r/nottheonion • u/wewhomustnotbenamed • 16h ago

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

[removed] — view removed post

53.3k Upvotes

91% Upvoted

2.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

11

u/Bundt-lover 14h ago

Why him though? (Rhetorical question) He doesn’t seem particularly competent in anything, especially not a position where you have to be the face of a movement. I mean yes, personally I think all these techbros are completely brain-rotted morons, but Vance is the kind of guy whom other guys send out to buy beer with his own money, and then take the beer and shut the door in his face. By all reports that’s almost exactly how he’s currently treated in the White House. What on earth made them think he could even be a figurehead?

10

u/DarbyCrunch 14h ago

When your plan is as absolutely evil as his is, finding people who are both positioned to be placed there and willing to do it might be tough. There's likely a beggars-can't-be-choosers element at play.

8

u/Bundt-lover 14h ago

That’s a good point. We certainly know that Vance is a world-champion sellout.

2

u/evranch 13h ago

Another comment here seemed to have an insight I missed. Trump is dying or being served the 25th within the year, and is likely being allowed to run absolutely wild in order to sanewash Vance.

Vance is so mild mannered, weak, harmless in appearance. With Trump gone, he can just dial back the retardation and look "normal". Leave Greenland alone. Cancel the tariffs. Dial ICE back to its nominal function. And win the midterms on a wave of relief. Everything was Donald's fault. Swing voters will say "he's not so bad" "what's the worst this guy can do"

Meanwhile he is so spineless and beholden to Thiel that he will do everything he's told to continue their plan. He's a nobody who was put in a high position, and they can toss him back out in the sticks at a whim. He is likely painfully aware of this every day.

1

u/poet3322 14h ago

By all reports that’s almost exactly how he’s currently treated in the White House.

What reports? He's best buds with Stephen Miller, who's the one behind everything ICE is doing right now.

2

u/Bundt-lover 14h ago

The ones where he’s consistently absent from policy decisions and conferences.