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In November, the comedian Matt Rife released his first Netflix special natural selection.

Early in the show he made a joke about domestic violence that many people took offense to.

And since then, he's clapped back at a number of people online and on social media,

including a six-year-old boy.

He also published a fake apology that linked to helmets for people with disabilities, and

since he's been praised by many right-wing pundits, including the focus of today's bonus episode Jordan Peterson and

so I want to look at the escalation and rhetoric that's occurred since the special.

This is Conspiratoriality, where we investigate the intersection of conspiracy theories

and spiritual influence to uncover cults, pseudoscience, and authoritarian extremism, and that includes many of the figures that are contributing to that movement.

I'm Derek Barris.

So in a little bit, I'm going to play Rife's explanation about the joke in question,

but I want to state off the top that I don't think that he's necessarily misogynistic for making a domestic violence joke.

Whether or not you agree with or like a comedian, their content doesn't necessarily reflect their personal views.

Now I personally think the joke was in bad taste.

I didn't think it was funny.

But as Rife tells Peterson, his audience,

during the special, laughed along, and his audience was predominantly women.

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