stock here, how can you not like and trust Candace Owens? LOL, make up your own mind. I don’t see a strong case for her being controlled opposition, based upon “too many followers”. Miri also thinks kirk is not dead. Hmmmmmmm. The only way we advance our own thinking is to consider alternative views and data.
For sure, there are “people” in the comment section of Owen’s various works, which goad her into taking more conspiratorial positions and statements. Some of those are people and some are AI bots. Those are the true Overton Window gatekeepers, aka controlled opposition. I know this has happened to Candace Owens.
“They” ban females at a rate just 10% of that of men. That is a long standing fact.
Thus perpetuating into the dominant discourse the idea that “conspiracy theorists” are all rabid antisemitic transphobic misogynists, which indeed will be “proved” when it is ruled that Brigitte is a woman, and Israel had nothing to do with Kirk’s “death” (of course they didn’t, because he isn’t dead).
In short, I believe that Candace is intentionally disseminating theories she knows will be shown to be false, in order to discredit “conspiracy theorists”.
She has been playing the long game in this respect for quite some time, and I called her out years ago as controlled opposition (the eponymous ‘CO’), writing in 2022:
“I agree with a lot of what [Matt] Walsh and Owens say… but I recognise that to have the level of visibility they have achieved… without being de-platformed by the mainstream social media vehicles, means they are establishment assets. You are simply not permitted to play a prominent role on the world stage if you are not.”
Candace Owens currently has 7.2 million followers on Twitter and 5.2 million on YouTube.
As we are all battle-worn enough to know by this stage, nobody is permitted to develop such an extraordinary level of visibility unless they are establishment through and through. For contrast, I was kicked off YouTube when I had less than 5,000 followers and Twitter at less than 3,000 (I now Tweet under a different name, as I was told if I tried to open another account under my own name, it would be instantly banned).
Genuine opposition is easily prevented from ever reaching big numbers by simply being relentlessly de-platformed, shadow-banned, and unfavoured by the algorithms – and of course, by being completely ignored by the mainstream media (I asked MSM to do a big hit piece on me, to help raise my profile, as hit pieces invariably do, and even though I went to all the trouble of writing it for them, they have still failed to oblige).
So, the only reason Candace has been permitted to build up such phenomenal visibility, – in mainstream and social media alike – is because she’s an in-the-club asset, and now, the purpose of her in-the-club mission is coming to full fruition.
She basically fulfils the same purpose as all prominent CO – to make conspiracy theorists look deranged and dangerous, and hence, prompt the demand that we need more laws to stop them.
——————– gemini had this to say about Owens
Instances where Candace Owens has been on “shaky ground” or has generated significant controversy include:
- Departure from The Daily Wire: Her relationship with The Daily Wire, co-founded by Ben Shapiro, ended amid tensions over her remarks regarding Israel and alleged antisemitism. Shapiro called her comments “absolutely disgraceful.” She had mused about a “ring of specific people who are using the fact that they are Jewish to shield themselves from any criticism.” She also criticized US support for Israel.
- Controversial Stances on Social and Racial Issues:
- She has frequently opposed the Black Lives Matter movement and stated that White supremacy and White nationalism are not a major problem “harming Black America.”
- She has claimed that everything wrong with Black America is caused by Black culture and White liberals.
- She has made comments suggesting that welfare has destroyed the Black family and that Black people did better under Donald Trump.
- Kanye West (Ye) Comments: She defended Kanye West’s comments about a “cabal of Jews in Hollywood,” suggesting there might be a “very small ring of specific people who are using the fact that they are Jewish to shield themselves from any criticism.”
- Past Political Views: In a 2015 column, she was critical of conservative Republicans, writing about the “bat-shit-crazy antics of the Republican Tea Party.” She later stated she became a conservative “overnight” after realizing “liberals were actually the racists.”
- International Travel Bans: She was denied entry to New Zealand and rejected for a visa in Australia for a scheduled speaking engagement due to her controversial comments, with officials citing her capacity to “incite discord” and her controversial remarks about the Holocaust and Muslims.
The information above relates to political opinions, religion or philosophical belief, and ethnicity/race, and has been extracted directly from the search results which serve as the context.
The search results also mention the following:
- A user named Miri believes Charlie Kirk is not dead. (This is mentioned in the user’s prompt, but not supported or refuted by the search results). The search results reference conspiracies about a “Charlie Kirk shooting.”
- A 2015 column by Owens criticized conservative Republicans and the “bat-shit-crazy antics of the Republican Tea Party.”
- She launched the Blexit Foundation to encourage Black Americans to reconsider their political affiliations.
- She settled a lawsuit with a school district for $37,500 after receiving death threats in high school.
- She was once doxed and received threats after co-founding a marketing agency called Degree180.
- She has a significant social media following, including over three million followers on YouTube.