Thread by @ninaandtito

seeing some "OMG BEN SHAPIRO COULD NOT POSSIBLY LEAD PEOPLE DOWN THE SLIPPERY SEWAGE SLOPE OF HATRED INTO ANTI-SEMITISM BECAUSE BEN IS JEWISH."
you don't understand how radicalization works if you believe that.
Radicalization is a slope. Made of hate.
ltai.info/spotting-the-s…

Just because Ben's hatred does not extend to Anti-Semitism, does not mean that his ***followers*** hatred will stop where his line is.
Again: it's a slippery slope made of sewage.
nymag.com/intelligencer/…

They all swim in the same sewage-filled pool.
Just because Ben stays in the shallow end, doesn't mean the people he invites into the pool won't go to the deep end.
If he's inviting them in, then yes, he is partially responsible for their radicalization.
nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news…

And he's definitely inviting them in. it's how he makes his money.
He's a provokunt. Stirs shit up for money then refuses to accept any blame for the externalities of his "work."
Tale as old as time.
thinkprogress.org/ben-shapiro-pa…

Casual trans hatred from Ben, 2018.
Casual anti-Muslim disinformation/propaganda with nearly 4 MILLION views from Ben in 2014.

"but it's not anti-Semitism so how could Ben possibly be radicalizing people!?"

Does Ben Shapiro get a lot of anti-Semitic vitriol thrown at him? Yes. He does. And that's awful. Reprehensible.
But hatred being directed at him doesn't translate to: "ben shapiro definitely is not radicalizing people, because he himself is a target."

only people who don't understand radicalization could say it does.
He swims in the same sewage pool as the people directing that hatred at him though. He's in the shallow end-where hatred of Muslims and trans people and misogyny is okay. The deep end is where the anti-Semites and

those who turn rhetoric into violence reside. But it's the same pool.
Maybe he should step out of the pool? Wash the sewage off? Then teach people to wash the sewage off of themselves?

Get out of the pool, Ben. Wash the sewage of hatred off of yourself.
You can still be conservative while not being a bigot. It is indeed possible.
Stop inviting more people into the pool. Like you did here:
washingtonpost.com/news/worldview…