LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 05: Actor Patton Oswalt arrives at the premiere of FX's 'Justified' Season 4 at Paramount Studios on January 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.
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Let Me Explain, You Uber-Rich Pseudo-Socialist Buffoon': Conservative Author and Liberal Actor Clash in Hostile Exchange
December 17, 2015
Things got ugly fast, and they stayed ugly.
Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt took to Twitter shortly after Tuesday’s GOP debate came to a close, voicing his dissatisfaction and pleading for Bernie Sanders’ help. Ben Shapiro, editor-in-chief of DailyWire.com, offered a quick response to Oswalt’s cry, initiating a ruthless back-and-forth that ended with Shapiro accusing the stand-up comedian, writer and actor of being anti-Semitic.
My #GOPDebate summary: HELP US @SenSanders.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 16, 2015
If this was your takeaway, you need help. But follow that star, @PattonOswalt, follow that star! https://t.co/wxvnQUZkIz
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 16, 2015
At one point, Oswalt compared Shapiro to neoconservative thinker, Irving Kristol. It was after this that the writer proceeded to call Oswalt’s reference “anti-Semitic.” Things got ugly fast, and they stayed ugly, even after Oswalt insisted that Shapiro and Kristol’s shared Judaism was “incidental."
I will, Ben! Enjoy your never-was neo-conservative shitscape! Give my love to Irving Kristol's dumb ghost! https://t.co/8yal9FfAE9
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 16, 2015
There's nothing I appreciate more than celebrities dropping anti-Semitic slurs! Thanks, @PattonOswalt! https://t.co/SyBWJ7264E
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 16, 2015
Of COURSE that's your go-to! You gloriously predictable little sparrowfaet. Never stop, Ben... https://t.co/pSQl07pSTq
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 16, 2015
.@benshapiro No, dum-dum. Kristol is the father of neo-conservatism & helped popularize the term. That you're both Jewish is incidental.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 16, 2015
After over half an hour of no reply, Oswalt persisted in his taunting tweets, inviting Shapiro to engage. Oswalt’s efforts were rewarded with a few more haughty jabs from Shapiro, who criticized what he believed to be Oswalt’s socialist leanings. He even “went there” and referenced Oswalt’s role in the animated blockbuster, ‘Ratatouille’.
Hey @benshapiro: you came at me guns blazing & now you're quiet. I'm not a transgendered reporter or anything scary like that. Let's chat!
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 16, 2015
I was wrong. It appears @PattonOswalt isn't smart enough to know he's using an anti-Semitic slur. He's just a typical Hollywood dumbass.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 16, 2015
If you call us both neocons without regard to our philosophies, you're either dumb or an anti-Semite. https://t.co/DiI1MhKjLA
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 16, 2015
Then why are you wasting your top-shelf grey cells losing an argument to me? https://t.co/VL5DGLYhYL
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 16, 2015
Please explain socialism to me from atop your mountain of "Ratatouille" money. https://t.co/QDHIidbWxA
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 16, 2015
Aaaaaaand you don't know how residuals work. Or mountains. https://t.co/ebzljfZp1A
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 16, 2015
There there was this profane rebuttal from the comedian:
Funny, this is just what I say to socialists like @PattonOswalt and @BernieSanders. https://t.co/kmPnm7zPg9
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) December 17, 2015
The next day, Salon took sides, praising Oswalt for shooting down Shapiro’s cries of anti-Semitism and dismissing them as “absurd.”
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