In the Wednesday episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” podcaster Joe Rogan quipped that the Democratic Party’s strategy included pandering to the desires of the “lazy and fat.”
Bridget Phetasy, a writer and stand-up comedian, said, “Aren’t they now connecting being healthy to the far-right?” after discussing how some liberals have attacked the mere notion of freedom as a far-right concept.
Phetasy said, “I’ve read so many articles that say something like, ‘Oh, the far-obsession right’s with being in shape,’ as if it were a bad thing.”
Rogan concurred and remarked, “There’s a huge portion of our population that is extremely lazy and obese, and if you want them on your team, you have to say, ‘There’s nothing wrong with being lazy and obese; in fact, not being lazy and obese is connected to misogyny, racism, fascism, and the far right’ – so people are like, ‘Great, let’s just eat donuts and vote blue’.”
Phetasy noted that there are overweight and lazy people on all sides of the political spectrum, stating, “That’s why I always joke that the United States is too fat for a civil war.”
Rogan distinguished between obese persons who are indolent and those who work hard but choose unhealthy diets.
He continued by arguing that the American left is more aligned with the political side of the idle: “Now, who is advocating for universal basic income? Who advocates for wealth redistribution? That is everyone on the left.”
Rogan has previously criticized those who defend bad food habits.
During a December conversation with fitness guru Derek of the “More Plates, More Dates” YouTube channel, he criticized “fat professors,” saying, “F— off fat professors, f— off, you guys are unhealthy, it’s not good at all.”
In that episode, the two appeared to reference a document from the University of British Columbia that defended the removal of nutritional information off menus on the grounds that showing the number of calories next to an item can be “triggering” for certain students.
Rogan also recalled a viral video of a female professor stating that avoiding certain foods is “fatphobic” and “not supported by science.”
In addition, he recalls the woman adding, “You shouldn’t deny yourself donuts” and “it is improper to refer to certain foods as “junk food.”
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