if waiting for him to realize that it was here for him all along. The absentminded fidgeting turned into long strokes of the stained and polished surface, hand slowly moving downwards to tweak and tease the underside of the desk, feeling the rougher grain under his fingertips. He covertly glanced behind him, but the sensual and provocative walnut door to his office was locked and closed, providing him with the privacy he so desperately needed in these trying times. The curtains, too, were closed, the cloth draped loosely over the mature and tempting oak window frame, knots in the wood just barely visible from under the navy-colored cloth. He tore his eyes away from those tempting furnishings, focusing on the desk underneath him. His tie had managed to get caught in one of the finely designed drawers, and as he pulled back momentarily, it was pulled off of his neck. He smiled at his desk, understanding perfectly, before giving it a swift slap on its detailed paneling with the palm of his hand, relishing the sharp sound of flesh on wood. The splinters would be unfortunate, but they would be worth it. They were always worth it."

[@crazybeatrice4555]

Ow

[@ActuallyRocatex]

I never knew aoc was carved out of wood

[@countess.alessandra]

this is beautiful

[@ohitsrusher842]

Make a 100 page long book just making fun of him, this is perfect.

[@t.y2974]

Do you, by any chance, have an Ao3 account?

[@_lost_3300]

In case y'all need proper contest for what the word triggered is actually used for when not mocking: -post traumatic stress disorder -panic disorder (ie panic attacks) -epilepsy -autism -literally any disorder where you can go into an "episode" The context is "this thing is going to cause me such distress if I look at it that I will lash into an extreme state of distress to the point it is uncontrollable" It doesn't mean "lol stay mad" It is genuinely incredibly important for anyone who experiences these things

[@tartagliussy529]

Also if someone is struggling with self harm or an eating disorder some things can be triggers and worsen them

[@mrnonsense1031]

it can also apply to people who addicts or recovering addicts

[@garibaldibritann1240]

Basically the word "triggered" has lost it's meaning since a few years ago. But, i like it's usage for meme comedy

[@garibaldibritann1240]

@@mrnonsense1031 It also known as "relapse"

[@bracklinnnorah6390]

Also, this is a really minor thing, but Iranians aren't Arabs, they're Persian. Calling them Arabic is one, grammatically incorrect (Arabic is the language, Arab is the term for a person) but also two, is just factually inaccurate and shows that Shapiro doesn't even have basic knowledge about the Middle East.

[@mayman4255]

But apparently he knows enough knowledge to call them all terrorists and claim that israel needs to get rid of them!

[@user-is4tv2pq2s]

Everyone know persians are not arabs, he’s just stupid.

[@fds7476]

They are also Shiite Muslims, not Sunnites like ISIS and Al-Qaeda, so they have no reason to like them.

[@jaimenon5592]

@Bracklinn Norah great point but it's important to say that not all Iranians are Persian, as Persians are an ethnic group that makes up roughly 65% of the population of Iran. So while a majority there are still over a dozen other ethnic groups, notably the Azeris, Kurds, and even some Arabs. In general the idea of Iran is meant to unify the peoples within historically united region, rather than make the state just some sort of greater Persia.

[@noco7243]

To be fair there are *some* Iranians who are Arab, I know one. But yeah I see your point.

[@fadechicobuarque1989]

It looks like you are describing a book someone else would write to satirize of Ben Shapiro. Are we sure he wasn’t just mocking his own audience when he originally wrote it? I am kind of sad for him…

[@balganhyrede8735]

Ben Shapiro's *existence* is a mockery to his audience.

[@bilibiliism]

his audiences mocked themselves when they became his audiences

[@anevilrotisserie9136]

@@bilibiliism Sounds like they can take a joke.

[@alexrexaros9837]

Chapter -1 Page 1. Alright, so imagine that...

[@connordavenport4831]

"So let's say..."

[@gutta_the_III]

L-Lets say for the sake of argument that...

[@zio4590]

Now that we've established...

[@kurtjappy]

Am i not correct?

[@nafrililystone]

Ok hear me out...

[@felipegobattoscheibler4812]

Did Ben really name a black character "Big Jim" Crawford? ...Jim... Craw... ford? Jim Crow? Okay.

[@gaiusjuliuspleaser]

*BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK*

[@highsun76]

@@gaiusjuliuspleaser LMAOOOO

[@michaelblakemore3712]

Ben Shapiro = crawfish?

[@felipegobattoscheibler4812]

@@michaelblakemore3712 Well, he wouldn't be the first of his ilk to be compared to crustaceans.

[@andrewjennings7306]

I think that's a reach

[@matthewbell4897]

41:31 “but the president decides not to send I an air strike, because you know, Iran is a sovereign nation” Whoops, looks like we forgot about that.

[@sonic8005]

The fact that Ben thought an air strike on another nation's capital would be a good idea speaks more of him than it should

[@bilibiliism]

@@sonic8005 and the fact it actually happened...

[@thejuiceking2219]

wait, aren't nations generally sovereign by default? or am i confused?

[@hydras5947]

I’m sorry but every time I hear the name “Ben Shapiro” my brain translates it automatically into a spell to summon a bench

[@cryptekcathekh8798]

Now I can't unthink it ... The rest of this video will be weird for me.

[@Aspirider0220]

Bench Appearo

[@FractalSpiral1]

59:16 "They came from somewhere deeper." This can only mean that they pull their rights out of their ass. Truly, Ben Shapiro is a very smart man. Very much big brained.

[@jeremiasremix]

Shapiro and others seem to always imitate Ayn Rand. She wasn't good either. They all miss what 1984 did right: being "real". Their ficcional worlds are populated by binary beings. The men in Atlas Shrugged are such a heroes they give away their lover just because it was... rational!!

[@balganhyrede8735]

Criticizing both Ben Shapiro and Ayn Rand in the same comment? I'm detecting a pattern here. Clear antisemitism. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@sirnoisyboy117]

@@balganhyrede8735 Oy Vey! Shut it down!

[@vaderbuckeye36]

@@mikubrot If the politics are not the primary focus then its just a regular novel

[@futurestoryteller]

All books should be written by The Neturals from Futurama. "Our protagonist is an arbitrary selection of no particular characteristics, of indeterminate age, gender and stature. Their clothes are a medium gray/grey (we have no feelings about spelling) and they are not too tight, and not too loose. Their primary function in this story is to be as neutral as possible, and this author has no strong feelings about that "goal" whatsoever. You may decide for yourself whether our protagonist's purpose has been met, and therefore choose the ending at your discretion."

[@julianreviews8102]

Cyberr !! “I want political novels without politics”

[@grivous666]

Nobody: Comments: DESTROYED WITH FACTS AND LOGIC

[@aboxintheblack9530]

Grievous 666 more like everybody

[@torrent8446]

@Yeet1965 damn u destroyed him with facts and logic

[@hellboy6507]

“transfer is not a dirty word” Ben is correct in this case, it’s not a dirty word, so long as Transfer means transferring AOC feet pics to my Snapchat.

[@dylanschnabel4859]

One thing I’ve learned about propaganda is that sometimes it’s not about making new converts; it’s about convincing the already converted that their ideology is still relevant.

[@AllMightyLordOfClams]

@William Hancock I... what the bloody hell are you on about

[@AllMightyLordOfClams]

@William Hancock I never realised that white American nationalism has been around for 2,000 years man, I wasn’t even aware that there were white people in the Americas two thousand years ago. For heavens sake of COURSE ideologies become irrelevant over time. An ideology is a response to a social issue. It’s expected for them to at some point become irrelevant. I don’t think that the ideology that white Americans need black slaves to work in farms otherwise ‘the economy would crash’ is still relevant today. The ideology held by most doctors and psychologists in the late Victorian Period held that women develop panic disorders because they have penis envy isn’t what I would describe as relevant either. Plus literally anything that the Nazis ever said. Is blaming all of your country’s problems on the fact that Jewish people exist in it still a relevant ideology to today? Or would we say simply say “we’ve moved past that”. Because if you haven’t then that’s genuinely concerning.

[@AllMightyLordOfClams]

@William Hancock this response is so weird and nonsensical I don’t even know what I’m suppose to say to it? Christianity is not a political ideology?? It’s a religion?? Ben Shapiro isn’t Christian, he’s Jewish??? Why in God’s name would you even bring Christianity up in response to this guy’s comment???? The themes of Shapiro’s novel centre around extreme white American nationalism; Something which naturally breeds hatred and distrust towards anyone who isn’t a white American, which you can very clearly see demonstrated in Shapiro’s book. That’s why I brought it up. I also love that you focused more on the silly joke I made rather than the actual thesis of my response so good job.

[@enigmafiresup4658]

No shit sherlock. But that's not just true in propaganda but literally in every type of media we in take. Shapiro isn't trying to convince leftists to side with him, he's feeding off his already established right wing audience. This is the literal truth in everything. Converting people to different sides in politics is near impossible, even after countless debates. The only way someone gets converted is if they either didn't truly have a side to begin with or are unhappy with the way the party is moving. It's the entire reason political discussions are pointless...Nobody's changing their opinions no matter what is said.

[@enigmafiresup4658]

@@AllMightyLordOfClams I mean everything he's said is right. You literally said it yourself, that if people still haven't moved past those old ideologies then it's genuinely concerning, but the fact is some people haven't. Whether or not it's a bad thing doesn't matter, that proves it's relevancy.

[@TigerBrows]

"There wouldn't be any random shootings in this capitol building any time soon..." well, that aged poorly, didn't it, ben?

[@lapizanders5937]

Conservative Jingoistic rhetoric spun into a barely coherent, overly wordy narrative. Yeah, about what I expected when I heard about this. Dude, how did you stay sane reading this garbage for our sake?! Thanks for sparing our brain cells tho 😊

[@alexandrub8786]

He doesn't need to read it in one fo he can read a page,for mental healt reasons, and then to read a good book to recover.

[@balganhyrede8735]

Thank you for actually using the right word, instead of just using "Nationalism" as the blanket term.

[@bolshevikrasta1027]

@Dice Remnant why are you shitpiros white knight? are you the doctor we hear constantly about?

[@thereallocke8065]

My southern accent sounds like Lemonade and my Chinese girlfriend's sounds like dumplings

[@seb24789]

Then what does my german accent sound like? Sausage?

[@tereziamarkova2822]

Souhtern acccent sounds like a lemonade in a sense that it is a lot like gargling said beverage when pronouncing vowels.

[@technicallythecenteroftheu1349]

So, as a new yorker, my accent is bagels and pizza?

[@petraelliott5930]

as a southern californian, my accent sounds like traffic

[@blixer8384]

And my North Western Accent sounds like Salmon and Coffee. Which is weird because I don’t drink Coffee.

[@aspiring_cryptid]

Wait, wait, wait at 7:19 did it say that a bridge cable not only cut through a car, but vertically through a person?! What? How?

[@JamesTullos]

Man, if I stopped to bring up every detail like that we'd be here for days. It only gets worse from there.

[@beanburrito9215]

Sounds like some Final Destination shit

[@garn3590]

so the cut trough a car is just plain strange, still a bridge cable holds a loot of energy and it snapping would make some serious damages, less cutting and more mangling/reducing to a pulp though

[@bificommander]

I want to know how there was time to notice it, shout a warning, and have the old man follow the woman's gaze. I'm pretty sure a cable moving fast enough to do such damage (and to be fair, a snapping bridge cable has enough force behind it to do a lot of damage) is moving a bit too fast for all that to happen.

[@thejuiceking2219]

i mean, i've heard that loose heavy duty cables can do a lot of damage when they swing so like...maybe yeah, just checked, high suspension wires can do that sort of thing, considering how heavy they are and how much stress is released when it snapped so it's not unbelievable

[@lucasstemba]

"....so it seems like you're just sending all these people to die and using up all this money and equipment just to try and prop up a puppet regime" **South America screaming internally**

[@ShudowWolf]

I got Ben Stiller confused with Shapiro. So this video was making me very sad until I looked up Shapiro and realized I actually only heard his name and had no clue what he even looked like.

[@renaultr3565]

All you have to know about Ben 'Little Buddy' Shapiro is that when asked about American workers losing their jobs to overseas cheap labor he just laughed and said too bad. Fun guy.

[@balganhyrede8735]

The justice for those who falsely claim to champion one tribe against another is to be impaled by both. I'm pleased to see that manifest in this comment section.

[@spindoctor358]

Ben blames those who lost their jobs (or not getting paid well) for not taking better jobs. The guy hates working class _that_ much.

[@theArab__]

Renault R35 He’s a Zionist, what did you expect?

[@lycheestew]

40:54 "The rules don't apply to America" are we sure we're talking about fiction here

[@gabrielespana319]

Julia Sampson in some sense considering that rules only really apply to those who can be held accountable, and considering America’s unchallenged power on the world stage America basically can do what it wants with no challenge

[@theArab__]

He’s a Zionist, what did you expect? Shapiro really believes this shit

[@GachakoiThomas]

@@gabrielespana319 You say that but I remember the USS liberty and our true place on the totem pole.

[@crafty_badger]

Don't forget to sell your underwater homes! Upd: My first 100+ likes comment! Yay, thanks everyone! ^_^

[@blacctheangrypope958]

A few water Pokémon have now taken ahold of my house, still haven't gotten payment, though.

[@savannahsstars4757]

Aquaman bought mine, however he hasn't payed everything yet

[@balganhyrede8735]

Sell coastal areas to Climate Deniers. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@tinfoilslacks3750]

Genuine note to self: take advantage of rock bottom absurdly cheap flooded land and open crawdad and or mussel farm on it.

[@hellboy6507]

The problem with politically conservative books is that the main characters are usually Mary Sues. Badasses with no depth or struggle. Really just uninteresting arcs. Plus, the conservatism they push is the most elementary stuff. They don’t really explain why their moral system is the better one, just that it is. They don’t try to convince the reader that the main characters outlook is correct, they just expect you to already agree with them. They are preaching to the choir so to speak. Not ALL of them are the same, but there are definitely a lot that follow this shallow model.

[@HeadRedShot]

i can enjoy a mary sue, but if its just a mary sue just to be a mary sue its so uninteresting

[@fulcrum6760]

Holy shit so Onision’s books are conservative?

[@thrownswordpommel7393]

@@fulcrum6760 Not exactly, but he's got the same problem. Overpowered protagonists who have the moral high ground just because.

[@fulcrum6760]

Thrown Sword Pommel Oh wow. Like Yiik?

[@chongjunxiang3002]

@@fulcrum6760 Now you said that... with his constantly moral high ground altitude I can't stop imagine Shen Bapiro an Onision of conservative politic.

[@nines3048]

with a few tweaks, Soledad could actually be a kind of interesting villain. its got all the kinda morally grey stuff, and if she got a guerilla army behind her and a less elfish reason for existing in the story, you might actually have a decent character on your hands. it also helps that she's got the only name that isn't boring as hell (seriously, Brett Hawthorn?)

[@johannesseyfried7933]

Aquaman: "Well, Atlantis DOES have some slight Overpopulation Problems, so we would pay good Money for those Houses...."

[@SuperZez]

Wait, uh... Ben Shapiro... wrote a book? As in a non-fiction STORY? He doesn't just strike me as the sort of person who would be terrible at that. He strikes me as the sort of person who would HAVE TO KNOW that he'd be terrible at that.

[@Hawkatana]

He also wrote a collection of short stories. They're even worse.

[@AdrianCelsiusTepes]

The fact that his fiction wasn’t well received probably explains his saltiness regarding "liberal media".

[@evandavis7]

I've heard it said that the problem with writing about a character coming up with an amazing plan is that you, the writer, have to come up with that plan. And then Ben decides that Brett can just escape his captivity off-screen during the rescue.

[@utopua4all]

Um, I'm not a military expert, but it's said Brett is a military general. Am I the only person who's questioning why a GENERAL would be such a precarious situation? I mean when you say general, I'm expecting someone's who controlling a given situation from a safe - or a relatively safer - vantage point; not someone in the thick of things. I guess it's kind of like how a police commissioner wouldn't be involved in day to day policing regular police would be doing.

[@maniakkid25]

I've been looking for this comment! Yeah, Brett is a Brigadier General; WHERE THE HELL IS HIS BRIGADE?! That's only a few THOUSAND troops!

[@zenzenulous2243]

@@maniakkid25 not even a BRIGADE, army BrigGens are the deputy commanders of divisions. There is literally no reason he should be doing all of this himself.

[@randomperson8571]

1. That prologue--why didn't the mom just grab her daughter and run? That's better than sitting in your car, going nowhere, just waiting to die. I mean, I know that shock is a part of it, but normally you get at least one or two people in that situation (if not more) getting out of their car and trying to get off the crumbling bridge. 2. Somehow I don't think shooting the cellophane of a bomb would disable it, I think it would set it off, but, you know, any excuse to make guns look good (and just to be clear, I'm not anti-guns, and I don't care about people owning them legally, I just don't think trying to make it seem like "guns can do no wrong", which is the standard ideology for the conservatives and NRA, is a good idea. That's like saying "cars can do no wrong, let's let everybody use them" when we all know that cars are very capable of killing people and only licensed drivers should drive them. It's okay to own a car, as long as you know how to drive one. Same with guns--you can own one, just know how and when to use it.) 3. I can't believe Ben Shapiro came so close to understanding the feelings behind why terrorists do what they do, but then instead of having a revelation and changing his rhetoric from anti-Islam to anti-terrorism, he just. Fucking excused terrorism. As long as it's "for America." Like. What?! 4. Gotta love the big man count. Damn. I think that the fact that this book is so nonsensical is a huge indication that Shapiro himself is nonsensical, and so are all of his "arguments." Also, the fact that he keeps on projecting problems with America onto other countries (police brutality namely) is further indication that he shouldn't be taken seriously.

[@johanliebert5269]

Ben doesn’t just disagree and move on... *he needs to make his opponent feel wrongheaded and stupid for not agreeing with him*

[@mrana2424]

And he’s a dumbass himself so

[@enigmafiresup4658]

Isn't that literally what everyone in THIS comment section is doing?

[@leftIncel]

@@enigmafiresup4658 Ben Shapiro called Iraq people “Arabic” even though they are two different things, he lumped to groups of brown people together, I don’t know, bro seems kind of racist, why would you defend a racist?

[@enigmafiresup4658]

@@leftIncel being uninformed isn’t racist, it’s just being uninformed. I got no idea what the context of my previous comment above even was or if i even agree with it still, but your reasoning here is definitely wrong.

[@leftIncel]

@@enigmafiresup4658 it’s called being an “ignorant rac ist” it’s the lowest form of racist someone can be, it’s still a bad thing, and Ben Shapiro should’ve known better, BUT you’re right I shouldn’t assume that you’re defending him, because you’re making fun of other people in this comment section, and I shouldn’t claim that you’re a racist for ‘defending him’ BUT I still stand by my opinion of him.

[@zsuzsmoux6109]

I am not one to shame men for their height or anything but Ben Shapiro has MAJOR manlet energy.

[@jeyyran]

manlet is a state of mind, and he's fully immersed in it

[@samuelbarber6177]

‘Environmentalists lobbying against oil funded by the Saudi Governments.’ That doesn’t make sense.

[@florinivan6907]

There is a way to make that make sense. Like if the saudis funded environmemtalist groups to commit various felonies against Big Oil.Which would obviously lead to a lot of negative publicity. Ie discredit the movement. Or they provided funding to the most extreme types that no one takes seriously. Controlling the opposition through discrediting them by having it use extreme methods is a tried and tested tactic. But you need to actually establish that in story.

[@samuelbarber6177]

@@florinivan6907 If you tried that, you’d probably have to establish exactly what felonies they are performing, not to mention why the Saudi Governments would go for actual environmentalists, something which could go very wrong, very quickly, and also that at this point, people would still support them in spite of this. This just comes off as Ben Shapiro thinking: “Hmm, two things I hate. Let’s put them together!”

[@florinivan6907]

@@samuelbarber6177 As I said there are ways to make this concept work. For example saudi funding could go towards environmentalists with completely over the top ideas say return to a hunter gatherer society while groups with normal ideas find that their funding is no more for some reason. Every group no matter how well intentioned will have some kooks and the opposition might very well find ways to promote those and discredit the entire movement. A good writer can come up with a very compelling narrative by having the 'good guys' be secretly manipulated by the 'bad guys'. But this requires knowledge of how such things are done in real life something that Beny doesn't know.

[@fairycat23]

What does it say when I'm impressed that at no point (to my knowledge) did Soledad's (or any other woman character for that matter) chest heave as she titted away from the place where she committed not-terrorism? Like, is the bar really that low?

[@balganhyrede8735]

Heaving Beasts and Niffles, my man. Don't forget the Throbbing Pens, I suspect that's what Shapiro wrote the first draft with.

[@kk8490]

I remember seeing this review back when I was in a “dipshit libertarian” phase and nominally liked Ben Shapiro. I’ve always loved your channel and a part of me knew what you’d say and I didn’t want to hear it. Thank god I’ve become a less awful person.

[@DamnDawg414]

Bruh you were never a libertarian no real libertarian likes Ben Shapiro

[@deadinthename]

Real time character development

[@bavingeter423]

More character development in this comment than in Ben Shapiro’s fiction

[@anarquia201]

Talking about Ben Shapiro garanties menbers of his cult of "facts and logic" to enters this comments to defend their belives by personal opnions and calling you a comie

[@whatwhat7119]

Nah, hes pretty shit as a person, he can just argue some things really well. Hes the Netanyahu of America. Except he hasnt blames the jewish faith leaders for the holocaust yet.

[@vallergergo737]

@@whatwhat7119 Except for the fact that he can't argue well. He just knows how to give the impression that he argues well.

[@whatwhat7119]

@@vallergergo737 which is why I say some topics. Anything thats straight forward he can do. Anything with a bit of nuance like prison problems or welfare he cant wrap his head around.

[@lukevolant7431]

@@vallergergo737 ehh... He is an amazing debater but debating and arguing are two different things

[@vallergergo737]

@@lukevolant7431 No he is not. For more info: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJSrgaCMrdl5rZo

[@frostyenderman13]

Big Man Counter? What is this, Trigger Warning?!

[@waspoppin4784]

Tawny Ventura lul

[@13gudadod]

Lol

[@noamdsi123]

THANK YOU

[@maximusmedia8412]

There’s a reason why conservative art is almost always a failure

[@maximusmedia8412]

Matthew Fox “art”

[@commodoreluigi1596]

Most politcallly motivated art is shit

[@comradeviper4054]

Mood...

[@MrColuber]

Progressive art is catching up sadly enough...

[@literallygaston2489]

Commodore Luigi Lmao you must not know much about art then.

[@bingolos9063]

I personally believe that Ben Shapiro took the "geneva suggestion" and "civillian are non active combatant" meme too serious

[@SarahElisabethJoyal]

"the youngest general in the US Army" *Theresa Hartley has entered the chat*

[@awhahoo]

Who is that?

[@SarahElisabethJoyal]

@@awhahoo Empress Theresa. One of the more ridiculous plot points is that she's made a five-star general at 19 with zero combat experience.

[@awhahoo]

@@SarahElisabethJoyal Im getting star wars AOTC flashbacks....

[@NapaCat]

@@awhahoo The subject of a novel written by a narc who argued with critics online

[@berengustav7714]

The Clone Wars:all Jedi are generals even the 13 -year olds!

[@brody5409]

"my wife sounds like a racist oboe" that's... some sort of character building i think

[@TravisBroski]

This story is like Spec Ops: The Line, except you’re praised a hero and nothing has consequences and is seen as great and just.

[@andrewmandrona7891]

"3D Printed gun, so it doesn't have any metal" WHAT ARE THE BULLETS MADE OF???

[@aepigeons9375]

I read 'WHAT ARE THE BULLETS MADE OF???' in the 'SELL THEIR HOUSES TO WHO, BEN? FUCKING AQUAMAN!?' voice, and it's excellent.

[@punchyboi6915]

FUCKING TINFOIL!

[@saraangel6696]

Well, up until today, i had no idea of the existence of ben shapiro. That changed. Thanks, i hate it.

[@FieryMeltman]

Yup. He's got tons of loyal followers in the U.S.

[@johannageisel5390]

Oh, you blessed one, having avoided this evil for so long! Sorry to hear you happiness was destroyed. :(

[@reveranttangent1771]

I'm sorry for your loss

[@alexandrub8786]

Funny thing he is attacked from the right now. Apparently they have a mini civil war.

[@mikecoxlong5009]

You hate that he's right

[@Moonlitwatersofaqua]

Imagine living in a world where governments sponsoring construction and environmental clean up jobs in a recession is seen as fascism. This is literally fucking Keynesian economics Ben. A theory of economics designed to prevent fascism's rise. Ignoring that how does Ben think roads are built and maintained?

[@tinfoilslacks3750]

Ben directly opposes Keynesian economics and supports Supply Side economics. Imagine if you had Sowell do a puppet show for third graders and asked one to repeat the nuances to you and that's Ben.

[@tlozfreak888]

"SELL THEIR HOUSES TO WHO, BEN? F*****G AQUAMAN?" Gets me every time

[@TravisBroski]

I remember being a Shapiro fan unironically... yikes...

[@noah-vf6dy]

You're not the only one, buddy.

[@eanlundy4683]

Same here 😂

[@jirojhasuo2ndgrandcompany745]

this comment thread is a bruh moment

[@AllisonMiller30]

I was never a fan of him, but I was a conservative at one time in my life.

[@ender5892]

@@AllisonMiller30 same ... for some reason I felt like I had to agree with Ben Shapiro and every conservative man ever because if I didn't I was a bad sjw feminist woman ally of the lgbtq community and a communist dictator

[@tianxia189]

I really appreciate how you critique both the writing mechanics as well as the political aspect and show how both are terrible. Because that’s what propaganda be.

[@idiot3412]

What. How is anything propaganda

[@koalasandwich567]

Ben Sharpiro is just that whiny 12 year old kid that annoys you, but he's grown up

[@pbthroggy]

"Let's say, for the sake of the argument, that you infact have games on your phone."

[@paramike97]

pretty bold of ben to assume his audience even reads

[@artcorbeau]

can they even read

[@balganhyrede8735]

"Let's, for the sake of argument, assume my audience reads. If I were to write a book, pretending to care about them, would the fact that they can read imply that they would be able to detect my deception, or can we safely assume that just because a person reads, this doesn't mean they are intelligent?"

[@MidnightSnackx]

@@artcorbeau yes

[@purpledragon3075]

Why didn't Solidad just sell her home and move?

[@jurtra9090]

To who? Aquaman?

[@ellah6188]

Being only 215 pounds for a 6'3 guy seems kinda skinny but sure,, he's a "bear of a man"

[@sagecolvard9644]

Well, the book was written by a 113 pound 5'7 man, so it's relatively bear-like.

[@rivera229]

@@sagecolvard9644 Isn't Ben shorter than 5'7? I thought he was 5'4.

[@sagecolvard9644]

@@rivera229 idk, I just looked at the first result that came up when I googled it. I also saw 5'4 and 5'9.

[@rivera229]

@@sagecolvard9644 Look it up again we might see 6', who knows?

[@milicadiy]

Yes, he is 5'4.

[@connie_d]

"604 foot tower" Gotta be accurate about those extra 4 feet, they make all the difference

[@B6B]

One of my best friends was a firefighter for years. Pulling mangled bodies out car wrecks really affects people. It's not something you want to broadcast.

[@freemantle85]

So it is basically a really bad attempt at writing a Tom Clancy book

[@stevenkramer6217]

Since we’re pointing out issues, invading Mexico would, AT BEST lead to. A major international incident. And can a state governor even order the invasion of a sovereign country without the presidents approval? Seems like if it’s going to affect American foreign policy, then the president should be involved.

[@maxgrozema1093]

Republicans are already advocating for something like this. You can't make it up.

[@addisonhamilton3382]

im fucking crying at the whole 3d printed gun idea... for someone who loves guns so much he clearly doesn't know a damn thing about them. the combustion needed to fire the bullet properly would shred a plastic gun. the bullet would go NOT where it was aimed, and probably not fast enough to kill. the plastic shrapnel would probably do more damage lmao and EVEN IF YOU DONT KNOW HOW GUNS WORK JUST THINK ABOUT IT if a 3d printed gun was a possibility, does he honestly think no one would have done it yet? that metal detectors would still be the go to security measure? idk y but the whole idea has me rolling

[@Cajaquarius]

If you like that, you should read his Sci Fi short story anthology. At one point, a protagonist in one cauterizes a bleeding wound with stomach acid.

[@emilsinclair4190]

Actually 3 d printed weapons are possible if we use certain new types of materials. I read an article that currently some parts need to be metal but that it is likely that new materials can replace them.

[@addisonhamilton3382]

@@emilsinclair4190 i will acknowledge that 3d printed guns may be possible in the future, but the way he described it - as being a way to avoid metal detectors - wouldnt work. the metal that is necessary in a gun would be detected.

[@UnforgetableLuncheon]

The few purely 3d printed designs I have seen employ rather thick walls, and even then they don't last very long. At that point, just saw down a longer arm (the likes of rifles and shotguns) or use a properly manufactured pistol.

[@tlozfreak888]

​@@addisonhamilton3382yeah, like, you know, a somewhat minor part of a gun The bullets

[@Fartsmellahashsella]

What, a book written by a political figure was bad? In other news, water is wet

[@Orphic_eunoia]

Ironically, the target demographic for this particular story burns books rather than reads them.