His views on race, social issues, economic views and particularly his views on Israel are well to the right of the mainstream.
Having said that I respect Shapiro. He's the closest thing the conservative movement has to an intellectual leader. Ben is very bright, witty, likeable, always well prepared and an extremely formidable debator. He is self admittedly a dishonest debator but if your goal is to win a debate then why not use all tools available to you?
In a serious level his arguments are often either not substantive when examined closely and he likes to cherry pick data when it supports his purpose and dismissive when it doesn't so there he often falls short of the smell test when it comes to selling ideas. In short he's not convincing enough to change people's views.
But that's not Shapiro's strong suite. He is excellent at teaching conservatives that their ideas do not have lose debates or or be dismissed for lacking relevance or being anachronistic.
I think liberals who oppose his views should listen to him and carefully. It would be a mistake to be dismissive of him. He is no conservative evangelical throwing red meat to the true believers like Limbaugh or Beck or a photogenic lightweight tossing out the days regurgitated Facebook talking points like Tammy Lehrer or a babbling non entity like Hannity.
I disagree. I've listened to him and he's racist to the core.
His views of Blacks are very disturbing. He's a conservative with extreme right wing views, especially against minorities.
I go out on a limb and say most minorities would disagree with your post. .........just saying.