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Censoring Joe Rogan Is No Solution to Vaccine Misinformation (jacobinmag.com)
10 points by kvee on Feb 5, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


I was hesitant to read this because Rogan has not been censored for years of racism sexism bigotry and covid misinformation -- he's been promoted extensively by corporations and prob the US government specifically because of these views.

And censorship by private orgs is not the same as censorship by the government.

If you talk about censorship or cancel culture, you have to start with censorship of opinions which literally can't be heard on any major radio or tv stations anywhere in America.

Once you start there, then drum my ears about poor Joe's censorship problems.

If he gets censored anymore he'll likely be POTUS.

All that said, the article makes a good point -- deadly covid misinformation (and other actions and non-actions) have poured out of the US government for years now.

Fauci is my favorite liar to hate. The fact that trump hated him is not a reason to keep this killer around. He's a career politician who never had to win a vote to hold office -- he should have been shitcanned long ago.


Uhh upvoted for everything you said up until the Fauci shit, and too lazy to take the upvote back.


Indeed how could one guide the little people without pious fiction?




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