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Matt Walsh Is a Hypocrite for Submitting ‘Am I Racist?’ to the Oscars — Why Are Right-Wingers Seeking ‘Liberal’ Validation?
Matt Walsh and the Daily Wire have submitted "Am I Racist?" for Oscar consideration. Why do conservatives seek validation from liberal institutions?
It’s an annual ritual from the Oscars to the Emmys and the Grammys: commentators use YouTube, podcasts and op-eds to denounce Hollywood as a “cesspool of liberalism” and a “bubble of elite self-congratulation.” Yet here’s the irony — many of these same voices, who openly deride the industry, quickly seek its validation when they enter its arena. Case in point: conservative media company The Daily Wire recently submitted the satirical documentary “ Am I Racist?” featuring Matt Walsh, an anti-transgender commentator, for Oscar consideration (Oh my God! The day after the Oscars, Walsh posted a video titled “The Incredible Heroism of Hollywood.” Despite claiming he only spent “90 seconds” watching the ceremony, he dedicated 30 minutes to critiquing a moment in which Sigourney Weaver declared, “All women are superheroes.” This line struck a nerve.
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