I don't love being a Rogan apologist, but I've been in so many conversations where my hyper-progressive friends, curse his name and accuse him of...something...which always seems to come down to his responsibility as a mouthpiece to 10 million people.

To me he's a painfully decent person who likes to talk to other people, especially standup comics and weirdos. I've appreciated his discussions with guys like Snowden, but most of his 'casts are just too long and dull to keep my interest.

The whole thing is so 'Howard Stern 1990' that I'm perennially surprised by how rabid the hate is. I may be wrong, but it just seems like more of the 'smart people hate what dumb people like' thing. (I don't actually think the people involved are smart or dumb, just giving the phenomenon a name)