Kinda scary when a US government official says someone should be censored.

This was ungodly based. Glad to see 'the younger folk' are snapping out of this tribalistic thinking. Independent thought is legit dying for 2 parties who are equally corrupt & only for the donor class. You the man Opti

The reason I really Like Optimus is because he isn't biased, and is Usually Impartial. Thats what got me into this channel, and why i have stayed

Don’t get why people can’t fathom disagreeing respectfully with someone, I’m friends with some guy who has vastly different views then I do and we can still talk. I don’t get why others can’t do the same

Twitter has tried to cancel joe millions of times, last time it happened because he interviewed Alex jones, previously because he interviewed ben shapiro, before that because he said video games waste time didn't affect him. Joe brings in more streams and views than every celebrity cancel culture likes combined, he's not getting canceled

The "backlash" against Joe Rogan is the epitome of manufactured outrage. The people trying to cancel him don't hate him for saying that word or anything, they hate him because he gives a platform to people with all kinds of different opinions and beliefs through his podcast. They don't want to restrict "harmful content" or "misinformation", they just want to restrict speech they disagree with. And as for the actual video, I've seen it and each clip was so obviously taken out of context.

I don’t believe in canceling people I believe in holding people accountable for what they say and Giving them time to make amends Edit plz don’t spread conspiracies under this post

It’s ironic that the people screaming that Joe is spreading “misinformation” are the same ones watching those out of context clips and immediately assuming he’s racist without looking further into it. Just goes to show that they don’t have the ability to think critically.

The people that argue that "what he says is always taken as fact and are teaching people this and that" are the kinds of idiots that can't make thier own decisions in life.

Can't really take twitter too seriously considering the amount of virtue signalers of there Edit: My proof being that the time Rogan got "exposed" is taking place during black history month. Hmmmmm... seems as if people only care about certain situations until it stops being convenient to them

Why do people have a problem with this? This is his job. Joe Rogan interviews all sorts of people whether they're a doctor or a donkey. He's just trying to study different points of views to further understand why people think the way they do. Now apparently, everyone starts assuming that open mindedness is misinformation.

Why do people literally demand censorship? If you don’t like what you’re hearing, then don’t listen to it. Your view of the world does not apply to everyone…

Cancelling someone has been thrown around so much it’s kinda losing its meaning. If you REALLY want to cancel someone you gotta ostracize them on like an abandoned island or something. XD

Great take, man. There aren't many people who have approached this topic with complete logic, but I'm glad that somebody with as much influence as you has done so. Thanks.

Even if you don't agree with what he or his guests have to say, it's ridiculous that people feel that they have a right to control his speech

Rogan said he’d rather vote for Sanders than Trump. We Conservatives still don’t want him canceled

I don't listen to the guy, but I take it personally that if they can shut him down, they will shut anyone down. TBH I don't get why people can't just hit the ignore and move on button in their own head if they don't like the guy...

My problem is that news network and channels trying to group all black people on the matter. Not all of us has the same opinion on the word, and not everyone defending Rogan is white.

The more you try to silence something, the more people will start to believe it

So we gonna forget that jimmy Fallon did black face and wasn’t canceled 🤷🏻‍♂️

Ah yes, Twitter, the most mature and intelligent place on the internet.

Ya know what Optimus? I disagree with you on covid and vaccines (sorta)! But guess what? You're a human with their own opinions. And I respect you as a human being and I like a lot of your opinions. So, I'm gonna keep listening. If we only were friends with people or listened to people with our opinions, not only would that create a one sided world view, we'd have VERY VERY few friends.

Someone else mentioned how he's a good guy and that's what gets to me. Is it worth ignoring your fellow citizens doing the best they can to be decent people and bring up their past to try to destroy their livelihoods because they don't fit with the politics of a party that really doesn't care about you? These politicians aren't the ones farming your food, transporting goods, working the hospitals, fighting the wars they start, etc. When people are ok with screwing over their fellow citizens for the government it usually leads to atrocities.

its not science anymore when you aren't allowed to question it.

People need to stop attaching so much of their personality to their political leanings. There's absolutely no reason that civil discourse should no longer exist in this country.

Canceling isn’t bad when done right look at edp

This is such a weird time. You can't have healthy discourse, you can't say certain things without being burned at the stake, and even for things you said years ago without proper context. It's irritating 😮‍💨💀

As a black guy who lives in philly…..he’s not wrong

Gotta disagree with the Rogan part, the phrase “n word” does exist, no white man should be dropping the hard r People can’t even talk about 9/11 without Americans having a heart attack but we ask y’all to refrain from one word, and now y’all make excuses for context ? Why not just not say the word in the first place ?

Honestly the people who demand Joe Rogan to be canceled for "misinformation" are pretty much saying that they think people are not capable to critically think for themselves and that they are afraid of people who questions things or think logically. At the same time, these folks generally don't care if someone says something damaging because if someone who thinks like them says something heinous they give them free passes or tell folks they misunderstand them.

It would just be cool if he wouldn’t say the N word over and over. It’s not that hard not to say one hateful slur.

I’m so disappointed in society, people seriously HATE joe without even seeing his show.

See, if people had an Opinion like Optimus with the "Well, they will get it or they won't but we shouldn't force them" we could be back to normal by now. I think it's pretty obvious that all the screeching and threats haven't worked so far...

I appreciate Optimus for seeing both sides of an argument, unfortunately that’s more of a rare occurrence nowadays

I wish cancel culture can stop but as shrek has said "like thats ever gonna happen"

The same people who want Joe Rogan cancelled for misinformation are the same people who think men can get pregnant

You’re supposed to disagree with the things even the ppl you like have to say. Not everything that’s said is supposed to be taken as if it’s the law of the land. He’s had controversial guests on his show and has his own personal perspectives on things that we’re not gonna like. That’s the point of having a podcast: to get you talking about it. I’m not too favorable of the guy yet I know that cancelling him over this is just foolish.

They're coming to cancel everything we like.

I believe that being pro/anti vax, anti vax mandate, and supporting freedom of speech+individual thinking are the based takes. The CDC stated that getting the vax only affects the person getting it and it does not in fact "save the lives" of others like the media+Left were trying to push. People need critical thinking and this should be promoted.

Jordan Peterson is controversial? you good bro? All he does is speaks facts and stats, people hate truth, but calling him controversial? Dunno what you've been listening to...

My brain just said the stupidest thing, “if it was uploaded six minutes ago, then how is it 31 minutes long?”

The Rock has become very shilly lately. Might be because he's considering running for political office.

Remember, there is no such thing as a situation where it is okay to silence someone or prevent them from speaking their piece. YOU can choose to go away or not listen if what they are saying is upsetting or if you don’t agree, but you either support free speech or you don’t.

I work at Amazon and there is LOTS of woke propaganda around the warehouse. “Asians at amazon” or “Hispanics at amazon” like why highlight a race over anyone else’s. It makes no sense. There’s definitely more examples that’s just to name one example

The point wasn't to deplatform him with the compilation. It was to make sure nobody could defend with him. When in doubt call racism.

the people who are trying to shut him down have never listened to a single one of his episodes

If you only agree with the people around you and dislike if they think different your part of the problem 💀

My biggest problem with the misinformation crowd, is that they also give misinformation, or straight up lie. So think for yourself , and keep it pushing , lastly most people don’t think for them selves. Hence misinformation ish

Im more left wing in political views. But me I learn to accept anyone regardless of their political views. I don’t have to agree but I’m very respectable

semi-related to a small part of the video: another crazy thing amazon is doing is installing trackers in delivery vans that measure driving performance, so if a driver gets cut off and has to avoid a literal crash through no fault of their own, they get penalized.

Breaking news: guy on podcast said a word we don't like. Commence cancellation procedures.

GLAD YOU MADE THIS VIDEO 🙏🏾

Optimus not sure if you're reading this but if you are, when you get really tilted in arenas for apex just play lifeline with gold bag, easiest wins ever when you're on the lower side level wise

Finally a rational human being that can grasp the concept of another opinion without falling apart

The man said the *HARD R* 20 times on video. There’s nothing hypocritical about it. There’s no excuse for it, there’s no context for it. And there’s certainly no way to defend it

Never apologize to Twitter. Freedom of speech!

Thank you for using 0.1% of your brain to discuss this. People need to use logic. It seems as if everyone else is brain dead or something

This was the outcome of Steiner not conducting his counter attack

No way Optimus playing my favorite game as back round footage let's go

Bringing up an instance of hypocrisy doesn’t cancel out the two scenarios. In almost every instance of Rogan fans saying “well what about when this guys did ____” is them bringing up someone with less clout in mainstream media. Society holds these famous figures to the same standard as any other author musician etc but because of their platform and larger fan base they are made examples of faster and it is not a means to control them but instead to show people what not to do if they want to be inclusive and have a larger audience. Joe Rogan understands this and that’s why he apologized. His apology isn’t a sign of weakness as some fans might think it’s a sign that he really does truly care about the message he’s spreading. His apology will not erase this memory from the minds of his haters but it is a step in the right direction.

I think Internet censorship shouldn’t be a thing period, no matter how ridiculous or wrong someone’s opinion might be

Now if anyone is mad at this take, you need to unplug for a bit, touch grass, talk to someone, and learn to love life. Cause even where I disagree, optimus has been respectful and shows his logic. If you are angry, it's cause you like to be angry.

"I don't think it's fair" These people who have this mindset are all unfair.

Vaccine mandate is just discriminatory.

dude honestly thank god you're talking about this im so tired of this massive hypocrisy from people. The moment you call people out on this hypocritical bs they back down and run because they know they're in the wrong

Am I the only one that didn't find his comment about philly being like planet of the apes as offensive? My initial thought was that he meant Philly was probably like chaotic & alot of crime going on. People who immediately correlated the movie of Apes to black people are the ones connecting that dot there. Everyone interprets things differently.

"Welcome to Fear Factor. I'm Joel Roaglan.......Rojum? These cue cards are going a little fast."

Ever notice how people with left-wing views never get canceled?

Honestly cancel culture is being abused a lot from people cancelling for almost nothing it ridiculous

You better cancel cancel culture before cancel culture cancels *YOU.*

Even more hypocrisy is the the fact that Joe Rogan has stated and is openly more liberal than conservative.

Once we start canceling and censoring differing opinions it’s a slippery slope, and that goes for both sides of the left/right.

Regardless if he was quoting it or not he shouldn't be saying the hard r let's keep it real

NOBODY should be censored. Censoring is a VERY slippery slope. U censor one person and the next thing u know free speech doesn't exist and u can be jailed speaking.

As a Hispanic man I wasn't aware that there was a S slur for us?

Don was lowkey telling a black guy not to be racist towards black people 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

Well the difference between the covid vaccine and other vaccines is that the covid vaccine hasn't been in development for long, and some people think that sit just won't help them, so they don't get it, but they support the other vaccines such as small pox and the flu, its not really hypocrisy, it's just an opinion on a specific thing

I guess everyone should be cancel then cause show me someone who has never said anything dumb or rude or consider racist in their life. Good luck.

I dont get americans. If you dont want the n word to be widely used, then dont use it yourself

People shouldnt be censored.

Let's say Joe Rogan was wrong. Why would he need to be cancelled for this mistake when he could easily make the mature choice and do better moving forward, isn't that the idea of progress? That people LEARN from their Mistakes instead of being thrown out of the house for it? What is the point in Joe Rogan Apologizing or saying he was wrong if you won't let him make a better choice moving forward?

The cancer culture crowd is very toxic, I wish Joe could have handled it better because apologizing to them is like throwing blood in a shark infested ocean. He should have either ignored it or handled it like Chappelle or apologized for the planet of the apes jokes but explain the context of the N word clips because he was reading quotes literally. He should also have clowned on his haters as well because apologizing to the mob is to them a sign of weakness or vulnerability. Sadly, I think he's kind of done because he took down over 150 videos.

Google says Philadelphia's population of Black people is at 43.6%, Whites at 44.8%, Hispanic Latino at 15%, etc.

David goggins said it best on his instagram about Joe rogan

This situation is a perfect example of everything wrong with twitter.

There is no amount of content that justifys saying the hard ER

From what I’ve seen, it can’t be science if one big named doctor and the surgeon general are backtracking on everything they’ve said, science doesn’t just change like that

I can't believe that a dude on the internet comenting over some random gameplay is much more objective and honest than the media. The world is trully scary rn.

Welcome to 2022 where some would legitimately unalive others for moving their mouths in a certain way.

Rogan’s a good man, and everyone has messed up.

Joe Rogan's podcast isn't about being right or wrong on things like COVID or the likes nor is Joe Rogan meant to be this vast beacon of righteousness like what Twitter expects him to be. Joe Rogan and by extension, his podcast, is about discussion and thinking. He could of gone the route of 99% of other podcasters and just surround himself with people that think like him and clap like seals after every word, but instead he brings on people from different viewpoints and specialties to discuss why they agree or disagree in a way that encourages reasoning and evidence for the serious things and comedic value for the jokes. Every time he brings on a person with a differing view, he is risking himself getting clowned on for his bad takes. So even though I disagree with a lot of things he thinks, I have nothing but respect for the guy.

I disagree with Joe Rogan on his covid stance and also his stance on video games. But the man has a right to speak. You can't just silence someone because they have different views than you. How can we claim to be a free country when we're willing to ruin someone's life just for stating an unpopular opinion or belief? The Left and the Right are both equally guilty of not tolerating differing opinions. And I'm tired of the partisanship that's plaguing this country and making people hate one another.

Yeah all the virtue signaling and hypocrisy 🙄 its so annoying

Video on trucker convoy maybe?

Ppl get hurt about the n word but don’t keep the same energy about slurs regarding other races. Crazy.

We truly live in the age of snowflakes and sensitivity. People have lost the ability to respectfully disagree with someone.

'Cancel Culture' exists less than me at school. And that says a lot because I'm basically John Cena at school.

Idc what progressives say I love his podcast The people he talks to are interesting Compare that to what the left has is just a boring echo chamber

My problem is that Joe's show started gaining flak after Mark Malone was on the show, an actual expert in mRNA vaccines who has been completely silenced. I don't typically agree with Joe, but one quote really stood out to me. "What was considered misinformation 10 months ago is now considered fact". Why should anyone be able to silence an expert in a field?

Great video bro