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Most of the 270 who signed anti-Joe Rogan letter demanding Spotify take action not actually doctors | Daily Mail Online
- Only 87 were actual medical doctors
- Some of the other medical professions represented include a veterinarian, a dentist, a social worker, and several psychologists
- Some of the other members of the medical academic field featured include physicians' assistants, a biochemist and nearly 100 Ph.Ds and Ph.D candidates
While I disagree with a lot of what was espoused in the "controversial podcasts" that sparked this whole thing (Malone and McCullough were the ones that got him some heat)
I think people need to hit the pause button and do a little deep diving before immediately trying to "de-platform" someone.
Apart from the obvious fact that "270" doctors isn't a huge number (even if they all were Medical Doctors...there are 900,000 Medical doctors in the US).
Seems to me that if there is that much of a concern that his podcast messaging could undermine the entire institution, that would be more of a concern about their messaging and not his. If I were them, I'd be trying to figure out "why is my messaging not resonating as well as his?"...seems like more of a them problem than a him problem.
With 900,000 of them in the US, there has to at least be a few hundred who are charismatic speakers, who can have conversations that hold peoples' attention, and convey messaging in a way that resonates with people.
Unless people are willing to believe that the entire medical institution is so flimsy in our country, that it can be toppled by a pot-enthusiast UFC announcer who likes to talk about karate kicks and elk meat and has a guy named Jamie google things for him.
- Only 87 were actual medical doctors
- Some of the other medical professions represented include a veterinarian, a dentist, a social worker, and several psychologists
- Some of the other members of the medical academic field featured include physicians' assistants, a biochemist and nearly 100 Ph.Ds and Ph.D candidates
While I disagree with a lot of what was espoused in the "controversial podcasts" that sparked this whole thing (Malone and McCullough were the ones that got him some heat)
I think people need to hit the pause button and do a little deep diving before immediately trying to "de-platform" someone.
Apart from the obvious fact that "270" doctors isn't a huge number (even if they all were Medical Doctors...there are 900,000 Medical doctors in the US).
Seems to me that if there is that much of a concern that his podcast messaging could undermine the entire institution, that would be more of a concern about their messaging and not his. If I were them, I'd be trying to figure out "why is my messaging not resonating as well as his?"...seems like more of a them problem than a him problem.
With 900,000 of them in the US, there has to at least be a few hundred who are charismatic speakers, who can have conversations that hold peoples' attention, and convey messaging in a way that resonates with people.
Unless people are willing to believe that the entire medical institution is so flimsy in our country, that it can be toppled by a pot-enthusiast UFC announcer who likes to talk about karate kicks and elk meat and has a guy named Jamie google things for him.