It's about winning a culture war. Ben Shapiro is wildly popular right now because of "facts don't care about your feelings" and "facts and logic" memes.
Candace is trying to be that figure for the young black community. You think black kids are going to go and look up Sowell, Elder, Loury, McWhorter, or Steele by themselves?
You can't let just one side completely dominate culture. That's how we got where we are today. Sometimes, going after an easy target like Cardi is all it takes to win over kids who are new to politics and critical thought.
It's about winning a culture war. Ben Shapiro is wildly popular right now because of "facts don't care about your feelings" and "facts and logic" memes.
At the very least, it shows her young fans that they can enjoy her music, but that she's an idiot when it comes to politics. Why do you think Ricky Gervais kept calling out Hollywood? Because some people don't know any better and think these entertainment workers have some kind of deeper insight than the average person. I think teaching young fans that they can enjoy an artist while not blindly following any political cause that's being pushed is important.
It helps to sway, or at least dissuade, people that aren't fans of, or even heard of, Cardi but were still considering voting for Biden. They see Owens call Cardi out for the vile person she is, see Cardi respond by being a vile person, and they think to themselves, "This is who Biden picked to interview him? He praised this woman? I don't want to be associated with this dumpster fire"
It's about winning a culture war. Ben Shapiro is wildly popular right now because of "facts don't care about your feelings" and "facts and logic" memes.
Candace is trying to be that figure for the young black community. You think black kids are going to go and look up Sowell, Elder, Loury, McWhorter, or Steele by themselves?
You can't let just one side completely dominate culture. That's how we got where we are today. Sometimes, going after an easy target like Cardi is all it takes to win over kids who are new to politics and critical thought.
He also performs her songs better than she does.
At the very least, it shows her young fans that they can enjoy her music, but that she's an idiot when it comes to politics. Why do you think Ricky Gervais kept calling out Hollywood? Because some people don't know any better and think these entertainment workers have some kind of deeper insight than the average person. I think teaching young fans that they can enjoy an artist while not blindly following any political cause that's being pushed is important.
It's not about Cardi's fans, it's about making enough noise that the neutral people take notice.
It helps to sway, or at least dissuade, people that aren't fans of, or even heard of, Cardi but were still considering voting for Biden. They see Owens call Cardi out for the vile person she is, see Cardi respond by being a vile person, and they think to themselves, "This is who Biden picked to interview him? He praised this woman? I don't want to be associated with this dumpster fire"
We don't want them. We want the people standing next to her fans to start thinking, "Why am I hanging out with this human dumpster?"