Looks like someone doesn't actually listen to JRE but parrots some talking head viewpoints instead.
> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.
I certainly understand not liking Rogan, but your comments aren't really on point. Idiot? Moron? Lacking personality? "always tried to copy the behavior of his guests and lacked own viewpoint"?
These do not appear to be the observations of someone who's actually watched the show.
But you're not right regarding me not watching "the show". I've seen the interview with Musk in which Musk said "this stuff doesn't work on me" while pretending to inhale smoke from a pot joint. I've seen Dan Aykroyd interview which was basically Dan Aykroyd advertising his skull-bottled vodka. I've seen dr. Rhonda Patrick episode, dr. David Sinclair episode and maybe 10 to 15 more episodes.
I'm not ashamed to admit that I went through a very brief "this guy is fucking cool!" phase but after really getting to hear what he's got to say, my opinion of him is that he's a behavioral copycat and a moron.
b) If I want to call Joe Rogan an idiot because I find his views and lack of intellectual rigour to be commensurate with that of someone who is ignorant and reckless then not sure what the issue is. He is a public figure after all.
I would argue it’s mostly a podcast, not a CNN/FoxNews interview. But since I only listen occasionally and feel there’s a lot of emotion attached to this subject ( for some reason ) I might be wrong…
It's so hard respecting people that still fall for Joe's obvious shtick at this point. A child just asking "why?" over and over would be as interesting, and would likely come without the platforming of altright folks and semi constant COVID misinformation.
Edit: honestly why did I even post in this thread. I guess I should've skimmed other posters comments before writing some of my replies. Yikes.
In other words, he hosts people with viewpoints that some disagree with. And with covid there is like about 6-12 month lag between when something is "misinformation" and it becomes "we always knew this'. Example: The vaccines don't stop transmission. Covid could have been a lab leak. Lockdowns fuck over the working class and kids. Etc, etc, etc...
Most of the time "misinformation" is just a derogatory way to frame something one disagrees with.
It does when they start affecting people's lives in serious ways.
For example him pushing ivermectin.
Having a large platform/following does not automatically make someone trustworthy. Low key, why do we live in a country where the opinion of an MMA judge/podcaster influences people so much, it's impossible to endlessly validate any claim.
We may need to transition to a more authoritarian model of speech in which content produced by an individual should be truthful, or we just endlessly play wac-a-mole on the latest rando who gains a following
The answer to this question is yes.
Have you ever had to make an effort to be overly agreeable with others in order to avoid conflict? I would imagine that a talk show host would make a point of trying to keep things civil in order to keep the "back and fourth" open.
If the guest and the host were immediately pissed at each other, it would be a lot more difficult to carry on a conversation.