Saturday, October 16, 2021
Rogan and Gupta
This week's hardass interview of Gupta is obviously refreshing and maybe just a teensy fraction hopeful.
Rogan had all the EXPERIENTIAL FACTS on his side, not EXPERT THEORIES. He RELENTLESSLY pursued Gupta, who had only the usual media murder on his side. No pause, no quarter, no room for "agree to disagree". These are the facts and you are LYING LYING LYING LYING. Gupta finally buckled, after playing all the usual shit games, and admitted that he was LYING.
In a totally busted and de-trusted former civilization, where all leaders and influencers are either holocaustal NAZI NAZI NAZI demons or fake Pied Pipers, RELENTLESS hammering on the side of facts is vanishingly rare.
Why is this possibly micro-hopeful?
Because in this instance CNN was punching up, not punching down. Rogan's audience is bigger than CNN's audience, and his audience is paying specifically for his program, not just part of a Basic Cable Package.
Media are accustomed to punching down, slaughtering the low-status Deplorables. Rogan looks like a Deplorable to them, but his AUDIENCE IS BIGGER. The usual condescension and arrogance doesn't work when you're punching upward.
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