• Joe Rogan, speaking Thursday on his podcast, said he preferred RFK Jr. for president.
  • By Friday, facing intense criticism from Donald Trump and his allies, the podcaster walked it back.
  • “I’m not the guy to get political information from,” Rogan said in a social media post.
  • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Well, he supported Bernie Sanders and even had him on his podcast.

    I don’t think he will go duopoly though, but who knows.

    Many working-class are leaning Trump.

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      As someone who is far more left than their family, even though I love my family and I just want them to see the light, I have first hand experienced why. I live in WV fully of working class citizens of the state and it’s all they know and it is even my step dad’s whole entire world/life. From the time he lays down to the time he gets up it’s like he is a contractor/manual labor worker all the time. We have had conversations about it the point it’s all he says he thinks about his how he is going to die working but doing work he loves. His Christmas gifts have been working related, birthday dinners all he knows is cheap American buffets and fast food all to raise me, send me to college, take care of my mom, and raise my siblings and he is a good step father. He loves us all but he isn’t without his flaws and his old ways and “tough love” mentality. He is an asshole to people who don’t understand what he does and if they are idiots at work and a sweet loving guy who isn’t abusive because, while he may never say it, was abused as a child and I think he wanted to change that.

      I love my family and my step dad with all of my heart but man I really wish they would just step away from social media and the Trump train. I have never asked to change but we have talked about it countless times and I have always made it clear I could never have certain friends over or introduce them because they can’t let go of their prejudice ways and I love my friends even more so than my family and seeing the positions they have been in before because they are black and gay it drives me to want to be around my family less and it’s sad.

      Anyways, if you made it this far. I can tell you first hand that the working class in closed off poor states are firm Trump supporters because of a variety of things but hearing first hand it always goes back to 1 thing. They are afraid of being replaced or having their hard work and their money be lost or unheard of. It’s all they have and fear of losing all you have in a state controlled by rich men you will latch on to anything that could be the problem other than the “rich men that understand the working class” which they truly and honest to fuck don’t. They listen to anyone who they think stands for them and those same people in power point fingers at the things they are afraid of and build hate and then hold my Step dad by the balls and take money out of his pocket all because he should be afraid of a Hispanic guy who also lived in a shit country getting paid minimal wage decided to come over and do the same in America only this time he is building the houses my step dad is. However, rich man points finger at the Hispanic guy saying he is the issue with lost jobs and the increase in drugs all while having no issues paying men to pay the Hispanic guy under the table for cheap labor and take advantage of the Hispanic guy.

      The working classes issue is they don’t know how to stop working or thinking about life and getting to know others outside of the work that has built them from a world where they have always had to work to live. They don’t have time to think about the Hispanic guy or ask him hard his or her life must have been. They don’t have time to save the money and leave a state that shields them or travel to another country because they either can’t afford it or they are fearful it will be stolen or taken from them when they return. The working classes issue is they don’t know how to just live life and it hardens the men and women from just opening up.

      My step dad is a one of the best workers I have ever met and he works hard for his money and I love him with all of my heart but God damn it pains me to see him have to work so damn hard to live all while just living a life believing Trump is going to save his working class when the man doesn’t give a shit about him or the working class because he has never known the working class.

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        Wow, great writeup and explanation of your experience within your family.

        To keep it short, some of my friends and family are also on the Trump wagon because they think he will fix the economy and lower taxes for the working class.

        They are young, and some have started their own families already. They are hard workers, only thinking about providing for their family while trying to enjoy life.

        Thank you for taking the time to voice your thoughts!

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    “I’m not the guy to get political information from,” Rogan said in a social media post.

    One of the most accurate things he’s ever said… but still not quite perfect.

    “I’m not the guy to get political information from,” Rogan said in a social media post.

    FTFY

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      Isn’t that his whole schtick? “Don’t listen to me, folks. I’m just the meathead asking questions.”

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        I don’t think he’s ever had a plan - so while that’s his schtick, I don’t think it’s like a smokescreen or anything. He’s just some dumbass who wanted to start a show to interview interesting people and smoke weed. But, when you’re interviewing fringe political figures, racists, snake oil salesmen, etc. you have a journalistic duty that Joe Rogan: dumbass, was not prepared for and didn’t understand. Now he’s in over his head. People take him seriously, and he agrees with some of the crazy people he’s brought on because he’s a dumbass

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          This is exactly the point that I couldnt even listen to the geology/ultra-athlete/astronomy pods, which I really enjoyed listening to.

          Once he couldn’t shut up about vaccines even though it was clear that nobody cared, it was a chore to listen to anything that he said.

          he wasn’t even asking interesting questions to the interesting people anymore, he just had a very boring, pointless agenda to return his way to in spite of his guests.

          I haven’t listened to any jre since the pandemic was still in full effect.

          I tried once last year with a guest I really wanted to listen to, but within 10 minutes he start ed saying something way more right-wing than he ever had before covid.

          oh I remember, he was listing the crazy amount of trans athletes that had won all these sports, and I was like well that can’t be true, and after checking, it was clearly not true according to the data.

          did one trans weightlifter win one gold? Yes.

          is one victory the statistical marker for trans athletes outperforming the other athletes in their field? Not at all according to the data we have.

          and this wasn’t even a sports guest, it was some completely unrelated field.

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        It’s almost like it’s his goal to get his guests to talk about their opinions. Shocking i know

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          When you seek out the shittiest of opinions to give them a massive platform, ehhhhhhh maybe not such a good idea chief

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            Who he chooses for guests is separate from how he behaves with the guests that show up.

            Regardless of which guests he had, his job is to get them talking.

            You weren’t wrong but that’s a completely separate issue

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    Only by pandering to the crowd can you still keep getting the likes, comments, shares you need to stay influential, so its the crowd that influences you. Your brand image — who the audience expects you to be — rarely stays in alignment with your ideal image — the person you want to be. By chasing the approval of others, you may, in the end, lose the approval of yourself.

    This phenomenon is called audience capture, and it can have dire consequences…

    https://marketingmemetics.com/essays/audience-capture

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        We went to the tapings a few times and Joe would do the crowd warmup before the show. I remember him saying, “I just flew in from the Million Man March, and boy is my hatred of white people tired,” and i think we should have seen maga coming. Off topic- we ran to our car that night because we were being chased by a man who was screaming, “hey, got any money?” That was kinda scary.

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        You know how there are those celebrities which you’ve never heard a single bad thing about? Andy Dick is the opposite of that. I have never heard an anecdote from anyone who has met him which doesn’t at least cast him as an asshole, and it’s often more of a super creepy asshole.

        Edit: But yes, News Radio was fantastic.

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          Can confirm. He kissed me on the mouth at a bar in the SFV. He was trying to embarrass me in front of his and my friends but didn’t like when i loudly proclaimed it to be like making out with a doormat that needed an altoid.

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      His $100m Spotify payday didn’t reduce his natural instinct to whore himself shamelessly because it’s not about the money, it’s about endless submission and being a spineless lil bitch

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        It’s mysterious how Spotify has so much money to give him, yet can’t offer lossless audio or pay artists well.

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    Rogan is the great litmus test for our society. He’s what a stupid person thinks a smart person is, just like how Trump is what a moron thinks a rich, successful person is.

    So obviously such a complete dope grifter for anyone with an IQ greater than their shoe size, and yet he serves a purpose by being the standard of who should bother to talk to in life. If anyone you know says “you know, Joe Rogan said something interesting the other day…”, well - then you know you can nod politely, and ignore everything that person saiys going forward.

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    Rogan seems the type that spouts strong opinions about everything and then doesn’t even vote.

    You know, like most of Reddit and Lemmy.