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This is the most frustrating thing about Rogan for me... if he were talking to people as an uniformed layman and sharing his opinion in an effort to weed through his thoughts and become more informed, that would be great! We need more people who are willing to be wrong and learn from that. This is often how Bill Burr comes across (to me, anyway).

But Rogan's not that. He likes to hear himself talk, throws his opinions at experts as if they're equally valid, invites charlatans on and equates them with experts, rarely changes his mind, and comes out of it just as dumb as he came into it. Then people emulate him and end up in a state where they're less able to learn, and frankly, bigger assholes.

It's barely even a shtick, it's the same old pseudo-intellectual machismo that has always plagued society.




The worst part for me was when Rogan started allowing people who were spewing obvious bullshit... to have his platform unchallenged.

When someone tells you who they are, listen. But I'd add this: When someone lets someone else speak for them, pay attention to who is in that group.




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