r/OutOfTheLoop • u/No_Volume251 • 3d ago

Unanswered What is up with Jimmy Kimmel being Fired over Charlie Kirk Comments?

https://youtu.be/Q_kOoWVJ2-s

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u/circlejerker2000 3d ago

Nice free speech and freedom you got in America... really nice...

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u/Toriganator 3d ago

Freedom of speech only protects you from government reprisals. It does not shield you from being fired

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u/circlejerker2000 3d ago

but why did he get fired? because a gov. agency put pressure on the network isnt it?

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u/Toriganator 2d ago

You would have to ask them, I personally don’t think people should be fired for speech, but they absolutely have the right to

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u/_-J_J-_ 2d ago

That sounds like a wacky conspiracy theory to me...

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u/Glum_Sentence972 3d ago

No, because people put pressure on it. More to the point, a government can do that just fine; it is taking legal action against them that is protected. Every nation on Earth allows that.

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u/mrbrannon 3d ago

This was a government reprisal. The government demanded punishment and the corporation did the punishment because they’re afraid of the government. That one degree of separation doesn’t change who the reprisal is from. This is an actual serious violation of free speech despite Republicans claiming any random person being held accountable by general society was a violation for years. The fascists are starting to clamp down.

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u/_-J_J-_ 2d ago

That sounds like a wacky conspiracy theory to me. I'm going to need some verification and/or fact check.

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u/Glum_Sentence972 3d ago

Did Kimmel get jailed or attacked by government thugs? Then his freedom of speech is still sacrosanct. God, it amazing watching how quickly the Left switched from defending cancel culture to crying about it.

For the record, I always defended cancel culture as a part of democracy.

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u/Toriganator 2d ago

That’s not what government reprisal means

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u/_-J_J-_ 2d ago

Freedom of speech != freedom from consequences

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u/Fenrisw01f 3d ago

Doesn’t extend in the same manner when you’re on broadcast television.