Michael Knowles STRUGGLES Clarifying His Genocidal Rhetoric

[@VAULT-TEC_INC.]

Sam: “So let’s give Michael a chance to speak.” Michael: “So the…” PAUSE IT! 😂😂😂

[@severalwolves]

haha - also, the long gap while the producer is trying to cue up the clip. instead of quietly seething over his staff’s slackness, sam should spend those moments making sure he’s given all the requisite setup / exposition… that, or maybe they should all finally just chip in to get sam his own remote ‘Pause’ button :)

[@nextchancenow7153]

That moment of silence was the smartest Knowles will ever be.

[@julianmarsh8384]

You got that right. Jesus--talk about self-importance....just play the damn clip and then talk...

[@hannayapelekai1628]

@@nextchancenow7153 that moment of silence was the smartest thing Michael Knowles ever said

[@Devoted_Catholic777]

@@hannayapelekai1628seriously when will Micheal understand a 6ft dude with a prick and balls is actually a women! What an idiot! That was sarcasm if you couldn’t tell. You people have actually lost your minds you think grown men can be women.

[@Dayman90]

Hard to believe he couldn’t make it in a Hollywood as an actor. The guy just oozes charisma.

[@barbiquearea]

Probably didn't want to be stuck being an extra all his life.

[@alabamaman5994]

I am Sam Seder?

[@anonymous71207]

@@alabamaman5994 congrats for that man!

[@brewtron]

That's not charisma he's oozing.

[@oo7799]

He obviously couldn't lol

[@mark-gj4mb]

Conservative ad transitions are so insane. I think it was Dana Loesch who did a whole segment on how this bird species that would go extinct if frakking was extended in, if I remember right, Colorado. She was saying how nobody would miss this bird species and that they look tasty and easy to shoot and a bunch of other horrible stuff only to transition into an ad for an animal shelter that protects stray and abused animals trying to get people to donate lmao.

[@crispypudding]

Everyone acts like this when it comes to animals

[@clarissanavarro2762]

@@crispypudding So sad they do not care as much about people.

[@crispypudding]

@clarissanavarro2762 yes that's sad .democrats actually care about animals more than people. Remember that thing about some state in America, I think it's California. Where if you break a turtle eag you will given a fine . So you can kill a baby even when he is 9 months old just few minutes before birth but not a turtle

[@alienbob21]

2015? 1999 - The Transgender Day of Remembrance was founded in 1999 by Gwendolyn Ann Smith, a trans woman who is a graphic designer, columnist, and activist,[65] to memorialize the murder of Rita Hester in Allston, Massachusetts.[66] Since its inception, TDoR has been held annually on 20 November,[67] and it has slowly evolved from the web-based project started by Smith into an international day of action. The pride flag for Trans people was introduced in 2000.... This is just in America the past 23 years. There are thousands of years of Transpeople being accepted and recognized.

[@beeteebz8944]

Blows the mind that people actually think this is all new. A whole lot less ignorance in the world would do us all a mountain of good. Grow up not down. Thank you for this important info.

[@th232r6]

Transitioning is impossible, trans people do not exist.

[@MistressOP]

my high school teacher was transgender woman. I'm 40 as of Feb. these guys are nuts. Less home schooling and more meeting people who don't believe what you believe and see them at least as human beings.

[@charisma-hornum-fries]

I completely agree.

[@crispypudding]

the problem here is that I consider this ridiculous. So I would be most likely laughing like any normal person would do.and then your human being of a teacher will make fail the exams . Also we never hear this arguments about conservatives. Do you have any idea how many times I read comments about people saying that matt walsh is torturing his kids?? yet if you watch his show ,which you obviously will never do because he is a new nazi white Supremacist kkk bigot .but if you do then you know that him talking about his family adventures is the coolest thing ever.

[@Kira-zm7vy]

Yep. It's like the whole college is indoctrinating our kids crap. Nope! They're just meeting and talking to people that are different than them. It's amazing to me that these haters feel they are on the right side of this. I can't wait until the younger generation is voting age. Going to be some big changes I feel.

[@Thecultofwrestling]

When I was a child my mom had a trans woman on her semi pro soft ball team. This was early 90s. And no my mom's team was terrible even with a trans woman.

[@xmillion1704]

As the son of a fundamentalist preacher in the 70's, when I learned of Wendy Carlos and Rene Richards the news warranted no more than a passing curious shrug.

[@Iamcjakes]

FYI, I’m trans (ftm) I’m 62 and I transitioned in 2001. I believe I’ve been around long before 2015.

[@Vynjira-chan]

..but are you sure tho? Republicans aren't that good at Math (or Reading or facts.. all of which are a problem) you might need to create a visual diagram to show this. Use smaller words than "Transitioned"..

[@johnschmalbach8243]

What he isn't saying, is that When the DSM-5 came out in 2013 it changed the definition of gender dysphoria, and this was one of the driving forces behind Obama's change in military policy. Prior to 2013 the DSM, in more polite language, essentially said that being transgender in and of itself was a mental illness. The DSM-5 changed that diagnosis to being the effects of your gender not matching your biologically assigned sex, largely driven by discrimination, lack of acceptance, etc. And that is what this is about. It's about trying to roll back the clock to when trans people either stayed in the closet or killed themselves. So even his comment about making things the way they were prior to 2015 is advocating for genocide, it's just that instead of other people going around and killing trans people, the trans people are killing themselves, or are fundamentally changing the way they live under outside pressure. An ethnic example of this kind of genocide would be what the United States tried to do to the Native Americans until the early 1900s with the "Indian School" system. "Kill the Indian to save the man" they said, so they created schools to wipe out the Native Cultural Identity and replace it with what was acceptable to mainstream, white, Christian society. That's what he wants Trans people dead, in the closet or so marginalized that he can pretend they don't exist. I didn't think anyone could be as ahistorical, and to be honest simply uninformed and idiotic than Matt Walsh. I was wrong.

[@potts995]

People don’t understand this and it’s a huge problem. To put it another way, they want to structure society in such a way that it results in more trans people dying. Focusing on whether it’s direct, indirect, etc. is a waste of time, the outcome they want is genocide, this is just the easiest way they have to reach that through the current system we have.

[@warriorwaitress7690]

Right on. I've used this exact argument many times in defense of our trans friends. My Cherokee great-grandmother was forcibly removed from her parents' home and sent off to live in one of those barbaric Indian boarding schools (and the generational trauma is still with my family today, not to mention the great loss of our cultural heritage, which I've had to actively seek out and learn for myself in my adulthood). Most of those children survived, and yet today it's universally considered to be a genocide by scholars and human rights experts, and qualifies as such under The Rome Statutes of the U.N.'s definition of genocide. Protect trans people. Defend them every time a cis person demeans them in your presence. We're all in this together, because fascists like Knowles won't just be satisfied with subjugating trans people, they'll eventually go after us or someone we love next. That's how fascism has worked throughout history.

[@JD-fx1np]

@@warriorwaitress7690 thank you!

[@JD-fx1np]

Well said and thank you

[@nancyjay790]

There's been a variety of things classified as mental illness, including homosexuality, over many years. Although the likes of Albert Hitchcock in films like Psycho did a lot to frame things as mental illness, and shape the public perception and discourse.

[@aaronpolichar7936]

Here's what composer Wendy Carlos said about the reaction when she went public about being trans in 1979 (via Wikipedia): "The public turned out to be amazingly tolerant or, if you wish, indifferent [...] There had never been any need of this charade to have taken place. It had proven a monstrous waste of years of my life."[30]. I doubt she would have the same reaction today.

[@NomadSoul76]

I think it's worth adding that this is Wendy Carlos who composed the groundbreaking soundtrack to the movie Tron. She was a synth pioneer, I appreciated her work for decades before I found out she was trans.

[@Archivist82]

@@NomadSoul76 And many others, like A Clockwork Orange. She deserves more recognition ❤

[@michaeld9682]

@@Archivist82 yes clockwork orange was so wholesome

[@julianmarsh8384]

@@michaeld9682 Which means, what?

[@michaeld9682]

@Julian Marsh it was such a family friendly wholesome show

[@kellyloganme]

Knowles: "When you think genocide, think Rabbit Air purifiers."

[@bonsaitomato8290]

“We didn’t have transgenderism in American public life before 2015” Michael Knowles must be a 7 year old suffering from gigantism because I would love to introduce him to something called “the 1970s” .

[@ishimwe123]

I mean even in the 20' , 1890' etc. Even in africa, we had tribes who had a sacred role for trans.

[@DoctorBiobrain]

Exactly. The problem is that trans people in pop culture were almost entirely used as a joke for decades. The rightwing complaint SHOULD be that they’re not allowed to make those jokes anymore. But it’s scarier if they pretend this is something new than to admit trans people always existed and deserved to be treated better.

[@petehjr1]

He's just branding. America still isn't ready for open Nazism. They have to stay in the closet most of the time.

[@ConsciusVeritasVids]

Indigenous American tribes even recognized more than two genders within their cultures long before the colonists arrived to _help themselves_ to the continent, and they were often revered within the tribe and given special roles. Michael Knowles knows nothing aside from how many digits there are in his paycheck.

[@matthewgagnon9426]

Some Like It Hot was a movie where cross-dressing was kind of the butt of the joke, but it still ended with some guy being perfectly okay with marrying a man who had been cross-dressing as a woman because "nobody's perfect." That movie is from the 1950s.

[@andromidius]

For context to anyone who doesn't know - transgender people have existed for as long as we have human history, and medical transition has existed for over a hundred years (longer then hip replacements, by the way, and with a much lower 'regret rate' - yes more people both in numbers and percentages regret hip replacements then full transition, by a massive margin). The Far Right has also known about trans people for at least 90 years. Because 90 years ago they actively and directly targeted a medical trust in Germany that studied and treated trans folk, and had a huge library of research and support books. Those books were all burned (yes, those infamous pictures of Nazis burning books - those are the books being burned), the patients were murdered or send to concentration camps, and the doctor who ran the trust (a Jewish man, I believe) joined them. So yeah, the Right Wing and wider society fucking know better. They just all choose to ignore the literal genocide performed before WW2 even began. This is why we as trans folk will NEVER trust society to do the right thing - we have to force it.

[@xmillion1704]

Well stated and thanks for the history lesson.

[@stuartmcdermid1157]

"This is why we as trans folk will NEVER trust society to do the right thing - we have to force it." Spoken like a true Nazi

[@xmillion1704]

@@stuartmcdermid1157 You mean the actual nazis who persecuted trans people? Project much?

[@dizzolve]

1:39 feel bad for him? He gets the lightest smattering of applause at CPAC and his face flushes with excitement.......... it's disgusting

[@michaeld9682]

Almost as bright as trans make up

[@anarchkat]

Wow that's sad.

[@ohwellwhateverr]

How can you genocide a people who willingly castrate themselves?

[@dizzolve]

@@ohwellwhateverr so it's ok to kill them then?

[@rustyshackelford7651]

​@@ohwellwhateverr probably the same way you'd genocide any other people?

[@jaymontana2708]

"Much like I want to purify the human race, Rabbit Air will purify the air in your home."

[@Lucaso111]

Do you know that transgenderism or gender dysphoria is a actually a very serious metal disorder?

[@Advent3546]

Eradicating Daily Wirism from public life is self-defense at this point.

[@michaeld9682]

Self-defense is also protecting children from sexual predators

[@kingmenelaus7083]

@@michaeld9682 exactly, this is why we hate Matt Walsh

[@sammyvictors2603]

​@@michaeld9682 except Queer people, even Trans and Nonbinary people, are NOT predators. That's just all conservative moral panic, hysteria, misinformation, and propaganda.

[@joca6282]

I said that last night. Lol. Good thinking!

[@ShaithMaster]

And what does that mean? I'm glad people are talking about it.

[@seaoftranquility7228]

Caroline Cossey was a Bond girl in the 1981 movie _For Your Eyes Only_ she was also a transgender woman. She appeared in Playboy twice. The first time caused such an outcry when she was outed, Hefner gave her a second shoot.

[@wtfrocks8663]

2015 is when these issues finally hit the red states facebook feed.

[@kaidonjorn5295]

Yup 😆

[@AmericanWithTheTruth]

No we just fought that long to keep the druggies and insane people out.

[@PabloVlogs]

We had very different trans woman that were celebrities in Spain since the 80s. Bibiana Fernandez, an actress that would play even cis woman in Almodóvar movies, and Christina La Veneno, who was a s€s worker they found randomly on a late night show and became a National celebrity. There’s even a whole mini-series about her life in HBO Max, where other amazing trans actors tell her fascinating life story, including the late Isabel Torres.

[@daviawyliefinch3017]

I watched that series. It's fantastic!

[@liul]

Yes, and I remember everybody knew Bibiana was a trans woman, and nobody had a problem with it. I remember my dad saying , in the 80's, that she was pretty. My dad, born in the 40's, who had lived in a fascist dictatorship, was perfectly OK with it. I think we've been regressing these past ten years

[@ahtech1990]

Just looked up those women, they were gorgeous in their youth! Let them live their lives you freaks on the right.

[@lavellelee5734]

Interesting

[@simplicitylost]

Amanda Lepore has been in the public eye since the 90s in the USA. Just because people weren’t paying attention doesn’t mean there weren’t plenty of ⚧️ people if they’d just looked.

[@bunnybreaker]

"I didn't advocate for genocide, I just advocated for the steps *towards* genocide."

[@camacattack]

Eradicating an ideology is what I think he meant?

[@ms.aelanwyr.ilaicos]

​@@camacattackso if a group of people were to eradicate "the christian ideology", that wouldn't constitute genocide?

[@Kira-zm7vy]

​@@camacattack being trans isn't an ideology.

[@kinoate]

​@@camacattack You and I both know what he really meant. Stop trying to weaselly pretend otherwise.

[@hannayapelekai1628]

@@camacattack He wants the very idea of transgenderness gone. What the heck do you think that would entail for trans people???

[@pugisolation]

Knowles is a creepy marionette boy man

[@Noooiiiissseee]

The Rabbit Air bit made me laugh so much. It's so unbelievably bizarre lmao

[@Demagora]

Mike: "If you demand purity as much as I do..."

[@danpowell3953]

I thought it was “Rabid Air”, which clearly fits better with the right wing.

[@jasondaveries9716]

Seriously lmao It's like if Father Coughlin interrupted his rhetoric about 'the jews' with a Coca Cola ad

[@navibc31]

It's almost like a Behind the Bastards ad transition, but seriously

[@Ellie_deMayo]

“Rabbit Air, Purify all aspects of life.”

[@alphi4868]

I’d love to go back to 2015! As a trans woman who transitioned in 2006, 2015 was the last year I felt I could walk around safely without fear.

[@palmereldritch_6669]

Trump is a terrible person who brought out the worst in a lot of people. I'm sorry that LGBTQ, especially trans, are the flavor of the moment for right wing fear mongering. It's absurd and transparent. Things are going to continue to go worse and worse for these people as they alienate more and more people.

[@KD-ou2np]

Even though we have taken so many strides forward I don't think many cis people really understand how bad it has gotten recently

[@annaspeaksout2964]

​@@KD-ou2npPlease stop calling people without the mental illness called gender dysphoria "cis people." We are men and women. Please respect that reality.

[@marcusaurelius49]

He stuck the landing with Rabbit Air(TM). 😂. I will forever remember Rabbit Air(TM) for all my genocidal eradication needs.

[@firefly9838]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Aeroldoth3]

"When you think RabbitAir... think genocide!"

[@jonnaking3054]

can you imagine if a dem said 'Im not saying we should abolish ConservaTIVES, I'm saying we should abolish ConservaTISM

[@crispypudding]

Yes that's literally what democrats say all the time.

[@ms.aelanwyr.ilaicos]

"I'm not saying we should eradicate [christians], I'm saying we should eradicate [christian ideology]."

[@redmage5251]

@@crispypudding i wish democrats were that cool

[@crispypudding]

@redmage5251 it's actually funny that you are using this example because Michael knowles uesd literally the same example literally the same example. about democrats wanting to end conservatism. but the reason why you never hear democrats saying it, because those stupid NPCs always say what they know " you are a new nazis kkk white Supremacist bigoted racists " so it's really not because they are civilized in any way.because remember , those are the same people who walk naked in the streets. It's always because they have one script.

[@ToxicAudri]

Eradicate conservatism. Ever since 2016 it's been a shit show.

[@IRanOutOfPhrases]

The quotes he's being criticized for: "There can be no middle way in dealing with transgenderism. It is all or nothing." "Transgenderism must be eradicated from life entirely." He left out that word "entirely" in his recap in this video, but I assure you, he said the word "entirely" when he was on stage. Even emphasizing the word. If he's trying to draw a line between "transgenderism" vs "transgender people" then he's hoping you're an idiot who will believe it, while he depends upon the other idiots who agree with his previous statements to understand the original meaning. He was explicitly being total and complete in his wordings. If he actually cared to separate himself from what he's being accused of, he would be spending this segment with waaaay more apology and a message to his fans about how transgender people are fine and should be respected. "no middle way" "all or nothing" "eradicated from life entirely"

[@nancyjay790]

This is the "I was told to apologize, so... I'm sorry if you felt I did something bad. I'm very sorry that you didn't just let me talk, and applaud me. Okay, we good?"

[@IRanOutOfPhrases]

@@nancyjay790 Even that is over-stating the amount of apology in his response, lol

[@Devoted_Catholic777]

@@nancyjay790 he is not backing down what the hell are you talking about

[@Devoted_Catholic777]

@@IRanOutOfPhrases he said eradicated from public life like leaving that out huh?

[@PresidentBarackbar]

Neo-Nazis do that same shit all the time, they try to make a distinction between Jews just practicing the religion and the shadowy Jewish cabal that supposedly controls the world.

[@tropezando]

The air purifier/clear the air/eradicating transgenderism rhetoric reminded me of Jordy Peterson saying the N*zis killing millions of people was the inevitable conclusion of H*tler's obsession with cleanliness. DW employees are truly birds of a feather.

[@UniversalMysteries343]

*casually reads sponsorship for Zyklon-B *

[@samhhaincat2703]

Jorpson said that? I don't doubt you whatsoever, but holy shit. How does he keep topping his shitty comments with even shittier ones? He's certainly talented at *something*

[@ohwellwhateverr]

Peterson is way over your head.

[@Oxbloodmage]

@@ohwellwhateverr were you crying when you wrote this.

[@Quantris]

"Elijah, I'm sorry to say it but you just don't spark joy"

[@AndyAshenden]

At least be genuine. He didn’t say eradicate transgender people, but “transgenderism.” It’s quite annoying that people slip this changed phrases in as if they’re the same. 7:03

[@Aeeeoi]

I like how he admits that the left has always been right about social issues but somehow we're wrong on this one too. Nope. We're right about this one too and 10 years from now we'll have right wingers bragging about it like how they take pride in civil rights and marriage equality although they fought against it every inch of the way.

[@Groffili]

10 years? That's very optimistic. 30, 40... yes, I can see that. But right now, and for the foreseable future... we're deep in the backlash. Don't get me wrong... I would _love_ to see a right-wing change towards acceptence happen earlier... I just don't expect it. I'm more of the pessimistic type.

[@Aeeeoi]

@@Groffili For this particular instance, I think 10 years. They'll move on to something else surely but it depends on how independents feel about it. The independents it seems are not impressed with trans panic.

[@Devoted_Catholic777]

@@Aeeeoi did you forget trump won

[@Devoted_Catholic777]

@@Aeeeoi what social issues did he admit the left was right on.

[@simplicitylost]

@@Devoted_Catholic777 Michael was saying “the left takes a position, then the right folds,” and Sam was saying that yeah- that’s exactly what happened with equal rights in the past for Blacks, women, gays, and now trans. Basically, that the left’s position is not radical because all the left is advocating for is for equal rights for trans people, just like the left had done in the past for those other groups ↑

[@dougcoombes8497]

Free speech, tell Knowles what you really think of him any chance you get. The same for all these people who keep advocating highly destructive actions in the US like Greene calling for civil war. They're all so big on their rights, our rights include telling them off.

[@tenkenroo]

There is a huge difference from saying something and advocating for a crime. You cannot advocate for violence, that is called incitement. Knowles is advocating for the death of trans people, that is a hate crime.

[@dougcoombes8497]

@@tenkenroo People on the right push the line constantly in their stochastic terrorism. They don't know exactly who they target will be attacked or when. They just know that if they keep inciting their base someone will act on it. That includes some of these mass shootings and the attack on the Pelosi's. The law needs to change to deal with this grey area in free speech the right uses to incite violence.

[@ohwellwhateverr]

How can you genocide a people who willingly castrate themselves?

[@dougcoombes8497]

@@ohwellwhateverr Just trolling for a reaction at this point....

[@Oxbloodmage]

@@ohwellwhateverr would it be genocide if you murdered people who just don’t have sex then? There are plenty of people who don’t or just simply can’t have kids. Their lives have value. Would it be genocide if they were elderly, lives are lead foremost by the individual. That is why we value life because of its unique complexity. Not all humans serve the same purpose.

[@meco4068]

The Canadian legislation (Bill C16) that Jordan Peterson lost his mind over, what JP called "compelled speech laws," is specifically meant to prevent this type of genocidal rhetoric against Trans/Queer/gender non-conforming people.

[@vaels5682]

And guess which cespit JP works for now... what a surprise, it's a right wing progoganda media machine dead set on attacking trans people

[@TheDoomSheep]

I don't think C16 would even be applicable to what knowles said. My understanding of it was it adds transgender people as a protected class which means hatecrime laws apply to them now.

[@meco4068]

@@TheDoomSheep Yes, C16 added transgender people as a protected class allowing the court to enforce longer sentences for crimes motivated by hate. However, Sec. 318, "advocating genocide," and Sec. 319, "inciting or promoting hatred," are independent criminal offenses in Canada.

[@anthonyju6392]

@@yishnir Do you just make that up in your mind? Or do you get it from others? I watched that video and he had a transperson defending him. He stated many times that the issue wasn't about trans people.

[@anthonyju6392]

@@yishnir This is all very well and good but not the question I asked. Why was Jordan Peterson against the Bill C-16?

[@mayayamato7351]

michael knowless take is literally the exact opposite. transgender people were already in public life, but around a decade ago there was a greater push to remove legal discrimination, much of which not only still exists but in some places has gotten worse because the conservative culture warriors like him picked up on it and decided to ban trans people from restrooms many of us were already using. THEY made it an issue, THEY made it a problem. They saw it as a way to retaliate after losing on gay marriage.

[@NomadSoul76]

Yes that's exactly right. I don't see it so much as retaliation for losing same sex marriage, it's just that they lost their favorite victim and they needed to find someone new to attack, they needed a new "other" to arouse hatred against. What's amazing is they're using the exact same arguments. All this talk about kids just being confused and not really trans? They said the same things about being gay. They said that it was trendy to be gay and that's why kids were coming out as being gay. They said the teachers and liberals were convincing kids that they were gay. They just cut and replaced one word and continued using those arguments.

[@AmericanWithTheTruth]

You mean mentally unstable people? These people who call themselves trans. We need to get them therapy and mental help ASAP. Another movement destroying our graveside and culture of America.

[@cynthiasmith6465]

No tardho YOU and those like you tried to push us to allow men in WOMEN'S bathrooms. THAT WILL NEVER BE OK

[@ilikecommenting6849]

You're probably not going to believe this but as a conservative myself, my issue is with trans insisting on sharing this ideology with kids. Insisting on so called studies that are demonstrably inadequate to use hormones on kids. Filling young children with gender rethoric. Why? Trans invading women's sports. Trans feeing that their bathroom safety trumps that of my daughter and my wife. It doesn't have anything to do with gay folks.

[@kaycred3361]

Well when every teacher now is teaching 4 year olds to be trans or talk about pronouns..messing up kids and basic grammar.ive seen videos of teachers having kids wear pride flags or walk around with blm flags and chant some slogan up the halls.if they didn't push it on under than ten kids then no one would of complained that much besides the super conservative.also teachers are hiding the kids genders from their parents and one girl got raped in the boys bathroom and they still didn't tell the parent.and this isnt all a conspiracy theory either.tiktok has all the videos

[@zyguit]

He doing the Scott Adams "I was just trying to encourage debate" bullshit

[@EricLeafericson]

Isn't it funny how these racist assholes can have the same disrespectful conversation over and over and still say "I'm just trying to start a conversation"?

[@crispypudding]

can you prove that they were not?

[@kinoate]

​​@@crispypudding he literally said numerous times in no questionable term that he wants to eradicate trans people entirely, both at that speech and on his show. Up to and including claiming trans people aren't human. Can you prove his slimy defense that doesn't hold up actually holds up? Or are you just winking and nodding in agreement with genocidal rhetoric that's phrased exactly how Hitler talked about Jews.

[@crispypudding]

@@kinoate I watched the entire episode. But you watched the edited version.

[@crispypudding]

@chloevieth5900 also you seriously wanna go about Hitler the socialist?

[@albionmerrick]

The first openly trans US mayor was elected in 2009 and left office in 2015.

[@joew8438]

You know what was a drag show? Shakespeare. All Shakespeare, in fact all British theatre, was traditionally performed in drag. I remember when I was a kid, they used to do these public performances called Shakespeare in the Park. The local community theatre used to do that back when people used to go outside. I wonder if that would be legal in Tennessee? Could you do Romeo and Juliet as a public performance in a Tennessee park?

[@AN474-e1o]

Knowles and company would have been on the side of the literal puritans who banned Theatre altogether during the Commonwealth.

[@nsbd90now]

Drag has been a standard part of family-oriented comedy since forever. Milton Berle, Flip Wilson, Jonathan Winters, Tom Hanks (and his “Bosom Buddy”), Robin Williams, Dana Garvey... Bugs Bunny. All did drag. All on prime time TV for families.

[@EricLeafericson]

@@nsbd90now Not to mention Prince, and glam and hair metal. Even Rolling Stones was quite gender bending at the time.

[@EricLeafericson]

@@Tony-723 They may not be dancing for money at a gay bar. But there are definitely dudes in drag. Which qualifies as drag, even without the tips or the drag bar. You have such a narrow understanding of the issue. Why are you even talking about this?

[@kurisu7885]

@@Tony-723 Yes, we know you have no idea what you're talking about.,

[@CedrixAce]

After seeing this video, I am now significantly dumber.

[@danavidal8774]

"I, a cis dude with no knowledge and no intention to learn am going to tell you what means to eradicate this group"

[@akhost3929]

Here ncer said eradicate the group. I understand the woke left are delusional, and dishonest. But he did not say that.

[@clarence_claymore.]

“ I , a mentally I’ll confused man need you to affirm my identity but you can’t self identify because that’s proves me wrong “ - gay black woman Michael Knowles

[@jthomasmack]

@@clarence_claymore.queer and trans people don't need affirmation from bigots to exist.

[@clarence_claymore.]

@@jthomasmack exactly the Muslims give them a rope and a tree

[@kcolonelx6181]

Is it a coincidence that his name is Michael Know-les?

[@alabamaman5994]

Define woman

[@kcolonelx6181]

@@alabamaman5994 Define woke

[@jetywawoo]

@@alabamaman5994 Define CRT

[@EricLeafericson]

@@alabamaman5994 I figured it out with 10 minutes among Google. Are you too stupid to use basic search engines? How did you even made 5 different alt YT accounts being this computer illiterate?

[@88marome]

@Alabama Man I bet you can't. Hint, it's not about chromosomes, someone with XX can be born with male genitals and the other way around. So how do you know what you are?

[@tommythecat4961]

In Italy in the 60s there was a celebrity called Giò Stajano, who ironically was the grandchild of a fascist minister. She was trans and wrote a book about all the transgressive fashions of the time, which was a huge success. Nobody questioned her femininity, everybody loved her, and this was 60 years ago in a Catholic country. Look her up on wikipedia, it's a fun story!

[@kyarypamyupamyu294]

We actually had many more than her, in the 80's Eva Robin's was a leading lady on prime time TV. People like Marcella folco were muses to Fellini and proceeded to found the MIT ( italian trans movement) and be the first trans person elected in a public office in Europe ( municipality of Bologna). We also had Vladimir Luxuria that's the first transgender woman being elected in a european parliament ...

[@tommythecat4961]

@@kyarypamyupamyu294 I love Eva Robin's, I think I saw "Belle Al Bar" a hundred times with my Mom!

[@lonewolffang]

How in the hell can he find a way to defend himself when he said it at CPAC loud and proudly? Is he just that stupid to think he can squeeze a mulligan out what he said?

[@KoewlBag]

He’s a conservative of course he’s that stupid

[@oxman5571]

"Squeeze a Mulligan" is actually something Knowles loves to do at a gay bar on St. Patrick's Day. Not that he'd admit it.

[@TheEvolver311]

I mean what actual consequences will he face? He's attacking Trans people and he understands how the right-wing has excited violence from the base against other citizens from their rhetoric for decades and never faced consequences.

[@crispypudding]

​@TheEvolver311 why should he ? If he didn't call for violence then it's not his mistake

[@crispypudding]

​@oxman5571 will that makes you a homophobe for criticizing him

[@TheNewblade1]

I swear if you transcribed life and made a anime/t.v show ppl would say "....well it's a good show, but that league of states faction is unrealistic. There like....comically evil and unimaginablely inept, even at imperialism."

[@kihe6423]

You should be ashamed of even telling people to publicly harass someone you don’t agree with 100% shameful.

[@BrolaireThebright]

Ah yes, ashamed of playfully implying that against someone who advocates for genocide of "people" in quotes as he puts it. Go back into your shelter and wait for your god to come.

[@davidroyl2241]

​@Bro laire you people are literally diminishing the severity of the word genocide by throwing it at everything that hurt your pansy little feelings, people have different opinions than you, go cry about it and grow tf up.

[@KillaKermit]

That advert was literally like the scene from Truman show.

[@Bepold]

Women are naturally ordered toward gestation and men are naturally ordered toward impregnation.

[@joshuamitchell1341]

Notice all they do is make fun of the Daily Wire hosts and make no arguments for why transgenderism is true.

[@Brittanysplittany]

So true. It’s obvious who is speaking the truth here!

[@wilcee238]

I never understood the fascination of the right with transgender people. Don’t like them? Stay away from them. You’ll never see me interact with people who put ranch on pizza (because I personally think they’re filth) but I respect their right to do so.

[@furiousapplesack]

They're the smallest and most exposed group, so they're easiest to beat up on.

[@zoeybourke9617]

They're simply going down to smaller and smaller minority groups thinking eventually they'll get a win.

[@xmillion1704]

They've only been triggered to fear/hate them by those who can then exploit that fear/hate to support their own ends to gain/retain power.

[@cohenpeter]

The air purifier reference is actually a dog whistle to Neo Nazis.

[@ToxicAudri]

I think you're on to something.

[@Oxbloodmage]

I mean… isn’t the entire speech directed at them. Lol I don’t know who else this appeals to.

[@ToxicAudri]

@@Oxbloodmage Not necessarily. There's moderates who aren't quite on board with openly fascist genocidal ideas. This is the broad audience they are trying to appeal to, to get these moderates more on board with them for when they do the genocides. Just like the Nazi's did with the German people in the 1930s. They didn't talk about preforming genocide on them, that was towards the end, which is why it's called the "final solution" because they tried other things to eliminate them first, which more people were in favor of.

[@Oxbloodmage]

@@ToxicAudri “moderates” I’m on the fence about death camps. 😂 only in America would we call those people moderates.

[@ToxicAudri]

@@Oxbloodmage They don't see it as "death camps" Because the nazi's aren't being open and honest about their intentions. Liberals are stupid, it has to be spelled out before they get it.

[@rustyfarland4993]

Conservative who called for ‘transgenderism’ to be eradicated played queer character in student film Michael Knowles, who used his CPAC speech to call for the eradication of ‘transgenderism’ from public life, also reportedly appeared in drag in 2016

[@warriorwaitress7690]

On a long enough timeline, we on the left win on every single social issue. Every. Damn. Time. Protect our trans friends and our immigrant friends and anyone else who is being targeted, because it could be you next, or someone you love. Solidarity forever.

[@feralguyver]

@@camacattack I, god, am perfectly fine with trans people. Right wingers are all going to hell.

[@junkandcrapamen]

Left is best comrade.

[@isthatyoursomnomnom]

It is someone I love. And if someone hurts him, I will NOT lay a finger on the perpetrator.. I WILL find out who THEY love tho.

[@Devoted_Catholic777]

That’s what the bible says will happen the prince of this world is Satan and you hellish ghouls will be cast in to hell with him.

[@feralguyver]

@Devoted Catholic I'm god and I say you're satan

[@Brittanysplittany]

I think a lot of people here could benefit from doing some research instead of throwing out hate comments and anecdotal evidence. The same people who promote acceptance and tolerance are the ones who viscerally gnash their teeth at people who happen to believe differently. This man did not say anything wrong.

[@stevenread5473]

"If a man wants to be considered a woman and he's a grown man that's fine just don't do it to the kids". That's what really pisses me off. People are not convincing children that they are the opposite sex. It just isn't happening. Gender dysphoria is not taught to kids. It just happens. It's not clearly understood. Suggesting that school teachers and parents are convincing children to have sex changes is an absolute misunderstanding of transgenderism; although I feel this misunderstanding is by design.

[@Atmost11]

Notice how, good christian upbringing is supposed to prevent kids from deviation, until it happens in a right wingers own family, then society is to blame

[@beetlebob4675]

Of course it's by design. Everything they've ever done is in the guise of "protecting children". They have to make up scenarios in which children are in bullshit, imaginary danger to justify acting like human garbage.

[@ayemex5444]

It's the same crap that christians and evangelicals have been spewing about gay people turning their kids gay. It's ridiculous nonsense.

[@rcrosier]

Exactly, because kids aren't at all impressionable.

[@Overseer2579]

It is absolutely by design. Those with power knowingly weaponize such blatantly false rhetoric to galvanize their totally ignorant and discriminatory, chicken shit audience against this group republicans view as ‘The Other’

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

The Powers that be at Daily Wire must have had a talk with him lol

[@meagtaylor3392]

"You're not supposed to just say it!"

[@waterfrodo4304]

They probably even made him do the "Rabid Air" segue, as a punishment. Jeremy tried to shove him into Ben's locker, but he didn't fit.

[@crispypudding]

​@@waterfrodo4304ok that's actually a good joke 🤣🤣🤣

[@crispypudding]

Not really in the daily wire everyone get to say what he wants. you can see that about Ben shapiro and candace owens take on Hitler fanboy ye. Or for example the difference between matt walsh and Ben about the house Republicans speaker story. When some conservatives refused to choose McCarthy. Ben thought it was ridiculous matt thought it was great.

[@crispypudding]

@@AmateurThespian will maybe if the worthless cowards in the democratic party didn't force KZbin to become a cancelation machine. Then I wouldn't need a one month old account.

[@ZZSmithReal]

WTF? Did this guy see The Crying Game? When it came out in 1992? Did this guy see Renee Richards play in the US Open in 1977?

[@markevans8206]

Conservatives are shockingly uninformed about the past they idolize.

[@ZZSmithReal]

@@markevans8206 The listeners, yes. Turds like Knowles? He knows, but is a liar and propagandist.

[@Overseer2579]

Is he aware of The Danish Girl and the story behind it? One of the first cases we know of in terms of an individual undergoing gender confirmation surgery, and that was LONG before 2015 (though ironically, the movie itself released in 2015)

[@marlonw5429]

Genocidal rhetoric…like pro-abortion ideology right? 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@TheNaqoyqatZ]

Knowles probably quietly tells himself "Totally nailed that segue!"

[@AmericanWithTheTruth]

Lol let me guess??? You are one of those growing feminine men in our culture? 😂

[@TheNaqoyqatZ]

@@AmericanWithTheTruth Let me guess. You have gigs of gay porn cached on your computer.

[@iris.west305]

Eradicating transgender *ideology* does not mean/call for transgender people’s genocide. Am I interpreting something wrong here?

[@Brittanysplittany]

No, people are purposefully misunderstanding because they can’t come up with a scientific or logical explanation why transgenderism is legitimate. It’s all emotion and pride.

[@thatoneguy58609]

I love how they just make fun of him for like half the show instead of an actual argument 😂

[@ameerhamid89]

Ok buddy

[@thatoneguy58609]

@@ameerhamid89 ok buddy

[@Atmost11]

Michael Knowles came out talking about how conservatives need to be on the offensive, this was the context of his remarks about "eradicating transgenderism". Note how the first thing he does is retreat, after calling on others to go on the offensive, and he will probably get a medal for his courage from the conservative republicans.

[@trailerparkproduction3819]

“It started in 2015 with Obama” why it it always Obama with these people.

[@ThreeFortyThree]

You know why. They’ve been bent about it ever since, too.

[@JudasMaccabeus1]

That RabidAir ad was epic. Just epic.

[@breestandard1318]

@10:40 why GOP is pushing hard for charter and privatized schools.

[@jediryan9454]

Alpha man Michael Knowles emoting, in a very manly way, with his limp wrists.

[@joca6282]

He doesn't fit in either Alpha or Beta. He's a C.nta male.

[@nullskey8370]

something after a decade i still don’t get is: why they care so much about it? why not only so much hate but to go to such lengths to make life super hard for regular humans just living? aren’t they tired? do they not have a family? a hobby?

[@thatoneguy58609]

Cuz they’re not regular humans

[@Joyboyisme]

Let's face it, you guys couldn't even debate Knowles. Come up with a rational argument, don't spew bs.

[@BrolaireThebright]

Jesus, another one. All your role model there does is in order: 1. present his belief for conservative societal norms. 2.Strawman said "liberal arguments" he makes up and proceeds to wrongfully misconstrue them in an attempt to look right. 3. Says the most cartoonish villain like quote you can find coming from a "human being". 4. Acts smug. What is there to argue? Only Christians and people who already hated trans because they were already generally hateful swallow his bs.

[@MarkSoupial]

"Purify your bloodline with rabbit air"

[@pllpsy665]

Michael Knowles is just not a valid category of being just like RabbitAir.

[@justacatwhocantype]

If Michael Knowles actually believes just 33% of the stuff that he says on his channel, he should be in a psychiatric care facility.

[@corigram]

I hate to tell him but my therapist has been a transperson for over thirty years.

[@good4gaby]

Failed actors are dangerous.

[@good4gaby]

True

[@EnglishMike]

The bizarre thing is that conservatives will trash any successful actors if they dare to express a political opinion in public (unless they're bonkers like Knowles, of course).

[@ShallowsPaul]

I thought I heard him say 'rabid' air, which would be a very accurate description for the crap that comes out of Knowles's mouth.

[@gorillaguerillaDK]

Trevor Moore, (RIP you beautiful wholesome human being), wrote a fantastic song about what happened when the gays got married…

[@melissaholder4231]

So, why don't you all let the entire part play instead of cutting and interrupting the flow. It's because you all sound bites. Listening to the whole thing would give context.

[@nohbuddy1]

He is in his mid 30s and dresses like a 70 year old

[@bakkudeku]

*Monty Python's Repressed Citizen:* - How did you become king then? - The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I'm your king. - Listen, strange women lying in ponds, distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony. - Be quiet! - Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you. - Shut up! - Oh, but if I went 'round saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away. - Shut up, will you? Shut up! - Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system. - Shut up! - Oh... come and see the violence inherent in the system! Help! Help! I'm being repressed! - Bloody peasant! - Oh, what a giveaway! Did you hear that? Did you hear that, eh? That's what I'm on about. Did you see him repressing me? You saw it, didn't you? *FULL BREAKDOWN (by ChatGPT):* 1. *Absurdity of Authority:* The skit immediately highlights the absurdity of traditional systems of authority and governance. King Arthur's claim to the throne based on a divine encounter with the Lady of the Lake is juxtaposed with the common sense assertion by Dennis that true executive power comes from the consent of the governed, not from mystical ceremonies. 2. *Satirical Commentary:* The dialogue serves as a satire on the concept of divine right of kings and the idea that leadership can be determined through mystical or arbitrary means rather than through democratic principles. 3. *Role Reversal:* The exchange between King Arthur and Dennis subverts the typical power dynamic between ruler and subject. Instead of deference, Dennis challenges Arthur's legitimacy, highlighting the absurdity of basing authority on a singular, subjective event. 4. *Ridicule of Authority Figures:* King Arthur's frustration with Dennis's insistence on democratic principles leads to his attempts to silence him, demonstrating the tendency of authority figures to suppress dissenting voices rather than engage in reasoned debate. 5. *Social Commentary:* The skit also offers social commentary on the nature of power and oppression. Dennis's cries for help and accusations of repression highlight the struggle of marginalized individuals against oppressive systems of authority. 6. *Humor Through Absurdity:* The humor of the skit arises from the absurdity of the situation and the juxtaposition of grandiose language with mundane characters and settings. The escalation of the absurdity, from Dennis's initial skepticism to his dramatic cries for help, adds to the comedic effect. Overall, the Monty Python skit uses humor to critique traditional systems of authority and highlight the importance of democratic principles and the consent of the governed.

[@azarisLP]

I wonder if Joseph Goebbels also plugged Bosch air purifiers in the middle of the Nuremberg Rallies.

[@ClichéGuevara-2814]

I do NOT have to feel bad for Knowles, and no force could compel me otherwise.

[@walexander8378]

Try putting yourself in Knowles shoes and imagining explaining what you meant by eradicating a group of people from public life. I'd want to go curl up in a ditch. Somehow he can continue to live with himself and that is....an achievement.

[@pointlessendeavors5653]

I strongly encourage people always go and see the original clip first without the reaction and then come back for the reaction. You might find that things are a bit different. That goes both for leftists and rightists. Always do that first please ^^ ok have a nice day bah-bay...

[@notyourcultist]

We're going nowhere. We are passionate about self-reliance, mutual aid and freedom. They are passionate about ignorance and suffering. We will win.

[@jjchello]

Funny how it’s only “big government” when it’s enforcing their beliefs.

[@thehungarywaffleinc.7775]

I think he was pretty clear. Saying you want to rid the world of cancer isn’t the same as saying you want to rid the world of cancer patients

[@phuqyewe1671]

Are you seriously likening transgenderism to cancer? What a terrible person.

[@BOO-gz7ln]

Cancer is a horrible way that people died. Transgenderism is completely different..

[@thehungarywaffleinc.7775]

@@BOO-gz7ln I don’t think that invalidates the analogy

[@JWZRD23]

Wait they pay for a DW+ subscription 😅? Because they did not hear the rest of that ad read

[@spanky7277]

He is a little kid Trapped in a adult body that is trying to get out his attention out there . They are all looking to get attention so they make a ass out of themselves . People are laughing at them instead of acknowledging them .

[@MaxwellKasper]

I accept your "Big" theory as fact.

[@alabamaman5994]

Trans people?

[@Kira-zm7vy]

​@Alabama Man what exactly is your problem with trans people? Can you put it in words or is it just a generalized hatred?

[@mr.grievous8426]

He never called for the genocide of trans people. Where did you even get that.

[@A.B.-ub9un]

How do you erase a ideology from the public entirely?

[@mr.grievous8426]

@A.B.-ub9un ideology is an idea. So, by eradicating the idea, not the people who belive in theat idea

[@A.B.-ub9un]

@mr.grievous8426 How do you eradicate a idea?

[@rogirek3362]

The real time tech staff is really stepping up. Much quicker responses lately when the hosts want something brought up or rewinded or what have you. Good job, guys.

[@CARVERitUP]

Holee SHIT can you guys watch the whole clip without pausing 50 times? This reminds me of people who you let get their entire point out, but every 3 seconds in your response, they constantly interrupt you so you can't get a single coherent point across.

[@jesse_cole]

His literal name is "know less."

[@tomthomas5793]

Conservatives' hateful fear-mongering about people in marginalized groups has a sickeningly familiar ring to it. Can you NOT SEE the similarities to a certain political party that gained popularity in the 1930’s?

[@devinnie7572]

It isn't about not seeing the similarities so much as disagreeing about whether those similarities are a good or bad thing.

[@cborkowski]

Purify the trans with Rabbit Air. Just wait until Knowles gets the Thermo Pride furnace contract. Those monologues will be lit.

[@paulhammond6978]

One of the first transgender people I was aware of was portrayed in the film "the world according to Garp", which I guess was made in the 80s. So Irving would have written that novel sometime in the 70s.

[@50-50_Grind]

Michael: _"But, but, but ... my followers want me to be genocidal. They are ready."_

[@mare9707]

When i heard that statement i didn't like it but also didn't take as violence but removal of trans hardcore disrespect and demands from schools.

[@michaelh4227]

If Knowles is talking about turning black the clock to before 2015 when a certain someone descended down some escalators in his golden tower and announced his presidential run then I'm all for that honestly.

[@crispypudding]

Ironically if you people were not this crazy then trumpo wouldn't have won .

[@NomadSoul76]

Just keep in mind that 2015 was the year of the Obergefell Supreme Court decision as well. That's really what this entire sudden obsession with trans people is all about. They had been single-mindedly focused on fighting same-sex marriage before that, gay people were the "other" that the political and religious right was attacking. The key is they just have to have a victim. In 2015 they lost their favorite victim and they had to find a new one, they predictably turned to trans people. They are trying to turn back the clock in this respect. They've talked about trying to undo the Obergefell decision.

[@crispypudding]

@NomadSoul76 why not. A gay marriage is not a real thing. Marriage can only happen between men and women. that's how nature works it got nothing with religion. even the cultures that don't have an abrahamic religion. They only had a marriage between men and women.

[@ToxicAudri]

​@@NomadSoul76 Fascists love to hate.

[@stevesteiner6844]

"Here's Michael Knowles" "So the question then becomes, from the more honest..." "PAUSE IT!"

[@sterlingfury]

I love how his logo has his one name kind of crushing his surname...just like he wants to do to the rights of others

[@sarge1439]

Pity you never address any of the actual points made and engage in a rational argument.

[@the_regular_dinosaurus_rex]

there was tangerine, a movie about a transgender s€s worker that came out late 2014 / early 2015 i think. i wonder how they filmed that movie without knowing transgender people existed... great movie btw, check it out

[@DrHumperdink]

These people are clowns! Lol How they don't understand a difference between eradicating an ideology and committing genocide on people who fall victim to the ideology is mind-boggling. If you want to make the argument that the only way to eradicate an ideology, you must commit genocide, then make that argument. But that argument would assume that there is no other way to do it. And to accuse the person who wishes to eradicate the ideology of pushing or otherwise supporting genocide, you have to base that judgment on the person making the statement as agreeing that is the only way to eradicate the ideology. They don't have any evidence to believe Michael Knowles believes that. He even mentioned in his speech about getting the "proper" help for people who believe their gender doesn't match their sex. If you have ever listened to him on the issue, it would be impossible to believe his viewpoint on "proper" treatment for that would be to kill the person. Also, they're misrepresenting what he is saying in the video. Which I guess is part for the course.

[@Khornelia]

"transgenderism" is not an ideology, it's their term for the concept of being trans, which is inherent to trans people. Eradicating gayness would be just as genocidal of a statement.

[@EastSide-qc5oy]

I remain unconvinced of Michael Knowles’ alleged heterosexuality

[@EvolutionWendy]

I remember when *_women began to wear pants._* Not so long ago women were required to wear dresses at work.

[@trevorxlindeman1798]

When one has to clarify a statement that they previously made; everybody should know that the original statement was exactly what they thought and intended to say. The clarification is only intended to muddy the waters about their original intent.

[@tsayumsolomon7216]

If someone misunderstands your statement and take it for something different,then clarification is eminent

[@jthomasmack]

@@tsayumsolomon7216correct' but that isn't what happened here. This is a clear yet clumsy walk-back of something he knew he shouldn't have said.

[@jntaylor63]

Can you even comprehend the outrage the GOP would have if a Left Talking Head called for the elimination of evangelicals.