{"id":136935,"date":"2023-11-07T07:39:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T12:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/?p=136935"},"modified":"2023-11-07T15:42:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T20:42:44","slug":"ben-shapiro-praises-western-values-denounces-hamas-at-uw-madison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/ben-shapiro-praises-western-values-denounces-hamas-at-uw-madison\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Shapiro praises Western values, denounces Hamas at UW-Madison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>UPDATED<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>MADISON, Wisconsin \u2013 Western values are \u201cbetter in every conceivable way\u201d than the Hamas worldview, Ben Shapiro said last night at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.<\/p>\n<p>The co-founder and editor emeritus of <em>The Daily Wire<\/em> spoke to more than <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yaf\/status\/1721698375945383953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1,100 people. <\/a>The campus Young Americans for Freedom chapter hosted Shapiro along with the Young America\u2019s Foundation for his lecture, titled \u201cStop Being Apologetic About the Superiority of Western Values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro started the speech without apology: \u201cYour civilization is better than Hamas\u2019, and it\u2019s better than those of the people who sympathize with Hamas and you should not be shy about that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour civilization is better in every conceivable way, it is better in terms of freedom, it is better in terms of decency, and it is better materially,\u201d Shapiro said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHamas\u2019s morality is evil. In the view of Hamas, the ultimate goal is the full destruction of all non-believers. To that end, they are willing to kill babies in their cribs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>One student after the event told <em>The College Fix<\/em> that he appreciated how Shapiro \u201cdidn\u2019t hold back\u201d in saying that \u201cAmerica and the West is great because of the values we are grounded in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro also called out protesters at Madison from an October 11 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1712130345632493684\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demonstration<\/a> who, in his words, shouted \u201cgarden variety Jew hating slogans\u201d including \u201cGlory to the martyrs\u201d and \u201cWe will liberate the land by any means necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Similar chants were echoed by protesters outside the Shapiro event. Video from <em>The Fix<\/em> shows protesters yelling chants such as \u201cHey, hey, ho, ho, Israel has got to go,\u201d \u201cFrom the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,\u201d and \u201cBen Shapiro you can\u2019t hide, you\u2019re supporting genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LUq2d3-kViY?si=WvrX3xEla4sr6ojN\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>The Fix<\/em> tried asking a few of the around 40 total protesters for comment on Hamas fighting Israel, but all of them turned away and refused to answer.<\/p>\n<p>This protest was much smaller than last year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/video-student-protest-turns-ugly-as-trans-activists-christians-clash-over-what-is-a-woman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protest<\/a> at UW-Madison outside a YAF event when hundreds of protesters protested Matt Walsh\u2019s speech for his \u201cWhat is a Women\u201d lecture series. Some of the protesters went as far as to eat pages from the Bible and assaulted Christian students counter-protesting.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the last time Shapiro came to UW-Madison when protesters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/tough-anti-free-speech-activists-intimidate-diminutive-female-radio-host-uw-madison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stormed<\/a> the stage in an attempt to stop Shapiro\u2019s speech, no disruptions occurred during the event inside the venue.<\/p>\n<p>The president of the campus YAF chapter told <em>The Fix<\/em> via email that the university was supportive of their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only disruption was the individuals with red hand paint. We worked very closely with the university to ensure the venue was secure and safe for all,&#8221; Harrison Wells told\u00a0<em>The Fix<\/em>. &#8220;We did receive threats from other student groups and students. The university was much better than last but still placed obstacles in our way and our beloved university could do better to support conservative students on campus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><script>!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embedJS\/ugavb5\"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+\"\/?url=\"+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+\"&args=\"+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, \"script\", \"Rumble\");<\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"rumble_v3rn7tv\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\nRumble(\"play\", {\"video\":\"v3rn7tv\",\"div\":\"rumble_v3rn7tv\"});<\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, one masked student, who said he didn\u2019t want his political beliefs associated with his identity, did <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yaf\/status\/1721709068555862419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ask Shapiro<\/a> how hard it was to \u201cgenerate AI generated images of Hamas attacks?\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro replied, \u201cyou should take off your mask now, not because what you\u2019re saying is so antisemitic but just because what you&#8217;re saying is so unbelievably stupid that I hope employers take a good stock of person that would ask something so dumb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the accusations of AI-generated images were mass false flagging operations on X through the Community Notes system, despite the images not being AI generated. Community Notes is a way of fact-checking posts on X, formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>The article has been updated with comments from Harrison Wells.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/uw-madison-liberals-physically-sick-and-hurt-by-matt-walsh-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UW-Madison liberals &#8216;physically sick&#8217; and &#8216;hurt&#8217; by Walsh event<\/a><\/p>\n<p>IMAGE: Young America&#8217;s Foundation<\/p>\n            <div class=\"article-truncate-control\">\n                <button class=\"show-complete-article\">\n                    Read More                <\/button>\n            <\/div>\n\n        ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Your civilization is better than Hamas\u2019, and it\u2019s better than those of the people who sympathize with Hamas and you should not be shy about that,&#8217; Shapiro says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1202,"featured_media":136944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1085,1077],"tags":[8902,374,438,51762,501,19642,20931,2678,1439,1066],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BenShapiro.YoungAmericasFoundation.YouTube72.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Oh4L-zCD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136935"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136935"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137012,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136935\/revisions\/137012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}