Following the Republican debate on Wednesday, Breitbart News senior editor-at-large and DailyWire.com editor-in-chief Ben Shapiro got into a Twitter battle with comedian and Ratatouille star Patton Oswalt.
The exchange began when Oswalt tweeted:
My #GOPDebate summary: HELP US @SenSanders.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 16, 2015
Shapiro responded:
If this was your takeaway, you need help. But follow that star, @PattonOswalt, follow that star! https://t.co/wxvnQUZkIz
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 16, 2015
Oswalt took exception, and dropped this hot take:
I will, Ben! Enjoy your never-was neo-conservative shitscape! Give my love to Irving Kristol’s dumb ghost! https://t.co/8yal9FfAE9
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 16, 2015
Now, Shapiro is not a “neoconservative” in any real sense of the word. He is not a former liberal, and he does not agree with the nation-building platform of so-called “neoconservatives.” In fact, the only reason to label him a “neoconservative” would be his Jewishness; both the far right and far left routinely use “neoconservative” as an anti-Semitic slur. This has been true since the days of Paul Wolfowitz, as commentators from Charles Krauthammer to prominent leftists like Jeffrey Goldberg have noted.
Shapiro responded:
There’s nothing I appreciate more than celebrities dropping anti-Semitic slurs! Thanks, @PattonOswalt! https://t.co/SyBWJ7264E
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 16, 2015
Oswalt objected, and the following exchange ensued:
Of COURSE that’s your go-to! You gloriously predictable little sparrowfaet. Never stop, Ben… https://t.co/pSQl07pSTq
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 16, 2015
Let me explain, you uber-rich pseudo-socialist buffoon. You attribute Kristol’s philosophy to me because I am a Jew. https://t.co/1NmKCLmE2R
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 16, 2015
.@benshapiro No, dum-dum. Kristol is the father of neo-conservatism & helped popularize the term. That you’re both Jewish is incidental.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 16, 2015
Given that Kristol and I don’t share a philosophy, you have no other reason to connect us, dimwit. https://t.co/hhwHt2U2au
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 16, 2015
I was wrong. It appears @PattonOswalt isn’t smart enough to know he’s using an anti-Semitic slur. He’s just a typical Hollywood dumbass.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 16, 2015
The debate raged on when Shapiro asked Oswalt how much wealth he had, as a supporter of Bernie Sanders and ardent opponent of “income inequality”:
Clever! Now, when do you plan to give up your millions for the sake of ending income inequality? https://t.co/hr9kjCk2OS
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 16, 2015
Wow. You understand socialism as well as you understand anti-semitism, trans rights and, apparently, Twitter. https://t.co/WkhglrPITf
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 16, 2015
Please explain socialism to me from atop your mountain of “Ratatouille” money. https://t.co/QDHIidbWxA
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 16, 2015
Aaaaaaand you don’t know how residuals work. Or mountains. https://t.co/ebzljfZp1A
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 16, 2015
What is your net worth, @PattonOswalt, and what percentage of it do you give to those of lesser wealth? https://t.co/raXYN3Pjf9
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 16, 2015
I am still waiting for your net worth and your charitable giving percentage. Fight income inequality, @PattonOswalt!
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 16, 2015
Are you in the top 1% of income earners? Funny how this question won’t get answered. https://t.co/GUB7NXA3J8
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 16, 2015
We can now list @PattonOswalt‘s net worth, as a Bernie Sanders socialist, as one of the great mysteries of the universe. He’ll never tell.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 16, 2015
Finally, after refusing repeatedly to speak about his net worth, Oswalt got obscene:
That would be 40% of Go Fuck Yourself, You Sniveling Creep? https://t.co/OPI4vE3VW3
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 16, 2015
Which, of course, played precisely into Shapiro’s hands:
Funny, this is just what I say to socialists like @PattonOswalt and @BernieSanders. https://t.co/kmPnm7zPg9
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 17, 2015
Ouch. Shapiro concluded:
What I learned from @PattonOswalt today: (1) All Jews who aren’t left are neocons; (2) Socialism means being really rich and voting Sanders.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 16, 2015
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