Posted on 02/07/2022 4:42:38 AM PST by blam
Joe needs to do a better job of defusing this. Apologizing only gives advertisement and limelight to the nobodies attacking him. It is like the village idiot challenging to a duel the faster shooter of the day. The suicidal Joker village idiot has nothing to lose and wants the limelight.
And now remove all songs that use the N word and violence against women.
I'll wait.
Spotify: Cancelling Voices Is A Slippery Slope.
Woksters: You bet it is! Now, get to slidin’!
The extreme left freeloaders can’t handle the truth.
It is a direct attack against cancel culture, which classifies any speech they disapprove of as "harmful" and "violence".
A huge win. If Rogan stays on, the entire censorship project becomes more and more difficult.
Elk will be out in a week with that anti-communist BS.
It seems like Rogan is self censoring which is what the Marxists want most of all. That gives them their cake and they can eat it, too.
Rogan needs to stop apologizing. But I think Jordan Peterson is right — Spotify only wins if they keep Rogan. Rogan wins this thing no matter what. Rogan will be even bigger next year, he just needs to wait and he can’t lose. Spotify loses big time if they drop him. Rogan can go elsewhere and still thrive and Spotify knows it.
But the apologies are stupid. Just do what you do.
“Marginalised” voices but won’t hold my breathe that we get black, brown, yellow or LGbTXYZ Rogans. Somehow the “marginalised” voices will repeat the Pfizer, Twitter and Lockheed Martin talking points. Amazing that.
The Spotify CEO is showing weakness to the forces of woke on his own payroll. Not a good sign.
Many older people see the Rogan n-word apology as a sign of weakness. I also suspect, the same people don't listen to him and their views of him are based on Gateway Pundit articles. They haven't reviewed original source material.
However, Rogan's core audience - people (chiefly guys) under 40 - don't see it that way. They LISTEN to a Rogan's podcasts, know he isn't a racist, understand he works blue, read his Instagram posts, and are likely to view his apology the same way Limbaugh's fans saw his "slut" apology.
I get the "weakness" thing. Many people go on an apology tour, and never return as the same person.
But remember, Americans have a big heart. There was a "celebration" in Buffalo after they lost Super Bowl XXV. When kicker Scott Norwood came to the podium, who many blamed for losing the game, they gave him a standing ovation. Before he died, Bill Buckner was also given a standing O at Fenway.
People are imperfect, people are human. Rogan's apology likely will be viewed by his core audience in America for its redemptive qualities. And they will likely be more loyal than before, and people sitting on the fence will give him a listen. Meanwhile, Haters will find any reason to continue hating.
...but the next move is Rogan's. To quote FReeper Paal Gulli, Which way his future popularity trends will depend entirely on how he manages the crisis he's created for himself.
So what they won’t cancel him. Rogan has already been destroyed as he now self censors.
He’s already already on that slope by deleting some of Rogan’s podcasts.
EK: Bla Bla Bla, Bla Bla Bla, Bla Bla Bla;
“So I am committing to an incremental investment of $100 million for the licensing, development, and marketing of music (artists and songwriters) and audio content from historically marginalized groups.”
I read it as completely the opposite of your comment.
CEO statement was a mishmash of HR woke speak.
Rogan apologized, they deleted “problematic” episodes which is straight up censorship, and now Joe, saying how he’ll do things “differently” is seen as being on a leash. Self censoring.
Pitiful all around.
Wait…what?
Old people see groveling and consequential canceling as …what?
Young people will save Rogan by being open minded?
And Spotify is where? Spotify CEO groveling to staff hoping the cancelers will sympathize with his, “it would be a slippery slope to cancel Rogan” will save Rogan and Spotify because old people are closed minded? Oh. Because the don’t listen to Rogan?
I don’t get your point.
I keep hearing that Rogan has been calling black people names.... but the articles have been reeeeal light on context. Actually, the context has been nonexistent unless I have missed something.
That’s always suspect. Now I want to hear what they’re talking about lest it’s just a tempest in a teacup.
Which, if true, would make apologizing even dumber.
Rogan's n-word apology appeals to people under 40 and anyone who ever sinned.
The prideful see confession as weakness, unless ya know your last name is Limbaugh and the girl was a slut.
If Rogan takes this post-confessional gift of attention and followers and remains bold, the sky is the limit.
If he takes the Neville Chamberlin path, he is doomed.
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