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Are there any conservative "influencers" that aren't awful?

Posted on 1/20/24 at 9:43 am
Posted by Thundercles
Mars
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 1/20/24 at 9:43 am
Feels like this massive cottage industry of online personalities that bait outrage. I used to like people like:

Clay Travis - I liked his site sometimes when he was half sports/half centrist politics. He was always kind of a blowhard but was right often. Then sold his site and left hacks to run it and decided to become a (very rich) radio persona and I haven't heard much from him since.

DC_Draino and the_typical_liberal - both just peddle rage bait screenshots of Twitter with some dramatic statements to rile up guys who make videos in their trucks then mix in god-awful ads every three posts.

Candace Owens - leaned a bit too far into her schtick and has become a caricature of herself, just bounces around attached to bigger names until it turns sour.

Then there's the smattering of random twitter accounts that start every tweet with BREAKING and five siren emojis posting some exclamatory often fake news.

Steven Crowder was alright but the bulk of his show is weak and surrounded by dorky lackeys. I think the Hodge Twins have been the most consistent.
Posted by tide06
Member since Oct 2011
20365 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 9:46 am to
Tucker Carlson

Bongino (blue collar GOP perspective)
Posted by mauser
Orange Beach
Member since Nov 2008
26064 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 9:54 am to
Dinesh D'Souza isn't smug nor histrionic.
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
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Member since Aug 2021
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Posted on 1/20/24 at 9:58 am to
You lost me at “influencer“.

Posted by msutiger
Houston
Member since Jul 2008
71407 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 9:59 am to
Andrew Klavan is the best conservative commentator out there and it isn’t close.

He’s extremely wise and he is going to tell you what he thinks and doesn’t give a damn if he loses audience.

Every person you listed only cares about one thing, clicks.

The only downfall with Klavan is that his show is only once a week.
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
109670 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 9:59 am to
I don’t know exactly what counts as an “influencer.”

Victor Davis Hanson is pretty great, though.
Posted by dbeck
Member since Nov 2014
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Posted on 1/20/24 at 10:00 am to
People who can think for themselves don't need influencers to do it for them.
Posted by schwartzy
New Orleans
Member since May 2014
9926 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 10:00 am to
Heidi Harris Show Podcast is excellent. I was in Las Vegas and happened to find her on the radio. She is the most sane person on the west coast. Very good voice of reason and Christian woman.
Posted by Rebel
Graceland
Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 1/20/24 at 10:04 am to
You mostly listed pundits.

When I think “influencer”, I think more along the lines of the curators of Libs of Tik Tok, Red Headed Libertarian, and Caturd.
Posted by philter
Member since Dec 2004
8967 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 10:04 am to
Viva Frei and Robert Barnes.
Posted by ChineseBandit58
Pearland, TX
Member since Aug 2005
48007 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 10:05 am to
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Candace Owens

I don't follow her, but every time I see her, I find nothing wrong with her message.

What is "sour" about her?
Posted by msutiger
Houston
Member since Jul 2008
71407 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 10:08 am to
Candace Owens says whatever she thinks gets her the most attention

She jumped on the Vivek train late in the primary once he was getting a lot of attention

She accused Israel of genocide and of forcing Muslims to live in a specific area of Jerusalem.

All of her opinions are shallow talking points. I honestly don’t really know what she believes, because there is nothing authentic about her.

Her first claim to fame was an app that doxed people.
This post was edited on 1/20/24 at 10:09 am
Posted by Rebel
Graceland
Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 1/20/24 at 10:09 am to
quote:

What is "sour" about her?


She went full on “Make Hamas Great Again”. Other then that, I mostly agree with her.
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
116706 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 10:09 am to
quote:

Victor Davis Hanson is pretty great, though.


Yes he is. But he's not concise. He takes 30 minutes to convey a 20 minute message.
Posted by tiggerthetooth
Big Momma's House
Member since Oct 2010
64058 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 10:12 am to
It's tough, I wouldn't regularly consume much.

Shapiro is probably the most consistent for me but I find myself listening to his show less and less, not because of him, but I'm just a bit tired of it all.

Used to watch more of Crowder but the divorce stuff was weird...not exactly why I stopped consuming his content, I just got tired of the political content.


There's so much content...people need to spend less time consuming it.
This post was edited on 1/20/24 at 10:13 am
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
46297 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 10:23 am to
The Right Brothers. TBird Spur and his brother are pretty good.
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
42364 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 10:24 am to

Nick Freitas is pretty based.
Posted by tigerpawl
Can't get there from here.
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Posted on 1/20/24 at 10:56 am to
Sandy Rios 24/7 (AFR/American Family Radio) LINK
Posted by Sofaking2
Member since Apr 2023
19417 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 11:06 am to
I like Candice. Most of them are just playing a part to some degree, unlike liberals who are really insane.
Posted by reddy tiger
Mandeville
Member since Aug 2012
1602 posts
Posted on 1/20/24 at 11:24 am to
The literal answer is “yes”. There are conservative influencers that are objective and have reasonable arguments for their position.

But FUNCTIONALLY, the answer is “no”. There are so few objective, reasonable conservatives that the shitty, petty, angry, disconnected-from-fact influencers dominate and the objective, reasonable ones get called RINOS and Ronbots, and are basically run out of town.

I think this says a lot about modern “conservatives”- which is why so many center-right moderates voted for Biden in the last election.
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