Michael Knowles Tells Tucker Carlson Accusations Of Genocide Surprised Him: ‘Extreme Even For The Fake News’

Radio host of the Daily Wire podcast Michael Knowles He stated that he had expected media attention to focus on his remarks about transgender ideologies, but he was taken by surprise when genocide accusations were made.

Knowles joined Fox News host Tucker Carlson for his Monday evening broadcast You can find more information here discuss the comments he made at last weekend’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) — along with the media’s quick and virulent response.

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.@michaeljknowles to @TuckerCarlson Media outlets accuse you of genocide

“They just put words into my mouth that I never said…The libel laws in the United States have quite a high threshold to actually sue. This meets that threshold.” pic.twitter.com/HCMKEt0voK

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“The dumber the lie, the more viciously obedience to that lie must be enforced. So now all of a sudden you are expected to believe that anyone, even children can change their biological sex at will,” Carlson was the first.

Then he shared an excerpt of Knowles speaking at CPACHe stated that transgenderism must be approached in a different way. “all or nothing” — it was either true or it wasn’t, and he was certain that it wasn’t.

If transgenderism is true — if men really can become women and women really can become men — then it is true for everybody of all ages. If transgenderism is false, as it is — if men really can’t become women, as they cannot — then it’s false for everybody too. If it is false then it should be stopped. This especially because it would mean removing the customs and rights of many. False statements should not be made for the sake of society or the welfare of people living in poverty who may have been affected by it. “transgenderism” must be eradicated from public life entirely — the whole preposterous ideology, at every level.

But shortly after Knowles spoke, critics began to accuse him of wanting transgender people to die and promoting genocide — when what he actually said was that the ideology that promotes transgenderism as a real thing was what had to be eradicated.

“Were you surprised that The Daily Beast, really the filthiest organ in American ‘journalism,’ accused you of pushing genocide?” Carlson turned to Knowles, and asked.

“I have been called all sorts of nasty things by the liberal press, Tucker, so I tend to expect everything,” Knowles began, conceding, “But I have to admit being accused of genocide did take me by surprise. That seemed extreme even for the fake news media.”

“I think it surprised a lot of lawyers as well,” Knowles added that several outlets had bold-type headlines and ran the accusations.

“You heard exactly what I said. I said that for the good of these people in particular — so presumably I don’t want to murder them,” He said. “I talked about an ideology in particular. I’m not talking about eradicating any human beings. I’m talking about an ideology here. They said I wanted to commit genocide. I said this is libel, this is actionable libel. The libel laws in the United States have quite a high threshold to actually sue. This meets that threshold.”

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Knowles continued to state that as headlines started to shift, Knowles got the impression some outlets received advice from lawyers to improve their coverage or face being sued.

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