(Off screen) hi! my question is... I feel like it might be a little bit more personal
but um what do you think about the places on the internet like slash poll
do you know about that at all?
(Shapiro) not familiar, no!
(Off screen) I'm talking more about the keyboard warriors who...
I know have insulted you in different...
(Shapiro) like the reddits in the 4chan?
(off screen) yeah, like reddits in the 4chan
because I feel like they kind of started almost like a political revolution online of getting rid of P.C.
but i just wanted to see what you thought about it them?
(Shapiro) I think they're mostly losers who sit in their mother's basement, smoke pot and masturbate
(laughter)
I think that my biggest problem would be with this group of people
is that there is a...
again I've spent my entire career fighting against political correctness
right I'm the guy who goes to public high schools with under.... with...
with poor kids and says to the poor kids
the reason your parents are permanently poor is because they're bad with money and made bad decisions
don't make those decisions and you'll do better
right that's politically incorrect and that will get you shut down by the high school principal
right which happen
that's political incorrectness
it is not political incorrectness to shout cock at people
right you're not actually changing anything
I'm sorry but shouting cock at people doesn't make the world a better place
it just means that you're an asshole
so the idea... so you know my big problem with this
is that there's a whole generation of young people
who are falling into the trap of thinking that principled by saying stupid things
and not just saying stupid things, like cuck is just a silly thing
but people who are using the n-word in chat rooms
because they think 'oh I'm violating some sort of societal taboo and that makes me cool'
yeah well that's not going to be so cool when it turns out your employer can search you
and now you can't get a job
right it's not going to be so cool when you fall into this trap of associating with all with all these folks
and it turns out that's on your Facebook page it's all fun and games
until you actually have to live in the real society
where the left is willing to go after people
now I don't think the left should go after people for this sort of stuff
because I would prefer to live in a society where we can all say whatever we want
but I don't think that you saying these things promotes that
because I don't think it's important that we have a society where you say the n-word
I think it is important that you have a society where you can point out
that we're not disproportionately sending black people to prison
we're sending black people to prison in precisely the proportions they're committing crimes
I think that's more important than you shouting cock or the n-word
right and this is this is my big this is my big problem with you know
as you know I have this long-running debate now with my old bud Yiannopoulos
it is my big problem with Milo and his entire movement
is I think that Milo is not conservative I don't think he knows anything about conservatism
I don't think he cares about the Constitution he says this openly
I think that Milo cares about being a provocateur
and I'm sorry I provocateur generation is only valuable
in standing for things that are worthwhile
it is not... being a provocateur just for the sake of being a provocateur is worthless
provoke in the name of something real and decent and then I'll stand with you
provoke in the name of just being a provocateur because you're violating taboos and you're wasting my time
thank you
