I said a long time ago that I am not interested in hearing anything said by Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, and here’s a good reason to add Megyn Kelly to make a list of the Three Worst.
I’ve come to loathe the appellation of “influencer” because the problem with being one of these vacuous fools is that (if they’re collecting money for their opinions, as most are) whether they’re being contrary or else sycophantic, there’s always a motive for those opinions: the more outrageous, the more attention they get, the more cash flows their way.
Well, good for them. There’s nothing wrong with being a pimp after all, because all you’re doing is bringing a product to the attention of the market. Of course, I don’t have to buy the product, but some people are quite in thrall to said blandishments.
And as Scott Pinsker points out in the above linked article, other people — in this case, the liberal media — have an ulterior motive to pimp the pimps, because in this particular case Carlson, Owens and Kelly are pushing an agenda that happens to coincide with that of the liberal media — i.e. trying to split up the MAGA movement. Even though I don’t go along with this, I will at least acknowledge that it’s an acceptable tactic: a fractured enemy is always easier to defeat than a cohesive one.
The point is that I don’t trust the motives of these three foul influencers, because in the end, whatever they say is all about drawing attention to themselves and not necessarily coming from principle. In Carlson’s case, I’m fairly certain that someone else is actually deciding what it is that he has to say because from what I can gather, some of his sponsors look extremely dubious (in a bad way).
Whatever. Frankly, I think that if money is the issue — and Carlson seems to have that nailed down — Owens and Kelly should consider an OnlyFans presence because their opinions are fucking worthless.
We’re fast approaching a time when a high percentage of everything that stimulates our 5 senses, online and elsewhere, is fake.
Remember when a mans word and handshake were law and women were taking care of the house and kids?
FWIW, I’ve never heard more than about 5 mins total of all 3 people mentioned. They have nothing that interests me much.
The word influencer is no different than The View, Rachel Madcow, Bill Maher etc. The mention of their names and the word are just notification to me to change the channel or turn them off.
I read reviews of products and take those with a huge grain of salt because retailers and manufacturers can easily pay people to post biased or even fake reviews. Carlson, Owens and Kelly have decided to pander to the extreme conspiracy theorists. I have no idea why they would marginalize themselves like this.
Well said.
I would add that Carlson is reporting to be getting a lot of Arab money. Why anyone would outsource their thinking to that whole is beyond me.
https://deepnewz.com/qatar/fara-filing-links-paid-qatar-media-project-to-tucker-carlson-5995cbf6
I had much the same opinion of Ann Coulter back in the day. She’d take an unpopular or weird opinion of things, blow it up, get attention, and somehow turn that into money (I guess?). Lots of guys on the right gushed over her, but I could never take her seriously. Now? 99% of everything on the internet is fake and gay. The last 1% is just old guys ranting about shit.
As a One Percenter, I resemble that remark.
I just wish I could get some of that Tucker Carlson-sized money.
Give the guys in Qatar a call maybe?
Dunno myself. I think there’s more going on with Tucker than just $$$.
Candace seems to be crazy. Certifiably bat-shit crazy. I really liked her back in the day too.
Megyn I’m not sure about.
Ann Coulter was just a bomb-thrower.