Mikhaila Peterson
Appearances
Candace
IT’S OFFICIAL: Justin Bieber Unfollows Usher | Candace Ep 132
So I don't know, Candace, if you're seeing what I'm seeing on X, but when I saw the H-1B debate going around, mostly what I saw was racism against Indians specifically. And I'm not saying there isn't a problem with the visa issue in the States in general. Getting top talent here is very difficult. Like I had a very difficult time getting in and I'm married to an American. Right.
Candace
IT’S OFFICIAL: Justin Bieber Unfollows Usher | Candace Ep 132
And it was long and annoying. And they don't have a proper way to test people. So there's plenty of flaws to talk about. But I think right before the inauguration, having conservatives argue amongst ourselves about an H-1B visa issue when we have an open border is silly, especially when it does kind of dredge it up.
Candace
IT’S OFFICIAL: Justin Bieber Unfollows Usher | Candace Ep 132
what I called the woke right on X. And I know you've scoffed at the term the woke right, but it encompasses these people that are focused on anti-Semitism, Jews, and are very, they're pro-America, but their idea of America is this white America, similar to, I guess, what everyone's been arguing about for the last 200 years whenever anybody new comes into the country.
Candace
IT’S OFFICIAL: Justin Bieber Unfollows Usher | Candace Ep 132
And I do think it has to do with race. And I think you can see that from comments on Twitter.
Candace
IT’S OFFICIAL: Justin Bieber Unfollows Usher | Candace Ep 132
You do know that one-fifth of Americans are on psych meds, right? Are you aware of the statistics? Yes. Are those all people with addictions? Is that your view of people on psych meds just in general?
Candace
IT’S OFFICIAL: Justin Bieber Unfollows Usher | Candace Ep 132
Yeah, no, benzo dependence, benzo dependence. Maybe you don't know anything about this. If you're on a psych med long term, you form a dependence on it. And it's very difficult to get off of. They're starting to teach this in medical school. It's a disaster because so many Americans are on psych meds.
Candace
IT’S OFFICIAL: Justin Bieber Unfollows Usher | Candace Ep 132
So yeah, he suffered from psych med withdrawal because they make you form a dependence on it, especially long term. Now calling it an addiction as if he was on heroin or something is manipulative. So when we talked about it and we were very honest about what was going on, part of it was to spread awareness that one fifth of Americans are on medications that cause dependence and don't know it.
Candace
IT’S OFFICIAL: Justin Bieber Unfollows Usher | Candace Ep 132
It's horrible. People die because of it. So I think laughing about it is like, it's just, it's not cool.
Candace
IT’S OFFICIAL: Justin Bieber Unfollows Usher | Candace Ep 132
I don't even know where to start with that. You know, benzo addicts will go to the street for heroin. There's just, we were trying to spread awareness about psych med withdrawal. And we were very honest about what everybody was going through. I went through psych med withdrawal myself. It was one of the worst experiences of my life. It kills people, causes akathisia, which makes people suicidal.
Candace
IT’S OFFICIAL: Justin Bieber Unfollows Usher | Candace Ep 132
It's a terrible side effect. So that's what we were talking about. Now, if you want to twist that a little bit and be like, he's losing his audience because he's an addict. you know, I don't really know what to say.