Joe Rogan's N-Word Controversy Raises Eyebrows in Howard Stern's Direction Over Past Incidents
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I mean, the article you posted kind of addresses your complaint. It got drug up from the doldrums and Stern apologized. It wasn't the first time he had to address it. It'll likely get drug out again in a few years and we'll go through the same routine.
— Eura Toolbox (@EuraToolbox) February 8, 2022
People thought that bringing up Stern in this context was irrelevant since Stern has already been tried in the court of public opinion, so to speak. Many were exasperated by having to relitigate celebrities' offensive behavior every time a comparable offense was in the headlines.
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He's hardly a "leftist."
— Miss Kitty Fantastico (@JInMissouri) February 6, 2022
Stern is actually and independent also there’s not such thing as woke, woke is a far right term to condone people against racism, lgbt, etc
— Ben Johnson (@bigbenny500) February 6, 2022
In the process of using this argument, many commenters made unfounded assertions about both Stern and Rogan's political beliefs in order to argue that critics were selecting which radio host to be angry at based on their affiliations. As a matter of fact, both Stern and Rogan fall outside of easy classifications like Democrat, Republican, Liberal and Conservative. Both were extremely critical of former President Donald Trump, and Stern has been affiliated with the Libertarian Party at times, which is a conservative-leaning third party.
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30ish years old whataboutism.
— NatvVegan (@NativeVegan702) February 6, 2022
Some people replied that any discussion of Stern in this context was irrelevant and refused to address it further.
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So your giving everyone who did a black face a free pass
— Carolyn Lanzarone (@CarolynLanzaro1) February 8, 2022
Commenters noted that this argument about Stern was either calling for him to be taken off the air or saying that the poster believed it was acceptable for Stern to do blackface. Since many of Rogan's defenders have called criticism against him "censorship," it would be hypocritical for them to suggest that Stern should be taken off the air if they believe his offenses were worse than Rogan's.
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What's unsaid is that they don't care about Joe Rogan, it could be anyone, even Howard Stern. They don't care who is on the platform, but it's the platform they want to censor – not Rogan.
The idea of independent media having a broad reach with unfiltered commentary is a threat https://t.co/VajzJQM6aJ
— B (@NLfreedom709) February 3, 2022
Some people felt that arguing whether Rogan or Stern was more offensive missed the point of the debate entirely. They felt that systemic issues should be tackled, not individual ones.
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Ya think🤔 most of us rogan people listened to stern. I did in the 80s until about 2012. Howard is the easiest cancel there is
— LT Aldo Raines ♐ (@ltaldoraines3) February 6, 2022
Why do people act like Howard Stern has suddenly become controversial? What's next, complaining that Bernie Sanders suddenly wants to tax the top 1%?
— Buddy Winston (@BuddyWinston) February 6, 2022
People on all sides of the issue agreed that Stern was an easy target in any "cancel culture" discussion.
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pay joe rogan .0003 cents per stream
— nigh eve6 (@Eve6) February 7, 2022
Finally, many critics said that neither Stern nor Rogan were the real targets of their outrage, but SiriusXM and Spotify were. They felt that the companies that profit from misinformation and racism should be held to account first and foremost.
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