By Angus Milne, Crisis Magazine, Feb. 9, 2022
Angus Milne is a postgraduate student at the University of York. He previously taught English in the Basque Country and has written for Conservative Woman, Comment Central and Hounds Magazine.
The Left wants Joe Rogan silenced for peddling “misinformation” about COVID-19. Defenders of Joe Rogan are citing free speech and appealing to the first amendment. Rightly so. However, the issue here is deeper than simply a question of free speech. The censorship surrounding discussions of COVID-19 is merely a symptom of a deeper malaise and a stance on the pandemic which has long since gone off the rails.
Joe Rogan’s crime is discussing COVID-19 vaccines and COVID policy with two medical professionals: Dr. Robert Malone and Dr. Peter McCullough. Both men are highly qualified to talk about this subject; both men reject the narrative pushed by Western governments and the mainstream media. …