Lmaooooooo
I meant to put it in ~news but this is actually more appropriate
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158 sats \ 20 replies \ @freetx 4h
I honestly don't know how I feel about any of this....on the one hand I never liked Kimmel and disagreed with nearly everything he has said, on the other I don't think the "cancel wars" are sustainable for a healthy democracy.
Its only a matter of time until the other team gets in power and payback will happen.
Having said all that, lots of people pressuring a company to change course is a valid free market expression....So hard to pinpoint exactly how I feel except, 'uneasy'.
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77 sats \ 7 replies \ @Undisciplined 3h
I don't think we're obliged to care when the corporate press fires one of their paid propagandists.
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42 sats \ 6 replies \ @kepford 3h
Nope.
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164 sats \ 5 replies \ @Bell_curve 2h
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52 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 2h
Trump 2016 truly was the death of comedy
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72 sats \ 1 reply \ @sudonaka 1h
Actual comedy is doing great. Propaganda not so much
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 30m
There it is. Yep.
Applause comedy is another word for this stuff.
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39 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 2h
I figured this was the real reason. I knew Colbert's numbers were terrible and that late night shows were down in general.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 28m
The format is dead but it could have had another few years. Trump broke these guys as he did many people.
Its still wild to watch even though its been almost 10 years now. I guess what is most wild to me is how small the index card of allowable opinion actually is. What would these clowns do with an actual radical with principle?
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29 sats \ 8 replies \ @kepford 4h
That's the market bro. Regardless of whether we like it or not. The market isn't always good. It is amoral.
Pretty sure ABC also would not allow Kirk to speak as he did on campus either. Not good for business and advertising would not approve. The problem is when the state interjects itself.
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176 sats \ 7 replies \ @freetx 3h
Exactly.
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21 sats \ 6 replies \ @OneOneSeven OP 3h
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11 sats \ 1 reply \ @freetx 3h
(1) Its uncomfortable that both the left and now the right is being conditioned to fall for the "hate speech" meme and cheer for silencing people
(2) At the very same time, I honestly think Kimmel only had his job in the first place due to gov support from previous administrations. Who knows what back room deals existed between ABC Corp and Big Gov to "enable diverse and progressive" voices.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 22m
Many Republicans have zero clue or principles. There is no ideological consistency. It's being exposed. Even some of the better ones are really leftists with some specific set of moral beliefs abandoned by the Democrat party. They want to have big government and make decisions for individuals on all sorts of stuff. Some even seem to oppose free market economics.
Trump above all is not ideological let alone a conservative. He isn't a fascist. He seems to operate completely on gut and who has his ear. People project on to him their hopes and fears.
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30 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 3h
Is that the real brian stelter? I thought Brian Stelter was a big leftist
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @OneOneSeven OP 3h
Yeah that’s him, he reached out to Carr to get a statement as soon as he heard the news and just Carr sent a gif 😂
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18 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 3h
LOL, I thought the tweet was a joke, but it's sincere
We truly live in a surreal fantasy clown world
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nitter 3h
https://xcancel.com/brianstelter/status/1968449834697834591
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 2h
I think his ratings are down like Colbert
If his ratings were high, he wouldn't be 'cancelled'
I remember Jimmy Kimmel was the sports guy for Kevin and Bean on KROQ radio station
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @gmd 2h
He was going to get cancelled anyway. Now he will be "martyred" and likely get some sort of podcast deal lol.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 1h
Maybe he did it on purpose
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141 sats \ 4 replies \ @Cje95 5h
Pretty soon all these late night people are going to be gone 😂 it’s truly remarkable how stupid they are
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @kepford 4h
I still haven't seen this. But I really don't need to. Sad to see someone go so unhinged as Kimmel has. He's a funny guy. Covid broke him.
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84 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 3h
Eh, Kimmel sucks. I never found him funny even during his stupid man show days
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28 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 3h
I agree. He was unbearable to listen to for more than 30 seconds.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 3h
Same. The best I can say for him is that we probably wouldn't have The Ringer without him, since he got Bill Simmons and his friends started in media.
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100 sats \ 2 replies \ @Tom_Morrow 2h
Unfortunately I think late night as it stands needs to go, which is sad. Not because Kimmel was good, I certainly wasn’t a fan of him, but because the concept is something that used to unite Americans. There are becoming fewer and fewer things we can all gravitate to and share as Americans and for our culture. Things we can share a laugh over or talk about the next day at the office as friends, coworkers, and neighbors. The fewer institutions we have like that, the more the cultural fabric rips apart.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Car 2h
Great point. I think that’s why I’m more bullish on local communities and local churches. Life is only better when shared.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 2h
Amen, brother. Everyone talks about the problems with Gen Z, their inability to form relationships, not getting married, this and that. But I can tell you that the young people, ages 21-30 at our church are indeed having great relationships, getting married, and having children
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54 sats \ 0 replies \ @nichro 3h
I find it hard to find empathy about it.
Ah well.
What did they used to say?
"It's not cancel culture 👏 it's 👏 consequence 👏 culture 👏"
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25 sats \ 2 replies \ @BTC_Bellzer 2h
I never got how he escaped the great cancel wars in the 1st place LOL
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @028559d218 2h
I watched the man show growing up. Looking back on it... a show like that today would probably never be on mainstream television
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BTC_Bellzer 1h
I don't think he should have been canceled for that just don't know how he got passed by...but yea there's no way TMS could exist today, the amount of rage that would be directed at girls on trampolines today
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