{"id":149179,"date":"2024-09-23T19:36:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T18:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/?p=2041345"},"modified":"2024-09-23T19:36:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T18:36:42","slug":"howard-stern-ex-free-speech-warrior-sides-with-censors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/23\/howard-stern-ex-free-speech-warrior-sides-with-censors\/","title":{"rendered":"Howard Stern: Ex-Free Speech Warrior Sides with Censors"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re still wondering what George Carlin would say 16 years after the comedy legend\u2019s death.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Few fought harder for the right to tell jokes without compromise. Like Lenny Bruce before him, Carlin saw the inside of a jail cell for telling \u201cobscene\u201d gags.<\/p>\n

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What would a free speech warrior like Carlin make of Big Tech censorship<\/a>? The UK\u2019s attack on social media posts<\/a>? The Twitter Files?<\/a><\/p>\n

There\u2019s little doubt about Howard Stern\u2019s take on those subjects. He\u2019s very much alive at 70 and cracks wise three days a week via SiriusXM radio.<\/p>\n

And, on any given day, he has precious little to say about the First Amendment. It\u2019s actually worse than that.<\/p>\n

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Stern, who once fought like hell against the FCC\u2019s speech police<\/a>, now sides with the government players behind today’s anti-speech movement. The bigger the government, the better for Stern 2.0.<\/a><\/p>\n

He went \u201call-in\u201d on COVID-19 protocols, becoming a modern-day Howard Hughes i<\/a>n the process. Instead of rallying behind small business owners forced to shutter their shops, Stern pushed vaccine mandates.<\/a><\/p>\n

His message to those who questioned pandemic rules that aged so poorly?<\/p>\n

\u201cF*** their freedom<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, the U.S. Government represents a growing threat to free speech, a subject you likely won\u2019t hear on his broadcasts. We\u2019ve since learned that The Twitter Files<\/a>, an unholy alliance between the Deep State and Big Tech, was only the beginning.<\/p>\n

A flicker of the old Stern emerged when Cancel Culture threw everything including the kitchen sink at podcaster Joe Rogan during the pandemic. The \u201cFear Factor\u201d alum locked horns with rocker Neil Young<\/a> over COVID-19 protocols.<\/p>\n

It was the perfect time for an aging free-speech warrior to defend the new King of All Media. Stern briefly sided with Rogan<\/a>, but it hardly became a narrative worth his attention.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m against any kind of censorship\u2026 I really am. I don\u2019t like censorship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Long-time listeners know when a subject gets under Stern\u2019s skin, you\u2019ll hear about it for days on end. Weeks. Months.<\/p>\n

In recent years, Stern has looked the other way as the woke mind virus cast a chill over Comedy Nation.<\/p>\n

He did a little censoring himself. He unofficially banned comedian Gilbert Gottfried, one of the show’s most popular guests, from the show. He did the same podcast giant Adam Carolla<\/a>. The former “Loveline” host says Stern disagreed with his COVID-19 views.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a stand-up generation that grew up listening to Stern grabbed his irreverent baton. Think Tim Dillon, Andrew Schulz, Ryan Long and more. Have any of these rebel comics become regular Stern show guests?<\/p>\n

If not, why not?<\/p>\n

Stern even proudly declared himself \u201cwoke,\u201d<\/a> ignoring the ominous context behind the phrase. Without woke there is no Cancel Culture.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Earlier this year, Stern threw softballs at President Joe Biden, months before the leader\u2019s dementia-like state became too obvious to deny. Yes, the same president whose team strong-armed social media giants<\/a> to squelch speech.<\/p>\n

The line of questioning never occurred to Stern. He preferred playing lap dog instead.<\/p>\n

Now, Stern is all in on Vice President Kamala \u201cJoy and Vibes\u201d Harris. Stern admits he\u2019s an MSNBC addict, so the stance makes sense given his media filter. He even raged against Trump voters, calling them stupid<\/a> and comparing Trump to Adolf Hitler.<\/p>\n

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That rant picked up where Stern left off in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hoping there is still some more brilliant, bright, vibrant people who love this country … They have never lived under a dictator. Their freedoms have never really been threatened\u2026 And they have no idea what it would be like to live under a different type of system other than democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n

It sounds a bit like life under a Harris\/Walz administration.<\/p>\n

Remember when Walz\u2019s police pelted citizens with paintballs to enforce a curfew designed to ebb the “mostly peaceful” protests following George Floyd’s death in 2020?<\/p>\n

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Democrats are collectively awful on the free speech front.<\/p>\n

In a matter of days Harris, VP candidate Tim Walz and former First Lady Hillary Clinton have all threatened free speech.<\/p>\n

Harris railed against misinformation in an undated clip that went viral, vowing to use the government to crush it<\/a> once and for all. She can start with her own rhetoric, which includes provable lies about \u201cvery fine people\u201d and \u201cbloodbaths.\u201d<\/p>\n

Walz and Clinton echoed those anti-speech sentiments. Clinton brought up potential jail time<\/a> for sharing misinformation, a comical stance given her ties to the Russian collusion hoax.<\/p>\n

Walz argued that so-called \u201chate speech\u201d isn\u2019t covered by the First Amendment.<\/p>\n

It is.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere\u2019s no guarantee to free speech on misinformation or hate speech.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tim Walz pic.twitter.com\/js8WhTpqkt<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole84) September 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n