Podcaster Joe Rogan warned liberals on Tuesday that moving to Texas and turning the state blue would ruin the delicate balance for everybody, including liberal Texans."The liberals that want to turn Texas blue.Like, don't, you're going to ruin it," he said.Rogan has spoken out numerous times about his choice to leave California over its far-left policies, particularly those from the COVID-19 pandemic.He lamented that many "coastal elites" and "coastal snobs" often "have this idea of Texas being filled with rednecks and ignorant people and foolish people.
It's not that way at all.Especially Austin.
Austin is like one of the most, like, liberal, easygoing, progressive cities, but like, even the progressives here, they’re like, more reasonable."COASTAL WORKERS FLEEING BLUE STRONGHOLDS COULD CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DETROITPodcaster Joe Rogan warned that even liberals benefit from being surrounded by conservatives, protecting a sort of mediated balance between them.(Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)He specified that liberal Texans, while they shifted somewhat leftward in recent years, are nowhere near the same far-left positions as those of Los Angeles or New York."There’s this saying about Austin: ‘Keep Austin Weird and Surrounded,’" Rogan said."And surrounded? What is the ‘and surrounded?’" his guest, adventurer and author Forrest Galante asked."Surrounded by red people," Rogan explained.
"Like it’s all red state around you, and it’s this pocket of blue that’s in the center of this red state.I think that's good for everybody.
I think that's good.It's a balance."Rogan warned against liberals fleeing far-left blue states only to vote for the same far-left policies in red states.
He illustrated the delicate political balance by comparing it to a natural ecosystem."You're going to ruin it for you too.You don't get it," he said.
"Balance is important.It's like — you can't kill all the predators because then the deer get overrun, and you're...