[State Sponsored Cancel Culture] Disney cancels the Jimmy Kimmel Show after government pressure

so you brought it up b/c you think americans want model CCP in order to compete with it?

you accused of democrats being stupid & then countered it with republicans doing something sensible.

But now I think you are basically saying that Americans afraid of CCP & tired of wealth gap (despite having more income than chinese or americans before them) decided to say "f*ck it, let's blow it up"

perhaps don't call democrats stupid when you compare them to people who mindlessly decide to blow up the #1 country in the world. it will be easier to take your argument seriously.

sorry if you're frustrated & want to make sense of things.

 

the guy is the type that likes attention & will BS for it without clear agenda or good arguments. Here on this forum he implied that example of censorship is not one. then changed his course to say it is one of MANY problems of which one is a general threat of censorship (that's been going on for years by this administration btw) and then he pointed out that the program censored was not fair to the right.

The example of censorship is the most poignant and blatant to date & acts as a litmus test to what we've become as a country. And this guy wants it not to be so, because it's too cut and dry and doesn't allow him an opportunity to BS (& lead conversation), so he tries to play down the significance of it.

He is not trying helping to provoke your thoughts here with a legitimate dialogue, but trying to somehow change topics into more and more topics instead of prioritizing correctly & staying focused (and outraged!) on the most important one.

You won't convince him of anything negative either, because he wants to think happy thoughts - and like he said, someone calling him a clown in the morning is not that.

It's like talking to AI chat robot - it jut wants to talk, it doesn't really care about topic at hand.

 

The problem is that the network needs to fight back. This very Supreme Court has said that even statements from the government sent to silence or intimidate expression and dissent is a violation of the first amendment. But unless it gets tested, it won't matter.

National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo - Wikipedia https://share.google/wMw7rwx4fw7K8iUli

The decision was 9-0.

What the administration is doing is in clear violation.

 

I can't help it if posters here do not understand the differences between free speech, censorship, freedom of the press, academic freedom, and the like.

 

Government intervention and pressure for censorship. Don't worry when the dems are in charge again they'll start pushing their fascist policies.

 

I don't know what Americans want. I do know that when a large segment of them is unhappy, they are willing to gamble. The CCP was brought up to illustrate that some Americans are ready to ditch democracy for authoritarianism, since they see the CCP making strong gains while the U.S. has stalled or gone backward.

I said "wussies", not stupid. Wussie: feeble, timid, cowardly.

I'm not frustrated. I'm just stating what I believe is happening. My point is that Americans have made a bad bet, and we’re now at serious risk of destroying democracy.

As I wrote earlier:

That gamble isn't paying off though. A lot of folks, especially younger ones who said "let's give it a try," are getting buyer's remorse seeing that the dude cares more about revenge than fixing anything. Watch his approval with under-35 voters and every group - diving.

We're basically watching a 248-year experiment in self-governance try to survive social media and oligarchy. It's like hiring a demolition crew to renovate your kitchen - sure, change happens fast, but you might not have a house left.​

 

I can't help it if you do not understand the differences between free speech, censorship, freedom of the press, academic freedom, and the like.

 

related

 

Good faith is the foundation of any meaningful argument.

 

I haven't read the thread other than the first few pages. I don't care what the motivation for ABC was, Kimmel shouldn't have said that

He accused maga AND was wrong. He looks like a fool and the accusation was offensive

 

I have not been following this closely either, but I do have a question for you:

What did Kimmel say that was so wrong, given when he said it?

 

Yes, I know what he said. I was asking @pgabriel

 

in fact, what "got him canceled" was his widely-reported intent to go on the air Wednesday night and "double down" on the whole thing.

THAT is what got him "canceled."