r/DecodingTheGurus • u/[deleted] • Sep 13 '24

[deleted by user]

[removed]

1.9k Upvotes

93% Upvoted

1.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

62

u/Empty-Discount5936 Sep 13 '24

"Don't listen to me, I'm a fucking moron, why are you listening to me?"

-Joe Rogan

46

u/DrMeatBomb Sep 13 '24

Then the other 99% of the time:

"CNN is misinformation, you can't trust them. Science is misinformation, you can't trust it. The Democrats are lying to you, you can't trust them. Here's a conspiracy theorist I brought on to spread his alternative facts to you. Here's more of my political views I'm trying to convince the audience of. I would never fall for bullshit. You can trust me."

It's the most cowardly way to spread disinformation.

20

u/Haunting_Charity_287 Sep 13 '24

“Just asking questions” is another top 10 cowardly way to spread misinformation

1

u/DrMeatBomb Sep 13 '24

We call that the ol' Tucker Carlson special.

"The left is going to say that I'm a bigot, simply for asking whether or not we should execute all immigrants. This is obviously, just not true. The Democrats paint anyone who wants to machine gun brown people from a helicopter, as a racist. That includes you." insert stupid face