The public perception of Joe Rogan and the reality are wildly far-off from each other. Anyone who has listened to his shows, even occasionally, would realize there is absolutely nothing to be threatened about from him. Occasionally he makes a stupid remark without thinking about it enough before it comes out of his mouth. Who doesn’t?
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I know a woman who was on Fear Factor with her husband. He’s exactly how he presents. And worse in private.
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In what context is saying “Jews are into money” make it okay?
Anyone who doesn’t understand that this is anti-semitic is just lying.
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The damage he’s done and continues to do as a hate monger for profit is very fucking real.
No one who is imperiled by his platform gives a damn whether he “really means it” deep down in his heart.
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Rule of goats applies!
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So does that quote from Vonnegut:
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Like a more successful but less likeable version of Dave Bautista’s character in glass onion? If that’s the image I have of him then it’s because he makes a lot of money giving people that impression of himself. He’s earned it then, hasn’t he, because why would he want to be seen as different ? Being one more racist misogynist voice in the chorus pays better, especially when it’s extra loud like his. Credit where credit is due.
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I’ve never listened to Joe Rogan’s podcast, but I understand that he makes stupid remarks frequently, in public and on a well-remunerated professional basis.
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So all of his well-documented statements disparaging public health measures re: COVID-19 did no harm?
All his anti-trans statements fomenting hatred to millions of listeners don’t threaten trans people?
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As long as people are paying this anti-Semite to spread his unresearched both sider-ism we will point it out and hope those big pay checks dry up.
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FTFY.
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FFS, he hosts a podcast. Even if “oops I wasn’t thinking before I dropped that antisemitic remark” was a valid excuse he could have simply edited it out if it didn’t represent his actual views.
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The nice thing in our world is that we don’t all have to pretend like we’ve all had brain surgeries that made us forget all history, context, and reasoning. This trope is well enough established that when the Nazis were crafting their marketing posters for the Eternal Jew, they filled the poster figure’s hands with gold coins. When the forgers were crafting the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the first 2 of the 24 protocols were about money lust/controlling money, with three of the later protocols being on the same topic.We’re talking about a solid millennium of consistent stereotypes, frequently tied to exterminationist violence. If you’ve somehow avoided knowledge of this whole thing, the term you want to start your overdue research track is economic antisemitism.
How often do YOU make this sort of mistake? I’m running at a solid never. We’re not talking about a bad turn of phrase that could be interpreted wrong in a certain light. We’re talking about direct unvarnished use of one of the most established racist tropes in existence.
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Yep.
And as pointed out above - if a mistake like this is made in regular conversation, we can only apologize later. We can’t retroactively remove our words.
This quote is from a podcast which was able to be edited prior to upload. Everything in there passed editorial review.
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Joe Rogan is a bigoted meathead. He’s both stupid and racist. The fact that he may be so stupid he doesn’t realize he’s racist doesn’t mean we can’t point it out.
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He knows what he’s saying.
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