I know of someone who says they listen to Joe Rogan podcasts (political I assume) but I don’t know what this means or what the connotations are. Both this person and I live in east asia.

    • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      OMG now you sound like him. “They want to silence this!”

      I said nothing about disallowing discussion. Or any other action that should be taken. We have someone here asking what’s up with JRE and I’m telling them. Are you trying to silence me!!! You want to censor this!!!

      But more seriously:

      Is it possible for media to spread disinformation? Can that be dangerous?

      These are unambiguous “yes” and “yes” answers. And that’s what happens with this show. Period.

        • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
          31·
          1 year ago

          One way I celebrate his great heights is by treating him as the major media source he is. You want to have it both ways: celebrate his massive success but treat him like just some jackass talking about conspiracies. #unclebenwasright

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      92·
      1 year ago

      Dude, you’re misunderstanding. No one is saying the ideas can’t be discussed. People are saying he’s irresponsible for giving his platform to these people without doing his due diligence to inform the audience when they lie or say things that just aren’t true. It’s his platform and his responsibility to not send the information out in a vacuum that gives it space to spread without informing people of its (il)legitimacy.

      Check out ONRAC for what I’d say is a pretty responsible way to discuss fringe (or just plain wrong) ideas.