{"id":79620,"date":"2022-02-14T11:13:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T05:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/joe-rogans-use-of-n-word-is-just-as-dangerous-as-capitol-insurrectionists-cnn-writer-producer-says\/"},"modified":"2022-02-14T11:13:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T05:43:56","slug":"joe-rogans-use-of-n-word-is-just-as-dangerous-as-capitol-insurrectionists-cnn-writer-producer-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/joe-rogans-use-of-n-word-is-just-as-dangerous-as-capitol-insurrectionists-cnn-writer-producer-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Rogan’s Use of N-Word Is ‘Just as Dangerous’ as Capitol Insurrectionists, CNN Writer\/Producer Says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joe Rogan\u2019s excessive use of the N-word in his podcasts is \u201carguably just as dangerous as what a mob did when they stormed the US Capitol on January 6 last year,\u201d CNN Enterprise writer\/producer John Blake said in a column<\/a> published Sunday on the network\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

In a column titled \u201cWhy Shrugging Off Joe Rogan\u2019s Use of the N-Word Is So Dangerous,\u201d Blake wrote that although Rogan \u201cdid not join a mob that forced lawmakers to flee for their lives\u201d and he \u201cnever carried a Confederate flag inside the US Capitol rotunda,\u201d the streaming personality is equally as damaging and \u201cdangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Rogan and those that defend him have done since video clips<\/a> of him using the N-word surfaced on social media is arguably just as dangerous as what a mob did when they stormed the US Capitol on January 6 last year,\u201d Blake wrote. \u201cRogan breached a civic norm that has held America together since World War II. It\u2019s an unspoken agreement that we would never return to the kind of country we used to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Blake continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat agreement revolved around this simple rule: A White person would never be able to publicly use the n-word again and not pay a price.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cRogan has so far paid no steep professional price for using a racial slur that\u2019s been called the \u201cnuclear bomb of racial epithets.\u201d It may even boost his career. That\u2019s what some say happened to another White entertainer who was recently caught using the word.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a sign of how desensitized we have become to the rising levels of violence \u2014 rhetorical and physical \u2014 in our country that Rogan\u2019s slurs were largely treated as the latest racial outrage of the week.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cBut once we allow a White public figure to repeatedly use the foulest racial epithet in the English language without experiencing any form of punishment, we become a different country\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Blake is aware that some will call his comparison hyperbole and point out that Rogan apologized. To that, Blake said, \u201cIn the past, White public figures who used the n-word provoked universal and unqualified condemnation. But Rogan has gotten some support.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSome cite the rise of social media, the growth of White supremacist groups and a right-wing media ecosystem that has mainstreamed racist rhetoric,\u201d Blake wrote, adding, \u201cFormer President Trump played a part, too. He rode a trail of racist, sexist, and antisemitic statements all the way to the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n

And therein lies the bridge between the mob of Trump supporters that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in an attempt to overthrow the 2020 election and the racists slurs that seem to be so easily tossed about, Blake said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are poised to enter an era where a White person can use the n-word publicly and not only survive but thrive if they portray themselves as a victim of cancel culture. It\u2019s a world where hate speech and violence are rebranded as \u2018legitimate political discourse, and \u2018public racism\u2019 returns to ordinary life,\u201d Blake wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t let the Rogan n-word controversy devolve into another tired discussion about cancel culture. This moment is bigger. If Rogan goes on with business as usual, all of us \u2014 not just Black people \u2014 will pay a price. Our country won\u2019t be the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can read his entire column by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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