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Topics: Joe Rogan, Conspiracy Theories, News, World News, US News
Gerrard Kaonga
Topics: Joe Rogan, Conspiracy Theories, News, World News, US News
Joe Rogan has been ridiculed and condemned after leaning into a decade old conspiracy theory when it comes to the US landing on the moon.
Now, most will know that Rogan is no stranger to conspiracy theories, and has regularly discussed them on his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, over the years.
However, while some supporters argue that Rogan is simply asking important questions, others point out the show host regularly delves into pushing misinformation when discussing topics.
The commentator is now being mocked on social media for repeatedly arguing that the 1969 moon landing was faked during an episode earlier this year.
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On his 2,349th show, with guest singer Danny Jones, Rogan made it clear what he thought about the official story from NASA and the US government about the moon landings.
Rogan agreed with the decade-old conspiracy theory that the 1969 moon landings were faked and filmed by famed director Stanley Kubrick, and were also backed by the Walt Disney Company.
During the show, Rogan said: “It is amazing that [Stanley Kubrick] pulled off one of the greatest science fiction movies of all time, especially at the time, during the exact same time period where the moon landings were filmed.
“The stuff from 2001: A Space Odyssey is more sophisticated, looks better than the stuff from the moon landing... so the idea that you couldn’t fake it... That guy could fake it.”
He later added: “I think it was Apollo mission 12 or 13 where they got the footage of the lunar module leaving the moon and going back to the orbiter and it looks so fake.
“It looks so fake, it looks so ridiculous, there are no plumes of fire, how does it have the power, where is the engine?
“It is not the same gravity as Earth but how does that thing shoot off into space, that is nonsense, it looks like it is being pulled by strings. This is 1969, you are on the phone with Richard Nixon from the moon, are you out of your f**king mind, is this supposed to be real?”
Despite Rogan’s scepticism and confidence that the landing was fake, people on Reddit were quick to slam the commentator and mock him.
One user wrote: “This level of ignorance is a choice. Rogan is choosing to accept idiotic conspiracy theories because they offer simple explanations for the complex realities of life.
"It's easier for him to believe that it was all a big hoax rather than that it was a massive, incredibly expensive, coordinated effort by some 400,000 people.
Another wrote: “Neil deGrasse Tyson has literally been on Joe's show and explained the moon landings. Joe is ignorant.”
A third added: “The moon landing was one of Americas greatest achievements, united our country with pride and established ourselves as the leading world power against Russia.
“[Russia] now has an army of internet trolls making a large percentage of its old rivals citizens doubt one of its greatest achievements.”
With another brutally adding: “It’s rather pathetic to deny the 20th centuries greatest engineering achievement, just so you and your zero academic achievements can feel like you are smarter than everyone else.”