Don't make me defend Jimmy Kimmel ffs
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Shit's all fucked. Kimmel canceled to appease fascists, Portnoy firing an intern for posting positively about Kirk, Furry ERP in prime time news.
Plant a garden. Be friends with your neighbors. Read Lenin.
And probably buy a gun. I keep procrastinating on that one but the fascist signs have never been blinking brighter and bigger.
Not just probably. I would also advice finding a safehouse/an emergency way out of the country. Now it would be wise to connect with people who can give the necessary papers and/or logistical workers.
I will never read theory.
Portnoy firing an intern for posting positively about Kirk
I first thought of the drummer of Dream Theater when I read this and was like "Huh?"
Portnoy’s complaint
No, no, I never said that. Ignore the eggnog! I'm being framed!
More than anything else in my lifetime the Charlie Kirk shit makes me feel like I'm going insane. What kind of weird psychosis am I in where Kimmel can be fired for saying obvious things like, politicians milk tragedies, and conservative dude is conservative.
If anyone ever tries to say this country has freedom of speech ever again I'm going to freak tf out
Americans will see this and still froth over “MUH CCP CENSORSHIP TINYMAN SQUARE”
What are we, a bunch of Aaaaaaassssians?
I am legit losing my mind over all this. I'm having some serious mental health issues. Really wish it all would just stop
Log off and watch a movie, comrade. I just saw Beau is Afraid for the first time and that was great.
Wait nvm don’t watch that one if you’re already anxious as shit
touch grass at some point.
It wont and you cant really stop it. Engaging with such content as a form of self-harm/daily communism penance isn't really the solution though. Especially since a good mental fortitude will be needed in the days to come.
If anyone ever tries to say this country has freedom of speech ever again I’m going to freak tf out
Libs are currently in the "I am a leftist, those damned centrists..." and read lib novel #3434343 to do resistance. And then scolding people for "wanting to do revolution" because some people have 4 dogs to care for and its mean to expect them to have time for that.
Yeah you guys are cooked and need change fast.
really thought it would be something, anything spicier than "politicians never let a good tragedy go to waste"
The rest of the monologue was him wailing on Trump, which I assume was more the reason than that specific comment.
We're at the stage where Republicans are just pretending people are making fun of Charlie Kirk and hoping nobody notices. Successfully.
I noticed LGBTQ people existing today and I didn't verbally berate them. Why did I make fun of charlie Kirk like that???
lol, i mean, good honestly. let every reasonable person see how eager and delighted capital formations are to embrace fascism and silence even the most mild criticism of vile opportunism in its service.
As a certified leftist, I got my marching orders directly from Kimmel. I don't know what to do anymore
In his spirit we tell every MAGA we ate their candy, when really we just hid it. 🫡
I... your pfp broke my brain for a second
now there are two of them,
Mitosis
Is that a small face Kirk or a normal face Kirk?
its uncanny how one can never tell every fking time you see that face
His face undoubtedly got upscaled with AI.
Lol. Lib went too far
Oh yeah, I forgot
"In bad country..."
why are they going to such lengths over a nazi (i know)
They are building up to a modern "Iraq invasion" of sorts, only that, instead of planes, a bullet crashed into Kirk's neck.
The ABC late-night host’s remarks constituted “the sickest conduct possible,” FCC chair Brendan Carr told right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson on Wednesday. Carr suggested his FCC could move to revoke ABC affiliate licenses as a way to force Disney to punish Kimmel.
“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr said. “These companies can find ways to change conduct and take actions on Kimmel, or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”
Looks like state agencies are involved too.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/17/media/jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-trump-fcc-brendan-carr
I love the free marketplace of ideas
And here I thought it was because Kimmel called Kirk a Nazi. Kind of disappointed
and now, girls jumping on trampolines.
Which way, western Man Show? You die a Kimmel or Live Long enough to become a Carrola.
really just wants to be a late night host
He waa a pretty good guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in the 1990/2000's.
I mean he was stating facts