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Apr 26, 2024 - 9:20am
I listened to the new Fu##in Up album today and loved it. Thirty years ago he recorded these tunes with Crazy Horse, and then played them at a small gig in 2023. Nice. Strong recommendation if youâre a Neil fan.
I've been waiting years for Neil to tour near me again & nabbed tix yesterday for his Crazy Horse Tour riding through Denver in July. Judging from this article, it's been worth the wait.
Im going to try to make that show myself...saw Neil last year at the Greek in LA for Willie's 90th...first time he played post pandemic and he was admittedly a bit rusty, but I'm sure he's back in form by now.
I've been waiting years for Neil to tour near me again & nabbed tix yesterday for his Crazy Horse Tour riding through Denver in July. Judging from this article, it's been worth the wait.
Bass-ackward reasoning. Neil, Joni, Nils, and others left because of the potentially deadly misinformation coming from Rogan. No one was cancelled.
Now, if the gay community and/or their allies want to stop buying Neil records, they may. But thatâs not happening at this time, so they must not see it as important. If they choose to, then itâs their right. In the meantime, trying to create a mountain out of a molehill is boring.
Speech is free. The First Amendment (for those outside the States) means he canât be arrested for what he says. Thatâs all. He can still be fired, criticized, mocked, and ignored.
However, reprehensible speech is irresponsible.
I skimmed the bulk of the Turley piece. He doesn't seem to touch on the responsibility of a person with a public-facing, broadcasted show to base his opinions on facts. Rogan has a right to have opinions that don't agree with medical experts but he should be pushed (perhaps not forced) to back his statements with some evidence.
The alternative is to have Rogan and others promote baseless conspiracy theories and endless excuses about how "mainstream" thinking is filled with lies and brainwashing.
People will give the opinions of Rogan and others greater credence just because they're on TV/radio and have good ratings. But Rogan and others thrive mostly because they're provocative, not because they adhere to facts.
I don't think that Rogan should be cancelled or censored but given that he has a large voice in a public forum, he should have to answer to people demanding that he back up his opinions with facts.
Boycotts of public individuals have their place. Would Turley object to a boycott or disciplining of a person who claimed that Jews were parasitic sub-humans and should be gassed into extinction?
