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    Stupid Joe Rogan’s ‘Repulsive’ Podcast Comments About Shooting Homeless People Stuns L.A.’s Unhoused Advocates

    By William Earl - Variety




    Joe Rogan’s recent offhand remark to podcast guest Tom Segura that “Maybe you should just go shoot the homeless people” in Los Angeles has left several of the city’s unhoused advocates stunned and disheartened.

    In the July 14 episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” the host’s discussion with comedian Segura moved to the topic of homelessness in Los Angeles. The cigar-smoking duo discussed some dark ideas about L.A.’s unhoused population, seemingly comparing the response to L.A.’s crime issues to the homelessness crisis. Segura and Rogan’s comments are transcribed below.

    Tom Segura: When you see stuff like that on the streets, at least in Los Angeles or California, that’s protected property. Like by law. That’s that’s person’s property by law.

    Joe Rogan: Oh, a homeless person’s property is protected?

    Segura: Absolutely. If you were to try to move that or take that—

    Rogan: You’d get arrested. Hilarious. But they wouldn’t arrest you if you shot somebody. Maybe you should just go shoot the homeless people.

    Segura: I like your ideas.

    Rogan: And if nobody claims it. I mean nobody does anything about violent crime in LA anymore.

    Beyond the criticism that the comments were met with on social media, Variety shared the conversation with Los Angeles community leaders who work with unhoused populations. Representatives were shocked by the discussion.

    Theo Henderson, an unhoused advocate who created the podcast “We the Unhoused,” said the comments could absolutely cause violence directed at people without homes.

    “It’s repulsive,” Henderson said. “It’s infuriating because it’s not only out of touch, but the reality is that unhoused people are targeted by housed people. To advocate trying to shoot at unhoused people or just giving these dog whistles to people that do not see unhoused people as human beings — I can’t believe you’d advocate for it.”

    Henderson added that there are two central issues that could actually help the unhoused population that Rogan could discuss on his show.

    “Two good things that are basically universal [for the unhoused population] that would be a great help are bathroom access and shower depots, where unhoused people would be able to take care of themselves without being considered pariahs,” Henderson said.

    Henderson went on to highlight the range of situations for homeless populations, recalling relationships he’s established with elderly individuals and families with small children that have lived without houses.

    “It’s a very abysmal response to a varied situation that we all should be really concerned and working aggressively to put people in housing right now,” Henderson said.

    Andy Bales, who serves as president and CEO of the downtown L.A. homeless shelter Union Rescue Mission, expressed similar disappointment in Rogan’s comments. A quarter of the Union Rescue Mission’s staff is composed of former guests of the shelter.

    “I’m surprised and saddened,” Bales said. “The comments about beginning to kill homeless people hits too close to reality for any comfort, because murders of homeless people in Los Angeles went up 47% last year over the previous year…. There is a bit of an unfortunate vigilantism already in Los Angeles towards people devastated by homelessness and they don’t need any encouragement.”

    Bales went on to extend an invitation to Rogan so that he could better understand the conditions that thousands of Los Angeles residents live in.

    “Usually when I get in a case like this, with somebody with a lot of influence and responsibility, I invite them to come see what’s happening on the street and get to know the people that they’re talking about,” Bales said. “I would invite Joe to come to Union Rescue Mission to see, not only our work, but see what’s happening on the streets and who these people are who he’s talking about.”

    It’s the latest in a series of controversies for Rogan. Earlier this year, doctors, nurses and scientists urged Spotify to “implement a misinformation policy” regarding COVID-19, citing “The Joe Rogan Experience” and its “concerning history of broadcasting misinformation” regarding vaccinations and alternative treatments. The situation ultimately led to musicians like Neil Young and Joni Mitchell removing their music from the streamer in protest of its partnership with Rogan.

    Spotify is the exclusive streamer of Rogan’s show, which leads as the company’s most-listened podcast. Spotify inked a multiyear deal with Rogan in 2020, reportedly worth more than $100 million, for exclusive rights to distribute “The Joe Rogan Experience.”

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    FFS he was joking

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teh One Who Knocks View Post
    FFS he was joking
    He was. The problem is mad f*cks who get ideas from comments like that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lost in melb. View Post
    He was. The problem is mad f*cks who get ideas from comments like that.
    If you have to need to worry about that, then nobody would ever be allowed to say anything. I grew up watching Bugs Bunny and the Roadrunner cartoons and the the like, never once did I feel compelled to drop an anvil on someone's head.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teh One Who Knocks View Post
    If you have to need to worry about that, then nobody would ever be allowed to say anything. I grew up watching Bugs Bunny and the Roadrunner cartoons and the the like, never once did I feel compelled to drop an anvil on someone's head.


    But I bet you think about it for at least a second before shooing it away with reason every now and then.


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    Quote Originally Posted by lost in melb. View Post
    He was. The problem is mad f*cks who get ideas from comments like that.
    and they are the people that should be shot

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teh One Who Knocks View Post
    If you have to need to worry about that, then nobody would ever be allowed to say anything. I grew up watching Bugs Bunny and the Roadrunner cartoons and the the like, never once did I feel compelled to drop an anvil on someone's head.
    i bet you felt like it, just not enough to get that old acme catalog in the mail to do the mail order

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    Quote Originally Posted by deebakes View Post
    i bet you felt like it, just not enough to get that old acme catalog in the mail to do the mail order
    Hmmm, I bet shipping an anvil today would be pricey..

    ..

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    I'm a huge Tom Segura fan so I just happened to listen to that episode last night. He was obviously being crude to make a fellow comedian laugh. Anyone who says they're don't joke around and say "we should kill x" to make their friends laugh once in a while is either a liar or a loner


    What baffles me is that it seems like there's a large contingent of people online who listen to JRE just to get pissed off at him. Find a better use of 3 hours. Most of his podcasts these days kinda suck even if you like Joe to some extent... I can't even imagine listening to a 3 hour podcast just to intentionally get mad
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    it's similar to what they used to say about stern, that fans listened like half as long as those that hated him

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    You can't make this shit up... some crazy dude shot two homeless people here in BC yesterday and immediately people online including a prominent news personality blamed Rogan What a world.

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    Why not blame American Psycho






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    personally I blame the chinese, since they invented gunpowder

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