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Re:Spotify is removing Neil Young’s music after falling out ... by DiggyJohnson on Thursday January 27, 2022 @08:23AM (#30100224)
He’s literally virtue signaling trying to cancel another entertainers contract. It’s very authoritarian and bent towards a biased narrative. Maybe that’s not the words I would have used myself but I completely catch the meaning.

How is Neil Young adding any value to the world by this action? Do you really see Joe as a threat to something? What is it?

Re:Spotify is removing Neil Young’s music after falling out ... by acdha on Thursday January 27, 2022 @08:37AM (#30100364)
It's not “virtue signaling” to say that someone should not use their platform to foment deadly misinformation. Rogan isn't talking about sports, or debating whether someone's music is better than another artist's, he's giving weight to people who are pedaling advice which will reliably harm people.

It's especially interesting to see you attack the scientific consensus as a “biased narrative” because that's what you are actually trying to promote. The scientific process isn't perfect but it includes a lot of effort to avoid bias, starting with how things like experiments are designed and conducted. Claiming that someone else's politically-motivated position deserves equal weight is revealing that the problem here isn't bias but rather that it's not biased in the direction you would like.

Re:Spotify is removing Neil Young’s music after falling out ... by nailer on Thursday January 27, 2022 @09:26AM (#30100920)
Which doctors and scientists do you specifically think spread ‘deadly misinformation’ on Joe Rogan?