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Dana White Equates Cancel Culture with Coming Out As Lgbtq+ in the 1980s
Dana White's ripping cancel customs, saying it's stopping people from creature their true selves in public -- and he's using an interesting metaphor to make his point ... queer people.
The UFC CEO sat down with Shannon Sharpe for an episode of his "Club Shay Shay" podcast ... and, they dove into people getting "canceled" -- something White says doesn't scare him one bit.
Watch the clip ... Dana says he only cares about the belief of a tiny group of people -- his family and loved ones -- and everything outside of that's just white noise. He then launches into a comparison that's raising eyebrows among some ... but ringing real for others.
He equates cancel culture these days with existence gay in the 1980s. He points out gay people who came out during that period commonly had their lives destroyed, so they couldn't be who they were.
White says screw it, he's not interested in pretending for anyone ... adding people can accept him for who he is or not -- he doesn't really care.
It's a bit of a stretch ... but, it certainly sums up how Dana feels -- 'cause he reiterates ho
Dana White compares cancel culture to being gay in the ‘80s, says critics can ‘f*** themselves’
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Dana White has never been one to keep his thoughts to himself, especially when it comes to cancel culture and his own critics.
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TORONTO – UFC CEO Dana White has addressed Sean Strickland’s viral, anti-LGBTQ comments from earlier this week.
Strickland, who lost the UFC middleweight title Saturday at UFC 297, was under fire and went viral on social media after going on an anti-LGBTQ rant at Wednesday’s media day. Over the years, White has taken a stance in which he doesn’t police most things said by fighters on the promotion’s roster.
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Despite this recent public backlash, Light – not condoning or denouncing Strickland’s comments – kept true to his word and said Strickland was baited by the reporter with his question.
“I don’t tell anyone to do anything,” White said at the UFC 297 post-fight press conference. “I don’t try to manage any other human beings in any way, shape or form.
“I say it all the time: We’re in the fight business. If you get your feelings hurt that awful, you probably shouldn’t question the type of questions when you know the answer you’re going to get from Strickland. If you ask him – you know who he is, and if you ask him a certain question … he was baited in that ask. It is what it is. It’s the defend business.”
Later in the news conference, White was
Gay Fighters in the UFC? 'Come Out,' Says Boss Dana White
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Dana Ivory, the president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, a unfeeling mixed martial arts organization, has denied accusations that he or the management is anti-homosexual.
In a press conference, Ivory denied allegations by the Culinary Union chapter of Las Vegas that his previous harsh language filmed in 2009 meant that the UFC tolerated anti-homosexual behavior.
"You're dealing with human beings," said White. "Everybody makes mistakes and everybody does things that are wrong sometimes…We do the foremost we can do.”
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He added, “How do you really think that we could possibly police 375 fighters and try to regulate everything they say?”
White could be referring to the comments by UFC fighter Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira said.
Nogueira’s comment to Portuguese press: “I have no prejudice against the gays, but I wouldn’t train with someone who’s gay…I would have no problems having a male lover student in my academy, but I would