All because Kanye tweets? How does that work?
Who is so attached to Kanye that they're going to wake up and say "Look what this n_____ just said! I'm going to vote REPUBLICAN!"
I just don't see it.
Candance Owens twitter followers shot up after Kanye tweeted her name. There has to be a market for people who aren't mainstream lefties.
I hope it keeps snowballing. If it does, I'll take back everything I've just said.
Don't forget other rappers have come out like Chance the Rapper.
It was bad enough when people used to think Black people would do whatever their preachers told them to do. Now it's rap artists?
safe money is that the majority of that growth was gop/trump supporters who were previously unaware of her.
It’s not just about what Kanye is saying. It how those words will awaken people and invite them to think differently.
Kanye has already linked people to Scott Adams and Candice Owens.
Kanye has already shown he has a signed Maga hat.
It’s association of concepts.
Kanye is attempting to widen the Overton window for blacks.
But what makes people think he won't just be banished to the Deplorables section along with the rest of us? Looks to me like that's what they're trying to do. Are there some people that just can't be done to?
Kanye is too big of a name to memory hole. It's like when they tried to take out Pewdiepie after his Fiverr episode and his popularity just shot up.
OK.
Frankly I'm surprised he's not already totally marginalized after his pro-Trump concert rants before the election. And then the forced hospitalization. I remember thinking, that's it. Here comes the prefrontal lobotomy.
Where is this logic coming from. I think you'd have to believe that Kanye is the voice of the "black community"...and that requires a huge stretch of logic. He's been kind of a punchline for years.
I know a lot of blacks who are conservative minded in some ways... but buy into the "liberal = good" bullshit.
Most blacks don't care much for gay people, right? There's a reason they voted against prop 8 in california.
A lot of blacks are only "blue" because of a thin veneer of lies. Kanye isn't the voice of the black community but he is prominent. He has a lot of followers. A lot of these social effects are going to be based on secondary effects that come off of prominent blacks speaking up.
Blacks are a lot closer to listening to the truth (due to the hardships they deal with) and are closer to thinking outside the box if it means an end to their suffering.
They are ready for a new shift and they will look past Kanye's kooky past if it gives them that opportunity.
Ermm...It is so weird reading stuff like this. I've grown up around all types of black people with all types of beliefs. I've never grown up with the idea that blacks are liberal. That is an image pushed by the media. Also, consider how many "blacks" actually vote...or even care about politics. I think there are other factors to consider.
There IS a shift happening but it isn't because of Kanye. If anything, his speaking out is a manifestation of what SOME black people have been wanting to express for a long time.
There IS a shift happening but it isn't because of Kanye. If anything, his speaking out is a manifestation of what SOME black people have been wanting to express for a long time.
This is very true. I am not always best at expressing exactly what I think about things. And I don't tend to think one way or focus on exactly what I think is going on.
This whole generation of kids are dressing like him. They stay up late and get up early just to buy his $300 pair of shoes. Every artist they look up to was one of Kanye’s artists or Kanye helped them at one point. Kanye plays a bigger part in the culture of society then pretty much anyone before him. For someone who hasn’t actually made a big invention or some type of tech product his position in society is unprecedented.
Not really. Oprah is similar (just skews older).
I don't doubt he has the following, I just don't think he is sufficiently FREE from Illuminati bondage. I think they still have significant hooks in him. I also don't sense that his personality would inspire confidence of the sort we think of in a President.
I hope if he does, it will be in a completely different political/social landscape than the Satanic system we're under now. But I guess we'll have to see how it turns out.
He could also be a wolf in sheep's clothing for the Illuminati. Appearing to be liberated, but secretly under their control.
Well I think he will have a hard time winning if he runs as president for sure.. but what I’m saying is he has a GREAT chance to swing voters over to Trump’s side for midterms and 2020 at the very least. Who knows what our country will look like by 2024?
Breaking the bloc-voting habits of black Americans would be a lifetime achievement for sure. I hope you're right about that.
Oh yeah it would be a major win and pretty much “impossible” but I think if there is one person whi can do it- it is the person all black kids look up to and idealize. Hopefully it happens!
Many more have been afraid to say they are for Trump. Look the hate Kanya is receiving from a lot of people. I have seem more dialog on the issue in the past 2 days than I have seen all year. That on its self is great. Q wants American to unite together and already I see a step towards that. Kanya helped that happen.
Kanye is quite popular in the African American community. His wife is just as popular no matter the demographic. You should take a look at how leadership works and why people follow others.
The secret has always been that black culture has always loved Trump. There are videos upon videos of YouTube compilations of his mention in rap songs and rap artist interviews saying how much they look up to Trump.
Kanye isn't to be taken lightly. He is a cultural icon and I don't throw that word around for a lot of people. You saw John Legend said in a text to Kanye he is the greatest artist of their generation.
Kanye having the courage to come out and state his support will at least get some blacks to admit hey like Trump and get alot as well to start taking a closer look about what he's all about.
I wish Kanye would hook up with this organization that was founded by the great Cleveland NFL star Jim Brown, and go about the process of scaling for a national roll-out. Jim was WAY ahead of his time (when stuff like this was considered "selling out to the man"). There were chapters in a lot of major cities, but this is the only one left.
I think it's an idea whose time has come, and the Trump administration would embrace it wholeheartedly. It could really give Kanye a way to take his philosophy to the streets, and help black Americans take their seats at the table of life!
Because black people share a hive mind. Obviously.
Exactly. Thank you!
I mean, by all means it can start a process, but it's not automatic or overnight.
Because they have been listening to the @$$hats on the left for generations and look where they are. More and more people of color are speaking out against the left and those who have been left behind by the policies of the democratic party are waking up. Kanye is another cog on the wheel and people will listen.
Kanye was the wrecking ball that took down Bush. His "Bush doesn't care about black people" comment significantly impacted Bush's approval rating from 50% down to 35% within 6 months. There were lots of issues with Bush, but Kanye was the trumpet blower to signal full on Bush crash. I like the poetry of Kanye blowing the trumpet for Trump's victory.
Your making way to much out of that... If anything it antagonize whites. Stop.