I never cared that much about Kimmel, but I deeply cared about the government silencing him through company coercion.
I guess the C suite folks miscalculated people giving a shit about the First Amendment.
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Same, I'm not a Kimmel fan but this crossed a line.
Disney wants Kimmel to tone down his rhetoric, as well as provide an apology to Charlie Kirk's family and donate to his right-wing organization, Turning Point USA
Ahahaha, fuck Disney!
Apparently they had a reconciliation meeting with Kimmel this week, asked him to do all this, and Jimmy's counteroffer was to give the same fuck-off speech he had planned to give anyway. This is how it should be done.
Jimmy was hired to tell jokes and that's what he did. It's donny who started the insults. Jimmy did nothing but react to donny's craziness like decent people do.
People seem to forget that the "Cancel" wave of the '10s mostly gave birth to a bunch of big ticket comedy specials titled "Can't Shut Me Up" and "The Snowflake Melting Tour".
Kimmel's only going to get louder for all of this.
Seriously, people just need to have a backbone.
Kimmel already has "fuck you" money and has proven he can write well enough to sit in any writers room in Hollywood. He can ride off into the sunset and fund some production company and do just fine and say whatever he wants.
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Oh, I'm sure they expected backlash, but they had a choice between the public's wrath and trump's wrath, and like good little cowardly capitulators, they chose pleasing trump over standing up for their (and all of our) first amendment rights.
What they still don't realize is they chose pleasing Trump FOR NOW. He will never be truly satisfied and will ask for more and more until he's finally dead. Nothing has ever been enough for him. And these dumbasses are playing right into it.
Because despite popular belief, the left has never been good at cancel culture. That's always been a right-wing thing. And they are aware of that. So I'm sure they were shocked that the left could boycott in an effective way like the right has in the past.
Just look at the Charlie Kirk aftermath. How many people lost their jobs because they showed the wrong emotion and posted about it? I haven't heard of a single person on the right fired for threatening retaliatory violence.
How many jokes did I hear about Nancy Pelosi's husband?
That's the thing that actively pisses me off the most. The right has been fucking monsters when it comes to their reactions to violence like that. Absolute, psychopathic, proudly hypocritical monsters, willing to joke about an elderly man being assaulted in his home because he happened to be the husband of a Democrat. And silence when asked about whether urging their sick followers to commit violence might be leading their sick followers to commit violence.
And the murders that took place in Minnesota a few months ago? Jokes and silence there, too.
But a late-night comedian says something that isn't even disrespectful or in any way condones violence, just acknowledges the kind of person Kirk was... and they lose their fucking minds.
Always remember this, folks: It's all performative. They don't actually care. They know Kimmel didn't say a goddamn thing that could be interpreted as support for violence. They know.
Time to tap the "Wilhoit's Law" sign again:
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
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Gaza Genocide Still Happening
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Epstein Files Still Not Released
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There are many fronts to fight on, yes.
And the war in Ukraine rages on past the 24 hour promise Trump made, currently at 24300% overdue.
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They can't bring him back because they don't want to piss of Tump.
They can't keep him off air and not lose paying customers.
There is no fixing this. They made their choice, now suffer the consequences.
They can't bring him back because they don't want to piss of Tump.
Everything else is inconsequential. This is the essence of the problem. We're not supposed to be living in a country where anyone should be afraid to make fun of or piss off the president. He's not a king and he's not an emperor. He is a replaceable employee of the government.
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Gone nowhere have they? I can't imagine why.
These are the times that try men's souls. They are also the times that put the "Fuck You" in "Fuck You Money".
Jimmy did nothing wrong but they want him to apologise AND donate to a hate group? Fuck that bullshit.
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don't believe a word of this
I think they barely cared, and still don’t care. It barely constitutes a footnote.
“A larger amount of subscribers will ‘churn’ this month and we have reason to believe most will be back to watch the next season of Andor.”
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Too late bitches.
I'll never pay to watch anything Disney ever again.
I'll watch it.
But I'm not paying for it.
The fash who've been trying to cancel Disney for being woke are probably envious of this energy.
What's this, the predictable consequences of my actions? Well I never.
So they're gonna uncancel Kimmel, right? Or are they gonna fire even more of their own talent that has been speaking out against their fealty to fascists?
Didn't they try to but he refused to accept their terms by not apologizing? (I don't watch Kimmel but he earned my respect for that.)
Same, I don't dislike Kimmel but just never really watched him. Still cancelled Disney+ even though I have a kid that will be very angry not having Bluey on demand.
It's us against them for at least the next ~3.5 years (hopefully not longer),
Well personally I'd go the piracy route and get Stremio + Torrentio + Real-Debrid. That way the kid will stay happy and you'll sleep easy knowing that you're not giving Disney a single cent.
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I will lose all respect for Kimmel and refuse to watch him if he accepts their proposal to make an apology and donation. Nothing he said warrants that. Plus unless he switches to constantly kissing Trump & MEGA asses, they will be trying to shut him down again in the near future. Unless Trump is gone, all US media will soon be propaganda only. Maybe he can get picked up in the UK or EU or Canada instead.
Wasn't TELLING him to donate a considerable amount extortion? No one merely suggested he make a contribution. Hmm. I think Kimmel's lawyers won't let him accept their proposal.
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Too late, Disney. We fucking saw what you did.
Hey, Disney shareholders! Wanna know what'll get us to start watching Marvel movies or Star Wars or Pixar again? I'll bet you do! And it'll be easy.
Just demand the resignations of any person who decided to bow to fascism. Give them all the boot. Show them the door. Then bring in folks who actually give a shit about whether or not this country remains viable as a place to do business beyond this fucking quarter. Oh, and while you're at it, get some diversity, equity, and inclusion going on.
Who are you worried about losing by doing that? Right-wing conservatives? They already hate you, and watch Veggie Tales instead! Stop trying to cater to people who think your whole business model - depicting strong princesses for kids - is evil incarnate because they're not barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen.
Ball's in your court, Disney!
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Remember the end of the lion king when scar gets eaten by his army of hyenas?
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The only way to fix this is through Trump. Enjoy your match against Trump, Disney. We will be entertained.
I guess everybody knows this anyhow, but please make sure to remember:
If you just watched the above, however, and are now wondering why, as Kimmel's jabs weren't aimed at Kirk, but Trump, then you've hit on precisely why the backlash against Disney's Jimmy Kimmel decision is growing – and why it's not likely to stop any time soon.
Further:
Reportedly, Disney wants Kimmel to tone down his rhetoric, as well as provide an apology to Charlie Kirk's family and donate to his right-wing organization, Turning Point USA, suggestions that have only served to increase the backlash.
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The feeling is that CEO Bob Iger and Disney Entertainment Co-Chairman Dana Walden caved too easily to MAGA pressure and manufactured outrage once again.
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I want the executives to come out now and say "look this was an honest mistake, we're terribly sorry we let it appear that we continue to support and bend the knee to a dictator."
Then watch as all the people who cancelled Disney+ and Hulu not give a flying fuck.
The freedom of speech, is arguably the most important right we have. Without it? We have no rights. The second amendment becomes useless. The third becomes useless. There becomes no point in having the fourth. The fifth becomes unusable. The sixth becomes needless effort. The seventh is pointless, as then double jeopardy can just be said it ISNT double jeopardy because the government says so and your arguments against it are illegal speech. 8 and 9 pretty much mean you can't voice opinions that would affect those two. And 10 can no longer be argued against the executive.
Trump and ABC, in my mind, crossed a line that they were foolish to cross before they had concrete power. They have too much power now, but they do not have nearly enough to squash the entire country in opposition.
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I do not know a lot about Germany and the Nazi’s but I do know some companies were in on it. Who was the Paramount and Disney of that era in Germany? Who were the first to support the party in a significant way like this?
The Holocaust could not have happened without IBM.
IBM should have been broken up and sold off after WWII for collaborating with the Nazis.
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Seriously? Fucking how did they not expect this? These companies were already facing a festering hatred for the past several years, how on earth could they claim to be surprised? Come on, these executives are idiots, but they aren't stupid.
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Good write up.
Is it me, or is ScreenRant pulling a BuzzFeed? AKA building respectable journalism atop its SEO clickfarm?
The hero we need, and don’t deserve…
They didn't expect people cancelling? Oh boy then Disney has much bigger problems than this.
Pretty much everyone I know in Switzerland and Germany has cancelled their Disney+ subscription yesterday.
Also many German speaking comedians are urging everyone who hasn’t cancelled yet to do so immediately.
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Scrambling To Fix It
I'd hardly call their negotiation offers "fixing" it. "Scrambling" is accurate enough though.
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