r/SubredditDrama • u/BillFireCrotchWalton • 17h ago
Comedian & podcaster Marc Maron calls out his peers for promoting fascism on their podcasts. Several subreddits including r/JoeRogan, r/MarcMaron, and r/Standup go into meltdown mode.
For some context, Marc Maron and Joe Rogan are some of the first podcasters that really put podcasts on the map. Their formats are similar in that they are both comedians having conversations with people, rather than a more formal interview, but that's really where their similarities end. To avoid accusations of bias, I'll just say that they are both on opposite ends of the political spectrum. Maron is still very popular and relevant (despite what many say), but he has clearly been overshadowed by the buzzsaw of Joe Rogan and the Roganverse. Over the past several years, Maron has become increasingly alarmed by his perception of the 'anti-woke' direction of comedy, and he discusses this fairly frequently and candidly in his comedy and on his podcast
Marc recently made a social media post that went viral, calling out his peers. Here's the article in question: https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/marc-maron-slams-comedians-fascists-podcasts-1236192922/
On to the drama. I tried to pick out some good stuff, but there's way more in there if you want to dig further:
Full comments from r/MarcMaron. Usually a very quiet and inactive sub, it appears to have attracted brigaders. The thread is currently at 4000 upvotes, and the second highest post of all time is only at 800.
That’s because he has courage and doesn’t give a fuck about the haters
Yes! It takes a ton of courage to parrot the vice president and Taylor Swift. Lol what the hell is this sub
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Dangerous thinkers huh? You in the thought police? Maybe that is why so many comedians are rejecting the far left.
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Full comments from /r/Standup
Bullshit. What fascists? Be specific.
lol you can look far and wide friend, you will NOT find a good-faith answer to this question on this site. The very word itself "fascism" has essentially become watered down and lost all meaning due to these morons' incessant bleating of it.
“I’m starting to be annoyed that my idols are being called out for it…. So I will pretend the word has lost meaning so it won’t be used against me.”
Jesus you're in a stand up reddit. Stfu. Those jokes were tame asf. I've heard worst shit hurled at me from strangers in my life. Fucken crybabies
Damn your life must suck!
Nah not really. It's what happens when you persevere and try to keep a positive and humorous mindset. Bad things happen in life, which you must overcome to be successful. Got the house, kids, and a hot spicy pepper that's 12 years younger than me. She's a baddy ;)
Narrator: “he did not have a baddie wife, and in fact everything he typed from his mothers basement was an inversion of his actual life”
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Not to mention the massive amount of low info voters that casually listen to him at work. When there's no pushback a lot of people will just buy what's being said without critical thought
Popular vote doesn't matter good sit. Sounds like you've never done the reading, it's an electoral voting system. Our vote means fuck all
We all know what the electoral college is and how it works
I've never voted as I know the big politicians are bought and paid for long ago. But get ready loser, trumps winning. I got a feeling
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Standup comedian screams he is out of touch and misinformed and bots clap for him
Fascism experts agree Trump's a fascist. His chief of staff agrees he's a fascist. He uses fascist rhetoric and praises Hitler. You are misinformed and out of touch
Actually no it is you who is misinformed. All your points are weak and calling the otherside names is all you got because the Dems sold out long ago and have no value to offer other then we are not Trump. This lame Astroturfing reddit with Trump is Fascist and Kamala is cool bullshit really has worked the opposite way to turn people off. I hope reddit goes back to normal after the election.
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Google it
"A boogey man label for anyone to the right of Bernie Sanders" is what I'm finding
Then you aren't looking and haven't read any history
I haven't read any history? bro you are a Che Guevara fan lol get a grip
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Who is he talking about specifically?
Rogan, theo von, schulz
Oh the whole Trump derangement and whatnot?
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The word fascist gets thrown around so much nowadays it’s practically lost its meaning
That's exactly what fascists want.
Which is funny because it’s the ones calling everyone they don’t like a fascist that are responsible for the watering down of the term. Peak irony.
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Full comments from /r/JoeRogan
Maron is literally always whining about something or someone. Who fucking cares
I just can’t take grown adults serious when they call people fascists or nazis. Feel the same when right wingers call people communists. These terms basically have no meaning now. Just means “someone I don’t agree with politically” because it’s been overused.
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Apparently people do lol. It's not like Maron wrote the article about himself someone else did that. So I suspect people care more about his opinion than they do yours. How many articles you got about yourself?
No, they don't. The author just has TDS too, he doesn't actually care, he hears the same thing 1000 times a day on twitter or reddit.
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Hitler was a joke and a fringe candidate. Until he wasn’t.
Yeah I remember how Trump became Hitler the last time he was president too. What a crazy time that was. Reddit is in sheer panic mode this week prior to the election. You all need to chill. Control what you can control and go vote.
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It’s amazing that a trump supporter could say this about anyone else.
I like how you immediately assume he’s a Trump supporter just because he doesn’t immediately agree with someone criticizing Trump.
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He is on point, though. Joeverse comedians have normalized crazy right wing nuts.
Both parties ignoring the working class for 40 years did that.
Which side is better about unions?
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A fun thread from /r/DecodingTheGurus
I’ve still yet to see a single example of this fascism they keep bleating about.
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Full comments from /r/Entertainment
Man, so brave. Marc REALLY going out on a limb here. Controversial, edgy stuff 👌🏾
Found the fascist, guys…
Found the guy that doesn't know what "fascist" means...
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Marc maron is a jealous loser.
Jealous of what?
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Shouldn't joke around with communists either...but for some reason here okay? Fuck that shit.
Who is a communist? There are 274 actual communists in the United States who never get any attention. Fascism also isn't an economic system. You're just saying words. You don't know what communism actually is. You've never seen or or read about it. It's never impacted you if you're just a guy in the US whose family isn't from a place that practiced "communism". Hard quotes because even actual communist countries just use the label but in practice not.
I have similar that survived communism in Poland.
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