Jan Hoffman profiles conservative pundit Jonathan Krohn who’s hit the big-time at the tender age of 14. This put me in the mind of Ben Shapiro who was a big deal when he was a 17 year-old syndicated TownHall columnist but whose star seems to have faded over the years as he’s become less outlandishly [...]
Jan Hoffman profiles conservative pundit Jonathan Krohn who’s hit the big-time at the tender age of 14. This put me in the mind of Ben Shapiro who was a big deal when he was a 17 year-old syndicated TownHall columnist but whose star seems to have faded over the years as he’s become less outlandishly young.
I really struggle to understand why this particular gimmick appeals to conservatives. What does it accomplish to put a 14 year-old front and center at CPAC? What’s the message it’s supposed to send? That the conservative message is childish? That the right’s talking points can be easily mastered by a 14 year-old? That the CPAC audience doesn’t care about the knowledge-base of the speakers there, they just want to hear certain ritual beats repeated? I wouldn’t want to claim that liberals are so high-minded as to be above all that, but I’m hard-pressed to think of an example of liberals trying to flaunt disdain for knowledge and expertise.
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