As Twitchy told you, crazypants blue check Vic Berger dove head-first off the deep end with an unhinged rant against Ben Shapiro, calling Shapiro a “stochastic terrorist” over this objectively inoffensive tweet about more women getting into dentistry:
Perhaps you should have informed your daughter that as of 2014, 47.7% of all dental students were women, rather than letting her believe that your unrepresentative dentist office is an indicator of widespread sexism. https://t.co/SFUq6uc9zd
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 17, 2018
Here’s how Berger kicked off his rant:
https://twitter.com/VicBergerIV/status/986949411547828224
“Silicon Valley” star Kumail Nanjiani apparently didn’t see anything wrong with Berger’s assessment, because rather than taking issue with Berger’s batsh*t insane ramblings, Nanjiani seems to think Shapiro’s the one who’s got to dial it back:
https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/987043817432977410
https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/987044318287482880
Except Nanjiani isn’t saying Shapiro’s not responsible, either. What exactly does he think Shapiro can do to prevent any of his followers from interpreting a totally innocuous tweet as a signal to verbally abuse or threaten someone else? If Nanjiani’s gonna go down this road, he’d better have some good tires, because it’s a very slippery one.
Are you responsible for the actions of every single one of your followers, Kumail? If not, why not? https://t.co/ChJ7x0boLS
— Currently between fraudulent suspensions (@jtLOL) April 19, 2018
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So it's @benshapiro's responsibility when other people say things, @kumailn? Then is the anti-police sentiment in the replies here your responsibility? https://t.co/L5duZILhgj pic.twitter.com/uILvAKu25t
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) April 19, 2018
Shapiro didn’t “attack” Alissa Nutting. Nor did he encourage anyone to open fire in a mosque. But Nanjiani seems perfectly at ease leaving both of those false narratives out there without correcting the record.
You have to recognize the ridiculous person you quoted for this is beyond any reasonable example of what you wish to convey.
Ben provided relevant stats with no malice involved. The guy you quoted laughably twisted it in an effort to intimidate and bully.
Be reasonable here.
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) April 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/JeremyWingert79/status/987044716637294592
It’s not the wrong move if it lets you think you’ve got some moral high ground.
A guy with 2.85M followers publicly scolds a guy with 1.32M followers for… signal-boosting. https://t.co/ChJ7x0boLS
— Currently between fraudulent suspensions (@jtLOL) April 19, 2018
That’s pretty pathetic.
I literally cited a statistic from 2014. That was the entire tweet. Please explain how I can magically stop nutjobs from doing despicable things. https://t.co/0JjzMDWhNq
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/987062024969502720
Except your evidence of Shapiro’s role in hate directed at Alissa Nutting was an incoherent tweet accusing Shapiro of terrorism and complicity in mass murder.
Dude, I literally responded to a viral tweet. That's it. Just as you're doing now. If I get death threats from your fans, I'm not going to blame you. (Off topic, but BTW, I really enjoy your work.) https://t.co/v3h7I3pIFE
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 19, 2018
Sad that Shapiro had to point that out to Nanjiani.
https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/987059942598168576
OK, Kumail. So how about telling your followers that Shapiro isn’t a terrorist now?
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