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[–] CaptainBlinky@lemmy.myserv.one 489 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (60 children)

Just to be clear: they suspended him for criticizing MAGA for trying to claim that the killer wasn't one of them. He didn't say anything about Charlie Kirk. He was censored for speaking truth by his own network. Not only censored, censured and suspended indefinitely.

We're 100% there kids. The founding fathers made a point to put something right after freedom of speech, from religion, and of assembly. Right there 2nd in order. Unabridged. Welp the 1st amendment is being abridged as we speak. And I hear that second thing was put in place to protect that first thing. I've been hearing it for over 50 years.

*quick edit in case anyone else wants to try to educate me about the constitution: no, he isn't protected by the 1st amendment from getting suspended. ABC should be protected but seeing as they've already settled for $16 million over threats on their FCC license and brought in new trump-friendly leadership, we can all agree he wasn't suspended due to ratings drops. Stop pretending things are normal. This is an obvious 1st amendment issue.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 165 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Yep.

It's not just "ABC" either, it's Disney/Hulu.

I just canceled both services and everyone else should too.

Fuck em. All they care about is money, so let's show them that siding with fascism costs a shit ton of money

If nothing else it will get the CEO who did this fired.

[–] Embargo@lemmy.zip 74 points 1 week ago (21 children)

Anyone who reads this... Cancel them all and spend a few 100 bucks setting up a Jellyfin server.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm an old head, everything I watch on Hulu/Disney I have on Plex.

I was just subscribing because I have disposable income and wanted my dollars to count as eyeballs on media I enjoy.

But fuck that.

A significant amount drop in subscribers not only has a real chance to change their mind, it makes every other corp reevaluate whether to fight trump or not.

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[–] ChonkyLincoln@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 week ago

Wait, Walt Disney would never side with Nazis…would he!!!!?!

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[–] RaoulDuke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[–] DNS@discuss.online 36 points 1 week ago (8 children)

If you care about democracy and not what some Republican fascist say, right now is the time to buy a gun. The 2nd amendment will be purged next.

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[–] Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago

It was a pretty tame comment too. What a bunch of snow flakes.

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Hold up - it goes a layer deeper and is actually fairly similar to what happened to Colbert.

ABC had their hand forced because of a pending merger between Nexstar Media Group and Tenga, which once the FCC approves it, would place Nexstar in ownership of 80% of local TV channels in the US. Nexstar is based in Texas, so it's not exactly ABC-Disney friendly.

So they threatened to censor Kimmel themselves on local TV stations unless ABC did it for them. They had on the ground infrastructure power to do this.

And yes, we're 100% there. The key point is to understand that while everyone sees ABC as the Big Bad here, it's the infrastructure companies that have leverage and no one knows their names or how much they actually own.

Edit: Just saw this - Sinclair's local ABC affiliates are replacing Kimmel reruns will air their own CK tribute show, just on their own whatever, fuck ABC's programming.

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[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 173 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Why is everyone acting surprised, Trump said Kimmel is Next after he made Colbert fired: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5410016-donald-trump-jimmy-kimmel-stephen-colbert-cbs/

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 115 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah this has nothing to do with Kirk and everything to do with fascists being fascists.

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[–] chisel@piefed.social 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Clearly it isn't because of his Kirk comments, since he never actually made any. Piss poor excuse and abhorrent behavior by ABC.

[–] DNS@discuss.online 19 points 1 week ago

Disney owns ABC

[–] Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world 152 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They were goosestepping collaborators when they capitulated to Trump with Stephanopoulos.

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[–] ChonkyLincoln@lemmy.zip 122 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The Nazis are here folks - be ready

[–] amorangi@lemmy.nz 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They've been there a while, and it's already too late.

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[–] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 week ago

Yep. Anyone that says "fascism is coming" hasn't been outside for a while. It's already here.

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 94 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

See, I'm someone who can't stand Jimmy Kimmel. I find him both unfunny and very annoying as a person, and I never thought there would come a day where I would actually defend him vigorously, but here we are.

This is truly inexcusable. This is the most blatant violation of the first amendment possible. This is a clear cut example of the government coercing and colluding with corporations to censor a private citizen on a private show for comments that are perfectly legal. He was only censored because MAGA morons got triggered by a statement that's not even controversial. Even IF it was controversial, that's literally the whole point of free speech. It's to defend offensive, controversial, and unpopular opinions from government persecution.

See, I didn't care much when Colbert got cancelled because it seemed like it was a business decision, sure, whatever. But this? This is MAGA crossing a line that should never be crossed. We're starting to enter into actual tyranny territory from this administration. The only MAGA conservatives left are either slimy opportunists or blind loyalists, so I'm not holding my breath on them holding themselves accountable. However, I am hoping that everyone else stands up and takes a stand against this because the consequences of this are very, very serious.

[–] ViceroTempus@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Forgive me, but I'm just trying to wrap my head around how many people have been sleeping and still are.

Tyranny is already here. It's been here since they started taking people to concentration camps. Like how do people not get that? The line has already been crossed and then some. Tyranny is here and will continue to reign until you and everybody else who is asleep or groggy are willing to wake up and do the hard but correct actions.

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[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 74 points 1 week ago (18 children)

Now i wonder what John Oliver gonna say this week, or he gonna get censored by HBO as well?

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[–] varnia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 69 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Is your country great again? Was so difficult to vote for her instead to avoid this fascistic nightmare, wasn't it?

[–] glorkon@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

That slogan "Make America great again" made us Germans very uneasy from the start, cause we remember the last guy who promised us (very literally) to make Germany great again.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Where do you think Trump got the idea for it?

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[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 68 points 1 week ago (4 children)

ABC what a bunch of fuckin' spineless wimps.

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[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Y'all! This isn't ABC - this is conservative Sinclair and Nexstar Media Group!

@Immarsano@lemmynsfw.com nailed this one by reading the article.

Nexstar Media Group forced ABC's hand on this by saying they would run non-ABC programming on all their local TV stations they own. They're in the process of getting FCC approval for a $6 billion deal that would give them ownership of 265 local TV stations in 44 states.

Meanwhile, Sinclair Media, which also owns tons of local TV stations, isn't letting Kimmel's rerun on Friday be broadcast anyway, instead showing a CK tribute show. So they were likely also going to do the same to ABC and just hadn't said anything publicly because they don't need deal approved right now.

This is the media version of Red-Stating, where state legislatures were slowly turned by the GOP which gave them the power to Gerrymander Dem-held House districts away and turn them red in 2021. How do you stop a global juggernaut liberal media company? You marginalize them by buying up all the local affiliates and stations that still make up a large part of their market. You buy up everything that sits in between the viewer and the media itself. Once the media company withers, you shove in your own programming as gaps open up.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, it’s ABC who don’t want to stand up to it

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[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 53 points 1 week ago (8 children)

There's a word for what is happening: Gleichschaltung

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[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Watch the monologue before viewing it becomes a crime. He didn’t even make fun of Saint Charlie.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

He does make fun of Lord Trump though. Which, as we all know, is illegal.

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[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 50 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago (12 children)

We're now talking about this instead of how trump is a pedo.

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[–] primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus 40 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Okay so ABC and any affiliated brand needs to get fucked.

Anyone who views any of their shit in a non-pirate capacity or pays for their services needs to be mocked and shamed as a Nazi collaborator. As does anyone who works for them without doing sabotage.

That's not to say you need to stop watching your favorite shows! Hit up /c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com and save some money during lean times.

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[–] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The monologue in question was linked in an earlier post:

https://youtu.be/-j3YdxNSzTk

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago

There is NOTHING malicious about that. Trump is a piss baby and these media outlets are licking his boss

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

This is your reminder that Disney owns ABC. Christofacist will not be any stretch for them, and they have a king background in war propaganda films.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Damn, but honestly I can't boycott Disney any more than I already have.

If anyone needs help setting up a home server with sonarr, transmission with a VPN via docker and Linux, I can point you to some good resources.

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[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

We all grew up with free speech. That's what the USA has always been about. Now you have an admin who threatens and bullies taxpayers.

[–] Ferrous@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 week ago (4 children)

We all grew up with free speech.

Tell that to any Black American over the age of 65.

The USA was a political experiment started solely by white, landowning, 20-something slavers for the express intent of genociding as many Native Americans as possible. It's time for us to stop trying to "reclaim patriotism" and realize the American poltical experiment has devolved into fascism and must be dismantled.

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