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"It’s really painful to see people draw moral and ethical lines over episodes of a guy bullshitting into a microphone being removed. It’d be nice if your ire and indignation were directed at an issue that would objectively improve the world, like exploitation of children, food inequality and starvation..."

The free expression of ideas is more important than what you listed here. And see if you can figure out why it is directly related to said issues.




MSNBC and CNN yelling fake "Russiagate" is harmful too. Nobody is asking them to be cancelled!

CNN just hired a guy that made book about fake Saddam Hussein and Al-qaeda connection.

CNN and others where saying Irak has WDM. That's proved to be a bold faced lie. Nobody is asking them to be banned in the cancel culture circles.

It's weird that one podcast host can be the root of evil, but selling a WAR with fake lies is nothing.

EDIT: WAR definitely kills people




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