The Destruction of Joe Rogan As An Imperative For The Totalitarian Left

What Happens When A Liberal Does Not Pass The Purity Test

I am a Joe Rogan fan. Unlike many or even most of his detractors, I have listened to a lot of his episodes on a multitude of different topics over the years. I have learned a great deal about subjects I knew nothing about. I have learned more about things I know something about. And I have heard views expressed by him and his guests I disagree with. Oh, the horrors. I must therefore get him removed from his platform. Or, I could move on with my day.

The totalitarian left never moves on with its day when they see an opening to go after someone they disagree with, especially one of their own who has failed to uphold the prime directive of the left: Never Disagree With The Narrative.

On February 4th, Spotify removed 71 old Joe Rogan Experience episodes. For up to the minute stats on episode removal, I highly recommend the site JRE Missing. They seem to be in an active purge mode at the moment, although it appears the Spotify censors get weekends off. Interestingly, lots of those recently deleted shows were ones with his comedian friends.

I don't think it will be long before they work their way to the three episodes where I learned more about Covid than in all of the previous months since the pandemic began due to the total corporate media narrative and Big Tech lockdown on anything that dissents from the simple “vaccines good, anything else, including early treatment protocols, bad.” So, as a public service, here are the three. Watch them before it is too late.

This one is going to have to be in two parts. Part 2 will discuss Rogan’s apologies more specifically; Part 1 here will attempt to set the stage for Part 2 as things are so rapidly evolving as the totalitarian left goes in for their biggest kill to date. In many ways, Rogan is playing right into their game, even though I think he will survive.

People that have listened to more than a few episodes and know anything about him know without a doubt that he isn’t a racist. Those attacking him know he isn’t a racist. Let’s just establish that right off the bat. Regarding Covid misinformation, there has been more of that from the corporate media and government agents than ever on a Rogan podcast.

But he has to go for two reasons. His ratings are higher than all news channels combined. He is their competition, and this is how they get rid of their competitors. In a normal world of fair markets, one eliminates their competition by being better. In today’s world, they get you cancelled.

Tucker Carlson is also on their hit list. Recent Neilson ratings revealed that more Democrats watch Tucker Carlson that any other news anchor. That is kind of amazing, given how much the left seems to hate him. It certainly is a slap in the face to the self-important CNNs and MSNBCs of the world. Maybe it is just the media competition that hates him. Their ratings are plunging while Rogan and Carlson keep going up. So, they have to go. They have already gotten OAN taken off the air at DirecTV when that contract expires. The only way they can prop up their shitty programming is by literally getting rid of any competition.

This is how it works these days. Use disinformation to accuse others of creating disinformation, being racists, or being whatever the horrible flavor of the month is that will get legions of woke idiots up in arms.

One very ironic thing glaringly obvious in recent years is that conservatives are still thought of as the "book banning" folks. This narrative is still pushed hard, as well as the left being defenders of freedom and anti-war, among others. That these narratives are so pervasive is due to who controls all the "approved" narratives, establishment Democrats and Republicans and their corporate media and Big Tech pals. That people actually believe this stuff is testament to their effectiveness.

Yet, almost all of the ongoing efforts to censor those who dare to challenge ANY aspect of establishment ideology are coming from the left. Most censorship is being directed at what would be considered the right. Anyone on the right is fair game. They are automatically evil. Most liberals are having orgasms over this. Yet, liberals who believe in actual freedom and who dare to criticize their own side are also being targeted. This is an important point for those cheering the current rounds of censorship to think about. What happens when the censors come for them? And they will.

Even though Joe Rogan is being branded as the typical alt-right nutbag, he is actually a liberal with a streak of Libertarian thought who also believes in free speech and the old crazy notion that discourse is needed in a civil society that pretends it is a democracy. He even thinks it is fun and informative to engage in conversation with those who hold views differing from his. Gasp, how 20th century. He also knows that we are getting lied to by corporate media and the government all the time, particularly when it comes to Covid, but certainly not limited to that.

So, part of what is happening is improperly branding people in order to more easily get rid of them. Rogan as an alt-right goon is laughable. But, it doesn't matter what side you are on, if you don't pass the purity test, you are going to get screwed if you have a big enough voice to be noticed. Those of us without a big voice or any voice at all can only sit back, watch, and weep. And Rogan is the biggest target outside of Donald Trump they have gone after. The bottom line is you can be destroyed easier if you are labeled as on the right. Hence the claims of racism because we all know only the right is racist and everyone on the right is racist.

The progressive left used to embrace free speech and helping the working class. As a Boomer, I even remember it. The last Democrat president who got anything I would classify as an FDR style program passed was Lyndon Johnson. Yes, it was that long ago. If today’s Democrats and Republicans were in charge in the 1930s, rural areas would still not have electricity. It is why these areas still do not have decent high-speed Internet, today’s equivalent to electricity in 1930. Future article coming on that topic.

There just aren't many real progressives around in positions of influence any longer. There are none in corporate media. There are none in Big Tech. There are none in elected office. When have you seen Bernie Sanders or AOC condemn censorship or defend free speech? That is right, never. AOC is the one who got Parler destroyed and if that isn't the height of censorship, I don't know what is. Especially since Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube were left entirely alone for doing the same thing Parler was accused of. That was really a case of getting rid of a big tech competitor to make sure the monopolies could continue being monopolies. Much like the situation with Rogan.

Rogan is a leftist who has a freedom streak, probably the main reason I like him. Given that he supports free speech, he has no home in the Democrat Party. Since he supports many liberal policies, he has no place in the Republican Party. The biggest problem for him is that the hard right knows he is a leftie and aren't supporting him on those grounds and are, in some cases, actually enjoying his discomfort (which is as bad as liberals cheering).

And, of course the left is done with him completely. His only option is to man up and act like the fighter his image portrays and tell his detractors to fuck off in exactly those words. His problem is he really didn't know the assholes he is dealing with and thought they could be ignored and laughed off. His "apologies" were not necessary and agreeing that a Covid disclaimer on his podcasts is a great idea was stupid and naïve.

Getting rid of Joe Rogan would be a huge win for totalitarians of every stripe. And, unfortunately for him, he is a relatively easy mark, which is one reason they are going after him so hard. He is also, again unfortunately for him, playing into their hands with the two videos he has released to date.

Luckily for Joe Rogan, he has a loyal fan base who can read between the lines of all of this and that is the main reason he will survive. They know what he is about.

More to come in Part 2.