Summary Of Ben Shapiro: Campus Thuggery

Ben Shapiro is a Jewish conservative blogger that recently spoke at the University of Berkeley back in September. In regards to the topic of the speech, it was about Campus Thuggery but the majority it, he kept referencing to Antifa since they were protesting him speaking at Berkeley. Antifa is protest movement that is against fascism and is known for their violent protests. Within ten minutes or less, he destroyed the Democrats’ argument of free speech. If you draw your attention to the speech itself, it contains myriads of logos, ethos, and pathos.
As a matter of fact, Shapiro constantly uses logos or logic throughout his speech. The big components are the statistics. The majority of the speech, he switches topics quickly, as a result it’s

well constructed in a way it flows together very well. He briefly discusses the wage gap by stating statistics that show 147 out of the 150 cities pay women 8% more than their male counterparts. He also mentions that 55% of people that go to college are women. (9) He utilizes statistics in his argument by displaying logos.
Additionally, Shapiro uses ethos which is also defined by Webster Dictionary as convincing someone of character and credibility. When Shapiro visited Berkeley last February, he stated that it was a packed house and there was a very little security due to the fact that Antifa wasn’t that well known.
Furthermore, Shapiro uses very little amount of pathos or emotion in his speech.

Shapiro hardly displays emotion throughout the speech itself. He also discusses the hierarchy of people that are the most common victims of society. “So, the hierarchy goes something like this: the people whose views are most valuable and been most victimized. At the very top are people who are LGBT, and then you get black people, and then you get women, and then you get Hispanic people, and then you get Native Americans, and then you get Asians, and then you get Jews — Jews may be above Asians, maybe Jews — then Asians, and at the very, very bottom, you get straight white males. Those are the people who have nothing to say about anything because obviously they are the beneficiaries of this “white-privilege” system.” (Shapiro) would be when Shapiro talks about victims. He mentions how people say they’re a victim when they’re not a victim at all and how they should prove how they are a victim. Again: America is the greatest country in human history. “You are not a victim. If you are a victim of something, you need to show me what you are a victim of and I will stand beside you. But do not blame the freest, most civil society in the history of planet Earth for your failures, because that’s on you.”

(Shapiro)
In the final analysis of the speech, he utilizes statistics display logos. He uses ethos by mentioning how packed the auditorium was the last time he came to Berkeley. Also he was stoic and solemn during the speech that so the emotion so he doesn’t use pathos throughout the speech. This showcases that Shapiro cares more about facts than feelings or opinions. Because logos could be backed by scientists and other credible sources whereas ethos and pathos centers around one person’s beliefs.