Ben Shapiro has openly called transgender people mentally ill. He portrays the gay rights movement as a conspiracy to “root out god-based institutions.” He has recently defended conversion therapy.
Actually, that's what I like about him. Actually, I like a lot of what he says and calling it "hate speech" just because you don't like it, doesn't make it so.
Now many of you may not have an issue with this but keep in mind that silencing others eventually comes to others silencing you and your views.
We have no shame in saying that we intend to shut down Ben Shapiro. This is not a decision we came to based on youthful emotions, or out of some desire for the world to be “one big safe space.” This decision was arrived at based on a real, material understanding of the political environment of Utah, and the material effects of an emboldened far right.