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Joe Rogan and Bret Weinstein Promote AIDS Denialism to an Audience of Millions (www.vice.com)

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Weinstein repeated discredited theories to Rogan about HIV not being the cause of AIDS, alarming and infuriating public health experts.

Bret Weinstein, the evolutionary biology professor turned podcaster and ivermectin guy, repeated a series of discredited pseudo-theories about AIDS in a recent appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast. Weinstein, a frequent guest, told Rogan that he found the theory that party drugs like poppers cause AIDS to be “surprisingly compelling.” (It is not.) Weinstein also told Rogan he came to these ideas by reading a recent book by anti-vaccine activist and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, creating a sort of unholy turducken of misinformation passed onto an audience of millions.

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[–] Clent@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Some may argue that. I would argue those same people are morons.

Having the freedom to explore our deepest desires doesn't mean one does so. You are romanticized the wealthy.

I suspect you fit inside the group sometimes referred to as "temporarily embarrassed millionaires" -- i also suspect you disagree. I also suspect you think yourself more intelligent than you actually are.

I also suspect that you feel me pointing this out indicates a fault in my personality rather than you being able to see it as a service to you. Polite society prevents the bottom half of the intellectual spectrum from being told they are in that bottom half.