Friday, November 04, 2022

Thanks for your contribution, Joe

Too late for the millions of Trumpy culture warriors who will go on believing this was real:

Joe Rogan has admitted he lied about a school letting “furry” children use litter boxes, walking back his claims from a month ago that have since been amplified by Republican Senate Don Bolduc. In an October podcast, Rogan told guest Tulsi Gabbard that his friend’s wife taught at a school that “had to install a litter box in the girl’s room because there’s a student that’s a furry.” Now, he’s saying “I don't think they actually did it,” attributing the whole situation to “one wacky mother” who the school ignored. Claims that furry students are using litter boxes have been debunked over and over, but the lie has persisted as a right-wing talking point. Bolduc accused a school of using litter boxes in a campaign town hall, saying “I wish I was making it up.” Lucky for the New Hampshire Republican, he was. “I fed into that,” Rogan said in his podcast, admitting he had no facts to back up his claim.

3 comments:

John said...

I don't know what the fuss is about Joe Rogan. The discussions are long, tedious, and lacking in rigour.

Steve said...

Well, while it's true that I don't imagine a lot of your typical Trump MAGA types spend time listening to him, it does not help calm down the culture wars to have anyone with a large audience pass on things that aren't true.

John said...

Rogan loves the culture wars, more subscriptions.