{"id":1916758,"date":"2023-04-19T14:10:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T18:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/knowles-unfazed-as-pro-trans-protesters-bid-to-disrupt-pitt-debate\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T14:11:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T18:11:27","slug":"knowles-unfazed-as-pro-trans-protesters-bid-to-disrupt-pitt-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/knowles-unfazed-as-pro-trans-protesters-bid-to-disrupt-pitt-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowles Unfazed As Pro-Trans Protesters Bid To Disrupt Pitt Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fknowles-unfazed-as-pro-trans-protesters-bid-to-disrupt-pitt-debate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1916758&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<p>Hundreds of pro-transgenderism protesters tried to disrupt a Tuesday night debate featuring Daily Wire host Michael Knowles at the University of Pittsburgh, setting off smoke bombs and chanting in an effort to derail the event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Knowles was at the school\u2019s O\u2019Hara Student Center to debate journalist Brad Polumbo in an event sponsored by the Pitt College Republicans and billed as \u201cShould transgenderism be regulated by law?\u201d Inside the event, which was posted on<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iziX8fVV4gg&#038;t=1316s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, protesters shouted \u201cTrans rights are human rights\u201d as Knowles began to speak.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThere they are,\u201d Knowles quipped. \u201cThat sounds like they\u2019ve gotten into harmony. It\u2019s not even melody anymore. I guess there was an opening act.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The protesters at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaeljknowles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@michaeljknowles<\/a> debate at Pitt set the street on fire <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cKbqmmgOlC\">pic.twitter.com\/cKbqmmgOlC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire\/status\/1648466712550084608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Once the event began, Knowles argued that recognizing biological men as women just because they seek to identify that way erases womankind.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cIf <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">the<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> law has nothing to say about what a woman is, then <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">the<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> law has nothing to say at all,\u201d Knowles said. \u201cEither women have rights and legal protections as women, as they always have, or they don\u2019t.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>During one exchange, Knowles and Polumbo debated the hot-button issue of men using women\u2019s restrooms. Polumbo, who describes himself as a libertarian-conservative, argued that it was an issue of property rights, and not a government matter and that whomever owns a restroom should be able to decide who can use it.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWhat about the military bathrooms?\u201d Knowles asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe military can have its policies,\u201d Polumbo said, to which Knowles replied, \u201cThat\u2019s the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1681913061093000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1nSUp7X_GMxrPR-OuaxTA7\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Before the 7:30 p.m. event began, hundreds of pro-trans protesters gathered outside and an \u201cincendiary device\u201d was set off. Police told Pitt News the device was a \u201ccombination of a firework and a smoke bomb.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Over the next two hours, the university closed or restricted access to buildings and residence halls on campus, and Pittsburgh city police officers joined campus police in an effort to control the crowd. Order was reportedly restored just before 10:30 p.m., nearly 90 minutes after the event ended and Knowles departed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Knowles has angered trans activists by decrying the chemical and surgical castration of minors and calling for the radical ideology that insists people can change genders to be \u201ceradicated.\u201d Activists falsely claimed that Knowles\u2019 call was tantamount to advocating for \u201cgenocide\u201d of people who identify as transgender.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The University of Pittsburgh later tweeted a summary of the chaotic scene outside the student center.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cOn the evening of April 18, 2023, an Emergency Notification Service message was sent alerting the campus community to an incident happening outside of O\u2019Hara Student Center,\u201d the tweet stated. \u201cThere were several groups gathering, including guests arriving for a speaker event and counter demonstrators in the vicinity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of pro-transgenderism protesters tried to disrupt a Tuesday night debate featuring Daily Wire host Michael Knowles at the University of Pittsburgh, setting off smoke bombs and chanting in an effort to derail the event. 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