{"id":2236014,"date":"2024-05-02T21:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T01:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-cleese-people-shouldnt-be-scared-to-acknowledge-some-cultures-are-superior-to-others\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T21:25:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T01:25:42","slug":"john-cleese-people-shouldnt-be-scared-to-acknowledge-some-cultures-are-superior-to-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-cleese-people-shouldnt-be-scared-to-acknowledge-some-cultures-are-superior-to-others\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cleese: Recognizing Superior Cultures Shouldn&#8217;t Be Frightening"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fjohn-cleese-people-shouldnt-be-scared-to-acknowledge-some-cultures-are-superior-to-others%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=2236014&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>British actor and comedian John Cleese recently expressed the view that there should be no fear in acknowledging the\u2062 superiority of certain cultures over \u200bothers. In an interview\u2064 with a local magazine, he\u200c emphasized the\u200d significance of\u2063 culture\u200d over \u200drace, asserting that\u2064 openness about cultural \u200cdifferences is\u2062 essential. \u200cCleese encouraged people not to shy away\u200d from stating their beliefs\u2063 openly. The recent\u200d statement by British actor \u2064and comedian John Cleese \u200demphasizes the importance of recognizing the superiority of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-in-decline\/\" title=\"Chicago's decline continues.\">specific \u200ccultures<\/a> without fear. Cleese underlines the significance of culture over race, advocating for open discussions about cultural distinctions. He encourages individuals to express\u200d their beliefs confidently and openly.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>British actor and comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/john-cleese\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Cleese<\/a> said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-lifts-calif-lockdown-orders-amid-mounting-backlash\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom lifts Calif. lockdown orders amid mounting backlash\">recent interview<\/a> that people should not be afraid to publicly state that some cultures are superior to others.<\/p>\n<p>Cleese, who made the remarks during an interview with a local magazine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13374615\/John-Cleese-says-Britons-not-frightened-say-cultures-superior-wrong-Muslims-want-sharia-law-enforced-UK.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, \u201cRace doesn\u2019t matter, but culture does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that some cultures are superior to others, and we should not be frightened to say so,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13374615\/John-Cleese-says-Britons-not-frightened-say-cultures-superior-wrong-Muslims-want-sharia-law-enforced-UK.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cA society that goes in for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abbott-asks-department-of-family-protective-services-to-say-whether-trans-surgeries-for-kids-are-child-abuse\/\" title=\"Abbott Asks Department Of Family Protective Services To Say Whether Trans Surgeries For Kids Are Child Abuse\">female genital mutilation<\/a> is abhorrent, and I happen to think that if people come to live in Britain, they should accept and adhere to our values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand that some 20 percent of Muslims in the U.K. would like to see Sharia law, and I believe that\u2019s wrong,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He also defended a remark from several years ago that angered leftists when he said that \u201cLondon was not really an English city any more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was not a racist remark,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Cleese also garnered news headlines this week when he remarked about his comedy ahead of the stage adaptation of his \u201cFawlty Towers\u201d show.<\/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=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The play is based on three episodes of a multi-season sitcom that he wrote in 1975. One of the episodes was removed by UKTV because it contained \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/road-rage-incident-could-undermine-radical-prosecutors-promotion-to-u-s-attorney\/\" title=\"Road Rage Incident Could Undermine Radical Prosecutor\u2019s Promotion to U.S. Attorney\">racial slurs<\/a>,\u201d Variety <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/theater\/global\/fawlty-towers-john-cleese-stage-play-racial-slurs-1235989568\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The episode was later reinstated after he attacked the decision and blasted those who believe in false revisionist history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose scenes where the Major used a couple of words you can\u2019t use now, racial slurs they would come under, we took them out,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s always a problem with comedy that you deal with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fncs-carlson-mainstream-media-final-hope-for-keeping-its-scam-alive-is-censorship\/\" title=\"FNC's Carlson: Mainstream Media 'Final Hope' for Keeping Its 'Scam' Alive Is Censorship\">literal-minded<\/a>. Whenever you\u2019re doing comedy, you\u2019re up against the literal-minded and the literal-minded don\u2019t understand irony. And that means if you take them seriously, you get rid of a lot of comedy. Because literal-minded people don\u2019t understand metaphor, irony, or comic exaggeration. People who are not literal-minded can see there\u2019s various different interpretations, depending on different contexts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British actor and comedian John Cleese emphasized the importance of acknowledging that some cultures excel over others. In a recent interview with a local magazine, Cleese highlighted that while race is irrelevant, culture plays a pivotal role. 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