But I'm SOOOO glad Neil and Joni and the rest raised their voices anyways. That surely did help the purpose. That doesn't serve the purpose and aggravates the situation away from the opportunity of discussion. Regardless of stance, it does ultimately come down to the smartest minds on the planet in these fields doing what they need to do to save lives whether its a pandemic or anything else that has threatened our lives in centuries of humanity.Īs for Joe, I'm glad Spotify didn't take the podcast down. Honestly, I feel bad for the science community AS A WHOLE for them not being able to come together in amplifying their view and their voice being hijacked for whatsoever reason. As it is a global health related situation, the voices of the scientific minds who positively affect it(which both sides want ) should not be lost. Leaving all the conspiracies on both sides aside, until people cannot come to the common ground for truth as truth is defined, there will be such friction. Especially with agreeing what the science is and what the science is not with these things. I do believe that an open discussion helps. Problem is many of them think it's their privilege to the exclusion of others with competing ideas. The entertainment Industries whether in music, comedy, movies, sports, advertising, etc have never stopped trying to shape the world. Instead of using bribery, lies, threats and censorship I believe an open discussion and conversation would have been a much better option. Fauci, medical communities, the WHO, political leaders at all levels of governments, news media across the board are also not deplatformed, fired, or censured for the minute by minute daily misinformation they have been giving out since this virus got unleashed on the world. I am not sure why he should be deplatformed for misinformation if the NIH, CDC, Dr. Neil's opinions are his opinions just as Eric Clapton's opinions are Eric's.

Control and censuring and forceful positioning is not good in the long run. But to want to shut down others based on their opinions is acting like a big baby, or 'bullying' or anti-freedom. Neil, Joni and anyone else, if they don't want their music on Spotify or any platform, for whatever reason, I support them and I'm fine with them taking a personal stand.

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