Douglas Murray, author of 'The Madness of Crowds,' joins 'Fox & Friends' to discuss the rise of PC culture in America and abroad.
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Pete over to you,
PETE good job with the numbers
will
PETE Pc culture and Wokeness in
America now making its way
across the pond
next guest writing in a new
op ed. We Brits arent, enjoying
Americas, export of political
correctness and wish you would
keep this stuff to yourselves
here is the growing Ripple
effect Douglas Murray author of
the best selling book, the
madness of crowds
Douglas? Thank you so much for
being here this morning, one of
the smartest guys. We know
there is a lot to love, as you
say about America,
what are we exporting to you
that you would rather not have
these days?
There certainly is a lot to
love and great to be back with
you.
I say that the problem is that
Americas culture wars keep on
spilling out to the rest of
English speaking world, not
least of my own country of Great
Britain,
a few years ago when the America
had the sexual counter
revolution of the me too moment
it almost immediately flooded
across the pond.
It took down, among others, the
then Defense Minister, who had to
resign. It turned out fifteen years
earlier. He had put his hand on a
journalists knee.
It was very english sex scandal
because it didnt involve any
sex,
and this sort of thing has
become more and more common case
after case
scenario after scenario,
most recently, of course, by the
importing into the u dot k of the
very specific racial debate and
discussion followed in the wake
of the black lives matter,
movement
that movement. You know what
are can be said for and against
it. I went to seat first black
lives matter and the
demonstrators were marching with
their hands in the air. Saying
hands up, dont shoot
all accompanied by unarmed
british police officers who
couldnt have shot them if they
wanted to.
So the point I keep trying to
make is these debates just wash
across the rest of the world
and frankly, a lot of the world.
Doesnt really want them
PETE, and we are seeing statues
Winston Churchill Admiral that
you probably are more familiar
with than mine, Admiral Nelson.
They are being told to be torn
down as part of the culture of
colonialism
whats, the grievance there
thats thats right, just as in
America, seconds toppling of
confederates to the toppling of
Abraham, Lincoln and George
Washington and more so. These
sort of Antifa and Blm activists
end up finding imitators
in great Britain.
In the u dot k, we have the
original anti fascist,
Winston Churchill, actual
anti fascist, real thing,
his statute, repeat: lid assailed
by Blm activists. In the u dot K
saying: is he racist?
Just recently? This week we have
Admiral Nelson who died in one thousand, eight hundred and five
on the great naval heroes of the?
U DOT, K
called for his column and to
be pulled down because of black
lives matter.
The Greenwich Maritime Museum
says Admiral Nelsons whole
reputation now, two centuries is
being reassessed in the wake of
black lives matter,
and this is a problem. As I say,
this is totally imperfect fit,
but you know the dominance of
american culture and you know
has so much to be said for it,
the american export of so many
great things around the world.
You could lilsz them,
but this is a really negative
thing that the rest of the world
started to imitate american
culture wars at home.
Pete such a great points.
The man who defeated fascism is
being targeted by Anti fascist.
Transcript generated on 2020-10-17.