Jimmy Kimmel's Suspension Is an Escalation in Every WayOn Monday night, Jimmy Kimmel delivered an opening monologue on his talk show that addressed the online reaction to the arrest of Tyler Robinson, the primary suspect in the shooting of Charlie Kirk. "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," he said. His comment was aimed not at Kirk but at the maelstrom of news around Kirk's death; it speaks ill not of the dead, but of "the MAGA gang." Less than two days later, Kimmel's program has been pulled off the air "indefinitely," according to his network, ABC.
But, like, for serious not trolling asking a honest-to-dog-question here: is this not the literal definition of censorship and cancel culture?
The Colbert one, sure, you can make (albeit weak) the argument that CBS saw the late night dip writing on the wall, but this is clearly a political action brought upon by a person in power (FCC chair) in the Annoying Orange Administration (FCC being a government org) canceling a show because it dared to say something that administration didn't like.
Even you numbnuts in here screaming about saying not being allowed to say slurs must see this as what it is. This has to cut through the bullstuff for you and finally pull the last cork out of the swamp, right?
