And so I have now cancelled Disney +. What a bunch of cowards. Over such a minor comment directed at Trump.
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My Disney+ and Hulu subs just got pulled "indefinitely".
Charlie who?
Wow, this is great.
Do you have any source that says this is actually from Disney because you've posted this in a few different subs now and have never provided one.
Watch the monologue before viewing it becomes a crime. He didn’t even make fun of Saint Charlie.
He does make fun of Lord Trump though. Which, as we all know, is illegal.
President McDonald's.
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.
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.
Anyone who reads this... Cancel them all and spend a few 100 bucks setting up a Jellyfin server.
Whats jellyfin?
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Now i wonder what John Oliver gonna say this week, or he gonna get censored by HBO as well?
Depends on whether or not HBO is seeing continually declining numbers of viewership. CBS, NBC, ABC those are all dying networks and they'll do anything to stay on air.
This is what I think too!
These are the death knells of dying industry, like Howard Stern leaving terrestrial radio in 2004, which was ultimately the result of the Super Bowl Halftime show when Janet Jackson exposed her nipple.
It’s literally the same crap. Something happens that people don’t like, and a failing media industry tries to stay relevant by clamping down, losing their talent in the process.
Back then it was shock jocks on terrestrial radio, now it’s late night and “cable” tv.
ABC and CBS didn’t get bought recently because they’re doing well, you know?
Sources: Howard Stern’s Wikipedia page, the “nipplegate” Wikipedia page, and having too much energy this morning.
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Is your country great again? Was so difficult to vote for her instead to avoid this fascistic nightmare, wasn't it?
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.
Where do you think Trump got the idea for it?
Of course he got it from Hitler, who got the idea from America's "Manifest Destiny" philosophy. It's fascist turtles all the way down ...
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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.
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.
The thing that is kind of weird for non-Americans to understand is the way so many Americans seem to fetishise patriotism. Greatest country in the world! Freedom! Free speech! etc. We've all seen it all over social media for fuckin decades. And the praise for the military defending our freedoms! Seriously, when was the last time the US military was involved in a war that was actually in defense of America? It's been a fair fuckin while.
Most of us have been conscious that there were probably a lot of Americans who didn't feel the same way, especially those who weren't white, straight, male, etc. All that stuff they were so proud of was the emperor's new clothes all along.
For the sake of all the many decent people in America, and the rest of the world, I hope you guys can get a fuckin grip.
I see displays if nationalism from other countries all the time. We're not less human than you and there's something inherent in feeling pride or belonging to the place you come from.
I like you say it started with the intent of genocide and now has "devolved" into something worst.
Edgy.
Ok but you do see how 65 is getting up there in age, right? Like I'm sure there's a few people here above that, and OP should've accounted for that in their statement. But the vast majority of us have in fact grown up in the last 65 years where freedom of speech in the usa has been well and truly absolute.
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.
People over a hundred years dead do not define the present of a country. Hell, look at Germany. Sure they have a small nazi party but the nazis were only 80 years ago and aren't defining their present reality..
The political experiment line is just strange, seriously.
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.
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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July 2: Paramount and Trump settle bullshit 60 Minutes lawsuit for $16 million
July 14: Colbert criticizes the lawsuit saying it's a "big fat bribe."
July 17: CBS announces that Colbert is cancelled
Paramount is in the process of a large merger with Skydance Media, which must be approved by regulators (including those controlled/affected by the federal government)
It wasn't as blatantly corrupt, but it was still corrupt.
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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.
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Cancel Disney+, Hulu, ESPN and your live streaming TV/cable sub if you have one.
https://help.disneyplus.com/article/disneyplus-cancel
https://help.hulu.com/article/hulu-cancel-hulu-subscription
https://support.espn.com/hc/en-us/articles/40377589107476-How-do-I-cancel-my-ESPN-subscription
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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/
Yeah this has nothing to do with Kirk and everything to do with fascists being fascists.
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ABC is goosestepping now.
Wasn't Disney goosestepping in the 30s too?
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BOYCOTT ABC!! And send angry letters to cowardly execs who did this!!
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