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Joe Rogan is Not the Problem
There’s a bigger issue to fix here, Neil.
Ol’ Neil Young started this thing on Spotify that has some musicians (et al) leaving the platform in protest of podcaster Joe Rogan’s thoughts and views on this and that and the validity of what he thinks and says. Okay. So, Joe Ro has opinions and gets paid a lot of money to talk about them with other people. Nothing new.
Neil Young has made a living sharing his thoughts and ideas, too. In song. People likely disagree with some of Neil Young’s opinions. That’s okay.
So, Young gave Spotify an ultimatum: Him or Me! And Spotify chose Rogan so Young and others (Joni Mitchell, Crosby, Stills, Nash, India Arie and Mary Trump) have left. Way to take a stand! That’ll teach ‘em!
It won’t. Now he’s telling Spotify employees to quit. Another good idea.
People get fired up about misinformation, lies, conspiracy theories and all that. I get it. Joni Mitchell gets it. The “Harvest Moon” crooner gets it. Other Canadians get it. The fact is, today, most people have a platform and an audience and many of them are experts on everything because they can find anything *they want to be the truth* online. It’s hard to sit back and watch influential people touting foolish ideas, insane lies, or…
