Thread by @michaelkasdan

THREAD CONTINUED: PART 2

More on #Rogan, #Spotify blah blah blah

Where were we?

Oh yes. Cancel culture. It’s not real.

No one has lost their livelihood or been denied a livelihood due to an unruly Internet mob.

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Can folks sometimes rush to judgment without having all the facts? Sure.

But what is usually labeled #cancelculture is just the hard fact of accountability in a society. Of their being repercussions for bad acts, and yes, for bad speech.

It’s a good thing.

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Back to being open to opposing viewpoints and the theory that the best response to speech we disagree with being counter-speech, more speech, robust debate.

I used to believe that was always the case. I believed it when I graduated from Law School.

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But decades of real world experience in the world and in media and publishing have taught me something.

Sure. I’m open to listening to and learning from opposing viewpoints. I love a good debate.

But “more speech” isn’t always the answer:

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In our modern age where disinformation spreads orders of magnitude faster than truth, uncritically ceding a massive platform that reaches millions for more and more and more speech will be a losing proposition every single time.

#JoeRogan #Spotify #NeilYoung

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And especially where it concerns life or death public health issues that effect us all, we can’t afford to lose. The cost is too high.

The better approach for society is to get people of your platform who break the rules.

#JoeRogan #Spotify #NeilYoung

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For example, this is what someone said to me in a social media “debate”:

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My response is below.

Now, did either of us convince each other of anything. I don’t think so.

Am I clearly right? Yes. 😄🤷‍♂️😉

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So where does all this leave us?

The Spotify/Rogan/Young story is still evolving.

But it is clear that the confluence of cultural, social, business and legal issues raised in this story are critically important and as yet unresolved.

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Thanks for reading. I’m so excited to have completed my first real threaded article. I almost didn’t get here to the end. (Had a little mishap last night on the first go around). But glad I did.

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POSTSCRIPT.

In case it is at all unclear (and I know it’s not!). I stand with Neil Young.

. @threadreaderapp pls unroll?

PPS Joe Rogan is vile trash. Just saying.

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