posted on June 29, 2019 08:54 PM by
u/PolyamorousNephandus
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I’m not sure how well Chapo is received around here, but they did a
pretty job of dismembering Shapino’s book as well; it’s not as polished
or as academic as the CA piece, but it’s definitely funnier
> I'm not sure how well Chapo is received around here
Obviously I can't speak for the others, but IMO Chapo is fine as long as one doesn't try to paint them as beyond criticism. If your go-to answer when someone says "I don't like Chapo because [bad thing]" is "but they do [bad thing] on purpose!" then I don't want to here about Chapo from you.
Otherwise, eh, who cares, it's just a podcast, if you think it might make me laugh, by all means, do share.
> it's not as polished or as academic as the CA piece, but it's definitely funnier
This one has its moments, tbf:
> His footnoted source for this, it bears mentioning, is not Strauss’s The City and Man or Bloom’s interpretive essay that introduces his famous translation of the Republic, but rather a 2013 article in First Things magazine, which is an excellent authority to cite if you would like to justify the forcible kidnapping of Jewish children, but is a less eminent authority when it comes to debates on Platonic irony.
(I like Chapo, to be clear, just wanted to highlight that line)
I’m not sure how well Chapo is received around here, but they did a pretty job of dismembering Shapino’s book as well; it’s not as polished or as academic as the CA piece, but it’s definitely funnier
Ben Shapiro. Fucking hell.