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So we've decided as a society that any opinion that doesn't conform to the majority needs to be silenced? Scary.

by umvi 5y ago

macdaknife 5y ago
Society decided against censors, and the technocrats are now the enemy.
vr46 5y ago
How are they silencing him? He can publish anywhere he likes, they just paid him to work for them and now he's bringing their brand into disrepute.
- jimbob45 5y ago
  “Separate but equal” is not legal in the US. That strategy may work for now but it won’t hold up long-term.
  - ceejayoz 5y ago
    "Podcaster" isn't one of the protected classes under US law.
  - cardamomo 5y ago
    Even if you view this as censorship, equating this with anti-Black legislation and policies is hardly a sound argument.
mrobins 5y ago
Spotify’s purchase of JRE turns them into his publisher/sponsor. When consumers and musicians cut ties they’re speaking with their $$ and saying they don’t want to support his content. That’s not the same as silencing or censoring him. There are countless open platforms he can speak his mind on.
- choward 5y ago
  Is scary how many people think like you. The Whitehouse is constantly pushing for censorship across all tech companies and platforms. AWS even cancelled an entire platform, parlor. Sure there are platforms to move to now but we're headed down a path where there won't be and people like you will be to blame.
  - ceejayoz 5y ago
    Parler doesn't look very canceled. https://parler.com/ https://parler.com/ Do you believe hosting companies should be unable to decline customers? Should Amazon have to host the KKK? The Taliban? Someone who screwed them over by declaring bankruptcy after a big bill?
    - umvi 5y ago
      Yes, infrastructure level services should be forced to accept all customers, including the KKK. The power company can't shut off someone's power because they are in the KKK. Verizon can't shut off your phone if you say racist things into it.
    - choward 5y ago
      AWS shut them down. It took them a while to get up and running again and they lost a lot of users.
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skoskie 5y ago
No. We’re deciding as individuals not to give business to entities that profit by promoting baseless conspiracy theories which pose a threat to public health. It just so happens enough people are doing so to create some market pressure. Spotify is simply reacting to that pressure as all businesses do. Nobody is being silenced.
- dazilcher 5y ago
  Can you point to some baseless conspiracy theories in the episodes being removed?
umbos 5y ago
No, Spotify has decided that Joe Rogan's spreading of factually incorrect misinformation that could let to material harm is not the type of content that they want to platform. Not equivalent at all.

So we've decided as a society that any opinion that doesn't conform to the majority needs to be silenced? Scary.

by umvi 5y ago

So we've decided as a society that any opinion that doesn't conform to the majority needs to be silenced? Scary.

macdaknife 5y ago

Society decided against censors, and the technocrats are now the enemy.

vr46 5y ago

How are they silencing him? He can publish anywhere he likes, they just paid him to work for them and now he's bringing their brand into disrepute.

jimbob45 5y ago
“Separate but equal” is not legal in the US. That strategy may work for now but it won’t hold up long-term.
- ceejayoz 5y ago
  "Podcaster" isn't one of the protected classes under US law.
- cardamomo 5y ago
  Even if you view this as censorship, equating this with anti-Black legislation and policies is hardly a sound argument.

mrobins 5y ago

Spotify’s purchase of JRE turns them into his publisher/sponsor. When consumers and musicians cut ties they’re speaking with their $$ and saying they don’t want to support his content. That’s not the same as silencing or censoring him. There are countless open platforms he can speak his mind on.

choward 5y ago
Is scary how many people think like you. The Whitehouse is constantly pushing for censorship across all tech companies and platforms. AWS even cancelled an entire platform, parlor. Sure there are platforms to move to now but we're headed down a path where there won't be and people like you will be to blame.
- ceejayoz 5y ago
  Parler doesn't look very canceled. https://parler.com/ https://parler.com/ Do you believe hosting companies should be unable to decline customers? Should Amazon have to host the KKK? The Taliban? Someone who screwed them over by declaring bankruptcy after a big bill?
  - umvi 5y ago
    Yes, infrastructure level services should be forced to accept all customers, including the KKK. The power company can't shut off someone's power because they are in the KKK. Verizon can't shut off your phone if you say racist things into it.
  - choward 5y ago
    AWS shut them down. It took them a while to get up and running again and they lost a lot of users.

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skoskie 5y ago

No. We’re deciding as individuals not to give business to entities that profit by promoting baseless conspiracy theories which pose a threat to public health. It just so happens enough people are doing so to create some market pressure. Spotify is simply reacting to that pressure as all businesses do. Nobody is being silenced.

dazilcher 5y ago
Can you point to some baseless conspiracy theories in the episodes being removed?

umbos 5y ago

No, Spotify has decided that Joe Rogan's spreading of factually incorrect misinformation that could let to material harm is not the type of content that they want to platform. Not equivalent at all.