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I didn't know they were actively standing behind Rogan - I kind of expected they signed him on before he went completely off the deep end and are now just keepi
by glogla 5y ago
I didn't know they were actively standing behind Rogan - I kind of expected they signed him on before he went completely off the deep end and are now just keeping up the status quo.
I will go cancel my Spotify subscription now.
- syshum 5y agoIt is ironic you believe he went "off the deep end" after signing with Spotify, because many JRE fans believe he has gone soft since signing. Personally I don't think anything has changed. He is the same, long form open dialog on topics he is interested it, we need more Joe Rogan's, not less
- glogla 5y agoThat might be rose glasses on my end. I remember most of the interviews being Joe bringing in someone to talk about interesting topic (neuroscience, nutrition, mushrooms, astronomy) while Joe sat there saying "woooooo, thats craaaaaazy". That changed when he started interviewing various alt-right talking heads. But yeah, I might be misremembering things.
- syshum 5y agoYou have to ask yourself, did Joe move politically or did you? because in my experience I have seen the "Alt-Right" be expanded to include a whole host of people that are not what "alt-right" was it was originally described, instead anyone that disagrees with any position of the authoritarian left is now "alt right" also anyone that expresses any support for any person previously called "alt-right" is now themselves "alt-right" by their mere limited association or support.. i could go to COVID as it provides many examples of this, but lets take another hot button issue of the day, Abortion. I am pro-choice 90's style democrat on the topic, I support the idea of "Safe legal and Rare" but if I say the new law out of NJ may be going to far, or that maybe we should not out right celebrate abortions instead viewing it as something tragic that ultimately may be needed and certainly should be outside of the purview of government regulation I am viewed as "Alt-right bigot" for my very centrist and rational position
- cloudfifty 5y ago> instead anyone that disagrees with any position of the authoritarian left is now "alt right" Reading that over-the-top hyperbole I firmly believe that you're the one that's been moving around.
- syshum 5y agoIt is far from Over the top hyperbole. You have people with very classically liberal positions, libertarian positions, 1990's democrat positions, etc being called "alt-right", including some of the recent guests of JRE
- cloudfifty 5y agoYou haven't supplied any context into "any position of the authoritarian left". Who are they and what are their positions that you can't disagree with?
- syshum 5y agoWhere to start.. Sex/Gender, Abortion, COVID Public Policy, Tech Censorship, "hate Speech", Who should participate in Female sports, any number of other cultural issues... Then you have topics like Universal Healthcare, Gun Control, etc etc. I mean the "context" is literally everything as to "who" is the authoritarian left, hmm lets start with this definition. Blue Checkmarks on Twitters, and.or has Pronouns in the bio of any social media platform, and.or rides alone in a car with mask on.
- cloudfifty 5y ago> as to "who" is the authoritarian left, hmm lets start with this definition. Blue Checkmarks on Twitters, and.or has Pronouns in the bio of any social media platform, and.or rides alone in a car with mask on. Wow. That's even a worse reply than I imagined.
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- rafaelm 5y agoI used to listen to the podcast a lot before it went to Spotify. While Rogan is a self-admitted "ignorant", it was that aspect that made his interviews interesting and enjoyable. He always had guests of all types and beliefs. Unfortunately, it seems that the pandemic has thrown him into a conspiracy hole. I think the whole thing started with one of the Weinstein brothers and the ivermectin push and it just went downhill from there...