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I feel like I've seen this before, but it's been so long I don't even remember so I got a big kick out of this. Thank you.
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Joe Rogan apologizes for past use of racial slurs: 'It makes me sick'
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I feel like I've seen this before, but it's been so long I don't even remember so I got a big kick out of this. Thank you.
When that excuse comes about, might as well throw the whole apology out the window.
Like "yes it was you, you weren't possessed by a fucking ghost when you said that, maybe you could have learned or grown but no - instead you say "it wasn't me" because you think admitting guilt is a sign of weakness…you are literally issuing an apology!"
I bet it will be more as: "He tried to apologize and you canceled him! 😞
Look how humble he is 🧐
You only wanted to silence him because what he tells is inconvenient for you lol" etc., etc.
It's even worse in context which is rare.
Joe Rogan apologises for repeated use of N-word after footage emerges
Podcast host says sorry for ‘most regretful and shameful thing I’ve ever had to talk about’ but says remarks were taken out of contextwww.theguardian.com
yeah fuck this guy
I can't wait for the future when he does more bigoted shit and people reference this video to defend him.
"But but, what is the point of all of this? He will still have a platform somewhere! Why even do anything at all?! I am very smart while I sit here doing nothing and sticking my thumb up my ass while complaining about others actually trying to change things."
I saw some takes like that even here on era. You start to get the sense that maybe it's less they think it is a losing battle, and more they don't agree there is a battle. "Stop being so offended, snowflakes".
That "planet of the apes" crack was the last time I ever fucked with this guy. Something about the way he just came out with that so casually made me realize this dude is way worse than people realize.
Exactly what I was thinking. There is never a sincerity to these chuds "taking the knee", its all just the next step in their ploy. In this case it would be to create a siege mentality with his fanbase. Dude is too far gone.
His vaccine conspiracies are the dumbest fucking shit of all time, not just because its killing people, which it is, but just because his solution is Ivermectin and Monoclonal Antibodies....WHICH ARE ALSO MADE BY "BIG PHARMA!"
If they actually worked like Joe says they do, the Pharmaceutical companies would make MORE money by pushing both them and vaccines.
He needed to do his due diligence, obviously. And the years of carefully monitored, highly-intellectual experimentation he'd been conducting has finally led him to the conclusion that he probably shouldn't say it too loudly…
He's not sorry. He's feeling scared that he might lose his cushy deal, so he's desperately scrambling.
Keep pushing everyone. Destroy his platform.
Keep pushing everyone. Destroy his platform.
Lmfaoooo, I was just gonna drop a "chill y'all, the purpose of his content was always to entertain," but this works too
Is he though?
This could be Spotify trying to salvage the money they put into the deal with him, and their public image. (They can publish a PR piece saying he regrets his past actions, and the company believes in change, etc, etc.)
At this point, he probably thinks he would be able to jump to another publish-- platform if Spotify decides to dump him. And maybe he still can.
That's the feeling I get as well. This is Spotify just doing the bare minimum and then washes their hands of it. Something they can point to and say hey see we did something! And then Rogan "apology" gives them cover to allow him to stay.
Hopefully it doesn't get buried though.
The dude was agreeing with Jordan Peterson that a lot of Black folk aren't actually Black like last week
Makes him sick my ass
Makes him sick my ass
He's not sorry, but he also isn't worried about his deal. Even if Spotify were to cut him from the service and tear up his contract he would just get signed by Apple, Facebook, or some other big corporation.
This apology is just his attempt to make the story go away so he can go back to recommending horse paste and talking about ancient aliens.
I imagine he'll just say it in pig Latin from now on. No one will know
100%. He will just go on his show and just complain about cancel culture or something. He'll talk about how he apologized and still got shit on. His listeners will side with him.
Then we get to repeat it all again in a few days or a few weeks when he pushes another conspiracy theory or hands out dangerous advice.
As the designated representative* of BlackERA, I would like to say that we are not impressed and do not accept this apology.
*not actually the designated representative of BlackERA.
*not actually the designated representative of BlackERA.
6 years ago it wasn't ok for white people to say the n-word. It wasn't ok before Rogan was born
Spotify must be hoping for a few things with this move. That it will appear they're "fixing the issues" with their talent, that most people unaware of the issues surrounding Joe Rogan is that he used the N Word and nothing else so in the common persons eyes "all issues are now fixed" and that by doing this the controversy will be done by the end of the weekend and anyone who is aware of "Joe Rogan apologized for something" means they can go back to their Spotify account they closed before the next billing cycle.
I'mma be honest.
He looks like the type that says nigger 20x a day off camera to keep his teeth white.
He looks like the type that says nigger 20x a day off camera to keep his teeth white.
Yep. No reason for him to be confused as to whether it was okay or not. 6 years ago was 4 years AFTER Trayvon Martin's murder for anyone who could use a reference point.
Literally last week, he was agreeing with a guest that some Black people aren't "really" Black.
Oh, and how about the transphobia, Joe? For example, all of this stuff from just last year:
www.losangelesblade.com
Oh, and how about the transphobia, Joe? For example, all of this stuff from just last year:
Joe Rogan: COVID-19 misinfo, right-wing myths, & anti-trans rhetoric
“Called out for peddling dangerous rhetoric, he shields himself claiming he should not be considered a ‘respected source of information
www.losangelesblade.com
- On June 25, Rogan lied that "there's not a lot of overwhelming, overt discrimination against people who are trans, like, publicly other than the sports thing" and prisons.
- On July 3, Rogan mocked and misgendered a young person who came out as trans to his friends. He also said that "it's fashionable" to be nonbinary, later claiming, "It's going to get worse."
- On August 12, Rogan agreed with his guest Andrew Schulz's comments when Schulz used an anti-trans slur and compared trans people to QAnon conspiracy theorists, asserting, "QAnon is just like conservative t—–s. That's really all they are." Rogan also claimed that being nonbinary is "very, very self-indulgent," and said that trans people are "not experiencing real adversity or, you know, real discrimination, so you create discrimination against yourself."
- Later in that episode, Rogan derided an unnamed trans woman, saying she had a "terrorist beard" and that "there's no way you're a woman." Rogan continued, "There are definitely people with legitimate gender dysphoria that want to be a woman, and they're biologically male. And then there's grifters. There's crazy people. There's people who have locked on to this movement."
- On November 3, Rogan used an anti-trans slur, lamenting, "You can't say t—-y," before his guest repeatedly used the slur. He also mocked the idea of a comedian using they/them pronouns, saying, "Imagine if there is a comic who gave into that."
I wanna be optimistic and hope it's the end for this piece of garbage, but fuck, this loser has such a massive following. He sucks so hard; Spotify better do the right thing but this jackass seems to get away with everything.
