The comedian and podcaster used his huge platform to spread more COVID disinformation, talk up Alex Jones and Elon Musk, and reveal an odd obsession with gay sex.
This is the sort of thing where the only thing you can possibly be getting from it is a sense of moral superiority, since you aren’t actually making things better even if you were more persuasive (because you’d still be acting apart from any sort of organized boycott), and you are not even being persuasive.
Honestly I started off on your side but then I realized that the other people here are making valid points.
You’re coming across as a solid dickhead.
I agree that since Spotify is sponsoring Joe Rogan that using spotify means in some part you are sponsoring Joe Rogan.
You might be 100% right on that, I might be 100% right on that, but if we are dicks to the people we’re talking to about it they’re going to be against us because of our attitude regardless of whether we are right or not.
Yes, in the case there wouldn’t be any alternatives.
Hexbear users (with freaking Castro avatars) complaining about bigotry … 🤡
Yeah sure just make sure you post it on your twitter account too 🙄
Consumer ethics is a diversion from systemic critique of the platforms enabling this shit
Except when you pay to keep bigots platformed. But I’m sure meat eating “animal lovers” share your opinion.
This is the sort of thing where the only thing you can possibly be getting from it is a sense of moral superiority, since you aren’t actually making things better even if you were more persuasive (because you’d still be acting apart from any sort of organized boycott), and you are not even being persuasive.
Whatever you have to tell yourself so you think you’re correct.
Honestly I started off on your side but then I realized that the other people here are making valid points.
You’re coming across as a solid dickhead.
I agree that since Spotify is sponsoring Joe Rogan that using spotify means in some part you are sponsoring Joe Rogan.
You might be 100% right on that, I might be 100% right on that, but if we are dicks to the people we’re talking to about it they’re going to be against us because of our attitude regardless of whether we are right or not.
Ohhhh, you’re one of those people. Always fun to spot in the wild
Yes, unironically