Michael Knowles STRUGGLES Clarifying His Genocidal Rhetoric 

Sam: “So let’s give Michael a chance to speak.” Michael: “So the…” PAUSE IT! 😂😂😂

Knowles: "When you think genocide, think Rabbit Air purifiers."

Conservative ad transitions are so insane. I think it was Dana Loesch who did a whole segment on how this bird species that would go extinct if frakking was extended in, if I remember right, Colorado. She was saying how nobody would miss this bird species and that they look tasty and easy to shoot and a bunch of other horrible stuff only to transition into an ad for an animal shelter that protects stray and abused animals trying to get people to donate lmao.

Hard to believe he couldn’t make it in a Hollywood as an actor. The guy just oozes charisma.

2015? 1999 - The Transgender Day of Remembrance was founded in 1999 by Gwendolyn Ann Smith, a trans woman who is a graphic designer, columnist, and activist,[65] to memorialize the murder of Rita Hester in Allston, Massachusetts.[66] Since its inception, TDoR has been held annually on 20 November,[67] and it has slowly evolved from the web-based project started by Smith into an international day of action. The pride flag for Trans people was introduced in 2000.... This is just in America the past 23 years. There are thousands of years of Transpeople being accepted and recognized.

What he isn't saying, is that When the DSM-5 came out in 2013 it changed the definition of gender dysphoria, and this was one of the driving forces behind Obama's change in military policy. Prior to 2013 the DSM, in more polite language, essentially said that being transgender in and of itself was a mental illness. The DSM-5 changed that diagnosis to being the effects of your gender not matching your biologically assigned sex, largely driven by discrimination, lack of acceptance, etc. And that is what this is about. It's about trying to roll back the clock to when trans people either stayed in the closet or killed themselves. So even his comment about making things the way they were prior to 2015 is advocating for genocide, it's just that instead of other people going around and killing trans people, the trans people are killing themselves, or are fundamentally changing the way they live under outside pressure. An ethnic example of this kind of genocide would be what the United States tried to do to the Native Americans until the early 1900s with the "Indian School" system. "Kill the Indian to save the man" they said, so they created schools to wipe out the Native Cultural Identity and replace it with what was acceptable to mainstream, white, Christian society. That's what he wants Trans people dead, in the closet or so marginalized that he can pretend they don't exist. I didn't think anyone could be as ahistorical, and to be honest simply uninformed and idiotic than Matt Walsh. I was wrong.

"I didn't advocate for genocide, I just advocated for the steps *towards* genocide."

“We didn’t have transgenderism in American public life before 2015” Michael Knowles must be a 7 year old suffering from gigantism because I would love to introduce him to something called “the 1970s” .

We had very different trans woman that were celebrities in Spain since the 80s. Bibiana Fernandez, an actress that would play even cis woman in Almodóvar movies, and Christina La Veneno, who was a s€s worker they found randomly on a late night show and became a National celebrity. There’s even a whole mini-series about her life in HBO Max, where other amazing trans actors tell her fascinating life story, including the late Isabel Torres.

1:39 feel bad for him? He gets the lightest smattering of applause at CPAC and his face flushes with excitement.......... it's disgusting

The Powers that be at Daily Wire must have had a talk with him lol

The Rabbit Air bit made me laugh so much. It's so unbelievably bizarre lmao

2015 is when these issues finally hit the red states facebook feed.

Eradicating Daily Wirism from public life is self-defense at this point.

FYI, I’m trans (ftm) I’m 62 and I transitioned in 2001. I believe I’ve been around long before 2015.

Here's what composer Wendy Carlos said about the reaction when she went public about being trans in 1979 (via Wikipedia): "The public turned out to be amazingly tolerant or, if you wish, indifferent [...] There had never been any need of this charade to have taken place. It had proven a monstrous waste of years of my life."[30]. I doubt she would have the same reaction today.

my high school teacher was transgender woman. I'm 40 as of Feb. these guys are nuts. Less home schooling and more meeting people who don't believe what you believe and see them at least as human beings.

Knowles is a creepy marionette boy man

"Much like I want to purify the human race, Rabbit Air will purify the air in your home."

For context to anyone who doesn't know - transgender people have existed for as long as we have human history, and medical transition has existed for over a hundred years (longer then hip replacements, by the way, and with a much lower 'regret rate' - yes more people both in numbers and percentages regret hip replacements then full transition, by a massive margin). The Far Right has also known about trans people for at least 90 years. Because 90 years ago they actively and directly targeted a medical trust in Germany that studied and treated trans folk, and had a huge library of research and support books. Those books were all burned (yes, those infamous pictures of Nazis burning books - those are the books being burned), the patients were murdered or send to concentration camps, and the doctor who ran the trust (a Jewish man, I believe) joined them. So yeah, the Right Wing and wider society fucking know better. They just all choose to ignore the literal genocide performed before WW2 even began. This is why we as trans folk will NEVER trust society to do the right thing - we have to force it.

I’d love to go back to 2015! As a trans woman who transitioned in 2006, 2015 was the last year I felt I could walk around safely without fear.

I never understood the fascination of the right with transgender people. Don’t like them? Stay away from them. You’ll never see me interact with people who put ranch on pizza (because I personally think they’re filth) but I respect their right to do so.

He doing the Scott Adams "I was just trying to encourage debate" bullshit

Caroline Cossey was a Bond girl in the 1981 movie _For Your Eyes Only_ she was also a transgender woman. She appeared in Playboy twice. The first time caused such an outcry when she was outed, Hefner gave her a second shoot.

He stuck the landing with Rabbit Air(TM). 😂. I will forever remember Rabbit Air(TM) for all my genocidal eradication needs.

can you imagine if a dem said 'Im not saying we should abolish ConservaTIVES, I'm saying we should abolish ConservaTISM

How in the hell can he find a way to defend himself when he said it at CPAC loud and proudly? Is he just that stupid to think he can squeeze a mulligan out what he said?

Free speech, tell Knowles what you really think of him any chance you get. The same for all these people who keep advocating highly destructive actions in the US like Greene calling for civil war. They're all so big on their rights, our rights include telling them off.

Is it a coincidence that his name is Michael Know-les?

The quotes he's being criticized for: "There can be no middle way in dealing with transgenderism. It is all or nothing." "Transgenderism must be eradicated from life entirely." He left out that word "entirely" in his recap in this video, but I assure you, he said the word "entirely" when he was on stage. Even emphasizing the word. If he's trying to draw a line between "transgenderism" vs "transgender people" then he's hoping you're an idiot who will believe it, while he depends upon the other idiots who agree with his previous statements to understand the original meaning. He was explicitly being total and complete in his wordings. If he actually cared to separate himself from what he's being accused of, he would be spending this segment with waaaay more apology and a message to his fans about how transgender people are fine and should be respected. "no middle way" "all or nothing" "eradicated from life entirely"

michael knowless take is literally the exact opposite. transgender people were already in public life, but around a decade ago there was a greater push to remove legal discrimination, much of which not only still exists but in some places has gotten worse because the conservative culture warriors like him picked up on it and decided to ban trans people from restrooms many of us were already using. THEY made it an issue, THEY made it a problem. They saw it as a way to retaliate after losing on gay marriage.

You know what was a drag show? Shakespeare. All Shakespeare, in fact all British theatre, was traditionally performed in drag. I remember when I was a kid, they used to do these public performances called Shakespeare in the Park. The local community theatre used to do that back when people used to go outside. I wonder if that would be legal in Tennessee? Could you do Romeo and Juliet as a public performance in a Tennessee park?

That advert was literally like the scene from Truman show.

I like how he admits that the left has always been right about social issues but somehow we're wrong on this one too. Nope. We're right about this one too and 10 years from now we'll have right wingers bragging about it like how they take pride in civil rights and marriage equality although they fought against it every inch of the way.

Michael Knowles is just not a valid category of being just like RabbitAir.

The Canadian legislation (Bill C16) that Jordan Peterson lost his mind over, what JP called "compelled speech laws," is specifically meant to prevent this type of genocidal rhetoric against Trans/Queer/gender non-conforming people.

I swear if you transcribed life and made a anime/t.v show ppl would say "....well it's a good show, but that league of states faction is unrealistic. There like....comically evil and unimaginablely inept, even at imperialism."

The air purifier/clear the air/eradicating transgenderism rhetoric reminded me of Jordy Peterson saying the N*zis killing millions of people was the inevitable conclusion of H*tler's obsession with cleanliness. DW employees are truly birds of a feather.

He is in his mid 30s and dresses like a 70 year old

TRANS RIGHTS 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

The first openly trans US mayor was elected in 2009 and left office in 2015.

After seeing this video, I am now significantly dumber.

Alpha man Michael Knowles emoting, in a very manly way, with his limp wrists.

Knowles probably quietly tells himself "Totally nailed that segue!"

WTF? Did this guy see The Crying Game? When it came out in 1992? Did this guy see Renee Richards play in the US Open in 1977?

"I, a cis dude with no knowledge and no intention to learn am going to tell you what means to eradicate this group"

That RabidAir ad was epic. Just epic.

In Italy in the 60s there was a celebrity called Giò Stajano, who ironically was the grandchild of a fascist minister. She was trans and wrote a book about all the transgressive fashions of the time, which was a huge success. Nobody questioned her femininity, everybody loved her, and this was 60 years ago in a Catholic country. Look her up on wikipedia, it's a fun story!

The air purifier reference is actually a dog whistle to Neo Nazis.

On a long enough timeline, we on the left win on every single social issue. Every. Damn. Time. Protect our trans friends and our immigrant friends and anyone else who is being targeted, because it could be you next, or someone you love. Solidarity forever.

We're going nowhere. We are passionate about self-reliance, mutual aid and freedom. They are passionate about ignorance and suffering. We will win.

“It started in 2015 with Obama” why it it always Obama with these people.

The heat needs to be turned up on the Daily Weird to fire Knowles. His sponsors need to hear from people. He went too far.

I think he was pretty clear. Saying you want to rid the world of cancer isn’t the same as saying you want to rid the world of cancer patients

Trevor Moore, (RIP you beautiful wholesome human being), wrote a fantastic song about what happened when the gays got married…

"Purify your bloodline with rabbit air"

My favorite thing about this whole 'trans people are a new thing' non-argument is this little book called the bible mentions crossdressing in Deuteronomy, specifically. Now let's put on our thinking caps for a second. Before hormones, legally changing one's name, plastic surgery, etc what exactly would being trans look like to these authors writing their horrific genocidal War God literature? Crossdressing. People pantomiming the opposite sex by dressing/living as them. Dressing-up-as-them. We existed back then, why else would good ol' Yahweh call us an abomination? To snuff us out. Thousands of years ago. We are as old as written language, and probably older still. We are human history, no matter how many times people try to erase us.

If Knowles is talking about turning black the clock to before 2015 when a certain someone descended down some escalators in his golden tower and announced his presidential run then I'm all for that honestly.

Women are naturally ordered toward gestation and men are naturally ordered toward impregnation.

Michael Knowles came out talking about how conservatives need to be on the offensive, this was the context of his remarks about "eradicating transgenderism". Note how the first thing he does is retreat, after calling on others to go on the offensive, and he will probably get a medal for his courage from the conservative republicans.

When one has to clarify a statement that they previously made; everybody should know that the original statement was exactly what they thought and intended to say. The clarification is only intended to muddy the waters about their original intent.

I do NOT have to feel bad for Knowles, and no force could compel me otherwise.

Holee SHIT can you guys watch the whole clip without pausing 50 times? This reminds me of people who you let get their entire point out, but every 3 seconds in your response, they constantly interrupt you so you can't get a single coherent point across.

I strongly encourage people always go and see the original clip first without the reaction and then come back for the reaction. You might find that things are a bit different. That goes both for leftists and rightists. Always do that first please ^^ ok have a nice day bah-bay...

The real time tech staff is really stepping up. Much quicker responses lately when the hosts want something brought up or rewinded or what have you. Good job, guys.

His literal name is "know less."

I remain unconvinced of Michael Knowles’ alleged heterosexuality

I love how they just make fun of him for like half the show instead of an actual argument 😂

John Lithgow wasn't in "The World According to Garp" in 1982 because there was no "transgenderism" then.

"If a man wants to be considered a woman and he's a grown man that's fine just don't do it to the kids". That's what really pisses me off. People are not convincing children that they are the opposite sex. It just isn't happening. Gender dysphoria is not taught to kids. It just happens. It's not clearly understood. Suggesting that school teachers and parents are convincing children to have sex changes is an absolute misunderstanding of transgenderism; although I feel this misunderstanding is by design.

Try putting yourself in Knowles shoes and imagining explaining what you meant by eradicating a group of people from public life. I'd want to go curl up in a ditch. Somehow he can continue to live with himself and that is....an achievement.

Knowles is out here begging for the Mussolini treatment

The FINAL SOLUTION to stale air? AIR RABBIT!

I think a lot of people here could benefit from doing some research instead of throwing out hate comments and anecdotal evidence. The same people who promote acceptance and tolerance are the ones who viscerally gnash their teeth at people who happen to believe differently. This man did not say anything wrong.

there was tangerine, a movie about a transgender s€s worker that came out late 2014 / early 2015 i think. i wonder how they filmed that movie without knowing transgender people existed... great movie btw, check it out

I thought I heard him say 'rabid' air, which would be a very accurate description for the crap that comes out of Knowles's mouth.

These people are incredibly dishonest. And you, the blind followers, fall for it.

I hate to tell him but my therapist has been a transperson for over thirty years.

He is a little kid Trapped in a adult body that is trying to get out his attention out there . They are all looking to get attention so they make a ass out of themselves . People are laughing at them instead of acknowledging them .

Wait they pay for a DW+ subscription 😅? Because they did not hear the rest of that ad read

@10:40 why GOP is pushing hard for charter and privatized schools.

I was watching a Vaush segment involving Ben Shapiro and he had a drive-by ad in a short recently too.

Purify the trans with Rabbit Air. Just wait until Knowles gets the Thermo Pride furnace contract. Those monologues will be lit.

I love how his logo has his one name kind of crushing his surname...just like he wants to do to the rights of others

Pity you never address any of the actual points made and engage in a rational argument.

I love how he casually admits liberals win on most social issues

Michael Knowles nothing.

I wonder what Mikey’s boss would say if he said “I want to eradicate Jewishness from public life.”

something after a decade i still don’t get is: why they care so much about it? why not only so much hate but to go to such lengths to make life super hard for regular humans just living? aren’t they tired? do they not have a family? a hobby?

I support him. Its about time this madness ends.

I think he saw something he liked and now is struggling with himself. He needs to get off this topic; he’s telling on himself.

Just tell everyone you hate freedom Knowles, be honest, I would find you marginally more respectable at least.

Eradicating transgender *ideology* does not mean/call for transgender people’s genocide. Am I interpreting something wrong here?

Let's face it, you guys couldn't even debate Knowles. Come up with a rational argument, don't spew bs.

Michael: _"But, but, but ... my followers want me to be genocidal. They are ready."_

he’s doing a q&a at university of buffalo in a few days, tons of people are going to protest, myself included.

I was struggling with my identity so much all the way up to 2018, all this time I was struggling with the words and ideas I was feeling for almost 3 decades of my life. I only began to figure out I was transgender (entirely on my own when a psychiatrist said if I had gender dysphoria cause I wore a skirt) after multiple suicide attempts and 20 years of depression and anxiety Its absolutely disgusting that transphobes want that kind of life and suffering for every trans person, especially children. To be left in the dark and struggling with who they are

try not pausing the video every 5 seconds

Notice all they do is make fun of the Daily Wire hosts and make no arguments for why transgenderism is true.

You guys do not carry yourselves like adults at all