Krystal Ball’s commentary is spot. The Left constantly ignores Joe Rogan’s many left-leaning positions and it’s to their own detriment. One problem is that Joe is too damned independent and doesn’t pass the left’s political purity tests. Krystal also suggests a time-of-genesis and a motive for this dysfunction: Joe’s words in support of Bernie Sanders during the primary.
The Political Left’s Problem is not Joe Rogan. It’s in the Mirror.
- Post author:Erich Vieth
- Post published:June 19, 2021
- Post category:American Culture / Ingroup/Outgroup / Partisanship
- Post comments:1 Comment
Erich Vieth
Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.
This exposes a real weakness in the Left: An inability to accept allies where it finds them. If you cannot accept support when it is offered, you are eventually condemned to a fringe movement.