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Re:Joe Rogan Is the New Mainstream Media by RandomTisk on Monday May 25, 2020 @11:28AM (#23302028)
Except he didn't. He specifically condemned them. Some journalist took part of his statement, cut off the rest and riled up a bunch of people over a false narrative. I still see someone in the media who should know better by now repeat this lie on occasion.
Re:Joe Rogan Is the New Mainstream Media by myko on Monday May 25, 2020 @11:35AM (#23302098)
Saying you condemn the nazis while absolving the folks who marched with them _is_ a dog whistle to rightwing extremism. That's the entire point.

If they were good people they would've called the nazis out and kicked them out of their march, or refused to march with them. Instead they marched with the nazis.

Re:Joe Rogan Is the New Mainstream Media by hanifc on Monday May 25, 2020 @11:45PM (#23307219)
It's pretty surreal to have just finished reading the blog post[1] on this topic, that was posted just a little bit higher, then to come here and see it played out.

[1]https://www.scottadamssays.com/2019/04/30/the-fine-people-ho...

Re:Joe Rogan Is the New Mainstream Media by myko on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @08:55PM (#23318282)
> He stated his assumption and then spoke to the assumption.

This is a pathetic attempt to absolve trump of his clear racism and dog whistles to extremists. If he assumes wrongly it's okay to say whatever he wants? That points even more directly to a dog whistle. Shame on whoever wrote that as a defense.

Joining up with a bunch of white nationalists to march in support of a statue of a man who is famous for waging a traitorous war against the United States in support of the institution of slavery doesn't make one a "very fine person", indeed quite the opposite.

While you may not believe trump is a racist sending dog whistle after dog whistle to white nationalists those white nationalists seem to think so: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/12/politics/white-supremacists-c...