ABC Pulls ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Indefinitely After Host’s Charlie Kirk Comments

[Fletch]

Tough shit. We didn't feel like it.

And thats a good thing. Leftist exposing themselves for the scumbags they are only helps the right.

 

[NatMorton]

The FCC chair should not have gotten involved, but Kimmel was fired because he refused to apologize, affiliates were threatening to preempt his show and he told his employer that not only would he not apologize but he planned to double down on his ignorance, dishonesty and hate. Had he issued an apology like his bosses wanted he would still be there. But his TDS made it impossible for him to do the right thing.

I have to disagree with you there, Fletch. Yes, I think Kimmel's comments on their own were a factor, and absent government involvement he may still have been suspended in response to pressure from affiliates, but because the FCC got involved with a thinly veiled threat, I think there's a first amendment rights case here.

 

[Geoist]

We are in agreement Mr. Rogers was a nicer man than Charlie Kirk, so you can relax a bit.

Why are you suggesting I relax when there is nothing indicating that I am not?

 

[Fletch]

I have to disagree with you there, Fletch. Yes, I think Kimmel's comments on their own were a factor, and absent government involvement he may still have been suspended in response to pressure from affiliates, but because the FCC got involved with a thinly veiled threat, I think there's a first amendment rights case here.

I dont think we disagree at all. I said that the FCC should not have gotten involved. Hell, I dont think there even should be such a thing as the FCC. I dont like Kimmel and dont watch him but he didnt say anything that I havent seen from morons here at DP and certainly said nothing that should arouse the interest of the FCC.

 

[Jagged]

The FCC chair should not have gotten involved, but Kimmel was fired because he refused to apologize, affiliates were threatening to preempt his show and he told his employer that not only would he not apologize but he planned to double down on his ignorance, dishonesty and hate. Had he issued an apology like his bosses wanted he would still be there. But his TDS made it impossible for him to do the right thing.

Apologize for what? Hurting maga feelings?

 

[ElChupacabra]

He said the shooter was MAGA. That is a lie. Is this really the hill you guys want to die on?

He did not. I'd love for you to point out below where he said he was definitively MAGA. There was a lot of finger pointing as to what side of the political spectrum the shooter was going to be, and that still hadn't been determined.

We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it. In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving on Friday. The White House flew the flags at half-staff, which got some criticism, but on a human level, you can see how hard the president is taking this

Why would a conservative want to kill one of their best and brightest?

I love these generalized mindsets with such simplistic logic they can't entertain anything outside of binary possibilities. You are aware there are rifts in conservative circles, yes? In particular, the MAGAverse is an interesting collection of groups who share Trump in common but differ on other issues. In this case, you have conservative figures like Nick Fuentes who was openly criticizing Kirk quite harshly and sending his "Groyper Army" to protest Kirk's events.

The left is the party of hate, not us.

Odd then that the party of hate commits less political violence, though the MAGAverse seems to think about political violence only in the context of what happens to their own. Out in the real world, the data paints a very different picture.

 

[ElChupacabra]

If the killer is one of them, you are saying he is associated or affiliated with them. That is a direct insult. I am not sure how you do not understand that. He is one of them is essential gist of his comment. Knowing full well that he is not. It's a smear and it's the kind of clumsy one that gets you in legal trouble.

I'm glad you at least took a stab at it, but what Kimmel's comment suffers from the most is its clumsiness because it's not saying one thing or the other. The line in question is the one I bolded. Now in the context of what was going on at the time of his comments, it's not inaccurate at all. This would be a less controversial comment had he said both sides were doing this which would have been more accurate. However, it wasn't inaccurate of what MAGA was doing, especially in the context of the administration which had blamed The Left™ before anyone had been arrested.

We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang trying to characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it. In between the finger-pointing, the White House flew the flag at half-staff, which got some criticism, but on a human level, you can see how hard the president was taking this.

 

[ElChupacabra]

I don't think you know what that is.

 

[ElChupacabra]

And thats a good thing. Leftist exposing themselves for the scumbags they are only helps the right.

It doesn't in the long run though. If we take this particular incident, it just hastens the move of talent going to platforms that are beyond the reach of the FCC, which would be streaming and other online platforms especially for comedians who are often the ones who push the edge of issues. The youth has steadily moved away from traditional broadcasting, and painting it as one where the FCC dictates what they can watch isn't going to help an already declining media platform.

 

[CaughtInThe]

Most of us Southern guys who had decent fathers know that they told us to never start a fight but if we were in one to finish it.

That if some guy tried to mess with us just to punch them straight in the ****ing mouth. To stop the asshole or the asshole would never stop being an asshole and it would get way worse.

Now, we can't resort to violence as Trump and the Trump Administration bully and extort everybody USING TRUMP'S HUGE CENTGOV LIKE A MAFIA but we can certainly fight back just as hard or it will never stop.

Through every legal action possible and every protest and every social media and everything.

Get louder and stronger and let you adrenaline help. Then get some rest and repeat it every day.

 

[trixare4kids]

Tough shit. We didn't feel like it.

Then they are free to keep it up, and see where it gets them.

 

[Hamish Howl]

Then they are free to keep it up, and see where it gets them.

Well, let's find out.

 

[Hamish Howl]

And thats a good thing. Leftist exposing themselves for the scumbags they are only helps the right.

If you actually believed that, you wouldn't bitch about it so much.

 

[ColdHardTruth]

CNN and MSNBC have paid lawsuit settlements for false statements as well. Fox News as a whole never claimed that Trump won the 2020 election. But that's irrelevant to the topic at hand. Kimmel was lying.

No, he was not.

Dumpletits did not like what Kimmel said. Kimmel had an OPINION nothing more. As it happens, Kimmel was correct.

 

[ColdHardTruth]

And thats a good thing. Leftist exposing themselves for the scumbags they are only helps the right.

More babbling third-reich-wing bullshit.

We are not the ones who tried to overthrow the government.

Quit while you are behind.

 

[MTAtech]

The FCC chair should not have gotten involved, but Kimmel was fired because he refused to apologize, affiliates were threatening to preempt his show and he told his employer that not only would he not apologize but he planned to double down on his ignorance, dishonesty and hate. Had he issued an apology like his bosses wanted he would still be there. But his TDS made it impossible for him to do the right thing.

When did Trump ever apologize for the vile things he said about people?

 

[ColdHardTruth]

The FCC chair should not have gotten involved, but Kimmel was fired because he refused to apologize, affiliates were threatening to preempt his show and he told his employer that not only would he not apologize but he planned to double down on his ignorance, dishonesty and hate. Had he issued an apology like his bosses wanted he would still be there. But his TDS made it impossible for him to do the right thing.

He had nothing to apologize for. Making the orange anus angry is not a crime. Asking him to apologize for having an opinion is un-American and absolutely shameful.

Use of the word or phrase "TDS" automatically disqualifies your post.

 

[jmotivator]

 

[RaleBulgarian]

Thats not an endorsement of the theory though. Saying that the open borders policy of the Biden administration is replacement theory in action is not an endorsement or support of of what was going on. Me saying for example, that you are a commie, is not me endorsing communism.

There is nothing anti-Semitic in there. Its confusing because he is referencing a tweet that he only partially agrees with, Musks reaction to it and Tuckers comments. His point was that prominent Jewish groups and individuals were pulling funding from colleges where anti-Jewish mobs were harassing Jewish students in the wake of 10/7 and the colleges were doing nothing about it. That is 100% accurate. The question being asked is 'where have you been?' These same individuals and groups have been funding these hateful institutions for a long time and the hate they funded now turned on them. Thats not anti-Semitic, thats what happened.

Leave it to someone like yourself to fully embrace fiction/denialism over fact, obeying Traitor Trump’s instruction (“what you're seeing and what you’re reading is not what's happening”) to refuse reality.

Kirk saying “the “Great Replacement” is not a theory, it’s a reality” is literally, in the clearest terms possible, endorsing the bogus racist theory.

And Kirk’s comment; “Jewish communities have been pushing the exact kind of hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them”, if not strictly antisemitic, was irrefutably a slur against Jews.

 

[Jagged]

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What about that? Did the government pressure ABC to cancel her show? If not, it has nothing to do with Kimmel's situation.

 

[Absentglare]

But that's only because Mr. Rogers didn't challenge left-wing ideology.

No, it’s because Mr Rogers wasn’t a piece of shit terrorist.

 

[Absentglare]

The FCC chair should not have gotten involved, but Kimmel was fired because he refused to apologize, affiliates were threatening to preempt his show and he told his employer that not only would he not apologize but he planned to double down on his ignorance, dishonesty and hate. Had he issued an apology like his bosses wanted he would still be there. But his TDS made it impossible for him to do the right thing.

Your defense of supporting the government censorship of comedians is pathetic.

 

[cAPSLOCK]

What about that? Did the government pressure ABC to cancel her show? If not, it has nothing to do with Kimmel's situation.

It is possible to believe the FCC should not be pressuring individuals and companies AND at the same time think ABC, Sinclair et al had every right to cancel a host at their discretion due to declining ratings and inflammatory statements that a significant portion of the audience is tired of hearing, which is reflected in those ratings.

 

[cAPSLOCK]

Nope.

Hey Trix, what would Charlie Kirk be doing if he was alive right now?

I'm not trix, but I'll answer this for the hell of it.

He would be saying removing Kimmel from the air for saying stupid, insensitive, one cited political shit that's quickly falling out of favor in the public eye is bad.

I imagine he would stand up for Kimmel being restored so that his voice could be heard and argued against. It was kind of his whole point.

He was not for the silencing of voices. He was for amplifying them and healthy, good spirited argument.

And then he would make a strong argument why the insinuation that his killer was a right wing, maga person, is idiotic at the core.

 

[ColdHardTruth]

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Barr made a RACIST statement. Jimmy Kimmel had an opinion.

There is a vast difference.

Making excuses is not going to change it.