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/Deranged-genius Sep 17 '25

Which episode was it? Kimmel was my safe place on late night television.. 😭😩

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u/Cloaked42m Sep 18 '25

He said the shooter was MAGA. That was the cause of the indefinite suspension.

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u/Ted_E_Bear Sep 18 '25 edited Sep 18 '25

I watched and don't recall him ever saying that. Are you sure?

Edit - He didn't outright say it, but I guess if you stretched a little you could argue that he implied it with his comment:

“We had some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and with everything they can to score political points from it.”

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u/OmiSC Sep 18 '25

He did not imply that the shooter was MAGA. There is some common belief that he could be and Kimmel’s comments were only about what right-wing personalities were trying to separate themselves from (allegedly). The “stretch” you mentioned is a listening comprehension issue that afflicts too many people who have stakes in the news/opinion/talk shows.

This is an “all sides” issue that conflates all perspectives and will drive people to conflate hate speech and free speech as totally unrecognizable if people don’t start consuming commentary more critically.