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But lets say Skater X just dropped an amazing part. And I’m like, “Dude, let’s talk about it.” And Chris is like, “Dude, I don’t know, what about the allegations and all the other stuff.” I’m like, “Who fucking cares? The dude just dropped an insane part.” Chris might not want to talk to him because he could be afraid that the internet would come after us. For me, it has gotten to that point where it’s like.. Are the cyberbullies winning?
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I know that he suffers from depression so I’m not trying to dogpile on the guy but Roger’s response is so backwards. The 9 Club isn’t being forced into silence by cyber bullies. I think that listeners/viewers are just asking for them to do the bare minimum research about their guests before giving them a platform and that way they’d be prepared to confront them if they’re spreading misinformation. An example of giving a problematic person a platform would be when Mark Oblow was a guest on the show and he defended Gator by saying that it was just rough sex gone wrong and that he didn’t rape and murder Jessica Bergsten. Of course there was backlash to that interview and to 9 Club’s complicity- but instead of learning from that mistake Roger seems to have actually directed the blame at the audience. Nobody is perfect but c’mon now. They should just go ahead and rename their show Alpha Kickflip Crypto Mindset if it’s not already taken by PRod and Mikey Taylor.