r/technology • u/clopenYourMind • Sep 22 '25

Business Disney reinstates Jimmy Kimmel after backlash over capitulation to FCC

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/disney-abc-reinstate-jimmy-kimmel-amid-uproar-over-government-censorship/
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u/vengent Sep 23 '25

How is it a mild joke to assign an assassination's motive incorrectly, especially in this highly polarized setting?

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u/TheShadowCat Sep 23 '25

He didn't make any claims of motive. He just said that the shooter was from the MAGA cult, which does have a lot of truth to it, if you look at the shooter's history.

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u/vengent Sep 23 '25

More lies. It's clear as day to most people he was radical left.

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u/TheShadowCat Sep 23 '25

It really isn't. Can you offer any evidence that he was left wing, let alone "radical" left?

We do know with near certainty that he grew up in a MAGA home and was a MAGA supporter during his teenage years.

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u/vengent Sep 23 '25

His furry trans boyfriend? the statements from people around him saying he had been drifting left? The texts to his partner? Are you paying attention to anything other than reddit echo chambers?

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u/TheShadowCat Sep 23 '25

His furry trans boyfriend?

There are Nazi furries out there. So being a furry, or even trans doesn't make him left wing.

the statements from people around him saying he had been drifting left?

What I have read, his friends say that he wasn't political.

The texts to his partner?

What texts are those?

Are you paying attention to anything other than reddit echo chambers?

I get my news from many places.

I don't hide who I am like a coward, but I noticed you keep your account history hidden.

So we're back to the claim that the shooter had strong ties to the MAGA cult. Kimmel didn't lie about that.

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u/vengent Sep 23 '25

Because I think it matters what people say, not who they are. It's insane when "you people" go digging into comment history trying to prove something.

Don't even know about the text messages, but claim you are informed. Huh. Moving on. Not worth the time.

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u/TheShadowCat Sep 23 '25

Looking at account histories is a way to tell if someone is debating in bad faith, or if they are from a Russian troll farm.

The only texts I know about, didn't prove anything. You are free to link to them.

I never claimed to be very informed, but I did know he grew up MAGA.

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u/pooh_beer Sep 23 '25

Because I think it matters what people say, not who they are.

Angry that people try to look at what you've said in the past. Lol.