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ItsjustMe

(11,254 posts)
Fri Nov 4, 2022, 06:55 AM Nov 2022

Joe Rogan and Tulsi Gabbard spread the debunked internet hoax that students are using litter boxes .

Joe Rogan and Tulsi Gabbard spread the debunked internet hoax that students are using litter boxes at school

https://www.mediamatters.org/joe-rogan-experience/joe-rogan-and-tulsi-gabbard-spread-debunked-internet-hoax-students-are-using

On the October 11 edition of his Spotify podcast, host Joe Rogan and former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) promoted the online hoax that students are using litter boxes in school restrooms, with Rogan claiming that one school “had to install a litter box in the girls' room because there is a girl who's a furry, who identifies as an animal.” Rogan and Gabbard framed the fabricated story as “bananas” and “absolutely insane,” respectively, and used the hoax to attack President Joe Biden’s administration.

Rogan was seemingly referencing the persistent but baseless hoax that schools are placing litter boxes in bathrooms to accommodate students who self-identify as cats. The litter box hoax has been wielded as an anti-trans cudgel by prominent right-wing figures including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Chaya Raichik , who runs the viral anti-LGBTQ hate account Libs of TikTok. According to PolitiFact, “School districts in Iowa, Michigan and Nebraska have debunked claims that they are providing litter boxes in bathrooms.”

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Joe Rogan and Tulsi Gabbard spread the debunked internet hoax that students are using litter boxes . (Original Post) ItsjustMe Nov 2022 OP
1st off ...... Lovie777 Nov 2022 #1
Second, you can't pay a child enough money to clean their own cat's no_hypocrisy Nov 2022 #3
There should not be a (D-HI) after gabbard's name. She has said she is no longer a Democrat JohnSJ Nov 2022 #2
Breaking News..... multigraincracker Nov 2022 #4
I can update TheFarseer Nov 2022 #5
The REAL REASON is for ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENTS in case of lockdowns to make bucket toilets TigressDem Nov 2022 #6
Joe Rogan Admits He Lied About Schools Using Litter Boxes LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2022 #7
Now let's stop the whole "We need to teach Joe Rogan how this actually works" BS. Crowman2009 Nov 2022 #8

no_hypocrisy

(46,243 posts)
3. Second, you can't pay a child enough money to clean their own cat's
Fri Nov 4, 2022, 07:08 AM
Nov 2022

litter box. Why would they use one for themselves?

JohnSJ

(92,470 posts)
2. There should not be a (D-HI) after gabbard's name. She has said she is no longer a Democrat
Fri Nov 4, 2022, 07:02 AM
Nov 2022
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tulsi-gabbard-leaves-democratic-party-b2200235.html

The reality is she is full Maga, subscribes to conspiracy theories, and supports candidates who deny that President Biden won in 2020.

She is a full blown nut case, an anti-Muslim and anti-gay bigot also.





TheFarseer

(9,326 posts)
5. I can update
Fri Nov 4, 2022, 07:50 AM
Nov 2022

On his podcast with Michael Schermer, which dropped after the Tulsi episode, Rogan said, “The kitty litter boxes is a weird one. I don’t think they actually did it.” One wonders if he knew he was full of it or found out afterwards.

TigressDem

(5,125 posts)
6. The REAL REASON is for ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENTS in case of lockdowns to make bucket toilets
Fri Nov 4, 2022, 08:13 AM
Nov 2022
https://www.insider.com/colorado-teachers-get-human-litter-boxes-for-lockdowns-2019-8

Some Colorado schools are getting buckets and kitty litter so students can go to the bathroom during lockdowns if there's an active shooter.



SO THIS FRIVOLOUS BULLS**T is AGAIN a response to INSANE DENIAL of the need for RATIONAL action.


IF the REICH WING could:


1) Pull their collective head out of DUMP's Arse
2) Help US get some common sense gun legislation, instead of putting kids through these ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS

THEN TEACHERS wouldn't be forced to find ways to keep children SAFE in INSANE CONDITIONS

AND NO KITTY LITTER WOULD BE INVOLVED in the lives of children, unless their pets need it.



LetMyPeopleVote

(145,699 posts)
7. Joe Rogan Admits He Lied About Schools Using Litter Boxes
Fri Nov 4, 2022, 12:24 PM
Nov 2022

The story about litterboxes in schools never made sense. If there were such litterboxes, there would have been pictures. Children do not identify as cats and no child would consider using a litterbox in the real world. The fact that so many low IQ republicans believed this story is sad and tells you a great deal about the intelligence of TFG supporters.

I am glad Rogan admits that this story is not true and I am sad that so many GOP idiots believed it




https://www.thedailybeast.com/joe-rogan-admits-he-lied-about-schools-using-litter-boxes-for-furries-student

Joe Rogan has admitted he lied about a school letting “furry” children use litter boxes, walking back his claims from a month ago that have since been amplified by Republican Senate Don Bolduc. In an October podcast, Rogan told guest Tulsi Gabbard that his friend’s wife taught at a school that “had to install a litter box in the girl’s room because there’s a student that’s a furry.” Now, he’s saying “I don't think they actually did it,” attributing the whole situation to “one wacky mother” who the school ignored. Claims that furry students are using litter boxes have been debunked over and over, but the lie has persisted as a right-wing talking point. Bolduc accused a school of using litter boxes in a campaign town hall, saying “I wish I was making it up.” Lucky for the New Hampshire Republican, he was. “I fed into that,” Rogan said in his podcast, admitting he had no facts to back up his claim.

Crowman2009

(2,503 posts)
8. Now let's stop the whole "We need to teach Joe Rogan how this actually works" BS.
Fri Nov 4, 2022, 01:27 PM
Nov 2022

Cleary he's a dumber than a bag of rocks right-wing Alex Jones loving asshole.

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