Why Is Joe Rogan So Popular?
What made me realize the author actually missed the point of Joe Rogan.<p>&quot;...a key thing Joe and his fans tend to have in common is a deficit of empathy. He seems unable to process how his tolerance for monsters like Alex Jones plays a role in the wounding of people who don’t deserve it.&quot;<p>and<p>&quot;If we all have fatal flaws, this is Joe’s: his insistence on seeing value in people even when he shouldn’t, even when they’ve forfeited any right to it, even when the harm outweighs the good.&quot;<p>As judged by who? This kind of whining is <i>what drives his audience to him</i>. Providing a platform for anyone is tremendously good for democracy. Hyde Park in the UK, or the wall in Blueberry Park in Daniel Pinkwater&#x27;s excellent &quot;The Snarkout Boys&quot; series both spring to mind.<p>Yes, these political ideologies are &quot;bad&quot; (I&#x27;m not naming any here, fill in your own blank), but every idea, no matter how awful you find it, deserves a voice and public judgement.<p>When both Bernie Sanders, Ben Shapiro, and __Alex Jones__ happily go on the same podcast and have civil discussions, you&#x27;re doing something very, very, right.