{"id":1623636,"date":"2022-08-26T19:48:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T23:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1623636"},"modified":"2022-08-26T19:49:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T23:49:40","slug":"ben-shapiro-jokes-hes-darth-vader-wonders-where-free-speech-cavalry-went-after-trade-show-flap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-shapiro-jokes-hes-darth-vader-wonders-where-free-speech-cavalry-went-after-trade-show-flap\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Shapiro Jokes He\u2019s \u2018Darth Vader,\u2019 Wonders Where Free Speech Cavalry Went After Trade Show Flap"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fben-shapiro-jokes-hes-darth-vader-wonders-where-free-speech-cavalry-went-after-trade-show-flap%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1623636&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Triggered trade show attendees should not hold their breath waiting for The Daily Wire\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/author\/ben-shapiro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Shapiro<\/a> to apologize for his very existence, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/ep-1562-i-am-darth-vader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">political podcaster told his vast audience Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A day after Podcast Movement, an organization that purports to represent the industry and embrace diversity, released a bizarre string of tweets expressing sorrow for allowing his presence at a Dallas event, Shapiro told his listeners exactly what his detractors could expect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to apologize for being a human who breathes oxygen in a space,\u201d Shapiro said, joking that he is now a Darth Vader figure to snowflakes. \u201cI\u2019m not going to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro, a co-founder of The Daily Wire, described attending the Wednesday event, where the company paid to sponsor a booth. Although video shows Shapiro gladly obliging friendly fans with handshakes and selfies, he was stunned to learn later that his mere presence had caused a stir.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WARNING: Some viewers may find the following video of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@benshapiro<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PodcastMovement?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PodcastMovement<\/a> disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hBL7kT8y7G\">pic.twitter.com\/hBL7kT8y7G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire\/status\/1562939189334867969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi folks, we owe you an apology before sessions kick off for the day,\u201d Podcast Movement tweeted Thursday. \u201cYesterday afternoon, Ben Shapiro briefly visited the PM22 expo area near The Daily Wire booth. Though he was not registered or expected, we take full responsibility for the harm done by his presence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The overwrought response and subsequent tweets drew <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hanrahan1949\/status\/1563251313609445387?s=20&amp;t=qvi4NVI-B2NgqnKP8SNHvw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">merciless mockery on Twitter<\/a>, but Shapiro said Friday the episode raises serious questions about the Hard Left\u2019s intolerance of anyone who doesn\u2019t share its world view.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came to this Podcast Movement event, this conference, and I walked around the floor, and this prompted such spasms of apoplexy,\u201d Shapiro said. \u201cAnd this is so indicative of where we are in politics today. It really is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The unwillingness to even tolerate the presence of conservatives is part of a movement aimed at marginalizing and silencing all those who question the liberal narrative, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want to know how you got Trump?\u201d Shapiro said. \u201cI know how you got political polarization. You want to know how you got a bunch of people in this country who believe that they are being excised from the public square and are angry about it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The person whose tweet is believed to have prompted Podcast Movement\u2019s response said Shapiro\u2019s presence made them \u201cfeel unsafe\u201d as a \u201ctrans person, as a queer person, as someone with a uterus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro noted the irony of a member of a group that often claims to face \u201cerasure\u201d complaining about his mere presence. He also called for companies in the industry to take a stand for free speech and diversity of opinions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a question for all these so-called \u2018free-speech\u2019 podcasting companies \u2014 the Spotifys, and the Disneys, the Crooked Media Company \u2014 where are you guys?\u201d Shapiro said.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro, who has had spirited, yet cordial discussions with several liberals, including Bill Maher, noted that he has often urged his own, mostly conservative, listeners to hear out the other side and make up their own minds. Why wouldn\u2019t more liberals and companies that purport to espouse free speech stand up for the most popular mainstream conservative podcaster on the planet?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour silence is rather deafening here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Triggered trade show attendees should not hold their breath waiting for The Daily Wire\u2019s Ben Shapiro to apologize for his very existence, the political podcaster told his vast audience Friday. 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