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    I believe this is the truth of the matter. This is what happened with Rogan as well. He used to be somewhat centrist but left-leaning and open-minded. During the COVID era his audience exploded after he started inviting right-wing guests and conspiracy theorists onto the show, and the rapid shift toward that type of content was blatant thereafter. That shit went downhill fast. It was that and the Spotify money that ultimately corrupted him. But maybe he was a fucking dick all along. Hard to recall.

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      Rogan is more of a general conservative asshole. And very gullible. Musk is very definitely a queer-hating bigot and always has been. He just used to hide those beliefs.

      You don’t just become bigoted against queer people.

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        You don’t just become bigoted against queer people.

        im pretty sure you can. It’s not like you’re born with the gene that makes you hate gay people or something. There was that recent couple that came out denouncing the republican party due to their trans kid. queer people were once completely socially unacceptable, now they’re like, pretty socially acceptable. My guess is that musk wasn’t entirely supportive of it before, or just wasn’t very outspoken about it, or that it was actually a much longer more gradual change than it feels like.

        Also let’s be honest, if someone offered either one of us a billion dollars for saying that we hate gay people, we’d take the money and run.

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          You really need to read the interview with his daughter I posted elsewhere in the thread. He didn’t accept that she was gay when he thought she was his son and gay and he doesn’t accept that she’s a woman now.

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        You don’t just become bigoted against queer people.

        Sure they do. Being a bigot is not something you are born with. It’s not inherited. It’s something learned. You become a bigot.