{"id":1916880,"date":"2023-04-20T00:11:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T04:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-why-the-libs-had-to-lie-michael-knowles-breaks-down-the-reason-a-real-trans-debate-wont-happen\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T00:18:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T04:18:30","slug":"this-is-why-the-libs-had-to-lie-michael-knowles-breaks-down-the-reason-a-real-trans-debate-wont-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-why-the-libs-had-to-lie-michael-knowles-breaks-down-the-reason-a-real-trans-debate-wont-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018This Is Why The Libs Had To Lie\u2019: Michael Knowles Breaks Down The Reason A Real Trans Debate Won\u2019t Happen"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/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%2Fthis-is-why-the-libs-had-to-lie-michael-knowles-breaks-down-the-reason-a-real-trans-debate-wont-happen%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=1916880&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--><p>Daily Wire host Michael Knowles explained on Wednesday why it was that a real and honest debate about transgenderism couldn\u2019t happen \u2014 and why those supporting it continued to lie and distort his words.<\/p>\n<p>Knowles, fresh off an appearance at University of Pittsburgh that ended in a \u201cpublic safety emergency,\u201d joined podcast host Tim Pool (@timcast) to discuss the situation and why honest debate wasn\u2019t happening.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaeljknowles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@michaeljknowles<\/a> on transgenderism: &#8220;There is no such thing as a man who is secretly a woman. This is why the libs had to lie about what I said and change my words and throw explosives at me and burn me in effigy\u2026Because we all know that that&#8217;s true.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qAruAyirI5\">pic.twitter.com\/qAruAyirI5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire\/status\/1648845311282933763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere is no such ontological category as transgender people,\u201d Knowles said. \u201cThere are people who are confused about their sex, but there is no such thing as a man who is secretly a woman. That\u2019s a false anthropology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is why the libs had to lie about what I said and change my words and throw explosives at me and burn me in effigy,\u201d he continued. \u201cBecause they have no answer to that, because we all know that that\u2019s true. We all know that these men are not actually women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Knowles, who was initially scheduled to debate trans-identifying professor Deirdre McCloskey, debated Brad Polumbo instead when McCloskey dropped out just days before the event. He argued that the professor had backed out because there was no intelligent defense against reality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a shame because what this event was supposed to be was Michael Knowles debating someone who is transgender,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/pitt-protest-michael-knowles-trans-event-smoke-police\/43637035\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">event volunteer<\/a> Logan Dubil. \u201cI was actually really excited for both sides to have a platform. Now this professor dropped out. It\u2019s two conservatives debating, which I think is why people are a little bit more riled up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--focus-visible\" href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>By the time all was said and done, protesters had thrown incendiary devices and burned an effigy bearing Knowles\u2019 face \u2014 and Knowles reflected on the event while talking to Pool. He explained that he had found the whole situation funny, noting that he had no real cause to worry: \u201cWe take security very seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Wire host Michael Knowles explained on Wednesday why it was that a real and honest debate about transgenderism couldn\u2019t happen \u2014 and why those supporting it continued to lie and distort his words. 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