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I Stand With Jimmy Kimmel (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Sep 17 OP
America gone Eliot Rosewater Sep 17 #1
If anyone had any doubts, they can no longer deny reality. Irish_Dem Sep 17 #6
Just wait until popsdenver Sep 17 #18
Trump doesn't even bother to tell people what law they have broken. Irish_Dem Sep 17 #19
GAWD DAMN RIGHT I STAND WITH JIMMY!!!!!!! a kennedy Sep 17 #2
No more Disney+ for me. pat_k Sep 17 #37
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The best way to support JK, is to stop watching corporate television. Magoo48 Sep 18 #70
Me Too Coolgoober Sep 17 #3
Ditto K&R nt berniesandersmittens Sep 17 #4
I stand with Jimmy! skylucy Sep 17 #5
I also stand with Jimmy Kimmel LetMyPeopleVote Sep 17 #7
This is state sponsored terrorism. Initech Sep 17 #8
They are cutting their own throat. I haven't watched doc03 Sep 17 #9
You can bet popsdenver Sep 17 #20
The only channel I stream is PBS. ananda Sep 17 #28
PBS is going off the air soon. zanana1 Sep 18 #54
Independent news and entertainment will continue to grow. Fuck Disney and ABC. nt Trueblue Texan Sep 17 #34
I'm guessing there will be an exodus from Disney+ too. pat_k Sep 17 #38
My wife and I finally canceled today. byronius Sep 18 #53
I read the CNN article. i don't even understand what he was pulled off the air for Takket Sep 17 #10
The FCC leaned on ABC because of the jab at Trump. LudwigPastorius Sep 17 #39
I stand with the First Amendment. Scrivener7 Sep 17 #11
THIS orangecrush Sep 17 #35
After watching the evening news tominght I will be deleting my abc recording kimbutgar Sep 17 #12
Then they came for the comedians... BidenRocks Sep 17 #13
Boycott Disney. rubbersole Sep 17 #14
Me, too. Sadly, politicians who know better don't have the same courage as those Americans who sacrificed everything... surfered Sep 17 #15
Right-wing voters and politicians keep slapping the faces of those that died for our country to be free mdbl Sep 17 #24
Yes me too! Also stand with Stephen Colbert. Fla Dem Sep 17 #16
I dropped Paramount + the day his show was canceled. CentralMass Sep 18 #52
Well, he supported Colbert so now he can be co-host for the rest of Colbert's show ChicagoTeamster Sep 17 #17
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is suggesting that Kimmel can apologize. summer_in_TX Sep 17 #21
Apologize for what? Fuck Carr. B.See Sep 17 #25
What does Kimmel need to apologize for? Crunchy Frog Sep 17 #27
Big fat Foxtrot Tango Sierra on that. DinahMoeHum Sep 17 #32
Hard agree. summer_in_TX Sep 17 #46
Who will be silenced next? SNL? South Park? Daily Show? Xavier Breath Sep 17 #22
..probably the View.. thomski64 Sep 18 #58
I will watch him where ever he lands. mdbl Sep 17 #23
It Is Our Turn to Complain sabrams Sep 17 #26
I stand with Jimmy Kimmel too. PufPuf23 Sep 17 #29
No on at ABC read Timothy Snyder "On Tyranny" AverageOldGuy Sep 17 #30
Darkness falls. Ping Tung Sep 17 #31
ME, TOO. ancianita Sep 17 #33
Same. Eko Sep 17 #36
Kimmels firing wasn't about Kirk, Mtnmama Sep 17 #40
Exactly! Reporter: How are you holding up after the death of your friend? KitFox Sep 18 #49
Yes, trump administration is using Kimmels comments as a pretense Mtnmama Sep 18 #55
Exit Disney: Disney+, HULU, ESPN+, FuboTV... pat_k Sep 17 #41
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In a sick and sad twist, it was on this date in 1787 that the Constitution was ratified. Efilroft Sul Sep 17 #47
State sponsored censorship? Aussie105 Sep 17 #48
Since we are slaves now "I'm Jimmy Kimmel" rickford66 Sep 18 #50
Wonder what the USSC will say. usonian Sep 18 #51
Goodbye Disney+ Queso Delicioso Sep 18 #56
Likewise Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 18 #57
I'm with Jimmy Denvermosaic Sep 18 #59
As do we in Canada, I have just deleted Disney from my lineup and am running out Bev54 Sep 18 #60
Fired Fakepresidenttrump Sep 18 #61
Charlie Kirk was an instigator and hate monger Farmer-Rick Sep 18 #62
K&R red dog 1 Sep 18 #63
Time to ACT BadGimp Sep 18 #64
So do I! calimary Sep 18 #65
I cancelled my Disney subscription today sellitman Sep 18 #66
I stand with Jimmy! ReRe Sep 18 #67
"" AllaN01Bear Sep 18 #68
Canceled Disney this morning. Raster Sep 18 #69
Find out who advertises on the Kirk love in on ABC tonight instead of Kimmel's show Bengus81 Sep 18 #71

popsdenver

(854 posts)
18. Just wait until
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 08:44 PM
Sep 17

he brings to law here in the U.S. a CRIME the UK calls: *****MALICIOUS COMMUNICATION*****

Which is what the UK charged four people with, for hanging pictures of Trump/Epstein from a building and projecting the same picture on a building in England.....both during Trump's visit......

Most stunning was their welcoming Trump and honoring his coming to visit them.......Everthing that Trump/Republicans touch ends up caving into them.....

Irish_Dem

(77,126 posts)
19. Trump doesn't even bother to tell people what law they have broken.
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 08:46 PM
Sep 17

He just disappears them.
Or gets them fired, shamed, bankrupt.

a kennedy

(34,742 posts)
2. GAWD DAMN RIGHT I STAND WITH JIMMY!!!!!!!
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 07:32 PM
Sep 17

I am sooooooooo pissed I just can’t believe it. 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

pat_k

(12,233 posts)
37. No more Disney+ for me.
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 09:54 PM
Sep 17

I've actually been meaning to cancel. Sort of glad I hadn't already because if there ever was a reason to stop supporting the Disney/ABC capitulation's to the regime, this was really the last fucking straw.

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Initech

(106,742 posts)
8. This is state sponsored terrorism.
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 07:52 PM
Sep 17

Fuck ABC, fuck the FCC, fuck Benny Johnson and most importantly fuck Donald Trump! May they all rot in the hottest, fieriest circle of hell!

doc03

(38,577 posts)
9. They are cutting their own throat. I haven't watched
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 07:52 PM
Sep 17

broadcast TV for years other than SNL, Colbert and Kimmel. They will just lose more viewers to cable and internet.

zanana1

(6,443 posts)
54. PBS is going off the air soon.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 04:51 AM
Sep 18

I've been streaming PBS shows on the app. It pisses me off that so much children's programming will be gone forever.

Takket

(23,311 posts)
10. I read the CNN article. i don't even understand what he was pulled off the air for
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 07:54 PM
Sep 17

was there something else? This quote wasn't even about Kirk. It was about MAGA and the killer...........

“The MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said. “In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”

I'm just.......... america is dead. the first amendment is dead. the government can threaten anyone they want to silence voices on their network/website.

LudwigPastorius

(13,700 posts)
39. The FCC leaned on ABC because of the jab at Trump.
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 09:57 PM
Sep 17

He got his feelings hurt, and he's hated Kimmel for a long time.

Their characterization of what Kimmel said as some kind of slam against Charlie Kirk (which it clearly wasn't), is just the bullshit misdirection they're using to axe his show.

kimbutgar

(26,368 posts)
12. After watching the evening news tominght I will be deleting my abc recording
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 08:33 PM
Sep 17

The network is dead to me now. Those sobs have given into a fascist dictator. FU ABC/Disney!

rubbersole

(10,810 posts)
14. Boycott Disney.
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 08:41 PM
Sep 17

The recent "open carry" law being upheld in Florida will make tourists think twice about going to Disney World in Orlando. Skeeter walking around with his AR-15 near the Dumbo ride is very reassuring to foreign visitors.

(Just then typing "visitors" auto-correct suggested "victims". That's next.)

surfered

(10,062 posts)
15. Me, too. Sadly, politicians who know better don't have the same courage as those Americans who sacrificed everything...
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 08:43 PM
Sep 17

…for this country. And they only risk losing their political job, not life and limb.

mdbl

(7,677 posts)
24. Right-wing voters and politicians keep slapping the faces of those that died for our country to be free
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 08:59 PM
Sep 17

ChicagoTeamster

(89 posts)
17. Well, he supported Colbert so now he can be co-host for the rest of Colbert's show
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 08:44 PM
Sep 17

And then they can work together on a podcast

summer_in_TX

(3,903 posts)
21. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is suggesting that Kimmel can apologize.
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 08:48 PM
Sep 17
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c203n52x1y9o

Now he's trying to sound reasonable.
"Look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to change conduct, to take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or, you know, there's going to be additional work for the FCC ahead," Carr told The Benny Show.

He noted that an apology from Kimmel would be a "very reasonable, minimal step".

summer_in_TX

(3,903 posts)
46. Hard agree.
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:54 PM
Sep 17

Seems like trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the general public. Not one word of what Jimmy Kimmel said was in need of an apology.

But with Nexstar refusing to air the show and Brendan Carr threatening the license of Disney/ABC, the level of action/reaction seems awfully big. Outlandishly so. Nuclear bomb-sized compared to a ripple in a kiddie pool.

Wonder what THAT's about. I read and reread what Kimmel said, and for the life of me, I don't get it. That is, unless it's part of the effort to mislead and misdirect public attention.

To which I say, Trump-Epstein.

And go Jimmy!

mdbl

(7,677 posts)
23. I will watch him where ever he lands.
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 08:58 PM
Sep 17

I hope they have to buy out his contract, otherwise it should be a lawsuit.

sabrams

(24 posts)
26. It Is Our Turn to Complain
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 09:01 PM
Sep 17

The Red Hat will flood the station with complaints when someone says something they don't like.
It is our turn to do the same. Kimmel did not say anything out of line. We need show up by the 10s of thousands.

AverageOldGuy

(3,116 posts)
30. No on at ABC read Timothy Snyder "On Tyranny"
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 09:05 PM
Sep 17

One of Snyder’s 20 lessons from the collapse of democracies in the 20th century is “Do not obey in advance.”

There’s a lot of that going on among networks and universities.

Mtnmama

(120 posts)
40. Kimmels firing wasn't about Kirk,
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:03 PM
Sep 17

It was about a very funny monolog poking fun at trump, and trump throws major temper tantrums when people laugh at him, even when that laughter is deserved. If you get a chance to watch it, please do.

KitFox

(455 posts)
49. Exactly! Reporter: How are you holding up after the death of your friend?
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 02:13 AM
Sep 18

Drumpf: Very good. Look over here at the trucks. They are starting on the ballroom that the people have wanted for 150 years. It’s gonna be great.
Jimmy Kimmel: That shows how an adult grieves the loss of a friend.
Drumpf is so weak and pathetic, he can’t handle criticism. Like the Queen of Hearts- Off with their heads! No surprise here. BTW, who in the hell ever wanted a ballroom except this crazed pretend king.

Mtnmama

(120 posts)
55. Yes, trump administration is using Kimmels comments as a pretense
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 06:15 AM
Sep 18

to get rid of anyone they see as an enemy. Notice how trump went so quickly into talking about his big beautiful ballroom. What stage of grief did Kimmel say trump was in? I sincerely hope Kimmel finds another outlet. This administration is completely despicable.

pat_k

(12,233 posts)
41. Exit Disney: Disney+, HULU, ESPN+, FuboTV...
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:17 PM
Sep 17

Wikipedia has a list of other Disney assets.

Includes Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century, Searchlight, a 50% equity holding in A&E Global Media (with Hearst Corp), FX, National Geographic and Onyx Collective.

Boycotting this spider is a challenge, but I think if you have a subscription to Disney+, HULU, and/or ESPN+, cancelling right now would send a message (if enough others do the same -- and I suspect there will be a whole lot of people doing the same).

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Aussie105

(7,346 posts)
48. State sponsored censorship?
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 11:22 PM
Sep 17

Free speech, until it is criticism of pro-Trump rabblerousers stirring up slow witted people?

I really don't like the direction the Ship of State is sailing in, but I bet Putin approves - he does that a lot.

Bev54

(12,998 posts)
60. As do we in Canada, I have just deleted Disney from my lineup and am running out
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 12:50 PM
Sep 18

of stations. I need to find a way to get them all off my basic cable. There is room here for Netflix to step up and bring regular shows like the comedy lineups and news. Turn it into a winning streaming service with movies and regular programing.

Farmer-Rick

(12,249 posts)
62. Charlie Kirk was an instigator and hate monger
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 01:37 PM
Sep 18

I am posting this so that any little Maggot idiot who comes here knows shutting up Kimmel or Colbert is not going to stop people from telling the truth.

Pedo Trump tried to blame liberals for the man's murder (and may have faked emails to paint the shooter as a liberal). Then they tried to blame transgender people.

Now all they got left is to scare money hungry corporations into doing as the federal government tells them to do. That's the very meaning of fascism.

The irony is that Charlie Kirk helped create his own murderer through stotastic terrorism. The Maggots think they can control the violence they encourage and direct it only at liberals. Surprise, surprise, surprise, they can't.

red dog 1

(32,061 posts)
63. K&R
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 01:40 PM
Sep 18

I'm sick of gutless TV network executives caving in to President Cankles every time he opens his pie hole, complaining about someone making fun of him.

sellitman

(11,726 posts)
66. I cancelled my Disney subscription today
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 04:09 PM
Sep 18

It made me feel I was doing something positive about this horrible Un-American reaction.

ReRe

(12,151 posts)
67. I stand with Jimmy!
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 04:10 PM
Sep 18

Yesterday they pulled Jimmy, and sure enough we're on a very very slippery slope because today they are talking about pulling networks! Viola'! And If they do that, then we'll be on our way to Russia's Pravda! Full on Fascism. Say good-bye to free speech. Good-bye Bill of Rights. Good-bye Constitution.

Raster

(21,010 posts)
69. Canceled Disney this morning.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 06:17 PM
Sep 18

Was planning on going to Disneyland later this year… will NOT happen now.

Bengus81

(9,537 posts)
71. Find out who advertises on the Kirk love in on ABC tonight instead of Kimmel's show
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 06:29 PM
Sep 18

And BOYCOTT the living HELL out of them.....

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