No, she didn't say he was those things; she said that he has made those types of comments, which is undeniably true.
If you say those types of things then you are those things.
Not necessarily. A microphone and an audience who clamor for you to say the craziest shit possible for entertainment purposes leads people to say stupid shit that even they don't really feel. Whether that's the case for Rogan, I dont know.
I dont listen to Rogan any more for that reason, it just turned into too much of a meathead competition to see who could say the most outrageously stupid thing.
Re: 2020: the year the "feelz" took over
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:24 am
by Deleted User 89
there is also a difference between one, or a few, inappropriate statements made in the moment, and a relatively long history and pattern of inappropriateness
Re: 2020: the year the "feelz" took over
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 12:12 pm
by Walrus
I'd never even heard of Douglas before, but after listening to this, it's one of the best and most important interviews I've ever heard. He really clears up all the nonsense going on in the media. He mentions that even covid couldn't bring us all together because the media manipulated this "systemic racism" nonsense that less intelligent people would eat up.
Re: 2020: the year the "feelz" took over
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2020 11:55 pm
by Walrus
Of course, this is not racist, but in 2020, it will be viewed as such.
"People are calling for a boycott of Wells Fargo after CEO blames 'very limited pool of Black talent' for the bank's trouble hitting its diverse hiring goals"
If Wells Fargo really wanted a bigger pool of black talent, and also some good PR, announce scholarships for black communities.
Re: 2020: the year the "feelz" took over
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:05 am
by ousdahl
and this is tangential, but lobster if you might so kindly be willing to answer - what are your thoughts on breaking up the big banks?
Re: 2020: the year the "feelz" took over
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 1:00 am
by Walrus
Start by getting the government out of helping the banks. Let the banks fail -- no bailouts. Bring back real capitalism, which means the ability to fail.
Re: 2020: the year the "feelz" took over
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 7:30 am
by Deleted User 289
Walrus wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 11:55 pm
Of course, this is not racist, but in 2020, it will be viewed as such.
"People are calling for a boycott of Wells Fargo after CEO blames 'very limited pool of Black talent' for the bank's trouble hitting its diverse hiring goals"
Racist or not, do you believe it's true? I'll let you in on a secret - It's not.
Re: 2020: the year the "feelz" took over
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 7:53 am
by ousdahl
Walrus wrote: ↑Thu Sep 24, 2020 1:00 am
Start by getting the government out of helping the banks. Let the banks fail -- no bailouts. Bring back real capitalism, which means the ability to fail.
I think, in some general sense, we might...agree?
I suppose I wasn’t for bailing out the banks either. If they privatize profits like they do, they shouldn’t get to socialize losses. But I also wasn’t for the potential consequences of what they said would happen if we didn’t? I dunno. There’s a lot of details in this issue.
I would’ve been even more for not letting the banks get so precariously big in the first place? But if your argument is based purely on the merits of capitalism, we may differ here.
Re: 2020: the year the "feelz" took over
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:12 pm
by Walrus
The banks do a lot of their reckless actions because they know they have the bailouts. We've taken away their ability to fail and when that happens, they will take advantage. Some will argue that we should bail out the ordinary people who deposited their money. I can see that argument, but people should also do more research on where they are storing their money. Put it in a bank where they don't gamble as much.
Should we stop companies from becoming too big? Sometimes, yes. We're seeing this problem with Google and FB in that they are silencing anyone who goes against their narrative.
Re: 2020: the year the "feelz" took over
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 1:06 pm
by twocoach
Walrus wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 11:55 pm
Of course, this is not racist, but in 2020, it will be viewed as such.
"People are calling for a boycott of Wells Fargo after CEO blames 'very limited pool of Black talent' for the bank's trouble hitting its diverse hiring goals"
People should boycott Wells Fargo for ripping off their customers by incentivizing employees to create fake accounts for customers they didnt request and generating billions in fees.
TraditionKU wrote: ↑Thu Sep 24, 2020 2:27 pm
wells fargo shouldn’t be allowed to exist anymore
Agreed. As someone who is in that industry, what they did to their customers is unforgivable. I would have closed all of my accounts out with them immediately.
Re: 2020: the year the "feelz" took over
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 4:14 pm
by Walrus
I don't think anyone here would try to make a case that Wells Fargo has been a "good" bank. They've done countless terrible things in the name of greed. However, I don't really see these terrible things as motivated by racism. It appears they were taking advantage of the poorer people (which is a really shitty thing to do). If it makes you feel better, they've lost over 50% of their stock value since late 2019. They were doing all those buybacks and are now paying the price.
