Still Annoyed

I am still annoyed with the lack of trustworthy podcasters and the death of the conservative movement. I have only watched Steven Crowder and Ben Shapiro a few times over the past few weeks, as everyone is annoying me.

1. Steven Crowder is now going through a divorce and all sorts of things were made public. I hate all sides of it. I hate that divorce is the norm at this point. I hate that the video that was released makes him look like a giant jerk (which he very well may be). I also hate that people are saying “oh his wife is about to cry.” I hate that a very pregnant woman crying is all the proof we need of abuse and an uncaring husband- have any of these people been in a relationship?
   
2. I hate that he supposedly treated Dave Landau, one of my favorite comedians, so poorly, and so…non-competitively. Supposedly, he had a light system installed to warn Dave from talking and overshadowing Steven’s jokes. I don’t have a lot of tolerance for people who are afraid of ability.
   
3. I hate that both Steven Crowder and Ben Shapiro say it is my duty to make as many children as possible. I have no children of my own, I choose not to. My partner had one before we met and we raised him. She didn’t want any more. In terms of using the Bible to justify it, I ask, “What would Jesus do?” Would he dump his wife because she doesn’t want any more children? Its absurd.
   
4. I hate that this was it- these were our champions, the only ones exposing what was going on in the world. Now, we’re done. I might as well vote for Biden, as we don’t have a chance. All his badness will be swept under the rug. Up until all of these fights, I thought of them as being on my side, sort-of, and at least getting well-researched news to the public. Now, I simply can’t trust either of them.

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Missing: Conservative or Libertarian Podcaster

I used to get excited each week to listen to Steven Crowder on my way to and from my job. When he was banned on YouTube, I listened to him on Rumble. Then, on Fridays, I’d catch up on a week’s worth of Ben Shapiro while I was working at a different job.

There was a falling out at the start of the new year, and I’ve just had no patience for it. I see both sides of it, and now I’m just bitter. Steven Crowder received an offer for $50 million to make shows for Daily Wire (Ben Shapiro and others), for the next four years. However, he loses money if his show gets demonetized on platforms. Daily Wire’s argument is if he’s not getting money from ad revenue, he shouldn’t get paid, and to some extent, that is true. Steven Crowder’s argument is that he shouldn’t sign a contract based on the whims of YouTube or other platforms where he will have to speak carefully. That is true, too.

Steven Crowder claims he has a better way to make money. Great. Then don’t sign the contract, end of discussion. Instead, he isn’t producing any videos or podcasts now, didn’t sign the contract and made a big hoopla about it. To some extent, I understand now wanting to sign the contract.

All of this had led to some depression. We have no voice at this point. I knew things would get ugly coming into the next election with Trump vs. DeSantis, but I felt like there was still a voice among the conservative and libertarian movement. As it turns out, there isn’t. Instead of having a few figureheads that can disagree and have civilized debates among the finer points of the movement, we have infighting. Meanwhile, the statist are more consistent in their arguments. Even if they are immoral, they have less infighting and they are gaining ground. At this point, I think even Biden could honestly beat either candidate, or both if they ran together.

I may just rip up my ballet when I receive it. None of this matters anyhow. I fear the Republic is lost. Maybe Ben Shapiro and Steven Crowder aren’t to blame, but they did give me some false hopes.

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