Chapo Trap House is totally right if people are labeling fucking George Carlin alt-right.
Political humor is dead.
Political humor is dead.
I haven't heard his stance on closed borders, so I can't comment on that. But I've never got the "white supremacy" vibe from him. The way he talks about minority athletes and comedians, two fields he's familiar with, he praises people of all colors and backgrounds for their physical and mental abilities.This sums up a significant chunk of the under-40 Republican base. Many of them don't really give a shit about traditional culture war issues like climate change or gay marriage and have instead moved on to straight-up white supremacy, "cultural marxism," and closed borders.
him, Bill Burr and post-humously also George Carlin. maybe Bill Hicks too.
Yep, the man loves being a part of Infowars, and taking in that shit like it's candy.I was listening to him talk to Ari Shiffir the other day talking about how "Alex is right about a lot of stuff you know" like, dude. What fucking planet are you on?
You're actually HURTING efforts against the alt-right (which is a bullshit term anyway. Just fucking say NAZI FFS)
Y'all can be mad for him giving these fucks a platform. Blah blah, fine.
On top of the parade of racist assholes that Rogan gives a voice to on his podcast, never really telling them their wrong but simply replying with "Huh, interesting", he's constantly hanging around with them.
I'll go ahead and post a photo of him hanging out with Left activists as well:
George Carlin was very anti-conservative. He was a constant critic of conservatives, Republicans, and especially the religious right. He was critical of the left when it came to political correctness or liberal paternalism, but I don't think that makes him alt-right.
Unless there's a side of George Carlin that I don't know of.
If you are supposedly a fan of Rogan, I'm absolutely baffled by what could possibly be in this photo that is shocking news to you. He's had every single one of those people on his show and it's common knowledge they are all socially friendly as well. What's the big revelation here?
I too enjoy his show. Mostly when he brings scientists and actors on the show.
No, its just Era being Era, and throwing labels at everything.
It is curious how people label everyone they don't agree with as alt-right. Absurd really, especially considering the term has only been around for a little over a year.He's not alt-right. Stop throwing that label around so freely.
I listen to his podcast daily and he might be on the more conservative side but condemning him as alt-right is too much.
He sure does find white supremacy, misogyny, and conservative beliefs "INTERESTING"
If by "real term" you mean "term that people use to try and hide the fact that they're alt-right," then sure, I guess it is a real term.
him, Bill Burr and post-humously also George Carlin. maybe Bill Hicks too.
This is great. Almost Onion level.
It might be, and I can see how it'd apply to Rogan, but the examples listed on Wikipedia are... sketchy. Most of those listed are pure alt-right, not "alt-light" whatsoever.
The important thing is that you find a way to feel superior to both.The fact that leftists and right wingers alike get pissed off at Rogan make me even more a fan of his podcast. He's not playin for your team and conforming to your value system
Callint Ted Nugent "an idiot politically" is quite the euphemism. He's a pedophile, a misogynistic, a racist, and a violent psychopath.The recent Ted Nugent episode was great btw. I think Ted Nugent is an idiot politically speaking and yet he proved to be one of the most interesting guests yet.
He seems to especially love giving airtime to anyone that has gotten shit for speaking their mind. That could mean a scientist who puts out some nutty pseudoscience book, a racist troll like Milo, or someone who got fired from their job for saying the wrong thing. A lot of these people are highly problematic, but I think it's more the fact that they're controversial that interests him than anything they're saying.
His personal beliefs seem kind of party agnostic. He constantly says negative things about Trump, but I get the sense that he's more libertarian/anarcho-capitalist than anything resembling liberal.
It is curious how people label everyone they don't agree with as alt-right. Absurd really, especially considering the term has only been around for a little over a year.
It is curious how people label everyone they don't agree with as alt-right. Absurd really, especially considering the term has only been around for a little over a year.
There is literally nothing "liberal" about Peterson.
Ok.
Dead on.All of these "Just asking questions" dudes are just closet bigots not confident enough to defend their bullshit
He'd destroy anyone stupid enough to label him as anything. As would Carlin.
Jesus Christ, please tell me you're kidding. PLEASEhim, Bill Burr and post-humously also George Carlin. maybe Bill Hicks too.
Technically yes, but not in its current form or meaning. Wikipedia says it was coined in 2008, but seems like it didn't really take on the meaning it has today until 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-right
Sending $14.88 to people is pretty fucking alt right.Milo is also alt-light technically.
I think the only Jewish person I'd be comfortable calling alt-right would be Stephen Miller.
Only one I wonder about sitting with that group if he didn't die is Charles Hitchens, except it's hard to see a genuinely likable and funny person hanging out in that group.
And therein, lies my problem. Not only should we not be using the term "Alt Right", because it was created by a goddamn NAZI trying to make his views more mainstream, the left just keeps running away with the term, giving it the precedent that literal Nazis want it to have. Y'all are literally falling for that shit.Rogan is certainly anti progressive and he says that a lot in his podcasts, I don't think everyone with conservative views is alt-right, though. The term has expanded a lot lately, though. Originally it was coined by Richard Spencer I believe, who is a straight up Neo Nazi advocating for a white ethnostate, now I feel everyone with slightly conservative views is called alt-right.
More about my personal view of Rogan. I do watch/listen to his podcasts sometimes, as someone mentioned above, he often has great guests simply because he is huge, not because he has interesting views. I do think he should have more left progressive guests on his show (although I think he said once he invites them but they don't accept) and talking with right wing figureheads he often acts like a coward. I listened to some of the Ted Nugent podcast last week and Joe tried to adress some of Nugent's bullshit views, you could see that Joe did not agree with him but instead of arguing he backed down very fast to talk about hunting for another hour.
Only one I wonder about sitting with that group if he didn't die is Charles Hitchens, except it's hard to see a genuinely likable and funny person hanging out in that group.
Technically yes, but not in its current form or meaning. Wikipedia says it was coined in 2008, but seems like it didn't really take on the meaning it has today until 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-right
It's nothing new that Joe Rogan is a racist piece of shit.
Fast forward to 10:20, where he describes groups of black people as "Planet of the Apes"
And then there's this.
https://www.bloodyelbow.com/platfor...000s-family-joe-rogan-overtly-racist-comments
He is garbage and his fans are trash too.
It might be, and I can see how it'd apply to Rogan, but the examples listed on Wikipedia are... sketchy. Most of those listed are pure alt-right, not "alt-light" whatsoever.
Others have described it as an offshoot of the alt-right, but the alt-lite remains distinct from the alt-right in that it claims to reject identity politics—including the white nationalism and racialism of the alt-right—though they share other key features and beliefs.
Individuals associated with the alt-lite include Mike Cernovich, Laura Loomer, Gavin McInnes, Stefan Molyneux, Jack Posobiec, Lauren Southern, Paul Joseph Watson, and Milo Yiannopoulos.
LOL you sure about that? Kinda hard to tell.Not sure if you know or not but the Hard Times is an ironic site hugely in the shadow/vein of the Onion, but with a punk/hardcore music slant.
I mean, it ain't that surprising. It's a nebulous label that has lost all real meaning a lot like "hipster" did and just as quickly.