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Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Fox News' Greg Gutfeld sparks backlash after reclaiming ‘Nazi' as his own ‘n-word': ‘Beneath contempt'
Fox News' resident 'comedian' Greg Gutfeld declared on Tuesday that conservatives 'need to learn from the Blacks' and 'remove the power from the n-word' by referring to themselves as Nazis, prompting critics to call the host 'beneath contempt' for his 'normalization of Nazism.' During a segment on Fox News' top-rated panel show The Five, Gutfeld and his fellow co-hosts discussed the recent immigration raid at a California cannabis farm that featured protesters confronting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, griping about Democrats' 'violent anti-ICE rhetoric,' which has become a significant talking point on the right-wing network. The frenzied raid, which saw authorities nab roughly 300 farm workers, resulted in the death of 57-year-old Jaime Alanís, described as a 'hard-working, innocent farmer' and the sole provider for his family. Mocking a California professor who was arrested for allegedly throwing a tear gas canister back at ICE agents during the protest, co-host Lisa Montgomery – better known as Kennedy – called for demonstrators to be sent to 'Alligator Alcatraz,' the migrant detention camp located in the Florida swamps. Gutfeld, meanwhile, insisted the professor's actions – the educator claims he was moving the canister out from under a wheelchair when he was tackled by ICE agents – are why progressives' criticism of Republicans and the Trump administration's mass deportation efforts don't hold any water. Fox News host Greg Gutfeld told viewers that "we need to learn from the Blacks" and "remove the power from the n-word," claiming that conservatives should now refer to themselves as Nazis. (Fox News) And to make his point, he said that right-wingers should deflect the accusations that they're veering towards fascism by reclaiming the word 'Nazi' for themselves. 'This is why the criticism doesn't matter to us when you call us Nazis. Nazi this and Nazi that. You know, I'm beginning to think they don't like us,' he sneered. 'You know what? I've said this before. We need to learn from the Blacks.' Gutfeld continued: 'The way they were able to remove the power from the n-word by using it. So, from now on, it's, 'What up, my Nazi? Hey, what up, my Nazi? Hey, what's hanging, my Nazi?'' 'Nazi, please,' a gleeful Kennedy interjected while co-host Jesse Watters giggled in the background. 'Thank God you did a hard 'i' there,' Gutfeld quipped. It didn't take long for this Fox News segment to make waves and draw an intense amount of backlash and outrage over Gutfeld's pained analogy. 'These quotes, even if said in jest, would destroy the careers of any other journalist on any other mainstream national media platform,' Zeteo founder Mehdi Hasan noted. 'But Fox doesn't employ journalists and doesn't have any journalistic (or decency) standards.' Leftist streamer Hasan Piker bluntly observed that 'we've officially gotten to the point where fox news commentators are comfortable calling themselves nazis,' while conservative writer Cathy Young said these 'people are really beneath contempt.' With others pointing out that the segment represented the 'normalization of Nazism' in real-time, several commentators and journalists noted the parallels between Gutfeld's call for conservatives to ironically embrace their own 'n-word' and cartoonist Matt Bors' famous 2018 strip about right-wingers blaming progressives for becoming Nazis. Oscar-winning filmmaker Travon Free recalled his time as a writer on The Daily Show, saying it was 'crazy' that it was just a decade ago when Fox News hosts used to actually TRY to pretend not to be racist.' Fox News host Kennedy jokingly replied, "Nazi, please," when Greg Gutfeld said right-wingers need to reclaim their own n-word. (Fox News) 'If it's possible for a Nazi to jump the shark- this Nazi has jumped the shark,' actor John Cusack chimed in. 'Never forget or forgive Rupert Murdoch for turning conservative corporate news into a raw sewage Nazi circle jerk.' Jonah Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of conservative outlet The Dispatch and a one-time Fox News colleague of Gutfeld's, pointed out that while he understood the Fox host was 'joking,' he doesn't think 'he's thought this through.' 'And that's the best defense I can offer,' Goldberg added. In recent years, and especially as the former Trump critic has grown increasingly sycophantic towards the president, Gutfeld's rhetoric has become increasingly extreme and unhinged. Two years ago, for instance, the acerbic 'comic' took on a fully fascist position when he floated the idea of an American civil war because, in his view, 'elections don't work' and the nation is in 'peril and chaos.' At the same time, it is at least a tad ironic that Gutfeld wants his fellow conservatives to probably reclaim Nazi as their own personal 'n-word,' considering how he's used the moniker to pillory those he's deemed evil. For example, he claimed last year that transgender health care providers 'will be seen as no different than the Nazi doctors who experimented on Jews in the Holocaust,' and he 'cannot wait' for that reckoning.
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The Independent
3 hours ago
- Politics
- The Independent
Fox News' Greg Gutfeld sparks backlash after reclaiming ‘Nazi' as his own ‘n-word': ‘Beneath contempt'
Fox News' resident 'comedian' Greg Gutfeld declared on Tuesday that conservatives 'need to learn from the Blacks' and 'remove the power from the n-word' by referring to themselves as Nazis, prompting critics to call the host 'beneath contempt' for his 'normalization of Nazism.' During a segment on Fox News' top-rated panel show The Five, Gutfeld and his fellow co-hosts discussed the recent immigration raid at a California cannabis farm that featured protesters confronting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, griping about Democrats' 'violent anti-ICE rhetoric,' which has become a significant talking point on the right-wing network. The frenzied raid, which saw authorities nab roughly 300 farm workers, resulted in the death of 57-year-old Jaime Alanís, described as a 'hard-working, innocent farmer' and the sole provider for his family. Mocking a California professor who was arrested for allegedly throwing a tear gas canister back at ICE agents during the protest, co-host Lisa Montgomery – better known as Kennedy – called for demonstrators to be sent to 'Alligator Alcatraz,' the migrant detention camp located in the Florida swamps. Gutfeld, meanwhile, insisted the professor's actions – the educator claims he was moving the canister out from under a wheelchair when he was tackled by ICE agents – are why progressives' criticism of Republicans and the Trump administration's mass deportation efforts don't hold any water. And to make his point, he said that right-wingers should deflect the accusations that they're veering towards fascism by reclaiming the word 'Nazi' for themselves. 'This is why the criticism doesn't matter to us when you call us Nazis. Nazi this and Nazi that. You know, I'm beginning to think they don't like us,' he sneered. 'You know what? I've said this before. We need to learn from the Blacks.' Gutfeld continued: 'The way they were able to remove the power from the n-word by using it. So, from now on, it's, 'What up, my Nazi? Hey, what up, my Nazi? Hey, what's hanging, my Nazi?'' 'Nazi, please,' a gleeful Kennedy interjected while co-host Jesse Watters giggled in the background. 'Thank God you did a hard 'i' there,' Gutfeld quipped. It didn't take long for this Fox News segment to make waves and draw an intense amount of backlash and outrage over Gutfeld's pained analogy. 'These quotes, even if said in jest, would destroy the careers of any other journalist on any other mainstream national media platform,' Zeteo founder Mehdi Hasan noted. 'But Fox doesn't employ journalists and doesn't have any journalistic (or decency) standards.' Leftist streamer Hasan Piker bluntly observed that 'we've officially gotten to the point where fox news commentators are comfortable calling themselves nazis,' while conservative writer Cathy Young said these 'people are really beneath contempt.' With others pointing out that the segment represented the 'normalization of Nazism' in real-time, several commentators and journalists noted the parallels between Gutfeld's call for conservatives to ironically embrace their own 'n-word' and cartoonist Matt Bors' famous 2018 strip about right-wingers blaming progressives for becoming Nazis. Oscar-winning filmmaker Travon Free recalled his time as a writer on The Daily Show, saying it was 'crazy' that it was just a decade ago when Fox News hosts used to actually TRY to pretend not to be racist.' 'If it's possible for a Nazi to jump the shark- this Nazi has jumped the shark,' actor John Cusack chimed in. 'Never forget or forgive Rupert Murdoch for turning conservative corporate news into a raw sewage Nazi circle jerk.' Jonah Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of conservative outlet The Dispatch and a one-time Fox News colleague of Gutfeld's, pointed out that while he understood the Fox host was 'joking,' he doesn't think 'he's thought this through.' 'And that's the best defense I can offer,' Goldberg added. In recent years, and especially as the former Trump critic has grown increasingly sycophantic towards the president, Gutfeld's rhetoric has become increasingly extreme and unhinged. Two years ago, for instance, the acerbic 'comic' took on a fully fascist position when he floated the idea of an American civil war because, in his view, 'elections don't work' and the nation is in 'peril and chaos.' At the same time, it is at least a tad ironic that Gutfeld wants his fellow conservatives to probably reclaim Nazi as their own personal 'n-word,' considering how he's used the moniker to pillory those he's deemed evil. For example, he claimed last year that transgender health care providers 'will be seen as no different than the Nazi doctors who experimented on Jews in the Holocaust,' and he 'cannot wait' for that reckoning.
Yahoo
18 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
The Fox News host actually went there.
Greg Gutfeld on Tuesday proposed a shocking way for conservatives like him to deflect from allegations of fascism: make 'Nazi' their n-word. The Fox News host, who didn't do himself any favors in critics' eyes two years ago when he floated civil war because 'elections don't work,' told his colleagues on The Five that it made more sense to embrace the undesirable label rather than run from it, because 'the criticism doesn't mater to us.' 'You know what? I've said this before: we need to learn from the Blacks,' he said, citing 'the way they were able to remove the power from the n-word by using it.'
Express Tribune
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Was Superman a migrant?
In the highly anticipated new Superman, which stars David Corenswet in the title role, the Man of Steel first appears lying bloodied and bruised in an Arctic wasteland, reports DW. "We do have a battered Superman in the beginning. That is our country," director James Gunn said at a press event following the release of the film's first trailer. This Superman symbolises an America that's in a beat-up state yet still stands for goodness, Gunn explained. Superman has often been considered the archetypal US superhero, embodying ideals of truth and justice, as well as the American dream. However, in the new film, Gunn decided to focus on "universal morality" instead of American exceptionalism. Instead of being a national hero, Superman aims to protect and save the weak around the world. "Even if it gets him into trouble," noted the director. "Yes, it's about politics," Gunn told British daily The Times, before adding that it's also "about human kindness." "Obviously there will be jerks out there who are just not kind and will take it as offensive just because it is about kindness," he said. "But screw them." Those comments had right-wing commentators worrying that Gunn, who also directed Guardians of the Galaxy, had turned the iconic superhero into a "woke" figure. They are calling for a boycott of the film, which hit theaters on July 11. Similarly, Fox News anchor Kellyanne Conway said on the talk show The Five: "We don't go to the movie theatre to be lectured to and to have somebody throw their ideology onto us. I wonder if it will be successful." Marvel versus DC Blockbuster superhero films typically avoid openly showcasing anything that would brand them as conservative or liberal. But one popular theory among superhero fans is that the film universes of the two largest North American comics publishers, DC and Marvel Comics, are polarised along the ideological fault lines that define an era of culture war. The DC universe, which includes Superman and Batman, has been described as more conservative-authoritarian, with its superheroes portrayed as the ultimate protectors of order. As extensions of the law, they act above the people and without accountability. "There's no sense of any democratic participation in the Batman world," points out film critic AO Scott in the 2025 podcast X Man: The Elon Musk Origin Story. Meanwhile, the same podcast exposes the film critic's theory that heroes "from the Marvel Universe films - Iron Man, Captain America, Ant Man, the Avengers - are a team of do-gooders: These films represent an Obama-Biden view of the world." Outspoken Trump critic As the writer and director of the Guardians of the Galaxy films, James Gunn used to belong to team Marvel. He also made enemies in the MAGA camp as an outspoken Donald Trump critic. Back in 2017, he shared his views in various tweets: "In my years on social networking, I have never spoken out politically," Gunn tweeted. "But we're in a national crisis with an incompetent President forging a full-blown attack on facts and journalism in the style of Hitler and Putin." The alt-right news site Daily Caller then dug up offensive tweets Gunn had posted nearly a decade earlier. Social media users called on Disney, which owns Marvel, to drop the filmmaker. Gunn was removed from the third "Guardians of the Galaxy" film but was later reinstated after a public apology and talks with Disney studio heads. But he moved on to the other comics' camp, becoming the co-chairman of DC Studios in 2022. Gunn is the head creator of the DC Universe that was rebooted in 2024 with a slate of new films including Superman. 'Undocumented alien' Nevertheless, Superman's origin story was not written by Gunn to provoke "anti-woke" movie-goers, but rather by second-generation Jewish immigrants, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, who created a superhero that defended the weak in reaction to the rise of Hitler and antisemitism in Europe. Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1, published in 1938. Born Kal-El on the planet of Krypton, Baby Superman's biological parents manage to send him off to Earth before they die in the destruction of their planet. The family who takes on the orphan then fraudulently claims him as their biological son, Clark Kent, to cover up the fact that the child is literally an undocumented alien, a term that is otherwise seen as degrading for migrants. This aspect of the superhero's biography was reiterated in 2018 when the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees published a book discussing the theme that Superman was also a refugee. A year earlier, Superman protected a group of undocumented immigrants from an armed white supremacist in issue #987 of Action Comics — which came out shortly after Trump had announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy would be ending. The program allowed hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the US as children to live and work without fear of deportation. The government's use of the term "alien," which had been banned under the Biden administration, was reinstated at the beginning of 2025. The current Trump administration is also ramping up its crackdown on immigration — raising alarm over the state of US democracy and dividing people in the country.
Express Tribune
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Is Superman the illegal alien immigrant we never knew we needed?
In the highly anticipated new Superman, which stars David Corenswet in the title role, the Man of Steel first appears lying bloodied and bruised in an Arctic wasteland, reports DW. "We do have a battered Superman in the beginning. That is our country," director James Gunn said at a press event following the release of the film's first trailer. This Superman symbolises an America that's in a beat-up state yet still stands for goodness, Gunn explained. Superman has often been considered the archetypal US superhero, embodying ideals of truth and justice, as well as the American dream. However, in the new film, Gunn decided to focus on "universal morality" instead of American exceptionalism. Instead of being a national hero, Superman aims to protect and save the weak around the world. "Even if it gets him into trouble," noted the director. "Yes, it's about politics," Gunn told British daily The Times, before adding that it's also "about human kindness." "Obviously there will be jerks out there who are just not kind and will take it as offensive just because it is about of kindness," he said. "But screw them." Those comments had right-wing commentators worrying that Gunn, who also directed Guardians of the Galaxy, had turned the iconic superhero into a 'woke' figure. They are calling for a boycott of the film, which hits theatres on July 11. Similarly, Fox News anchor Kellyanne Conway said on the talk show The Five: "We don't go to the movie theatre to be lectured to and to have somebody throw their ideology onto us. I wonder if it will be successful." Marvel vs DC in an age of culture wars Blockbuster superhero films typically avoid openly showcasing anything that would brand them as conservative or liberal. But one popular theory among superhero fans is that the film universes of the two largest North American comics publishers, DC and Marvel Comics, are polarised along the ideological fault lines that define an era of culture war. The DC universe, which includes Superman and Batman, has been described as more conservative-authoritarian, with its superheroes portrayed as the ultimate protectors of order. As extensions of the law, they act above the people and without accountability. "There's no sense of any democratic participation in the Batman world," points out film critic AO Scott in the 2025 podcast X Man: The Elon Musk Origin Story. Meanwhile, the same podcast exposes the film critic's theory that heroes "from the Marvel Universe films — Iron Man, Captain America, Ant Man, the Avengers — are a team of do-gooders: These films represent an Obama-Biden view of the world." James Gunn, outspoken Trump critic As the writer and director the Guardians of the Galaxy films, James Gunn used to belong to team Marvel. He also made enemies in the MAGA camp as an outspoken Donald Trump critic. Back in 2017, he shared his views in various tweets: "In my years on social networking, I have never spoken out politically," Gunn tweeted. "But we're in a national crisis with an incompetent President forging a full-blown attack on facts and journalism in the style of Hitler and Putin." The alt-right news site Daily Caller then dug up offensive tweets Gunn had posted nearly a decade earlier. Social media users called on Disney, which owns Marvel, to drop the filmmaker. Gunn was removed from the third Guardians of the Galaxy film but was later reinstated after a public apology and talks with Disney studio heads. But he moved on to the other comics' camp, becoming the co-chairman of DC Studios in 2022. Gunn is the head creator of the DC Universe that was rebooted in 2024 with a slate of new films including Superman. An 'undocumented alien' Nevertheless, Superman's origin story was not written by Gunn to provoke "anti-woke" movie-goers, but rather by second-generation Jewish immigrants, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, who created a superhero that defended the weak in reaction to the rise of Hitler and antisemitism in Europe. Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1, published in 1938. Born Kal-El on the planet of Krypton, Baby Superman's biological parents manage to send him off to Earth before they die in the destruction of their planet. The family who takes on the orphan then fraudulently claims him as their biological son, Clark Kent, to cover up the fact that the child is literally an undocumented alien, a term that is otherwise seen as degrading for migrants. This aspect of the superhero's biography was reiterated in 2018 when the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees published the book, "Superman was a refugee too." A year earlier, Superman protected a group of undocumented immigrants from an armed white supremacist in issue #987 of Action Comics — which came out shortly after Trump had announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy would be ending. The program allowed hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the US as children to live and work without fear of deportation. The government use of the term "alien," which had been banned under the Biden administration, was reinstated at the beginning of 2025. The current Trump administration is also ramping up its crackdown on immigration — raising alarm over state of US democracy and dividing people in the country. Have something to add to the story? Share it in the comments below.
