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I know very little about Stern, how was he the Joe Rogan of the left?
In a time where Christian conservatives pretended to have principles he challenged conservative norms about sex, identity, lbgt+ rights, etc.
Technically, sure, but Howard Stern was only subversive in the sense that you can Subvert Societal Norms by deliberately shitting yourself on the bus. It's not a good idea to say he's part of the left when the only defining through line on his ideology is that he bucks all forms of authority and rejects the concept of propriety regardless of its alignment. I like that he hates Donald Trump, I get that the enemy of my enemy is my friend and all that, but in this case, the enemy of my enemy is a genuinely mean-spirited degenerate who never misses an opportunity to punch down at his subordinates nor at literally every woman he sees, speaks to, or knows about. Far from being on the left, I find it hard to say he's really all that much more than just a lazier, radio-focused version of Morton Downey Jr.
He literally gave gay men and lesbians a platform to talk about being gay and lesbian without treating them like they were space aliens.
As a bisexual teen growing up with little access to any information on what it was like to grow up gay Stern’s show could be incredibly educational simply because he gave a mic to people who you normally would never hear from. I treasured him for this as did many if my peers.
I can only assume the lede you buried in "many of my peers" was that it didn't include a lot of the women.
No, it did because again Stern’s show was one if the only places where you could hear lesbians talk about being lesbians IRL. No one else did this without making them a spectacle so we appreciated that where we could get it.
Now do Joe Rogan
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