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Gavin McInnes: The Knight In Pepper-Sprayed Armor

A brief insight on the beautiful mind of a media rebel (Pun Intended).

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Gavin McInnes: The Knight In Pepper-Sprayed Armor
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If any of you follow the protests and violence surrounding conservative speakers, then chances are you have heard of Gavin McInnes. McInnes is an English-born Scot who moved to Canada at a young age, who involved himself in journalism and literature at a young age, Co-founding Vice Magazine in 1994. After much success and a hiccup or two, McInnes left Vice in 2008 and has since been nothing short of an absolute savage. Take a look at his filmography. Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole is a real video he willingly did. As funny and abrasive as that may be, McInnes has spoken loud and proud on his opinions from the very beginning, and that is what makes him my favorite journalist.

In a world in which the media is laced with dishonesty, gray areas and propaganda, nothing is more refreshing than a truthful opinion spilled from some bad-ass facial hair, especially in front of the sensitive, utterly blind far left agenda, but he doesn't care. McInnes was to speak at NYU when, just 4 minutes into his arrival for said speech, he was hit with pepper spray from protesters belonging to the group NYU Anti-Fascists. He was treated promptly by medical personnel in a bathroom and very shortly after tweeted about the event in a condescending and anti-hypocritical fashion, stating "I was sprayed with pepper-spray, but being called a Nazi burned way more." Completed with a crying emoji. My god, don't you love him already?

McInnes has been known to speak out in ways ALL could find offensive if you have no idea how to take humor or veracity. He has been quoted claiming certain beliefs that could be found just downright awful if they weren't taken out of context so poorly. Outrage was brought about in a 2014 article published on Thoughtcatalog.com, which was titled "Transphobia is Perfectly Natural." Although just like Jim Jeffries claimed, if you read material out of context, it's a bad read. In the article, McInnes takes on those who fight against transphobia, claiming that the justification of transgender individuals as downright righteous is waging war on how society views the mental drive to be something they are not. Have you ever seen a 40-year-old man dress up as a 6-year-old girl and not thought about how edgy and creepy that really is? And then think about how you would justify letting your child play with that 40-year-old at their school. If you would allow that, you need to be medicated, just like that 40-year-old. McInnes is saying the same thing, essentially. but of course, that article was taken down and lost forever, unless you really want to read it on Wordpress. I'll drop a link.

Despite what seems to be a hit on what hipsters survive on, McInnes is referred to as "the Godfather of hipsterdom" for his roles at Vice, which was derived from the vibe he gave off of "I just don't care." He truly doesn't, and no one and nothing can change the way he feels unless he damn well chooses to rearrange his views. That is the first sign of a well-informed, developed opinion, something even I occasionally struggle with. You can't form a supportive, honest opinion without doing your research thoroughly with a neutral starting point, and if any journalist I've ever seen can do that, Gavin McInnes is the one.

To check out his article from Thoughtcatalog.com, click: http://bit.ly/2k93DCv

To read some of his books, check out: http://amzn.to/2jQcND3

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