Bass-ackward reasoning. Neil, Joni, Nils, and others left because of the potentially deadly misinformation coming from Rogan. No one was cancelled.
Now, if the gay community and/or their allies want to stop buying Neil records, they may. But thatâs not happening at this time, so they must not see it as important. If they choose to, then itâs their right. In the meantime, trying to create a mountain out of a molehill is boring.
Speech is free. The First Amendment (for those outside the States) means he canât be arrested for what he says. Thatâs all. He can still be fired, criticized, mocked, and ignored.
However, reprehensible speech is irresponsible.
I skimmed the bulk of the Turley piece. He doesn't seem to touch on the responsibility of a person with a public-facing, broadcasted show to base his opinions on facts. Rogan has a right to have opinions that don't agree with medical experts but he should be pushed (perhaps not forced) to back his statements with some evidence.
The alternative is to have Rogan and others promote baseless conspiracy theories and endless excuses about how "mainstream" thinking is filled with lies and brainwashing.
People will give the opinions of Rogan and others greater credence just because they're on TV/radio and have good ratings. But Rogan and others thrive mostly because they're provocative, not because they adhere to facts.
I don't think that Rogan should be cancelled or censored but given that he has a large voice in a public forum, he should have to answer to people demanding that he back up his opinions with facts.
Boycotts of public individuals have their place. Would Turley object to a boycott or disciplining of a person who claimed that Jews were parasitic sub-humans and should be gassed into extinction?
i don't use spotify or listen to joe rogan young should leave his music there and go on rogan's show
maybe he could teach joe something and spread his message and music to a broader audience?
because free speech
i don't use spotify or listen to joe rogan
young should leave his music there and go on rogan's show
maybe he could teach joe something and spread his message and music to a broader audience?
because free speech
I have had a family account on Spotify for years. My kids sorta forced it.
You're right about going on Rogan's show (if he'd have him).
I've never listened to it, but the podcast gets ~11M listeners per episode. He's getting $100M from Spotify to do it.
The reason there are so many "dangerous" people out there is that it pays so well. That's why those who praise Trump the most (DeSantis, Cruz, Hawley...) all have Ivy League undergrad/law degrees (oops, Hawley went to Stanford undergrad). They found success, and it's in the pockets of the 70+ million angry, mostly white people in the US who want to break things they can't have and solve tomorrow's problems by going back to the 1950s.
i don't use spotify or listen to joe rogan young should leave his music there and go on rogan's show maybe he could teach joe something and spread his message and music to a broader audience? because free speech
