This is not for or against Bernie, but there is a certain kind of man who fetishizes consistency in this way. I don't know if consistency is something that's always available to people who aren't straight white men. https://t.co/1seKZPpjMJ
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) January 24, 2020
Joe Rogan is a “stand-up comedian, mixed martial arts color commentator, podcast host”, and former host of Fear Factor. (AFAICT, like a copy of a copy of a copy of Howard Stern, only with less talent.) He’s notorious, among those who’ve ever heard of him, for being a professional jerk.
Those of us who are not sympathetic to Bernie Sanders’ political tactics will not be shocked that he’s endorsed Bernie. Nor is it a surprise that the staffers running Bernie’s twitter account think this is the Endorsement of the Week, under the philosophy of YOU CAN’T TELL *ME* WHAT TO DO, MOM!!!
And I guess by those rules, getting the Human Rights Campaign to say Sanders should reject Rogan’s endorsement is probably a win…
2005 Rogan: On right after Donald Trump and the Apprentice, daring some Florida blonde chick to put a tarantula in her mouth
2020 Rogan: Urging people to vote for a Jewish socialist to unseat Donald Trump, after asking BasedGroyper69 if he's done DMT
— Canadian Bread Price Fixing (@MenshevikM) January 24, 2020
I'm *mostly* agnostic about a non-endorsement endorsement of the marathon podcast drugs & MMA guy b/c it seems like a thing too absurd to care about. OTOH, because it's such an absurd thing to care about & the dude is notoriously mercurial, the choice to celebrate it was insane. https://t.co/G3FWyjdETg
— The Mall Krampus (@cakotz) January 24, 2020
By that I mean the sort of person who is impressed by a Rogan "endorsement" already heard it from the horse's mouth or via Online fandom. The only thing you accomplish by promoting it is alerting everyone else, who either find him distasteful or have no idea who he is. Nonuseful!
— The Mall Krampus (@cakotz) January 24, 2020
The really funny thing about Rogan’s endorsement is how unenthusiastic it is. Watch the video, he just kinda sighs and resigns himself. But that was enough to turn them on.
— Reject Ophidiophobia (@agraybee) January 24, 2020
This is so Twitter Trolls As Bernie Staffers. They could have gotten some surrogates to push around the Rogan sortakinda endorsement. But they aren’t satisfied w being effective. They want to be right, & to show everyone they’re (in their minds) right.
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) January 24, 2020
It’s just incredible how reaching out is considered a betrayal when the targeted group is suburban women but smart politics when it’s pizzagaters. https://t.co/ZzssHTD4ar
— Reject Ophidiophobia (@agraybee) January 24, 2020
"But what if we *need* to embrace bigotry?" asks people in a world where we just elected Danica Roehm, Katie Hill, Lucy McBath, Lauren Underwood, and Sharice Davids
— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) January 24, 2020
If your idea of movement building is welcoming bigots without accountability while simultaneously shaming other progressives who may not agree 100% with your approach on advancing progressive goals, it's going to be very hard for many folks to overlook that blatant inconsistency.
— Charlotte Clymer?????? (@cmclymer) January 24, 2020
Bernie's a widely-admired top tier candidate with a clear path to the nomination. When a career asshole says into a microphone that they also like him he doesn't need to act like a 20-follower account that just got retweeted by Ashton Kutcher in 2009.
— YYZedd (@Zeddary) January 24, 2020
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