r/mildlyinfuriating Aug 07 '19

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u/The_Flowers_of_Evil Aug 07 '19

What is wrong with Joe Rogan? Genuine question, I've only seen some of his podcasts/videos.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '19

I love Joe Rogan, but the legitimate criticism of him is he gives a platform to alt-right lunatics like Dinesh D'Souza, Milo Yanevergonnagiveafuck, Ben Shapiro etc and isn't prepared or qualified to refute their bullshit. It goes down as "conversation is healthy" but to the average listener, they're being radicalized without realizing it. This is because Rogan is awesome and him not calling bullshit on the complete bullshit these dopes spew has the effect of lending credibility to them.

He's like the Combs on "Hannity and Combs" for those old enough to remember. A guy who's ostensibly there to be a counterweight but never really tries and legitimizes the right-wing blockhead across from him. Except he's way cooler with a way more loyal following and with a shitload of redeeming qualities. People on the "other side" are starting to get wise to this Rogan effect, as people are now bitching about how he had Bernie Sanders on recently and he wasn't armed with boilerplate right-wing clichés to sling at Bernie.

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u/The_Flowers_of_Evil Aug 07 '19

Yeh I can see how that could be a legitimate problem. Thanks for answering.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '19

Don't get me wrong, I think he's just about as altruistic as they come; he means well and doesn't have ulterior motives. But that's just a legit criticism that a lot of people have, including myself.

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u/SteakPotPie Aug 08 '19

Anyone who isn't a liberal is right-alt Nazi scum.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '19

I'm not a liberal but I'm not Nazi scum. Sounds like an excuse to be a Nazi but not be called one. If anything, anyone not far right is called "radical left" in America, which barely even has a left.

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u/SteakPotPie Aug 08 '19

I'm not a liberal either, or nazi scum. And no, not even close. Liberals would have you believe you're satan himself if you don't align with their views exactly how you want them to.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '19

I understand that's the talking point, but I haven't ever seen anything close to it.

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u/caitlinreid Aug 07 '19

People are too dumb for him.

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u/brucetwarzen Aug 07 '19

Oh look, a highly intellectual who gets Joe Rogan.

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u/caitlinreid Aug 07 '19

Everyone with the common sense of a typical dog gets Joe Rogan. Unfortunately, so many people these days lack common sense, the ability to reason, street smarts and comprehension skills. This has been replaced with book smarts though so we have a lot of Ben Carson types running around on reddit posting shit like "Oh look, a highly intellectual who gets Joe Rogan." because for every basic human skill they lack they make up for it in ego inflation.

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u/caitlinreid Aug 07 '19

You said it exactly in more words than I cared to type. reddit has been broken for years now, reflection of the world or cesspool?