• sleepy555@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        There’s a healthy middle ground that everyone seems to be allergic to. Not wanting to meet someone because they don’t hate someone is not healthy. The top thread here has someone making a joke about they wish he’d die. Most of these people haven’t even watched his podcast, they just get told to hate him by the media. Article here is a good example of that.

        Downvoting people that notice the toxicity and say something as simple as “wow you guys really hate someone” is a good example too.

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          10 months ago

          Another day, another Rogen stan who tries to convince hoards of people who don’t like the guy for the words that come out of his mouth that “um actually you’ve never listened to the words that come out of his mouth and SoMeThInG SoMeThInG tHe MeDiAaAaAa”

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            10 months ago

            I literally never listen to him and I still feel the reaction is over the top. I really don’t think the man is a fascist, crypto or otherwise.

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        10 months ago

        not to say hes correct on this but i think there are a lot who are worse than joe rogan that you are able to meet

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            10 months ago

            but every key you type here fails to address all those worse than him. and one day, they might convince him to join.

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              10 months ago

              With all due respect, that’s a poor take. We aren’t preachers of some kind of church trying to save his soul and make him “think right”. It’s OK to call him out for being the gateway drug to the alt right, and to be appaled by the guy’s shit takes.

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                10 months ago

                ok its good that you are not trying to make one 'think right, but i find him more tolearable than many. he listens to others better than most, has a sense of humor, etc. i dont see why that plus interviewing rightists making him liable.

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                  10 months ago

                  It’s a mistake to think he just listens to his guests. But the truth is that he also speaks his mind. The more he does it, the more we see the the real Rogan shining through. And the real Rogan isn’t all that pretty.

                  I can see why he can be appealing to you, and I can respect that, even if I’m not the target audience. But I wish he didn’t give a platform to the right-wing lunatics, and that he stop parroting their horsecrap viewpoints.

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              10 months ago

              but every key you type here fails to address all those worse than him.

              The post is about Joe Rogan specifically. Are you seriously trying to say “you can’t criticise someone unless they are the worst person in the world?”

              People can do both: point out Joe Rogan’s hypocrisy AND dislike people who are worse than him.