Have you given any thought to the inconsistency between how Whoopi Goldberg was treated for her comment about the holocaust, and how Joe Rogan has been treated for his um, body of work? Whoopi was condemned by the left and right. She was appropriately suspended from her position as a host of ABCâs The View. She later apologized for the hurtful inference in her remarks.
With Rogan, after the flap over his COVID misinformation, it came to light that dozens of his episodes were quietly removed from Spotify because they featured Rogan using the N-word. To date, Spotify has yanked more than 100 of his episodes. But Rogan wasnât suspended or âcancelledâ by Spotify. Still, heâs held up on the Right as another victim of leftist cancel culture.
The artists who left Spotify werenât trying to âcancelâ Rogan. They just wouldnât continue being associated with a platform that promoted him. Both the artists and Spotify are making free-market business decisions that they have every right to make.
Thatâs an idea that youâd think would be vigorously supported by Conservatives.
The outcry on the Right about âcancel cultureâ comes at a time when they are working to outlaw Critical Race Theory, overturn elections, enact legislation to deny the vote to millions of Americans, and ban books. Itâs clear whoâs doing the cancelling in America.
Those who defend Rogan say heâs simply providing a forum. Sure, he interviews kooks and sleazes, but he also interviews some reasonable folks. So heâs presenting âboth sidesâ. The other side of a fact is a lie. And if you put a lie on an equal footing with the truth, you give the lie credibility. This is a cardinal sin that the media have been committing for decades. On to cartoons.
The massive self-deception the Right Wing practices while copying Nazi tactics:
Trumpâs monument on the Mall:
RNC censures two of its own, says many of its own are totally fine:
Mitch the turtle takes RNC to task for its censure, also says Trump is wrong:
Russiaâs about to bite off more than it can chew:
The end of mask mandates is political signaling. Weâll soon know if this calculated risk works:
