The well known Joe Rogan had Alex Jones on his YouTube podcast the other day and in that one day it's received over four million views.

If you want to have a good time watching a crazy character then I can really recommend the view.

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There are deeper issues with Alex Jones of course, with the most serious of them being Sandy Hook and that is dealt with at the beginning of the podcast.

However, this guy has been censored from having his platform from all the mainstream digital spaces in a serious attack on conservative and libertarian voices.

The popularity of this guy as an entertainment is beyond proven and his censorship isn't justified.

The censorship of conservative voices in the digital space is unacceptable and unprecedented in modern times.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

That quote may have been relevant in it's day but no longer as nowadays it would be:-

I may disagree with everything you say but I will defend on social media your right to say it.

Fair play to Joe Rogan for not bowing to the hate mob and having his friend of many years back on the show. I turned off an hour in as I couldn't cope with Jones ranting about aliens (will re-visit later). But he did make a good point about the media's Sandy Hook witch hunt on him and he apologised for getting it wrong. But he's right that we should question everything as governments cover up a lot of s***.

His voice has gone as he's got older. Can't hit the high notes in We're Walking in the Air anymore. Shame.

Red and Blue Army!

Agreed. She had great legs.

A key principle to uphold. For many a sudden love of freedom of speech is a coat they put on when they personally start to feel the chill. When the shoe is on the other foot it's a different story. Freedom of speech and expression are both essential freedoms no matter the political climate. No pick and choose, or exemptions to be had based on either personal sensitivity or bigotry. Any weak individual that looks to the government to give them preference, whether on the left now with 'hate speech' and reporting racist tweets to the police, or before on the right with moralising against or creating hurdles for couples and families that aren't a mirror image of their own, should instead worry about their own lives. Drug policy too is a disaster, especially the legitimate medical uses side. Much like prohibition, if you reign in personal autonomy beyond a point, it does more harm than good.

Edited by dollardays (01 Mar 2019 10.05pm)