Ben Shapiro praises Western values, denounces Hamas at UW-Madison

Western values are “better in every conceivable way” than the Hamas worldview, Ben Shapiro said last night at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The co-founder and editor emeritus of The Daily Wire spoke to more than 1,100 people. The campus Young Americans for Freedom chapter hosted Shapiro along with the Young America’s Foundation for his lecture, titled “Stop Being Apologetic About the Superiority of Western Values.”

Shapiro started the speech without apology: “Your civilization is better than Hamas’, and it’s better than those of the people who sympathize with Hamas and you should not be shy about that,” he said.