Joe Rogan Is An Idiot and Spotify Knows It

 

Back in June I pleaded with Americans to STOP LISTENING TO JOE ROGAN ...Really that should be for the whole world considering the digital age we live in...I stand by that post and honestly the jackass has continued to be an ignorant ass on his podcast...

As I pointed out in that previous post, Rogan has lead the vocal charge against ANTIFA...Yes, years before Trump yelled about the group/idea, Rogan was railing against it...To refresh, ANTIFA stands for ANTI-Fascist...So Rogan and Trump and Fox News and a great many other ignorant, fucking, dolts in this country are against a group/idea that is all about fighting Fascism...You know, like us Americans did in World War II...

Rogan likes to bitch about protesters, all while he tries to act like he is THE flag bearer for The First Amendment and Free Speech...You can't have it both ways meathead!

Then it came out on a couple recent podcasts, that Rogan was pushing a false story that "left-wing people," protesters/activists had been starting the forest fires in Oregon...This was proven false and debunked numerous times...Some of those times, before Meathead Rogan pushed to his loyal listeners who believe everything he says to be scripture...He let it sit out there for a few days before he (I think was told to by Spotify) apologized on Twitter and Instagram, saying "I fucked up on the podcast"...But didn't take to his most powerful tool, the podcast to apologize...

This is the guy, fucking people want to moderate a Presidential debate...Are you fucking kidding me? 

Now news is coming out that Spotify employees are pissed and want Rogan's podcasts fact checked and if needed, edited before they are posted...CEO, Daniel Ek has said he has had at least 10 meetings with employees about Rogan and the controversial things aired on his podcast...And according to Ek, “some of them want Rogan removed because of things he’s said in the past.”

One episode Spotify employees referenced was with Abigail Shrier, where she compared transgender youth to being like people with Autism...And her and Rogan both claimed that people are being pressured by the media to transition...Rogan saying, “You realize that people are not looking at this objectively...They are activists and they have this agenda and the agenda is very ideologically driven that anybody who even thinks they might be trans should be trans, are trans, and the more trans people the better.”

It's episodes like this that have Spotify employees wanting to not only have Rogan's shows fact checked and edited if needed, but also, ones like the Abigail Shrier episode, removed from the platform... Ek told reporters “Joe Rogan and the episode in question have been reviewed extensively. The fact that we aren’t changing our position doesn’t mean we aren’t listening. It just means we made a different judgment call.”  It is also reported that Ek told employees not to leak the conversations to the media...I guess they told Ek to fuck off on that one since here we are talking about it...

So, I say again...America, Stop Listening to Joe Rogan...

Also, Fuck Spotify, as they screw over musicians and don't pay them a damn...

#WakeUpAMerica

Wake Up America....#FascistTrump

Just a couple months ago, fully armed citizens screaming about their rights stormed state buildings with the full throated support of the President...No federal interference or militarized federal police were brought in...yet peaceful protesters in Portland, singing, chanting and using their First Amendment Rights have had #FascistTrump’s secret police beat on them and had them and haul them away...None of these 2nd Amendment gun nuts are standing up for the rest of the country’s 1st Amendment rights...Trump and they made it clear, they only think the 1st Amendment is for traitors who wave Nazi and Confederate flags.

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Stand up for Black Lives Matter, equality, basic human rights...and there is no support from the federal government...You are greeted with violence....

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This is what all this is about....The guy screaming about ANTIFA, which means ANTI-Fascist...Is a fascist!

The 14 characteristics of Fascism are, as written by Political Scientist, Dr. Lawrence Britt

1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
   Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
   
   
2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
   Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
   
   
3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
   The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
   
   
4. Supremacy of the Military
   Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
   
   
5. Rampant Sexism
   The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.
   
   
6. Controlled Mass Media
   Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
   
   
7. Obsession with National Security
   Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.
   
   
8. Religion and Government are Intertwined
   Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.
   
   
9. Corporate Power is Protected
   The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
   
   
10. Labor Power is Suppressed
    Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed .
    
    
11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
    Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.
    
    
12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment
    Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.
    
    
13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
    Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
    
    
14. Fraudulent Elections
    Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.   

We have seen all of these things from the Trump Administration...We being the people paying attention and not carrying traitor flags...Read through it again...Think...This is the playbook the Trump Administration and campaign are using...

The fact that a report came out today that Trump's appointed Post Master General is planning on slowing down Postal Service.... This is just another sign...You ask how?  Trump and many of his inner circle often vote by mail...Yet they are fighting states that allow it or want to allow it for the upcoming election...Slow down the postal service, limiting the days carriers are out, limiting how much moves each day, fucks with mail in voting...

He wants to control us...He wants to silence any voices that speak out against him...He wants to silence the voices that screaming against systemic racisms that his family and so many others profited from...  

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Right now, every city needs to rise up, like Portland....

I love you Portland!

America, Stop Listening to Joe Rogan

That's the look on Joe's face when he's falling into a trance from his latest guest....

-I'll start by saying, I like Joe Rogan's standup comedy...And I did like his podcast for awhile...Rogan always put a variety of people on with a wide range of topics getting covered on the podcast...He loved going down conspiracy theory rabbit holes, and bought into many...But then will bash certain people for buying into certain conspiracy theories...But as he does this, in the back of your mind you have to remember, he has repeatedly defended Alex Jones...The leader in pumping out conspiracy theories...Jones who screamed that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax, and his minions then taunted families of the victims...The victims being 6-7 year old children...While Rogan has repeatedly tried to say he didn't believe this and Jones shouldn't have said it, he still defended Jones and would say, "But look at all the stuff he was right about."

We're still looking and haven't found anything Joe!

-Joe Rogan has also defended Roseanne Barr for her racist, Trump-like tweets...Before she was even on his podcast Rogan was doing damage control for her on nearly every episode, saying "She's been working hard on her show, not sleeping well, on Ambien and drinking".....When she did the podcast he continued to give his full-throated support...

Not surprisingly, he has a soft spot for fellow comics...Yes, he defended Louis CK...He'll say what CK did was gross and inappropriate, but will hammer home how "Louis asked the women first," before he pulled his dick out and jacked off in front of them...He tries to ignore the story of CK jerking off while on the phone with a female comic...

Recently Comedian Chris D'Elia was outed for being a creep and trying to bang and groom underage girls...He's been on Rogan's podcast a number of times, and many shitty comedians who are in Rogan's circle, Brendan Schaub, Bryan Callen, Andrew Santino, Theo Vonn, have all made comments saying they didn't know anything like this was going on with D'Elia and they "hope he gets the help he needs"...Never mind the young ladies...The problem is, this fucking idiots, like Trump, don't seem to realize there is a permanent record of the shit they say...Because they all record podcasts and there are clips of all of them joking about D'Elia fucking young girls...So far Rogan has been quiet about it...I expect him to wait until it dies down and then he'll be defending his pals right to do standup and acting again, and he'll attack the "cancel culture" because people being pissed at a guy for creeping on young girls are far worse then the creep in his eyes...

-Joe Rogan has always prided himself on being in the middle Politically...You can see it in his comedy...There are things that lean left, and there are things that lean right, and to be fair, comedy is comedy and you go where the joke is...But on the podcast he often let both sides on issues get heard....And I felt his "I'm in the middle" thing was legit when he had put Tulsi Gabbard on the show multiple times, and vocally supported her...Of everyone that was in the massive field she was hands down, the most centrist...

But it seemed like there was switch...Rogan made a very strong stand against the Trump administration policy of taking illegal immigrant children away from their parents and sticking them in cages...There are a couple of powerful clips from his podcast on and it's great...But really, let's be honest...That topic seems to be an easy one to take a stand on and not get much backlash on...Anyone giving you shit about that one is an asshole...

Then, as it was clear that Tulsi Gabbard didn't have a shot, Rogan started talking about liking things Bernie Sanders was saying...Liberals, myself included loved this...You can't get much lefty then Sanders...Then he had Sanders on the Podcast and he ate it up....And then on a podcast after Sanders was on, Rogan said he'll "Probably vote for Bernie"...

The Right was pissed and went nuts and attacked...And the Anti-Sanders left went nuts and attacked....What did Rogan do...He hid in the corner...Mr. Tough Guy whined about the backlash he was getting...He had finally taken a political stance and didn't like that idiotic and misogynists things he had said were being dug up...He didn't like jokes were being picked apart...Honestly, I hate when people try to attack comedians over jokes, I think it's ridiculous...But instead of standing up like he did for Roseanne Barr, Louis CK and Alex Jones, he sulked...Then ran right and said he'd "rather vote for Trump over Biden"....

-How far right has Joe Rogan run? Well folks he is the leader in promoting anit- ANTIFA bullshit...Not Donald Trump, but Joe Rogan...I know that's shocking, but Rogan is in the lead because he's been spewing his bullshit against ANTIFA for a couple more years then Trump, thanks to his good buddy Alex Jones...What all three of these fucking idiots (and many others) don't get, is ANTIFA means Anti-Fascism...Here's the definition....Antifa is an anti-fascist political movement in the United States comprising a diverse array of autonomous groups....

So if I'm Anti-Fascist and you oppose Anti-Fascists, that makes you Pro-Fascist...You remember the most popular Fascists the world ever saw...Those would be the Nazi's...Joe, Alex, Donny, you guys are all fucking idiots!

The biggest problem with Joe Rogan is, he falls under a trance with any guests he perceives to be smarter than him...When it's idiot comics like Schaub, Callen and Vonn, he knows he's the smart one in the room, plus he's higher on the comedy food chain...He commands the room and speaks with authority...When it's a doctor, scientist, an author, a reporter, he lets them say what they want, and absorbs it, trying to grab onto a talking point he can use to make himself look smarter later down the road...

The worst cases are when he fan-boys out, like he does with Elon Musk...Recently, Musk, always try to make more money as he promises the world, but rarely delivers, and a Trump lover, was on Rogan's podcast stating his case on why his facilities should be allowed to reopen during the COVID pandemic...Musk informed the world that people, doctors, scientists weren't reading the numbers right...Only he reads them right and it's not that bad...This gave Rogan the firepower to play the percentage game...

Rogan and Musk and too many others like to give the percentage of COVID cases and deaths compared to the the population...It's easy to make it not sound as bad that way...But the facts are, globally there are now over 10 million cases...Over 500,000 deaths and of those deaths, the United States alone are about to hit 130,000...And the cases are surging, because of people like Rogan who have a huge microphone...It's shocking and sad because early on in this COVID mess Rogan took it seriously and repeatedly talked about his friend, comic, Michael Yo who had a very serious case of COVID...But as it often happens, Rogan's view changes when a guest shows up with a different take...Especially if it's his buddy Elon...So Musk spews his bullshit, Rogan eats it up and starts saying COVID isn't that bad and you don't need to wear masks...He has even, said people wearing masks are "bitches"...

Exactly what we should have expected from the true meathead he is, deep down inside...130,000 dead Americans and the numbers are growing every day, because you're afraid to look like a "bitch"....

Here's a clip, a rare time a guest calls Rogan out on his nonsense...Bill Burr tries to shut Rogan's bullshit down...Now they're friends and Burr went easier then I think he would have on a regular idiot, but you hear Rogan saying people wearing masks are bitches and Burr smacks him for it...It's one of the few times Rogan can't Alpha Male another comic...

-Rogan's podcast is a monster...He had a doctor on who said "take Vitamin D," it will help you beat COVID...Rogan repeated it...In two days Vitamin D was sold out everywhere...And hey, Vitamin D is good for you...But for all the times he promotes Vitamin D or says we shouldn't take kids away from their families and lock them in cages, there are for more moments of misinformation...Lies and cluelessness about ANTIFA, Elon Musk's skewed numbers, defenses of Alex Jones, masks are for bitches...He does as much harm than good...

And now he has signed a multi-year deal for his podcast to be exclusively on Spotify...It is rumored to be a $100 million deal...So as much as fans want to make him out to be a maverick and not part of the establishment, he's just like John McCain...He's no maverick, he is the establishment...They guy made his early big bucks hosting Fear Factor...Now he's to Spotify, what Howard Stern was/is to Sirius Satellite Radio...The Spotify deal solidified my growing unhappiness with Rogan...

Spotify is an evil corporation...They built the company on streaming music and now have moved hard into the Podcast game...I have never had a Spotify account and refuse to do so...Why? They made their name and money streaming music, but they don't pay the artists...Spotify does not pay the musicians/writers/artist...They pay the labels...Which is you know anything about the music business, they religiously fuck over the artist...Many artists have tried to fight against this system...They keep running into a brick wall...Rogan's wasn't the first podcast that I have walked away from because of an exclusive deal with Spotify...I'm sure it won't be the last...

At one time, Joe Rogan was good for us...He was great for the Podcast industry...Now, he's become a buffoon...He has started playing down to the lowest common denominator...And at this time, in this country that is the last thing we need.