

"When I say something stupid, I’m not thinking about what I’m going to say before I say it," Rogan admitted after he steered young people away from COVID-19 vaccines, only to later dish medical advice to Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (as if the reigning MVP of the NFL wouldn't hang that out there for Rogan fans to eat up). He's the relatable voice for a bastardized ideal of free-thinking individualism that has lost its composure and the all-important f**** left to give for regaining it. He'll say or endorse something legitimately stupid, but then he'll get roasted for it in a smarmy way that reinforces the very disaffection that keeps him popular. Gradually, over the course of the pandemic, Rogan has taken over the news cycle as a favorite punching bag. Barstool Sports to open new sports bar in Center City.Delco native filmmaker releases debut feature film 'Walking On'.

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It has become far too easy to hate on Rogan's increasingly formulaic diet of fringe-soaked humor and outrage, a media obsession that the comedian-podcaster largely brings on himself with ill-informed remarks about COVID-19 and his simplistic backlash against woke excesses in America. Joe Rogan's massive popularity carries with it the kind of cultural sway that critics can only deny at their own peril.
