He also had Bernie on and let him talk for hours to an audience of persuadable people. Two sides of the same coin.
Any winning coalition is full of dumbasses, get comfortable with it ASAP.
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I know you’re a stupid coward fan of shitposting person averse to the free exchange of ideas and probably have me on ignore but your post might be the first I’ve ever flagged unironically, so, can you, in your own words, explain why it’s not ok? Also, how you’re defining ‘glib’ while you’re at it.
edit: EDITED FOR CIVILITY
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How about explain to me why you Christian dudes get to call anything outside of the holocaust concentration camps?
(Hint: It’s because you don’t want any people kept in camps. The people (on the right) who made a big stink about this want those people in immigration detention centers. That’s why they’re so offended that the centers would be compared to the holocaust.)
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Rogan is not fine.
Trolly you’re 99% awesome but that is a terrible look.
I didn’t say he shouldn’t go on the program, go on the program, be polite n’ stuff, but don’t amplify the endorsement though. I used the word “slight” for a reason, I felt it was worth a comment but not much more.
Getting his endorsement is fine, though.
Completely agree and was trying to figure out a way to talk through that and failed basically when I thought of ye olde “david duke endorsed trump” route. Oh well.
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But like, it’s absurd not to amplify the endorsement, it’s a great endorsement for him. Rogan isn’t himself a reprehensible person. Like you’re wanting Bernie to not amplify the endorsement on the grounds that you don’t like Rogan’s show. Who gives a fuck?
This isn’t even deplatforming people, it’s deplatforming people who won’t deplatform other people. You can’t build a coalition like that, it’s literal political suicide.
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Was curious and first google result says Rogan gets 400 million views a month.
Yeah but sometimes opinions are expressed on his show that we don’t like, so let’s not court any votes from those people.
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Somehow Warren catches no heat for the endorsement of the SADDAM HAS THE WMD and MY GOD HILLARYS EMAILS newspaper. It’s all bullshit, don’t fall for it.
Healthcare, wages, more healthcare. Period.
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Rogan is himself utterly reprehensible, do you want receipts? His show gives abundant air time to the worst people in the country. Yeah, for sure I do not want to be associated with him.
Good news then, I guess even reprehensible Rogan-like people can be persuaded to vote for Bernie. Or we could just tell him and his fans to fuck off?
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That’s fine but do you want him and some of his viewers to vote for Trump or someone else (especially if that someone else made no sacrifices to his platform in order to win him over)?
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You don’t have to go out of your way to tell his fans to fuck off, you can treat Rogan’s endorsement as a non-event. I don’t know though, a lot of people 'round these parts have been telling “centrists” like Elizabeth Warren to fuck off, maybe the zero info MRA Islamophobes who listen to Joe Rogan can fuck off too?
In 2016 bizzaroland unstuckpolitics (well 2p2 at this point I guess) someone is arguing that Trump getting the endorsement from literal nazi David Duke is good because something something Killary something something own the libs.
Who gives a fuck what they think?
Let them vote for Bernie and against their interests. Fine by me.
Rogan is one of the most influential people in 2020 society whether you like it or not.
For me personally I think it’s time to learn a little something from the Republicans and try and win an election at all costs so we can get something done eventually. If that means tweeting about a Rogan endorsement that is like 1/100th the level of scumbaggery your average Republican would stoop to then so be it. Get a grip people.
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Also I think people coming out of the woodwork to nit pick Bernie (even on this very board) is a sure sign of Bernie’s momentum.
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