Daily Wire Host Michael Knowles Mocks Trans Supporters in Hate-Filled Speech at the University of Buffalo

Sublime political commentator Michael Knowles delivered a hate speech at the University of Buffalo on Thursday night despite the ongoing protests that led to the controversial event and even the school’s principal. condemning “dehumanizing words”.

The American Youth for Freedom, a student organization that advocates conservative ideas, hosted Knowles on campus, where the political pundit was supposed to give a speech on “Feminism Destroys Women (and Everything how different”. However, he rambled on for about 10 minutes about the so-called “confusion” of transgender people, his dissent towards same-sex marriage and mocked a recent series of reports by transgender people. publications — including The Daily Beast — for criticizing his transgender views.

“Feminism has made people suffer, especially women,” he said with a smirk.

Knowles, 32, claims that feminist teachings can make another woman miserable when she wakes “from a slumber of suffocating serenity.”

He hailed Phyllis Schlafly as a “housewife” hero who denounced feminism, but made no mention of conservative activist who fought to ensure the defeat of Equal Rights Amendment 1972 is also a lobbyist, writer and lawyer.

Knowles also hinted that the feminist movement only one takes place at a time of women’s suffrage in the 1920s and with the bra fires of the 1960s. He neglected to acknowledge other moments of women’s independence and perseverance. — regardless of sex — throughout human history.

“I think women understand the world a lot better than before there was feminism,” he said. “I think women are obviously much happier than before feminism. I think women understand the relationship between men and women and their nature much better than before feminism.”

The conservative commentator never really explained his definition of feminism until he was asked in the question-and-answer section of the event. (Only two of the eight students who asked questions after Knowles’ speech seemed to support him.) Then the political pundit turned political actor rattled around about women’s rights. Elections are a good thing or a bad thing. He also denied that women became more intellectually discerning after the Second Wave of Feminism in the 1970s.

“I don’t think any of these women can match Phyllis Schlafly in a debate,” he said. “Propaganda of that period in the 1970s was written by Second Wave feminists, but it does not reflect the truth.”

protest before the event forced Knowles to take the stage more than 30 minutes after the event was supposed to begin, but his speech was further delayed by protesters in the stands.

“Transgender lives are important!” The chants grew louder as Knowles stood on the podium.

“Do you have anything else to say?” Knowles mocked them and smiled. “’Trans…life…problem.’ OK, I think I got it. Does anyone have a pen for me to write down?”

Within minutes, the protesters were escorted out of the auditorium.

knowledge explode in the political sphere in time Conservative Political Action Conference last weekend when he said “transgenderism must be completely erased from public life.”

“There can be no middle ground in dealing with transgenderism,” the columnist for The Daily Wire said at the conference, but also repeated on Thursday night. “It’s all or nothing. If transism is true – men can actually become women, it’s true for people of all ages. If transism is wrong ( true), if men really can’t be women (because they can’t), then that’s wrong for everyone. And if it’s wrong, we shouldn’t indulge it.”

Journalists and activists have criticized Knowles’ jargon, denouncing it as “openly calling for the genocide of transgender people”.

Buffalo’s local activists worked to push back against the hate they thought Knowles would spread to the community.

“[Showing Up for Justice] stand in solidarity with transgender students and staff at @universityatbuffalo and other community groups who condemn Michael Knowles’ trans, racist, misogynist and genocide rhetoric,” buffalo chapter of Showing Up for Justice, the group ending white supremacy, was posted on the group’s Facebook page.

“Knowles also promotes ‘great alternative theory,’ the racist ideology that fueled Peyton [sic] Gendron when he murdered ten Black Buffalo people last year,” the organization added, along with mental health services.

Defense of Democracy, an organization that fights oppression against marginalized communities, has released a series of videos pro-college students did not support the event.

Other organizations, such as Our City Action Buffalo, held alternative events around the same time as Knowles’ scheduled speech at Slee Hall.

The outrage prompted the University of Buffalo to issue a message of support for the LGTBQ+ community.

“Our university community thrives on our diversity. We see humanity and dignity in every member of our academic community. We are grateful for the many meaningful contributions of feminists and academics as well as our LGBTQ+ students, faculty, and staff. We are enriched by your work, your views and your voice,” university president Satish Tripathi released in a statement on Tuesday.

“At the same time, as a public university, we must uphold the democratic principles protected by the Constitution in the First Amendment…[to protect] speech no matter how malicious the content, he added. “Of course, it is not easy and uncomfortable to do so when the speech in question offends and dehumanizes many members of our university community. Thus, even as we recognize the powerful role free speech plays in sustaining our democracy, it still leaves us struggling with language that Tu’s strong defense of. the first court allows.”

A representative for Knowles did not immediately respond to The Daily Beast’s request for comment on Friday.