Re:Why Is Joe Rogan So Popular?
by MaxBarraclough on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @05:05PM
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More fundamentally, it seems to me to betray a curious misunderstanding of how truth works.
A statement is no more or less true for having been uttered by Einstein or by Stalin.
The idea that you have to not only be the "right" mouth (whatever the hell that means) but also _prove_ that you're the "right" mouth are the exact type of thought crime / virtue signaling principles that I think Rogan and his audience rallies against.
The author even further cements their bias when writing about how Rogan constantly talks about his left-wing views, but that his "actions" somehow point him to being more right-wing (though the author only points to things Rogan has _said_, but I digress) - as if Joe needs to do more to prove he's a left-wing ally (aka "virtue signaling") and the occasional right wing guest makes him worthy for "re-education" to make sure he becomes the "right mouth" for the right points.