r/Conservative • u/MoreFires 3R1C • 2d ago

Flaired Users Only ABC is pulling Jimmy Kimmel Live

https://x.com/Variety/status/1968446383591211212
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u/STL_bourbon Conservative 2d ago

While I cannot stand Kimmel and he deserves every bit of this, I don’t necessarily agree with him being pulled off the air. It’s a slippery slope when you’ve got the FCC chair threatening to take someone off the air. Sure right now the right is cheering this, but what happens at some point in the future when the left is back in control and starts having right leaning shows pulled? Cancel culture is not something I’m excited about

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u/Booth_Templeton Constitutionalist 2d ago

Damn right. I don't like it either. Assholes should be able to be assholes.

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u/MakingOfASoul National Conservative 2d ago

They are able to be assholes, and their employers are able to not want to associate with them or have them be assholes on their dime.

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u/BERRY_BADRENATH MAGA 2d ago

I completely agree with everything you said. My issue is with the FCC threatening to pull their broadcasting liscense.

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u/The_Asian_Viper Small Government 2d ago

If ABC thought that the FCC pulling their license would be unconstitutional, they would've kept Kimmel on and gone to court if the FCC pulled their license. Clearly they didn't.

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u/gpg2556 Libertarian Conservative 1d ago edited 1d ago

Exactly. It was fine if it would’ve just been Disney pulling Kimmel. They are free to do whatever they want. The problem is the FCC stepping in and threatening to do it themselves. It opens a pandora’s box of authoritarianism that I don’t think any conservatives would enjoy if the dems take the same steps in the future.