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OPINION:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Every once in a while, the embers of cancel culture gain just enough oxygen to flare up, though sanity typically prevails and the chaos is quickly snuffed out.<\/p>\n

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Most recently, beloved family-friendly comedian Nate Bargatze found himself at the center of a ridiculous controversy \u2014 one that could emerge only under the auspices of true hyper-progressive madness.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Like many, Mr. Bargatze attended UFC Freedom 250, an event held at the White House to celebrate both America\u2019s 250th birthday and President Trump\u2019s 80th birthday.<\/p>\n

Mr. Bargatze, star of the new film \u201cThe Breadwinner,\u201d dared to show his face at the event and, as a result, was seen by fans and foes alike in at least one Instagram post alongside actress Cheryl Hines, wife of Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That image led some people to respond in anger, frustration and toddler-like antics. Mr. Bargatze\u2019s mere presence at a White House event was too much to handle for some, who took to the comedian\u2019s social media to publicly proclaim they\u2019ll no longer support his comedic work.<\/p>\n

As is typically the case, the media piled on the absurdity, with the Daily Beast running a headline that read, \u201cTop-Selling Comedian Goes Silent After Being Exposed as MAGA.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The notion that someone would be \u201cexposed\u201d in a political sense for simply attending a sporting event is ridiculous, but the story\u2019s lead, of course, only upped the ante. It read, \u201cAmerica\u2019s top-selling comedian has nothing to say after he was caught on camera grinning with MAGA royalty at the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCaught on camera\u201d seems to suggest he was doing something improper and in need of exposure, which is, again, preposterous but, sadly, par for our media course.<\/p>\n

And the story isn\u2019t done there. A \u201csource\u201d reportedly told the Daily Beast that Mr. Bargatze went to the event because the UFC is his \u201cfavorite sport\u201d and that there was nothing at all political at the heart of the matter. This is a perfectly rational response \u2014 and one that should settle the issue, considering the comedian never seems to speak on politics.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But the case, of course, wasn\u2019t closed there, as Mr. Bargatze was then critiqued for his own silence on the concocted controversy. Rather than comment on a fake story, the comedian has smartly said nothing at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And that \u201csilence,\u201d according to the Daily Beast, \u201cappears to some as confirmation of his support for MAGA.\u201d In the world of the nonsensical, you can\u2019t win if you speak and they still try to malign you even in your silence. It\u2019s remarkable.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Others have been less coy, though, when confronted about their presence at the UFC Freedom 250 event. In fact, Jack Osbourne, son of the late Ozzy Osbourne, didn\u2019t mince words when he, too, faced criticism for attending.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mr. Osbourne was apparently so disturbed by messages expressing devastation and disappointment over his presence there that he released a YouTube video addressing what he sees as madness. He said some of the reaction was \u201ccompletely insane\u201d and was so annoyed that he dropped expletives to make his point, telling critics to essentially \u201cshut up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI went to a sporting event. That\u2019s it,\u201d he said. \u201cI didn\u2019t go and throw my hat in the ring for political office. I wasn\u2019t there going to endorse a politician or some kind of, you know, foreign affairs issue. Nothing. I literally went to the White House to go see UFC.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mr. Osbourne\u2019s reaction isn\u2019t only understandable, but it\u2019s also the only rational response to people so unable to tolerate alternative views that they are personally offended by the mere fact that someone would dare attend a sporting event alongside Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n

Politics has so infected the core of some human beings \u2014 particularly anti-Trump hyper-progressives \u2014 that many can no longer engage in rational dialogue, debate and understanding. Attending a UFC event at the White House doesn\u2019t make Mr. Bargatze or Mr. Osbourne automatically MAGA, and subsequent silence isn\u2019t indicative of any sort of statement.<\/p>\n

The reaction to their attendance is the living embodiment of the absurd snowflakeism that so many conservatives have mercilessly mocked over the years. And while that\u2019s not exclusive to one side of the political aisle, the Trump era has ushered in an inability, beyond anything we\u2019ve ever seen, by many progressives to tolerate alternative views.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s far past time we move into an era of reasonable disagreement \u2014 one in which we\u2019re not so offended by someone interacting with a political foe that we\u2019re willing to be personally impacted or pledge to stop interacting with that individual\u2019s work altogether.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mr. Bargatze is right to choose silence, as there\u2019s no need to justify the madness of a people who have made politics such an idol that they can no longer see straight or cope with divergent opinions. It\u2019s time for people to behave like adults and not petulant children.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Billy Hallowell is a digital TV host and interviewer for Faithwire and CBN News and the co-host of CBN\u2019s \u201cQuick Start Podcast.\u201d Mr. Hallowell also is the author of four books.<\/em><\/p>\n

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