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iamherefortheluls 13 points ago +14 / -1

both Tim Pool and Joe Rogan, each, likely got Trump more votes during this election than this whole site.

Their centrist public position allows them to reach the people in the middle in a way no Trump supporter really can.

That said, I think Joe Rogan leans a bit left of center, but more importantly he employs extremely biased 'fact checkers' on his show, whom he seems to trust.

I honestly don't know if he is a fraud, of he is getting slowly corrupted by his SJW staffers - many times when I tuned in to his show, I watched him ask for a fact check and get MSM talking points back.

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A1waysLurk1ing 3 points ago +5 / -2

He is a trend runner, a click baiter, a social chameleon who sits on the fence and takes on whatever position it takes. He is a headline jockey too, so he can sound smart but he is actually mostly just a moron.

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iamherefortheluls 6 points ago +6 / -0

my take on him is he does his best to be non-confrontational with every guest he gets to come on his show.

Which is why he actually gets guests from all sides of the spectrum.

If he set a hard position on anything, people who oppose that position, wouldn't come on to his show.

you are not wrong, but social chameleons have their value. They are one of the few remaining bridges that connect political divides. There is a reason the left has been targeting Joe Rogan so heavily these last months (Spotify employees actively trying to harass Spotify into somehow going back on the deal they made with Rogan and compel him to give up editorial control of the show).

Joe Rogan, from what I heard is literally the biggest podcast voice in english speaking world. His reach is mostly due to him being a fence-sitter and his audience mostly acknowledges that his role is to just be a sounding-board for whatever guest is on his show that day.