Honest question, why are conservatives so much for freedom of speech, but glad that jimmy Kimmel was canceled for a charlie kirk comment?

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WhiteSteve · Accepted Answer

Best part is it wasn’t even a Charlie Kirk comment, but a TRUMP comment, ABOUT he and the right’s abuse of his death for political gain.

He also just pointed out the obvious, of how Trump sloughed off some reporter’s question about how he was after “his friend” Kirk’s death, and he’s just like “Good! And look over here, this where we’re going to start building the ballroom…” Kimmel said “That’s not how an adult mourns his friend; that’s how a four year old mourns a goldfish”, and “Trump has entered the Fourth Stage Of Grief: Construction.”

At NO point did Kimmel mock Kirk himself. In fact, he had already made the same statement that most celebrities and politicians, even on the left, had made.

Here was Kimmel’s tweet the day of the murder….

“Instead of the angry finger-pointing, can we just for one day agree that it is horrible and monstrous to shoot another human? On behalf of my family, we send love to the Kirks and to all the children, parents and innocents who fall victim to senseless gun violence.”

Once again, COMPLETELY manufactured outrage by Trump and conservatives. They are going to make a MEAL out of this whole Kirk thing, FOREVER, mark my words.

goaded · Accepted Answer

They've been claiming victimhood for decades while doing what they accuse the left of.

"On March 10, 2003, the Dixie Chicks performed at the Shepherd's Bush Empire theater in London, England.[50] Maines told the audience the band did not support the imminent Allied invasion of Iraq and were ashamed that then-President George W. Bush was from Texas.[51] The remark triggered a backlash in the United States.[51] The band's songs received less airplay on country radio stations,[52] and its members received death threats." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chicks#2003%E2%80%932005:_Comments_on_George_W._Bush_and_backlash

They know what they're doing, too.

Honest question, why are conservatives so much for freedom of speech, but glad that jimmy Kimmel was canceled for a charlie kirk comment?

No idea who this is, but it's not an outlier

Gwendoline · Accepted Answer

On one hand i would say yes but on the other he wasn't making these comments on the street or on his break in the abc cafeteria but instead was doing it while in the performance of his job which his company pays him millions to do. Its like if you worked at McDonald's you wouldn't be insulting to customers, outside of work it's really none of mcdonald's buisness who you insult and Jimmy Kinmel insulted a large number of Americans on an ABC show.

SecretsofKB · Accepted Answer

The Republican mantra for years has been "Freedom for me but not for thee." They are legitimately snowflakes that are willing to dish it out, but they will absolutely cry the loudest when others dish it back.

SomothErgai · Answer

if your question is truly genuine curiosity i will try to answer it genuinely. Obviously i can't (and don't) speak for everyone, but the commonality of thought amongst conservatives is this. from their perspective the cancellations that happen to the vast majority of people are due to simply stating widely accepted facts. such as that gender refers to sex, men cannot be women, babies should not be murdered, etc etc.

Or it will be over impersonal, untargeted jokes. like a dark humor joke about race or sex or something of that nature.

What the cancellations are almost never about is someone telling outright lies and/or mocking, celebrating, or joking about a specific person. particularly someone who was just publicly assassinated in front of his wife and children as well as someone who's death has revealed thousands upon thousands of other people both celebrating their death while simultaneously calling for more violence.

To conservatives, THAT is the difference and the reason why they do not see Kimmel's cancellation as being in opposition to their stated ideals of free speech.

contentious · Answer

Jimmy Kimmel has freedom of speech, he just doesn't have a TV show. Generally when you support terrorism and celebrate killings by terrorists, corporations will fire you. One, you are now a security liability to the corporation. If you are a violent maniac that supports terrorism and assinations, who's to say you won't go postal and shoot up the office? They're generally going to send security to escort you out of the building before they tell you that you are fired. Two, there are laws concerning incitement to murder and domestic terrorism. As a result depending on what was said he could have broken said laws, which could one lead to his arrest, and two threaten the broadcasting license of his organization. Either way the organization he worked for will be investigated, which means their team of attorneys are going to advise his boss to take him off the air immediately to protect their organization from any further harm.

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

Many of them are hypocrites. Others recognize that freedom of speech does not protect you from the consequences of your speech. Particularly since the heavily leftist mainstream and social media has previously punished offensive speech coming from the right, failing to punish that coming from the left leaves them in an actionable position under law. Since we have precedents for such lawsuits, they’re rightfully covering their butts.
To my knowledge, Kimmel’s show is still fairly profitable, and the announcement was that the show was suspended indefinitely, not canceled. If Kimmel has the gumption to apologize or redress his comments after the heat dies down, i’m certain he’ll get his show back.
In the meantime, he and every other talking head should definitely take some time to reconsider what they’re feeding into the zeitgeist and how it actually affects other people.

NaultD · Answer

Children with zero object permanence. From there field of view is the only reality that matters. Rights for me not for thee.

Just like flat earthers and creationist Christian if it's not infront of you it's not real.

Another way to describe them is reactionary. So they can only logically think backwards in time hence REACTtionary. Valuable mindset getting by in disaster situation but horrible planning ahead and government representative in general.

exitseven · Answer

Kimmel was a hate spewing democrat mouthpiece. ABC may be using it to get out of his contract which still had a year to go since his show had bottom of the barrel ratings , even lower than Colbert. Or maybe they were trying to get ahead of the possibility of another lawsuit.

dustybiker2 · Answer

Jimmy Kimmel could continue his show in his backyard on YouTube and still have the same ratings. ABC are cowards. And conservatives are just as bad for celebrating Jimmy Kimmel getting put on hold as Kirk getting shot. They've always been jealous of Kimmel as he is better at humiliating trump back at his own behavior.

TrueConfection · Answer

Comparing Jimmy’s loss of a contract to another man’s death is something only the woke could conjure up. Maybe compare Jimmy’s contract cancellation to Tucker Carlson’s contract that was cancelled. Jimmy can still speak, same as Tucker Carlson.

Fireguy17 · Answer

because there is a difference between freedom of speech and being a decent human being.
Go back a few years and think about all of the shows that were cancelled because of the political views a few years ago.
Because they didn't accept what was happening and decided not to go "woke" their shows were canceled, but in many people's minds that was a good thing.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

There's a DIFFERENCE!!!
If someone shot your dad right in front of you and others, including your friends and people you know, not only made fun of him being killed but cheered about it, would YOU STILL want to have ANYTHING to do with them?
If Charlie was someone like Manson, Gacey, Specht or Hitler, I could SEE people cheering this but he was 1000% THE OPPOSITE of ANY of them!!!

loveslongnails · Answer

They're liars. They are only for "free speech" that they approve of, and nothing that disapproves of them. The entire maga movement has always been nothing but a bunch of lies, and we all knew that politicians rarely told the truth in the first place even before magats started.

Gospeedracer · Answer

Because the left need to experience what it is like to be bullied and scared into submission. The conservatives have to fix what the left has done and soon it will be the left's turn to to be forced into line. They can't cry about not having freedom after denying it to everyone else for decades now.

blackeagle007 · Answer

Because they only support free speech when it suits them. You can’t say anything bad about out Charlie Kirk, Trump, KKK. If you do, you can kiss your job goodbye. The “Right” is narrow minded and cowardly.

However, they are ok if one bashes the left and BLM. Typical MAGA

Hussar · Answer

You shouldn't be jailed or physically attacked for anything you say, but if you work for a multibillion dollar media empire then you'd be wise not to rock the boat too much. He isn't getting banned from platforms without cause, it's just that the network wants an excuse to axe a dying form of entertainment.

DonaldDarko · Answer

I'm not. I wouldn't have canceled any of them. But I guess then we'd still have psychopaths' as doctors and teachers and all kinds of important jobs. It was a good way to get rid of some commies but I still don't think I would have done it.

Kaneki05 · Answer

Nobody in power is ever for freedom of speech remember that, only those not in power. Who's currently in power? And yes this applies to the left when there in power too, it goes for everyone.

Curmudgeon · Answer

Because for once, there was a shot fired back the other way. Conservatives have "learned to stop worrying and love the cancel culture" the Left created.

Sal_Monella · Answer

It's a dishonest question. Why is a dishonest? Because the First Amendment does not apply to the private sector, only to government. So thank you for the dishonest question.

Miristheiss · Answer

Well, I am sure ratings were part of the decision. Him lying too, more than just his opinions or jokes.

DrPepper12 · Answer

It was cancelled due to FCC threats which caused conservative owned stations to stop airing it as those conservative stations would like an upcoming merger approved by the Fascist Felon. Truth matters

Ariesman81 · Answer

Valid point. Although, I don't think it was a conservative that fired him. Jimmy's ratings had been tanking and the network he worked for probably saw an opportunity to get rid of him.

kespethdude · Answer

Because they only care about free speech for their own kind. Not their opponents. #hypocrites

worldscolide · Answer

Same reason shit stain leftists are all about free speech yet spent the last decade canceling and doxing people who disagree with them.. Take your medicine leftist.

Staximus · Answer

He exercised his right to free speech and did not get arrested for it, and his employers exercise$ their right to not like it and fire him.

Anonymous · Answer

Free speech isn’t calling someone a murderer who didn’t murder someone. ABC fired him and they can blame Trump all they want but it was their business decision. Jimmy is free to share his thoughts and opinions on his own network now.

Anonymous · Answer

Jimmy Kimmel isn't canceled. he can still speak his mind Charlie Kirk however is canceled, permanently big difference

Anonymous · Answer

eh... the lizard person got on TV and literally lied about the facts of a murder case in order to push his bullshit leftist hatred. That is why. We aren't big fans of celebrating murder of anyone. The left, sees things differently.

Vegasrunner · Answer

Well because they aren't. Conservatoves are for their Freedom of Speech, but say something they don't like and they start crying.

Buford_T_Justice · Answer

Nobody cared about Kimmel.. Why does the left think it's okay to murder people they don't agree with?

Twalli · Answer

They aren't. They want carte blanche for what they say. They don't want anyone else to have the same latitude.

KostasKouvalis · Answer

It's a great feeling seeing them become victims of the very cancel culture they created

onedarkcloud · Answer

Because he went beyond the accepted norm and was totally wrong by pushing misinformation, he is really not that funny.

Jackblue · Answer

It feels like liberals getting a taste of their own medicine.

Pohjolan · Answer

Schadenfreude.  The left is for a change getting a taste of their own medicine.

seeyounexttuesday · Answer

Why are the liberals so much for state-sponsored propaganda on the airwaves?

qwerty2469 · Answer

His speech is now very free. Nobody is paying for it.

Anonymous · Answer

Freedom of speech is not the same as freedom of consequences

Bloodbreath · Answer

Because they have a disease called selective butt hurt mania

Anonymous · Answer

Conservatives are heavily in favor of freedom of speech, but only for themselves.

tzdc21 · Answer

Hypocrisy at its finest

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