“The endorsement that I made years ago with Biden was one I thought was the best decision for me at that time,” he told Will Cain on Fox News in an interview posted online Friday. “I thought, ‘I’m in this position where I have some influence and I felt it was my job then to exercise my influence [and] share: This is who I’m going to endorse.’ I’m not going to do that. I was then, the most followed man in the world, and am today, and I appreciate that … but what that caused was something that tears me up in my guts — which is division. That got me. I didn’t realize that then, I just felt like there was a lot of unrest and I’d like things to calm down.”
He's saying he won't endorse Biden because he knows it's a divisive topic, not because he's a right-wing asshole like the others. Also, I think it's a good example of being self-aware enough to realize he has this massive following and a lot of power, and being responsible enough to consider that merely his opinions can sway a lot of people at once. It's an uplifting perspective from a celebrity, imho.
“Democracy is under attack but I’ve got a lot of influence so I should just stay quiet and use it to sell energy drinks instead.”
Cool take.
And he makes all his money on young impressionable males who care A LOT about their physique. I wonder which political demographic that affects...
Not taking a stance because that stance would be divisive is not a good argument.
People keep saying this, but I think you're all impossible to please. There are three general positions he could take
Endorse Biden
Don't endorse anybody (The Rock's current position)
Endorse Trump (Rob Schneider is here)
Somehow, for so many armchair political scientists on Lemmy, the 2nd and 3rd positions are indistinguishable from each other. And then the 1st position is an endorsement of genocide Joe. Democracy matters and genocide is bad therefore Biden is a bad candidate. And if you're not for Biden, then you're for Trump. But if you're not explicitly for Biden, then you're for also Trump. But if really cared about democracy and civility then must be for Biden, and openly, because Trump is just worse. But fuck Biden because genocide is bad.
This is nonsensical and impossible. What the hell is an acceptable stance on these issues?
Actually, I couldn't care less. Go square that circle with someone else. The Rock is as right as he's going to be by not explicitly supporting Biden or Trump because he doesn't want to cause division.
I did not equate endorsing nobody to endorsing Trump, so you can fuck off with that in a reply to me.
He's saying he won't endorse Biden because he knows it's a divisive topic, not because he's a right-wing asshole like the others. Also, I think it's a good example of being self-aware enough to realize he has this massive following and a lot of power, and being responsible enough to consider that merely his opinions can sway a lot of people at once. It's an uplifting perspective from a celebrity, imho.
“Democracy is under attack but I’ve got a lot of influence so I should just stay quiet and use it to sell energy drinks instead.”
Cool take.
And he makes all his money on young impressionable males who care A LOT about their physique. I wonder which political demographic that affects...
Not taking a stance because that stance would be divisive is not a good argument.
People keep saying this, but I think you're all impossible to please. There are three general positions he could take
Somehow, for so many armchair political scientists on Lemmy, the 2nd and 3rd positions are indistinguishable from each other. And then the 1st position is an endorsement of genocide Joe. Democracy matters and genocide is bad therefore Biden is a bad candidate. And if you're not for Biden, then you're for Trump. But if you're not explicitly for Biden, then you're for also Trump. But if really cared about democracy and civility then must be for Biden, and openly, because Trump is just worse. But fuck Biden because genocide is bad.
This is nonsensical and impossible. What the hell is an acceptable stance on these issues?
Actually, I couldn't care less. Go square that circle with someone else. The Rock is as right as he's going to be by not explicitly supporting Biden or Trump because he doesn't want to cause division.
I did not equate endorsing nobody to endorsing Trump, so you can fuck off with that in a reply to me.