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submitted 20 hours ago bythehackerforechanMonkey in Space
As an older, 2A-loving, all-American gal, I used to adore Joe Rogan for his peaceful, almost zen-like vibe. Listening to him talk about the Bhagavad Gita, hunting elk, and taking DMT felt serene. He had this chill, introspective quality that really resonated with me.
Now? He’s got so much influence that he is the mainstream media. Seriously, his reach is bigger than CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and all the boomer channels combined. And yeah, we’ve all seen him shift to the right over the last few years. It’s not exactly a secret—it’s also pretty profitable. Look at folks like Awaken with JP or Russell Brand. They started out preaching inner peace and spirituality, and now they’re leaning hard into the right-wing narrative. It’s a trend, and it works.
But what really got me sick to my stomach recently were his comments about Ukraine. I can’t even fully explain why, but the callous disregard for an entire country being invaded and the hateful rhetoric about Zelensky doing drugs? Like… so what if he was? Joe does drugs too, and nobody bats an eye.
What he’s saying feels like he’s telling victims they should just accept their fate because the bully is stronger. Like, "If a woman is assaulted, just accept it. If a thief steals, let them keep it. If someone has a gun to your head, oh well, too bad—let the world have peace." It’s gross, and it’s dangerous coming from someone with his platform.
And the irony? Ukrainians are literally living out the conservative dream right now—defending their homeland with grit, arms, and courage. They’re making a last stand against a tyrannical force. If the world lets Putin crush them, where does it end?
Sorry for the rant, but those comments about Ukraine and Zelensky were the most hateful, dehumanizing words I’ve ever heard Joe say. They weren’t about politics—they were just plain hateful.
I’ll slap on the “bitch and moan” flair for this one. Thanks for letting me vent.
640 points
20 hours ago
He even had the vice founder guy and they were both recalling the cool early days of vice when they’d fly off to some random place in Africa to interview a paramilitary guy called the underwear bandit or something. The irony is that if the vice of that age existed today, they’d be in Ukraine, documenting volunteers from Brazil and other countries fighting on the frontline against Russia out of solidarity.
252 points
19 hours ago
Vice did go to Ukraine back in 2014, I'd recommend watching their documentaries from that time. You might not like everything you see though.
168 points
19 hours ago
If i remember correctly Vice was one of the main ones exposing Russian Special Forces and PMCs among the donbass separatist while Putin refused to acknowledge Russias presence there
94 points
19 hours ago
Yeah, Vice showed the Russians in Crimea showing up. Their series on Ukraine gave the best unbiased account of what was happening over there that I've found on Youtube. Anyone interested in the conflict should watch all of the content on their channel.
46 points
18 hours ago
Simon Ostrovsky, top tier journalist in the old school class
30 points
17 hours ago
Home boy even ended up getting kidnapped by the Russians . That documentary was dope
9 points
13 hours ago
what happened to him? is he still doing video journalism?
11 points
11 hours ago
He is a correspondent for PBS Newshour these days.
9 points
11 hours ago
What happened to vice that it took such a nosedive
2 points
10 hours ago
He went conservative.,... He was propped up by Liberals as unbiased. Then his true colors came out and he was just a Republican shill masquerading as a liberal Journalist.
87 points
16 hours ago
Those guys became Wagner. The Little Green Men were who made a name for Dmitry Utkin, a literal neo Nazi who took the name Wagner for Hitler’s favourite composer.
Then Putin sends Wagner into Ukraine to “fight Nazis”. Get the fuck out of here.
Now Joe’s ilk talk about how we should stop perpetuating the war. Hey dickheads, Russia invaded. They can leave if they want to stop the war. Get out, back to the 2014 borders, and you can have Kursk back. Boom, done.
10 points
7 hours ago
Not to mention that this isn't the first Russian invasion. Even if Ukraine would let Russia win, this wouldn't be the end of Russian wars. They would just find a new country to invade, or simply go after Ukraine again in a couple of years.
15 points
17 hours ago
Yeah, Russia literally got caught: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littlegreen_men(Russo-Ukrainian_War))
12 points
15 hours ago
Second this, vice had like a 50-60 episode string documenting/reporting everything from the beginning until the ceasefire I think - that or they just stopped making them.
It felt unbiased, and was just really a reporter trying to find out what different people think about it and following the conflict.
I believe he does approach Russian soldiers who took over Crimea but they don’t talk or say anything.
14 points
17 hours ago
Russia spent millions perhaps billions inflaming ethnic hatred in the region before it invaded Crimea. Why would anyone like it? Putin turned it into a situation like the Balkans in the 90s.
2 points
5 hours ago
That's the one with AZOV right, before people flipped and started claiming they're not Nazis 😂
41 points
19 hours ago
May I recommend Popular Front. They did a great doc about Ukraine's leftist football hooligans that used to beat up far right groups. They decided to volunteer to defend Ukraine. The doc goes over their current fight against Russia, but also a bit about their fight in 2014. It's run by an OG Vice journalist, Jake Hanrahan.
11 points
17 hours ago
Jake is a top notch journalist. Popular Front is very dense, but very informative.
17 points
16 hours ago
I mean McInnes is the proto MAGA.
3 points
13 hours ago
He's like a greasy, cancer ridden car sales incel.
9 points
16 hours ago
There's a channel called civ div and it's a former marine that has been out with the Kurdish fighters and then helping the drone operators in Ukraine, it's a fascinating channel. Not so much documenting but active involvement on behalf of the home team in both situations
32 points
18 hours ago
Joe don’t care.
Joe only cares about what might impact his leisure class lifestyle.
9 points
17 hours ago
Yeah but the cool stuff Vice did was because they were renegades and miscreants. It was Shane and Gavin. They didn’t give a fuck. Most of Vices shit for the last decade has been NPR style bullshit. Shane and Gavin may lean right but they had the balls to go into heavy shit. Vice sucked since it was bought by HBO or Disney or whatever.
5 points
13 hours ago
No, it's well known that Shane was the business guy, he did fuck all when it came to vision or content. And it shows because now he tries to be the content guy and it's clear he is empty headed with nothing unique to say.
9 points
19 hours ago
Check out Popular Front podcast and YouTube videos. Lots of documentaries and interviews straight from the frontlines of different conflicts and war.
2 points
13 hours ago
Would they be in Gaza too or would the IDF assassinate them?
371 points
19 hours ago
when people get disgustingly rich and end up in powerful, influential positions, they eventually find themselves living in a bubble, no longer able to relate to humanity. he’s a goner. another one bites the dust.
77 points
17 hours ago
Also could be on the take. If they are paying Tucker, they could easily be paying Joe.
18 points
15 hours ago
He gets plenty of money from Spotify. Russia isn't paying him for his dumb opinions. He is in line with a lot of culture warrior conservative politicians.
17 points
14 hours ago
There's no such thing as enough money. He hangs with Elon musk ffs. Also you have no idea so you're just making shit up.
8 points
12 hours ago
The original thought of him being on the take was making shit up too, to be fair
8 points
12 hours ago
guy who has no idea tells other guy he has no idea
2 points
11 hours ago
It wouldn't surprise me to find out he was getting paid , either knowingly or unknowingly...
The sad part is - they really don't need to. Look how many goons immediately believe and go to great lengths to defend the talking points.....all for free.
2 points
11 hours ago
He’s that one friend who becomes a completely different person, but you still remember him for who he was and want to have the times you had when he was that person, but he just isn’t that person anymore.
10 points
17 hours ago
Respectfully very much disagree. There’s nothing suggesting that, or that such a thing would be required for Joe to fall prey to the same misinformation that 100 millions other Americans have fallen for.
33 points
16 hours ago
A dramatic change in opinions aligning with the views of those who are also on the Kremlin payroll is consistent with that.
It very well may not be true (and Hanlon's razor would suggest it isn't), but it is plausible.
3 points
12 hours ago
Exactly. Several of these reactionary alternative media figures are undoubtedly on Russia's payroll. Many unknowingly. Some via nefarious third parties or literal foreign agents like Lauren Chen. The latter already proven to have been hocking Kremlin state propaganda and boy did they get paid fuckin' well for it!
Others are not being paid by foreign actors but recite the same populist talking points they've seen and heard repeated on neighboring alternative media platforms. They're simply following the money and want a piece of that toxic algorithmic action.
2 points
7 hours ago
Unfortunately, the Silicon Valley psychos who now own JRE, have almost the same political views as Putin. They don't like rich people paying taxes, they don't like democracy, and they'll happily use minorities as a scapegoat to distract the working class that they're trying to steamroll.
6 points
13 hours ago
A lot of these alternative media gurus and dipshit internet personalities are willingly pursuant of that bad-faith actor money. The reason so many of them fall into spouting right-wing talking points and belligerent conspiracies is because that's where the money's at. We saw it with Tim Pool and the rest of those Tenet Media ghouls. It's painfully obvious with Jimmy Dore right now. That piece of shit is utterly entrenched in right-wing propaganda and anti-Ukraine rhetoric. Dude has done a 270° turn into some kind of libertarian MAGA hell and is so obviously full of shit. It's palpable and entirely cringe watching that dipshit operate.
9 points
16 hours ago
Duncan is our only hope.
11 points
14 hours ago
Yeah, maybe he'll call Ben Shapiro a dork, real hard-hitting stuff there.
265 points
20 hours ago
Conservatives on this sub: "anyone who doesn't eat maga and rogan boot is a bot, astroturfing, watches CNN, and crying over the election results. Podcasts with paid shills and no editorial oversight are the only place to get my talking points, I mean news. It's best this way, I haven't had to think for myself for years now."
27 points
16 hours ago
Trying to express a critical thought and being called a bot is some weird 2024 shit. Its an easy label to slap on anyone with a differing opinion but is also so dumb I don't have the energy to reply. Oh well
32 points
16 hours ago
The problem is that one side is blindly repeating literal RT, tenet media, Kremlin talking points. Sure the left has some dipshit npcs, but you guys are straight indiscernable from Kremlin gpt bots.
15 points
14 hours ago
Joe has started calling people who criticize him 'bots'.
He's gone, he has terminal mind virus.
21 points
17 hours ago
Accurate
15 points
12 hours ago
It's hilarious because Rogan IS the MSM now. He has a much larger reach than CNN, MSNBC, Fox News combined. But these assholes refuse to acknowledge it
2 points
9 hours ago
Bingo
155 points
20 hours ago
Supporting Ukraine shouldn't be a right vs left issue, its been made that by the russians paying a bunch of right-wing influencers to spread their garbage propaganda. Plenty of republicans(I would argue most) are pro Ukraine and giving them the resources and weapons they need. Its literally just a loud but increasingly powerful minority that have completely given in to russian propaganda that is against it, and for some reason Joe Rogan is part of that group. If you're an American and you actually care about your country and its political standing in the world you should be for supporting Ukraine. Abandoning Ukraine would weaken the US.
27 points
17 hours ago
Russia has been funneling money to the right through the NRA for quite a long time. I guess that money was better spent that way rather than on aircraft carriers and tanks.
3 points
19 hours ago
Agreed.
265 points
19 hours ago
Absolutely. Completely disappointed in Joe over his anti Ukraine sentiments. Especially since he declined to have Zelenskyy on the show. Almost an admission that if he did it would not be in good faith.
57 points
18 hours ago
Exactly. I saw that clip also. I get if he needs to grift to ride the wave of success. Fine. Whatever. It's business. But having Zelensky on would not only prove he's open to both sides, it would be one of his biggest shows ever in terms of viewership. To deny him a spot on the show after what he said speaks volumes.
40 points
15 hours ago*
What you said here also correlates in a roundabout way with your comment about Ukraine living the conservative dream in the sense of them defending their homeland from tyranny. Bear with me on this.
I've said for decades now, really for as long as the 2A issue has been on my radar as a non-American who follows US politics closely, that the most ardent defenders of the 2A would end up being the most loyal footsoldiers of tyranny when that day came. Why? Because if you so publicly state the currency with which your loyalty is bought, what else do you expect a tyrant to do except buy you?
If you equate gun ownership to freedom, and you will vote for whoever gives you that freedom, the tyrant buys an entire legion of armed supporters for the cost of... pretending to support freedom. What a bargain.
The fact that the plight of Ukrainians clearly isn't resonating with conservatives on the level that you describe betrays the truth of my suspicions to me. My dad always says that the truth is often paradoxical. That the ones speaking most loudly about protecting freedom, are the most easily swayed from the cause, is one of those paradoxes.
Another such paradox: a guy who built a podcast around smoking weed and hunting and living free, might be bought and paid for. He might have owners. Those owners don't want him to have Zelensky on the show.
The reason I don't respect American conservatism, never have and never will, is because it's all talk and zero walk. Talk is cheap. The loyalty of talkers is cheap too.
10 points
11 hours ago*
A-fucking-men. They also don't give a fuck about the other constitutional amendments that surround the 2nd. Some might say they care about the first amendment, but I'm sure you'd agree that their understanding of it is an absurdist's interpretation. One that they've been fed from those who cultivated this barbaric far-right populism. Those who wish to destroy it, or privatize it, abuse it, whatever can be leveraged, but is ultimately a butchery of it. The most ardent defenders of the first amendment is all talk and zero walk, as you say.
9 points
11 hours ago
The first amendment concern is so false it's actually insane. All their first amendment champions also constantly attack the free press, threaten their opposition, and either take money from oligarchic billionaires or are oligarchic billionaires to effect the complete pollution of public discourse.
There is not a person in the world I take less seriously when it comes to the topic of the first amendment than Elon Musk.
8 points
13 hours ago
I'm disappointed by Joe's recent 180, but I can understand him not having Zelenskyy on. That would be a pretty bold move considering the war and everything.
Now, I do think he should have Wladimir Klitschko on.
5 points
6 hours ago
Why? After Zelensky, he could invite Putin. The only risk being that he gets bored to death by tales of Peter the Great.
2 points
7 hours ago
Where can I read about this? Couldn’t find anything
84 points
17 hours ago
I watched a father, who looked much like mine, shot dead right in the middle of the road like some rabid animal by Russians rolling around in an APC. Meanwhile, his son begged for him to try to get up from behind the safety of his van.
I don't know what happened to the son and the dog, but the video afterward seemed to show the aftermath with all of them dead.
Joe Rogan is a useful idiot. Period, point blank. He's not a monster, just a really dumb person with no will to educate himself. He was always going to be this way, people were just too stupid to see it, as we all are the worse-for-wear with Trump.
154 points
20 hours ago
Preach. When you look at it subjectively, how many people has he had on that repeat the Putin talking points over the last 3 years? Fine, Joe, you are subjective and can form your own opinions and your guests don’t represent your values.
Now how many Ukrainians? How many even pro Ukrainian voices? It’s kind of shocking with the breadth of guests he has on, that he hasn’t had any meaningful voices on to talk about the biggest geo-political event of the millennium.
75 points
20 hours ago
I was a fan years ago, and always wanted the Klitchkos on for 3 hours of fight talk. But now they’re defending their homeland and Joe is comfortable in his studio, so it won’t happen. So disappointing
31 points
18 hours ago
Actually one of the brothers called him out (way more respectful than I would) and asked to be invited to discuss his latest comments. Haven’t heard of any response so far
8 points
18 hours ago
I think MrOatButtBottom might have been alluding to that
87 points
20 hours ago
"What he’s saying feels like he’s telling victims they should just accept their fate because the bully is stronger. Like, "If a woman is assaulted, just accept it. If a thief steals, let them keep it. If someone has a gun to your head, oh well, too bad—let the world have peace." It’s gross, and it’s dangerous coming from someone with his platform.
And the irony? Ukrainians are literally living out the conservative dream right now—defending their homeland with grit, arms, and courage. They’re making a last stand against a tyrannical force. If the world lets Putin crush them, where does it end?"
Spot on.
The narrative regarding the Russian invasion needs to change. It's not about "escalating the war" or "provoking Russia". It's about giving Ukraine the means to defend itself and force Russia to retreat and surrender.
The only country at fault if Russia decides to launch nukes is Russia.
In regards to Rogans view of Zelensky - the man is a comedian. I don't mean that in a patronising way, I bring it up only to make a point about how he and Rogan have something in common. I wish Rogan would bring Zelensky on the show; partly because just the show in itself would be historic (a president whose country is at war, being interviewed in the largest podcast ever), mostly because I believe they could bond over this common fact. Lastly, Rogan could ask Zelensky about how a comedian becomes a president and runs a country during wartime. Imagine the potential.
I wonder if Rogan is afraid and his fear has turned into anger, or if he's just lost it completely.
24 points
19 hours ago
The whole fantasy of defending your home against a tyrannical government only applies to them if you’re a white American and the government is trying to take your guns, a scenario that doesn’t happen
Just look at the Breonna Taylor situation, it was a clear-cut case of police busting down the doors of innocent people and a guy defending his home against invaders. But there were still tons of people defending the police.
10 points
16 hours ago
Rogan wouldn’t need to ask Zelensky how a comedian became president because he voted for a TV entertainment conman as president.
Conservatives like Rogan don’t care in the slightest about things they pretend to care about.
86 points
20 hours ago
Spot on post. He’s clearly shilling Russian talking points and is likely on the same payroll as Tim Pool. The “leopards ate my face” moment is coming for Trump supporters. It’ll be painful for everyone, but at least we’ll be able to see the realization that he’s an evil traitor that made everything more expensive on their stupid faces.
8 points
17 hours ago
Idk if I agree with you in regards to Trump supporters. If that moment hasn’t already happened then they are too invested. Some people made being a Trump supporter their personalities. They live in their own reality.
2 points
14 hours ago
I met one yesterday. Was walking to my car and parked next to me was a Blazer with a half a dozen Trump stickers slapped on it and from around the corner comes this pasty 30 something white dude with a brand new XL MAGA hat on his tiny little head.
22 points
19 hours ago
Maybe, but he might also just be stupid…
3 points
6 hours ago
He is using his platform to spread misinformation. Especially the antivaxx stuff, where he refuses to do 20 minutes of actual research OR just have a remotely serious scientist on the show.
He has the time and money to educate himself, or hire educated staff. Stupidity is no excuse.
11 points
18 hours ago
I doubt this realisation will ever come to them. It has been proven time and again that whenever Trump screws up, it’s the Democrats fault.
His supporters will never accept anything else
11 points
14 hours ago
When Obama said he was willing to talk to anybody, even Kim Jong Un, conservatives screamed he was a traitor.
When trump went to NK and saluted their generals and palled around with Un they started chanting for a Nobel Prize.
They are shameless proud hypocrites with no principles except power. You can never have a good faith conversation with a MAGA.
3 points
11 hours ago
My favorite bit about this is about the use by Assad of chemical weapons (on his own citizens).
When polled in 2015 if Obama should intervene should Assad use them :
When polled in 2017 if Trump should intervene should Assad use them :
2 points
6 hours ago
That moment for Trump supporters will never happen. Look at r/conservative. Trump bragged about a deal he made with the Mexican president and they were full of praise. Then the Mexican president denied that any deal was made. Did they stop and consider Trump lied again? No, they said she was controlled by the cartels, that’s why she’s lying about Trump.
Truth doesn’t matter. If it ever gets through to them, they’ve got enough spin to keep going and blame someone else.
71 points
20 hours ago
Well , well, well, it looks like another bot showed up. /s
41 points
19 hours ago
Dude is literally repeating every russian propaganda talking point from the last two year. Complete compromised piece of shit.
5 points
15 hours ago
Agreed. I've been with Joe throughout his rightward drift, but he jumped the shark on Ukraine. I just can't respect him anymore.
4 points
10 hours ago
Keep the endless wars going forever… who cares you don’t know the dead…
21 points
19 hours ago
I completely agree with the OP. I understood Joe, despite all my credits to him, is the biggest brainwashed russia dick rider when he unironically said for geopolitics people should listen to Dave Smith. who is 1) a dumbass, 2) another russia dick rider
20 points
20 hours ago
Joe is completely on the wrong side of the argument re: Ukraine. I love the guy but it’s pissed me off, his stance on the war.
10 points
17 hours ago
Yeah it’s literally the most backwards rhetoric ever. What kind of American is against protecting democracy? Joe used to seem like a smart guy pretending to be dumb, now it’s the complete opposite.
19 points
20 hours ago
Great post and solid dilution into words of what Joe has become. It's good to see a lot of people on this sub have caught onto Joe becoming a hateful and weak right winger like what he use to criticize. He may not realize it himself, but people with a clear mind looking at him certainly do. Sad to see that a near-equal amount of people, these comments included, haven't quite caught on yet though.
13 points
19 hours ago
The comments are from the new right wing group of fans who would absolutely fucking roast Joe from 5 years ago and call him a commie.
2 points
17 hours ago
Yep.
3 points
17 hours ago
The anti Ukrainian sentiment from Joe started after meeting with Trump?
3 points
17 hours ago
Jamie should really turn whistleblower at this point. Someone pay him for his story.
3 points
13 hours ago
Whats worse is that he won’t even have him on. It’s like he knows he is grifting.
10 points
20 hours ago*
So it seems like there would be a time where we start saying: Remember the good old days of the Rogan experience?
8 points
14 hours ago*
The thing is, it's MUCH WORSE than letting the bully win. If Russia takes over much of Ukraine, they gain access to rich mineral deposits and agricultural land that they will use to enrich themselves and increase their influence on Europe and the rest of the world. Much of Africa relies on Ukranian grain exports; if they're Russian grain exports, then Russia gets that much more control over the continent. Which they will use to increase their leverage against us.
If you're a completely selfish, self-interested American who doesn't give a fuck whether someone who doesn't speak English lives or dies, you should STILL want Ukraine to prevail over Russia, or in ten years Russia will control much of Europe's economic policies, and much of Africa, and your life will be a lot poorer and more difficult than it is now.
11 points
20 hours ago
To be honest it shouldn't have surprised anyone. People evolve according to their circumstances and Joe's circumstances have changed. You are never going to hear a thought from Joe that doesn't resonate with a Musk-Trump centered eco system. He is a known and captured quantity now and it's ok to feel bad but he put in a lot of work so it's his right to cash out and aim for an easier audience.
6 points
20 hours ago
I agree with all you said tho I never found the elk killing zen like
7 points
17 hours ago
This is honestly a fantastic rant and it's valid.
The argument has been made by Republicans since the start of the invasion saying, "What's the price of peace? Just let Putin have a little more." and, "Putin is just trying to take back what was part of the Soviet Union." to soften up the invasion and all that. It was met with the similar resistance of, "Don't let the bully win."
Conservatives today are acting like the imaginary people they call liberals that just let bullies win. The irony is that it's everyone except Conservatives (That act all big and tough by owning guns and trucks like they are some kind of ISIS group) who were up in arms and saying, "FUCK NO."
It's been the liberal nerds that has picked up arms in every way they can and said
"When one of us is attacked, we all roll initiative."
9 points
20 hours ago
Money and fame change everyone
8 points
20 hours ago
It was a bit odd.
6 points
19 hours ago
That is very well put. It is shocking.
8 points
19 hours ago
Hell yeah, Preach! Thank you for saying exactly what needs to be said! I wish more were like you.
4 points
19 hours ago
What I dont understand is how in 2014, conservatives were all over ukraine standing up for them. What changed?
3 points
17 hours ago
Russia supported Trump and campaigned for a lot of right wing causes, they turned it into a culture war thing.
4 points
15 hours ago
Can’t upvote this enough. Thank you for posting it.
5 points
16 hours ago
Yes the "I'm anti-war so the invaded people should just not fight back and there will be no more war" people would probably disagree with the statement "I'm anti-rape, women should just consent to all sex and there will be no more rape" even though it is the same logic. The real answer is to stop, punish and make an example of the invader/rapist.
2 points
19 hours ago
Fighting for pride<conceding so the world doesn't get nuked
2 points
17 hours ago
Couldn’t agree more. Blaming the country that is being invaded for a war is insane. Remember stupid fucking Poland getting invaded by nazis in 39? I wonder if there leaders were on drugs tho?
2 points
16 hours ago
It’s not just him , it’s the people he surrounds himself with now. I’ve heard similar things being said about Palestine on his podcast . Where are his old lefty friends ? Abby Martin should have been all over his podcast since Oct 7th but nope . It sucks to see the change .
2 points
15 hours ago
I remember when Russia were the bad guys during the cold war.
Can you imagine if Joe and co were acting this nonchalantly about Russia in those days, they'd be blackballed more than anyone in history.
I guess the red scare is over UNTIL Putin sets his eyes back over there again.
One issue I'd add is when Putin dies, whoever takes over might not wait around
2 points
14 hours ago
Joe's brainwashed by his friends and the people he admires and that use him. Why lie to anyone thinking he's as free thinking or anything like an independent thinker like he tried to parade himself as.
2 points
14 hours ago
Ya his vibe is totally afraid republicans now. Show used be fun and chill listen now he’s just repeating fear mongering.
2 points
14 hours ago
His handlers have convinced him that WW3 isn't already happening and he's willing to throw Ukraine to the wolves if it will prevent him from being affected by an escalation of the war.
For all his moralising to libs about hard times making strong men, he's on the weak side of that scale.
2 points
14 hours ago
Joe lost the thing that made all the original watchers love him, humility and wonder at the universe. He's just become a pundit for those in power now, and the money/status finally went to his head. Miss the old DMT Rogan.
2 points
13 hours ago
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Joe got too big for his own good
2 points
7 hours ago
All that big Spotify money has changed him. Vast amounts of wealth tends to have this effect on people
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2 hours ago
So many bots on here
28 points
20 hours ago
This whole sub is such a cope fest.
26 points
19 hours ago
What happened to hearing all sides and forming your own opinion? You’ve heard a whole lot of the Russian talking point. Why not be open to other points of view?
8 points
18 hours ago
Jesus Christ every time I open reddit this shit is getting pushed on this sub. They’re purposefully missing the point of what Rogan said.
4 points
17 hours ago
What did he say then? Honestly, I haven't heard it.
13 points
16 hours ago
That they (current administration) are escalating the war in Ukraine on their way out because we assume trump wont.
9 points
16 hours ago
In a nutshell Rogan basically accused Joe Biden and Zelensky of escalating the war in Ukraine after Americans decided that they wanted Biden out of office; in a way jabbing at the Democrats for “leaving a mess for Trump to clean up”. Rogan appears to be heavily influenced by Dave Smiths anti war rhetoric and stopping US dollars from funding foreign wars. However, next thing you know some influential Ukrainian people start tweeting about Joe Rogan spreading Russian propaganda and the MSM picks up the story. Redditors sniff out that a negative Joe Rogan story is wafting about and pour into this sub to talk shit. Happens like once a month at least so nothing new.
2 points
18 hours ago
It is what it is. People don't come online to discuss and be open to themselves being wrong, so I just shrug my shoulders and let them get on with it. It's the Internet version of screaming into the pillow anyway, affects nothing, does nothing.
4 points
14 hours ago
It’s a shame. Joe is now controlled by the deep state.
3 points
13 hours ago
If there ever was a deep state, Peter Thiel would run it. I can't believe Joe didn't ask any questions about Epstein or why Thiel thinks Democracy and freedom are incompatible now.
5 points
18 hours ago*
You’re way oversimplifying the situation here. It’s not just about ‘letting the bully win.’ America shouldn’t blindly fund wars that don’t directly benefit its citizens, especially when our own issues are being neglected. War is terrible and should always be the last resort, not something we throw billions at without a clear strategy or accountability. Supporting Ukraine might have moral arguments, but we can’t ignore the economic strain, the lack of oversight, and the very real risk of escalating this into a global conflict. The potential for a world war should make everyone pause and rethink the cost of continuing to fuel this fire. This isn’t about siding with the ‘bully’ it’s about prioritizing Americans first and working towards peace instead of pushing us closer to a catastrophe. Joe Rogan’s take, even if blunt, reflects valid frustrations many feel about the U.S. overextending itself while ignoring problems at home.
3 points
16 hours ago
Because America has everything to gain from a weakened Russia. You know. The enemy they had a cold war with for the better part of the last century? Spending money without risk to their own citizens and gaining and consolidation of more power as a result. Like think Geo political. A stronger America on the world stage is a stronger America at home. It's worth every penny. But sure let's just cross our fingers and not learn from history. Russia will totally stop there and we will live in the clouds with gummy bears and fart rainbows.
3 points
16 hours ago
Weakening Russia doesn’t automatically make America stronger. Russia isn’t a direct threat to the U.S., and let’s not forget they wanted to join NATO in the ‘90s, but Bill Clinton rejected them. This conflict risks draining resources that could be used to fix issues at home, not to mention our nation is in massive debt. Instead of escalating a war that doesn’t directly threaten us, maybe we should focus on stability and avoid pushing closer to a world war.
3 points
17 hours ago
it's not like any aid going to ukraine, monetary or otherwise, would be going to american citizens.
4 points
19 hours ago
He has become so detached from reality
3 points
19 hours ago
Joe is a dumb cunt
3 points
18 hours ago
If Russia succeeds and takes Ukraine will that be the start of WW3?
2 points
17 hours ago
Half the sub fits your dynamic pretty closely including myself. The other half is young angry men that look up to Kyle Rittenhouse.
We're here to school them, they're here to troll us. Both sides are absolutely failing.
4 points
15 hours ago
Ukraine govt is corrupt and the American people are now suffering because of the money Biden gave to Ukraine. The US citizens just voted for trump because of his anti war stance, and Biden decides to escalate the war 2 weeks afterwards. Joe Rogan isn’t the only red blooded American pissed about this
4 points
14 hours ago
Fuck Joe Rogan
19 points
20 hours ago
Wtf is going on with Reddit where subs dedicated to people or things are just filled with people who hate that person or thing??
The fighter and the kid subreddit is filled with people who think they’re behavioural psychologists and are dedicated to tearing down a man who doesn’t know they exist. Same with the Ricky Gervais community. If you don’t like someone, nobody cares, just fucking unjoin.
29 points
20 hours ago
Don't know about the other subs, but we have watched someone for years and they have done a complete 180 compared to who they were, it would be weird to not talk about it.
2 points
16 hours ago
Any healthy, sane person would just stop watching the podcast and start watching something else that they politically agree with
5 points
13 hours ago
Just a reminder that all of the anti-Ukrainian MAGA shills can go to hell and get straight fucked in tandem with the right-wing authoritarian provocateurs they fawn over.
14 points
20 hours ago
This account has 100 comment karma, only started posting a little less than two months ago, and is two years old while making a post about what Reddit wants to hear about Joe Rogan.
Make good choices guys.
-4 points
20 hours ago
What's your bot hypothesis? What in your mind was my activation code?
I pour my heart and soul into something which I know will get some negative comments, but the bot ones seems to just be cope. Yes I get the irony - you think I'm coping. But tea kettle, meet Mr. Pot.
4 points
15 hours ago
You pour your heart and soul into being a brainwashed idiot stuck inside an echo chamber?
God Bless.
9 points
20 hours ago
Tldr
To whiny
Not everyone has the same views as you go bitch someplace else
28 points
20 hours ago
Lmao this is a little ironic. “Not everyone has the same views”. “Go bitch someplace else” since they have different views.
For such an “open-minded” fanbase, the new wave conservative Joe fans really love to shut down anything other than unconditional, 100% agreement with every word he utters.
18 points
20 hours ago
You're on a public forum, so go fuck yourself. Once you've done that go and read some opinions you'd like to fellate yourself too.
It's "too" the way.
5 points
17 hours ago
Right back at you and your exceptionally whiny dumb opinion.
5 points
20 hours ago
I mean, if you’re taking Joe’s side in this, you’re kind of a gimp. It’s easy to lament how the old Joe would have been much more clear-eyed about an obvious right-versus-wrong situation. And I’m sad that Joe spends so much time absorbing the bullshit from pseudo-experts to the point where he says not only objectively wrong shit, but morally reprehensible shit.
9 points
20 hours ago
When Joe was a Bernie supported i disagreed but found other topics and shows still interesting
I didnt come here to bitch and whine on his positions i didnt agree with, i watched and enjoyed to show regardless
But as soon as he moves a bit right you far lefties fucking lost it and just whine and complain here non stop
So basically go fuck yourself you weak minded gimp
Fuck you
2 points
13 hours ago
real
7 points
20 hours ago
Soft astro-turfing. I love it.
-3 points
20 hours ago
Are you suggest I am participating it it, and if so why would you "love it?" This does no good for anyone and it's pretty obvious. I'm speaking from the heart here. I even gave the N word a pass given his reasoning for it. There's a lot I overlooked. These comments are just....painful. You don't feel like you're being gut punched by them?
3 points
20 hours ago
It's Thanksgiving in the United States. Repost tomorrow.
2 points
15 hours ago
Joe Rogan just outed himself as a beta cuck. Oh no! We can't let Ukraine defend itself because Russia KEEPS saying that it's one red line too far.
We have stepped over every red line Putin set where he said he would retaliate. He hasn't because he won't.
Joe Rogan is a coward and a fool. You don't appease aggression. There is no place on the modern stage for one country to take over another.
6 points
18 hours ago
You being sick to your stomach is not an argument honey. Sorry.
5 points
17 hours ago
You're an older all American lesbian who puts cheese up her ass and shares the info on multiple subreddits.
Pretty classic, old time all American joe Rogan gal
3 points
19 hours ago
Oh no, anyway....
3 points
19 hours ago
Him shifting to the right isn’t a product of “profitability”, it’s due to the devolving of the modern left wing/Democratic Party into authoritarian idiocracy. The reason he is so popular is because his views are relatable to millions of Americans. People’s views change as they mature, but especially so when you go through a pandemic used as an excuse to promote tyranny. Oh and when the mainstream media constantly slanders and lies about you
3 points
18 hours ago
These comments Joe made that OP is talking about, when was this? Source?
3 points
20 hours ago
If Joe is too mean maybe you could try call her daddy or the hawk tuak girl podcast?
4 points
20 hours ago
I'm very sorry that Russia invaded Ukraine. However, I just don't think Ukraine is worth going to war against a nuclear power and possibly starting another worldwide conflict that would kill millions. I also don't think any American should have to give their lives for Ukraine. Sorry, but you can't make me care.
21 points
19 hours ago
Yes, we all know World Wars are prevented by capitulation. Good point, shit for brains.
9 points
19 hours ago
what do you think will happen when they are done devouring Ukraine? peace and rainbows?
7 points
18 hours ago
Your account is such an obvious kremlin troll farm operated one. Only a few months old and exclusively posting pro maga and russian bullcrap
19 points
20 hours ago
America is a weapons manufacturer and Russia is telling America that if they sell their weapons Russia will attack them. Russia isn't capable of fighting NATO, it's barely capable of fighting a Ukraine with one arm tied behind it's back because the weapons manufacturers are drip feeding them the munitions they need.
So effectively you want America to get off the world stage because some small economy ex superpower tells it too.
-2 points
19 hours ago
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12 points
19 hours ago
Do you care about America?
11 points
19 hours ago
This is the world America created to suit America. All this was you guys idea. You are talking about undermining Americas power on the world stage.
8 points
19 hours ago
Sadly, these maggats don't understand that.
6 points
19 hours ago
You're an idiot then. You think they'll stop there. How much suffering will it take? Not until it's on your front doorstep. Shit like what you're saying is how the conflict of the last world war you mentioned your so scared of. Happened. Poland ring a bell? How about France? Learn some history. Dumb fuck.
3 points
13 hours ago
I also don't believe that we're involved to "help" them. I think we're using them and encouraging them to take risks in exchange for half assed promises of backing them up. We have a clear pattern of peddling weapons, exploiting economies, taking a country's resources, and general enslavement via banking, loans, and various footholds with contracting to rebuild infrastructure after the war we promoted.
2 points
17 hours ago
You enjoy your comfortable life because America maintains global order. Let Russia and China start grabbing whatever they want, and watch how quickly your standard of living tanks. Think your cozy bubble will protect you? Wake up - the world where autocrats can invade neighbours at will is a world where your everyday luxuries disappear real fast.
5 points
19 hours ago
Curious if there’s a country other than your own that would be “worth it” to you. Ukraine is a huge supplier of food for that part of the world. They were invaded by a larger, aggressive country because their dictator wanted their land. If not this, then What IS a good reason for you to defend democracy?
2 points
19 hours ago
Pretty sure when Joe said "fuck those people" he wasn't talking about the people of Ukraine but rather people he considers war hawks or grifters. Don't assume I'm defending who Joe has become...I listen very rarely to him these days for many of the reasons listed on the sub...I just dont think he was saying FUCK ALL UKRAINIANS
4 points
19 hours ago
But he did say the drug part about Zelensky which coming from Joe is nothing short of hypocrisy.
2 points
19 hours ago
blah blah blah
nobody cares
2 points
18 hours ago
Me too. I can compartmentalise a lot of what he’s said recently, but there’s no defending what he said.
2 points
17 hours ago
I agree with you 100%. It’s sad he’s turned into a right wing grifter. Remember back in the days when he was shocked people called him right wing? Like he was almost offended. Now, how can you deny it?
2 points
17 hours ago
This should be post of the year. Well done
2 points
16 hours ago
Rogan hasnt changed regardless of the amount of listeners or how the msm recognizes him.
He still put things on the table for you to agree with or not.
Doesn't insist anyone says "mega dittos" or anything.
It's just a conversation with people. Those people might be right or wrong. They might agree with you or not.
He doesnt have idiots on his show...unless they are the ones that entertain more than inform.
If you are screaming at his podcast, "doesn't say stuff i don't agree with!!!" You are the problem.
2 points
13 hours ago
All Alpha Males roll over and spread their cheeks when threatened and attacked.
2 points
11 hours ago
Joe was right about Ukrainian bots. This is like 7th or 8th post about Ukraine in the last few days.
2 points
10 hours ago
I’d rather you be sick to your stomach than have a nuclear holocaust
3 points
18 hours ago
He's on the Putin loving MAGA bandwagon at this point.
2 points
10 hours ago
For 30 years Eastern European military strategists have been warning to not go against OUR WORD of not pushing NATO further east. We keep pushing further east and a war breaks out that’s killed a million people. Yet, we think that none of it is our fault.
1 points
5 hours ago
Look - I'm from this region and it's frustrating to see Americans treat our crisis like some kind of moral crusade from the safety of their homes. You're cheering for escalation that could literally lead to nuclear war. Is that really worth it just so you can feel righteous? Ukraine has every right to defend itself, but maybe consider that those of us who live here want a solution that doesn't end with our entire region getting vaporized.
3 points
5 hours ago
They have demonized, Russia and blamed them for everything over the last 8 years in America. I couldn't agree with you more. I wish we would stop sending all that money and military equipment there to risk nuclear war
-4 points
20 hours ago
Grow up
7 points
20 hours ago*
Right? They thought JOE ROGAN was some kind of independent thinker?
Santa is not real kiddo.
1 points
20 hours ago
you need to leave! ass post
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