As I posted earlier, I don’t disagree with JS that much. My main disagreement is with his assessment that Rogan is not an ideologue (perhaps that word is too sophisticated to apply to Rogan).
But I do agree that it is dangerous in a free society to start restricting speech we don’t like - even when we are right. I despise Rogan and Carlson, despised Limbaugh. But they have a right to spew their filth (as I have a right to ignore them). You can’t yell fire in a crowded theater, you can’t make jokes about bombs in an airport, so perhaps there are things you should not be able to say during a deadly pandemic. Let’s specify those things (perhaps something like: “can not present as fact health information found to be seriously harmful to public health “, though even that is probably too broad. Under that, anyone advocating abstinence only sex education would be banned). Once you identify a criteria, then you don’t rush to ban communicators, their employers warn them of violations, and repeated violations lead to termination. On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 5:16 AM Doug Eastick <east...@eastick.ca> wrote: > Agreed. I've been done with him for quite a while now. > > > > /Doug > east...@mcd.on.ca > > On Fri., Feb. 4, 2022, 4:37 a.m. 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV, < > tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> I used to be a big fan of Stewart, but even in those TDS days, he >> constantly tried to both-sides almost everything. This is just the latest >> step in that evolution. >> >> --Dave Sikula >> >> On Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 2:51:12 PM UTC-8 steve...@gmail.com >> wrote: >> >>> Jon Stewart sides with Joe Rogan. >>> >>> >>> https://www.rawstory.com/jon-stewart-backs-joe-rogan-as-musicians-continue-to-leave-spotify-this-overreaction-is-a-mistake/ >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 1:25 PM PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> This is such a stinking pile of bullshit. >>>> >>>> A. It is very unlikely that he will do even the almost microscopically >>>> small steps he promises to take here. >>>> >>>> B. This is not a case of a one man shop inadvertently putting dangerous >>>> material out there. He has been told over and over by ,any experts the >>>> information is false and dangerous, and has shown glee in disregarding >>>> them. If he was inviting Pro Nazi guests (and, I don’t assume that he has >>>> not been) and got spanked by Spotify for tanking their share value while >>>> they pay him a shit load of cash, it would certainly not be acceptable to >>>> vaguely promise to get Nazis who dress better and to invite some non Nazi >>>> guests after them. >>>> >>>> C. I am not in favor of banning people like Rogan from social media and >>>> network sites, unless they meet some specific “shouting fire in a crowded >>>> theater” criteria. While there is real choice between Neil and Joni on the >>>> one hand and Rogan on the other, I do wish that those speaking out against >>>> things like COVID and Voting and Election Misinformation would be more >>>> specific and precise when calling for mis-informers to be banned, citing >>>> what really must be extreme cases that meet rare criteria. >>>> >>>> On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 at 12:44 PM Kevin M. <drunkba...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Rogan semi-apologized… claims he’ll book better guests and get better >>>>> informed on topics he babbles about. I have my doubts. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/31/joe-rogan-apologizes-to-spotify-and-musicians.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 6:12 PM Kevin M. <drunkba...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Neil Young orders Spotify to remove his music until they get rid of >>>>>> all the anti-vax garbage on the streaming service. >>>>>> >>>>>> https://twitter.com/rollingstone/status/1485757517523308548?s=21 >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Kevin M. 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