Ben Shapiro Dunked For Lame Mother’s Day ‘Joke’ Aimed At Liberals

Ben Shapiro’s catching a new round of dramatic eye rolls after sarcastically wishing everyone a “Happy Birthing Persons’ Day” in response to a controversy conservatives drummed up last week.

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In a speech to Congress on Thursday, Rep. Cori Bush spoke about the pain she had during her pregnancies, and ultimately promised to “protect black birthing people.”

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Bush’s personal decision to be inclusive in her language, so as to not leave out people like transgender men or non-binary folks who have babies, or even simply surrogates who wouldn’t refer to themselves as a baby’s “mother” harmed no one, but conservatives latched onto the phrasing and acted as if it was some sort of war on women.

Shapiro decided to keep the non-controversy rolling with a Mother’s Day tweet that read:

“Happy Birthing Persons’ Day to all the egg-producing homo sapiens of unspecified gender who made the decision to bring to term a meaningless cluster of cells!”

Happy Birthing Persons’ Day to all the egg-producing homo sapiens of unspecified gender who made the decision to bring to term a meaningless cluster of cells!

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 9, 2021

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It’s a lame attempt at a joke that ultimately does nothing more than highlight the right’s hyper-focus on policing other people’s identities, and people were quick to comment as much.

Especially since he tells the exact same joke twice a year for at least the past five years.

— The Mayor of Christmas (@TinseltownMayor) May 9, 2021

This is exactly why he failed so hard in Hollywood.

— Genevieve (@JackeeDaytona_) May 9, 2021

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You know how some intellectuals have a strained sense of humor? Like my old astronomy prof, great academic, but forced jokes. Well, that’s the only part of an intellectual’s brain Ben has.

— Fontella Bassilica of the Pronunciation (@DonGone5) May 9, 2021

Shapiro wasn’t the only person to pull out a “birthing person” mention on Mother’s Day, wrongly assuming that the terms are interchangeable.

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Hi, trans person here. I have literally never seen any person–trans or cis–demand “Birthing Persons’ Day”. Ever.

Greta is fabricating a nonsense issue while her conservative friends continue their relentless attacks on trans children in at least 33 state legislatures.

Enough.

— Charlotte Clymer (@cmclymer) May 9, 2021

For years I have been sending “Happy Holidays” cards back to sender at Christmas. But I have never heard of birthing person’s day.

— Jacques Kavafian (@jacqueskavafian) May 9, 2021

I’ve never heard it called anything but Mother’s Day.

— Josh Krafft (blue check mark) (@TheJoshKrafft) May 9, 2021

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No one is doing this. There’s not a movement to end the concept of Mother’s Day.

It’s the same thing that happened 7 years ago. People keep falling for these astroturf campaigns. pic.twitter.com/p1odVrW65J

— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) May 9, 2021

Hopefully people like Shapiro got their own mothers something other than faux outrage over something completely innocuous for the holiday!

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*First Published: May 9, 2021, 10:41 am