Joe Rogan regularly has guests from every side of the political spectrum and basically treats them all the same. The list includes Bernie Sanders, Cornel West and Edward Snowden. Some of the conversations can last up to four hours. Yes, Rogan is kind of a meathead and some of his personal opinions are misguided but at least he will admit he's wrong when confronted by evidence, something you won't see from the vast majority of conservative commentators. The show really does straddle moderate. Personally, I liked his podcast a lot more when he stayed away from political discourse and stuck to sports, comedy and psychedelics.
Fox News is the most egregious and popular source of dangerous misinformation and outright lies in America today, 100 times worse than Joe Rogan. If Neil Young really wants to make a difference he should encourage a boycott of any cable or satellite provider that hosts Fox News. That won't happen of course.
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72Presenting Bernie Sanders’ ideas as equal to Gavin McInness is not a neutral stance. It gives McInness a platform and a standing that he wouldn’t otherwise have.tonyballzee wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 6:55 pm Joe Rogan regularly has guests from every side of the political spectrum and basically treats them all the same. The list includes Bernie Sanders, Cornel West and Edward Snowden. Some of the conversations can last up to four hours. Yes, Rogan is kind of a meathead and some of his personal opinions are misguided but at least he will admit he's wrong when confronted by evidence, something you won't see from the vast majority of conservative commentators. The show really does straddle moderate. Personally, I liked his podcast a lot more when he stayed away from political discourse and stuck to sports, comedy and psychedelics.
Fox News is the most egregious and popular source of dangerous misinformation and outright lies in America today, 100 times worse than Joe Rogan. If Neil Young really wants to make a difference he should encourage a boycott of any cable or satellite provider that hosts Fox News. That won't happen of course.
It’s a famous fallacy, to say “you can only care about large problem x and not smaller problem y”.
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73Unfortunately for Rogan his flirtation with being the "guy who's cool and can say the n word like it's no big deal" has made him something of a pariah now that it's news.
The guy is a dummy. I'm sure he's had a lot of interesting conversations with a "I'll talk to anyone and hear them out" approach. He's probably legitimately well meaning but too ignorant to realize that he can be problematic as "just a guy having a conversation while thousands are listening".
The guy is a dummy. I'm sure he's had a lot of interesting conversations with a "I'll talk to anyone and hear them out" approach. He's probably legitimately well meaning but too ignorant to realize that he can be problematic as "just a guy having a conversation while thousands are listening".
Re: Has Neil Young done a Lars?
74A-fucking-men.biscuitdough wrote: Sun Feb 13, 2022 10:15 pm Presenting Bernie Sanders’ ideas as equal to Gavin McInness is not a neutral stance. It gives McInness a platform and a standing that he wouldn’t otherwise have.
It’s a famous fallacy, to say “you can only care about large problem x and not smaller problem y”.
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75This guy and Rogan have 2 things in common; they've both been hit in the head a bunch of times, and they're both totes into having genocidal maniacs as guests.
NFL star sorry for saying he wants to have dinner with Adolf Hitler
I am 100% certain that Rogan would at least consider having Der Fuhrer on his show if the monorchid menace was still alive.
I think the lesson we can take from this is that society elevates lunkheads, and that their behavior is only relevant when elevated. Nobody cares what a junior varsity flopout says about dinner guests because he works in the back at IGA, and nobody cares what guests a failed comedian has in his basement because nobody's listening. These guys aren't evil incarnate; the evil part is the money and industries that raise their stupidity to national discourse.
NFL star sorry for saying he wants to have dinner with Adolf Hitler
I am 100% certain that Rogan would at least consider having Der Fuhrer on his show if the monorchid menace was still alive.
I think the lesson we can take from this is that society elevates lunkheads, and that their behavior is only relevant when elevated. Nobody cares what a junior varsity flopout says about dinner guests because he works in the back at IGA, and nobody cares what guests a failed comedian has in his basement because nobody's listening. These guys aren't evil incarnate; the evil part is the money and industries that raise their stupidity to national discourse.