Media Gaslighting AGAIN on this Kimmel/free speech.Preying on uneducated in our society

Fact is, jimmys take on the killer being MAGA is exactly the type of rhetoric that led to the murder. He and others have simply gotten away with - and have no doubt been directed to say - all of their blatant lies that have no logical standing.

In a non clown world, there would be zero controversy around the Kimmel situation.

FCC shouldn’t be driving this, but affiliates pulling out is the market at work.

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Freedom of speech grants the right to speak, but it doesn't shield you from the fallout.

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To a degree. It doesn't protect you from the fallout from a private employer, but it does protect you from the fallout from the federal or state government. The Kimmel situation is toeing the line IMO.

If ABC acted alone with no government influence, then I 100% agree with you. The first amendment is completely irrelevant to the conversation. If the FCC threatened ABC and forced their hand then the first amendment absolutely comes into play.

The question then becomes whether Kimmel was engaged in speech that is protected under the first amendment.

To use an analogy, if Chicken decided to ban you for criticizing the Biden administration, nobody in their right mind would argue that that is a violation of the first amendment. Tigerdroppings is a private message board and Chicken can ban you for whatever he wants. If, however, Chicken banned you for criticizing the Biden administration because the Biden administration threatened to shut Tigerdroppings down if he didn't ban you, that's a whole nother ball of wax and absolutely implicates the first amendment.

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Muhh…FREE SPEEECH…OUR RIGHTS BEING ERODED.

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I love all the idiots on the left who keep spouting this...Someone smartly pointed out last night - Free Speech means you don't get arrested (by the Government). It doesn't mean there are not public and private repercussions. People are fired for violating employment policies as we've witnessed. You can be sued for slander as well.

I also love the term 'accountability culture' -- We've needed it for a while. No one was digging up old tweets of Kimmel using the 'N' word, dressing in blackface. This was something said politically.

Finally, saying he 'is a comedian'... he once was a comedian - This is why its allowed for parody and irony. Kimmel and Colbert (and Steward, Noah, etc.) have become 'agents provocateur' for the left, hiding behind comedy, thinking they are immune.

Market forces, forced Kimmel off the air.

I cannot believe how fast this nation is healing... never would I imagine it would only be 9 months into the Trump Administration.

MAGA Forever.

Now if only the Browns can figure out a way to get out of the DeShaun Watson contract.

I remember conservatives being policed and banned from Twitter.

I remember Rosanne losing her spot at the head of her own show.

Gina Carano fired from Disney

They tried to cancel the uncancellable Dave Chappell

MyPillows removed from retailers

Even non conservative Joe Rogan was targeted

Screw these people

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Morons who think "free speech" means "no consequences" miss the point: words carry weight, and society responds. Meanwhile, the American left media is using this Jimmy Kimmel deal to gaslight the rubes in our society that lack basic understanding of basic civics, pretending government pressure is the sole villain while ignoring how networks always cave to backlash—distorting the First Amendment into a fairy tale of total impunity.

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It's not even about social consequences for free speech. He went out and basically did exactly what Alex Jones did and absolutely none of them are going to defend Jones today. You can't just go out and lie about people- that is not 'free' speech by definition

I think I would say it differently. The Bill of Rights protects the citizen from the government. It limits governmental authority, but has little implication for the relationship between you and your employer. The laws governing employer-employee relationships are largely left to the states, with some notable exceptions.

The notion that ABC as a private employer has violated Kimmel's first amendment protections seem preposterous. Private employers often require NDA agreements as a condition of employment. They can absolutely control what you can and can't say, and if you violate that, they can fire you and even seek damages.

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FCC shouldn’t be driving this, but affiliates pulling out is the market at work.

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It’s a regulated market, FCC is the regulator. Mainstream media has been a threat to national security for too long, IMO this is within their scope. They can lie and say this is about saying mean things regarding Trump, but it’s untrue. This situation, along with virtually all others is centered around ideological violence, fostered by liars like Kimmel.