Posted on 11/16/2023 10:14:56 AM PST by SeekAndFind
We all laughed as the Democrats looked like they were going to split their party in half over the Israeli-Palestinian war. It was almost farcical watching liberal leaders take a stance that at times looked to favor the Hamas terrorists. Nothing on that level is happening with Candace Owens and Ben Shapiro, yet it’s threatening to tear a fissure in our conservative movement heading into the 2024 election. We can’t afford the infighting.
As much as Shapiro brands himself as a man of “facts and logic,” he opened with a line of personal attack rather than countering her points, calling Owens “absolutely disgraceful” and stating that her points on the issues were “faux-sophistication,” attacking her rather than her arguments. Likewise, Owens has now entered the same arena, calling Shapiro “emotionally unhinged.”
None of this helps the conservative movement. Both Shapiro and Owens have been instrumental in reaching a younger crowd with their messaging and converting different demographics to the cause. Their fracturing only serves to hurt us at a time when we must be more united than ever.
Democrats have shown that they’re willing to do absurd things to maintain their authoritarian control. Don’t forget how Gov. Gavin Newsom even put in a rule to shut down churches in California during the COVID-19 pandemic or how the political prisoners of the peaceful protest of January 6 were treated worse than the real terrorists who were held in Guantanamo Bay when we were rooting out the leaders of the actual terrorist attack that took place on 9/11.
Candace Owens has been saying something different and much more nuanced, which Shapiro should appreciate in the spirit of freedom of speech. Unlike the nuts on the left, she’s not supporting Hamas.
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They don’t hold that much influence- let them fight it out
Ben Shapiro never, ever will question Israel, or discuss any nuance about it. He behaves almost like a paid agent.
They actually hold a lot of influence in establishing an alternative economy for conservatives.
All this infighting does is sets back our side and gives the left more ammo to attack us.
SoI know Israel is goinng to win the war if we just stay the hell out of the problem.
No refugees from Gaza is the only acceptable foreign policy we should have interest with here. Unless they’re Christians.
This internecine warfare within the charlatan conservative infotainment complex, which FNC, Candace Owens, and Tucker Carlson so perfectly represent, is more a symptom of the overall conservative crack-up rather than the cause.
Shapiro has demonstrated on more than one occasion that his opinions are driven more by ratings than they are conviction.
Candace is a talented young conservative, but sometimes her inner “Mean Girl” gets a hold of her and pulls her into another Cat Fight over something minor. Hopefully, one of the two will become distracted by more urgent issues in a week or so.
There’s nothing leftists love more than conservatives fighting among themselves. It’s also apparent that there’s nothing conservatives love more than fighting among themselves.
Why? Two hotheads.
You’ve got that right even if it is in the wrong thread
What exactly did Candace Owens say that was so offensive?
I don’t want to lockstep like the libtards let them disagree and fight it out like peo0le with individual thoughts instead of some borg collective
Yes we absolutely can afford differences of opinion!
If you want to just be a sheep and follow group think join the liberals.
Personally I think Candace and Shapiro are both insanely naive about what fundamentalist Islam is, teaches and believes, but that’s just me.
Let me correct my reply in 10. Two egos.
As if RATs arent infighting at the moment. People are no longer allowed to have their own opinion anymore.
Candace didn’t say anything mean about Israel, nor did she show any support for Hamas.
The problem is that nobody can even slightly criticize Israel without being shouted down that they are a Hamas supporter.
Same thing with Ukraine. You have to want to pay for it all and slobber all over Zelensky or you are a Putin supporter.
We are learning that abortion and Israel are two issues that not all conservatives see eye-to-eye on. We just have to acknowledge that fact.
I don’t want to lockstep like the libtards let them disagree and fight it out like peo0le with individual thoughts instead of some borg collective
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I totally understand that argument. I respect that.
But you also have to realize that we are losing the culture war. We gotta do something different to turn this tide.
Egotistical attention whores, both of them. Shapiro is at least academically smart, she dropped out of college. Neither has any actual expertise other than running their mouth.
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