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2020-06-25 Home Front: Politix
Two Ben Shapiros In One On The Bubba Smollett Story
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Posted by charger 2020-06-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top

#1 I know Ace has been ragging on this guy for a while now; nice to finally get an example of Shapiro's two faces.
Posted by Raj 2020-06-25 01:41||   2020-06-25 01:41|| Front Page Top

#2  vile specimens of humanity,

If that is Gab, I'm not impressed.
Posted by SteveS 2020-06-25 01:51||   2020-06-25 01:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Julio
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@PNN Ben Shapiro makes me wish the holocaust was real.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-06-25 02:03||   2020-06-25 02:03|| Front Page Top

#4 everything needs a good washing.
Posted by newc 2020-06-25 02:51||   2020-06-25 02:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Is it two-faced to modify your position when new facts come out? That's not being two faced, that's being sane.

Is it two-faced to trust experts at the scene who that this is not a hoax (NASCAR immediately jumped in and said it was a noose) even if you suspect its a hoax because every other time has been a hoax? I don't think that is. In today's day and age I think that's just being prudent.
Posted by rjschwarz 2020-06-25 11:53||   2020-06-25 11:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Most vile comment section on the Gab post I've ever seen.
Posted by rjschwarz 2020-06-25 11:55||   2020-06-25 11:55|| Front Page Top

#7 One wants one’s commentators to respond to the facts when they develop from initial impressions.

The fact is that the "noose" was always a garage pull.

Shapiro's first instinct was to go with the "noose" narrative, despite the history of such things being a hoax.

He did the same thing when the Covington kids story broke. First he retweeted attacks on them and then later "defended" them when the wind shifted.

I wouldn't care, except that this weasel is constantly being pushed as a "conservative leader" to people who don't know any better.

The Gab comment thread below was indeed vile, but that's where the post was.
Posted by charger 2020-06-25 13:14||   2020-06-25 13:14|| Front Page Top

#8 Is it two-faced to modify your position when new facts come out?

It's clear from Shapiro's first tweet that he reached the conclusion of guilty before any facts came out.
Posted by Raj 2020-06-25 16:16||   2020-06-25 16:16|| Front Page Top

#9 He's probably was thinking they wouldn't mistake a garage door pull for a noose, either.
Posted by gorb 2020-06-25 16:38||   2020-06-25 16:38|| Front Page Top

#10 I think he trusted NASCAR wouldn't bend over for a hoax. They confirmed the noose. Then the FBI investigated and realized the obvious.
Posted by rjschwarz 2020-06-25 16:55||   2020-06-25 16:55|| Front Page Top

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