Billionaire Mark Cuban has inserted himself into the ongoing feud between popular Spotify podcaster Joe Rogan and scientist Dr. Peter Hotez.
As previously reported, after Rogan recently interviewed presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Hotez posted a tweet essentially accusing him of peddling “vaccine misinformation” on his podcast.
In response, Rogan posted a tweet challenging Hotez to debate RFK.
“Peter, if you claim what RFKjr is saying is ‘misinformation’ I am offering you $100,000.00 to the charity of your choice if you’re willing to debate him on my show with no time limit,” he tweeted
Peter, if you claim what RFKjr is saying is “misinformation” I am offering you $100,000.00 to the charity of your choice if you’re willing to debate him on my show with no time limit. https://t.co/m0HxYek0GX
— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) June 17, 2023
But Hotez refused, and in response, other RFK fans began pitching in their own money to increase the size of the pot.
Amid all this drama, infamous leftist Tom Nichols tweeted, “No medical professional should ever agree to do this. Never. It elevates the conspiracy guy, demeans the medical professional, and will only convince the kooks out there that RFK is right because a real doctor took the time to debate him.”
Rogan responded soon after.
“That would be a great suggestion if you could assure that the industry you were representing wasn’t completely captured by heartless monsters who have a history of some of the biggest criminal fines in human history because their deception has cost hundreds of thousands of people their lives,” he tweeted.
“It would be a great suggestion if the industry you were defending didn’t occasionally look at human beings as an opportunity to generate insane wealth regardless of the tragic consequences. But you can’t do that, so… maybe it would be a good idea to have a f–king debate,” he added.
It was in response to this tweet that Cuban voiced his own take. Look:
Way to talk in generalities Joe. Not saying there aren’t a lot of fucked up things about pharma. That’s why we created https://t.co/jYSNkP7amr. But to ignore that the same industry has saved who knows how many lives is bullshit and you know it.
It’s also disrespectful to all… https://t.co/bUawoBgbH6— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) June 18, 2023
He started his response by slamming Rogan for speaking in generalities.
“Way to talk in generalities Joe. Not saying there aren’t a lot of f–ked up things about pharma. That’s why we created http://Costplusdrugs.com. But to ignore that the same industry has saved who knows how many lives is bullshit and you know it,” he wrote.
“It’s also disrespectful to all the doctors, researchers and medical professionals that dedicate their lives to saving lives, like Dr Hotez and the 800k plus doctors in the country that believe vaccines save lives,” he added.
He continued by accusing Rogan of bullying Hotez.
“You arent trying to find the ground truth on vaccines. If you were you would bring on someone who focused on debating the issue. Like @thereal_truther. Trying to bully Dr Hotez is ridiculous. You have producers that will prepare you and you get to control the conversation,” he wrote.
“@RobertKennedyJr also has a staff ready to prepare him, and these topics are what he talks about in every speech. You both do this on a daily basis Dr Hotez works every day to try to find ways to help people,” he added.
Lastly, he accused Rogan and Twitter owner Elon Musk — who’s also involved himself in this fiasco — of being as “wrong” as the mainstream establishment media.
“Joe , you and @elonmusk’s @twitter are the mainstream online media and your platforms have become everything supposedly wrong with MSM. You are driven by self interest. Just like the MSM always has been accused of,” he wrote.
“And you both have earned that right. You busted your asses to be great at what you do and earned all you have accomplished. But don’t lie to yourselves and all of us and tell us you are different. You aren’t,” he added.
According to the Daily Mail, Cuban’s lengthy response was driven at least partly by Kennedy having claimed that WiFi gives people cancer. It’s not clear how the Daily Mail knows this.
Rogan and Kennedy’s supporters were not pleased by Cuban’s clap back. Indeed, they responded to it by clapping right back at him:
Mark Cuban is probably the dumbest person on Twitter.
— Catturd ™ (@catturd2) June 20, 2023
Why are you running cover for Big Pharma? Let the facts sort themselves out.
Peter is a doctor and if he can’t argue in defense of the vaccines- who can ?
— Lauren Witzke (@LaurenWitzkeDE) June 19, 2023
We all have family and friends who died or were gravely injured by the clot shot. In our legal system, knowingly causing the injury or death of a person is assault or homicide. The fact that you don’t give a damn about the harm you caused by forcing the death jab is sickening.
— Hollywood Resistance (@ResistItAllTX) June 18, 2023
Medical errors kill 300,000 people a year.
J&J put asbestos in talcum powder.
Pfizer used Nigerian children as lab rats. This was only 10 years ago.
What is Vioxx?
How many died from opioids given by doctors and big pharma.
Knock off the goober bullshit.
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) June 18, 2023
Mark is often wrong
His ego does him no favors. pic.twitter.com/urbwBydaWf— Reneé James (@TheReneeJames) June 18, 2023
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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