Ben Shapiro challenged prog flavor of the month Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez to a debate – something she’s never had in her “political career”.
Now, there’s no requirement that a pol debate anyone, ever – even their opponents for office, much less pundits. Of course, it can be used against you – not that it matters in a one-party town like Ocasio-Cortez’ district.
And there are so many ways to decline a debate request like this:
- “Sorry – I’m getting ready for a general election (coronation?), and I’m too busy”.
- “Debating you will be of no consequence to serving (koff koff) my constituents and my district. Why would either of us waste our time?”
- “I’ve got drapes to measure that evening”
- “I gotta wash my hair”.
- Or the old reliable “<silence>”.
That’s not what Ocasio-Cortez did, though:
Asking for a debate is “like catcalling” – sexist, intrusive, unwanted, arrogant.
A response that is, itself, sexist and arrogant, and a sign of a mind that can think on no other plane than the politics of identity and outrage.
Congratuations, New York. You got another winner here. (Not that Minnesota has anything to brag about, since the equally risible Alondra Cano Alondra Cano, Ray Dehn and Keith Ellison remain in office).
SIDE NOTE: Remember when the same people who are raving about Ocasio-Cortez today were calling Sarah Palin an ignorant dumbass?
This is the sound of “the bar” in freefall.
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