re: The attack on Joe Rogan is an attack on all of us ...

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i choose not to worry about shite that's totally out of my control as much as possible.


clearly, nearly 10 posts and 5 pages in, but 0 fricks given

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It’s funny how blind to their own irony some people can be.

Of course I realize it’s all just an attempt to gaslight.

Demanded? I don’t know. Suggested? Certainly. Neither should happen IMO and this will truly put the first amendment on notice as far as whether or not government officials can openly advocate for private companies to silence citizens. It seems to violate the very spirit and purpose of the first amendment. I’ve said it before, but it seems like something like this has to go to the Supreme Court for anything to change.

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He needs to stand up for himself. If he won't do that, then there is nothing anyone can do.

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Yep. Can't stand beside someone when they are down on their knees by choice.

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Here is the White House requesting a private company censor a contributor it doesn’t like: News.com: Psaki Speaks on Joe Rogan

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Here we go. BTW, JR is pretty much a left-winger.
I don't really care for him and they very few times I have listened to him, I was not that impressed.

But we should all, regardless of political persuasion, be alarmed when the highest folks in the US government, especially the highest office in the world, advocate taking someone down because of their views(as long as it is peaceful & doesn't advocate violence).


This is something that many us have read and need to remind ourselves of what could happen if we are not careful:

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First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist

Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist

Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist

Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew

Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me .

-Martin Niemöller, a German pastor 1946

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Look man, I will support anybody that is publicly censored for standing up for what they believe if I also believe in it, but is Joe in any danger of losing his freedom here?

A hundred years ago people didn't have these platforms and had to express their ideas the old fashioned ways. Does Rogan not have access to that?

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I swear to god have literally not heard one single thing about this Rogan stuff other than on this board. I have not heard one person in my circle of friends of coworkers say a single word. I only watch sports on TV and listen to sports talk radio.

It's because you only get radio in prison.

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