Joe Rogan gives honest opinion on media outrage about "misgendering" Nashville shooter
Joe Rogan has called out the media who focused on the "misgendering" of the Nashville shooter rather than the horrific events that led to the death of six people, including three children.
Last month, Audrey Hale opened fire at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. Hale was later revealed as a transgender woman and a former pupil of the school. The 28-year-old shot and killed three adults and three children before being killed by police.
Watch the police bodycam footage here (Warning: NSFW):
Nashville Police release bodycam footage showing officers neutralizing 'transgender' shooter of Christian school who killed 3 children and 3 adults. Tl https://t.co/7Zv0iPmWoq
Following the shocking incident, many mainstream media outlets focused on Hale being transgender and whether there was a causality between that and the shooting. Reacting to the incident on The Joe Rogan Experience (JRE), the UFC color commentator was furious with how the story had been reported.
According to Rogan, the gender of Audrey Hale does not matter because they were already dead and shot and murdered children:
"It doesn't matter if you call it a boy or a girl, that's a dead person who killed three children and three adults in a horrific way. They went into a school and shot them up. It's a biological male. Almost all shooters in general are biological males."
He added:
"It's so confusing. They're calling it a woman in all the mainstream media now and have apologized for misgendering, which must mean you're talking about a biological male. I think this whole thing is nonsense. If you have a biological male with a penis, who shot up a bunch of people, then it's a man."
Check out the clip here:
Joe Rogan wants ban on illegal MMA strike removed
Joe Rogan has come under fire from MMA fans in recent weeks after he suggested that strikes to the back of an opponent's head should no longer be an illegal move.
Strikes to the back of the head have been illegal since the UFC adopted the Unified MMA ruleset back in 2000. The move was seen as an attempt to bring in more regulation and safety to the sport, which was still in its infancy.
In a recent episode of JRE, the 55-year-old podcast host gave his take on the illegal strike and offered up why he believes the rules need adapting:
"I don’t even know if we should stop hitting people in the back of the head. It doesn’t seem to make any sense to me. Because a lot of knockouts, like high kicks, they wrap around the back of the shoulder, and they go right to the back of your head, and it’s legal... It should be legal, I don't understand why it's not legal."
Catch Joe Rogan's comments here:
Behold, possibly the worst Rogan combat sports take ever (apologies for the shit screen record noises). https://t.co/XgtzUiKeiG