Dude, are you a bot? |
It is very troublesome because we've never had a point in our history, certainly within living memory, when there's been such an intense pressure to censor and shut down different veiwpoints in a liberal democracy. I grew up believing and being told all along that a liberal democracy was a marketplace of ideas and free speech, That people were free to share their ideas in exchange for having to tolerate different views and ideas in the same marketplace. If you didn't like something you heard, you didn't have to listen to it, you know? Using political and cultural pressure to demand businesses stifle different viewpoints is not part of a liberal democracy. That is what fascism does. Which is really bizarre, given that the same people attacking anything they disagree with as proto-fascism are the ones who are most quick to make illiberal demands that fascist regime did. It's ironic that Neil Young, who made a fortune with music railing against the state, is demanding the same state shut down views he doesn't agree with.... |
You are young. McCarthyism |
Spotify is not a branch of the government |
He's demamding a company, not a state. |
Or even an American company.
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| I’d like to see a deluge of big names jump on this. But I suspect too many rich cowards who only care about a few more $$. |
| I think everyone should get the vaccine, but no not cancelling. |
| Cancelled our family plan. We'll switch to a better service. |
| Who are all these people who think Joe Rogan and Spotify are entitled to everyone's money even when people dislike them? Joe Rogan is a POS conspiracy theorist and Spotify sucks for giving him a platform. I am exercising MY right to spend MY money as I see fit. That's not "cancel culture." That's how free markers work. |
He’s really not a conspiracy theorist. At the most he likes to get high and talk about alien conspiracy theories. Are you going to cancel Netflix bc they have alien conspiracy documentaries? What about history channel - they have a lot of them too. I’ll say it again - everyone complaining is someone who does not listen to him! |
This is false. He is spreading misinformation. I don't care if he, personally, believes these things; I care that he's spreading them. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/14/experts-confront-spotify-over-misinformation-in-joe-rogan-podcast.html |
That’s funny because I remember that episode and Rogan actually pushed back on this guy a lot and asked him really pointed, detailed questions, and honestly the guy ended up sounding a little unhinged. The real thing going on here is that Rogan is intensely bothered by censorship, as are millions of Americans. The fact that twitter banned this guy is like catnip for Rogan. And I think we should be celebrating that, to be honest. Are we just going to let tech companies censor everyone? |
Not everyone spreads harmful misinformation. |
"Everyone"? No. Alex Jones? Yes. He's a disgusting waste of oxygen and there is absolutely no reason to give him a platform. Which of his many vile views are you here to defend? Harassment of Newtown parents? Lies about vaccines? Lies about the election? Or is your position that no social media platform should ever censor anyone? |