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Free, except for speech. It's sad how an aging rocker who used to celebrate nonconformity and questioning authority now becomes a finger waving old man telling
by kerneloftruth 5y ago
Free, except for speech. It's sad how an aging rocker who used to celebrate nonconformity and questioning authority now becomes a finger waving old man telling everyone that there's only one truth.
- colechristensen 5y agoThere’s a difference between nonconformity and questioning authority and packaging those things for sale. Rebellion as a Service now sells you that feeling of fighting the man packaged up in easy to consume pieces. Joe Rogan is an entertainer, not a rebel.
- kerneloftruth 5y agoIsn't Neil Young an entertainer, too? Doesn't he also sell his products? "There’s a difference between nonconformity and questioning authority and packaging those things for sale" Yes. The things you're comparing have nothing to do with each other Like explicit music lyrics, if you find it offensive, then don't listen, change the channel, etc.
- johndevor 5y agoIsn't a rebel somebody who takes controversial or unpopular stands?
- colechristensen 5y agoWell, no. Plus he’s doing it for the money.
- johndevor 5y agoWhat is a rebel then?
- whermans 5y agoHe is free to voice his displeasure at sharing a platform with an ill-informed blowhard spouting dangerous bullshit out of every orifice. Spotify has no obligation to platform Rogan, but they choose to tie their flag to his mast, and I for one am happy I switched to a different platform.
- golemiprague 5y ago
- kinghajj 5y agoNeil was never one who questioned all authority. From "The Needle and the Damage Done": > I sing the song because I love the man > I know that some of you don't understand > Milk blood to keep from running out > I've seen the needle and the damage done > A little part of it in everyone > But every junkie's like a settin' sun e.g., he "loves the man" for keeping heroin illegal, because he's seen how it ruins lives firsthand.
- cookie_monsta 5y agoThe great thing about art is that everybody is free to interpret it in their own way
- iszomer 5y agoI think people should recognize the distinction of an artist from their work and know their boundaries. If I said I enjoyed Alec Baldwin's "work" in his numerous film roles, I don't necessarily want to know what they are like in real life. In today's day and age that aspect is simply unavoidable.