Joe Rogan didn’t endorse Donald Trump till the final minute.
Why?
The Spotify celebrity credit Elon Musk’s affect. That’s probably true. Rogan additionally knew Trump stood tall towards the Left’s battle on free speech, and the comedian podcaster belatedly picked a aspect.
So did different insurgent comedians like Tony Hinchcliffe and, to a lesser diploma, Theo Von, Andrew Schulz and Tim Dillon.
Comedians know free speech is all the pieces to their craft. And Trump had their again on that crucial entrance. Let’s not overlook how the Left, led by Neil Younger, tried besides Rogan from Spotify through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now, Rogan and his comic pals are saluting a latest Trump decree decrying the Biden administration’s free speech assaults.
Not on my watch, the President-Elect vowed.
Rogan, together with fellow comics Mark Normand, Ari Shaffir and Shane Gillis, cheered Trump’s declaration of battle towards authorities censorship.
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“If this most basic proper is allowed to perish, then the remainder of our rights and liberties will topple like dominoes, one after the other,” Trump mentioned within the video assertion launched earlier this month. “The censorship cartel have to be dismantled and destroyed, and it should occur instantly.”
“The Joe Rogan Expertise” performed the vast majority of the Trump video, giving it their full consideration.
“I don’t care for those who don’t like this man, you’ll be able to’t be towards this,” Shaffir mentioned.
“That’s a progressive thought,” Rogan continued. “Should you’re not with that, you’re not with free speech and also you’re not with free discourse.”
“There’s no logical clarification you can probably present that claims censoring speech by a bunch of people that have been identified to be liars and criminals,” Rogan continued, his voice elevating, “letting these folks censor speech is loopy.”
“You gotta let folks discuss. It’s the one approach,” Rogan mentioned.
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“Everybody within the arts must be in favor of that,” Shaffir added, though most celebrities have stood down within the free speech struggle or backed Biden and, later, Vice President Kamala Harris.
“No matter you wanna do, jazz, for those who wanna make rap music, no matter you wanna make you want that. It’s all the pieces for us,” Rogan mentioned.
“It must be, say what you wanna say, particularly within the arts, and that’s OK. That’s simply your stance,” Shaffir mentioned.
“Precisely. It’s OK,” Rogan mentioned earlier than citing what got here to be referred to as President Invoice Clinton’s “Sister Souljah Second.”
Then-candidate Clinton chastised the younger rapper for suggesting black People kill white People and different racially incendiary feedback.
Clinton defended her proper to share these views however sharply condemned them.
Free speech in motion.