Official 2020 US Election: Democratic Party Discussion

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DarthMetalliCube said:

uran10 said:

I've seen a lot of people (who would never vote Bernie anyway) come out and get outraged at Joe Rogan's endorsement and completely miss the point of touting this. Remember all the talk about Bernie not being able to win over conservative view points and such? This doesn't exactly apply to Rogan as he's said he's never voted republican but more to his huge audience that was exposed to it. Getting this vote is important because Rogan has had on People from all across the political spectrum and this is the conclusion he came to. Yes he's got some bad views on certain topics but it doesn't change the fact that he's had influences from all across the political spectrum and chose Bernie. His audience under the Podcast with Bernie came around to him and his subreddit is literally rallying to get registered to vote for Bernie in the Primary. This is Huge. And this isn't like the Cenk situation because Bernie isn't endorsing Joe, its Joe endorsing Bernie and it proves he can attract more independent minded voters which, mind you, is needed to win the general. Just putting this out there, have a good Saturday guys.

As for the election outlook, its do or die time for Bernie and this would be the case regardless. He has to win Both Iowa and NH or Biden will most likely win the nomination. Its looking good, but if you're volunteering and such don't let up. We need to carry this over the finish line.

Shit like the Rogan outrage is what makes me continue to lose faith in humanity, sliver by sliver. Ok I'm probably being hyperbolic and obviously this is just a small minority of loudmouth simpletons but still, to see it even see such a dumb thing with no basis of outrage even get a decent chunk of traction (and a few smear article publications about Bernie/Rogan) is immensely discouraging to me. 

I'm a big fan of Rogan and find his views similar to mine, at least based off the maybe 20-25 hours I've heard him speak to various guests on his podcasts. I dig that he has all sorts of personalities on, from Bill Maher and Tulsi Gabbard to James Hetfield, Abby Martin, Bill Burr, Kevin Smith, Jordan Peterson etc.. People of a vast range of viewpoints (both political and otherwise) and an array of trades. He seems like a genuine, chill, sensible progressively-minded dude so to seem him get villainized is shocking to me, and illustrates to me literally ANYONE can be demonized if this guy can..

He seems to be a fairly moderate anti-establishment liberal, mostly independent of the Democrats, who questions quite a bit of what's considered "the norm" and is willing to hear out all sides and think about all sides of an argument. That's literally it. But oh, he's had on Jordan Peterson, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones, so he's awful! Oh, and I guess he made a a few lude jokes/comment in his hundreds of hours of talking (and he's also a comedian mind you), and made a comment of something like trans should be able to compete with and beat up on biological women in womens' sports (which is sensible and true!). But I guess some just love to be outrage and love to stay in their small bubbles..

I just don't get why many establishment Democrats think it's a good idea to demonize and distance themselves from such a sensible liberal voice in media, especially one that has millions of fans and 10s of millions of views. 

The funniest thing is, Warren, Biden, and Petey ALL apparently reached out to be on Joe's show and Joe decline b/c he didn't like them lol. 

I'm glad the Bernie camp reaffirmed/explained the reasoning behind their endorsement but the fact they even felt the need to just reaffirms to me that we live in a tremendously sick, ignorant society. 

Maybe the underlined explains the bolded.