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Joe Rogan's Use Of N-Word In Old Podcasts Prompts Massive Pushback And Deletion Of A Hundred Old Episodes

February 6th, 2022 - 11:10 AM EST by Brandon

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A viral video of Joe Rogan saying the N-word multiple times that was gathered from clips of previous JRE podcast episodes has ignited several reactions and discussions online, as well as caused Spotify to pull over a hundred episodes from its lineup.

The video came out on Thursday, and it immediately started to catch people's attention around the web as it became the latest battle in the ongoing fight against Rogan that was reignited when Neil Young tried to get Spotify to choose between him or Rogan by threatening to remove his music.

Rogan later put up an apology video to try and address the concerns of people and to say that the clips were taken out of context and were from many years prior, prompting a bigger response from people reacting to his apology.

With Spotify removing hundreds of episodes following the viral controversy, people all over social media began to either attack or defend Rogan from the current situation. Some of the reasons given for the people defending him are that he is simply inquiring about things, is a champion for free speech and is only being under fire politically because it's now a midterm election year and his podcast is seen as too strong and uncontrollable by the electorate.

The reasons given for those opposed to Rogan are that he is continually spreading COVID disinformation, either actively on purpose or accidentally through his questioning of the science, and that him featuring prominent far-right figures has helped to push the alt-right into being a much stronger, unified force than it was beforehand.

Due to the age of the clips in which Rogan has him saying the N-word, and the supposed context in which he claims to have been quoting other people who were saying it, or saying it in a proper context for discussion, many online have started to post videos of other prominent figures, particularly of the left such as Hasan Piker and Joe Biden using the word themselves in the past. With The Rock also pulling back on his support of Rogan, people have started trying to dig up clips of him saying things that are also unsavory, claiming that if the context doesn't matter, everyone involved should be canceled for things said in the past.

At the same time, there are some on the right who are encouraging Rogan to leave Spotify on his own accord, as they believe that Rogan being on a separate platform entirely, possibly one built by him from the ground up, would become a media juggernaut and potentially help their side. This is also contrasted with people who don't care either way but love finding reasons to make memes that reference Joe Rogan.

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WarLordM

Feb 06, 2022 at 11:13PM EST

I'm gonna say the N-word!

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Sui Caedere

Feb 06, 2022 at 05:34PM EST

All this, meanwhile the leader of Canada repeatedly dressed up in blackface and is still being praised. Sure.

I'm guessing this smear job was yet another 'sponsored by Pfizer'.

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Freakenstein

Feb 06, 2022 at 05:51PM EST Sui Caedere

First of all: dude, the mean vaccine companies are living rent-free in your head. Get some help--this is starting to become creepy.

Secondly: The time frames and general responses between the two are vastly different.

Justin Trudeau: wore Brownface during a photoshoot in 2001 and profusely apologized in 2019 when Time Magazine published it. He then admitted and apologized on his own to wearing Blackface in highschool, both this and the Arabic costume due to being "more enthusiastic about costumes than is sometimes appropriate". Two instances, one when he was 29, and one when he was a highschool kid.

Joe Rogan: A grown-ass man, starting from 2017, said N-word, encouraged guests to say N-word, wanted society to accept common usage of N-word, and used racist comparisons in multiple anecdotes (e.g. Black people and Planet of the Apes) in 110 episodes. His response is "those clips were taken out of context". Where is the profuse apology and the promise to never partake in this behavior again?

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Sui Caedere

Feb 06, 2022 at 05:58PM EST Freakenstein

Stop messaging me please.

I've already received a warning over repeating a meme from Arthur, in response to you calling people and opinions a synonym of retarded and associating them with racists.

I'm not interested in anything you have to say.
Please try to follow the site's rules though, you're setting a terrible example.
"Behave. We want our site to be welcoming place for both old and new users. Please keep your comments and posts constructive and considerate in tone."

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Gouf Troop

Feb 07, 2022 at 06:28PM EST Sui Caedere

You've been here for like a week. You don't need to shrivel against the slightest bit of scrutiny so quickly.

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The Christmas Pyro

Feb 06, 2022 at 01:05PM EST

Of course this also means that Spotify have to pull every single song in their library that contains racial slurs. Anything else would be hypocritical.

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Sui Caedere

Feb 06, 2022 at 05:38PM EST The Christmas Pyro

Fair point. Bye bye rap music..
I guess they'll be left with nothing but Tom MacDonald now lmao

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Rynjin

Feb 06, 2022 at 07:00PM EST The Christmas Pyro

Unless their catalogue includes the collected works of Johnny Rebel or something, that's likely not an issue.

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Nymanator

Feb 06, 2022 at 01:01PM EST

Why are they going after Joe Rogan so hard, though? First the COVID thing, and now this. I've said this before; Joe is generally pretty humble about when he makes a mistake and does his best to own it. If you actually understand the context, his crime here and with the COVID nonsense really wasn't that bad, and he's been contrite about both of them. I'm not normally a conspiracy guy, but this is looking more and more like the powers that be seeing someone not playing by their rules and trying to put a stop to it.

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Nymanator

Feb 06, 2022 at 01:02PM EST Nymanator

Or, even, it's the circus half of panem et circenses; part of everything else that keeps the masses distracted from real problems.

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Timey16

Feb 07, 2022 at 08:24AM EST Nymanator

Because he simply has become a center of attention and a lot of high rating (and high earning) artists have left Spotify because of it. Some artists just noticed him and then they acted be de-publishing their works from the platform.

He burned up billions of stock value. It's really that simple: he has become a liability for Spotify.

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Molemanninethousand

Feb 06, 2022 at 12:46PM EST

"Occupy Democrats" is an account I keep seeing, and I think that an "occupation" of the Democratic party to stir up change in its trajectory and improve on its current problems is a phenomenal cause, but… I don't see the account doing any of that? Instead, all its posts seem to be supporting mainstream radical leftist agendas and criticizing right-wing ones, and right-wing ones alone. What am I missing here; where is the activity pushing for change in what the Democratic party has become, as promised in the name?

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Steve

Feb 06, 2022 at 06:15PM EST Molemanninethousand

It's a propaganda outlet for the left.
No, really, it is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Democrats

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Freakenstein

Feb 06, 2022 at 06:20PM EST Molemanninethousand

This is something that requires a whole extra article to talk about, but it's a topic that needs discussing regardless, so I'll just do the Cliffnotes version.

1) The most important change that needs to happen is also incidentally the hardest, which is overturning the Citizens United Act, the bill that allows for corporations, LLCs, special interest groups, etc. to fundraise campaigns and lobby at a seemingly uncapped funds. Progressives and young democrats want this bill gone, but moderate dems and republicans do not, so any change that benefits the working class citizen (you and me) will always be up against the groups who funded the congressperson's campaign.

2) Occupy Democrats isn't what they used to be. The movement used to be led by Cenk Ugyur of TYT, a huge champion of removing the Citizens United Act, until they ousted him a couple years ago. So while they do praise the actions of progressives and denounce the actions of the alt-right, I don't know if they actually spend time campaigning for strong politicians who will support their goals, e.g. AOC going to Georgia to help raise awareness.

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Freakenstein

Feb 06, 2022 at 06:25PM EST Steve

It will also interest anyone to know that, unsurprisingly, their quality is piss-poor:

It's basically the One America News Network for the left in media quality.

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