Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson spent nearly 5 minutes slamming Cardi B’s performance of ‘WAP’ at the Grammys, claiming it’s destroying America.
via: Complex
Conservatives’ near-comical (and arguably performative) anger over “WAP,” no doubt one of the best songs of 2020, is seemingly going to persist for the foreseeable future.
That ridiculousness was once again revived this week following Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s performance of the empowering anthem at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.
On Monday, Cardi herself jumped into the wholly predictable commentary from conservatives by noting that—despite repeated efforts to conflate the two—the popularity of a piece of art like “WAP” is in no way related to recent events like Dr. Seuss Enterprises’ decision to cease publishing a number of Seuss books including “hurtful and wrong” portrayals.
As you may recall, conservatives have been hung up on the Dr. Seuss news for a minute now, with many Republican leaders intentionally misrepresenting this development as an example of what they often refer to as “cancel culture.”
Conservatives been making viral tweets comparing WAP to the banning of some of Dr Seuss books as if there’s any correlations between the two ….Well I can DEFINITELY tell some of ya ONLY read dr Seuss books ? cause ya mind lacks comprehension. https://t.co/F34fphVBIb
— Cardi B (@iamcardib) March 15, 2021
By the way Dr Seuss publishing company made the decisions to remove those books on their own .Black people are not the one telling these companies to do things that they think Is “progressive” black only ask for equal justice . https://t.co/F34fphVBIb
— Cardi B (@iamcardib) March 15, 2021
When has a school made kids read the lyrics to wap? I get it wap might be a lil vulgar but stop comparing a sensual song to books that has RACIST content! How can ya not tell the difference?I see that common sense aint that common. https://t.co/xyzbzrPZri
— Cardi B (@iamcardib) March 15, 2021
Also on Monday, as we all sadly should have expected by now, conservative figure Candace Owens appeared on (where else?) Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show to equate “WAP” with the so-called “destruction of American values” and “corrosion.” Furthermore, Owens told parents to be “terrified.”
Cardi ultimately responded, joking to fans about having made it on Fox News.
“Wap wap wap,” she said.
https://twitter.com/iamcardib/status/1371709653441159171?s=20
Of course, the more conservatives attempt to condemn “WAP” and other artistic expressions like it, the cooler those things become. History has shown this to be true.
With that in mind, here’s how fans are responding to Owens’ comments about the unstoppable “WAP.”
they were so outraged by the performance that they showed damn near the whole thing
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) March 16, 2021
Where, exactly, did she get the notion that kids weren’t learning math and science in school? And instead spent schooldays in Pre-Twerkulus with Mr. DumpTruck and his teaching assistant Ms. BadonkaDonk? pic.twitter.com/OOtY4jGvZ6
— Blackula (@kicktothethroat) March 16, 2021
https://twitter.com/MorganMMcIntyre/status/1371796292192497679?s=20
https://twitter.com/Bardiology_/status/1371711461551005696?s=20
https://twitter.com/bickenhead/status/1371709910124269568?s=20
https://twitter.com/officialaaronjl/status/1371750511720943616?s=20
Oh I just realized it’s Candace Owens. Girl will say anything to get airtime. NEXT!!
— Mark MacKillop (@mark_mackillop) March 16, 2021
lol c*nd*ce ow*ns said the WAP performance was an "attack on american values," like america's top value is being embarrassingly prudish https://t.co/JboGS65d5h
— Rachel E. Greenspan (@rach_greenspan) March 16, 2021
There’s a titillation aspect to this obviously, but the WAP controversy is a lot like the weird Black Panther and Beyonce backlashes in that some people get really, really angry when they see black people enjoying themselves and making a lot of money at the same time https://t.co/yG2zhqc915
— Adam Serwer ? (@AdamSerwer) March 16, 2021
“WAP is ruining America but they played almost the whole performance during their segment, make it make sense.
