‘Extreme Even For The Fake News’: Michael Knowles Said Accusations Of Genocide Surprised Him

Radio host of the Daily Wire podcast Michael Knowles Although he anticipated that the media would pursue him over his comments on transgender ideology and ideologies of choice, he found it surprising to be accused of genocide.

Knowles joined Fox News host Tucker Carlson for his Monday evening broadcast to discuss the comments he made at last weekend’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) — along with the media’s quick and virulent response.

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“The dumber the lie, the more viciously obedience to that lie must be enforced. So now all of a sudden you are expected to believe that anyone, even children can change their biological sex at will,” Carlson was the first.

He shared then a clip from Knowles speaking at CPACAccording to him, the transgenderism approach had to be “all or nothing” — it was either true or it wasn’t, and he was certain that it wasn’t.

If transgenderism is true — if men really can become women and women really can become men — then it is true for everybody of all ages. If transgenderism is false, as it is — if men really can’t become women, as they cannot — then it’s false for everybody too. It is wrong, and we shouldn’t indulge in it. This indulgence would require us to take away so many of our rights, customs, and traditions. It is not true, it should be for society’s good, and for the benefit of those who are most affected by this confusion. “transgenderism” must be eradicated from public life entirely — the whole preposterous ideology, at every level.

But shortly after Knowles spoke, critics began to accuse him of wanting transgender people to die and promoting genocide — when what he actually said was that the ideology that promotes transgenderism as a real thing was what had to be eradicated.

“Were you surprised that The Daily Beast, really the filthiest organ in American ‘journalism,’ accused you of pushing genocide?” Carlson turned to Knowles and asked the question.

“I have been called all sorts of nasty things by the liberal press, Tucker, so I tend to expect everything,” Knowles began, conceding, “But I have to admit being accused of genocide did take me by surprise. That seemed extreme even for the fake news media.”

“I think it surprised a lot of lawyers as well,” Knowles added that several outlets had bold-type headlines and ran the accusations.

“You heard exactly what I said. I said that for the good of these people in particular — so presumably I don’t want to murder them,” He said. “I talked about an ideology in particular. I’m not talking about eradicating any human beings. I’m talking about an ideology here. They said I wanted to commit genocide. I said this is libel, this is actionable libel. The libel laws in the United States have quite a high threshold to actually sue. This meets that threshold.”

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Knowles said that as news headlines changed throughout the day, it became clear that certain outlets were receiving calls from lawyers informing them that they needed to adjust or be sued.

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