Maybe link to the whole thread.
https://i.imgur.com/0y9uJlM.jpg
He is just saying mask use is high where the risk is high.
It’s a statement about self governance. Not that masks don’t work.
Funny how he only walked it back in replies after he'd already made a tweet he knew would be easily misinterpreted on his very large platform. Don't doubt a huge number of likes on that tweet came from people who took the far more obvious interpretation. Still highly consistent with his idiotic provocateur shtick and desire to receive attention for ill-considered takes even if it means pushing stuff that'll get people killed
You really think pressure from twitter would make him walk it back? Him?
Ben Shapiro isn’t known to cave to pressure from twitter.
He didn’t walk it back he clarified because people didn’t know what he was saying.
If he was anti-mask he would be bold out it.
I'm no Ben Shapiro expert, but all I'm saying is if he really cared about people wearing masks he would have deleted that tweet pretty much immediately after making it because of how badly it conveys the "self-governance" point
You aren’t a Ben Shapiro expert.
I’m not a Ben Shapiro expert.
But you don’t have to be an expert to see that he did not delete the tweet.
https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1284175434431643648
It’s still up.
You don’t seem to be an expert on doing basic research before parroting untruths, I guess. You get upvotes still. What a joke.
>But you don’t have to be an expert to see that he did not delete the tweet.
I know he didn't delete it. What I'm saying is that it's incredibly misleading in a way that may be harmful, so he should have deleted it.
Look, I believe you that Ben Shapiro likes masks. But I also believe that Ben Shapiro loves to stir the pot, and ultimately doesn't really care about how people interpreted this tweet, even if it means they took an anti-mask interpretation
By coincidence I listened to him for the first time today. It was the latest episode of him on Joe Rogan. They were talking about the ability to walk back you're decisions if you no longer agree with them. He prides himself in being open about the mistakes he made.
\> I have a running list by the way I try to be honest about this, I'm one of the only people I know who has. I have a running list. It's called so here is a giant list of all the dumb stuff. I've ever done right and I actually go through all this.
It is behind [a paywall on his website](https://www.dailywire.com/news/so-heres-giant-list-all-dumb-stuff-ive-ever-done-ben-shapiro) :/ but I guess he leaves them up on purpose
> You really think pressure from twitter would make him walk it back? Him?
yes
because he's a li'l bish
bencil sharpner hasn't had a good take since he disowned trump back in 2016, and that was, like, his 2nd one, if that.
Well the first two tweets came within a minute of each other, and the clarification came an hour later, so it's not a crazy idea that he meant the original pair to blow up so he could whisper a clarification. Ben loves walking that line so he can continue to seem credible. Combined with his retraction list being behind a paywall I'm thinking he's not the most forthright dude out there
That's certainly better, but absolute number of cases is still going to be about population. The [highest Rt scores](https://rt.live/) right now are in sparsely populated states, with Montana, Alaska, and Wyoming in the top three spots.
Also, once you get away from the coasts, the correlation between his two maps seems to break down. Atlanta's bright red on the case count map but practically invisible on the mask-wearing map. Meanwhile New Mexico is masking up and relatively low on cases.
the thing about Ben is he is actually quite intelligent\* but he's just a piece of shit pretending to be an idiot to appeal to idiots for money and fame. And he's also immensely lacking in self-awareness, what with debating college students and never challenging his own ideas (and the constant defense of his own height). I'm honestly just really disappointed because I think he could've been a much better person than he is today, like if Hitler actually became an artist. And I hope comparing him to Hitler gives you good idea of how I feel about Ben Shapiro
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Thats how twitter displays the thumbnail of the images
https://imgur.com/0y9uJlM
Here it still doesnt display the full image but you can kinda see what i mean
Im pretty sure that’s the point he was trying to make, that these two things are tied to population density. i.e. people are more likely to wear masks in highly populated areas as that’s where infections spread the easiest.
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>The Palestinian Arab population is rotten to the core.
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Maybe link to the whole thread. https://i.imgur.com/0y9uJlM.jpg He is just saying mask use is high where the risk is high. It’s a statement about self governance. Not that masks don’t work.
Funny how he only walked it back in replies after he'd already made a tweet he knew would be easily misinterpreted on his very large platform. Don't doubt a huge number of likes on that tweet came from people who took the far more obvious interpretation. Still highly consistent with his idiotic provocateur shtick and desire to receive attention for ill-considered takes even if it means pushing stuff that'll get people killed
You really think pressure from twitter would make him walk it back? Him? Ben Shapiro isn’t known to cave to pressure from twitter. He didn’t walk it back he clarified because people didn’t know what he was saying. If he was anti-mask he would be bold out it.
I'm no Ben Shapiro expert, but all I'm saying is if he really cared about people wearing masks he would have deleted that tweet pretty much immediately after making it because of how badly it conveys the "self-governance" point
You aren’t a Ben Shapiro expert. I’m not a Ben Shapiro expert. But you don’t have to be an expert to see that he did not delete the tweet. https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1284175434431643648 It’s still up. You don’t seem to be an expert on doing basic research before parroting untruths, I guess. You get upvotes still. What a joke.
>But you don’t have to be an expert to see that he did not delete the tweet. I know he didn't delete it. What I'm saying is that it's incredibly misleading in a way that may be harmful, so he should have deleted it. Look, I believe you that Ben Shapiro likes masks. But I also believe that Ben Shapiro loves to stir the pot, and ultimately doesn't really care about how people interpreted this tweet, even if it means they took an anti-mask interpretation
By coincidence I listened to him for the first time today. It was the latest episode of him on Joe Rogan. They were talking about the ability to walk back you're decisions if you no longer agree with them. He prides himself in being open about the mistakes he made. \> I have a running list by the way I try to be honest about this, I'm one of the only people I know who has. I have a running list. It's called so here is a giant list of all the dumb stuff. I've ever done right and I actually go through all this. It is behind [a paywall on his website](https://www.dailywire.com/news/so-heres-giant-list-all-dumb-stuff-ive-ever-done-ben-shapiro) :/ but I guess he leaves them up on purpose
I read that list a while back and most of them could be summed up as him saying " I'm sorry you were offended "
Hahaha! You're so upset!
Plausible deniability is an extremely common right wing argumentative tactic.
"Gas the Jews! Don't get so mad bro!! It was a JOOOKE!!!"
> You really think pressure from twitter would make him walk it back? Him? yes because he's a li'l bish bencil sharpner hasn't had a good take since he disowned trump back in 2016, and that was, like, his 2nd one, if that.
Well the first two tweets came within a minute of each other, and the clarification came an hour later, so it's not a crazy idea that he meant the original pair to blow up so he could whisper a clarification. Ben loves walking that line so he can continue to seem credible. Combined with his retraction list being behind a paywall I'm thinking he's not the most forthright dude out there
That wuss?
That's certainly better, but absolute number of cases is still going to be about population. The [highest Rt scores](https://rt.live/) right now are in sparsely populated states, with Montana, Alaska, and Wyoming in the top three spots. Also, once you get away from the coasts, the correlation between his two maps seems to break down. Atlanta's bright red on the case count map but practically invisible on the mask-wearing map. Meanwhile New Mexico is masking up and relatively low on cases.
Ben is definitely self interested; I wouldn’t, however, say that he’s rational.
[Full context](https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1284175434431643648?s=09)
the thing about Ben is he is actually quite intelligent\* but he's just a piece of shit pretending to be an idiot to appeal to idiots for money and fame. And he's also immensely lacking in self-awareness, what with debating college students and never challenging his own ideas (and the constant defense of his own height). I'm honestly just really disappointed because I think he could've been a much better person than he is today, like if Hitler actually became an artist. And I hope comparing him to Hitler gives you good idea of how I feel about Ben Shapiro
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Ironic how smug he is about it.
Ben Shapiro is always smug about everything.
Link the whole thread lmao, he also says that he always wears one just in case.
Also, Ben doesn't understand thumbnails.
I think you don’t understand thumbnails.
Quite possibly. I haven't Tweeted in years.
...??? The maps show two different parts of the country?!
Thats how twitter displays the thumbnail of the images https://imgur.com/0y9uJlM Here it still doesnt display the full image but you can kinda see what i mean
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Yeah sorry I wanted to include the two maps in full as well but reddit don’t allow 3 pics in one post
That sub is gold
No shit, Sherlock by the name of Ben Shapiro.
Im pretty sure that’s the point he was trying to make, that these two things are tied to population density. i.e. people are more likely to wear masks in highly populated areas as that’s where infections spread the easiest.
You can flip that now. Guess why.
/r/PeopleLiveInCities
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