"I'm very pro-science and we have GOT to get back to a standard of established facts, and we must hold the 'woke' as firmly to it as we insist on doing to the right. So, in retrospect, should Rogan have perhaps edited that out, if not at the time then later, retrospectively?"
I'm extremely pro-free-speech, including views I detest, becaus…
"I'm very pro-science and we have GOT to get back to a standard of established facts, and we must hold the 'woke' as firmly to it as we insist on doing to the right. So, in retrospect, should Rogan have perhaps edited that out, if not at the time then later, retrospectively?"
I'm extremely pro-free-speech, including views I detest, because the fact is that these views are out there anyway. I don't think anybody who listens to this guy and finds him compelling wasn't already racist.
I do wish Rogan was smart enough to push back on his nonsense more effectively. But at least Rogan does push back. That will make a difference to some of his listeners. The fact that these views are so rarely exposed to the light means that most people who believe them never hear *anybody* question them.
I understand the concerns about the boundaries of free-speech, but I firmly believe that it's better to challenge bad ideas than to leave them to fester. Or worse, to "silence" them and have people even more curious about what is being "hidden" from them. In fact, I'd argue that one of the major factors that led to so much COVID misinformation was the decidedly un-scientific way that pandemic information was reported.
The scientific method relies on open and rigorous examination. When doing that becomes taboo, you feed all the fruit loops who want to say they're being censored.
"I'm very pro-science and we have GOT to get back to a standard of established facts, and we must hold the 'woke' as firmly to it as we insist on doing to the right. So, in retrospect, should Rogan have perhaps edited that out, if not at the time then later, retrospectively?"
I'm extremely pro-free-speech, including views I detest, because the fact is that these views are out there anyway. I don't think anybody who listens to this guy and finds him compelling wasn't already racist.
I do wish Rogan was smart enough to push back on his nonsense more effectively. But at least Rogan does push back. That will make a difference to some of his listeners. The fact that these views are so rarely exposed to the light means that most people who believe them never hear *anybody* question them.
I understand the concerns about the boundaries of free-speech, but I firmly believe that it's better to challenge bad ideas than to leave them to fester. Or worse, to "silence" them and have people even more curious about what is being "hidden" from them. In fact, I'd argue that one of the major factors that led to so much COVID misinformation was the decidedly un-scientific way that pandemic information was reported.
The scientific method relies on open and rigorous examination. When doing that becomes taboo, you feed all the fruit loops who want to say they're being censored.