Michael Knowles

[[File:Michael_J_Knowles.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Michael Knowles.]]
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{{cquote|If you can't read between the lines, the conclusion that one draws is that condoms are kind of gay.|||Michael Knowles, reproductive science expert.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSx4-i_1Zzo Condoms Are 'Kind Of Gay,' Says Daily Wire's Michael Knowles] ''The Young Turks'', 12 July 2023.</ref>}}
'''Michael John Knowles''' {{lived|1990}} is an [[United States|American]] failed actor, [[Conservatism|conservative]] political commentator, and host of '''''The Michael Knowles Show''''', a podcast at [[Ben Shapiro]]'s online [[tabloid]] ''The Daily Wire''. He is most well-known for releasing a 266-page book on February 8, 2017 called ''Reasons to Vote for Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide'', which consists almost entirely of [[Joke|blank pages]].<ref>[https://thehill.com/homenews/media/323253-amazon-bestseller-reasons-to-vote-for-democrats-is-a-book-of-empty-pages Amazon bestseller 'Reasons to Vote for Democrats' is a book of empty pages] ''The Hill''. 03/09/17.</ref>

During the [[2016 U.S. Presidential Election|2016 Presidential Election]], Knowles supported [[Ted Cruz|Ted Cruz]] in the [[Republican Party|Republican]] primary. He starred in Cruz's campaign ad "War Room" among a circle of political operatives in a dimly-lit room, taking turns criticizing then-candidate [[Donald Trump|Trump]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cpqoVqqDGk</ref>

Interestingly enough, following the [[Unite the Right]] rally, Knowles interviewed white supremacist YouTuber [[James Allsup]] regarding the rally.<ref name=Allsup>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIRH-mBE2-Y</ref>

==Wingnuttery==
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===Xenophobia and racism===
*In a [[PragerU]] video, he [[Horseshoe theory|associated]] the [[Alt-right|alt-right]] with the contemporary American left. The same video has him acting as if 600 people attending the Unite the Right rally wasn't that alarming (nevermind the fact that movements can ''grow''), in the process claiming that the alt-right is "really small."<ref name="pragerU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHXL00wY3nY</ref>
*He supports the continued existence of [[Guantanamo Bay]].<ref name="politicon2018">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0PpTp6n5o4 Politicon 2018 - How the Fuck Are We Going to Get Along?] (October 22, 2018), YouTube.</ref>
*A self-proclaimed [[anti-abortion]] advocate, he fully endorses the [[death penalty]].<ref name="politicon2018"/>
*He supports holding [[Illegal immigration|undocumented immigrants]] in [[prison]] without [[due process]].<ref name="politicon2018"/>
*He fully endorses the [[Extrajudicial punishment|assassination]] of ''[[Washington Post]]'' journalist Jamal Khashoggi by the government of [[Saudi Arabia]], as he considers Khashoggi to be a [[Islamic]] [[terrorist]].<ref name="politicon2018"/>
*He claims that hate for [[Andrew Jackson]] is "tedious"<ref>[https://archive.is/20190725205926/https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1131218009295482880 Twitter post] 22 May 2019.</ref> and denies that Jackson committed [[ethnic cleansing]] and [[genocide]].<ref>[https://archive.is/20190725205949/https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1139597599919394816 Twitter post] 14 Jun 2019.</ref>
**Similarly, he believes that any criticism of [[Christopher Columbus]] is completely unwarranted and anti-American.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7A7Lf1rlL0 Cocky SJW spits on the grave of Columbus, is made to regret it INSTANTLY] (we apologise for directing you to the Young America's Foundation)</ref>
*Endorses [[Donald Trump]]'s [[racist]] temper tantrum against [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]], [[Ilhan Omar]], Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley, saying "all of these women constantly present themselves as foreign."<ref>https://twitter.com/JasonSCampbell/status/1150879295977533450 Twitter post] 15 Jul 2019. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230310223903/https://twitter.com/JasonSCampbell/status/1150879295977533450 Archive]</ref>
*He claims that [[birtherism]] isn't [[racist]], and that people believed in the [[conspiracy theory]] because [[Barack Obama]] "doesn't speak like an [[American]]".<ref>[https://twitter.com/JasonSCampbell/status/1136013387471761408 Twitter post] 4 Jun 2019. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200613143021/https://twitter.com/JasonSCampbell/status/1136013387471761408 Archive]</ref>
*He claims that Ilhan Omar dragged Elliot Abrams during a Congressional hearing [[Race card#Among Republicans/conservatives|because he is Jewish]],<ref>[https://archive.is/20220729205727/https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1095784113456345089 Twitter post] 13 Feb 2019.</ref> and not because of his involvement in the [[Iran-Contra]] scandal and the [[war crimes]] committed against [[Latin American]] countries during the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan era]].<ref>[https://time.com/5529418/ilhan-omar-elliott-abrams-el-salvador/ Ilhan Omar Clashed With Venezuela Envoy Elliott Abrams Over Washington's Role in Latin America. Here's the History Behind Her Claims] ''TIME Magazine''. FEBRUARY 14, 2019.</ref>
*He claims that soccer is anti-American because it involves non-American teams.<ref>[https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1148311639797698561 Twitter post] 8 Jul 2019. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220722093010/https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1148311639797698561 Archive]</ref>
*In an interview aired on [[Fox News]], Knowles claimed that the Israeli occupation of Palestine is a myth without any evidence to back up his claims, instead descending into a rant about [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]].<ref>https://youtu.be/z3-rHCdj3dI</ref>
*He believes that police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted in 2021 of suffocating African-American [[George Floyd]] to death with his knee, was unjustly convicted.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpp0-FBRErQ The Unjust Verdict | Ep. 747]</ref>
*He has claimed that Juneteenth is about "communism, black nationalism and "pride"" rather than commemorating the end of slavery.<ref>[https://archive.is/QKETZ Twitter post]</ref>
*In one video he called [[Mitt Romney]] a [[Republican In Name Only|fake conservative]] because he marched with [[BLM]].<ref name=Capitol/>

===Climate change denial===
*Knowles claims the [[scientific consensus]] on [[climate change]] "is just a lot of political alarmism."<ref>[https://archive.is/20190725205852/https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/950756355064791041 Twitter post] 9 Jan 2018.</ref>
*In September 2019, [[Ableism|he slandered climate activist Greta Thunberg as "mentally ill"]], as if Asperger's Syndrome had any bearing on the reality of climate change. [[stopped clock|Even]] [[Fox News|FOX News]] had the sense to apologize for his remark while he doubled down on his <strike>bigotry</strike> statement.<ref>[https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1176296138212724736] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230312084054/https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1176296138212724736 Archive]</ref> Later he went on [[Tucker Carlson]] claiming [[informal fallacy|he wasn't an ableist he was just calling an autistic person mentally ill and easily exploitive]].
*He implied that the "climate hysteria movement" was being led by politicians rather than scientists. ...no really, he said that awareness of climate change wasn't "about science".<ref>https://washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/09/24/fox-news-greta-thunberg-mentally-ill-michael-knowles/</ref> 
**Whenever he is reminded of [[global warming#Scientific consensus|the statistic that 97% of scientists agree on the existence of man-made climate change]], Knowles will handwave it by saying that "scientific decisions are not made by consensus" as if that somehow disproves the statistic.<ref>[https://youtu.be/5a9lD6Pkd5k BEYOND REPAIR: Knowles pokes a gaping hole in cocky SJW's ego]</ref>

*Due to Knowles disagreeing on the scientific consensus for climate change (as well as [[transgenderism]] and [[transhumanism]]), on a July 12 2023 edition of his ''Michael Knowles Show'', Knowles [[War on Science|called science "mostly fake"]].<ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/michael-knowles/daily-wires-michael-knowles-science-mostly-fake "Daily Wire's Michael Knowles: “Science is mostly fake”"] by Media Matters, 2023 July 12</ref><ref group=note>Which is hilariously [[ironic]] considering the fact that he's using a camera, a microphone and a laptop (i.e items built using science) to record and spread all of his [[bullshit]]</ref> Previously, in late November 2022, the {{wpl|Franciscan University of Steubenville}} hosted Knowles. Reportedly in his speech to students, he similarly argued against what he saw as "fake science" in favor of "an authentic [[Catholic]] [[Other ways of knowing|understanding of truth]]."<ref>[https://franciscan.edu/franciscan-university-student-club-hosts-the-daily-wires-michael-knowles/ "Franciscan University Student Club Hosts The Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles"], Franciscan University, 2022 December 1</ref>

===Homophobia===
*On March 10, 2023, Knowles stated in a speech that gay marriage is immoral and must be banned.<ref>https://www.mediamatters.org/daily-wire/not-content-eradicate-transgenderism-daily-wires-michael-knowles-attacks-gay-marriage</ref>
*Had Joseph Nicolosi Jr., who, like his father, is a practitioner of [[conversion therapy]] on his show as a guest.<ref name=Nicolosi>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdHVFk5Ayqs Help Us, Cocaine Mitch. You’re Our Only Hope | The Michael Knowles Show Ep. 221] (September 21, 2018), YouTube.</ref>
*After [[Supreme Court]] Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion ruling that workplace discrimination against [[LGBT]] people is unlawful, Knowles called him "one of the worst jurists in American history"<ref>[https://www.theweek.com/speedreads-amp/920080/conservatives-blast-gorsuch-after-lgbtq-discrimination-decision-among-worst-jurists-history-united-states Conservatives blast Gorsuch after LGBTQ discrimination decision: 'Among the worst jurists in the history of the United States']</ref> and claimed that banning people from being fired because of their gender identity or sexual orientation goes against "the most fundamental aspect of our nature".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200615164820/https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1272560228572241920 Twitter post]</ref> This makes one wonder exactly what Knowles's vision of a perfect America is...
*In the video about the Pantene advert, he implied that he opposes gay adoption, repeatedly expressing confusion as to how the lesbian couple shown in the video could have gained custody of their child, and talked about the [[homosexual agenda|lesbian agenda]].<ref name=Pantene/>
*Knowles stated that he wants to make the LGBT pride flag and other LGBT-related symbols "toxic" and use political pressure to "ban" them.<ref>[https://twitter.com/TheTNHoller/status/1661530585104281606] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230725132114/https://twitter.com/TheTNHoller/status/1661530585104281606 Archive]</ref> He has also called for drag queens and  people who attend gay pride parades to be arrested, describing them as "perverse and unnatural" while hypocritically defending [[Lauren Boebert]] performing sex acts in public.<ref>[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/09/michael-knowles-wants-mass-arrests-at-pride-events-if-boebert-is-charged-in-beetlejuice-groping/ Michael Knowles wants mass arrests at Pride events if Boebert is charged in “Beetlejuice” groping] (September 19, 2023) ''LGBTQ Nation''.</ref>
*When a student jokingly asked Ted Cruz if he'd give blowjobs to end world hunger, Knowles responded by saying that same-sex activity is "flagrantly immoral behavior".<ref>https://jezebel.com/ted-cruz-wont-say-whether-hed-blow-a-man-to-end-global-1848788688</ref>
====Hypocrisy====
: [[Irony|Ironically]], as a Yale student<ref>[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/03/rightwing-pundit-who-called-for-eradicating-transgenderism-played-a-gay-twink-in-a-movie/ Right wing pundit who called for eradicating transgenderism played a gay twink in a movie]. ''LGBTQ Nation.'' Published March 17, 2023.</ref> Knowles starred in the 2012 student film ''House of Shades'', [[Haggard's Law|as a bisexual ''twink'']]<ref group=note>So not even a ''masculine'' one; so much for restoring "muh masculinity".</ref> who is shown in bed naked with a male athlete, whom his character seduces after a breakup with his girlfriend.<ref>[https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/03/a-close-read-of-michael-knowless-queer-role-in-house-of-shades/ A close read of Michael Knowles's queer role in 'House of Shades']. ''LGBTQ Nation.'' Published March 19, 2023.</ref>

===Transphobia===
*Knowles falsely claims that [[transgender|trans]] women are men,<ref>[https://archive.is/20190725210033/https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1074869171651891200 Twitter post] 17 Dec 2018.</ref> and [[False equivalency|equates]] being trans to having [[schizophrenia]].<ref>[[https://twitter.com/JasonSCampbell/status/1150407750310121473] [https://web.archive.org/web/20220403170514/https://twitter.com/JasonSCampbell/status/1150407750310121473 Archive] Twitter post] 14 Jul 2019.</ref> While expressing this viewpoint during a speech at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, he was sprayed with lavender oil and other liquids.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190425061247/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/conservative-speaker-michael-knowles-speech-disrupted/2019/04/12/4f486d72-5d7c-11e9-98d4-844088d135f2_story.html Conservative speaker Michael Knowles speech disrupted] ''The Washington Post''. April 12, 2019.</ref>
*After Pantene released an advert featuring a transgender child, he accused the company of "mainstreaming the sexual abuse of children" and called it "the most disturbing commercial I have ever seen".<ref name=Pantene>[https://youtu.be/Skcboj3n_FI This Commercial Should be BANNED from the Internet]</ref>
**He also said that the parents depicted in the video were abusing the child by allowing her to identify as transgender and called for them to be locked up.<ref name=Pantene/> This led to YouTuber [[Hunter Avallone]] branding him an "uncharitability factory".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dgMOpumKBk Michael Knowles Goes full *AUTHORITARIAN*]</ref> Kinda hard to disagree with that.
*Knowles attacked actress Sophia Bush for connecting the suicides of transgender children with whether they are given hormone blockers.<ref>[https://youtu.be/pOWEcrhNDB4 Sophia Bush: DENYING Trans Kids Hormones = MURDER]</ref> It is a statistical fact that trans kids who are given blockers are less likely to commit suicide.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7073269/ Pubertal Suppression for Transgender Youth and Risk of Suicidal Ideation]</ref>
*On March 4, 2023, Knowles stated in a speech at CPAC that "transgenderism {{sic}} must be eradicated from public life entirely" and was met with applause from the crowd.<ref>Deanna Watson (March 9, 2023). [https://www.jconline.com/story/news/local/purdue/2023/03/09/author-calling-for-eradicating-transgenderism-to-speak-at-purdue/69990474007/ "Author calling for eradicating 'transgenderism' to speak at Purdue"]. ''Journal & Courier''.</ref><ref>Gustaf Kilander (March 4, 2023). [https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/cpac-transgenderism-daily-wire-michael-knowles-b2294252.html "CPAC speaker sparks alarm with call for transgenderism to be 'eradicated'"]. ''The Independent''.</ref> Knowles then successfully pressured ''The Daily Beast'' and ''Rolling Stone'' into changing their headlines by threatening to sue them for libel after they reported that he called for transgender people to be eradicated. ''Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting'' responded with a comparison: "it’s hard to imagine media outlets being so generous to an incendiary speaker if the tables were turned. If someone said, 'Christianity should be eradicated,' and media heard that as a call against all Christians, the excuse 'I didn’t say I wanted to eradicate Christian people—I just want to eradicate their ideas, liturgy, houses of worship, freedom to identify as Christians and their entire way of life' is probably not going to hold up well in the court of public opinion."<ref>Mathew Rodriguez (March 6, 2023). [https://www.them.us/story/michael-knowles-transgenderism-cpac "CPAC Speaker Michael Knowles Says 'Transgenderism Must Be Eradicated'"]. ''Them''.</ref><ref>Ari Paul (March 10, 2023). [https://fair.org/home/a-taste-of-whats-in-store-if-right-wing-zealots-get-green-light-to-sue-media/ "A Taste of What’s in Store if Right-Wing Zealots Get Green Light to Sue Media"]. ''Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting''.</ref>
*In April 2023, after [[YouTube|YouTuber]] Mr. Beast's longtime friend and sidekick Chris Tyson came out as gender non-conforming and was revealed to be on [[HRT]], Knowles released a video in which he accused Tyson of being a pedophile, based on old tweets joking about loli hentai (hentai depicting young girls) and claimed that loli hentai makes people trans. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D7FurxaXwM Maybe THIS Is Why MrBeast's Friend Went Trans]</ref>

===Miscellaneous===
*Despite claiming to be a champion of [[free speech]], he supports a [[United States Constitution|Constitutional]] amendment to [[Flag Police|ban burning the American flag]].<ref>[https://archive.is/20190725210148/https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1140464791791648768 Twitter post] 16 Jun 2019.</ref>
*Months after Obama granted clemency to [[whistleblower]] [[Chelsea Manning]], Knowles whined that she should still be imprisoned.<ref>[https://archive.is/20190725210201/https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/896407874405937152 Twitter post] 12 Aug 2017.</ref>
*During the [[COVID-19]] pandemic, a novel virus commonly understood to exist in airborne droplets, he argued that the general public should ''not'' wear masks, citing this [https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/5/19-0994_article%20one%20CDC%20review%20of%20influenza one CDC review of influenza] '''(Note: Not Coronavirus)''', to base his entire understanding of facemasks on. The study even says that mechanistic studies '''support''' facemask efficacy for preventing spreading disease - thus proving himself wrong with his flimsy evidence.<ref>[https://youtu.be/S1NTbGx2_uQ?t=260 Hasan Piker Debates Michael Knowles for the First Time on "The Issue Is: with Elex Michaelson"]</ref>
**He also downplayed the severity of the crisis and used it to instead whine about Draconian policies (even though early and drastic measures seemed to help COVID stay contained, and apparently with a Republican majority, they still couldn't fight against Democratic policies??? Or, if he's complaining about [[States' rights | states]].... why?) and about "The Left" (which he doesn't seem to realize doesn't exist at a large substantial amount in America).<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-527-time-for-civil-disobedience-2</ref>
*After singer and [[Satanism|satanist]] Marilyn Manson was accused of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse by Evan Rachel Wood, Knowles claimed that it was consensual because she used the word "ritual" to describe it, and asserted that the real problem was that the woke left allowed satanism to flourish.<ref name=Manson>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPSzukY6edQ Disturbing SEX and New Marilyn Manson Allegations]</ref>
**In the same video, Knowles appeared to claim that there is no such thing as casual sex. He went on to say that if casual sex existed, then rape would be no worse than common assault.<ref name=Manson/>
*Knowles defended [[Rudy Giuliani]] after the ''Borat Subsequent Moviefilm'' caught him on camera attempting to seduce who he believed to be a young female reporter, in the process displaying [[snowflake]] tendencies by expressing offense at the film being nasty about Republican politicians.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVZRC8xag4M Michael DEBUNKS The Borat Rudy Giuliani Controversy]</ref>
*Knowles has implicitly defended the [[2021 U.S. Capitol riot]] on multiple occasions, claiming that the killing of officer Brian Sicknick was irrelevant because he wasn't beaten to death with a fire extinguisher<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoB83ibpMAI FAKE News: Capitol Hill Policeman NOT Killed By Fire Extinguisher]</ref> (ignoring the fact that he was killed when rioters sprayed him with a chemical agent<ref>[https://www.the-sun.com/news/2102145/us-capitol-police-officer-brian-sicknick-dies-riot/ Cop Brian D. Sicknick may have been ‘killed by chemical agent’]</ref>), asserted that it was because of the COVID-19 lockdown rather than the misinformation that actually incited it<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0CwB4sOMDU The REAL reason For The RIOTS At The Capitol Building]</ref> (probably because he himself helped spread this misinformation<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyoxctP5ldY WATCH: 17 States Join Texas in Voter Fraud Lawsuit]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT5HiLnv2rg EXPLOSIVE: Illegal Ballot Counting Caught on Tape]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHIIRkVs-JM More Voting SHENANIGANS Helping Democrats in New York]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e2qU3GF_NY NO Votes Went for TRUMP! Says New Star Witness]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEU2Ws1XcHY Leftist Host IGNORES This Shocking New EVIDENCE in Arizona]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTF8wpwHFmQ ELECTION 2020: Latest FRAUD Allegations]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aswkEp3D05o SHOCKING Testimony: Voting Dump Went 99% for Joe Biden]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=337xyiHjs_M ELECTION 2020: Is Big FRAUD Evidence Coming?]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez8u8dOqzIs Vote Count Irregularities and Orwellian Media LIES | Dinesh D'Souza]</ref>), derided Jackson Reffitt for turning his father over to the FBI for participating in the coup<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n35QJCtkzW8 The New Red Guard: CNN FLAUNTS Kid for Turning His Republican Father into the FBI]</ref> and implied that it doesn't matter because it was [[Not as bad as]] the [[Black Lives Matter]] riots the previous year.<ref name=Capitol>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtQTlwJa5zs Compare BLM "Peaceful Protests" to The "Riots" in DC]</ref>
*He supports [[Joseph McCarthy]], describing him positively as a "tough anti-communist crusader". In the same video where he said this, he went into an outright [[McCarthyism|McCarthyist]] rant in defense of [[Richard Nixon]], claiming that he took on a communist conspiracy in the highest echelons of the U.S. government and had the presidency stolen from him by the [[deep state]] because of it, implying that he believes the [[Watergate scandal]] was made up to discredit Nixon.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGJJbaK4DYs&t=322s U.S. Presidents RANKED! Who Was The Most Legendary?]</ref>
*He believes that the United States was founded by the Pilgrims when they arrived on the Mayflower; the Mayflower voyage was in 1620 and the declaration of independence was in 1776. Not to mention that the first attempt at establishing a British colony in North America was in 1585 (Roanoke), and the first successful attempt was in 1607 (Jamestown). He also implied that the pilgrims were [[Marxists]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il0r_J2JiGs</ref> Keep in mind that Knowles has a degree in history from Yale University.
*In a video, Knowles argued that he believed that American society would be better off if it was as conservative as it was in 1220, basically calling for a return to [[feudalism]] and decrying "liberalism" as a cancer. <ref>[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-knowles-1220-not-2012_n_648b6a1fe4b048eb9114bee0]</ref>
*Knowles defended the rule of Spain's fascist dictator [[Francisco Franco]] as "broadly speaking, pretty good". <ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/michael-knowles/daily-wires-michael-knowles-praises-spanish-dictator-francisco-franco-franco-was]</ref>
*When American actor Danny Masterson was sentenced to three decades in prison for raping two women, Knowles described the sentence as "unjust" (despite believing that Masterson was guilty) simply because the rapes were committed a long time ago. In the same segment, Knowles [[Blaming the victim|implied that the women were partly at fault]] because they did not end their relationships with Masterson afterwards, and because they did not immediately report Masterson to the police.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_o-JDvdoiY “That '70s Show” Actor Sentenced to 30 Years to Life | The Michael Knowles Show]</ref>
*Admitting he doesn't care about choice, free will, and democracy, just wants all abortions banned because he can't tell the difference between abortion and infanticide, or understand the former's importance.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G398VMK-nUM some youtube video]</ref>
*He claimed that yoga is demonic.<ref>https://m.facebook.com/michaelknowlesshow/videos/yoga-is-demonic/304720655395175/</ref>
*Despite acknowledging that [[Kristi Noem]] made a ''massive'' mistake when she bragged about murdering her puppy for her own failure to train it properly, he defended her from a moral standpoint because apparently killing animals in a rage is a) common on farms, b) ''fine'' as long as it's done "humanely", and c) not inherently inhumane in the first place.<ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/michael-knowles/daily-wire-host-defends-gov-kristi-noem-killing-her-puppy-noem-didnt-do-anything Daily Wire host defends Gov. Kristi Noem for killing her puppy: "Noem didn't do anything wrong"], ''[[Media Matters for America]]'' 29 April 2024, accessed 7 May 2024</ref> Note that ''no other wingnut'' was defending Noem,<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-slam-kristi-noem-killing-puppy-1894765 Republicans Slam Kristi Noem for Killing a Puppy] by Andrew Stanton, Newsweek, 2024 April 26, accessed 23 May 2024</ref><ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/maga-names-turn-kristi-noem-over-dog-cricket-killing-1894871 "MAGA Names Turn on Kristi Noem Over Dog Killing"] by Gabe Whisnant, Newsweek, 2024 April 27</ref> meaning this can only be attributed to blind contrarianism or a "Republicans can never be bad people" mindset.

==Stopped clocks==
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*In the aforementioned PragerU video, he condemned the alt-right and their major figureheads [[Richard Spencer]], [[Theodore Beale]], [[Paul Ramsey]], and Sam Francis for their rampant white nationalism <strike>and atheism.</strike> The bar is indeed low for Michael, but ''IT EXISTS!''
*In a Q&A at the University of Kentucky he rejected the idea that voting patterns are determined by the predominant race of the electorate.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtpbD-cIcvE "IT'S BIGOTRY": Michael Knowles wrecks alt-right "groyper" argument on racial demographics]</ref>
*Though he opposes [[environmentalism]], Knowles is in favor of conserving the environment.<ref>[https://youtu.be/z1dziG8nK98 Michael Knowles sets fire to global warming argument]</ref>
*In the aforementioned Joseph Nicolosi Jr. video he called [[pray away the gay|conversion "therapy"]] child abuse.<ref name=Nicolosi/>
*In the aforementioned James Allsup interview he called Allsup on his inability to answer the questions properly, to the point that many of Allsup's fans accused him of twisting Allsup's words to make him contradict himself.<ref name=Allsup/>
*Knowles has called out [[Nick Fuentes]] and referred to him as "dishonest".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nin0GhCmGCo Nick Fuentes Claims He's Being TARGETED on the No-Fly List]</ref>

==See also==
*[[Ben Shapiro]]
*[[Matt Walsh]]

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