r/benshapiro • u/Wreckit-Jon • Oct 07 '24

I feel like this channel has an identity crisis. Ben reacts to the most random videos sometimes... Ben Shapiro Discussion/critique

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u/PM_ME_UR_COFFEE_CUPS Oct 07 '24

Pretty sure he just does these because his social media team says he needs engagement. I can’t imagine he enjoys it. 

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u/Wreckit-Jon Oct 07 '24

Yeah, just seems weird when his main deal is political news. Like, imagine a news anchor telling you about the recent bombings in Israel and then switching to do a reaction on a Willy Wonka video. It's a bit odd.

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u/narcabusesurvivor18 Oct 21 '24

Although he does cover a lot of culture stuff so a lot of these shorts play into that

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u/The_Didlyest Oct 07 '24

Did they get him to play Minecraft one time?

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u/thirdlost Oct 07 '24

Trying to not e all-politics all-serious all the time. A lot of what l Ben talks about is the culture not just politics

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u/Wreckit-Jon Oct 07 '24

True, and I don't mind the reaction stuff to some of the cultural trends and woke tiktoks and that sort of thing.

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u/omega552003 Oct 08 '24

Ben is a cinephile so this isn't abnormal.

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u/sbeven7 Oct 08 '24

Don't forget failed screenwriter

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u/Prankstaboy6 Oct 08 '24

Obviously scripted to help engagement.

Move along.

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u/devonjosephjoseph Oct 09 '24

Shapiro is a pragmatist. If his analyst convinced him that doing these is better for his channel, message and bottom line, he’ll do it.

I’m not conservative but I often like to hear what Shapiro has to say because he is inclined toward logic.

At the same time I think his commitment to pragmatism is a bit extreme and therefore disingenuous. He says out loud that nobody should take seriously anything Trump says, and then says we should vote for him because he’s likely to push the conservative platform. “This is what logical pragmatic people would do”, he says. Really?? Is it pragmatic to vote a non-trustworthy, narcissistic sociopath into the highest office in the world just to push your own ideologies on the rest of us??

I think he’s disguising short sightedness as pragmatism, which is disingenuous.

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u/unamusedaccountant Oct 25 '24

If the opposition is Bill Clinton or Bob Dole, I’d be inclined to agree with you. However, with Kamala, there really is no other option than to vote for Trump. Ben threw away his vote in 2016 when, by his logic, Trump was untrustworthy. The logic has shifted as Kamala is the farthest left Democrat that has ever run for president.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '24

engagement bait

ben probably hates it but the views matter most end of the day

it's the fault of you lot for not paying attention during the book club