literally during a conversation with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ben Shapiro brought up trans people because of course he did i mean he seems obsessed with them, and while Neil's take on everything was generally a verbal shrug of the shoulders, paraphrasing: "Trans people exist and we should work to understand and accept them and we shouldn't legislate to restrict people's rights especially based on fear and made up nonsense" and Ben Shapiro smiled and said "Well if people want rights they should beat me in a debate" I'm sure he'd say he was joking but I'll probably never forget it, like wow Ben tell us how you really feel

[–] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 58 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

"Henceforth no citizen shall enjoy any rights unless they are capable of defeating the self-appointed arbiter of personhood in a debate. But be warned, he will only ever argue in bad faith, has unmatched endurance when it comes to moving goalposts, and if he senses an impending defeat he will simply rattle off a haphazard list of logical fallacies before declaring himself the victor and storming off. Also he will only accept challenges from those who have yet to earn a high school diploma."

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 30 points 7 months ago (2 children)

If Ben "DAP" Shapiro wants rights he should have to beat me in a cage match. If he's putting arbitrary limits on why people get rights then everyone else gets to do the same to him.

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nah, he should have to beat that trans MMA fighter in a cage match.

[–] detectivesniffles@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 7 months ago

[–] skylestia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 7 months ago

lol fair's fair

[–] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 21 points 7 months ago

Top tier bullshit is Shapiro's speciality.

[–] Steak@lemmy.ca 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Ben Shapiro is a fucking idiot and nothing he says should be taken seriously.

[–] skylestia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 7 months ago

very true

i'm afraid i just pulled an all nighter and am deliriously tired so i can't think of anything else to say except SELL THEM TO WHO, BEN? FUCKING AQUAMAN?

i'm going to bed night night

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Ben Shapiro: DEBATE ME DEBATE ME DEBATE ME!