{"id":2000275,"date":"2023-08-14T16:29:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T20:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ive-had-it-with-the-compulsive-virtue-signaling-on-the-ive-had-it-podcast\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T16:34:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T20:34:22","slug":"ive-had-it-with-the-compulsive-virtue-signaling-on-the-ive-had-it-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ive-had-it-with-the-compulsive-virtue-signaling-on-the-ive-had-it-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Tired of the constant virtue signaling on the &#8216;I&#8217;ve Had It&#8217; podcast."},"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\">24<\/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%2Five-had-it-with-the-compulsive-virtue-signaling-on-the-ive-had-it-podcast%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=2000275&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 class=\"article-content\">\n<p>I \u2062have \u2062absolutely had it with shameless virtue signaling.<\/p>\n<h2>A Podcast Show That Hits Close to Home<\/h2>\n<p>A few months ago, I stumbled upon a masterpiece of a podcast show wherein former Bravo \u2064comedians Jennifer Welch and Angie \u201cPumps\u201d Sullivan have created \u200da program to air petty everyday grievances that too often feel painfully familiar.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1038604269\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d0f90ba6078712a658619f7d362e5de9 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d0f90ba6078712a658619f7d362e5de9\"><\/div>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CnuiPIYDP-M\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mocking<\/a> dumb girls who engage in baby talk and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Cpp3OVeDQm1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deriding<\/a> the cliched use of \u201cmanifestation,\u201d Welch and Sullivan have capitalized on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carol-burnett-preparing-to-celebrate-90th-birthday-with-massive-nbc-special-julie-andrews-involved\/\" title=\"Carol Burnett Preparing To Celebrate 90th Birthday With Massive NBC Special \u2013 Julie Andrews Involved\">decades-long friendship<\/a> to offer\u200b witty commentary on a\u200d platform that\u2019s both a fun and satisfying \u200clisten, especially\u200d when \u200dthe complaints are\u200b similar to \u2062your own pet peeves.<\/p>\n<p>Their show often features clips of the two women making fun of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Crl5_o4OWCg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dramatic sneezers<\/a>,\u201d people who\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CqsrqMINayj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">back into parking spaces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CrRFcwSMU_D\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overuse<\/a> of the word \u201ctrigger,\u201d\u200b and the modern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CvnZic0py6g\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">obsession <\/a>with\u2064 \u201ctracking culture.\u201d But whenever the pair\u2062 decide to turn the talk to\u200b politics, their snarky yet relatable commentary turns into a dreaded \u200ddivisive lecture presented by two upper-middle-aged white women as\u200b if the Golden Girls had suddenly turned into far-left social justice warriors. On this\u2064 front, the\u200c pair are just as ignorant as they are desperate to virtue signal for the liberal Bravo fanbase. Their latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Crs-PeI2LQk&#038;t=150s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">podcast<\/a> \u200bThursday, delivered over the conservative response to \u201cBarbie,\u201d was the most nauseating\u2063 episode of the political puke-speak yet.<\/p>\n<p>Welch, the lead \u200dco-host, opened \u200dthe discussion with a\u200d plea to \u201ctalk about the hysterics and the pearl-clutching of right-wingers with the movie Barbie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The acrimonious reactions to the film from conservative pundits such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ynU-wVdesr0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ben Shapiro<\/a>, \u200cWelch said, were \u201cunbelievable,\u201d and likened the pink-tinted fairytale \u200bfilm about\u200c the patriarchy to outrage\u200d over drag shows.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ca6f05f7890578218e4d53a2f6565d26 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-ca6f05f7890578218e4d53a2f6565d26\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t \u2062like drag queens? Don\u2019t go to a drag show,\u201d\u2062 Welch said simply, minimizing\u200c concerns that today\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ive-had-it-with-the-compulsive-virtue-signaling-on-the-ive-had-it-podcast\/\" title=\"Tired of the constant virtue signaling on the 'I've Had It' podcast.\">drag\u2062 performances increasingly\u2063 feature sexually provocative strip teases<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/01\/utah-lgbt-group-sponsors-all-ages-back-to-school-drag-show-with-inappropriately-named-performers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">children<\/a>. (In another episode, Sullivan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CtSMJYIpN9O\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">calls<\/a> drag\u200d shows \u2062the \u2062\u201chappiest place on Earth\u201d while wearing a \u201cproud ally\u201d shirt featuring a \u2062rainbow). <\/p>\n<p>The pair went \u200con to joke about Shapiro\u2019s penis size with their producer, Kiley, chiming in to say, \u201clittle dick energy\u201d gives the Daily Wire podcaster \u201ctoo \u200dmuch\u201d before she claims Shapiro is a \u201csmooth Ken doll down there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Penis jokes aside, the first \u206410 minutes of commentary on \u2064Thursday\u2019s episode were completely unhinged, with Welch and Sullivan complaining that conservatives just wanted Barbie to be \u201cbarefoot and pregnant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI get back from Italy,\u201d \u200cWelch says, and a \u201cvery loud minority\u201d is \u201cwound up.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d4a2d1a3e80d16e800fa2910da3b3536 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d4a2d1a3e80d16e800fa2910da3b3536\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>They say, \u2018we\u2019re\u2063 the\u2062 silent majority.\u2019 And it\u2019s like b-tch, you\u2019re not \u2064silent. You \u2062are a fever pitch minority\u2062 that\u2063 screams and throws feces every chance you can get\u2063 because\u200c people are\u200d sexy and\/or having sex, and\/or might be gay, and\/or women might actually\u2063 have careers\u200c or women might choose not to get married. Women might choose not to have\u2064 babies, and some women, \u200dlike Kiley, might be lesbians.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While none of that is true,\u2063 which Welch would know if she\u200d ever interacted with conservatives in good faith, Welch\u2019s side-kick co-host was quick to agree.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s the deal, off that\u2064 whole list you just ticked off, I can\u2019t think of one of the items on\u2063 that list that affects anybody but\u200c the person\u200d making the choice,\u201d Sullivan said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr that is a negative attribute,\u201d Welch said.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan \u2063came back to recite the tired line: \u201cWhy do you care?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even though the Barbie movie \u2062had nothing to do with homosexuality, the podcast panelists are so \u200bdesperate to make villains out of political opposites that they screamed \u200dhomophobia anyway. For starters, majorities of Republicans supported same-sex marriage in 2021 and 2022, with acceptance taking an overall\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/506636\/sex-marriage-support-holds-high.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hit<\/a> this year after the trans activists who\u2019ve hijacked the gay movement <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/04\/faced-with-rainbow-mobs-republicans-have-insurrectile-dysfunction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">raided<\/a> \u200c state capitols demanding governments allow children\u200d to chop off their genitals. The retail\u2062 giant Target\u2063 didn\u2019t help\u200d by debuting\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Heritage\/status\/1665131392320020481?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trans-apparel<\/a> for\u200d kids designed by a \u2062\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/22\/target-partnered-with-satan-supporter-who-wants-to-eradicate-critics-of-transgenderism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Satan supporter<\/a>.\u201d Meanwhile, nothing says \u201cgay rights!\u201d quite like getting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/family-friendly-pride-parade-west-hollywood-men-depicting-graphic-bdsm-sexual-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">flogged<\/a> naked in the back of a pick-up truck at a parade advertised as family-friendly.<\/p>\n<p>With that being \u2062said, I\u2019m a \u2063gay writer in the heart of conservative media and \u200dnobody cares (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JusticeTristan\/status\/1449123822708219904?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">except for gay liberals<\/a>). But the two women on the \u201cI\u2019ve Had It\u201d podcast are\u200d constantly so desperate to virtue signal \u2063for\u2064 their leftist audience that they\u2064 <em>need<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/beetlejuice-battles-for-reelection-against-eight-rivals-as-chicago-voters-head-to-the-polls\/\" title=\"Beetlejuice Battles for Reelection Against Eight Rivals as Chicago Voters Head to the Polls\">anti-gay sentiment<\/a> to exist as far and wide as they claim.\u2062 If anti-gay attitudes didn\u2019t\u2062 prevail on the scale \u200bthat they\u2063 pretend, they would have nothing to vilify in order to proclaim themselves good people for their left-wing fanbase. The mentality is really no different from those who plant those obnoxious \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/We_Believe_(yard_sign)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We Believe\u2026<\/a>\u201d signs on their front lawns \u200cdecrying neighbors as evil who don\u2019t adhere to leftist platitudes for \u2063complex problems.<\/p>\n<p>Do anti-gay attitudes exist at\u200b all among Americans? Some probably always will. Are such\u2062 attitudes\u200b on \u200bthe level of\u2063 severe and\u200d systemic discrimination? Ask \u200dany Hollywood agent how a\u200d good \u201ccoming out\u201d story might propel a client\u2019s career. It\u2019s a point that even \u200dWelch could acknowledge on the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan \u2062you\u2063 imagine being a conservative and trying to \u2063navigate the entertainment\u200b industry?\u201d Welch asked, who then \u200bcomplained about online comments venting frustration whenever the two\u200b hop on a political soapbox.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still get people on our Instagram, \u2063despite trying to get rid\u2064 of these people,\u201d\u2063 Welch said. \u200b\u201cWe\u2019re \u2063doing our very best to get rid of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I wish that were enough to rant about this episode. But the pair\u2019s seething contempt for conservatives apparently twisted the two into \u200dwriting off a separate film about the horrors of child sex trafficking as\u200c a Qanon conspiracy.\u200d <\/p>\n<p>Sullivan shared the story of how she went to go see \u201cSound of Freedom\u201d\u2064 at her mother\u2019s\u200b recommendation. The movie <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/07\/sex-trafficking-drama-sound-of-freedom-is-a-heartbreaking-and-hopeful-call-to-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">presents<\/a> the true story of Special Agent\u00a0Tim Ballard who catches \u200dsex criminals targeting children online\u2062 and raises the \u2063alarm on global\u2062 trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI enjoyed\u200d it, it was a pretty good movie, I came back out and then find out on \u2064social media later that it\u2019s a Qanon\u200c movie,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cI should have known the minute my mother \u2063recommended it, that it was \u200bbad. Like, immediately put on the \u2018do-not-watch\u2019 list.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no, like, message that I got,\u201d Sullivan added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[RELATED:[RELATED:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/21\/the-left-attacks-sound-of-freedom-because-it-exposes-an-uncomfortable-truth-about-moral-boundaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Left Attacks \u2018Sound \u200cOf Freedom\u2019 Because It Exposes An Uncomfortable Truth About Moral Boundaries<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Imagine\u200b being \u2063so desperate to be seen under a lens of \u2064supposed\u200b virtue that you change your \u200bmind about a movie on child sex trafficking because of some far-fetched association with a fringe conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p>Welch finished the segment by dedicating the episode to \u2063those in the show\u2019s comments \u200bsection who ask the hosts to stay away from politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo much to all of you in the comments section \u2062that\u200c said we should stop talking about politics, this episode is dedicated to you,\u201d Welch said.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll dedicate this column to the same people, especially because Welch and Sullivan are blinded by pandering. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-97df48793469784a31953d1a5ea3e9e6 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-97df48793469784a31953d1a5ea3e9e6\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m fed up with shameless virtue signaling. Recently, I discovered an incredible podcast hosted by ex-Bravo comedians Jennifer Welch and Angie &#8220;Pumps&#8221; Sullivan. They discuss relatable everyday annoyances, like mocking foolish girls involved in baby-related drama. 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