If an artist deciding not to stream their music on Spotify is really "the most despicable efforts in [a] lifetime" then what is the answer. Do Jon Steward and Saagar Enjeti, et. al. want artists to be forced to stream? Should we consumers be forced to subscribe to Spotify?
I mean, everyone is using their free choice as artists and consumers. There is no government involvement here. But these men so desperate to protect Joe Rogan think we don't have the right of free association, to disassociate if we choose. Jon Stewart & Saager Enjeti etc
Saagar Enjeti are upset that artists are willing to risk loss of income to disassociate from someone who is killing people with misinformation and adding to the racial animus in the world with blatant and unabashed racism. Enjeti says its the most despicable thing in his lifetime
Saagar Enjeti was born in 1992. So, leaving out natural disasters, this is worse than both WTC attacks, the Murrah Building, Columbine, the Rwandan civil war, the ethnic cleaning of the Rohingya, hundreds of mass shootings, and the sarin attack on the Tokyo subway.
Just so we see this in perspective.
I missed that part of the Constitution or the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that guaranteed corporations subscribers and that entertainers, no matter how ill-informed, are guaranteed an audience. Of course, it's all self-interest from Stewart and Enjeti
They fear someday they, too, might say something egregious and lose supporters and listeners. Well, that is the price of fame. It's a risk you all decided to take and have no right to ask for a guarantee. No one else gets one.
They seem to think certain occupations are exempt from consequences, namely what they do. So note that their opinions are not honest, but are craven and selfish.
But if they are worried about losing support among the public there are a few things they could do:
Avoid spreading lies & conspiracies, particularly deadly ones.
Don't use racist epithets, not even to describe what someone else said, not even if your friend gave you permission.
Avoid spreading lies & conspiracies, particularly deadly ones.
Don't use racist epithets, not even to describe what someone else said, not even if your friend gave you permission.
Of course, people in the media side with Rogan. They see themselves in his position. They think they too might say something egregious. But remember, Rogan is no one-time offender. He is a serial liar, a repeat disinformer, and an unreconstructed racist.
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