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IcyPeas

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45. This country is being led by "celebrities"

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Tue May 20, 2025, 04:35 PM

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Why are we so afraid of Joe Rogan and the "manosphere"? [View all] RJ-MacReady May 2025 OP

Who is? Conjuay May 2025 #1

We RJ-MacReady May 2025 #3

And laughing at them. travelingthrulife May 2025 #15

Not afraid at all SocialDemocrat61 May 2025 #2

And whiners. Hotler May 2025 #13

Joe Rogan's audience is "71% male and is evenly split between high school and post-secondary graduates." sop May 2025 #4

Afraid? heavens no. Serious disconcern bordering on mild disgust. marble falls May 2025 #5

Would term it more of a "child-o-sphere." nt allegorical oracle May 2025 #7

More accurate, same disinterest. marble falls May 2025 #8

Have you ever watched any of his stuff? k_buddy762 May 2025 #6

How long ago was that? RJ-MacReady May 2025 #10

I think keeping eyes open is much different than triggered emotions Torchlight May 2025 #44

Because mocking major parts of Mountainguy May 2025 #9

I disagree RJ-MacReady May 2025 #11

So, take the fooish things and dangerous ideas they are floating seriously. Debate their wrongness. travelingthrulife May 2025 #16

Nornalization happens Mountainguy May 2025 #23

Bernie Sanders was just on Andrew Schulz's show Sympthsical May 2025 #24

The electorate has many different pieces. The piece that listens to Joe Rogan, Scrivener7 May 2025 #29

Might Mountainguy May 2025 #40

Or we can take a page from republiQans. When they want to get a message out, that Scrivener7 May 2025 #47

Yeah, somebody might NJCher May 2025 #52

I don't think Mountainguy May 2025 #65

Not afraid of him but his influence over young people is pretty alarming. BlueTsunami2018 May 2025 #12

They drove voter turnout for Trump/GOP IronLionZion May 2025 #14

did they? RJ-MacReady May 2025 #19

Back in the day it was RW hate radio IronLionZion May 2025 #20

I think of alpha male the same way I think about alpha software Jerry2144 May 2025 #17

I go on Youtube a lot and do this. I especially like showing the studies that conclude conservatives Maraya1969 May 2025 #18

Radical Right all need DNA and IQ test. multigraincracker May 2025 #21

Similar studies have been done k_buddy762 May 2025 #42

Well...Yang turned out to be a real tool. nt. druidity33 May 2025 #50

Looks like an interesting link NJCher May 2025 #53

Do those studies indicate TheProle May 2025 #48

There is one study that found as people become more educated they become more liberal Maraya1969 May 2025 #49

That makes total sense, but is not the same thing TheProle May 2025 #51

They don't care. We're not their audience Sympthsical May 2025 #22

good points RJ-MacReady May 2025 #25

Wanna know why there is such fear? Aviation Pro May 2025 #26

About as much as I was afraid of the high school goons who played grab ass in the back of the classroom. Basso8vb May 2025 #27

I fart in his general direction. I will taunt him a second time. Walleye May 2025 #28

Nothing gets left-leaning people to biocube May 2025 #30

It ain't just him... ECL213 May 2025 #31

Acknowledging the "manosphere" aided Trump is not the same thing as being afraid of it. BannonsLiver May 2025 #32

Not afraid, it's just they have an awfully large audience and they did play a big role in 2024. DickKessler May 2025 #33

The so called obnoxiousdrunk May 2025 #34

Yeah NJCher May 2025 #54

I think Democrats JustAnotherGen May 2025 #35

The smell. mr715 May 2025 #36

yup RJ-MacReady May 2025 #37

Just a touch of homoeroticism. mr715 May 2025 #39

My doctor has me on a strict diet. "No garbage". I wouldn't know the guy if I saw hm or heard him. Ping Tung May 2025 #38

Why anyone would want to be "influenced" Qutzupalotl May 2025 #41

Or speech class NJCher May 2025 #55

Who is afraid of him? usedtobedemgurl May 2025 #43

This country is being led by "celebrities" IcyPeas May 2025 #45

Except for the awful one that gets like 200 weeks mr715 May 2025 #46

Oh, he's one of those DFW May 2025 #56

Harris not going on Rogan's show contributed to her losing -- another asinine Blame Kamala "reason" out there. betsuni May 2025 #57

Just a few points... lonely bird May 2025 #58

This is a good take k_buddy762 May 2025 #59

remains to be seen RJ-MacReady May 2025 #61

disagree RJ-MacReady May 2025 #60

Wrong lonely bird May 2025 #62

I don't buy it RJ-MacReady May 2025 #63

It is not about giving oxygen to the manosphere lonely bird May 2025 #64

Why would these influences put young men "in trouble," and not young women? Scrivener7 May 2025 #66

Sure lonely bird May 2025 #69

Well first, your post reads as if mine is lacking because it doesn't go into the solution. But neither does yours. Scrivener7 May 2025 #73

The people who rage over #metoo RJ-MacReady May 2025 #67

Wrong lonely bird May 2025 #70

how should we deal with it then? RJ-MacReady May 2025 #71

Counter them lonely bird May 2025 #72

we forget or refuse to acknowledge RJ-MacReady May 2025 #74

Just 5 years ago the world was shut down. JanMichael May 2025 #68