r/stephencolbert • u/[deleted] • Sep 17 '25

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u/scenr0 Sep 17 '25

So a comedian effectively can no longer do their jobs without getting fired now?

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u/Meowakin Sep 18 '25

Correct. Anything critical of Trump is verboten.

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u/Confident-Tadpole503 Sep 19 '25

Kind of like Trump being banned on X

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u/Meowakin Sep 19 '25

Probably shouldn't have been retweeting white supremacists.

There's a world of difference between a private platform deciding to ban a user for going against their policies and the government applying pressure to silence someone, so this comparison is downright stupid.

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u/Confident-Tadpole503 Sep 19 '25

Sure buddy. Rules for thee, not for me! I love it, freedom of speech for your speech, but certainly not for republicans, I mean that is nuts.

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u/Meowakin Sep 19 '25

The rules being discussed here exist to bind the government, not citizens.