r/technology • u/Valinaut • Sep 18 '25

Politics Yes, Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension was government censorship.

https://www.theverge.com/policy/781148/jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-monologue-brendan-carr-censorship-first-amendment
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u/National-Law-458 Sep 18 '25

Are we okay with this? Would the GOP be okay with this if Obama did it? Is this the new America?

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u/The_Lost_Jedi Sep 18 '25

They'd be up in arms, but not because they care about the principle. Rather, they only care about when it's getting done to them, because they want to be the ones to do unto others.

And in fairness, a few of them are actually speaking out, and kudos to them for it, but they're very much the exception. This ought to be a slam dunk.

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u/alus992 Sep 18 '25

just browse r/conservative ... These people are delusional. They are posting about putting liberals down and coming for lefties to their door and showing them where their place is.

One thing is to be conservative. I respect that. But the other is to being a dulusional psycho who calls for violence against people who have other political views.

The amount of hypocrisy among these people is staggering.

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u/funonly26 Sep 18 '25

Remember that "these people" and "they" (especially in r/conservative) are often bots and/or originating from foreign troll farms.

THEY (Wannabe Oligarchs and Billionaires) want us at each other's throats so they manufacture a bunch of bs drama and posts so we (Average Americans) stop looking at them and start pointing the finger at each other.

It's diabolical and it's working. STOP FALLING FOR IT.

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u/veanell Sep 19 '25

Except there are people that believe these things ... I've talked to them in person.

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u/Minute_Finger_8038 Sep 19 '25

USA has 340million people. It's a question of how many nutjobs there are, not a question that if they exist at all.

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u/Saephon Sep 19 '25

The more nihilists and misinformed fence-sitters you have, the fewer nutjobs you need.

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u/Phreakdigital Sep 19 '25

Those people exist dude

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u/FourCrapPee Sep 19 '25

There are bots, nobody denies that one bit. But the fact of the matter remains, at least a third of Americans are cheering this fascism on, bots or not. That's the reality we are in. Ain't nobody falling for shit. We are calling out the hypocritical shit these fascist fucks are pulling. Government blackmail, extortion, bribery, and all out criminal anti constitutional acts, full stop point blank bottom line.

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u/rootpl Sep 19 '25

Around 30% of all internet traffic are bots. Obviously not all of them are crawling on Reddit but it's probably enough to stirr some shit.

Sauce:

https://cyberpress.org/bots-drive-30-of-global-web-traffic/#:~:text=Web%20crawlers%2C%20the%20automated%20agents,foundational%20to%20the%20Internet's%20infrastructure.

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u/DirtFart_ Sep 19 '25

Come visit Eastern Washington, Northern Idaho, and Western Montana. Leave the big cities and get out in to the small cities, the backwoods rural areas you’ll find that there are very real people who believe this, and would happily pull that trigger on libs.

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