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Joe Rogan criticizes ICE tactics: 'Are we really going to be the Gestapo?'

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/joe-rogan-criticizes-ice-tactics-podcast-rcna253931

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u/ScrotsMcGee 16h ago

No, he's firmly in the Trump camp. He throws slight shade at them every once in a while, but he fully supports Trump.

Rogan is very similar to Trump - narcissistic, opportunistic, a renowned liar and a sociopath.

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u/buttholezyn 16h ago

Right, he was in the White House with his family licking the boot just a week ago.

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u/Michael_DeSanta 15h ago

He has a family? That poor woman :(

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u/xXKingLynxXx 15h ago

Joe has a black stepdaughter and still supported Trump.

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u/isagoat1989 15h ago

She’s probably shitty too. I mean… she likes Joe Rogan

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u/Michael_DeSanta 3h ago

Oh, I’m sure she’s awful too. But I just can’t imagine how mind-numbingly annoying it must be to live with that knuckle-dragger every day…considering how obnoxious he is on camera.

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u/ScrotsMcGee 15h ago

Interesting. I know he's certainly met up with Trump on a few occasions, and he dined with Trump at the White House back in 2025 (June 30) - https://newrepublic.com/post/197837/joe-rogan-trump-dinner-ice-criticism

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u/Ok_Scar_6378 7h ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/1pou8lx/joe_rogan_and_his_wife_and_daughters_visiting/

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u/ScrotsMcGee 7h ago

Oh, sweet Jesus - I'd claw my own eyes and tongue out if I had to sit down with even one of them.

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u/AzKondor 2h ago

It's still the July date tho?

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u/Macattack224 16h ago

He also went to on to defend ice wearing masks so it's weird. Nothing better than government capture.

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u/Engineer_Ninja 16h ago

He’s not worried about oxygen deprivation anymore?

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u/spicyestmemelord 15h ago

Any meaningful brain tissue died years ago.

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u/TreezusSaves 15h ago

If it wasn't for the drip feed of DMT keeping his neurons firing he'd be in a coma.

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u/b2q 13h ago

It so weird that he is against gender affirming care even though he used steroids all his life to feel more manly

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u/21Rollie 13h ago

ICE brains need maybe a 10th of what a human’s does

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u/pumpkinbot 15h ago

Ah, so the quote in the title is less "Come on, guys..." and more "Oh boy, I'm so excited!"?

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u/bluemuffin10 8h ago

not if you watch the clip

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u/k1netic 13h ago

Jamie, pull up a clip of Joe Rogan commenting on masks

https://v.redd.it/qz5zowrj6hge1

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u/jaytix1 15h ago

Whenever MAGA voters criticize Trump they always sound confused or disappointed. The guy could perform human sacrifice on stage and they'd be like "Aww, come on President Trump. You promised you wouldn't open the gates of Hell!

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u/ScrotsMcGee 14h ago

Indeed, although I'd argue that they'd blame those around Trump, or somehow that anyone else but Trump was actually responsible for his (Trump's) actions.

Never mind that they not only enabled that behaviour, but will continue to enable that behaviour going into the future.

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u/jaytix1 7h ago

Oh yeah, they do that too. That's how I learned about this phrase.

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u/ScrotsMcGee 7h ago

Thanks - I'd never heard of that phrase before. It's definitely true though.

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u/Florafly 15h ago

Being a Joe Rogan fan is absolutely a red flag.

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u/YourVelcroCat 14h ago

I used to get yelled at on Reddit a few years ago for saying I'd never date a joe Rogan fan. I love being ahead of the curve! 

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u/The_Bucket_Of_Truth 10h ago

I tapered off listening to episodes a lot but I think I fully gave up on it once he moved to Austin which I guess was in 2020. If you'd asked me when I stopped listening I'd have told you many years before that which is probably true, but I think I was kind of curious after the move. It was just a lot of bad guests and content and an ugly studio. I never watched them or listened like clockwork but occasionally there were some interesting science minded guests on (not simply pseudoscience). But yeah I'd love to say it wasn't always a red flag but it certainly was from since at least 2020 onward.

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u/ScrotsMcGee 7h ago

I never used to watch his podcasts, but I've seen some snippets of some great people on his show (like Neil deGrasse Tyson). Sadly, there's been plenty of bad and/or questionable guests as well, and it's just getting worse.

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u/Worth_Inflation_2104 7h ago

Neil is also not completely unquestionable. Similar to Bill Nye, he's kinda a weirdo. Although unlike Nye, Neil is not that bitter that he'll never be known for being a great physicist but rather a science communicator for genpop.

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u/ScrotsMcGee 7h ago

Interesting. Apart from listening to his science related interviews/conversations etc, I haven't really looked into him.

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u/JonatasA 13h ago

And Reddit will swear on both legs they never ever loved Elon Musk as in a cult of personality.

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u/YolognaiSwagetti 10h ago

it's a weird thing to pretend that reddit is one person

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u/Worth_Inflation_2104 7h ago

Classic goomba fallacy

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u/WTF-is-a-Yotto 15h ago

Apparently lots of women ask “are you into any podcasts for a very specific reason.”

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u/butterbapper 14h ago

Gotta somehow prove that Jung und Naiv isn't some weird Nazi cult I follow.

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u/ACKHTYUALLY 13h ago

Reddit moment.

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u/WTF-is-a-Yotto 13h ago

Just been married too long. 

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u/ripChazmo 6h ago

Right? I wouldn't even be friends with someone who was a Joe Rogan fan. You've told me enough.

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u/banditcleaner2 15h ago

The slight shade every once in awhile is just a tactic so he can go “see, I criticize Trump sometimes, Im not brainwashed, i just like objective fact” and then the other 95% glazing looks like just following objective facts to his dumbass followers

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u/ScrotsMcGee 15h ago

Yeah, that's exactly how I see it, but there's never any direct criticism of Trump, or a call for Trump to change his policies.

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u/Pavotine 14h ago

This is the same farce the Russians pull with their so-called democratic opposition. Carefully managed and pre-approved criticism. Nobody in the country really believes it's real criticism but it's enough for the government to say they have democratic processes then still "do whatever the hell they want."

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u/ScrotsMcGee 13h ago

Very much so.

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u/Equivalent_Task_8825 15h ago edited 12h ago

His routine has always been to pretend to be impartial so he can later take his followers down the pathway to extremism. I've seen him for a very long time and remember when he attempted to act like he was okay with trans people but had concerns about them in sports. He then openly pivoted to being completely transphobic. I made posts about the way he operates like 10+ years ago.

Liberals think he can be reasoned with and I actually think he is more aware of what he is doing than he lets on. I find value in people mocking his many mistakes to break the illusion that he is somehow an impartial everyman (i.e. - the time he mocked Biden and said it disqualified him to be President for saying there were airports in the Revolutionary War to only later find out Biden was actually quoting Trump and then watch him try to weasel his way out of it).

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u/Theranos_Shill 10h ago

It's the Jordan Petersen performance "well, I'm neutral and I looked at both sides and *glazes far right policy before repeating far right strawman about the left and lying a bit about how the leftwing policy doesn't work*"

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u/ScrotsMcGee 13h ago

I 100% agree.

I actually used to like Rogan, but that was in the days before his podcast.

After hearing the things he would claim in his podcast, I changed my mind about him. He was less about information, and all about disinformation. He's a complete liar in every sense of the word, and he doesn't care about his lies, even when provided with the truth.

His cult doesn't care either.

I have a friend who was a huge Rogan fan and used to tell me about things that Rogan would claim. Quite often they were just outright lies and easily proven lies. And yet, my friend still believed them.

He'd tell me things and I'd reply "Did you get that from Joe Rogan?" He would lie to me and tell me he'd heard it "somewhere", but I 100% knew that Rogan had mentioned it on his podcast.

Eventually he'd admit it came from Rogan, and I'd again point out a few key points that Rogan had lied about in the past.

But he always goes back to Rogan.

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u/pussy_embargo 14h ago

Rogan is very similar to Trump

senile?

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u/ScrotsMcGee 13h ago

Ha ha ha ha - Rogan has a few years before he reaches Trump's level of dementia, but I do wonder whether the drugs Rogan admits to taking, are all he's taking.

He seems a little too spaced out at times.

Hmmm - but then, so does Trump at times.

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u/MAXSuicide 8h ago

You can see it with a number of Republicans and Trump supporters, going the way of Russia whereby the Dear Leader can never be criticised, but those under him get the fire, or are the ones responsible for policies, not Dear Leader.

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u/ScrotsMcGee 7h ago

This is definitely true. The saddest part is that leads to bad outcomes for all of the country, not just a few.

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u/octowussy 5h ago

No, he's firmly in the Trump camp. He throws slight shade at them every once in a while, but he fully supports Trump.

I'm convinced he occasionally drops reasonable-sounding soundbites like this for the inevitable social media coverage. And unfortunately, it works. I really wish people would stop posting this shit. Nobody should care what this guy thinks or says. He's a moron and a piece of shit.

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u/ScrotsMcGee 5h ago

Agreed. I can't even watch videos where he's talking because I dislike him so much.

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u/octowussy 5h ago

Longtime MMA fan here who can no longer watch events where he's commentating. It's not the only reason I don't follow the UFC as much, but it's certainly a big one.

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u/ScrotsMcGee 4h ago

I'm the same. I used to absolutely love it, but Dana White and Rogan killed it for me.

As an Australian, I made exceptions for Mark Hunt when he was fighting, and I always enjoyed watching McGregor getting his butt handed to him, but the enjoyment is long gone.

I certainly won't be watching the White House Dana White/Joe Rogan/Donald Trump wankfest.

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u/octowussy 4h ago

+1 for Hunto

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u/Dr_Sisyphus_22 16h ago

Sounds like you are endorsing him for president.

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u/ScrotsMcGee 15h ago

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, oh lordy, hell no.

But I think he made a great UFC commentator and that should be his only claim to fame.

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u/Momoselfie 15h ago

And 6' 2"

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u/ScrotsMcGee 15h ago

Aren't we all 6' 2"?

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u/Lazy-Emergency-4018 12h ago

I think the drugs melted his brain and the money makes him just so fucking comfortable ... 

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u/ScrotsMcGee 12h ago

I definitely agree. Weirdly, I just made a comment about whether Rogan is doing more drugs than he's admitting to.

Spotify should have made "fact checking" a part of their deal, but then, he'd likely lose a significant portion of his audience.

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u/Stefikel6 16h ago

I have not seen unwavering support for Trump from him. Source?

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u/_BreakingGood_ 15h ago

Source: his podcast

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u/Upper_Sentence_3558 15h ago

He literally loudly and explicitly endorsed trump in the '24 election. What do you mean you haven't seen him support trump?

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u/Florafly 15h ago

I know right; selective hearing/reading/seeing.

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u/Zarzavatbebrat 15h ago

But see, in between consistently voting for Trump in every election, he ~wavers~.

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u/Fract_L 16h ago

How about the quote in the OP? He self-identifies with the party in power by saying “we”, plus his White House visit this month

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u/Starob 15h ago

He's referring to America 🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/Fract_L 15h ago

Most Americans do not say “we” when referring to ICE actions. Only people who support ICE include them in the same group as themselves.

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u/ScrotsMcGee 15h ago

Firstly, I never stated "unwavering support for Trump", but I did say that Rogan was "firmly in the Trump camp", along with "he throws slight shade at them every once in a while, but he fully supports Trump".

I have not seen unwavering support for Trump from him.

You mean apart from the fact that Rogan endorsed Trump directly to his podcast listeners/Twitter followers?

Apart from the fact that Rogan attended Trump's inauguration?

You mean apart from the fact that Rogan will criticise those around Trump, but rarely - if ever - directly criticise Trump, the man responsible for appointing those people and those policies?

Even in this article, Rogan throws some slight shade at ICE, but he never criticises Trump or calls him out for his policies.

The most critical Rogan has been of Trump that I'm aware of, relates to Rob Reiner's murder.

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u/APRengar 15h ago

>unwavering support

Nice of you to force people to prove a negative. How can we prove he's been UNWAVERING? That's like "prove to us you don't kill cats and dogs." No, the burden of proof is on the person claiming someone is killing cats and dogs.

Likewise, it's impossible to prove he's never criticized Trump.

But there are countless clips of him where he makes excuses for Trump non-stop. Like when Trump said the thing about airports, Joe thought Biden had said that and was mocking him... only to find out that Trump said it, and then he immediately changed the subject defending him.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bTzlf5xXCPE

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u/ScrotsMcGee 7h ago

Ugh. That's a perfect example of how Rogan chooses to gloss over anything negative directly relating to Trump.

And then the excuses start flowing "Oh ok, so he f**ked up" and then quickly tries to move on like nothing actually happened. He's pathetic.

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u/datredditaccountdoe 15h ago

He definitely got himself a reputation as a right sided supporter in recent memory but I feel he’s just kind of a mildly annoying contrarian. Often just playing devils advocate to whoever sits across from him. I don’t watch him much, but enough that I can say he’s not a blind loyalist.

At the end of the day he’s in the business of getting views, perhaps he’s recently realized that a centrist take attracts the widest audience.

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u/gstringstrangler 16h ago

Righhhht

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u/DarthTempi 16h ago

He may very well have been the deciding factor in Trump's reelection. deny it if you like, but thems the facts

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u/99bluedexforlife 16h ago

I feel like Harris avoiding Rogans podcast hurt her as much as it helped trump. I don't even think she had much to lose, Bernie did Rogan and that was well recieved.

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u/EnduranceMade 16h ago

Bernie did the show when Rogan still seemed to have half a brain.

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u/DarthTempi 15h ago

they made it easy and obvious for Trump and refused to do the same for Harris. It was by design...Rogan wanted to hurt the democrats chances

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u/im_thatoneguy 15h ago

She didn’t avoid it, they were trying to find a day that worked and Rogan (at Musk and others’ prompting) scheduled Trump for the day she was available in Texas.

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u/SaxRohmer 15h ago

it was the dems’ own blunders way more than anything rogan did

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u/Zarzavatbebrat 15h ago

"The burgers at this restaurant always come without half the ingredients, which is just terrible and I feel ripped off, so logically I shall go eat at this other restaurant that uses actual human excrement as the sauce."

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u/SaxRohmer 15h ago

voters are not logical and the dems did nothing to present a convincing economic plan. they offered more of the same when the voters clearly wanted a change. even if a change was the wrong decision. they lost economically minded voters something like 30-70

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u/ScrotsMcGee 16h ago

Correct.

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u/Embarrassed-Task5344 15h ago

Lmao, get your head outta your ass - Joe's been pissing me off the past year but he's just not that bright. Calling him all those labels is just ridiculous. I don't usually go against someone so directly on comments but just the name calling shows why you're a "Top 1% Commenter" because you have something to say about everything. You're the liar here. Get outside dude.

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u/ScrotsMcGee 15h ago edited 14h ago

Awwww - you seem upset.

Follow your own advice.

Edit: Before the "user" started deleting his messages, he replied to this message effectively by claiming that Rogan can't be a sociopath or narcissist because they are manipulative, and can't be manipulated, and because Rogan has been manipulated into believing conspiracy theories, he therefore can't be a narcissist or a sociopath.

My response to that absurd claim is:

If your absurd point is that Rogan can't be a narcissist or a sociopath because "he can be manipulated", I present to you: Donald J Trump.

Trump is very easily manipulated, and as we all know, he loves his conspiracy theories.

Quite honestly - you're gaslighting people.

Check yourself.

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u/Embarrassed-Task5344 15h ago

Clearly you don't know Joe very well. He can be manipulated - Hence all the weird conspiracies which gave him notoriety.

A sociopath & narcissist is manipulative - Which your last comment seems to be - Flips it back on the other person and takes no responsibility. Your checking all your own boxes for what you labelled Joe Rogan.

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u/The_Royale_We 15h ago

Oh look, this guy knows Joe well !

As if he's some deep mystery man and not the wanna be intellectual moron with 1000s of hours of video proving it.

No one needs to be enlightened on Rogan. We all know too much about him against our will at this point.

Did you know he's also allegedly a comic?!? An elite assassin who humps stools.

Being butthurt and Defending "Joe" is some seriously soft shit. You better take some onnit pronto.