Ben Shapiro—the human equivalent of that kid in debate class who thought talking faster than everyone else was the same as being right—has built an empire on being the “logical” conservative voice of reason.
The self-appointed intellectual savior of the right consistently presents himself as the guardian of “facts over feelings.”
And yet…
Watch what happens when anyone—ANYONE—brings up the genocide in Gaza, the deaths of Palestinian children, bulletproof facts, or basic historical evidence.
Suddenly, our facts-and-logic warrior transforms into a pearl-clutching, emotionally-driven defender of whatever the hell Israel decides to do that day.
This isn’t just hypocrisy—it’s a masterclass in intellectual fraud. From his decades-long track record of dehumanizing Arabs to firing colleagues who dare question Israel, Shapiro doesn’t just bend his principles for Gaza—he obliterates them.
His “facts don’t care about your feelings” mantra? Turns out, it was never a principle—just a brand slogan for a man whose feelings about Israel override every fact in existence, and who has none left for Palestinians.
From Child Prodigy to Professional Deflector: The Ben Shapiro Origin Story
Before we dive into Shapiro’s masterclass in intellectual dishonesty regarding Gaza, let’s remember how we got here. This is the man who started writing a nationally syndicated column at 17—presumably because his hot takes were too spicy to be contained by high school debate tournaments.
After Harvard Law (which he mentions roughly every 8.5 minutes), Shapiro built his brand on “destroying” college students in Q&As and insisting that his opinions weren’t opinions but objective facts that only the emotionally compromised would question.
His catchphrase—”facts don’t care about your feelings”—made him the poster boy for a generation of young conservatives who were tired of being called mean for wanting to slash social programs. Shapiro’s brand promised them something powerful: it’s not that you’re selfish; you’re just more committed to facts than those bleeding-heart liberals.
And that’s fair. I personally wanted to buy into Ben Shapiro too—because who doesn’t want more facts and less BS?
This shtick worked beautifully for some topics. However, Shapiro quickly proved he could deploy his patented Gish Gallop of cherry-picked statistics while accusing his opponents of being emotional—and before they could point out his inaccuracies, he’d rap his way out of things.
Then came Gaza. Suddenly, our facts-over-feelings warrior discovered the power of feelings—specifically, his feelings about Israel. Suddenly, all facts are dismissed as antisemitism and “Why do you hate Jews so much?”
Also, notice how Ben always uses the word Jews, not Israelis—like we don’t refer to Palestinians as Muslims. It sounds fishy, and you need to read into it, but we’ll get to that later in the article.
“Arabs Like to Bomb Crap and Live in Open Sewage” – Actual Quote from Mr. Facts-Not-Racism
Now i’m not trying to put words into Shapiro’s mouth or accuse him of bigotry, because he already handled that himself long time ago.
And when i say long time ago, I mean since 2003.
The “Eradication” Hypocrisy: When Ben Accuses Others of His Own Sins
Here’s one of Shapiro’s favorite debate moves: corner pro-Palestinian students with “So you support Hamas, which calls for the eradication of Jews?”
Ben LOVES using this trick because it falsely paints anyone expressing concern for Palestinian civilians as being antisemitic, so that he can weaken their argument and get people to somehow allow what happens to Palestinians to keep going. It’s a classic straw man argument – attacking a position his opponents don’t actually hold.
Dirty trick, but we never accused Ben of being an honorable man.
It’s clear as day that pro-Palestinian activists are simply advocating for basic human rights, an end to the bombing of civilians, and equal treatment under the law. Unlike Ben, they have basic human empathy. They’re not calling for anyone’s “eradication” – that’s just Shapiro’s dishonest framing.
But here’s where this gets truly outrageous: while Shapiro smears Palestinian supporters with accusations of supporting “eradication,” he himself has actually advocated for the mass removal of Palestinians from their homes.
Back in 2003, when most people were just trying to customize their MySpace, 19-year-old Harvard student Shapiro wrote in a Townhall column:
“Here is the truth few dare to speak: the Palestinian problem is not an Israeli problem. It is a Palestinian Arab problem. And the only way to solve it is for the Palestinians and the Israeli-Arabs to leave.”
He went even further:
“Expelling a hostile population is a commonly used and generally effective way of preventing violent entanglements.”
Let that sink in. The same guy who accuses college students of supporting genocide for saying “Palestinians deserve human rights” once wrote that expelling an entire population from their homeland was a good solution.
This isn’t just hypocrisy – it’s projection. Shapiro tries to put genocidal intentions in the mouths of Palestinian supporters while hiding his own written record supporting mass expulsion.
Watch any Oxford or campus debate where Shapiro pulls his “So you want to eradicate Jews?” trap. What you’re witnessing isn’t an honest debate tactic. It’s a cynical strategy from someone who knows his own position is indefensible, so he has to pretend his opponents hold extreme views they don’t actually support.
Ben not only holds extreme views against Palestinians, but he also knows quite well that Israel’s actions are Nazi, and in order for him to allow it, he must attack first.
Also, Shapiro doesn’t actually care about “eradication” as a moral principle. If he did, he’d have to reckon with his own words. What he cares about is letting Israel go further with Palestinian erasure while he deflects.
THE HATE CONTINUES
By 2007, he was describing the entire Palestinian population as “rotten to the core” and claiming Palestinians “have demonstrated their preference for suicide bombing over working toilets.”
In 2010 tweeted:
“Israelis like to build. Arabs like to bomb crap and live in open sewage. This is not a difficult issue. #settlementsrock”
Can you imagine someone saying, “Jews like to [insert literally any racist generalization],” Shapiro would call for their head.
But Arabs? They’re fair game for his racist BS.
When called out, did he apologize? Nope. In 2020, a full decade later, he doubled down, saying he was “referring to the Palestinian leadership, not all Palestinians.” Sure, Ben. That’s definitely what “Arabs” means. Just like when someone tweets “white people are trash,” they obviously only mean Republican congressmen.
Bro spent a decade hating on these people like his life depends on it (I feel like it really does).
Now let’s connect the dots: Shapiro has spent his entire adult life portraying Palestinians as sub-human, terrorism-loving sewage-dwellers who need to be expelled from their homes. Is it any wonder he doesn’t bat an eye at thousands of Palestinian children being killed? In his worldview, they were never fully human to begin with.
His current “analysis” of Gaza isn’t some principled stance based on careful consideration of facts. It’s the logical conclusion of a man who’s spent 20 years dehumanizing an entire people. The only difference now is that his mask occasionally slips to reveal the ugliness underneath his “facts and logic” veneer.
So when Shapiro dismisses 40,000+ Palestinian deaths as unfortunate collateral damage in the fight against “evil,” remember: this isn’t about Hamas for him. It never was. His history tells us exactly who he is and always has been.
I don’t know, guys, I feel like Ben Shapiro doesn’t like Palestinians—or all Arabs. But I’ll let you decide.
The “40 Beheaded Babies” Fiasco: When Fact-Checking Takes a Vacation
There’s just something about Ben Shapiro—and that is, he’s a pathological liar who makes up stories that benefit his narrative.
Oh, and he also has a selective outrage calculator—where one unverified Israeli baby is worth more than 13,000 confirmed Palestinian children.
In October 2023, the internet exploded with horrific claims that Hamas had beheaded 40 Israeli babies.
News outlets ran with it. Politicians repeated it. And Ben “Facts Don’t Care About Your Feelings” Shapiro? He didn’t just run with it—he sprinted, posting lengthy emotional rants about Hamas’s “child-murdering barbarians” and pushing the beheaded babies narrative to his millions of followers.
One tiny problem: it wasn’t true—and it was NEVER verified.
The Israeli military itself stated it had “no confirmation” of these beheading allegations.
The White House walked back Biden’s claim about seeing evidence of beheaded children. Journalists who visited the kibbutz found no evidence supporting the specific beheading claims.
Did our facts-over-feelings warrior issue a correction? Apply his trademark skepticism? Demand evidence before amplifying such inflammatory claims?
um, no.
When you’re Ben Shapiro, fact-checking is only for claims that don’t fit your narrative—not for unverified atrocity stories that serve your agenda.
He never had proof of the “40 beheaded babies” he shouted. So what did he do?
He posted an AI-generated picture of it. No, seriously.
Homeboy’s so desperate to prove a fake lie, he turned to AI.
When called out, did he acknowledge his mistake? Of course not! He blamed AI detection tools for being unreliable. (I guess because they exposed him.)
The man who demands scientific precision from 19-year-old college students suddenly becomes very forgiving of mistakes when he makes them.
Even in January 2024—when the “40 beheaded babies” claim had been thoroughly debunked—Shapiro was still attacking journalists who questioned the narrative.
Facts be damned when they interfere with a useful propaganda point.
Now here’s where Shapiro’s moral bankruptcy truly shines:
He used those unverified baby deaths to justify literally anything Israel does in Gaza, while simultaneously dismissing the deaths of 13,000+ Palestinian children (a number verified by multiple international organizations) as unfortunate collateral damage.
This isn’t an intellectual applying different standards.
This is a propagandist with no standards or empathy at all.
At this point, we know how he feels about Palestinians—and anybody who isn’t a Jewish Israeli.
If AOC or Ilhan Omar had shared fake atrocity photos, Shapiro would have devoted his next twelve podcasts to destroying their credibility.
He’d demand resignations, apologies, and public floggings.
But when he spreads misinformation? Just an innocent oopsie in the fog of war!
RIP to his credibility.
Shapiro’s message is crystal clear:
Israeli babies matter infinitely—even if they’re AI-generated.
Palestinian babies? Just statistics to be waved away with a “Hamas uses human shields” hand gesture.
The horrifying truth?
Ben doesn’t actually care about any babies.
He cares about winning arguments and advancing his genocidal agenda.
The Candace Owens Debacle: Even His Friends Think He’s Insufferable
Need proof that Shapiro’s position on Israel represents a deeply racist, unrealistic, and infuriating stance that is driven by religion, not reason? Look no further than his falling out with Candace Owens.
For those who missed this conservative civil war, Owens, fellow right-wing commentator at Shapiro’s Daily Wire, committed the cardinal sin of questioning Israel’s Gaza campaign. She called the bombing of Palestinian civilians “indefensible” and questioned why American taxpayers were funding it.
You know, basic human reactions to seeing thousands of children die.
Shapiro, who typically responds to liberal arguments with smug calm, completely lost it. He publicly labeled her views “disgraceful” and “embarrassing.” The supposed champion of debate who loves to say “facts don’t care about your feelings” was suddenly all feelings, no facts.
The clincher came when Owens tweeted “Christ is King” during their spat. For normal humans, this registers as “a Christian saying Christian stuff.” But Shapiro immediately reframed it as an antisemitic dog whistle—essentially accusing her of religious bigotry for… expressing her own faith?
This wasn’t a minor disagreement—it ended with The Daily Wire firing one of their biggest stars. The same company that sells “Facts Don’t Care About Your Feelings” mugs and rails against “cancel culture” canceled their own star because she questioned Israeli military actions.
What makes this so revealing is that Owens and Shapiro agreed on literally everything else in the conservative playbook. Abortion? Check. Immigration? Check. LGBTQ issues? Check. But the moment she questioned Israel’s military campaign, Shapiro’s “marketplace of ideas” closed for business.
The most telling part? Mr. “Debate Me” Shapiro refused to actually debate Owens on Israel. This is the guy who’ll fly across the country to “own” random college freshmen, but suddenly couldn’t find time to debate his own colleague on the biggest international issue of the moment.
Shapiro doesn’t see Israel as just another political issue—he sees it as an extension of his Jewish identity, which makes criticism of Israel feel like criticism of himself. That’s why his rational facade crumbled so completely. His “facts over feelings” mantra, free speech advocacy, and logical debate bro aesthetic are just window dressing that vanishes when his religious identity feels threatened.
Like we said above, there’s something weird about Shapiro’s obsession with framing every criticism of Israel as an attack on “Jews.” It’s almost like he’s saying, “Uh uh, if you disagree with Israel’s tyranny, you must hate Jewish people.” That way, whoever’s in front of him panics and takes off the imaginary Hitler costume he just slapped on them. Meanwhile, no one on the Palestinian side brings up religion—because they don’t need to.
The evidence speaks for itself: this is about basic human rights and letting innocent people live. There are even Jewish Palestinians.
But Shapiro’s game was never about honesty—it’s about shutting down dissent by weaponising identity.
Anyway, the next time you see Shapiro calmly “destroying” someone with “facts and logic,” remember Candace Owens. Remember how his principles disappeared when his tribal allegiances were tested.
Beneath the Harvard-educated intellectualism lies a ruthless man who doesn’t care about Muslims, hates Arabs, and accuses others of the very things he does himself: emotional reasoning, religious bias, and putting identity over facts.
The Antisemitism Trap: Ben’s Get-Out-of-Debate-Free Card
Shapiro’s ultimate debate cheat code – his intellectual “I win” button – is accusing critics of antisemitism. It works like this:
- Someone mentions Palestinian civilian casualties
- Shapiro equates any concern for Palestinians with “supporting Hamas”
- He declares Hamas supporters are “Jew-haters”
- Boom! His opponent is now defending themselves against accusations of antisemitism instead of discussing dead children
His January 2024 podcast episode on campus protests was a masterclass in this technique. Rather than engaging with students’ actual criticisms of Israel’s bombing campaign, he simply labeled the entire movement antisemitic. What a kid.
When college students at Columbia expressed concerns about the humanitarian crisis in April 2024, Shapiro didn’t address their specific points. Instead, he went on Fox News to call them “terrorist-supporting antisemites” – conveniently avoiding any discussion of the actual conditions in Gaza.
This neat little syllogism allows him to dismiss any criticism of Israeli policy as hatred of Jews. Criticizing the bombing of refugee camps? You must support Hamas! Supporting Hamas? You must hate Jews! Therefore, criticizing bombing refugee camps means you hate Jews! Logic!
In his May 2024 UCLA speech, he explicitly said that anyone calling for a ceasefire in Gaza was “complicit in antisemitism” – effectively making it impossible to advocate for saving Palestinian lives without being labeled a bigot.
It’s the debate equivalent of flipping the Monopoly board when you’re losing and declaring yourself the winner because your opponent’s piece landed on Boardwalk.
Ben’s “Success vs. Failure” Theory: Geopolitics for Toddlers
Shapiro’s “analysis” of why progressives criticize Israel would embarrass a middle school debate club: leftists “valorize failure and attack success,” with Israel representing “success” and Palestinians representing “failure.”
Jesus tap-dancing Christ. This isn’t analysis; it’s what happens when you learn international relations from a Fortune cookie.
This playground-level interpretation ignores:
The 75-year history of dispossession and occupation Israel receiving billions in annual U.S. military aid The 17-year blockade that’s decimated Gaza’s economy The ongoing illegal settlement expansion
Nope! According to Professor Shapiro, Palestinians just made bad choices, like choosing to be born in a territory under blockade. They should have chosen to be born as Israeli citizens instead! Talk about poor decision-making.
This isn’t sophisticated geopolitical analysis; it’s what happens when your understanding of complex conflicts comes exclusively from PragerU videos and IDF press releases.
The Jewish Voices Ben Pretends Don’t Exist
For a guy who constantly references his Jewish identity, Shapiro has a fascinating habit of erasing any Jewish voice that disagrees with him on Israel.
Jewish Voice for Peace members? Clearly not real Jews. Israeli human rights organizations? Self-hating Jews. Jewish students calling for a ceasefire? Uninformed or antisemitic.
This No True Scotsman fallacy is crucial to Shapiro’s grift. By positioning himself as speaking for “the Jews” rather than just “conservative Jews who share my politics,” he can frame criticism of his position as criticism of Jews generally.
It’s a neat trick that lets him dodge the uncomfortable reality that many Jews, both in America and Israel itself, are horrified by the Gaza campaign’s civilian toll.
The Gish Gallop: How to Sound Smart While Being Completely Full of Shit
Shapiro’s signature debate move – the tactic that makes those “DESTROYS” videos possible – is the Gish Gallop. Named after creationist Duane Gish, it involves spitting out so many points so quickly that your opponent can’t possibly address them all.
His February 2024 appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast was a perfect example. When Rogan asked about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Shapiro unleashed a tsunami of talking points:
- Hamas’s 1988 charter
- The 2005 Gaza withdrawal
- Palestinians rejecting peace deals from decades ago
- Gay rights in Gaza versus Israel
- Textbooks in Palestinian schools
- Iran’s regional influence
- How the Palestinian Authority pays families of terrorists
By the time Rogan could formulate a response about civilian casualties, Shapiro had changed the subject three more times.
This isn’t having a conversation; it’s verbal carpet bombing designed to exhaust and confuse opponents.
His March 2024 Lex Fridman podcast appearance was even worse. When Lex asked about proportionality in Israel’s response, Shapiro spoke for six straight minutes at auctioneer speed, making it impossible for Fridman to get a word in. By the time Shapiro finished, the original question was buried under an avalanche of tangentially related points.
Watch any 2024 Shapiro Q&A about Gaza. A student asks about starving children, and Shapiro responds with a breathless machine-gun tirade that touches on twenty different topics without actually addressing the question.
Before the poor student can form a coherent response to this rhetorical diarrhea, Shapiro interjects with “So you support terrorists who want to kill all Jews?”
This isn’t winning an argument; it’s a verbal DDoS attack. He’s not proving his point; he’s making it impossible for the other person to respond coherently in the time allowed.
The Facts Ben Shapiro Doesn’t Want You to Think About
For someone who worships the word ‘facts,’ Ben Shapiro sure seems to develop selective blindness when it comes to Gaza:
Over 40,000 Palestinians killed since October 2023, with more than 70% being women and children according to Gaza’s Health Ministry – a statistic Shapiro never acknowledges Israel’s bombing of Rafah in May 2024 after declaring it a “safe zone” and telling civilians to evacuate there The UN’s April 2024 report confirming famine conditions in northern Gaza Israel’s May 2024 raid on the Al-Aqsa Hospital, forcing patients out at gunpoint The complete destruction of Gaza’s university system – over 12 higher education institutions bombed Attacks on journalists, with 130+ media workers killed as of May 2024
On his March 2024 appearance on Lex Fridman’s podcast, Shapiro spent 14 minutes discussing Gaza without mentioning a single Palestinian casualty figure. He detailed Israeli deaths from October 7th down to individual stories but couldn’t bring himself to acknowledge the vastly higher Palestinian death toll.
His April 2024 Daily Wire episode about the humanitarian crisis managed to discuss Gaza for an entire hour without once mentioning the confirmed cases of child starvation reported by UNICEF and Doctors Without Borders.
Most telling was his May 2024 response to Israel bombing the Rafah refugee camp. Rather than acknowledging the civilian deaths, Shapiro simply repeated the IDF’s claim of “targeting Hamas” – as if merely invoking Hamas magically transforms dead children into acceptable collateral damage.
Mr. “Facts Don’t Care About Your Feelings” apparently believes some facts are more factual than others.
The Ultimate Self-Own: Becoming Everything You Claim to Hate
The delicious irony is that Ben Shapiro has become the very thing he built his career mocking: someone whose feelings completely override their commitment to facts.
He feels strongly about Israel, so Palestinian civilian casualties become optional statistical footnotes. He feels strongly about Hamas, so basic fact-checking standards for atrocity claims go out the window. He feels strongly about criticism of Israel, so his free speech principles suddenly have footnotes, asterisks, and exceptions.
Shapiro isn’t a principled defender of facts over feelings; he’s a garden-variety hypocrite who’s exceptional only in his ability to maintain absolute confidence while being absolutely full of shit.
Facts don’t care about Ben Shapiro’s feelings about Israel. Facts don’t care about his emotional attachment to a particular narrative. Facts don’t care about his rhetorical tricks.
The facts—real, verifiable facts—show a conflict far more complex and morally challenging than Shapiro’s simplistic “Israel good, Hamas bad” framework allows. Those facts include both Hamas’s atrocities AND Israel’s disproportionate military response. They include both Israeli civilian deaths AND Palestinian civilian deaths.
But acknowledging that complexity would require intellectual honesty. And unfortunately for Ben, that’s one thing that can’t be faked by talking really, really fast.
Anyway, I’m curious—what do you think?
Have you noticed any other examples of Ben’s hypocrisy that I missed?
Drop your thoughts in the comments, I’m especially interested in hearing from Shapiro fans who’ve noticed this double standard.
