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

Crakhobarbie said:
You may not think saying that "stoning homosexual was gods perfect law" is antagonistic towards gays, but thats not a reasonable assessment.
You said it yourself, Mr. Kirk was only following his faith. But I think you may have neglected to remember that Christianity is opposed to homosexuality and also condoned stoning homosexuals to death in Leviticus 20:13.
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Yes, God had and has the right to enact whatever severe punishment He wants for our sins. But it isn't simply homosexuality. Leviticus 20 covers a number of sexual immoralities. If we were under Levitical law today, I bet half the people in the United States would have to be stoned to death for sexual sins. We would run out of stones. God was stern with his chosen people, partly in order to teach us moral lessons. But if you are focused solely on the Old Testament, you are missing half the story. We are currently under the New Covenant, which is God's solution to "the sin problem":

When Jesus had the opportunity to sin the adultress, he declined to do so, and said let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Because Christ is the New Covenant. That is the example we should follow. But that mercy is not an excuse to sin, Jesus told the woman to "Go, and sin no more". Stoning people is not a part of Christian doctrine. Anyone who says that Kirk is advocating to stone gay people in 2025 does not understand Christianity, and does not understand Charlie Kirk.

Here's another take, from Snopes: I'll give you their conclusion, if you aren't interested in reading it:
"Kirk was not saying that gay people should be stoned to death; rather, he was quoting the Bible in an effort to show how Ms. Rachel was being selective in her interpretation of the Scripture. However, we should note that in the same comment, Kirk called the section about stoning, "The chapter before affirms God's perfect law when it comes to sexual matters."

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/charlie-kirk-gay-people-stoned/

If people want to hate on Christians or Kirk for saying homosexuality is a sin, okay. But be sure you are doing it for the right reason. No Christian advocates stoning gay people today. That is not, and never has been, part of Christian doctrine.
 
Crakhobarbie said:
I certainly have not condoned Mr. Kirks murder, nor has anyone i know. I have maga family whom are completely distraught over his killing.
From what I've seen, claiming the left is justifying Mr. Kirks death is just something magas say in an attempt at demonizing democrats, whom they hate.
Of course you are welcome to offer citations that support your statement.
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I applaud you for not condoning Charlie Kirk's murder. I certainly do not claim all leftists have justified his assassination, I would certainly hope not. But I have seen many, many examples of it. I have also seen "wish lists" of conservative names that they want to see killed off next. If you want to see some, search "people celebrating Charlie Kirk's death" into YouTube. You won't be able to swing a stick without hitting one.
 
forn said:
I applaud you for not condoning Charlie Kirk's murder. I certainly do not claim all leftists have justified his assassination, I would certainly hope not. But I have seen many, many examples of it. I have also seen "wish lists" of conservative names that they want to see killed off next. If you want to see some, search "people celebrating Charlie Kirk's death" into YouTube. You won't be able to swing a stick without hitting one.
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Did you "want" to see some?
Why would you type in "people celebrating Charlie kirks death" Into you tube?
Why would anyone do that except folks attempting to justify hatred for democrats?
Allow me to inform you, if you go looking for people who hate, you're going to find a butt load of them.
My advice, dont go looking for hate, because youre not going to like it when you find it or, it finds you.
 
Loulit01 said:
The lying filth that pours out of FoxNews/Pravda every day, demonizing liberals and Democrats, is far, far worse than anything said on late night talk shows.
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Would you like to see them censor or much worse, removed from the air?
 
lynnwinslow said:
Oh, sounds fascinating. Please share.
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Google.

lynnwinslow said:
BTW, half the country does not support Trump. Half the country did not vote for Trump. Facts!
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It just burns your ass that I'm right when I said insulting half the country isn't a smart way to rebuild your audience, but you couldn't admit that. So focus on the inconsequential part because that disproves what I said.

trixare4kids said:
And how did that affect the outcome of the 2024 election? Take your time.
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Whether it's 50% or 40% or 60% or any other number, it's always been colloquial to refer to say the country is half Republican and half democrat. Is it true? No. Kids don't vote, there are independents, and a lot of people don't vote.

lynn wanted to dispute what I said but knew there was no real way to dispute jimmy, seth, and stephen's fixation with Trump and his supporters has eroded their viewership. Jay Leno even said as much earlier this year.
 
Crakhobarbie said:
Did you "want" to see some?
Why would you type in "people celebrating Charlie kirks death" Into you tube?
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I typed that into YouTube because you asked me to provide evidence of people justifying his death.
 
forn said:
I typed that into YouTube because you asked me to provide evidence of people justifying his death.
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And yet you failed to support your contention with citations.

Where i come from, that's called doing something "half-assed".
 
tharock220 said:
Google.



It just burns your ass that I'm right when I said insulting half the country isn't a smart way to rebuild your audience, but you couldn't admit that. So focus on the inconsequential part because that disproves what I said.



Whether it's 50% or 40% or 60% or any other number, it's always been colloquial to refer to say the country is half Republican and half democrat. Is it true? No. Kids don't vote, there are independents, and a lot of people don't vote.

lynn wanted to dispute what I said but knew there was no real way to dispute jimmy, seth, and stephen's fixation with Trump and his supporters has eroded their viewership. Jay Leno even said as much earlier this year.
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Burns my ass? You’re the one ranting, not me. 🤷‍
 
lynnwinslow said:
Would you like me to explain the logical fallacy in your reply? Let me know.
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I knew you wouldn't honestly answer my question as your prior assertion was a moot point because it didn't make a damn bit of difference in the election outcome. Some might say your prior statement was a shabby deflection, the very definition of a logic fail. :cool:
 
trixare4kids said:
I'm not sad about it. I think it was the right decision at the time to temporarily suspend, and the right decision to lift the suspension, bringing him back tomorrow night. I won't be watching but then I never did before either.
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guess the whole FCC threat wasn’t such a threat.
 
Crakhobarbie said:
And yet you failed to support your contention with citations.
Where i come from, that's called doing something "half-assed".
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I'm not doing your work for you, I told you how to find a multitude of people celebrating Kirk's death. They're not hard to find. Teach a man to fish, and all that.
 
Trump said:
guess the whole FCC threat wasn’t such a threat.
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or it was a lesser threat than people leaving disney.
it was still completely inappropriate to make any kind of threat at all.
at least it would be inappropriate in a country run by the constitution.
 
forn said:
I'm not doing your work for you, I told you how to find a multitude of people celebrating Kirk's death. They're not hard to find. Teach a man to fish, and all that.
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Around here, that translates as "you can't back up your bullshit."
 
trixare4kids said:
I guess not. Another leftwing echo chamber rumor squashed like a bug.
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no, it was a threat, and it was wrong. nothing "echo chamber" about it.
abc changed their mind when faced with a backlash from their viewers who have a lot of left/center viewers.
rock and a hard place.
 
HenryChinaski said:
Money talks. Disney losing streaming revenue from subscribers telling them to kick rocks made them wake up.
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Whats your guess on how Kimmel addresses his audience about the suspension? Double down? Retraction?
 
Luce said:
Around here, that translates as "you can't back up your bullshit."
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You are being intentionally facetious. Follow my instructions and you will find a multitude of people who celebrated Kirk's death.
You know they exist, they were all over the place.
 
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