{"id":1995944,"date":"2023-08-09T20:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T00:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thats-not-standing-your-ground-matt-walsh-slams-conservatives-praising-ne-yos-reversal-on-gender-identity\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T20:08:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T00:08:00","slug":"thats-not-standing-your-ground-matt-walsh-slams-conservatives-praising-ne-yos-reversal-on-gender-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thats-not-standing-your-ground-matt-walsh-slams-conservatives-praising-ne-yos-reversal-on-gender-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Walsh criticizes conservatives who applaud Ne-Yo&#8217;s change of stance on gender identity, arguing that it does not align with the principle of standing your ground."},"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\">52<\/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%2Fthats-not-standing-your-ground-matt-walsh-slams-conservatives-praising-ne-yos-reversal-on-gender-identity%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=1995944&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--><h2>Daily Wire\u2019s\u2064 Matt Walsh Slams Conservatives for Praising Ne-Yo&#8217;s Reversal on Gender Identity<\/h2>\n<p>Daily Wire\u2019s \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/matt-walsh-goes-viral-after-disney-admits-woke-snow-white-remake-images-are-real\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Walsh<\/a> slammed conservatives eager to praise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-bans-local-lockdown-restrictions-by-executive-order-bans-vaccine-passports\/\" title=\"DeSantis Bans Local Lockdown Restrictions By Executive Order, Bans Vaccine Passports\u00a0\">ne-yo<\/a>-walks-back-apology-from-his-publicist-i-did-not-apologize-for-having-an-opinion-on-this-matter&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>Ne-Yo<\/a> after his latest apparent reversal\u200b on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-signed-40-executive-orders-and-actions-since-taking-office\/\" title=\"Biden has signed 40 executive orders and actions since taking office\">gender identity<\/a>, saying\u200b that the rapper\u2019s comment was not even close to a person \u201cstanding\u201d their ground against pressure from\u2063 the \u2062LGBTQ mob.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshShow\/status\/1689335759931572225?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The \u200dMatt\u2062 Walsh Show<\/a>\u201d podcast host on \u200cWednesday\u2064 took aim\u2064 at what he called a disease among conservatives who too easily will\u200c claim a \u2063celebrity is\u200b on their side when they say\u200b even the slightest thing\u200b that lines up with conservative values. In \u200cNe-Yo\u2019s case, he was talking about when the 43-year-old rapper called out parents\u200c who\u2063 let \u200btheir children choose their own gender identity.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b singer\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thats-not-standing-your-ground-matt-walsh-slams-conservatives-praising-ne-yos-reversal-on-gender-identity\/\" title=\"Matt Walsh criticizes conservatives who applaud Ne-Yo's change of stance on gender identity, arguing that it does not align with the principle of standing your ground.\">initial comments drew backlash<\/a> from the left and he issued a written apology\u200b on Monday, only \u2064to walk that back later. Walsh made \u2064it\u2064 clear that the reversed apology\u2064 was not proof \u200cthat\u200b Ne-Yo was willing to \u201cstand his ground\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIf this is\u200b what we now call standing\u2064 your ground, then we have \u200blowered the standards so far that \u2063the standards don\u2019t exist anymore,\u201d the host said. \u2062\u201cThat\u2019s not standing your ground. Okay? If putting out a \u2064publicist\u2019s statement apologizing \u200cto the LGBT \u2064community for \u200dhurting their feelings,\u200c if that\u2019s standing your ground, then \u2014 well, I guess the good thing is, if that counts as \u200cstanding your\u2062 ground, then\u200d it\u2019s very\u2062 easy\u2063 to be\u200c heroic\u2063 in that case, like, if that\u2019s the standard, then all\u200d you \u2062got to do is just \u2014 if the bar\u2019s \u200call the way down here, all you\u2019ve got to do \u200dis barely move your \u2062foot \u2064up and you\u2019re a hero of historic proportions.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ep.\u200d 1201 \u2013 Race Hustler Judge Throws Cop In\u200d Prison For Being In The General Vicinity When George Floyd Died <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BgMJyehReC\">pic.twitter.com\/BgMJyehReC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Matt\u2062 Walsh Show (@MattWalshShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshShow\/status\/1689335759931572225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEven in his [Ne-Yo\u2019s] \u2062 follow up statement, \u2063he apologizes\u2062 again for offending people,\u201d\u200d he added. \u201cThat\u2019s not\u200b standing your ground either. \u200dBut more\u200d importantly, he says \u200bthat everyone should be able to do what they want with their \u200cown kids. Do \u200cyou see how that\u2019s the exact position that the Left has on this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis \u2063is what the Left would say. A parent and child make their own choice\u200c about\u2063 transitioning\u2064 the \u200bkid,\u201d Walsh continued. \u2064\u201cThat\u2019s what they \u2064say. \u200bOkay. So, he has affirmed that view \u200dexplicitly. This is not me\u2064 being a purist. This is me \u2062understanding what our position is and recognizing that \u2064someone has taken\u200c a position that is\u200c the opposite\u2063 of\u200c our position, but\u200c in the meantime thrown out a few \u2062buzz\u200d words and phrases\u2062 and\u200b whatever that are impressive\u200c to some people and\u2064 so its, \u2018Oh, he\u2019s on our side.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megyn-kelly-names-winner-of-tucker-carlsons-iowa-forum-eventually-he-will-win-you-over\/\" title=\"Megyn Kelly declares winner of Tucker Carlson's Iowa forum: 'He'll win you over eventually.'\">podcast\u2064 host<\/a> \u200csaid those on the right\u2019s reaction \u200dto the rapper\u2019s\u2063 reversal\u2062 is an \u200dexample of\u200c \u201cthis peculiar conservative disease where we\u2019re so desperate \u2063for mainstream approval and relevance that any celebrity who comes anywhere within our vicinity like \u200bideologically \u2014 just latch on to them. And we \u2063want to give them \u200cthe Medal of \u200dHonor. And I don\u2019t think that\u200c that has\u200c ever been an effective cultural strategy. I \u2063think it\u2019s pathetic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walsh said in\u2064 situations like this \u2063conservatives would do well to take a cue from those on the Left \u2014\u200c their \u2062strategies in particular\u200d \u2014\u200c \u201cbecause they\u2019re the\u2062 ones who own\u2062 the culture. They won you know, they\u200b won everything, now we\u2019re \u200btrying \u200bto win it back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so it it behooves\u2062 us to look \u200cat \u200dsome of\u2062 the ways they \u200cdid that,\u201d the \u200dhost concluded. \u201cAnd so when you look on the \u2062Left, they\u200b don\u2019t do this.\u200d If somebody says one thing that\u2019s like vaguely sort of they\u2062 agree \u200dwith, that\u2019s not good enough for them. So they\u2019ve got a \u200dhard line. This is the \u200cline you\u2019ve gotta walk,\u2064 and \u200cif you don\u2019t, you\u2019re not \u2063on \u200dour side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen you\u2064 look over at us and we can have someone that\u2019s like \u200con one subject, 99% of what\u200b they say we\u2062 totally disagree,\u201d he\u2063 added. \u201cBut \u2063if we get that 1%, then not only\u2063 do we embrace them, but we\u2062 we hail \u200cthem\u200b as heroes. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s \u200ban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adam-kinzinger-one-of-trumps-most-prominent-gop-critics-announces-retirement\/\" title=\"Adam Kinzinger, One Of Trump\u2019s Most Prominent GOP Critics, Announces Retirement\">effective strategy<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Walsh of the Daily Wire criticized conservatives applauding Ne-Yo for his recent change of stance on gender identity. Walsh argued that Ne-Yo&#8217;s comment did not demonstrate true resistance against LGBTQ pressure. 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