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Re:Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young in protest against Spotify by xioren00 on Saturday January 29, 2022 @08:16PM (#30132628)
Yes let them exercise their free speech so they can collectively silence others; You're on to something.

And speaking of parroting, I'll agree that much of what joe and by proxy his guests say is dangerous. Where we disagree is whether or not these things are "untrue" and to whom they are dangerous towards.

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Re:Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young in protest against Spotify by unfocussed_mike on Saturday January 29, 2022 @08:30PM (#30132766)
But it _is_ free speech, isn't it?

There are plenty of examples through history of mass speech overturning things.

And there are plenty of boycotts organised by both left and right wing media the world over.

In the last four or five years, Trump urged boycotts of MLB, Coke, Goodyear, AT&T, Delta, JP Morgan Chase, Viacom, Merck, Cisco the NFL.

Trump _supporters_ (major and minor) have urged boycotts of Meetup, Nike, Nordstrom, Starbucks, Netflix, Pepsi, Nabisco, Anheuser Busch, Amazon, Ben & Jerry's, Apple, Ford, Bank of America... and Tucker Carlson is currently nursing very public hurt feelings about anthropomorphic chocolate CGI characters.

This stuff happens. It's how change of all kinds happens. It shouldn't be surprising if it is aimed at Joe Rogan, since he's so fond of being outspoken.

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