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To clarify I don't dislike Rogan. I don't always like him either. I think he occasionally makes great points and sometimes says profoundly dumb stuff. The point
by anm89 7y ago
To clarify I don't dislike Rogan. I don't always like him either. I think he occasionally makes great points and sometimes says profoundly dumb stuff. The point is he's divisive and I don't wan't this to become a Joe Rogan debate.
- dmix 7y ago> I don't always like him either. I think he occasionally makes great points and sometimes says profoundly dumb stuff. This is most people, especially the talking head types. This new purity test we're giving every celebrity is unrealistic and culturally/intellectually self-destructive. Some people are even reaching back decades.
- imgabe 7y agoFair enough, I was just genuinely curious. I only started listening to him recently and didn't realize he was someone people would want to argue about.
- justinmchase 7y agoHe's willing to interview right wing people and treat them as if they're people.
- johnmaguire2013 7y agoWhile you're not wrong, I don't think this is the issue people have with Joe Rogan's lack of criticism towards some of his interviewees. Unless by "right wing" you mean people like Alex Jones, and by "treat them as if they're people" you mean not challenge factually incorrect statements. Then I guess you're right.
- sorenn111 7y agoI find it interesting that an admittedly not-that-smart (calls himself a moron regularly) fighter/comedian who just talks with all sorts of people is sufficiently divisive enough to merit such asterisks. Strange times.
- weaksauce 7y agoI think it's because he's not that bright and has one of the most prolific podcasts in terms of listeners that he's divisive. He is mostly uncritical of whatever someone says and isn't that quick on the draw to call people out so he's basically a platform for any mildly famous person to go on the show and spew whatever crackpot theory there is for a few hours unchallenged to his huge base of listeners. He himself is not that controversial but he allows on controversial characters unchallenged.
- midnighttoker 7y agoCorrect. He has many interesting guests and interviews. Then he has on some far right asshole to spew their rhetoric unchallenged.
- kodt 7y agoIt is mostly because he has hosted some controversial guests such as Milo Yiannopoulos, Jordan Peterson, and Sargon of Akkad. And by hosting them he is accused of giving the alt-right a platform while also not sufficiently attacking their views.
- swebs 7y agoThe fact that some people claim Jordan Peterson is somehow alt right is even more ridiculous.
- lone_haxx0r 7y agoI don't know of a single person in the world that doesn't say profoundly dumb stuff sometimes.