He has been described as a self-proclaimed provocateur who runs a podcast that promotes intolerance, promotes conspiracy theories, spreads inaccurate and inflammatory claims, and generates controversy.
It all seems true, but top podcaster Joe Rogan, in a March 26 interview with comedian Kurt Metzger, deflected from the discussion of Candace Owens’ recent exit from the show, at the root of all the controversy right now. Since you are involved, you should play your role. The Daily Wire dives head-on into the topic of the Israel-Hamas war.
After Owens expressed whether he was fired for criticizing Israel, Rogan tried to appear that he was simply asking a question that “no one asked.” Metzger said it’s just a matter of protecting their team, and if they’re on Israel’s side, they can’t do what Israel is doing, even if it looks like they’re killing innocent people. He dutifully agreed that it meant ignoring. Logan claims that based on the videos he saw, the people he saw being “blown out of the sky” appeared to be civilians rather than Hamas operatives. Why didn’t he believe what he saw with his own eyes? We all know there is no such thing as a doctored video.
But he doesn’t stop there, Logan can’t believe how the same “tribe of people” who suffered the horrors of the Holocaust could turn around and commit similar atrocities against other people. I was wondering about this. Logan wants to show his virtue here by talking about subjects that no one else brings to light.
There’s just one problem. None of that is true and he doesn’t even try to prove it. He just spouts accusations. It’s similar to the “explosion from the sky” he saw, but he can’t say where it came from, under what circumstances, or when it happened. In fact, he says, “It’s very hard to imagine.” Perhaps it’s because it’s a lie spread by others that Logan impulsively decides to adopt. but why?
UFC commentator Joe Rogan before UFC 249 at the Vista Veterans Memorial Arena on May 9, 2020. (Credit: JASEN VINLOVE-USA TODAY SPORTS/VIA REUTERS)
The man, one of the most popular podcasters with nearly 15 million viewers, certainly has the tools, staff, access, and everything else he needs to investigate the explosive accusations. Feeling the anger of millions of people, they have deliberately chosen not to fact-check such scandalous and defamatory accusations simply to be controversial and grab the attention of the 24-hour news cycle. it might be?
One would think that there could have been more to it than that, unless they were trying to participate in an experiment to see how far they could go before being canceled due to arrogance and demagoguery, but this is a case of people fighting rapist terrorists. It’s an insult to They mutilated, set fire to, and tortured innocent people.
Some may ask, “Is there anything sacred to him?”
Logan made offensive comments in defense of U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, who said the following when talking about Israel: “The idea that Jews aren’t interested in money is ridiculous.” It wasn’t that long ago. “The Benjamin family,” the statement was seen by many as repeating a familiar anti-Semitic trope of associating Jews with money.
Ironically, some might accuse him of having a relationship with money himself, given his own vast fortune, estimated at $200 million.
But why would Logan go out of his way to risk his career against accusations that could so easily be refuted and debunked?
Maybe he realizes which way the wind is blowing as more and more prominent people and groups jump on the “abandon Israel” bandwagon. Or maybe he, like many others these days, has a tendency to be suspicious of Jews and is willing to think the worst about them. Or maybe he wants to stay relevant and gain more fame and money for himself, even though he thinks it’s a rather Jewish pursuit ?
In this age of AI-generated content, we all know that videos are being doctored to simulate atrocities, deaths, and the deliberate targeting of innocent Palestinians by the IDF. I am. One such video shows a dead body in Egypt from 10 years ago, but claims to be from the current Gaza conflict. The ugly truth is that Israel haters and anti-Semitic voters have devised a sinister and ingenious way to use fake videos to their advantage to promote a war of public opinion.
Despite old footage of fatalities being disguised as being caused by the current conflict between Israel and Hamas, the vast majority of Google searches reveal the opposite, and prominent media outlets also Working together to debunk well-documented Israeli claims about Pallywood (Palestinian media fraud, used to manipulate the public about who is really the bad guy). Apparently, fear of being exposed has led them to consider how they can pre-empt their intended deception by denouncing what Israel is actually doing.
But these libels against Israel happen so fast and furiously that as soon as one defamation is exposed, another is already being filed (it’s a bit like a game of whack-a-mole). ). If it’s not the false claim that he bombed a hospital in Gaza and killed 500 innocent people, it’s the recent accusation that Israeli Defense Forces soldiers raped a Palestinian woman. This malicious accusation was later removed by Al Jazeera after an Arab columnist admitted that the article was a fabrication. This was posted on X. “Hamas investigation reveals that the rape of the woman at al-Shifa hospital was fabricated.”
Some brave souls are still confronting lies head on
Nevertheless, there are still a few brave souls left who are willing to confront the lies head-on, one of whom is John Spencer, director of urban warfare research at the Modern War Institute, who has just returned from Gaza. Spencer publicly disputed Rogan’s hateful comments, posting: “I’m one of the world’s leading experts on urban warfare. Let’s discuss facts, opinions, disinformation, myths, and the history of war.”
In a YouTube interview with Times Radio on March 28, Spencer details the methods the IDF takes to minimize casualties, and it’s well worth listening to. The problem is, rather than just taking the discredited word of a bigoted anti-Semite at face value, Logan has dedicated his career to studying the war and even traveled to Gaza to see for himself what’s really going on. Are you willing to listen to real experts? The agenda is to tarnish the reputation of Israel and its military.
Of course, such a face-to-face meeting may require Logan to change his position and offer a sincere apology for his baseless and ignorant statements, which are left unauthenticated and unreflected. , was about to inadvertently detonate a verbal grenade. It was lit.
As many know, when the truth comes out, false claims are more often heard and spread than subsequent retractions or apologies, so even if Logan realizes the error of his ways, However, some people may not want to hear that part. of the story.
In the end, the issue often comes down to another post by Spencer quoting Mark Twain. “No evidence can convince a fool.”
The author is a former principal of an elementary and junior high school in Jerusalem. flawless parenting, available for purchase on Amazon. It is based on the proven wisdom found in the book of Proverbs.
