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These guys are about as generic lib as it gets, but axing Kimmel and Colbert feels significant in terms of the swelling of fascism. Even these nerds firing off nerf dart zingers are no longer being tolerated.
My take exactly. From what I was able to find of Kimmel's comments he wasn't even making fun of Kirk's death so much as he was (correctly) pointing out that the Trump administration is trying to use it cynically for politics. Even milquetoast 'dissent' from the jesters of our time is no longer allowed in the mainstream.
Exactly, it wasn't even as edgy as 2000's bush era daily show got
the few minutes i listened to were not even about charlie himself, but about trump. thin-skinned as always
what's the worst thing he even said about kirk without making me listen?
He said nothing about Kirk. He said that the MAGA people are doing everything they can to make the shooter appear as "not one of theirs" and then he attacked Trump for treating Kirk dying like a four year old treats a goldfish dying. That's it.
In that clip he didn't reference Kirk directly just the event iirc.
Yea as much as there's a knee jerk reaction to not defend shitlibs it's not a great sign for anybody that "Uhhhh hey Mr cheeto? ..... YA FIRED!" Is being labeled as sufficient reason to cancel multiple late night shows that have been going on for decades.
Imagine what they'll all agree the reasonable solution is to people who think like us.
Yep pretty much. Like nothing of value lost, sure, but the principle of it is fascism 101. It's absolutely fucked.
A few people have already pointed this out in the replies, here is the quoted bit, then he sets up for a cutaway to the awesome Trump appearance on Fox and Friends where he's bragging about the new ballroom
Like okay, taken in the absolute least charitable way, and Kimmel is saying Robinson is MAGA? But I think a reasonable interpretation is that he's saying exactly what we witnessed, Republicans scrambling to try to pin Robinson's identity as .... anything other than one of them.
Link if interested, hardly required for context IMO
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
My gut though says Kimmel and Colbert were targeted not specifically because of how intense their jokes were, but because they're guys on TV and old people know about them.