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He's not "right wing". Hating SJWs and the extreme left isn't right wing. People are complicated and labeling someone as right wing to invalidate someone's ever

He's not "right wing". Hating SJWs and the extreme left isn't right wing. People are complicated and labeling someone as right wing to invalidate someone's every position is as bad as what the right does to the left. He is if anything fairly moderate with a slight libertarian streak, especially when it comes to drugs. I don't agree with lots of his positions and he's definitely not some really smart guru, but I like that he's an average guy with an open mind who lets speakers of all viewpoints express themselves in a very welcoming way. I mean hosting Jordan Peterson and Brett Weinstein, both on the 2 ends of the political spectrum and making it a very intellectually stimulating dialogue is a breath of fresh air in today's gotcha media. You know CNN and fox have an agenda when they bring opposing viewpoints on their show, trying to invalidate their ideas. In joe rogan's podcasts that never seems to be the case, instead discussion leads to more moderate viewpoints rather than debates and winners. Only really see that on PBS lately. That said, I do find many of his guests abhorant and just skip a fair bit of his podcasts.

rainbowmverse 9y ago
Those activities may not make someone right wing, but they're at risk of slamming into the right half of the bulkhead if there's turbulence. When things get heated, it makes them hard to tell apart from people who are awful and also use that kind of rhetoric.
muninn_ 9y ago
> That said, I do find many of his guests abhorant and just skip a fair bit of his podcasts. So please don't take this in a way that means I'm bashing you or anything of the sort. I loved your post, but I do take issue with this particular comment from an otherwise interesting and thoughtful response. This mindset, unfortunately, is very reminiscent of an echo chamber. "I don't like this person or what I think they have to say so I'm not even going to hear them". While I of course don't think you should be forced to listen to something uninteresting, it would be great if we all spent more time listening to people we can't stand or ideas that we find abhorrent so that we can gain better perspective and empathy of our fellow people.

rainbowmverse 9y ago

Those activities may not make someone right wing, but they're at risk of slamming into the right half of the bulkhead if there's turbulence. When things get heated, it makes them hard to tell apart from people who are awful and also use that kind of rhetoric.

muninn_ 9y ago

> That said, I do find many of his guests abhorant and just skip a fair bit of his podcasts. So please don't take this in a way that means I'm bashing you or anything of the sort. I loved your post, but I do take issue with this particular comment from an otherwise interesting and thoughtful response. This mindset, unfortunately, is very reminiscent of an echo chamber. "I don't like this person or what I think they have to say so I'm not even going to hear them". While I of course don't think you should be forced to listen to something uninteresting, it would be great if we all spent more time listening to people we can't stand or ideas that we find abhorrent so that we can gain better perspective and empathy of our fellow people.