elephants gerald wrote:riley, I love this. this guy is a titan. do you feel like the MMA fan community has more of these types than the general public? that seems to be my experience, and I'm wondering if the blame can actually all be put at rogan's feet? it can't just be his retarded influence
I would say MMA/BJJ is one of the hot, fertile breeding grounds of stupid conspiracy theories. Most of the people are BJJ nerds who spend a lot of time not knowing a damn thing about science, but wanting to appear smart and eager to learn, which leads to believing every dumb inflammatory theory that comes out of Rogan's mouth, and then gets transmitted like staph around the club, or mentioned on other podcasts. Rogan frequently says, "look I'm no scientist or engineer, but. Look at Tower 7 and TELL ME it doesn't look like a controlled demolition." Well, look Joe, sure it does, but where's your expertise to claim that same situation as it appeared couldn't be replicated without blowing the supports ? Youtube videos ?
So then these idiots, (and believe me, even smart for a fighter still qualifies as pretty fuckin dumb), without any proof, start telling each other about how Tower 7 was definitely an inside job with no evidence beyond the host of Fear Factor said it. And now you've created a situation where these people will believe any fucking crackpot theory about how the government is a malevolent force eager to mind-control every human possible and kill the rest. Which, with that incredibly simplified thinking, you just end up becoming the idiot that believes absolutely everything that is the opposite of the official story.