Joe Rogan says recent Iran protests should be a wake-up call for the U.S.A.
Joe Rogan recently offered his take on the current civil protests in Iran that have been going on for the last three months. According to the United Nations, at least 14,000 people have been detained or arrested in Iran in the six weeks since the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, on September 16.
It all began with the death of Amini, a 22-year-old woman arrested on 13 September by the 'morality police' in Tehran for alleged violations of Iran's strict rules mandating women to wear hijabs or headscarves.
As per news stories, officers beat her over the head with a baton and reported a heart attack as the cause of her demise.
This is horrifying. The Iranian parliament votes overwhelmingly (227-63) to execute the 15,000 protesters they already arrested.
These were peaceful protestors simply seeking the right to basic justice and autonomy. Unacceptable and barbaric.
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During episode #1899 of The Joe Rogan Experience (JRE) alongside American comedian Yannis Pappas, the UFC color commentator reacted to the latest developments, suggesting that the Iranian parliament had voted (227-63) in favor of executing the 15,000 protesters they had already arrested.
Rogan spoke about how the ruling class capitalizes on major issues in the world by tightening regulations to establish more power over their people.
According to him, rather than overthrowing the present system in place and burning it to the ground, it's important to learn from world politics and build upon that:
"We need to make our system better, we can't throw it away. We need to fix this thing slowly and carefully in a way that doesn't overturn everything. If we don't we're f**ked."
Rogan further added:
"The real problem is not 78 genders, or wether or not the ocean's going to boil, the real problem is money and politics. These motherf**kers put us in positions in order for them to gain extreme wealth and they do that for their own benefit.... and they've always done that."
Watch the clip from episode #1899 of The Joe Rogan Experience below:
Joe Rogan claims people need to realize the oppression that Iranians are going through
Joe Rogan claimed that people sometimes fail to recognize the discreet laws that protect and safeguard their rights. The world-renowned podcaster couldn't wrap his head around the tyranny that people in Iran are facing in the current internet age.
In the aforementioned episode of JRE, the UFC commentator spoke at length about the ongoing situation in Iran, where protests have swept through the Islamic Republic for weeks in the aftermath of the death of Mahsa Amini, 22.
Watch the clip below (viewer discretion is advised):
Disturbing footage of #Iran regime suppression forces physically assaulting a woman in Tehran. #MahsaAmini https://t.co/aEtSWNPPik
Joe Rogan labeled the friction as "real oppression" and shed light on how tyrants dictate their lives:
"That is real oppression, folks. This is scary s**t. It's hard for people to believe that it could happen here. But you have to realize that's happening somewhere in the world in 2022 while we are enjoying lattes from Starbucks and f**king [enjoying] Netflix. In other parts of the world, you have to dress a specific way or you will be killed. That is happening in a modern country with the internet."
Watch the full episode below: