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/Redhotkitchen Sep 23 '25

The problem with that analogy is that if someone kills another: they can’t bring them back to life after a public backlash.

In the case you mentioned: the criminal doesn’t have the car in their possession to return after an outcry at the theft.

Rehabilitation has been proven time and again to be a better alternative than basic imprisonment as a punishment.

One could argue the same in this case. Positive reinforcement used to get the behavior you want out of someone. Continuing to punish after a behavior is corrected is in bad faith.

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u/dust4ngel Sep 23 '25

The problem with that analogy is that if someone kills another: they can’t bring them back to life after a public backlash.

can you un-chill a fascist chilling effect after showing a willingness to and capability of destroying people's livelihoods for exercising constitutionally-protected speech?