Ben Shaprio has a weird connection to the Church of Satan, founded by Anton LaVey. They’re not connected by affiliation or symbolism, but by their political principles (especially their fondness of Ayn Rand). In his response to the Sam Smith / Kim Petras Grammy’s performance, Shapiro spoke about Satanism’s foundation in Romantic era literature. He greatly misrepresented Percy Shelley and the Satan of the Romantics, and I think this was not only intentional, but necessary to maintain Shapiro and the DailyWire’s apparent distance from Satanism.




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