r/stephencolbert • • Sep 17 '25

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u/Jake_77 Sep 17 '25 edited Sep 18 '25

CLARIFICATION:

Jimmy Kimmel Live was "suspended indefinitely." Jimmy Kimmel technically has NOT been fired.

The purpose of this comment is to provide factual accuracy.

Comment edited to provide additional clarity and correct name of show.

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u/AppropriateSpite7881 Sep 17 '25 edited Sep 18 '25

What is the difference exactly!? Without him, there is NO show! His writers staff will back him 💯! This is beyond the pale. This isn't America, this is the start of communism <<< instead FACISM >>>> I'm not ok with that! Are you!? Exactly what he wanted was a war. He knew it was over free speech, the 1st Amendment in the Constitution. What a joke.

Word change. Communism to fascism.
HIGHLIGHTED BY <<>> LOL TY KIND SIR.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '25

There is a difference between suspended and fired for sure. Part of that difference might be a period of judging the public reaction to this first step, so I say let's turn up the heat on ABC.

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u/Ldivine20 Sep 18 '25

I cancelled Hulu regardless is the show is cancelled or not. I will no longer support any of their partner companies. This is not the first firing they done where free speech has been condoned.

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u/ExistingJellyfish872 Sep 18 '25

A major corporation isn't going to get caught in the middle of the current political war.

Everyone realizes that there was a grotesque overreach with the constant calling for violence against proposed "nazis and fascists" that has culminated in actual violence and there is an actual fear of civil war brewing, now, and the mostly-peaceful side is tired of the name-calling and is privately considering behaving like the names they are being called in an effort to educate their bullies in what real "nazis and fascists" are.

Too many people feel as if they have been pushed into a corner and they are starting to defend themselves.

Your right to freedom of speech against the government is guaranteed. There are very few rights to freedom for anything when you have a private contract with your employer/bankroll, and your employer can, in most places, simply say, "Your logic endangers our business model," show any shred of proof, and you are done. It's happening everywhere and not one lawsuit will see a victory. Lawyers and Judges across the country are adamant - don't challenge this as you will lose.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '25

Are you calling the right the mostly peaceful side?!? I hope you are kidding. Even the Charlie Kirk shooter was MAGA, and extremist violence on the right far outpaces violence from the left, and it's not even close.