Breitbart’s Ben Shapiro Pretends To Be Bullied By The Left

Now that Breitbart acolyte Ben Shapiro’s Obama “race” and “radical” bombshells have – well, bombed – it appears that Shapiro has turned his America-hating hostilities into a book. And just as Sean Hannity gave Shapiro a friendly, unquestioning, credible airing for the ridiculous 1990 Obama-hug video, so was Shapiro welcomed on last night’s Hannity where he made the ridiculous claim that the right has been silenced by the left - and then urged his side to start fighting and ignore the Geneva Conventions. While demonstrating a breathtaking ignorance about what those Conventions say.

Wouldn’t you know? Shapiro is another GOP Special Victim. Poor widdle Shapiro calls the left “bullies” and whines about how their “culture of fear and intimidation silences America.” Just pay no attention to his prime time Fox News appearances. Or his boast about being a bestselling author and nationally syndicated columnist. It must be the prime time hosts like Hannity and Bill O’Reilly who are too intimidated to speak out about how they’ve been silenced.

Nevertheless, Shapiro revealed the “top five bullies working with the president.” “Endless,” Hannity sneered. Well, it takes one – or two or three – to know one, eh?

Shapiro sounded downright ignorant as he whined that having George Stephanopoulos on ABC would be akin to having Karl Rove as “the real anchor on a news program… It’s craziness.”

Oh, you mean like how Rove interrupted and interfered with Fox News’ coverage of the 2012 election? Or how he was presented as a neutral pundit to comment on a presidential debate? Either Shapiro was so busy nosing around ancient videos of Obama that he missed that or he thinks IOKIYAR.

Or he thought we'd be too stupid to notice. Shapiro went on to make the dubious accusation that the reason Mitt Romney lost is because of “the race card, the sex card and the class warfare card.” Nice to know you think your country is a bunch of dupes, Ben!

Hannity put on his phony-baloney sincere face and said he thought Shapiro was “making really valid points,” and asked “How would you counter it?”

Shapiro’s answer would have bone chilling if I thought he’d have any more success than he did with his “Look Who Obama Hugged In Law School!” video.

We can’t be civil with them. We can’t… We have reached the end of bipartisanship. We’ve reached the end of civility. It’s like the Geneva Conventions? These people are out of uniform. Once they exit the realm of civility, they are now fair game. And it’s enough playing fair with them. It’s enough having the moral high ground. We’ve had the moral high ground. It means that we lose. We need to start fighting back and fighting back hard.

Yes, our little armchair general is mustering his troops and beating his chest – and not mentioning that he has yet to spend a single day doing any real fighting for our country.

Oh, and Ben? If you knew anything about the Geneva Conventions, you’d know that it’s when people are out of uniform that the rules apply. Or are you likening your fellow Americans to Al Qaeda-like terrorists?

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Kevin Koster commented 2013-02-03 15:50:59 -0500 · Flag

John, you may want to actually go back and look at Ben Shapiro’s appearances and think about your statement a little more. Shapiro hasn’t chronicled anything other than his own distaste for people with whom he disagrees. Just because he does so with a smirk does not mean that he’s actually proven anything. And the disarray that Breitbart’s company is plunging into should give anyone pause.

Your comment about public money being “forcibly taken” makes no sense. If you mean that tax money gets allocated to a variety of programs, almost all of which one part or another of the population would prefer not to fund, then you’re just stating the obvious. We all have things that our taxes fund which we don’t agree with – but we all agree to be part of this country and to pay our taxes. Are you saying that you only want your taxes to go for those programs you like? If so, join the club.

John Smith commented 2013-02-02 14:56:03 -0500 · Flag

Ben carefully and accurately chronicled the “long march” of cultural marxism via political bullying. The fact that public money is now forcibly taken from taxpayers to fund leftist bully political organizations (often under the facade of “education”) should have been covered as well.

Kevin Koster commented 2013-01-12 14:49:29 -0500 · Flag

The only thing that Shapiro accomplished in his on-set attack on Piers Morgan was that he made a point of refusing to concede anything. He came in with a pre-set series of talking points and he never veered off of them. So you could give him credit for consistency, even if what he was saying was scurrilous. But he didn’t actually make any cogent points.

He came on Morgan’s set with a smirk on his face and proceeded to accuse Morgan of “standing on the bodies of the children killed at Sandy Hook”, which was a jab intended to upset Morgan. He then produced a copy of the Constitution and tried to imply that Morgan hadn’t read it or understood it. He then made a series of comments accusing the left of bullying but not acknowledging where the left and the right have agreement over the issue of gun violence. When Morgan produced the 1994 joint statement of Reagan, Carter and Ford supporting the assault weapons ban, Shapiro’s only response was “So what?”

Shapiro’s intention here was clear. He wanted to plug his book and irritate Morgan into saying something emotional. The moments where Morgan clearly did become irritated at Shapiro’s antics were the ones where Shapiro’s smirking was most apparent. It was a notably unpleasant appearance, and one that only illustrates Shapiro’s increasing desperation as the Breitbart website gets into more and more trouble.

sandman1 commented 2013-01-12 00:23:09 -0500 · Flag

@libpuncher; Keep looking for that ‘masculine liberal’, i believe in Don’t Ask, Don’t tell, in your case.

Aria Prescott commented 2013-01-11 14:26:44 -0500 · Flag

Libpuncher: Are you talking about that pathetic interview where Shapiro responded to every counterpoint Morgan made by calling him a bully, then basically rehashing his last point? Yeah, I saw that- I also saw that Fox Nation and all the RW blogs seem to consider that “decimating him.” Reality, meanwhile, couldn’t stop snickering long enough to give an assertion past “A for balls, D- for content.”

BTW, nice name- It saved me the trouble of wondering whether or not I should take anything you say seriously during what tenure you keep as a commenter.

mj - the same one commented 2013-01-11 13:51:00 -0500 · Flag

“That’s what happens when you go against the right. You lose.”

Yep — the 2012 Presidential Election proved that.

Oh wait . . .

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Libpuncher commented 2013-01-11 13:34:28 -0500 · Flag

Shapiro beat the crap out of Piers Morgan. That’s what happens when you go against the right. You lose. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a masculine liberal, they’re always feminine.

365conservative commented 2013-01-11 11:02:06 -0500 · Flag

Whaaaaa….called out for claiming everyone who disagrees is racist….whaaaaaa….pay your fair share …. whaaaa…put yall in CHAINS!!! whaaa

365conservative commented 2013-01-11 11:00:48 -0500 · Flag

Whaaaaa….called out for claiming everyone who disagrees is racist….whaaaaaa…. Pay your fair share …. whaaaa…put yall in CHAINS!!! whaaa

Visitor 55 commented 2013-01-10 19:22:41 -0500 · Flag

@twobittroll,

First, JFK would be proud of the Democratic party today. Unlike your savior st ronnie raygun who would be kicked out of the repubic party. You know it’s true.

No, the healthcare bill was not “rammed” down your shitfilled throat. What’s being rammed down your throat is FoxGOPTV bullshit. You’re not bright enough to know the difference.

Please provide CREDIBLE proof that Speaker Pelosi, President Obama or Sen. Reid bullied/bribed every vote. Note-batshitcrazy beckkk or any other neocon/teabagger is not a CREDIBLE source.

Your next point is just plain stupid. You don’t even know why you hate President Obama, Speaker Pelosi and Sen. Reid, do you. You just know that your FoxGOPTV masters tell you to hate them, and like a well trained sheep, you do exactly what you’re told.

Lakeview Greg commented 2013-01-10 16:32:42 -0500 · Flag

Ben Shapiro and the rest of the nutballs are not being silenced. For eight damn years they were coddled and nurtured, their every word taken as “truth” by so many. Now, people are questioning and standing up and saying “Bullshit” to their nationalistic rants.

So if you call being questioned “silenced,” then you are. But you are really being a spoiled whiny baby.

scooter commented 2013-01-10 12:21:35 -0500 · Flag

“We can’t be civil with them. We can’t… We have reached the end of bipartisanship. We’ve reached the end of civility.”

This already happened from your side Ben, with the advent of FOX news years ago. There has been no civility or bipartisan discourse for years and the blame lies squarely with the right. Your attitude of “my way or the highway” gained you some followers initially, but America doesn’t work like that, and thankfully your days are numbered.

Thx4 Fish commented 2013-01-10 11:25:18 -0500 · Flag

We should not dismiss the whackos entirely. Perhaps he feels he has been silenced by the laws of the country that don’t permit him to make direct threats to individuals or the goverment, or the laws that prevent him from taking over any of the major news networks that don’t promote his agenda. The list of the ways he is ‘silenced’ could be endless. I actually think this is what he means by being silenced—that the right has not perpetrated a coup against our current government.

MarksTwoCents commented 2013-01-10 11:14:02 -0500 · Flag

You libs are a. liars or b. delusional. Modern day “Democrats” (JFK wouldn’t recognize the party and would reject the Progressive movement/takeover). Healthcare bill wasn’t rammed down our throats? Pelosi/Obama/Reid Bullied every vote – OR bribed. We hate Obama/Pelosi/Reid et al POLICIES/TAXING/SPENDING, not his skin! The main bullying tactic is your despicable false racism claims.

doors17 commented 2013-01-10 11:08:07 -0500 · Flag

The right has not been silenced by the left. The credit for that goes to the voters. In fact I encourage them to keep talking as loudly as possible. Eventually they’ll begin to comprehend why root canal is more popular than they are today.

sandman1 commented 2013-01-10 10:15:31 -0500 · Flag

Shapiro is upset that his 15 minutes is being ignored, forcing him back to clown college.

Dave Ramos commented 2013-01-10 08:38:33 -0500 · Flag

“631 people like NewsHounds.us”

Visitor 55 commented 2013-01-10 08:12:52 -0500 · Flag

LOL! So in shaprio’s shitfilled world, right wingers are being intimidated and bullied by "feminizedgunhatingunindustriouslazygodlessgovernmentdependpent librulz. So what ben shapiro is oinking is that neocon/teabaggers are nothing but sissified shit-pantied pussies. That sounds about right.

Kevin Koster commented 2013-01-10 05:38:50 -0500 · Flag

I agree that Shapiro is doing anything he can to sound outrageous and get attention for Breitbart’s sites. This isn’t the first time he’s tried this approach, but the difference now is that less and less right wingers appear to be paying attention to him. That’s not to mention the growing cracks in the organization. (Witness the mess with Dana Loesch…)

But the best parts of this come with Shapiro’s inability to understand what happened with the election in November. Like Limbaugh, like various other right wingers, he’s choosing to blame the voters for not going his way, and he’s choosing to blame anything and everything he can to avoid looking at the facts around the GOP losses. And to top it off, he’s advocating that the GOP throw a huge tantrum rather than participate in governing. Meaning that he’d rather just have four more years of GOP intransigence, spiked with even more personal attacks and nastiness, if that’s possible.

Antoinette commented 2013-01-10 03:18:48 -0500 · Flag

Let’s cut to the chase, when Andy passed away, he took his online publications with him to the grave.

Ben Shapiro is no Andy, and the right-wing masses have moved on to other right-wing publications such as the Daily Caller.

The Breitbart publications are declining. The conservative masses have taken down images of Andy on Twitter and Facebook. Benny is trying to save a sinking ship, but in the end, the Breitbart publications will fade off into the sunset.

NOTE TO SHAPIRO

Fold the publication. No one cares, or talks about Andy in the conservative media-including Fox News Channel.

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