Rubin's fine, because he doesn't advertise himself as the face of conservatism or hide from what he is: a liberal. Rubin is just a liberal that actually saw what was happening on "his side" and coming from the left, and, like any rational person, reacted with a simple "what the fuck?" It's even put him on a mission against big tech where he's actually at least trying to do something about big tech censorship and cancel culture. He's gained appeal with the right, simply for pointing out the absurdities on the left, so that alone has led many to this conclusion about him, but it's an unfair application, as, again, he is not artificial or trying to come across as some kind of traditionally ideological conservative. Same with Tim Pool. These are admitted liberals. They've just maintained some logic and capacity for critical thinking, which means they'll often denounce certain things/ideas that make them appeal, and appear to some, as conservative/right wing. In any case, I'll take what I can get from people like them, whereas Shapiro is far more deserving of criticism for espousing his beliefs as if they are the true and only tenets of conservatism