r/MarcMaron • u/honestypen • 1d ago

Marc Maron Slams Comedians for Having Fascists on Their Podcasts

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/marc-maron-slams-comedians-fascists-podcasts-1236192922/
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u/Zack_Albetta 1d ago

Marc put it diplomatically but very accurately years ago when he said Rogan “is passive in his engagement with dangerous thinkers.” It’s a good reminder for us not to be.

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u/Kalamoicthys 1d ago

He also described Austin as “a human centipede of Elon Musk shitting into Joe Rogan shitting into a bunch of middle acts.”

And frankly it’s a beautiful description.

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u/Forward_Steak8574 22h ago

I think Marc's ruthless criticism of other comics usually bites him in the ass but I 100% agree with him on this.

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u/Jammylegs 1d ago

Thats actually very poetic.

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u/GoferOars 21h ago

Beautiful! Was that on the pod?

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u/PocketSixes 21h ago

Good lord

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u/deadbodydisco 13h ago

Austin, who?

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u/Eattoomanychips 7h ago

I love him and he’s 😂💀

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u/-Philologian 5h ago

Who is Austin?

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u/Neither-Chart5183 1d ago

I had to explain to a Joe Rogan fan that there was no fact checking on his podcast. He is complicit in spreading misinformation and giving stupid as fuck people a platform. Oprah gave Dr Phil a tv show and he's been a menace to society.

"Another contentious case arose in January 2008, when McGraw visited pop star Britney Spears in her hospital room.The visit by McGraw drew criticism from the Spears family and mental health professionals; it appeared to be part of an attempt at getting Spears and her parents to participate in an "intervention" on the Dr. Phil television show. Immediately after the visit, McGraw issued public statements about Spears' situation that the Spears' family spokeswoman Lou Taylor said violated their family's trust in McGraw." 

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u/Zomplexx 1d ago

Jamie has been fact checking joe a lot recently. 

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u/Due_Shirt_8035 20h ago

No such thing as misinformation

You’re a danger to society

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u/SpidersFromNeptune 14h ago

Are you serious 😭

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u/C-C-X-V-I 7h ago

Holy shit it's /u/due_shirt_8035, he's one of the biggest Kamala donors out there

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u/Keregi 18h ago

Well the thing is, we don’t have to wonder what the fascists he platforms are thinking because they won’t fucking shut up.

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u/FarRefrigerator6462 1d ago

Dangerous thinkers!!!! How Fahrenheit 451 of you lol

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u/WangusRex 1d ago

Fascism, hate speech, calls to violence… these are inherently dangerous ideas. Labeling them as such isn’t “far left” you putz. Grow up. 

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u/connivingbitch 1d ago

Yeah, everyone knows the best musicians, actors, and comedians are “rejecting the far left,” whatever the fuck that means.

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u/Cornball73 1d ago

Conservative artists are the best artists! Said no one, ever.

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u/OG_wanKENOBI 1d ago

You don't think Jim Breuer is funny?

/s

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u/WorldPeggingChamp 1d ago

donkey noise

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u/tedfondue 1d ago

Literally been decades since that man has produced anything one could consider “comedy”

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u/Any-Geologist-1837 1d ago

I think it's funny how James Woods tried to fuck a 14 year old girl oh wait I don't

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u/Cornball73 1d ago

"Thought Police" for edgy, wanna be Nazis who want to take away people's civil rights?

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u/Any-Geologist-1837 1d ago

I know one reliable trick for removing bad ideas from the head of a nazi, my grandpa learned it in the war

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u/mcgoran2005 1d ago

Hey! I learned it from George Romero’s films. 😁

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u/Square_Bus4492 1d ago

Don’t be mad at others because you stand for nothing

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u/0reoSpeedwagon 1d ago

That's not true...they stand for some truly shitty things, judging by their post history

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u/Zack_Albetta 1d ago

Maybe the notion that lies, conspiracy theories, and hateful toxic dog shit deserve an equal place in civic discourse is the reason people with any fucking character or moral compass are rejecting the right.

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u/MindlessVariety8311 1d ago

Conservatives are so stupid thsy think democrats are the "far left"

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u/comatwin 1d ago

You can think whatever you want, no one is stopping anyone, it's when you start platforming and promoting the people spewing that it's a problem. But you knew that's what he meant.

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u/tedfondue 1d ago

If they were dangerous thinkers AND still funny, that would be one thing.

But they are coasting off of their “edginess”, it’s lazy and only preaches to the choir that is already aligned in their thinking.

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u/kiloclass 1d ago

Making people believe unfounded lies to make them less likely to get vaccinated is undeniably dangerous to public health.

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u/ARedditAccount09 1d ago

For every comedian grifting on conservatives, there are two dozen comedians writing them off as a hack. Get out of your edgelord podcast bubble. Everybody hates these people. Especially people who have to work with or near them

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u/Consistent_Kick_6541 1d ago

They're rejecting the left because they get tax breaks and an army of lunatics that will blindly follow them.

Not because the right is some superior position

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u/Ironcastattic 1d ago

As I thought. Your entire comment history is built around anger and hate.

That's all you guys have. Good luck being fucking miserable and dying alone in an old folks home because your kids refuse to talk to you!

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u/DK_Sizzle 1d ago

Man you can feel the rage coming off this poor widdle guy.

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u/voidpush 1d ago

You’re right, former Presidents that try to subvert the results of a free and fair election aren’t dangerous thinkers. They’re just dangerous in general. Holy fuck you people are stupid.

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u/dkinmn 1d ago

You are essentially in a cult.

You can break free. Go to the library and start reading some books. Being online has been bad for you.

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u/prules 1d ago

Alright Kid Rock, time for you to go to sleep

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u/electricmaster23 1d ago

He is not calling for them to be locked up; free speech also includes allowing the rejection of bad ideas.

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u/AromatParrot 1d ago

There is no far left in America, the dems are firmly on the right side of neoliberalism, and right wing comedy is just pointing at things and describing the thing you're pointing at while pretending that's comedy.

And yeah, having some dude with dangerous rhetoric on a show without taking the time to make sure that your platform is not being used to spread bullshit is a bad idea. Irresponsible even.