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Rogan is one of the very few who I think is actually just the right kind of dumb to explain his actions.
I'm not a fan. Anyone who says they like him I appreciate, because they're telling me exactly how much weight to give any opinion they voice from that point forward.
I weigh Rogan against other stupid people. People like Hulk Hogan or kid rock. Those guys would still be cheering for Trump if he was literally pissing in thier faces, not even for any benefit. They're just helplessly stupid. Too stupid for me to reasonably even comprehend. Absolute enigmas.
There are others who completely understand how nuts he is but are just doing a bit to enrich themselves... like Owens or Coulter or Shapiro.
I've never seen anything from Rogan to suggest he's got any calculus in what he does. I'm open to hearing examples, though, if anyone has any.
It must drive the others nuts that he blunders into a success they can't engineer through methodical manipulation.
I think you're right, Joe Rogan is like a perpetually stoned teenager. His mind is easily blown and he enjoys that feeling but he also likes the way cash smells and is easily manipulated.
I don't know how many concepts are actually cemented in his head enough to form ideals and I would never accuse him of being a good person, but he's clearly a different kind of stupid than the malicious cruelty seen in so many right-wing chuds.