I’ve heard his name, but knew nothing about him until just now. On Wikipedia, I threw a couple of random darts and found these:
- He has recently written a book with the phrase “moral purpose” in the title (read: no facts, only opinion). Worse, he ascribes moral purpose to “The West” as though to anthropomorphize it. So, this book is incorrect or worse, starting from the title itself.
- In 2015, Shapiro appeared on a show, Dr Drew on Call, alongside trans-woman Zoey Tur, then repeatedly referred to Zoey using male pronouns. That’s incorrect or worse.
- It seems that he enjoys exposing what he calls “the hypocrisy of the left”. If this had been the first thing I had found, I would have stopped here. I don’t understand why people expect a group to behave as a single person with a distinct and stable personality. It’s a grave cognitive error that causes all kinds of unnecessary trouble in the world.
Given these points, I will wager money that he has precisely zero unique positions, and even fewer positions worth paying attention to. We need more thinkers and pragmatists, not ideologues and moralizers and us-versus-them-ers.
Peace and luck