Comments on: Ben Shapiro just shot to the top of my reading list

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 02:03:10 +0000

Question and challenge the premise of the Left, which is that 1. they want to save the children (they really don’t, check out Chicago and New Orleans if you don’t believe me, both Democrat fiefdoms) and 2. they know what is best for the American people, and 3. they have the power and the right to do things to “fix” the issue.

“There’s no conspiracy here.”

Or rather, there is a conspiracy, but it’s something people refuse to accept, so they label it a fantasy, rather than take it seriously. Up until the tyranny boots them upside the head, that is. Then they take it seriously. The power of the Left knows no bounds and they operate not by the terrorist cellular principle but by the united common psychology of the mob and the death cult. That is to say, they do things as one single alliance and union, without necessarily organizing it within individual cells or across wide strategic groups.

“Sadly, he will probably never get invited back on Liberal/Left Propaganda Media.”

Which is always a credit to one’s moral and ethical virtues. The fact of the matter is, the Leftist alliance always knows who is evil and who is good. They deny the good, and accept the evil, that’s how you can tell. They are not the Left because I call them by their chosen name. They are the Left because they will kick your arse off if you aren’t evil like them or are a threat to said regime.

By: BombthePeasants

BombthePeasants — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:45:17 +0000

I’m going to buck the trend here, and say his effort was a bit lackluster, for this reason: He let Piers drag him down into the minutiae of the argument, such as stronger background checks, withholding rights for mentally ill and criminals, etc. I wish someone would strike at the heart of the liberal platform, and that’s the fallacy of “need”. Who in hell is anyone to say what it is that we need or don’t need? No one needs a motorcycle or a speedboat or lawn darts or a 4 gallon megaflush Atomic toilet, but who’s right is it to deny us these things based on “need”? The way I see it, this issue really goes down to Free Will. In their mind, the ordinary human being ultimately cannot control themselves, so it’s up to the enlightened few to dictate their “needs”. A man cannot control his sexual urges, so the women must dress in a full body scarf; sound familiar? I own several M1 Garands, which I don’t “NEED”, but I am a World War II buff, and I like the “PING” sound when the clip flies after the last round is fired. I am bitterly angry with people who would tell me that owning them should be against the law, after all I don’t “need” them. I am a Free Will being, a freeborn American male, and I resent any so-called “authority” dictating to me what I need or don’t need. Forgive me for the repetitiveness, it’s the visceral anger at tyranny that gets me riled up.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:42:14 +0000

Hi Book. It’s been awhile. Anyway this young man seems to be pretty smart although I can’t say I’ve been following to closely your site and other things for the last few months. Seems I have become hooked on G+ and also acquired a Kindle Fire HD 8.9 just before Christmas. I am getting your new emailings though and appreciate that as then I can take a leisurely peek at what’s happening.
Anyway hope all is well out there in liberal land and you have a great year.
“Semper Fi
Mike

By: phaedruscj

phaedruscj — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:16:49 +0000

Well put Ms Bookworm
Mr Shapiro has not gone unoticed by other conservative sites.
Unfortunately this makes Mr Shapiro a dangerous man for the left.
Perhaps you should establish a pool for how long it will take the left to start their personal attacks on him through discovery of some terrible mistake made in his past life.

By: Danny Lemieux

Danny Lemieux — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 05:11:29 +0000

More Orwellian language corruption in government and the media (but I repeat myself):
Affordable Health Care Act
American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
Arbeit macht frei

By: JohnC

JohnC — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 02:54:45 +0000

On the subject of the media defining the terms and establishing the premise of the discussion:

I noticed something just yesterday. ‘The Newtown Shooting’, the ‘Newtown shooter’, ‘mass shootings’, etc… Always the word ‘shoot’ in every story about the murders. Why not ‘The Newtown Murders’? The ‘Newtown murderer’? ‘Mass murder’?

No. We must always be reminded that the children weren’t just murdered, they were shot! The very name of the tragedy is meant to reinforce the idea that shooting equals dead children. Shooting is bad. Shooting is always bad. Can’t have shooting without guns. Therefore, guns are bad!

“Words mean things.” The main stream media sets the narrative and drives it home.

By: MorowbieJukes

MorowbieJukes — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 02:29:27 +0000

@Oldflyer – A deceased gay friend of mine told me on one occasion some years ago that he did not like the term ‘gay’. He said he preferred the term “queer”. He said that there was nothing gay about the lifestyle and that ‘queer’ was a term far more appropriate to the lifestyle.

By: Oldflyer

Oldflyer — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:19:14 +0000

Agree wholeheartedly with the “question the premise” advice. One of my peeves for some time is that Conservative spokes persons allow the other side to define the terms, and establish the premise of the discussion.
Especially galling is the re-definition of terms to disguise the facts. For me it started with the corruption of the word gay. Why? By what stretch of anyone’s imagination?
Lest I be written off as a homophobe, or in the corrupted vernacular of the day–anti-gay–there are many other examples of corrupted terms. An obvious one is “pro-choice”. (The victim in an abortion event does not have a choice.)
Well, enough of that. Breitbart was on target. Good for Shapiro, and I hope that others will follow his lead.

By: Freddie Sykes

Freddie Sykes — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:16:46 +0000

Question their premise and make them define their vocabulary. Whoever gets to define the meaning of words, often wins. And finally, study fallacies: Morgan tried an Appeal to Authority. Shapiro answered “So?”

By: Zhombre

Zhombre — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:40:34 +0000

I find it ironic that people in the movie & TV industry pride themselves on using the medium to advance their liberal social agenda and change opinions and attitudes (for example the spate of antiwar movies when Bush was POTUS, and the positive portrayals of gays esp, those in committed relationships), and can point to measurable success in that endeavor, I’m sure; but the flip side of the coin, the effects of violence in movies and video games on impressionable and often unstable youths, is categorically denied; and when confronted, like QT in a recent interview, these people get absolutely livid.