NomNomI listened to 170 hours of Joe Rogan’s podcast. Trust me, he hasn’t turned against Trump
circuitfarmerRogan is a great example of a few things:
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The Dunning-Kruger effect
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“I’m just asking questions” being used as an excuse to host an unbalanced number of individuals purporting one specific worldview
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Toxic masculinity posing as intellectualism
He is extremely popular with one particular demographic. That demographic tends to share the toxic masculinity and the Dunning-Kruger-fueled belief that they can be experts at everything from the armchair.
“I’m just asking questions”
Glenn Beck was (is?) big on that one too.
It’s not the question asked. It’s the first. Like hell have rfk on to spout nonsense about vaccines (made up example) and say he’s just looking at all views, just asking questions.
Well, if you have questions, ask a scientist that has studied it, not someone with a brain worm that directly caused children’s deaths due to misleading campaigns against vaccines on the Pacific islands.
Asking a terf on to talk about gender identity. Climate change deniers to talk about climate change. Asking trump on to talk about anything. It’s a way to muddy the waters about who is an expert while also making it unclear as to what the evidence says.