Podcaster Joe Rogan slammed the New York Times after one of its reporters published an article questioning whether the U.S. Constitution itself is a threat to democracy.
On Sunday, Times book critic Jennifer Szalay Wrote an article The article, headlined “The Constitution is Sacred. But Is It Also Dangerous?” speculates that “one of the greatest threats to American politics may be the country's founding document.”
After pointing out that Trump lost the popular vote but won the 2016 presidential election thanks to the Electoral College, Sarai suggested there was growing skepticism about the Constitution's ability to restrain “authoritarianism.”
“Trump's political rise has benefited from a Constitution that is inherently anti-democratic and, in our times, increasingly dysfunctional,” Sarai wrote.
Podcaster Joe Rogan called out The New York Times over a recent article it published. (of)
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On Wednesday's episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” the podcaster spoke with author Bret Weinstein about the piece. Post to Instagram So Rogan shared the headline, writing, “What a fascinating time to be alive.”
“This isn't the Babylon Bee. This is an actual New York Times article, you know? This is so crazy,” Logan said. “I just can't believe that someone printed this and the New York Times said, 'Yeah, we like it, let's run it!'”
Logan was astounded by the headline and lead text of the article, and asked rhetorically, “What the hell are you talking about? One of the greatest threats to American politics is one of the greatest documents our country was founded on, maybe one of the greatest documents of all time. How can that be a threat to American politics? What politics are you talking about? How the hell are you gaslighting me into going along with this?”
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Weinstein responded, “On the one hand, it's completely predictable, right? Because clearly there are authoritarian forces there who are gnashing their teeth at night over the Constitution and the fact that it blocks what they wanted to do last week. So of course they're scratching their heads and saying, 'Can you explain why we should repeal it?' And of course, if you're a normal, thinking person, this is complete insanity. But if you're a New York Times reader, I think this fits with the ethos that's been cultivated.”
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“That's why someone like Trump is so important to them. It's so hard to justify this crap unless someone emerges who poses an imminent threat within the next three months,” Logan said, arguing that former President Trump is a villain that allows the left to make these claims, but that it's harder to do so with past Republican nominees.
“You can't make the argument that we don't need the First Amendment because the First Amendment gets in the way. The First Amendment allows people to say things that aren't true — 'misinformation' and 'fake news.'”
Weinstein then claimed similar exaggerated claims had been made against Republican presidential candidates: “They did the same thing with Mitt Romney and George W. Bush, right? The rhetoric is still 'existential threat,' and they always have a particular version of this.”
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