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In reply to the discussion: Trump-Hating Podcast Rockets Past Rogan With Nearly Double the Downloads [View all]
BumRushDaShow
(165,068 posts)21. There are whole swaths of people who consume NO "political news"
but are fans of click-bait stuff. So if you get them with the click-bait, then they might be able to consume some of our messaging.
WE who are fine with what they consider "boring messaging that seems to drone on with too many SAT words, bullet points " (and what is derisively declared as "elitist" language) understand the purpose, but "the masses" tune that stuff out and that is what we DON'T want. Have to "package" our messaging in a manner that the rest of the populace is used to.
I got sick and tired of seeing link headline after link headline on so-called "news sites" that would say bullshit like -
"Can Trump really destroy the moon? It's complicated".
The overuse of the phrase - "It's complicated" - has sent me off a cliff because it accepts the FALSE premise and then tries to explain it in the article, regurgitating the ridiculous assertion, and eventually (maybe) telling the truth at the very end of the article.
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Trump-Hating Podcast Rockets Past Rogan With Nearly Double the Downloads [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2025
OP
I am not much of a Rogan fan but has he had any comment now that Trump is in office?
dutch777
Mar 2025
#1
I NEVER understood why Dems/Progressive/Liberals EVER listened to Rogan, but now...?
hlthe2b
Mar 2025
#9
Hey you don't gotta buy anything. I've just been tied in to the podcast scene for ages.
Hellbound Hellhound
Mar 2025
#25
Then I must ask, why are you here if you have such contempt for liberals, Dems, progressives?
hlthe2b
Mar 2025
#39
I'd rather you stop ascribing false motives. Sharing an anecdote or a statement of fact is not "Contempt".
Hellbound Hellhound
Mar 2025
#41
You cited those statements as your reason for believing/defending Rogan's turn on the "left" and embrace
hlthe2b
Mar 2025
#42
They were two unrelated anecdotes, I'm sorry if that wasn't made abundantly clear.
Hellbound Hellhound
Mar 2025
#43
If I hold a gun to your head and say "Vote Republican" and you do so, are you at fault?
Hellbound Hellhound
Mar 2025
#93
That's just some melodramatic bullshit. I used to listen to him going back to the
Carlitos Brigante
Mar 2025
#103
I've expressed contempt for far-left fringe extremists who threaten political violence, yes. I'll own that. Proudly.
Hellbound Hellhound
Mar 2025
#94
You're seeing it already. See Meidas Touch, who have surpassed Rogan. Glad we agree n/t
Hellbound Hellhound
Mar 2025
#45
I agree with you about the "Self Serving" part, but in the end, everyone is.
Hellbound Hellhound
Mar 2025
#50
No, has nothing to do with "Both Sides", just that extremists harm both extremist and centerist platforms within a party
Hellbound Hellhound
Mar 2025
#58
Please, I'm plenty used to crazy. I'm a Democrat. That's just the norm. :P n/t
Hellbound Hellhound
Mar 2025
#64
I'm just not going to risk a hide to engage in your bad-faith dialogue.
Hellbound Hellhound
Mar 2025
#73
I can happily admit that memory fades over time, and if it genuinely isn't what I thought it was, I apologize.
Hellbound Hellhound
Mar 2025
#91
Or that. Because he didn't get to the top being non-controversial. n/t
Hellbound Hellhound
Mar 2025
#75
Put simply, I'm more centerist. The far left, by definition, isn't.
Hellbound Hellhound
Mar 2025
#57
Who said anything about "in US Politics"? It's the casual ground-level self-serving extremists that're the problem.
Hellbound Hellhound
Mar 2025
#63
So Here's The Thing... 75% Of Our Populace Require This Type Of 'Presentation'... And It's Working!
MayReasonRule
Mar 2025
#110
Medias Touch uses far too hyperbolic subject lines... At some point 1000 claimed Trump "meltdowns"..
hlthe2b
Mar 2025
#10
The fact that tabloids and tabloid-style programming are probably the "most read/watched" among the masses
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2025
#11
ME TOO! Is it a generational thing? I can read in seconds or a few minutes what they take an hour or more to convey.
hlthe2b
Mar 2025
#80
I'll agree with you here, mate. Podcasts ain't my bag and I prefer the feel of a newspaper.
Hellbound Hellhound
Mar 2025
#86
Interesting... (and a bit sad- for me, at least)... I figured it was generational.
hlthe2b
Mar 2025
#100
What bugs me are a lot of them are just re-packaged. Hell he has a new vid out seemingly
Bengus81
Mar 2025
#29
Yes. I noted that. I know she has long appeared everywhere on RW media and maybe I knew she had a podcast...
hlthe2b
Mar 2025
#82
Do people ask that here about Facebook? I'd bet there are a load of people here that still
Bengus81
Mar 2025
#28