Former UFC heavyweight and podcaster Brendan Schaub has crossed a dangerous line by openly advocating for segregation on his podcast. During a recent episode, Schaub and his co-host Brian Callen explicitly stated their belief that people who disagree with their political views should be “segregated out of society.”
“And the way you deal with that, man, is as people who believe in America and tradition, you basically segregate them out of society. That’s what I would do,” co-host Brian Callen declared without hesitation.
The context makes this even more disturbing. Schaub and his co-host Brian Callen were discussing their political opponents, with them dismissing entire groups of Americans as people they’re “no longer interested in talking to” based on their appearance and political leanings.
Callen continued: “You don’t get a job anywhere. I’m no longer interested in talking to these people with their septums pierced and their purple hair.”
What’s particularly alarming is how Schaub and Callen frames this segregationist thinking as patriotic. The two position themselves and like-minded individuals as defenders of “America and tradition” while advocating for the systematic exclusion of fellow Americans from employment and social participation.
Schaub nodded in agreement to Callen, saying: “No, I think this has gone from left and right and good versus evil.”
Schaub’s characterization of political differences as “good versus evil” sets a dangerous binary that historically precedes society’s worst impulses toward division and discrimination.
The two formed an echo chamber with Callen replying: “I would agree. I really agree. It’s good versus evil, but we have to hold ourselves to the highest standards.”
Banking on the Charlie Kirk tragedy, Schaub said: “So Barack was on the left. The left aren’t gonna shoot their own and the right don’t shoot. So of course no one’s going for Barack.”
The backlash from audience was immediate, with many calling out the dangerous rhetoric and logical inconsistencies in Schaub and Callen’s statements. One commenter wrote, “Saying the right doesn’t shoot has to be the absolute peak of podcast idiocracy. Unbelievable.”
Another pointed out the hypocrisy at play: “The right: ‘Charlie Kirk’s shooting was the fault of the left demonising republicans!’ Also the right: ‘It’s not right vs left anymore, it’s good vs evil.’”
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