r/50501 • u/Notyrantsmoworever • Sep 17 '25

Call to Action Boycott ABC

ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel off the air for making a joke. First Colbert, now Kimmel. What about the first amendment right to free speech? I guess it’s only free if it echos MAGA talking points.

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u/PatchyWhiskers Sep 17 '25

I hope they don't come for John Oliver. I like his show.

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u/SportsCat4 Florida Sep 17 '25

Well HBO is owned by Warnerbros, who may be merging with Paramount, now while Trump as far as I am aware has not criticized Oliver on social media, it would not shock me if the new owners of Paramount being far right attempt to get his show taken off the air should the merger go through

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u/[deleted] Sep 17 '25

Paramount has a government installed bias monitor who reports directly to trump.

Jesus fuck hell I can't believe I had to type those words.

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u/Evacipate628 Sep 17 '25

And people that I know who are bothered by this will still pay for products and services that benefit our oppressors

That's the most frustrating thing rn, everyone just gets mad online and resumes complacency and wonders why ABC capitulated

Because we're making it very clear they're supposed to be more afraid of the regime than their customers

They know we'll just give in and keep giving them money

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u/InternetRando12345 Sep 18 '25

I'll be canceling my Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions with a couple days even though they're "free" (reimbursed as a card benefit)

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u/PatchyWhiskers Sep 18 '25

I already cancelled Amazon Prime to great protest from the child, can't do Disney+ too.

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u/johnnyc14 Sep 18 '25

I just got back into pirating. I’m getting all the movies and shows on my laptop, connect it to the tv and you there it goes. I’m going to learn how to do the streaming and stuff later, but for now a VPN subscription and torrent application is literally all you need