Dan Bernstein is back with a vengeance. Just last year, the sports radio show host was fired after a tirade against critics that led to his threatening to doxx people on social media and threatening their children. He later apologized, but is now again in the news with another vicious attack. This week, Bernstein denounced Chicago Cubs infielder Matt Shaw for going to the funeral of Charlie Kirk, who was the victim of a political assassination. Bernstein called anyone attending the funeral effective Nazis and mocked Shaw for his expressions of faith in connection to Kirk.
I rarely respond to the hatemongers who seek attention by out-trolling competitors in this age of rage. However, as a lifelong Cubs fan (and the person conclusively shown to have ended the Billy Goat curse), I wanted to respond to this diatribe.
Bernstein’s meltdown has all of the classic elements of liberal rage, including calling anyone with opposing views a fascist or racist. There is a race to the bottom as figures like Jennifer Welch out-hate the competition, even attacking the widow of Kirk. In “an age of rage,” the loudest lunatic is king.
Figures like Welch traffic in hate to feed rage addictions.
Nevertheless, the competition can be stiff, particularly in running out of people or things to call fascist or racist.
Bernstein is now not just attacking Kirk and anyone who attended the funeral or a rally. The idea is to curry favor with the enraged left while intimidating anyone who holds views different from your own. Bernstein went into a full rave on his podcast, declaring:
“Matt Shaw is telling you something,. I don’t want to hear any mealy-mouthed explanations when he’s asked about it. I don’t want him to say, ‘Oh, well, I’m just his friend, or this is just because of my faith.’ Don’t give me any of that bulls—. Own it. Own it. That’s all I ask. Embrace it. Be proud of it, Matt Shaw. That’s all I ask is don’t try to say this isn’t what this is.
If you want to go to a gathering that tells me clearly that you are proud to be among hatemongers, homophobes, fascists, racists, flag-waving proud racists. If these are your people and this is your thing, and you want to be at this proudly Nazi-adjacent pep rally, go ahead. Go ahead. Have a day, man. Have a week. Whatever blows your hair back.
And if you have been given permission to associate the Cubs brand, all things Chicago Cubs, with this lineup of horrible, horrible people, all standing proudly on the wrong side of history, go ahead. Just don’t pretend you’re not. Don’t try to ameliorate it. Don’t try to soften it. Stick that chin out like it is in the picture, you and your Cubby Blue, and own it.”
This is all in response to a person going to a funeral and speaking about his shared Christian faith with Kirk (who was also a Cubs fan).
The hatred of the left for Kirk was and is pathological. I learned that Kirk was killed as I was about to discuss my book on free speech and rage in Prague. I was devastated but not surprised.
The left despised Charlie because he shattered their pretense of tolerance. He worked on college campuses, considered the bastion of liberal orthodoxy. He simply invited people to debate him on these issues. The response was often violent or profane. The whole point of orthodoxy is that there is only one correct answer and it is compliance, not conversation, that is demanded.
After Kirk’s murder, there was a brief period during which people muttered about how violence is never the answer. Then the rage returned like a tsunami of hate. Many, including on my campus, said that Charlie “asked for it” and rationalized Tyler Robinson’s actions.
Yet, Bernstein may win the race to the bottom. He is attacking someone for mourning the murder who has “permission to associate with the Cubs brand.”
Like many on the rage scale, Bernstein does not tolerate opposing views or criticism well. When people mocked his posting of a large catch on a fishing trip, Bernstein went berserk, telling one critic, “Wanna fight? I’m a bad enemy, f***er.”
When a critic continued to attack him, he labeled the person as MAGA and reportedly raised his children as possible targets of his wrath in a series of tweets:
“Want your kids involved?”
“Up to you’, then, ‘Just say “I’m sorry for being a d**k,” and I’ll stop”
“I guess your cowardly silence is ‘I’m sorry for being a dick.’ Cool. You MAGA worms are so lame.”
Eventually, Windy City radio station 670 The Score wanted nothing more to do with Bernstein.
He now has a podcast where rage can thrive unimpeded.
As a Chicagoan, I have little doubt that Bernstein will have great success in injecting this type of hate directly into the veins of many in the city.
As for Shaw, he should know that there are plenty of us wearing Cubbie Blue who value not just his playing but his principles. He is a decent young man who has shared his faith with fans as a strength in his life.
In comparison, Danny Bernstein is a fired radio host who could not handle criticism after bragging about “a helluva fight” with a northern pike.
Consider the bright side. The team had a strong season and is picking up some good pitchers for 2026. You could be headed for the playoffs when Danny Bernstein will still be slinking back to his podcast.
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