This afternoon, in response to the tragic Notre Dame fire, Ben Shapiro paused to reflect on some of the things that make Notre Dame de Paris so special:

If we wish to uphold the beauty and profundity of the Notre Dame cathedral, that means re-familiarizing ourselves with the philosophy and religious principles that built it. — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 15, 2019

The Bulwark’s token liberal (well, at least the only token liberal over there who’s willing to acknowledge that she’s a liberal) Molly Jong-Fast thought Shapiro went too far:

Never too early to politicize — Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) April 15, 2019

Is that what Shapiro was doing? Because we’re pretty sure that’s not what he was doing. Ian Millhiser, yes. Ben Shapiro? No.

Cmon Molly-give me a break. — Fred Tinsey (@ftinsey) April 15, 2019

That's not what politicize means. — Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) April 15, 2019

But wait — she looked it up and everything:

Hummm, Molly.

See? — Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) April 15, 2019

She almost spelled it correctly. Progress!

Even though you posted the definition, I still don’t believe you know what it means. — Joshua Washington (@JoshWashIBSI) April 15, 2019

It’s easy enough to mock Molly. Mainly because she makes it so easy. But that doesn’t make it any less frustrating and irritating when she willfully mischaracterizes conservatives’ remarks as she’s doing with Ben Shapiro’s.

It is not politicization to point out that Notre Dame means something because of more than its architecture. https://t.co/2nPOItfhcz — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 15, 2019

Politicization would be blaming someone for what happened. I have not done that. Calling for reflection about the meaning of Notre Dame is not even close to politicization. — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 15, 2019

When Ben Shapiro politicizes something, you’ll know he’s politicizing it. Because he’ll own it.

Calling on people to get back to decent human principles is politicizing now. Sheesh — ConservativeBlackMan ???? (@NevilleD35) April 15, 2019

"Understanding philosophy and religion is just another underhanded conservative tactic." — @MollyJongFast apparently. — Jarvis Good (@jarvis_best) April 15, 2019

Meanwhile, we’d like to know what Molly would call this: