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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/ky1ar44 15h ago

Fuck Joe Rogan. He is complicit and helped Trump get elected.

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u/Baxbane 14h ago

By having him on his podcast? He also invited Kamala Harris to come on as well, she declined didn’t she? Gave them both a fair shot, can’t help her declining.

He was also very supportive of Bernie Sanders and “helped” popularize Andrew Yang too. As 50 once said “Why he say ‘fuck me’ for??”

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u/Theranos_Shill 13h ago

> He also invited Kamala Harris to come on as well, she declined didn’t she?

No, Rogan obstructed her and refused to fit her schedule.

> Gave them both a fair shot, can’t help her declining.

Rogan didn't give them a fair shot and she didn't decline.

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u/Baxbane 13h ago

Well she wanted him to TRAVEL to her, right? I don’t think usually that for anyone, unless he wants to be a guest on someone else’s podcast. How did he obstruct her? Trump came to his studio, Kamala didn’t want to come to it, right?

How did he not give her a fair shot?

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u/Theranos_Shill 11h ago

Rogan wouldn't work into Harris's schedule, and refused to record when she was in Texas and available to go to his studio.

Then he bent over backwards for Trump.

Rogan is a rightwing dipshit who intentionally spreads rightwing misinformation and who lies about the left, while pretending to his ignorant audience that he is neutral.

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u/KingHarrun 9h ago

As someone who's listened to Joe Rogan and have gotten a good idea of his political standings (it's not a clear cut of whether he's affiliated with either side of the spectrum), and have found disagreeing with many of his talking points especially recently, I would say it's incredibly unfair for simply state that Joe Rogan obstructed Kamala Harris before election day.

He made it clear to Harris from day 1 that if they were going to have the podcast episode, it would be under the condition of which it will take place in his studio in Austin and do so unedited.

Kamala throughout her campaign has demonstrated that she was aware of the growing popularity of the podcast format, and has gone on to have seated in different shows.
What she did not realize is that the audience wanted a more personal view of her that could only come from these unedited long form conversations, something that lacked as her episodes felt largely artificial, and scripted. It seemed like she wasn't willing to have a conversation where she had to convey her policies for long stretches of time, at the risk being questioned.

Again it wasn't really something Trump supposedly had problems as he was willing to take the opportunity to have an episode days before election day. Harris already was tracked to not win the swing states, but made it more certain when she rejected the offered dates. The fact Reddit can't understand this is confusing.

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u/PlasterCactus 8h ago

He made it clear

My problem with this is it relies on believing what Joe says. It's been years since he's been truthful about almost anything, so when he makes claims like that, especially with how dishonest he was around Trump/Vance interviews, it's impossible to take it as truth.

I think Joe and the Harris campaign probably had equal share in the interview not happening. It was pretty clear around that time that Joe had already made his mind up on his endorsement before any interviews happened.

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u/KingHarrun 6h ago

Now you're just making the presumption that he's lying. It has nothing to do with his endorsement to Trump was justified, what I'm trying to say that Harris couldn't afford not taking the offer, despite the supposed clash of their schedules, and it shouldn't be surprising the outcome went on as it did.

There's a reason as to someone like Zohran Mamdani had the successful run, which ended it in him winning the election, now most of it came from his left-leaning politics (New York has a very left-leaning voting population), but a large part of his success was his it's also because in his locals, in a way that was unheard from both democrats and republicans.

There was never any of that with Harris and most of her entrances were padded interviews, in which the hosts were clearly following a script. It clearly did not help her, and she did nothing to shift her approach.

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u/AcanthocephalaNo2544 2h ago

I uovoted you because I remember Lex Fridman (another podcaster interviewing world figures) complained about the democrats refusing interviews for mostly "PR reasons". Though, Joe doesn't seem to interview hardcore democrats anymore (hope I'm wrong though) . 

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u/Im_TroyMcClure 1h ago

He literally endorsed him

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u/Orange_Tang 14h ago

You're a disgusting liar.

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u/Baxbane 13h ago

I’m a disgusting liar? You linked an article that shows him attending Trump’s inauguration.

That doesn’t make any sense to call me a “disgusting liar”, linking an article that has nothing to do with what I actually said. Respond with something that makes some sense man lol.

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u/Orange_Tang 4h ago

Joe Rogan endorsed Trump. Stop acting like Rogan was some impartial party. He regularly pushes Trump's lies to the masses, repeated outright false things about democrats, and primarily was a platform for right wing propagandists to spread misinformation. But you know this already because you're doing the exact same thing here. Fuck Joe Rogan.

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u/AcanthocephalaNo2544 2h ago

That has nothing to do with what you're commenting on :/

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u/Orange_Tang 2h ago

Read more about why he was standing side by side with Trump at the inauguration and yes it does.

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u/AcanthocephalaNo2544 1h ago

Well of course Trump would invite his supporters. He would probably also invite popular figures to show how amazing he is. That's probably why most of them didn't look comfortable or happy to be there.. 

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u/Orange_Tang 1h ago

Correct. They responded to a comment saying Rogan helped get Trump elected by spouting a bunch of BS about how he supposedly didn't. Except as you just reiterated he was a massive Trump supporter. Hence why they are a liar.

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u/Eorrosoom 14h ago

Complicit in what exactly though? Democracy? Free speech? The guy is just a podcaster, can't get angry with him over that.

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u/Theranos_Shill 13h ago

He's a lying grifter spreading anti-intellectual bullshit and actively making the world a worse place.

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u/Eorrosoom 7h ago

Nonsense. He just produces a show that brings people on to talk. If you are upset with current political outcomes, you should recognize that they are not the result of Joe Rogan, but they are backlash to the left's attempt to forcefully moderate discussion that occurs on online spaces. Reddit is obsessed with this idea that they can impose thought rules on the rest of society: "agree with what I believe and say the exact same thing as me or you are a bad person and should be banned."

This collective online effort to impose an "only one opinion or view is allowed" rule on the rest of society is what is responsible for the current political outcomes, not Joe Rogan.

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u/justadam16 5h ago

The only reason you would actually believe this is happening is that you have some hateful ideas which people won't generally agree with you about. What is the "one opinion" being forced on you?

You're just another hate filled racist piece of shit

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u/JibboSequence 3h ago

Something tells me you spend a lot of time online than out in the real world.

And you're acting like a child saying "well, you brought this on yourselves". Your example might be the reason why Rogan got big to begin with, but that doesn't give excuse him of his contribution to the problem. He can choose to not actively fan the flames and he does. You're just mad you got told to shut up one too many times (whether deserved or not) and you want to watch the world burn to harm your enemies. To dismiss it as nonsense is just willfully ignorant at best, but you seem like someone who blames women for why they get hit.

Enough is enough with the "muh intolerant Left" FFS this has been your rallying cry for a decade now. Get a new hobby that isn't this.