{"id":2563518,"date":"2026-02-03T09:54:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thank-you-billie-eilish-you-just-accidentally-did-more-to-expose-the-stolen-land-lie-than-any-conservative-in-history-4\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:57:17","slug":"thank-you-billie-eilish-you-just-accidentally-did-more-to-expose-the-stolen-land-lie-than-any-conservative-in-history-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thank-you-billie-eilish-you-just-accidentally-did-more-to-expose-the-stolen-land-lie-than-any-conservative-in-history-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You, Billie Eilish &#8211; You Just (Accidentally) Did More to Expose the &#8216;Stolen Land&#8217; Lie Than Any Conservative in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthank-you-billie-eilish-you-just-accidentally-did-more-to-expose-the-stolen-land-lie-than-any-conservative-in-history-4%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2563518&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scientific-american-op-ed-claiming-sex-is-binary-is-bad-science\/\" title=\"Sex being binary is bad science, says Scientific American Op-Ed.\">opinion piece arguing<\/a> that the Grammys have long revealed a tension between the entertainment industry\u2019s woke activism and broader audience sensibilities. It <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >contrasts earlier awards dynamics<\/a> with modern moments that prioritize edginess and cultural signaling, citing examples such as past controversial winners (like Tony Bennett in 1995 and Steely Dan in 2001) and the 2023 performance by Sam Smith and Kim Petras with a Pfizer ad too illustrate a shift toward provocative, sponsor\u2011driven spectacle. The centerpiece is Billie Eilish\u2019s Grammys remark that \u201cno human being is illegal on stolen land,\u201d wich sparked online backlash, fundraising campaigns to move into her Malibu home, and a wave of social media commentary. The piece questions the logic of the \u201cstolen land\u201d claim,noting conservative skepticism toward land acknowledgments while arguing that the comments inadvertently spotlight contradictions around borders and property ownership. It concludes that Eilish\u2019s remarks did more to expose the rhetoric behind the controversy than the critics\u2019 arguments, and it calls for moving past the debate about stolen land while critiquing certain strands of woke activism.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Grammys have a rich and beautiful history of accidentally exposing just how out of touch the wokest arm of the entertainment industry really is.<\/p>\n<p>When I was a kid, it used to be about the awards. For instance, Album of the Year was always an opportunity to see how much industry execs were living in the past; Tony Bennett winning for his &ldquo;MTV Unplugged&rdquo; in the middle of the alternative music revolution in 1995, for instance, or the thoroughly washed-up Steely Dan winning in 2001 against epoch-defining albums by Radiohead and Eminem are perfect examples of why even artists hate the people technically responsible for making them multimillionaires.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, it&rsquo;s about the accidental faceplant caused by an attempt to be edgy. For instance, who can forget this wonderful moment where Sam Smith and Kim Petras performed their hit &ldquo;Unholy&rdquo; as satanic entities, followed by&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/people-even-disturbed-satanic-grammys-performance-seeing-sponsored-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an advertisement for Pfizer<\/a>? Whoops:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">They claim it&rsquo;s &ldquo;Art&rdquo;. I say it&rsquo;s satanic rituals on national television. Sponsored by who? No surprise there&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>NEW &ndash; Sam Smith dresses as the devil in Satanic performance of &ldquo;Unholy&rdquo; during The Grammys.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sponsored by Pfizer&rdquo; on CBS. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gnCckZwlbo\">pic.twitter.com\/gnCckZwlbo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &#127482;&#127480;Chelle&#127482;&#127480; (@CHELLESHOCKEDTM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CHELLESHOCKEDTM\/status\/1622583894091366401?\">February 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thank-you-billie-eilish-you-just-accidentally-did-more-to-expose-the-stolen-land-lie-than-any-conservative-in-history-2\/\" title=\"Thank You, ... Eilish - You Just (Accidentally) Did More to Expose the &#039;...&#039; Lie Than Any Conservative in History\">accidental historical moment<\/a> on Sunday came, this time, from Billie Eilish. She&rsquo;s technically still relevant and was one of the big winners this year &mdash; but during her speech for her award for Song of the Year with &ldquo;Wildflower,&rdquo; she exposed the whole problem with those who say we&rsquo;re on &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/local-native-american-chief-responds-ben-jerrys-stolen-land-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stolen land<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In case you missed it, here are the remarks that Eilish made. TL;DR: There are no such thing as illegal immigrants because we&rsquo;re illegally on this land, and also you should have sexual congress with an entire government agency. (I think that&rsquo;s what she meant when she said &ldquo;f*** <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/clinton-judge-releases-boy-5-father-ice-detention-makes-mistake-bad-order-may-first-time-ever-recorded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICE<\/a>,&rdquo; anyhow.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following videos contain vulgar language that some viewers will find offensive.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You cannot simultaneously believe that (1) all borders are fake and should not be policed, and (2) that land can be &ldquo;stolen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This is one of the most braindead beliefs a person can hold.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yaEMy8aitC\">pic.twitter.com\/yaEMy8aitC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwipeWright\/status\/2018385874807931128?\">February 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Live reaction to Billie Eilish going on a &ldquo;Fuck ICE&rdquo; rant &#129326;<br \/> Painful to listen to. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CuUVjGJKbZ\">pic.twitter.com\/CuUVjGJKbZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Emily Austin (@emilyraustin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilyraustin\/status\/2018161941873893462?\">February 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hmm. I wonder where Billie Eilish lives, then. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/south-dakota-governor-banned-sioux-reservation-remarks-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An American Indian reservation<\/a>? No, she not one but several properties worth millions of dollars &mdash; on stolen land!<\/p>\n<p>And guess what? They have walls, too.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I took a closer look at Billie Eilish&rsquo;s sprawling mansion. She doesn&rsquo;t just have 1 wall&hellip; SHE HAS 3!!! So tall that you can&rsquo;t even see over them &#128064;<\/p>\n<p>Heavily fortified and surrounded by security. Meanwhile, she expects you to let criminals into your community, you bigots! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9i1xokta17\">pic.twitter.com\/9i1xokta17<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWallace888\/status\/2018389489614496034?\">February 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I bet that, if you jump her walls, the penalty &mdash; i.e., shooting by bodyguards &mdash; will probably be a lot worse than jumping our border walls, where they even exist.<\/p>\n<p>But she sure paid a lot for that pilfered land. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/02\/us-news\/billie-eilish-under-fire-to-fork-over-mansion\/#Echobox=1770050122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>, she purchased a $2 million home at age 17, has owned other properties, and is worth upwards of $50 million.<\/p>\n<p>One man has started a fundraising effort to help him to occupy the land she&rsquo;s so blatantly stolen. Help her out on following through with her words, basically.<\/p>\n<p>For a few dollars, you can help Australian Drew Pavlou come to America and do the right thing by moving into Eilish&rsquo;s Malibu, California mansion:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If you would like to help me move into Billie Eilish&rsquo;s beachside Malibu mansion, you can donate to help pay for my flights from Australia at GiveSendGo: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LbfNyxiTFY\">https:\/\/t.co\/LbfNyxiTFY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hopefully will fly out next week. No human being is illegal on stolen land. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ReTiXeL3YO\">pic.twitter.com\/ReTiXeL3YO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Drew Pavlou &#127462;&#127482;&#127482;&#127480;&#127482;&#127462;&#127481;&#127484; (@DrewPavlou) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrewPavlou\/status\/2018554142260924465?\">February 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Billie Eilish announced at the Grammys that no human being is illegal on Stolen Land,&rdquo; he said on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givesendgo.com\/StolenLand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GiveSendGo<\/a> page. &ldquo;I am therefore raising funds to fly to America and move into her $6 million Malibu mansion.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Everything here is completely and totally legal, I am just going to set up a tent on her driveway and I will leave when they formally ask me to leave.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: A GoFundMe has been launched so a foreigner can attempt to move into Billie Eilish&rsquo;s home after she said the United States was stolen land.<\/p>\n<p>The man from Australia says he plans to move into her home.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was inspired by Billie Eilish&rsquo;s recent statement at the Grammys that&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A41zYZPm1Z\">pic.twitter.com\/A41zYZPm1Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/2018489379262763404?\">February 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The question raises itself, Billie: If it&rsquo;s stolen land, why did you pay so much for it, and why protect it? Do you admit you&rsquo;re a thief? (There&rsquo;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DyDfgMOUjCI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&ldquo;Bad Guy&rdquo;<\/a> pun here, I just know it.)<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives either roll their eyes or sneer at land acknowledgements and &ldquo;stolen land&rdquo; lines, but we don&rsquo;t really make any arguments about how silly these statements are on their face because we don&rsquo;t think it matters. Except, when it comes to wokeness, everything sounds silly until it becomes sacrosanct to the left, and don&rsquo;t you dare say a word against it.<\/p>\n<p>Average Americans aren&rsquo;t that aware of this idea that all land (that white people are on) is stolen. But thanks to Billie, they are now. And it&rsquo;s not taking them long to realize that if their little $1,500 per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thank-you-billie-eilish-you-just-accidentally-did-more-to-expose-the-stolen-land-lie-than-any-conservative-in-history-3\/\" title=\"Thank You, ... Eilish - You Just (Accidentally) Did More to Expose the &#039;...&#039; Lie Than Any Conservative in History\">month mortgaged home<\/a> is stolen, then so is Billie&rsquo;s $2 million mansion. So why can&rsquo;t they have it for themselves?<\/p>\n<p>Billie Eilish, in one night, on one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/americans-send-message-politicized-vulgar-grammys-suffer-shocking-ratings-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mostly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thank-you-billie-eilish-you-just-accidentally-did-more-to-expose-the-stolen-land-lie-than-any-conservative-in-history\/\" title=\"Thank You, ... Eilish - You Just (Accidentally) Did More to Expose the &#039;...&#039; Lie Than Any Conservative in History\">unwatched awards program<\/a><\/a>, did more to debunk the &ldquo;stolen land&rdquo; controversy than conservatives have done with those sneers and side-eyes we&rsquo;ve been giving this sort of piffle. Thanks. Now, leave your property as you told yourself to do. 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When I was younger, the focus was on the awards themselves. Album of the Year, for example, showed how far executives were clinging to the past\u2014Tony Bennett winning for MTV Unplugged amid the rise of alternative music in 1995, or Steely Dan\u2019s win in 2001 over landmark albums by Radiohead and Eminem\u2014demonstrating why artists often resent the people who shape their fortunes. Now the show often looks more like a misstep in an attempt to appear edgy. A famous example is the moment when Sam Smith and Kim Petras performed \u201cUnholy\u201d in devilish costumes, followed by a Pfizer advertisement. Some call it \u201cart\u201d; others see it as satanic pageantry on national television, sponsored by Pfizer.<\/p>\n<p>A separate thread concerns Billie Eilish. She was still a major winner this year, but during her Song of the Year speech for \u201cWildflower\u201d she touched on the idea of \u201cstolen land,\u201d suggesting controversial views about borders and immigration. The remarks sparked backlash, with social media clips and commentary arguing about where Eilish lives and what she owns, sometimes alleging she lives on land that was stolen and even showcasing pictures of tall walls around her properties. Some posts even proposed fundraising to help someone move into her Malibu mansion as a protest against the idea of stolen land. The broader conversation questions how to reconcile beliefs about stolen land with the reality of property and wealth, and it portrays the left\u2019s stance on land acknowledgments as something nearly sacrosanct, while critics argue the arguments sometimes miss the point.<\/p>\n<p>The piece concludes by suggesting that, in one night, Billie Eilish may have done more to challenge the stolen-land narrative than decades of conservative opposition, prompting readers to rethink issues of property and entitlement rather than getting bogged down in the rhetoric of wokeness. 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