It just means that I don’t want to be associated with him. It doesn’t even mean that I won’t listen to him - particularly if some viral clip pings on my radar. Rogan has stood against science (or even commonplace thinking) and, with that stance, debased the courageous front-line workers who have put in long and often traumatic hours to serve the commonweal - often with thankless and even hostile or violent reactions.īut that is my choice. But I could not in good conscience allow the art that has taken up happy years of my life to be shared on the same platform as Joe Rogan, who has repeatedly demonstrated his commitment to spreading disinformation and offering a platform for anti-trans rhetoric. In terms of influence, I am about as far from Neil Young and Joni Mitchell (or, for that matter, Roxane Gay) as you can get. And with great influence comes great responsibility.Ī few days ago, I pulled all of my podcasts from Spotify. The Alexandria Quartet (Modern Library #70).My Henry James Problem: Dinitia Smith and Susan Mizruchi (The Bat Segundo Show #553).
Bill Kristol: An Enemy to Women, An Enemy to Human Rights.
