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If you are a Muslim or Christian working at Spotify and Rogan hosts Sam Harris or Richard Dawkins or (Hypothetically) Christopher Hitchens, who come on the show
by fareesh 6y ago
If you are a Muslim or Christian working at Spotify and Rogan hosts Sam Harris or Richard Dawkins or (Hypothetically) Christopher Hitchens, who come on the show and proceed to lambast the beliefs held by people of these religions, is Spotify expected to seriously entertain this protest and take down the episodes?
Frankly I see zero difference between this and what is happening here. It is a protest against blasphemy.
If this is truly not a religious topic but a scientific one, then what is the harm in a qualified person coming on the show and presenting some facts and drawing conclusions?
Why not offer to go on the show, bring these people back on and challenge their position? Rebut all of the points and present the flaws and reasons why that conclusion is incorrect. That is part of the scientific method.
Or has western society reached a stage where the goal is to deplatform the positions that don't align with one's own, instead of debating them and prevailing through argument? Why is it that so often the first course of action is to censor and deplatform?
There seems to be far too much dogma in the discourse. Furthermore small fringe groups are claiming to speak on behalf of their entire identity group. This too is extremely bigoted. Not everyone in the same identity group believes the same things.