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Kimmel said nothing remotely celebratory. He literally condemned the violence and mildly suggested the right was using his death to score political points. (AKA the truth which you can't deny.)
Barr said "conservative" things? You mean absolutely vile racist shit? Yeah I guess that tracks. There's one little fucking difference though, the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT didn't call for her firing. ABC can fire whoever they want, but you have to be fucking blind to not see the government putting their hand on the scale here. That's blatantly unconstitutional.
Where did I say Barr said “conservative things”? You literally just made something up and then had a go at me for it lol
Kimmel flat out lied and said that the shooter of Charlie Kirk was “one of their own” in regards to “MAGA”. He said this to push his liberal leftist political ideology, to paint the shooter as a “MAGA”. We know with 100% certainty, and had known for a long time before Kimmel said this, that he was a leftist. His own parents told us this. His friends and colleagues said this. His trans furry boyfriend’s text conversations confirmed this (as if the existence of a trans furry boyfriend didn’t already confirm it lol).
Kimmel blatantly lied, on public tv, to push his political ideologies.
Kimmel said MAGA was desperate to prove the shooter wasn't one of them. That is literally true, they immediately started spinning stories before facts were known. At the time it was still unclear what was going on, which is probably why Kimmel didn't say the shooter was MAGA and only that MAGA was currently trying to prove he wasn't.
Also, in the US you are allowed to lie for political reasons all you want. Even if we assume that Kimmel somehow knew the motivation of the shooter and then lied about it, that doesn't change the fact that he has a right to freedom of speech.
Would it make sense for a MAGA supporter to assassinate one of the biggest MAGA proponents?
Also you’re getting what he said wrong. He said they’re desperately trying to prove it’s anyone but one of their own, implying that it is one of their own. When he said this we KNEW the shooter was a leftist - we had his parents confirming it, his friends, his colleagues, his chats, his trans furry boyfriend……
Freedom of speech means the government can’t prosecute you for what you say. How do you guys still not understand this? ABC are not the government. ABC fired him for what he said.
And no, you can’t just say whatever lies you want on tv - the FCC has rules around what can be said on free to air tv.