Re:JRE Missing (Rogan episodes removed by Spotify)
by a_bonobo on Saturday February 05, 2022 @05:19AM
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>which bits of the madness turn out accurate.
But none of the bits in your example turned out to be accurate? Afghanistan was a disaster for a long time, and child sex traffiking rings involving the powerful have been around for a long time (Dutroux). He just adds conspiracy nonsense to these old stories?
Re:JRE Missing (Rogan episodes removed by Spotify)
by roenxi on Saturday February 05, 2022 @05:47AM
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If child sex trafficing rings are so common among the powerful then that then that should indeed be a top topic of conversation. If there was a more reasoned voice than Jones who wants to talk about that continuously then they should be getting a lot more press.
Re:JRE Missing (Rogan episodes removed by Spotify)
by nefitty on Saturday February 05, 2022 @05:40AM
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The worst impact Rogan has is the normalization of paranoid-conspiratorial logic under the guise of critical thinking. I mean, he's basically primed millions of people to be ready to eagerly accept bullshit.
Re:JRE Missing (Rogan episodes removed by Spotify)
by berenza on Saturday February 05, 2022 @07:43AM
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television does that way more than joe rogan.
Re:JRE Missing (Rogan episodes removed by Spotify)
by hammyhavoc on Saturday February 05, 2022 @10:04PM
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It appeals to a certain demographic that television doesn't. Whataboutism at its worst.
Eg, there was the Pizzagate thing where he apparently claimed that there was a child sex trafficing ring with political involvement in some pizza shop, but the actual child sex trafficing ring was Epstein. Or the war in Afghanistan was a disaster because it was an inside job when it turned out to be a disaster for more mundane reasons.
So on the one hand he's wrong about everything, and on the other hand it is entertaining trying to keep score of which bits of the madness turn out accurate. There is a hilarious argument that someone starting from his position and then taking a levelheaded approach to policy could get a better outcome in many instances than what actually happens.