Rogan is very much a liberal still, albeit an open minded one (not many exist these days). I think he describes himself as a 90s liberal. To make snap judgements about him based off of hours and hours of podcasts of his that I’ve listened to: he heavily pushes psychedelics, is very “pro choice”/pro-abortion, pro-welfare, somewhat anti-white, anti-Christian, pro-1st Amendment & pro- second amendment, anti-Catholic, fearful of being cancelled by Zionists, pro-globohomo, pro-trans propaganda to a certain extent such as going along with the pronoun crap, pro-green energy, goes on. He definitely flipped “for Trump” recently, but I think he flipped more-so against the unhinged tyrannical left and more for his buddies Elon and Dana and for RFK. Elon has his own reasons for flipping and definitely could be an anti-Christ. Dana is loyal to Trump. Agree with your points.
Good summation of Rogan, thanks for posting it, Luc. The psychedelics thing is interesting, I hadn't keyed in on that part of Rogan. I guess with his money he can buy as much of that stuff as he wants to consume.
I don't know if there's anything nefarious there. I think he's just a hippie. "Why can't we be friends" style. I get it. Used to feel the same way, before too many lines were crossed. If he had something hanging over him I don't think he'd be lukewarm, I think he'd be screeching about death camps like the rest of the freaks who fear justice.
I believe he is protecting his brand as a stoner who has no ideology. His anti-Vax stance along with the ensuing hysteria might have chastened him a bit. He does have FU money, perhaps he seeks acceptance. Not bad for a guy who had a bit part in the Talk Radio sitcom.
I’m no Joe Rogan fan, and I’m not writing in his defense, but he is human, he does use his own name, he does not conceal his identity. I’m not sure what standard of allegiance should apply after an election, but it is what he did prior to the election that earned my respect. Maybe he just wants to return to being “the guy who doesn’t mind bringing up uncomfortable stuff.” That’s ok with me.
We NEED squishy unaligned newscasters! The charm of Joe Rogan is that he lets his interviewees speak their mind, vs. playing gotcha games and interrupting/editing them. True, it leads to 3 hour podcasts which is way beyond my patience level, but more power to him, but if that's what it takes to produce high trust unbiased news sources, so be it.
Joe Rogan's late in the game endorsement had clout BECAUSE he played it neutral and he was thus heard by many who weren't in the Trump camp.
As a counter-example, Fox News is a failure because it is not fair and balanced. From the start it was blatantly in the Republican camp. A truly fair and balanced news channel would have been more beneficial to Republicans because independents would watch it. Imagine a parallel universe where we had a fair and balanced network which covered the Hunter Biden laptop in a timely fashion.
"The cultural climate shifted drastically once the population of the country saw Trump get shot and bravely raise his fist and shout “FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!” to his supporters."
This act went much farther toward winning the election for Trump than any last-minute Rogan endorsement did.
A larger share of young men voted for Trump in the 2024 election compared with four years ago. About 56% voted red this election compared with 41% in the 2020 election.
Young men will vote for heroes because they want to be heroes themselves. Further. Elon himself makes it very clear that it was that one single act of bravery and defiance under fire that galvanized him to go all-in for Trump.
Rogan has been burned at least twice before. He's not weak by any means, being an ex-MMA fighter, but he lost his youtube page when someone reported him for not toing the LGBTQ line. He's got spotify and it's a high wire act. If he pisses them off, he could get kicked off of Spotify as well.
That's enough to make any man think carefully before stepping into the line of fire.
True rebels aint worth 200 million or whatever. I never liked the smarmy guy after fear factor ended, myself. All his swearing seems so unauthentic. I am now convinced he's just another limited hangout. My pal Joey was one the grid for the Formula 1 pre-race in Austin. When they showed him on tv there was instantly a graphic at the bottom with his name...obviously pre-planned...
Good point, you don't get where he is by going too much against the system. Perhaps that is why he is so squishy? He moves where he needs to go to protect his franchise?
I'm not a consistent listener of his, only downloading those episodes that pique my interest. I think he's not hiding anything and he's got a plenty strong backbone, and in that sense I think he tries to keep some opinions to himself to maintain some semblance of impartiality.
I could be wrong, but I think you might be overthinking it.
Rogan started out years ago despising Trump. RFK despised Trump until quite recently. you seem to be trying to be more controversial lately? a bit like the 'gotcha' style of MSM. is that a strategy for more paid subscribers? dave
No, Dave. My strategy for paid subscribers is offering a discount on the subscriptions page. That's about it as far as that goes. 😂
But, as I have said before, I go where my mind takes me and Rogan has been on my mind, just at the edges of my awareness since the election. So I decided to write an article about it once I gathered enough of my thoughts about him.
Rogan is very much a liberal still, albeit an open minded one (not many exist these days). I think he describes himself as a 90s liberal. To make snap judgements about him based off of hours and hours of podcasts of his that I’ve listened to: he heavily pushes psychedelics, is very “pro choice”/pro-abortion, pro-welfare, somewhat anti-white, anti-Christian, pro-1st Amendment & pro- second amendment, anti-Catholic, fearful of being cancelled by Zionists, pro-globohomo, pro-trans propaganda to a certain extent such as going along with the pronoun crap, pro-green energy, goes on. He definitely flipped “for Trump” recently, but I think he flipped more-so against the unhinged tyrannical left and more for his buddies Elon and Dana and for RFK. Elon has his own reasons for flipping and definitely could be an anti-Christ. Dana is loyal to Trump. Agree with your points.
Good summation of Rogan, thanks for posting it, Luc. The psychedelics thing is interesting, I hadn't keyed in on that part of Rogan. I guess with his money he can buy as much of that stuff as he wants to consume.
I don't know if there's anything nefarious there. I think he's just a hippie. "Why can't we be friends" style. I get it. Used to feel the same way, before too many lines were crossed. If he had something hanging over him I don't think he'd be lukewarm, I think he'd be screeching about death camps like the rest of the freaks who fear justice.
I believe he is protecting his brand as a stoner who has no ideology. His anti-Vax stance along with the ensuing hysteria might have chastened him a bit. He does have FU money, perhaps he seeks acceptance. Not bad for a guy who had a bit part in the Talk Radio sitcom.
Good point, no arguing with his success. He's come far from where he started.
I’m no Joe Rogan fan, and I’m not writing in his defense, but he is human, he does use his own name, he does not conceal his identity. I’m not sure what standard of allegiance should apply after an election, but it is what he did prior to the election that earned my respect. Maybe he just wants to return to being “the guy who doesn’t mind bringing up uncomfortable stuff.” That’s ok with me.
A very fair point, Maria. Well said. 👍🏻
We NEED squishy unaligned newscasters! The charm of Joe Rogan is that he lets his interviewees speak their mind, vs. playing gotcha games and interrupting/editing them. True, it leads to 3 hour podcasts which is way beyond my patience level, but more power to him, but if that's what it takes to produce high trust unbiased news sources, so be it.
Joe Rogan's late in the game endorsement had clout BECAUSE he played it neutral and he was thus heard by many who weren't in the Trump camp.
As a counter-example, Fox News is a failure because it is not fair and balanced. From the start it was blatantly in the Republican camp. A truly fair and balanced news channel would have been more beneficial to Republicans because independents would watch it. Imagine a parallel universe where we had a fair and balanced network which covered the Hunter Biden laptop in a timely fashion.
"The cultural climate shifted drastically once the population of the country saw Trump get shot and bravely raise his fist and shout “FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!” to his supporters."
This act went much farther toward winning the election for Trump than any last-minute Rogan endorsement did.
A larger share of young men voted for Trump in the 2024 election compared with four years ago. About 56% voted red this election compared with 41% in the 2020 election.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2024/11/08/2024-election-young-voters-data/76115224007/
Young men will vote for heroes because they want to be heroes themselves. Further. Elon himself makes it very clear that it was that one single act of bravery and defiance under fire that galvanized him to go all-in for Trump.
Excellent points, Bill. 👍🏻
Rogan has been burned at least twice before. He's not weak by any means, being an ex-MMA fighter, but he lost his youtube page when someone reported him for not toing the LGBTQ line. He's got spotify and it's a high wire act. If he pisses them off, he could get kicked off of Spotify as well.
That's enough to make any man think carefully before stepping into the line of fire.
True rebels aint worth 200 million or whatever. I never liked the smarmy guy after fear factor ended, myself. All his swearing seems so unauthentic. I am now convinced he's just another limited hangout. My pal Joey was one the grid for the Formula 1 pre-race in Austin. When they showed him on tv there was instantly a graphic at the bottom with his name...obviously pre-planned...
Good point, you don't get where he is by going too much against the system. Perhaps that is why he is so squishy? He moves where he needs to go to protect his franchise?
I'm not a consistent listener of his, only downloading those episodes that pique my interest. I think he's not hiding anything and he's got a plenty strong backbone, and in that sense I think he tries to keep some opinions to himself to maintain some semblance of impartiality.
I could be wrong, but I think you might be overthinking it.
You could be right and, if so, it wouldn’t be the first time. 😉
Restacking is where its at - thank you!
His caution annoys me also, but whatever he helped Trump what does the rest matter. I didn't know who White was, but he's a good friend.
Rogan started out years ago despising Trump. RFK despised Trump until quite recently. you seem to be trying to be more controversial lately? a bit like the 'gotcha' style of MSM. is that a strategy for more paid subscribers? dave
No, Dave. My strategy for paid subscribers is offering a discount on the subscriptions page. That's about it as far as that goes. 😂
But, as I have said before, I go where my mind takes me and Rogan has been on my mind, just at the edges of my awareness since the election. So I decided to write an article about it once I gathered enough of my thoughts about him.