Famous podcaster Joe Rogan recently sounded off on âThe View,â calling the panel of predominantly liberal co-hosts a ârabies-infested henhouseâ after an interview with author Coleman Hughes. During the broadcast,
Hughes was derided for his opinion on contemporary race relations, where co-host Sunny Hosting suggested he was a âcharlatanâ and a âpawnâ for his views.
Hughes recently released a book earlier this year called, âThe End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America,â where it is evident by the title of his work that he disagrees with current ideologies such as
Critical Race Theory and other left-wing political obsessions that group individuals based on their immutable characteristics.
According to Hughes, to solve inequalities that exist across American society, people should be treated âwithout regard to race,â but instead based on their socio-economic status. However, Hostin took issue with the authorâs argument, claiming his book is âfundamentally flawed,â stating his desire for colorblind treatment of Americans has been âco-optedâ by the right.
âMany in the black community, if Iâm being honest with you, because I want to be, believe that you are being used as a pawn by the right and that youâre charlatan of sorts,â Hostin told Hughes during the segment. Hughes calmly disagreed with the assertion, disputing the idea that Hostin suggested he was a âpawnâ for conservatives.
âI donât think thereâs any evidence Iâve been co-opted by anyone and I think thatâs an ad-hominem tactic people use to not address, really, the important conversations weâre having here,â Hughes rebutted.
âWell, it is the show that people love to hate,â the 56-year-old podcaster said after Hughesâ told him how much attention heâs been receiving from people siding with him since the segment aired. Following his appearance on âThe View,â Hughes sat down for an interview with Joe Rogan, where the matter was addressed.
Rogan did not hold back in expressing his disdain toward âThe Viewâ asserting that the co-hosts on the show say âridiculous things.â Hughes explained to Rogan that he âdidnât know who Sunny Hostin was before going on âThe View,â and he had âno idea what to expect.â He further noted that he didnât anticipate the panel to âambushâ him.
âI wasnât expecting necessarily for her to kind of try to ambush me in that way and attack my character in that way and I responded to it in the moment as I do, and I didnât expect it to go as viral as it did, but I think it arguably went more viral than anything Iâve ever done,â Hughes said on âThe Joe Rogan Experience.â He further claimed that Hostin approached the conversation with an âagenda.â
âWell, their audience is not really their audience,â Rogan said, weighing in on the daytime talk show. âTheir audience is a group of people they bring in to watch television shows.â At one point during the discussion about âThe View,â Rogan said, âThey get so much hate-watching and hate-watching viral clips of them saying ridiculous things, I mean it is a rabies infested henhouse.â