Chamblee54

“Your post has not received any views yet.” I posted a response to some negativity on facebook. The fbf deleted the link without comment. When you write something, and nobody reads it, the only logical thing to do is write more.
Part two is about why I listen to Joe Rogan Experience. In the 0204 post, I chose a bit of hilarious misinformation. I could have chosen any number of JRE guests. Bill Maher. Oliver Stone. Chuck Palahniuk. Bridget Phetasy. And a few hundred more. JRE is about the guests. Turn the microphone on, and get out of the way. The ability to listen is very disturbing to people who only know how to talk.
When you advanced google Rogan/chamblee54, one result is a video with Ted Nugent. Rogan asks Mr. Nugent which hand he uses on himself. Ted Nugent is an example of what some call the cafeteria approach. You take the songs. You do not choose the opinions.
Bari Weiss is another personality, where you choose your dishes carefully. When she was on JRE, the first hour was a delight. Then, Ms. Weiss started to express her true feelings about Palestinians.
JRE has some remarkable stories, many of which are true. JRE is the first time I ever heard anyone talking about Fentanyl. Former CIA Agent Mike Baker is just one of many mind-blowing intelligence/military figures. Some of the stories about Charles Manson, and the Kennedy assassination, are impossible to verify, but highly plausible. There are also some hilarious adventures, and some of the grossest things imaginable. OTOH, some guests are boring.
Unfortunately, Joe is impressed by bullshitters. People get to running over at the mouth. Joe sits back, and enjoys it. “#1209 – Anthony Cumia “This is so much more fun to listen to than Jordan Peterson. Peterson ran his mouth at meth warp, and eventually made me turn the thing off in self defense. I wonder if there is a hierarchy thing going on with Peterson and Curnia. With Peterson, Rogan just sat back in awe, with certain exceptions. With Curnia, Rogan was an active part of the show. Was their an unspoken hierarchy at play there?”
Daryl Davis says that Warren Harding was sworn into the KKK, in the White House. I don’t think so. Johann Hari says that Judy Garland was a heroin addict. Not everyone believes this.
One notorious example of rhetoric rampage involves Sam Harris. He was discussing civilian casualties in Iraq, with Abby Martin. One said it was 200k, the other said 2 m. Either figure is way too high. That doesn’t stop Sam Harris from saying “you are drinking from a firehose of bullshit.”
Bret Weinstein & Pierre Kory was when JRE started to talk about Ivermectin. This might be where his troubles began. There are some powerful, well funded, actors who do not want to have this conversation. It is like the suppression of medical marijuana. The powers-that-be decided that reefer was a dangerous drug, with no medical value. The only research that got funded was against using marijuana. Many people learned not to believe anything the authorities told them about drugs.
This erosion of trust is part of the problem. It does not help to have Rachel Maddow say things like “It has been promoted inexplicably by the popular podcaster Joe Rogan, for some reason. Okay? It has also been promoted by the snake oil online sales folks who brought you the threat of demon sperm and alien DNA, with the endorsement of then President Donald Trump.”
You have to pick what you believe, and what you enjoy. Nobody forces you to listen to anything, or to believe what you do hear. The cafeteria has a wide selection. Some of the items will nourish you, while some will make you fat. Some actors want you to eat only junk food.
Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. “Pauline Clyburn, rehabilitation client, and her children going to chop cotton. Manning, Clarendon County, South Carolina. June 1939. Photographer: Marion Post Wolcott.”