{"id":2241201,"date":"2024-05-09T17:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T21:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-author-claims-michael-knowles-is-a-fascist-for-opposing-transgenderism\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T17:58:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T21:58:05","slug":"leftist-author-claims-michael-knowles-is-a-fascist-for-opposing-transgenderism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-author-claims-michael-knowles-is-a-fascist-for-opposing-transgenderism\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed: &#8220;Author Accuses Michael Knowles of Fascism Over Transgender Stance"},"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%2Fleftist-author-claims-michael-knowles-is-a-fascist-for-opposing-transgenderism%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=2241201&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>Leftist author Judith Butler criticizes Daily \u2064Wire \u200chost Michael \u200cKnowles in her book &#8220;Who\u2019s Afraid \u200cof Gender?&#8221; alleging fascism \u200ddue to his anti-transgender views expressed at CPAC. Butler challenges Knowles&#8217; \u200bstance, referencing his remarks on \u200deradicating transgender ideology as \u2064fascistic. This \u200cdebate\u200c has\u200d sparked controversy and pushback from various quarters, including a critical response from journalist Chris Rufo.  <\/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><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leftist author Judith Butler claims in her latest book that Daily Wire host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/show\/the-michael-knowles-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Knowles<\/a> is a fascist because of his views that society should not accept transgenderism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Butler, a well-known feminist and proponent of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-teacher-sues-school-board-after-being-fired-he-refused-to-compromise-on-trans-pronouns\/\" title=\"Flashback: Teacher Sues School Board After Being Fired \u2013 He Refused To Compromise on Trans Pronouns\">gender ideology<\/a>, takes aim at Knowles in her book, \u201cWho\u2019s Afraid of Gender?\u201d In the book, Butler argues that comments Knowles made at CPAC in 2023 about eradicating the ideology of transgenderism from public life were fascistic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to an <a href=\"https:\/\/pioneerworks.org\/broadcast\/who's-afraid-of-gender-judith-butler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">excerpt<\/a> from her new book, Butler discusses a viral quote from Knowles\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/michael-knowles-reveals-what-conservatives-must-do-to-defeat-radical-gender-theory-during-cpac-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CPAC speech<\/a> where he said that \u201ctransgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely\u201d for the good of society and \u201cthe poor people who have fallen prey to this confusion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After the speech, Knowles was attacked by many on the Left who accused him of promoting \u201cgenocide.\u201d Even the Biden administration weighed in, with White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/wh-spokesperson-karine-jean-pierre-repeats-false-claim-michael-knowles-called-for-eradication-of-transgender-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">falsely claiming<\/a> that he called for the \u201ceradication of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-investigating-chaplain-who-said-transgender-people-unqualified-to-serve\/\" title=\"Army Investigating Chaplain Who Said Transgender People \u2018Unqualified To Serve\u2019\">transgender people<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In her book, which was published in March, Butler repeats attacks on Knowles for the speech, quoting the part about eradicating the ideology of transgenderism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe language of eradication belongs to fascism, and today it is directed not only against trans people but against all those who have been clustered under the signs of \u2018gender\u2019 and \u2018critical race theory\u2019 and \u2018wokism,\u2019\u201d Butler wrote. \u201cThe ready definitions for fascism tend to rely on the study of its twentieth-century form, so new vocabularies are required to understand new iterations of fascism that have emerged in the last decades.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Butler\u2019s book has been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/christopherrufo.com\/p\/trans-factual\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">thoroughly criticized<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  by investigative journalist Chris Rufo, who points out that it is riddled with factual errors and mischaracterizations about Rufo\u2019s own work targeting gender ideology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Knowles responded to Butler\u2019s accusations on his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/ep-1486-watch-the-hillary-clinton-musical-is-worse-than-you-think\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">show on Thursda<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">y where he critiqued the Left\u2019s ever-changing definition of fascism.<\/span><\/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> had the honor and privilege of being accused of fascism by infamous feminist, gender theorist, and \u201cpioneering lunatic,\u201d Judith Butler. Here\u2019s his response: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s6DsYmEQAO\">pic.twitter.com\/s6DsYmEQAO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Michael Knowles Show (@MKnowlesShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MKnowlesShow\/status\/1788648045657076120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On his show, Knowles pointed out that prominent liberal figures like Bill and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama would all be considered \u201cfascists\u201d because they all opposed gay marriage at one point in their political careers. The same would go for support for transgenderism, Knowles said, the explosion of which is a very recent phenomenon.<\/span><\/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=1712932862202000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0plT8RRdMy9XUpIhocnjQS\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cEveryone agreed with me until about 2015, until Obama started to enshrine protections for transgenderism in public life,\u201d Knowles said. \u201cEverybody agreed with me, there was essentially no one in the world who disagreed with the point that I was making at CPAC. So, according to Judith Butler, does that mean everyone was a fascist, except for her?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis means that the definition of fascism has to change to: whatever the liberals oppose now,\u201d Knowles added. \u201cIt\u2019s always changing. For Judith Butler, it\u2019s not being a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-meadows-jan-6-commission-all-about-political-theater-not-truth\/\" title=\"Mark Meadows: Jan. 6 Commission All About Political Theater, Not Truth\">progressive leftist<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In her recent book, renowned leftist author Judith Butler criticizes Daily Wire host Michael Knowles, labeling him a fascist for his anti-transgender stance. Butler, a feminist advocate of gender ideology, targets Knowles in &#8220;Who\u2019s Afraid of Gender?&#8221; where she debates society&#8217;s acceptance of transgender individuals, reflecting on Knowles&#8217; remarks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2241202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/MixCollage-09-May-2024-03-14-PM-1005-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2241201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/05\/MixCollage-09-May-2024-03-14-PM-1005-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2241201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2241202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2241201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2241201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2241201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}