Nafarrette intervened and dismissed the students, explaining, “I’m sorry Mr. Shapiro, I’m at a point right now, where, quite frankly, I’m going to dismiss the students…With all due respect, Mr. Shapiro, Mr. Shapiro represents a narrative that he’s providing to all you guys based on his opinions, what he believes, what he wants to share with all of you. I know that the education was there for all of you to understand, the left side, right side, whatnot, but also the opportunity was allowed for him to impress some of his opinions on certain things…I think what this is getting into now, it’s starting to cross a line.”
I understand English well, but this statement makes no sense. What does this mean?
You can't tell a crowd of people who are not well off that they suck because they aren't rich. Would you want some guy telling your kids at school that you and your family suck basically because you're too stupid to be rich. He was insulting the kids parents who were not there to defend themselves. Shapiro has a habit taking a nuanced idea and simplifying it to its most confrontational expression, often forcing his audience to reject even the grain of truth therein. He tends to miss the opportunity to sell an idea because he wants to provoke.
The truth is that there are a lot of reasons why someone may not have money, including simply timing or luck. You can't tell them they suck for it and expect them to keep listening, although they would probably be better off if they did. Shapiro blew an opportunity here to educate. The administrator may have been personally insulted because he's not rich, but I think he was responding to a clear disrespect for these kids's families. Still the response is not to shut it down, but to challenge the premise. The administrator should have done that instead.
I agree with that. You need to respect the poor choices of people and not offer them a provocative viewpoint that differs from what they hear every day from people who coddle them and pass them through the system without teaching them anything other than a sense of entitlement. That is just Un-American. How dare he!
These people who think differently then the politically correct world view need to be silenced.
I heard Shapiro on the radio today discussing this, and it seems it was in the context of answering a Bernie Sander's fan about why wealth redistribution is a bad idea. People with money have it because they manage it better, and the long term poor such at managing money, so that's why they are poor. I agree with that mostly, and it makes his comment a lot more understandable. I was assuming he was saying that all you kids out there who don't live in wealthy families are poor because your parents suck. I misinterpreted. I'm sorry Ben, but Troop is still a dick.
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Shapiro sound pretty out of touch with the average Californian. That's the problem, and not his politics.
No guts, no glory.
Nafarrette intervened and dismissed the students, explaining, “I’m sorry Mr. Shapiro, I’m at a point right now, where, quite frankly, I’m going to dismiss the students…With all due respect, Mr. Shapiro, Mr. Shapiro represents a narrative that he’s providing to all you guys based on his opinions, what he believes, what he wants to share with all of you. I know that the education was there for all of you to understand, the left side, right side, whatnot, but also the opportunity was allowed for him to impress some of his opinions on certain things…I think what this is getting into now, it’s starting to cross a line.”
I understand English well, but this statement makes no sense. What does this mean?
I think the key phrase may be "I'm at a point right now...." It was the administrator that was threatened and not the students.
You can't tell a crowd of people who are not well off that they suck because they aren't rich. Would you want some guy telling your kids at school that you and your family suck basically because you're too stupid to be rich. He was insulting the kids parents who were not there to defend themselves. Shapiro has a habit taking a nuanced idea and simplifying it to its most confrontational expression, often forcing his audience to reject even the grain of truth therein. He tends to miss the opportunity to sell an idea because he wants to provoke.
The truth is that there are a lot of reasons why someone may not have money, including simply timing or luck. You can't tell them they suck for it and expect them to keep listening, although they would probably be better off if they did. Shapiro blew an opportunity here to educate. The administrator may have been personally insulted because he's not rich, but I think he was responding to a clear disrespect for these kids's families. Still the response is not to shut it down, but to challenge the premise. The administrator should have done that instead.
I agree with that. You need to respect the poor choices of people and not offer them a provocative viewpoint that differs from what they hear every day from people who coddle them and pass them through the system without teaching them anything other than a sense of entitlement. That is just Un-American. How dare he!
These people who think differently then the politically correct world view need to be silenced.
I heard Shapiro on the radio today discussing this, and it seems it was in the context of answering a Bernie Sander's fan about why wealth redistribution is a bad idea. People with money have it because they manage it better, and the long term poor such at managing money, so that's why they are poor. I agree with that mostly, and it makes his comment a lot more understandable. I was assuming he was saying that all you kids out there who don't live in wealthy families are poor because your parents suck. I misinterpreted. I'm sorry Ben, but Troop is still a dick.
You are exactly right sir. Thank you for noticing.
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