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(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Geriatric Canadian rocker Neil Young‘s past offenses are being brought to light as he sanctimoniously demands to distance himself from centrist podcaster Joe Rogan, the Daily Wire reported.
In a 1985 interview with Melody Maker, Young—who has spent the past month screeching about having to share the Spotify platform with Rogan—blamed gays for the spread of AIDS.
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“You go to a supermarket and you see a f***ot behind the f***in’ cash register, you don’t want him to handle your potatoes,” Young said at the time.
Rolling Stone wrote a 2013 article reflecting back on the scandal in which it accused Young of “betraying” his fan base for the piece, which also advocated then-President Ronald Reagan’s pro-gun policies.
But the far-left magazine was sure to emphasize that Young regretted his homophobic comment and distanced himself from the supposed evils of right-wing politics.
“He wrote the furious anti-George H.W. Bush screed ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ in 1989 and was one of George W. Bush’s most vocal critics in the 2000s,” they wrote to assure readers of his newfound piety.
Last month Young penned a letter complaining about having to share the Spotify platform with supposed cultural deviants like Rogan.
“I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform,” he continued. “They can have [Joe] Rogan or Young. Not both.”
The former racist and bigot then suggested that Spotify has a moral duty to cancel Rogan for his past comments.
“With an estimated 11 million listeners per episode, JRE, which is hosted exclusively on Spotify, is the world’s largest podcast and has tremendous influence,” the letter continued. “Spotify has a responsibility to mitigate the spread of misinformation on its platform, though the company presently has no misinformation policy.”
Rogan responded with his characteristic apathy.
“First of all, I’m not mad at Neil Young, I’m a huge Neil Young fan,” Rogan said. “I’ve always been a Neil Young fan.”
