Posted on 02/10/2022 5:48:40 PM PST by nickcarraway
“To err is human; to forgive, divine,” said Alexander Pope in 1711. Those wise words are something every American ought to consider now, three centuries later, before attempting to “cancel” others, ruining lives, careers and reputations, for speech and behavior deemed offensive.
In his poem “An Essay on Criticism, Part II,” the English poet explains that anyone can make a mistake — we’re all imperfect — yet at these moments of human frailty, we should show mercy and aspire to forgive sinners as God would do. Hence, in an age of censorship, political correctness and “wokeness” run amok, it is imperative that we have a national conversation about what’s acceptable speech, what is not and whether we want to live in a country that practices forgiveness — or not.
Which brings me to Joe Rogan, who’s in hot water for ignorantly saying racial slurs in the past during his podcast, prompting calls he be removed from Spotify, the streaming platform that hosts him.
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The GOP will find a way to assist them.
House Republicans have introduced an amnesty bill.
Will the person over 30 is never use the n-word in his life please raise his hand. Or, as Jesus said, that he who is not send cast the first stone. This business of condemning people for stuff they said when they were younger or decades ago is absurd.
By the way, thanks to all this brouhaha about rogan, I decided to go into Spotify and look him up. I listen to him the entire time on my drive from Chicago to my home in South Central kentucky. Roughly 8 hours. Really good show. If they cancel him, I will delete the Spotify app off my phone and I’ll be done with them.
I started listening to Joe Rogan too. So many to choose from…
Their senile hero saying the N-word.
Even when things backfire on them they still seem to make progress.
A better Pope than the current one.
Before this cancel attempt, I had never heard of Joe Rogan. The libs just doubled Joe’s audience.
As long as the election theft mechanisms remain in place, nothing Democrats do will ever backfire on them. It can’t.
High praise indeed.
Didn’t know who Joe was till the boycott.
What’s there to cancel he already caved along with his employers. Woke Big Tech will keep winning until the entire tech ponzi scheme and digital media bubble finally burts.
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