Hayden Rhodea

The good they do in activism and evangelism, for which I am grateful, should not keep people from recognizing the serious threat their views on incremental legislation pose to Christian political engagement.

The more that anti-ICE people do this, the more people will vote Republican.

Cruz handled this very well

That was fast...

Kristan Hawkins on her way to refuse to debate anyone in the pro-life movement who disagrees with her. * Not even joking, I saw her film this about 20 minutes before she refused to talk with me.

Every anti-abortion person should watch this video. 0:00 Context 3:33 The video 6:58 Parting Thoughts I went to Kristan Hawkins' (@KristanHawkins) "Prove Me Wrong" event at GVSU with the goal of having a respectful conversation with her about whether the majority of women who have abortions are "second-victims" and whether that rhetoric is helpful to the anti-abortion movement. ㅤ She refused to speak with me, and when I went to the mic when there was no one there and no line, she instructed her staffers "Don't talk to him. Ignore him." ㅤ After someone tried to talk to her (they were not even with me), there were two minutes where no one was at the mic. She preferred sitting in silence under the "Prove Me Wrong" tent to actually engaging with me, someone who has done anti-abortion activism on that campus multiple days this year, and who was seeking a good-faith dialogue. ㅤ The only thing that broke the silence was when one of her (presumably) staffers went to the mic to ask her a question. ㅤ She also said, "I don't talk with Westboro Baptists" to the first student who tried to respectfully talk with her. That student did not deserve to be spoken to that way. ㅤ He showed no signs of malice whatsoever, and she shut down her conversation with him in under a minute, even though there was no line behind him. I cannot speak for that student, but my understanding is he agrees that incremental legislation is not necessarily sinful. ㅤ Calling people who disagree with her about the second victim narrative "Westboro Baptist types" is slanderous and only pushes more people to become abolitionists. I disagree with abolitionists about incrementalism and have made lengthy, well-researched videos arguing against their opposition to incremental restrictions on abortion. She destroys all that work when she shuts down sincere conversations about the second-victim narrative. Doing so only drives people to become abolitionists whose main appeal is that they rightfully call out the second-victim narrative as bogus. ㅤ Maybe Kristan should consider learning from Charlie Kirk, who spoke with me about this very issue at MSU last year in a very respectful 5-minute conversation, where I immediately left when he said the conversation was over. ㅤ Refusing to talk with anyone who is not in lock-step with her exact pro-life rhetoric only pushes people away from the pro-life moment. Perhaps she could have used today to model the open-mindedness that she desires pro-choicers to have. ㅤ While I consider it unlikely she will ever model the open-mindedness we should want in political debate, if she has a change of heart, she can DM me, and we can set up a good-faith discussion on this in the future.

Kristan, I'm not an abolitionist. I went to your event at GVSU with the goal of having a respectful conversation with you about whether the majority of women who have abortions are "second-victims" and whether that rhetoric is helpful to the anti-abortion movement. You refused to speak with me, and when I went to the mic when there was no one there and no line, you instructed your staffers "Don't talk to him. Ignore him." After someone tried to talk to you (they were not even with me), there were two minutes where no one was at the mic. You preferred sitting in silence under the "Prove Me Wrong" tent to actually engaging with me, someone who has done anti-abortion activism on that campus multiple days this year, and who was seeking a good-faith dialogue. The only thing that broke the silence was when one of your staffers went to the mic to ask you a question. Calling people who disagree with you about the second victim narrative "Westboro Baptist types" is slanderous and only pushes more people to become abolitionists. You also said, "I don't talk with Westboro Baptists" to the first student who tried to respectfully talk with you. That student did not deserve to be called that, and you know it. He showed no signs of malice whatsoever, and you shut down your conversation with him in seconds, even though there was no line behind him. I cannot speak for that student, but my understanding is he agrees with me that incremental legislation is not necessarily sinful. I disagree with abolitionists about incrementalism and have made lengthy, well-researched videos arguing against them. You destroy all that work when you shut down sincere conversations about the second-victim narrative. Doing so only drives people to become abolitionists. Maybe you should consider learning from Charlie Kirk, who spoke with me about this very issue at MSU last year in a very respectful 5-minute conversation, where I immediately left when he said the conversation was over. Refusing to talk with anyone who is not in lock-step with your precise pro-life rhetoric only pushes people away from the pro-life moment. Perhaps you could have used today to model the open-mindedness that you desire pro-choicers to have. While I consider it unlikely you will ever model the open-mindedness we should want in political debate, if you have a change of heart, you can DM me, and we can set up a good-faith discussion in the future.

Their team went from calling me dishonest to losing their fact-check in just two minutes.

Would have appreciated a tag, lol.

The Lions and The Scavengers @benshapiro

Unreal how El-Sayed habitually refuses to answer reporters' questions. When asked a question he doesn't like, he just starts rambling about anything except the question at hand.

What Do You Think About Abortion? Filmed September 10, 2026.