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Joe Rogan has chimed in on the Kyrie Irving situation.
Two weeks ago, Irving was suspended after he shared an Amazon link to an anti-Semitic film, “From Hebrews to Negroes” on his Twitter account.
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The video pushed by Kyrie Irving is based on a venomously antisemitic book which asserts that "many famous high-ranking Jews" have "admitted" to "worship[ing] Satan or Lucifer." https://t.co/516KWeA8Ng
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) October 28, 2022
During a recent episode of his podcast, Rogan wondered why people were angry with Irving for sharing the film and not at Amazon for selling the movie.
“Kyrie posted a link in his story to a video, and this is why he is getting in trouble. But isn’t that video for sale on Amazon?”
“That’s the craziest thing ever. Kyrie is getting in trouble and Amazon’s not. Like what? You want all this from him because he watched a video and he sent a link to it that you are selling. That’s fucking wild.”
“The film is still for sale. They
want him to give up half a million dollars. They want him to make a public apology. They want him to talk to different leaders. And the fucking video — all he did was post a link. What did he say? Did he say, ‘This video is amazing? And I agree 100% with everything he says?’”
The Anti-Defamation League has asked for Amazon to put a disclaimer on the film but the corporate giant has yet to take any action.
Anti-Defamation League says Amazon has taken no action on providing a disclaimer on the link to a film that contains anti-semitic content. Last week, the ADL & Nets called on the platform to address the issue. ADL issued another letter to Amazon today: https://t.co/p8zjPR1qlj https://t.co/x2VQfvt7i2
— Ian Begley (@IanBegley) November 15, 2022