If there’s one thing that cancel culture has taught us, it’s that apologizing to the mob only makes things worse.
Joe Rogan’s initial response to the Spotify cancelation saga was to be reasonable, even apologetic. That isn’t working. 3
Breitbart reports:
Spotify has mass-deleted at least 70 episodes of the Joe Rogan Experience as the platform faces further calls to remove Rogan’s show from its platform. The deletions have nothing to do with coronavirus “misinformation” as they primarily date from before the pandemic, including shows with anti-woke academic Gad Saad, director Kevin Smith, and comedian and podcaster Theo Von.
Rogan should have known better than to apologize. He has no obligation to kowtow to the mob.
Right-wing Twitter made exactly this point:
Joe Rogan wouldn’t have lost a single fan.
That’s what’s wild about mimetic warfare.
Who is he apologizing to?
Some amorphous blog of artificially generated hate.
— Cernovich (@Cernovich) February 5, 2022
Nobody is offended by anything @joerogan said. Nobody is hurt. Nobody is a victim. They went digging for the “offensive” comments. They’re happy to have found them. That’s why these damned vultures deserve a middle finger, not an apology. Rogan owes them nothing but contempt.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) February 5, 2022
Rogan is successful and a freethinker. That’s his crime. That’s why they’re coming for him. Not for anything he said about covid. Not for any jokes he made five years ago or whatever. That’s all a pretense. His real sin is that he couldn’t be controlled.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) February 5, 2022