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Spotify hosts Joe Rogan, so I'm having a hard time seeing how they're leftist. If they were activists, they would have left that money on the table and never si

by saila 5y ago

Spotify hosts Joe Rogan, so I'm having a hard time seeing how they're leftist. If they were activists, they would have left that money on the table and never signed a contract with Rogan in the first place. It seems to me that they follow the money like most companies.

filed 5y ago
Dude Joe Rogan voted democrat.
- saila 5y ago
  Democrats aren't leftist though--they are largely conservative--and a lot of what Rogan espouses fits with modern right-associated narratives.
emkoemko 5y ago
what? why do people keep calling a person who endorsed Bernie Sanders right wing? can someone explain this to me?
- Clubber 5y ago
  If a trusted source (news) tells you Rogan is right wing and you don't hear anything to the contrary, it's easy to take that at face value and accept it. In fact based on human nature, a brain will actively resist anything to the contrary after hearing it enough times.
  - emkoemko 5y ago
    its crazy when they lie like this, it makes you wonder what other stuff they are lying about.
- saila 5y ago
  There was a contingent of what might be called libertarians who supported Bernie but then went hard for Trump and shifted rightward. It doesn't make much sense to me except that they're both nominally anti-establishment (in different ways of course). You'll also note that I didn't actually call Rogan right wing, but it does seem that many/most of his listeners tilt right. The point I was making is that it's highly unlikely that any leftist activist organization/company would support Rogan by platforming him, regardless of his actual beliefs (to me, it seems that he's just playing to an audience).
  - emkoemko 5y ago
    "to me, it seems that he's just playing to an audience"? what audience? if you actually listen to his podcast its plain random... because of him i learned about Bernie Sanders and introduced me to Kyle Kulinski and other left leaning people, so i never understood why he is considered right wing by the media and people on twitter, he brings up wanting universal health care and basic income all the time, that's very far from right wing

by saila 5y ago

filed 5y ago

Dude Joe Rogan voted democrat.

saila 5y ago
Democrats aren't leftist though--they are largely conservative--and a lot of what Rogan espouses fits with modern right-associated narratives.

emkoemko 5y ago

what? why do people keep calling a person who endorsed Bernie Sanders right wing? can someone explain this to me?

Clubber 5y ago
If a trusted source (news) tells you Rogan is right wing and you don't hear anything to the contrary, it's easy to take that at face value and accept it. In fact based on human nature, a brain will actively resist anything to the contrary after hearing it enough times.
- emkoemko 5y ago
  its crazy when they lie like this, it makes you wonder what other stuff they are lying about.
saila 5y ago
There was a contingent of what might be called libertarians who supported Bernie but then went hard for Trump and shifted rightward. It doesn't make much sense to me except that they're both nominally anti-establishment (in different ways of course). You'll also note that I didn't actually call Rogan right wing, but it does seem that many/most of his listeners tilt right. The point I was making is that it's highly unlikely that any leftist activist organization/company would support Rogan by platforming him, regardless of his actual beliefs (to me, it seems that he's just playing to an audience).
- emkoemko 5y ago
  "to me, it seems that he's just playing to an audience"? what audience? if you actually listen to his podcast its plain random... because of him i learned about Bernie Sanders and introduced me to Kyle Kulinski and other left leaning people, so i never understood why he is considered right wing by the media and people on twitter, he brings up wanting universal health care and basic income all the time, that's very far from right wing