Having been ousted last month from The Daily Wire for criticizing Israel’s genocide in Gaza, which intellectually dishonest and cowardly media outlets like CNN have stupidly equated to “antisemitic rhetoric” (the usual accusation aimed at silencing legitimate criticism of the self-described “Jewish state”), Candace Owens on Twitter last week challenged the Daily Wire’s founder, Ben Shapiro, to a debate “on Israel and the *current* definition of antisemitism”. Shapiro responded by accepting the challenge on the condition he would host it himself on his own platform. Owens replied by proposing “a neutral, trustworthy platform.” Shapiro’s telling response was to accuse Owens of wanting “to hide behind a moderator”.
So Candace Owens reasonably suggests a neutral platform, and Ben Shapiro insists on his own platform while describing the neutrality proposal as "hiding behind a moderator".
We can see why Shapiro would not want there to be a neutral moderator. https://t.co/QFMoQIClmN
— Jeremy R. Hammond (@jeremyrhammond) April 6, 2024
This morning in my Twitter feed (yeah, I know we’re supposed to call it “X” now, but it’s still Twitter to me), I saw this response of Dave Smith’s to someone accusing him of having discredited and “beclowned” himself:
Oh shut up. Saying “Hamas is now in control of the Biden administration.” Is George W level dumb. Just another BS lie because that’s all you guys have. You would flip out if someone said Israel is in control of our government, even though that’s 1000x closer to reality. https://t.co/K4QZucowS1
— Dave Smith (@ComicDaveSmith) April 9, 2024
Curious as to who would say something as stupid as “Hamas is now in control of the Biden administration,” I clicked through the thread to find that it was none other than Ben Shapiro, in a tweet to which Smith had responded with the sarcastic remark, “Aid to Israel must be unconditional otherwise you’re a terrorist!!!”