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The amusing thing in all of this is that Neil Young has unleashed the Streisand Effect. People who never knew that a person called Joe Rogan exists are now not

The amusing thing in all of this is that Neil Young has unleashed the Streisand Effect. People who never knew that a person called Joe Rogan exists are now not only aware of who he is but also have been told that his show contains forbidden information, which pretty much guarantees a bunch of new people will end up checking it out.

extra88 5y ago
Nonsense. Joe Rogan is already plenty famous (or infamous), this story hasn't reached any further than a zillion others. If this exposed the existence of Rogan to anyone, it's probably old Neil Young fans who will accept Young's position and not seek out Rogan's show.
sanderjd 5y ago
There are almost certainly more people unaware of Neil Young's existence than of Joe Rogan's. I suspect this is a case where the Streisand effect will go both ways: some will discover and appreciate Rogan because of this and others will discover and appreciate Neil Young because of it.
- throwawaylinux 5y ago
  And the effect itself will go both ways for the likes of Old Neil. Until his recent tantrum I had no idea what a disgusting vile hateful piece of shit he is. http://www.tunesdujour.com/neil-youngs-homophobia-aids-phobia/ http://www.tunesdujour.com/neil-youngs-homophobia-aids-phobi... My wonderful kind loving gentle uncle was a young gay man when Mr. Young said this, and the idea of this pathetic coward using his power to be stirring up hatred against him and everyone like him makes me feel physically ill. I wonder how many gay beatings and murders and how much bullying this piece of human garbage's outspoken hatred resulted in. Turns out he hasn't changed his spots either (which they never do they just try to blend in). https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1486388986973200393 https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/148638898697320039... This loser looks like a typical hypocrite limousine liberal to me, attaching itself like a parasite to "causes" that others have actually sweat and bled for, in order to feed off its popularity, while actually being a hateful selfish hypocrite. A sad, pathetic, angry, cowardly little loser. A washed-up irrelevant has-been. Fuck Neil Young, we still don't want him around. If Neil Young disagrees with something, it's worth looking into. Never listened to Rogan before, might give him a try now on Neil's glowing recommendation.
  - LynxInLA 5y ago
    I don’t care for Neil Young, but did you read to the end of that article or just the first few paragraphs? In his 2002 biography of Neil Young, Shakey, Jimmy McDonough writes “I had found out that Young was planning on donating the proceeds from the ‘Philadelphia’ track to the Gay Men’s Health Crisis center. He acknowledged it was true but didn’t seem anxious to publicize the fact. I got the feeling there were other chartable acts I didn’t know about
    - throwawaylinux 5y ago
      I only linked that article because the original isn't so easy to find (after wasting all of a few minutes of my life searching for it). Old Neil must have found a good agency to try keep that quiet. But no, I don't think a rich hatemonger buying indulgences that in practice cost them nothing long after the fact and long after the winds have shifted in the other direction demonstrates anything at all about his character except he's even more spineless than I would have thought if he'd have faced up to it. Funny how he allegedly wanted to keep his "good deeds" private and yet somehow his biographer found out about it ("planned" donation? Did he even donate or just claim he would?), and said-biographer can assure us there were other charitable acts too. Wow. Great PR. But no, as I've already seen he doesn't change his spots, very few actually do in my experience. And even if he had, what does he want some sort of medal for not being a hatemonger? That wouldn't absolve him of what he did or make him worthy of a second chance. His reward for that is not living as a piece of shit for some years of his life. There's an infinite number of people who deserve attention and respect, there's absolutely no need to go back and look for reasons why hatemongers and their ilk should get more chances. Has Joe Rogan ever used his position of power to stir up hate against those weaker than him? If Joe is the evil one and Neil is the pious one here in this twisted hypocrite world, I'll take my chances in secular-hell. Much better company. The "fa---ts" that Saint Neil hates so much would be quite welcome too.

extra88 5y ago

Nonsense. Joe Rogan is already plenty famous (or infamous), this story hasn't reached any further than a zillion others. If this exposed the existence of Rogan to anyone, it's probably old Neil Young fans who will accept Young's position and not seek out Rogan's show.

sanderjd 5y ago

There are almost certainly more people unaware of Neil Young's existence than of Joe Rogan's. I suspect this is a case where the Streisand effect will go both ways: some will discover and appreciate Rogan because of this and others will discover and appreciate Neil Young because of it.

throwawaylinux 5y ago
And the effect itself will go both ways for the likes of Old Neil. Until his recent tantrum I had no idea what a disgusting vile hateful piece of shit he is. http://www.tunesdujour.com/neil-youngs-homophobia-aids-phobia/ http://www.tunesdujour.com/neil-youngs-homophobia-aids-phobi... My wonderful kind loving gentle uncle was a young gay man when Mr. Young said this, and the idea of this pathetic coward using his power to be stirring up hatred against him and everyone like him makes me feel physically ill. I wonder how many gay beatings and murders and how much bullying this piece of human garbage's outspoken hatred resulted in. Turns out he hasn't changed his spots either (which they never do they just try to blend in). https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1486388986973200393 https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/148638898697320039... This loser looks like a typical hypocrite limousine liberal to me, attaching itself like a parasite to "causes" that others have actually sweat and bled for, in order to feed off its popularity, while actually being a hateful selfish hypocrite. A sad, pathetic, angry, cowardly little loser. A washed-up irrelevant has-been. Fuck Neil Young, we still don't want him around. If Neil Young disagrees with something, it's worth looking into. Never listened to Rogan before, might give him a try now on Neil's glowing recommendation.
- LynxInLA 5y ago
  I don’t care for Neil Young, but did you read to the end of that article or just the first few paragraphs? In his 2002 biography of Neil Young, Shakey, Jimmy McDonough writes “I had found out that Young was planning on donating the proceeds from the ‘Philadelphia’ track to the Gay Men’s Health Crisis center. He acknowledged it was true but didn’t seem anxious to publicize the fact. I got the feeling there were other chartable acts I didn’t know about
  - throwawaylinux 5y ago
    I only linked that article because the original isn't so easy to find (after wasting all of a few minutes of my life searching for it). Old Neil must have found a good agency to try keep that quiet. But no, I don't think a rich hatemonger buying indulgences that in practice cost them nothing long after the fact and long after the winds have shifted in the other direction demonstrates anything at all about his character except he's even more spineless than I would have thought if he'd have faced up to it. Funny how he allegedly wanted to keep his "good deeds" private and yet somehow his biographer found out about it ("planned" donation? Did he even donate or just claim he would?), and said-biographer can assure us there were other charitable acts too. Wow. Great PR. But no, as I've already seen he doesn't change his spots, very few actually do in my experience. And even if he had, what does he want some sort of medal for not being a hatemonger? That wouldn't absolve him of what he did or make him worthy of a second chance. His reward for that is not living as a piece of shit for some years of his life. There's an infinite number of people who deserve attention and respect, there's absolutely no need to go back and look for reasons why hatemongers and their ilk should get more chances. Has Joe Rogan ever used his position of power to stir up hate against those weaker than him? If Joe is the evil one and Neil is the pious one here in this twisted hypocrite world, I'll take my chances in secular-hell. Much better company. The "fa---ts" that Saint Neil hates so much would be quite welcome too.