{"id":3429,"date":"2023-03-06T17:30:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T22:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=3429"},"modified":"2023-03-07T14:50:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T19:50:11","slug":"conservative-says-eradicate-radical-transgender-ideology-media-claims-he-said-eliminate-trans-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/opinion\/conservative-says-eradicate-radical-transgender-ideology-media-claims-he-said-eliminate-trans-people\/paul-crespo\/2023\/03\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservative Says \u2018Eradicate\u2019 Radical Transgender Ideology, Media Claims He Said Eliminate Trans People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ANALYSIS<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 At the recent Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) event,\u00a0Daily Wire host Michael Knowles argued that\u00a0conservatives should not compromise with the left on certain core issues, such as radical transgender ideology, but should reject these leftist ideologies completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And this is something I would support wholeheartedly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, the wording of Knowles\u2019 statements, made while discussing marriage and gender issues, gave the left an opening to hysterically, and falsely, claim he wants to get rid of all transgender people, which he clearly never said, nor intimated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And what was the statement that created the contrived firestorm of leftist hysteria?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knowles\u2019 said: “For the good of society \u2026 transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely \u2014 the whole preposterous ideology, at every level.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Daily Wire Host was clearly referring to the bizarre and dangerous new leftist ideology that insists gender and therefore sex can be changed at will, even among children, usually only with a self-diagnosis under pressure from activist counselors, teachers, and the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The truth about his remarks, however, didn\u2019t keep left-leaning media outlets such as the Daily Beast<\/a>, the Huffington Post<\/a>, and Rolling Stone<\/a> from falsely reporting that Knowles had called for the genocidal eradication of all trans people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adam Vary, at Variety, tweeted<\/a>, “Pay attention. This is genocidal. That is not hyperbole or alarmist; this rhetoric is calling for the eradication of a group of people for who they are.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Knefel of Media Matters called the speech<\/a> “[e]liminationist, genocidal rhetoric.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His remarks were clearly none of these things, and he never called for any actions against trans people whatsoever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Knowles fought back against these outlets demanding a retraction, which he partly achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I never said that and demand a retraction. @HuffPost<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/0NISJ2WwMi<\/a><\/p>— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) March 4, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>