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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 349 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (9 children)

How much exactly do you think Joe Rogan knows about the government of Canada? Pretty sure it's around fuck all. He's just a propagandist for the fascist regime at this point.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 140 points 6 days ago (2 children)

What's crazy is how outright pro-Trump pilled the Canadian right was until about three months ago when Trump took office. You had the Conservative party outright bragging about being Pro-Trump, Trudeau floundering in the polls because of his criticisms of the Trump leadership team, and big oil-exporting states absolutely glowing at the prospect of a climate denialist government joining hands with them in the next election.

Then Trump took office and started threatening sanctions, he started accusing Canadians of exporting fentanyl, and he started making vague threats aimed at Canadian territory. Public sentiment turned on a dime. The Conservative Party crashed in the polls. Trudeau's liberals surged. Canadian media and politics turned incredibly hostile towards anyone Trump affiliated.

And now guys like Rogan are just catching strays for being Trump adjacent. He doesn't know anything about Canada. He just knows his (increasingly former) Canadian base is suddenly calling him all the slurs they'd historically reserved for his left-wing guests.

[–] tehWrapper@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I recall shortly back a lot of us Canadians talked about leaving the monarch, but we seem to have gotten over that in a hurry also. 😉

People's opinions change very quick now.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Yeah. It turns out there are much nastier heads of state out there than good ol Charles III.

[–] FilthyHookerSpit@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

I think it's just the propaganda machine being efficient. All the major social media platforms are owned by billionaires (except blue sky but not sure there's nearly as many users compared to twit/meta/reddit) and they're manipulated to push the interests of the elites.

I still think we should leave the monarchy, but it's pretty low on my list of priorities.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

Funny how their candidate is PP

[–] AnarchoDakosaurus@toast.ooo 90 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Joe Rogan became convinced Trudeau was a dictator because of COVID restrictions.

Like they say aboht him, knowledge a mile wide, and only an inch deep. He has been defending women beaters, rapists and anti intellectualism before he became an actual tool of the new regime.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 29 points 6 days ago

A mile wide my ass, fucker had an empty head even before he started farming concussions.

[–] grte@lemmy.ca 75 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Whatever Fox News tells him about Canada is what he "knows" about Canada.

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 47 points 6 days ago (2 children)

How much do you think Rogain actually knows.....full stop...about any subject?

[–] Oderus@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago (2 children)

He knows lots about MMA.. and that's about it.

[–] CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And getting people to eat worms

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

That might be a more useful skill in the future than you think

[–] rxbudian@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

He may have forgotten much of it after getting hit in the head too many times

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

He made his debut in RADIO then fear factor

[–] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 26 points 6 days ago

Has been for a while. Rogan is a piece of shit.

[–] WheelerSelanne@lemmy.ca 24 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Most of it will come from Jordan Peterson with his twisted, drug addled take. I think it goes back to his News Radio days from Dave Foley's horror stories about his divorce however many decades ago that was. You just know Rogan's wife is locked into an iron clad contract. Don't nobody mess with Joe's roll.

[–] el_muerte@lemm.ee 24 points 6 days ago

Definitely got it from Peterson. Rogan has called Canada "communist" and claimed that people are being imprisoned here for posting criticism of "wokeness" on the Internet. Both of those claims echo Peterson's idiocy, but the second one in particular is pretty much guaranteed to be straight from his mouth as it's the exact "compelled speech" bullshit that earned him much of his early notoriety and, as far as I know, hasn't really picked up traction with other alt-reich talking heads.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

Peterson brain damage was from getting a coma in RUSsia because he wasn't man enough to go through benzo withdrawals the healthy way.

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Foley got fucked hard in his divorce. Thankfully he ended up getting back together with that ex after his coma. He was out long enough to get over his alcoholism which was the driving factor in his dovorce.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago

No kidding. Interesting, thanks for sharing.

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If you asked him who the PM of Canada is , I guarantee you he says Trudeau.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I suspect he'd say Jean Poutine.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

How much exactly do you think Joe Rogan knows about the government of Canada?

this much

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 days ago

Complete and total audience captured.