• Rentlar@lemmy.ca
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    15 hours ago

    Don’t worry, he’s now relegated to being put on other conservatives’ shows as a “gaydar” instrument, with multiple people like Glenn Beck asking him if James Talarico is gay.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      That’s the real punchline.

      We’ve inverted the Matt Walsh / Steven Crowder formula of “invite some rival loser onto social media and make them cry”. But the conservatives are still the only ones getting promoted and paid.

      Nobody is inviting Matt Christman to do the Andy Rooney segment at the end of 60 minutes. Nobody is giving Hasan Piker $16M to make leftist knockoffs of Family Guy.

      The money train only runs in one direction. And until that changes, all you’re ever going to see are these clowns screaming “I’m not owned, you’re owned” with degrees of success