I’m always suspicious that this is an attempt to divert attention away from ICE murdering people. Same reason JRM made a fool of himself in the House of Commons.
That was my first thought when reading Candance’s comments. The sentences feel contrived and use several obvious key words that are used to refer to the ice agency murdering people situation: ice, video, absurd.
Content like this can be used to populate search results to make it less egregious when the actually relevant content gets suppressed. If other rightwing talking heads start plugging similar content, then it’s probably an orchestrated strategy, but I have no desire to look for it to find out.
I’m always suspicious that this is an attempt to divert attention away from ICE murdering people. Same reason JRM made a fool of himself in the House of Commons.
oh shit yeah if i search “candace owens ice” right now it’s totally overrun. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=candace+owens+ice
i wonder if she said something she wanted hidden, this is pretty basic—if cleverly applied—SEO tactics
edit: search trend behavior is normal compared to similar sized figures. unsure what that means but thought id share.
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today+3-m&geo=US&q=candace+owens+ice%2Cben+shapiro+ice&hl=en
edit2: until further revelation i perceive this as some kind of advanced special-impact dog whistle. fuck owens, fuck fascism, ice out for good!
That was my first thought when reading Candance’s comments. The sentences feel contrived and use several obvious key words that are used to refer to the ice agency murdering people situation: ice, video, absurd.
Content like this can be used to populate search results to make it less egregious when the actually relevant content gets suppressed. If other rightwing talking heads start plugging similar content, then it’s probably an orchestrated strategy, but I have no desire to look for it to find out.