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Culture War Roundup for the week of July 21, 2025

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Candance Owens was a hot star in conservative commentariat - a black well spoken conservative woman. She built her own following then was also part of Shapiro's Daily Wire until they went their separate way after conflict about Jews/Israel after October 7.

As for what is happening - did you ever crack some edgy jokes in your friend group, maybe something like "Hitler did nothing wrong" etc. only to find out that this one guy actually took it literally and did not get it as a joke? That is Canace Owens for you when it comes to some of her stuff including Obama/Macron being transgender. It is a meme going on way back like when Joan Rivers offhandedly had a remark that Michelle is a tranny.

"Hitler did nothing wrong"

Not going to fly in my friend group. We all agree losing wars is wrong.

This is also part of it. I can't understand how Owens transitioned (heh!) from "well-regarded conservative commentator" to whatever the heck she's doing now.

She's always been an anti-semite(this is common for both blacks and right wing hardliners), she just couldn't keep it under wraps after October 7 and got fired because her boss is Jewish. From there she spiraled because she was hanging out with professional antisemites.

This is also part of it. I can't understand how Owens transitioned (heh!) from "well-regarded conservative commentator" to whatever the heck she's doing now.

Any one paying attention would have noticed that there was no reason to regard her well as a commentator right from the get go. Her "debut" was during Gamergate, she was trying to get in on a left wing, anti-gamergate grift, got aggressive pushback as she was encroaching on another grifter's turf, then in a week she reappered, rebranded as right wing, likely after noticing that there was tremendous alpha in being a black woman right winger.

Of course, that only works for so long. If you don't really have any worthwhile insight as a commentator to pivot from into doing serious work, the only way to keep the grift going is to go for ever crazier, more radical positions in order to try and keep the spotlight on you.

She seems to be a true believer. She’s just crazy.

"Becoming the mask" can happen to grifters, but I cannot believe she started from a position of sincerity. Maybe she deluded or reasoned herself into it.

She was always crazy, but when she turned against Jews she lost the leash.

She was always a grifter.

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