Oh yeah I agree with you, I was just curious if people view those documentaries and the people in it in the same, "Why should I listen to what they have to say?" way.
Nah, I don't think so. It is as I said though, because the interviewer is so unanimously liked. You'd be hard pushed to find anyone even in the hard left wing who would attempt to say because you watched a Thereoux documentary on white supremacy that means you have some sort of empathy/sympathy for white supremacy. This intellectually dishonest tactic most always comes out when it's an interviewer or host that someone doesn't like, or more so a larger group of people don't like (or they have a hated guest on, like Milo). It's not just the hard left, the hard right does it as well. It's an attempt to silence and control that isn't necessarily tied to any given political identity. Shaming someone and getting a label to stick on them, even by guilt via association is just an incredibly successful tactic. Let us face it, we are all humans and have feelings, and absolutely no one
enjoys having people call them something they are not. (You're a racist, you're an MRA, you're a Trump supporter, you're x...
because you listen to Rogan podcasts. Not because I have tangible evidence you actually have those beliefs yourself).
Generally speaking it is more a tactic seen in the current day on the left, as the rights attempt at pushback is to go far off the other side of the scale and simply say "every voice
should always be heard equally and respected equally". Which is not what I'm saying either. The misguided belief that Donald Trump stands up for free speech and
just says what he thinks somehow being commendable, is most certainly not a productive or forward way of thinking. Speech has consequences and in this case we are talking about a bloody presidential candidate, not a stoner YT celeb who has "dank guests". It's largely a form of control as well, usually one which is used to try and tell people on the left they better damn well allow "just asking questions" and "respect every damn opinion/statement of harassment", or else you don't support freedom of speech! Not to mention that is the totally wrong descriptor of freedom of speech as well - It exists to protect from government. Last I checked the government didn't have a Twitter account with an anime frog which calls women sluts and doxxes people. Maybe Trump can birth that if he gets in? /s