• 6 months ago
Dana White's ripping cancel culture, saying it's stopping people from being their true selves in public -- and he's using an interesting metaphor to make his point ... gay people.

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00:00So Dana White has come out swinging like an MMA fighter on a subject that he just went ballistic over, which is cancel culture.
00:12Yeah, he was on with Shannon Sharpe on his Club Shea Shea podcast, and Shannon asked him about if he's ever concerned about being cancelled.
00:21Dana has said and done a lot of things that a lot of people have very strong opinions about, which was the point of Shannon's question,
00:30do you ever worry about this? His answer is no, but the way he said no and the metaphor he used is what's raising some eyebrows.
00:39Do you ever worry about getting cancelled, Dana?
00:42What does that mean, actually? Cancelled. Cancelled by who? You know what I mean? Cancelled by who?
00:48I obviously have, in the UFC and in life, you have a fan base. Outside of those people in my circle that I get **** about, I could care less.
00:58I could care less. And I've seen people talk about, oh, well, he had **** you money and all that other stuff.
01:04I equate it to being gay, OK? Think about this. In life, back in the 80s, if you came out and said you were gay, it could destroy your career.
01:16It could destroy. Imagine living a life where you can't be who you really are.
01:21Correct. It's got to be a horrible thing, right? **** that. I am who I am.
01:28If you like it or you don't like it, I don't give a ****.
01:32I get it. As a gay man who lived in the 80s and had issues that he's talking about like this and had friends with issues like this,
01:43I get his point that it sucks to hide who you are. Now, that doesn't mean that you can do anything you want where it starts hurting other people.
01:55But if it's expressing views or showing your true self, I get that point. I get the metaphor.
02:03I guess the reason the metaphor is rubbing some people the wrong way is because what we're saying is if you're gay and you want to be out,
02:11there shouldn't be a consequence for that because you're just being yourself, right?
02:14No, he's saying that's the way it was in the 80s.
02:15Exactly. And I agree that Dana's saying that you should be able to be who you are.
02:20And if you're someone who's closeted and you want to live your life out, you should be able to do that without consequence, right?
02:28Well, no, no. He's not even saying without consequence. He's saying...
02:31Yes. No, he is saying because that sucks, right? I mean, he said that. Can you imagine that?
02:35What I think he's saying, I think it's a little different. I think what he's saying is live your life the way you are.
02:41And if people want to say, I won't have anything to do with you, screw you. Screw them.
02:47And you care about the people around you, but you can't worry about what everybody else thinks and hide who you really are because of that.
02:54I think that's what he's saying.
02:56Agreed. I think that's what he's saying. I think why it's rubbing people the wrong way is that the consequence for someone coming out can be much more severe than what consequence he might suffer for saying and being...
03:08I don't know that that's true. I think people who get... I don't think cancel culture is a thing anymore.
03:14But when it was a thing, people's careers got destroyed, their relationships got destroyed.
03:20So I think there were major consequences at the peak of cancel culture.
03:25And I guess, but the reason, my point is for Dana to be, and I agree, he should be whoever he, he should be who he is.
03:32But what consequence is he going to suffer that would compare to the consequence of a gay person coming out and then being ostracized, losing their job?
03:42I don't think, I agree with you, I don't think...
03:44The consequence is what you can't compare.
03:46Well, no, but I think you could compare the consequence at the height of cancel culture where people looked at your belief and said,
03:52screw you, I'm going to fire you from your job, your friends won't talk to you anymore and all that stuff.
03:57I think that there is some parallel there.
04:00The 80s were very different in the gay community with AIDS and the fact that, you know, gay people couldn't rent apartments because people were just scared.
04:11I mean, there were all sorts of things going on then that are different.
04:15But I see the analogy. I mean, I see it.
04:18I mean, look, I also think when it comes to Dana White, if there is some criticism here, I think it's because he's got strong beliefs and there's just a lot of people,
04:26a lot of people who love Dana White, but there's also a lot of people who dislike Dana White.
04:29So I think some of that criticism here is probably based off of that too and his relationship to the former president.
04:36And I think that's at play as well.
04:39That's probably a part of it. That's absolutely probably a part of it.
04:44But I get it. I mean, I get the point within boundaries.
04:49Azalea 518 here. I would have to agree with Dana with the comparison of being gay in the 80s because we do follow influencers for their lifestyle.
04:59So by making them confined into our norm is taking away from them their authentic selves.
05:05Yeah. I mean, I get it.
05:07Yeah. Well, you have a problem with this.
05:09No, no, no. I because I when I watched the clip this morning, I agreed with Dana.
05:14I really did that that I felt like what he was saying is not so much about cancel culture,
05:19but that he was not concerned about anybody trying to cancel him because he's just got to be who he is.
05:25And I agree with that sentiment. And that should be for everyone.
05:29Now, people may disagree with the things you say and just present yourself as.
05:36And I was just trying to understand why people are so upset.
05:39And I think that's why it's rubbing some people the wrong way is that.
05:44Dana White is so successful, there's no consequence he's going to suffer.
05:49He's so and that's why he brought up the blank you money before he said it,
05:54because he knew that that would be the reaction that people would say.
05:58What consequence are you going to suffer for saying or doing whatever you want, Dana?
06:02And I but I agree. I agree with what you're saying is that he is incredibly successful
06:07and he's got such a world around him that it's hard that it buffers him.
06:13Right. And I agree with that. At the same time, just because he has that buffer doesn't mean he can speak to it.
06:19And I think the way he speak to it, the way he speaks to it is authentic.
06:27And I think it's and I think and I think the analogy he made, I get.
06:32I mean, I get it as a gay man. I get it.

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