NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: In the last few days, since the very beginning of the Israel-Hamas conflict, the host of ‘The Ben Shapiro Show’, Ben Shapiro, has relentlessly reported on the conflict, on his show, as well as on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Shapiro took over X to address those who were allegedly “fooled by Hamas” and shared a one-hour-long video on “how Hamas fooled the world,” on his show.
Shapiro did not hold back on X, nor on ‘The Ben Shapiro Show,’ however, his followers and the people on the internet were not impressed. In turn, Shapiro has been accused of “fear-mongering.”
Ben Shapiro reports on Israel-Hamas conflict, claims ‘you wanted to be fooled’
On Thursday, October 12, Ben Shapiro wrote, “If you were fooled by Hamas, it's because you wanted to be fooled. There are only two possible reasons you wanted to be fooled.”
He then listed the reason, “1. You think everyone thinks like you, and can't imagine people who think like Hamas, so you blame Israel for Hamas' barbarity. Or...2. You hate Jews.”
As aforementioned, Shapiro also shared an episode from his show ‘The Ben Shapiro Show,’ titled, “How Hamas Fooled The World.”
Shapiro also took a dig at the media on X, “Hamas: We love death more than the Jews love life. We want to kill every Jew. Watch, we're going to kill babies and kidnap and rape women and murder 1,300 people now.”
He continued, “Media: But what do they really want?”
Internet responds to Ben Shapiro
After Ben Shapiro listed out the two reasons one “wanted to be fooled” by Hamas, he faced backlash on social media.
One person wrote, “Bro I actually had to check if this was a parody account. To save anyone else the effort: it isn't.”
One user wrote, “If you want to know why this country is so filled with hatred Ben, I suggest you take a look in the mirror,” and another said, “The false dichotomic narrative continues...”
“I think that there are a lot of emotions flying right now, and it's unfair to so freely throw labels around. "There are 2 sides" doesn't stop being true, and it doesn't excuse the behavior of either side either. The videos are horrible, but decisions need to be calmly made,” wrote one user.
One user on X asked Shapiro, “Wow projecting much?” and another said, “Ben put down the phone and see the big picture, fear-mongering won’t help anyone.”
