{"id":1996444,"date":"2023-08-10T10:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T14:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ana-kasparian-lauds-shapiros-fairness-after-being-mocked-again-for-speaking-with-him\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T10:40:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T14:40:50","slug":"ana-kasparian-lauds-shapiros-fairness-after-being-mocked-again-for-speaking-with-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ana-kasparian-lauds-shapiros-fairness-after-being-mocked-again-for-speaking-with-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Ana Kasparian praises Shapiro&#8217;s fairness despite facing ridicule for engaging in conversation with him."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fana-kasparian-lauds-shapiros-fairness-after-being-mocked-again-for-speaking-with-him%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=1996444&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--><h2>Ana Kasparian\u2064 Praises Ben Shapiro&#8217;s\u2063 Fairness in Conversation<\/h2>\n<p>Ana Kasparian, a co-host\u2062 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-ben-shapiro-debated-ana-kasparian-here-are-the-highlights\/\" title=\"WATCH: Ben Shapiro Debated Ana Kasparian. Here Are The Highlights\">popular progressive online news show<\/a> &#8220;The Young Turks,&#8221; \u200brecently commended Daily Wire Editor Emeritus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/show\/the-ben-shapiro-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ben Shapiro&#8217;s<\/a> \u2064fairness in conversation. \u2062This came after she faced criticism for conducting interviews and\u2062 debates with him.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c pair\u200d engaged\u200d in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-ben-shapiro-debated-ana-kasparian-here-are-the-highlights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debate<\/a> \u200c in 2021, and this\u200c year, Kasparian was invited to \u2062Shapiro&#8217;s &#8220;Sunday \u200cSpecial&#8221; show\u2063 for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ana-kasparian-lauds-shapiros-fairness-after-being-mocked-again-for-speaking-with-him\/\" title=\"Ana Kasparian praises Shapiro's fairness despite facing ridicule for engaging in conversation with him.\">hour-long sit-<\/a>down interview. Despite their strong \u2063disagreements on most issues, both \u200cinteractions remained cordial and respectful.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent post on X, Kasparian expressed her willingness to \u200dengage with Shapiro because he has shown her respect. \u200dHowever, she also made it clear that \u2063she reserves the right to\u2062 reject conversations with others \u2062whom she \u2064does not find respectful, even if they align\u2064 with her politically on the Left.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unlike Vaush,\u2064 Shapiro\u200b never once called me &#8216;retarded&#8217; or a &#8216;b****&#8217; over disagreements,&#8221; Kasparian wrote. \u200bVaush, whose real name is Ian Kochinski, is a popular Left-wing YouTuber\u2063 and Twitch \u200dstreamer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s how big \u2064boys who don&#8217;t snort \u2064addies during unhinged streams act,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I don&#8217;t \u2064owe anyone a \u2062conversation or \u2063debate. But I \u200cespecially have no interest in anti-social creeps like\u2063 Vaush. Simple.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Unlike Vaush, Shapiro never once called me &#8220;retarded&#8221; or \u200ca\u200b &#8220;bitch&#8221; over disagreements. That&#8217;s how big boys\u200b who \u200bdon&#8217;t\u200d snort addies during unhinged streams act. I don&#8217;t owe anyone a conversation or \u200ddebate. But I especially have\u2063 no interest in\u2062 anti-social creeps like Vaush. Simple.\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jThgWUiH0l\">https:\/\/t.co\/jThgWUiH0l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ana Kasparian (@AnaKasparian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnaKasparian\/status\/1689535118220865536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kasparian has faced\u2064 criticism from\u200c some extremists on \u2062the Left \u200bfor engaging \u2062with\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/show\/the-ben-shapiro-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shapiro<\/a>, who is \u200bone of the most prominent figures in conservative media.<\/p>\n<p>In their 2021 debate, Shapiro and Kasparian\u200c discussed topics such\u2064 as education, Critical Race Theory, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-real-clear-politics-say-they-never-called-pennsylvania\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Real Clear Politics -- SAY THEY NEVER CALLED PENNSYLVANIA\">news media<\/a>. Following the debate, Kasparian addressed the backlash she\u200c received from the Left for \u200dparticipating\u200d in \u2062the conversation. She \u2064emphasized \u200dthat it was Shapiro who\u200b was &#8220;platforming&#8221; her, as he had a larger audience, and his audience did not express distress\u2063 about it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I went before a \u2062room full \u200dof (literally) a thousand people who disagree with \u200dme. Health industry\u200d lobbyists, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/his-audience-isnt-crying-about-it-young-turks-ana-kasparian-defends-debate-with-ben-shapiro\/\" title=\"\u2018His Audience Isn\u2019t Crying About It\u2019: Young Turks\u2019 Ana Kasparian Defends Debate With Ben Shapiro\">health care companies<\/a>, oil \u200bbusinessmen, Republican politicians were all there\u2062 in the audience,&#8221; she wrote in a four-tweet thread. \u2063&#8221;No one (except\u200d one worker at \u200bthe venue and\u2062 my husband) was on my side, and\u200d I went in to \u2063debate a guy who \u200cis admittedly known \u2064as a good debater.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That took f***ing balls, and I&#8217;m sick of being underestimated and attacked as\u200d some sort of bimbo,&#8221; Kasparian stated. &#8220;I went in because I know I can defend my views assertively.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ben has a bigger following than me. I \u200dcan assure you he&#8217;s platforming\u200c me, and his audience isn&#8217;t crying about it,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I \u200dwish the left was more confident,&#8221; Kasparian concluded the thread. &#8220;We look weak with the platform scolding. I think we&#8217;re right on the issues, and I \u2064think \u2062we can change more minds \u2063if we speak to \u200cmore people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro agreed with Kasparian&#8217;s\u2062 perspective,\u200b calling \u2062it &#8220;exactly right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is worth \u200cthe\u2064 read, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnaKasparian?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@anakasparian<\/a> is exactly right <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fk5Y7Vlqog\">https:\/\/t.co\/Fk5Y7Vlqog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben \u2064Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1446105478275256323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/i-get-so-much-flack-for-saying-this-ana-kasparian-talks-failed-leftist-policies-with-ben-shapiro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;I Get So Much Flack For Saying This&#8217;: \u2063Ana\u200b Kasparian Talks Failed Leftist Policies With Ben Shapiro<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ana Kasparian, co-host of &#8220;The Young Turks,&#8221; praised Ben Shapiro&#8217;s fairness in conversation despite criticism for their debates. In 2021, they engaged in a debate, and Kasparian later appeared on Shapiro&#8217;s &#8220;Sunday Special&#8221; for an hour-long discussion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":1996445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1996444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1996444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1996445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1996444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1996444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1996444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}