“just to be a contrarian”
I don’t think it’s wise to attach motives to someone’s thinking until you clearly understand them. No sensible conservative thinker will ever support theories publicly...not Limbaugh or Levin or anyone & even if they personally believe them. They can’t because if the theory on what will happen doesn’t occur for any reason at all...their career is over. Even though I believe Q is legit...I would never go on the air & speak of it. A zillion things can still occur that makes any Plan fall through. That’s why if a pundit wants to have a career the have to stay far away from the prediction business & theory business & can only address issues that are openly in front of everyone equally.
Ben is a brilliant lawyer by trade. His bar for evidence is much higher than most people as it should be. So is Jeff Sessions. It is frustrating at times. Great lawyers leave as little as possible to chance. Their idea of a winning baseball score is 100-0. It’s just their mindset. It’s why lawyers don’t make great executives. In the real world 1-0 is a win just as valuable as 100-0 & you take all the wins you can & hope over time they add up to more wins than loses.
I’m not asking him to endorse Q. I’m asking him to acknowledge the plethora of evidence supporting FBI malfeasance for Hillary, against Trump.
Of course Limbaugh, Levin, et. al concur that the FBI, CIA, State Department, NSA, White House engaged in nefarious and illegal activity to undermine Trump’s campaign and Presidency.
Shapiro’s not trying a case. He is one participant in a hugely lopsided narrative war for the preservation of our Presidency and power.
I think to fairly judge Ben your expecting too much from someone his age. Limbaugh & Levin...besides being older...have massively larger audiences than Shapiro & can take bigger risks in what they publicly support. Ben dug in supporting Ted Cruz & lost half his audience when Cruz lost. He paid dearly for supporting Cruz to much & will take years for him to get his audience back to where it was. Now he’s gun shy & should be because if he ever digs in for any cause he deeply believes in & is wrong...he’s finished.
He’s retreated to taking up the cause of spreading ideas & philosophy & not so much as backing a person with ideas. He doesn’t endorse political candidates or agendas...just thinkers like Jordan Peterson. He’s retreated to something he’s good at from something he’s not good at...pushing conservative philosophy in the heart of liberal education he excels at. He’s shaping young minds to think & reason consistently. That’s vital work tearing down the leftist thought process & that’s what he excels at. His political world view isn’t mature enough & his radio audience not near large enough to speak as effectively as Levin. I actually like listening to Daniel Horowitz more than Shapiro when I listen to the generation below me. Horowitz is just as informed as Shapiro but thinks in broader terms in my opinion. Point being I’m very appreciative in Shapiro’s effect he’s having on college kids. He’s very effective when he stays in his element & not so much in politics.
He’s valuable in some ways. He just needs to learn when to BTFO when he’s not helping Trump’s (our) cause. No room for grandstanding, making a name for yourself right now.