Social Jimmy Kimmel gets Canceled

[markg171]

This needs to be repeated...

Kimmel did not imply let alone say that Robinson was MAGA.

What he said was that MAGA people had been characterizing Robinson as anything but one of them trying to score points against their opponents.

Which means, plain and simple, that MAGA is using everything about Robinson that is against their own views ("see, this murderer is a woke, trans loving, leftist") as a way to use Kirk's death for ammunition against the left.

That's what he said.

Is it a good point? No it's banal, since the left does the same with its selective outrage, calling everyone who does something against one of their own a Nazi, fascist, white supremacist, racist, whatever. Kimmel was reiterating the platitude that the right is now weaponizing bad things that happen against their own to draw political capital against the left. Well, duh. It is true, but trivially so, since it is a ubiquitous phenomenon.

But it's not a mockery of or offense to Kirk's passing in any way, let alone something that warrants cancelling a guy.

In any case, even if he had said that Robinson was MAGA, that would be empirically wrong at worst, but it just doesn't make sense. "They pretend he wasn't one of them but he is!" Is that what people think Kimmel said? If you do, you need to go back to school for reading comprehension.

Some people here have been lobotomized by their biases.

Robinson was anything but MAGA though, which is why he killed Charlie Kirk for being MAGA. It's kinda an important part, even if you want to say that's what Kimmel really meant and just accidentally said something that could been seen as Kimmel calling Robinson MAGA.

"MAGA folks notice leftists want to murder them" isn't the story, and you know very well that even under this interpretation Kimmel framed it this way instead of simply commentating on the recent discoveries about Robinson's life because that would look bad on the left.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

The Federal Communications Commission Chair, Brendan Carr, sharply criticized the remarks and said there could be regulatory consequences for ABC/Disney. He also told them they “do this the easy way or the hard way.". The FCC Chairman said this before ABC suspended him and that is why you see so many picking that option

And?
That's supposed to be upsetting?
Quote me when Jimmy Kimmel is charged for a crime for what he said.

 

[MrShady]

This is one of those cases where you initially say "good fuck him" but then when you ask for the reason of his cancellation and watch the clip you say "really though? For that?!"

Pathetic people celebrating this as if it's a "win". Lots of people getting exposed further for having no principles, just enjoying the power their "side" is wielding at the moment. Then in 3 years when the dems get power back, these same pathetic sherdoggers will be whining about the subject of cancel culture or whatever.

 

[heloder]

He's not allowed to use the Presidency to direct the government against peoples speech, which he hasn't done so.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/18/jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-fcc-carr.html

Not according to the head of the FCC, shit head. Now what?

 

[krelianx]

Robinson was anything but MAGA though, which is why he killed Charlie Kirk for being MAGA. It's kinda an important part, even if you want to say that's what Kimmel really meant and just accidentally said something that could been seen as Kimmel calling Robinson MAGA.

"MAGA folks notice leftists want to murder them" isn't the story, and you know very well that even under this interpretation Kimmel framed it this way instead of simply commentating on the recent discoveries about Robinson's life because that would look bad on the left.

No.

Robinson killed Kirk because he is a mentally deranged, sick guy. Not being MAGA or being a leftist explains why someone wouldn't agree with or even hate Kirk. Not murder them. To point out that the murderer is "anything but what they are" MAGA is trying to use the fact that Robinson killed Kirk to attack the left and "score points." Which is capitalizing and exploiting murder to depict the left as a whole as ideologically complicit with or even responsible for this.

That's what Kimmel said and implied, and no amount of interpretative contortions will twist this to warrant him being fired.

This is not about Robinson's political views, since this happens around the globe by lunatics from the left and the right. And using these examples as ways to discredit or assault the ideology of the opponent is opportunism in action.

Which is what Kimmel was arguing.

 

[chrisdiaz]

Guy got fired for lying on TV and his bosses didnt like it. Same thing would happen to you if you lied about something at work.

 

[joy2day]

He got fired because Trump hates him, and used his crony at the FCC to threaten a parent company already enormously in the pocket for reactionaries

Yeah, I've heard claims of similar political reasons for other payouts and firings. Kimmel did say something stupid to give them a reason (or an excuse) to get away with it, but I would agree there are power abuse problems if presidents are getting people fired from TV shows.

 

[Rational Poster]

You seem to be enormously trying to dodge the fact that Kimmel made his comments 5 days AFTER the shooting, and AFTER the assassin had been caught and their motives identified.

His comment would've still been disgusting but somewhat defensible if he made it on Wednesday when Charlie was killed, on Thursday when the suspect hadn't been caught yet, and maybe even possibly on Friday after they were. Making it on Monday after all those details were revealed over the weekend is egregiously malicious or incompetent.

I'm not dodging anything. I am fully aware of the sequence of events. You are still ignorantly or dishonestly trying to claim that he lied about the shooter being MAGA on purpose. He did not.

All he was saying was that MAGA was more interesting in deflecting blame to anyone but MAGA, not that the shooter was MAGA.

You are ignoring or are completely unaware that Kimmel said this immediately following the shooting nearly a weak before the show aired.

 

[Rational Poster]

Hey chin up dude. Kimmel might be back. All it will take is a personal apology and a sizeable donation to Turning Point USA. It's not like he was murdered

Why would Kimmel come back when he can sue them all and not have to work a day for the rest of his life?

 

[Rational Poster]

Guy got fired for lying on TV and his bosses didnt like it. Same thing would happen to you if you lied about something at work.

This is a lie.

 

[joy2day]

"We can do this the easy way or the hard way." Threat?



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[LangfordBarrow]

Don't do things that negatively impact your employer . Fairly simple. Keep your stupid comments to conversations at the dinner table or the comforts of your own home.

Negatively impact his employer? By offending the President who then abuses his power to cancel his critics? This is out of the Chavez Venezuela or Erdogan Turkey authoritarian playbook.

 

[Crazy Source]

This is one of those cases where you initially say "good fuck him" but then when you ask for the reason of his cancellation and watch the clip you say "really though? For that?!"

Pathetic people celebrating this as if it's a "win". Lots of people getting exposed further for having no principles, just enjoying the power their "side" is wielding at the moment. Then in 3 years when the dems get power back, these same pathetic sherdoggers will be whining about the subject of cancel culture or whatever.

Then those same doggers will develop amnesia about this event.

 

[krelianx]

I'm not dodging anything. I am fully aware of the sequence of events. You are still ignorantly or dishonestly trying to claim that he lied about the shooter being MAGA on purpose. He did not.

All he was saying was that MAGA was more interesting in deflecting blame to anyone but MAGA, not that the shooter was MAGA.

You are ignoring or are completely unaware that Kimmel said this immediately following the shooting nearly a weak before the show aired.

This, it is astonishing people will allow their own political biases to completely warp even their basic reading comprehension. It shows how screwed up we are.

 

[BudKing8806]

Why would Kimmel come back when he can sue them all and not have to work a day for the rest of his life?

If there was some legit govt overreach, I hope he does sue.

 

[CantCucktheTuck]

Why would Kimmel come back when he can sue them all and not have to work a day for the rest of his life?

fan fiction is all you have left.

 

[Rational Poster]

If there was some legit govt overreach, I hope he does sue.

I mean, there's a reason he hasn't said anything and declined to comment to press as he left last night.

He's assembling an army of lawyers.

Of course there was overreach, the FCC director was threatening the networks like he's a fucking mafia boss.

 

[CantCucktheTuck]

I mean, there's a reason he hasn't said anything and declined to comment to press as he left last night.

He's assembling an army of lawyers.

Of course there was overreach, the FCC director was threatening the networks like he's a fucking mafia boss.

he hasn't said anything?........might wanna do some quick googling.

 

[Confucamus]

No you’re cool with cancel culture because you won’t refute it… who is exactly is soft here? You, that changes your beliefs when it’s convenient

If, at the height of the BLM riots in 2020, a late night talk show host said George Floyd's death was not the result of police brutality and BLM was lying by blaming the police, nobody would've bat an eye at them getting suspended. You absolutely would not have. That would be needlessly inflaming tensions that could have caused more violence. That's not cancel culture. Kimmel intentionally lied and that could have caused tensions to rise. He's being held accountable by his network. Even if it was cancel culture, nobody wants to hear you whine about being eaten by the monster you helped create.

Even AI can give you a few examples if you cared to look.

Examples of prominent figures fired or forced to resign

• Greg Glassman (CrossFit CEO): Stepped down in June 2020 after tweeting "It's FLOYD-19" in response to a statement that racism is a public health crisis. Audio also revealed him telling employees, "We're not mourning for George Floyd".
• Craig Gore (Producer): A producer for an SVU spinoff was fired in June 2020 after making inflammatory Facebook posts about looters during the protests.
• Grant Napear (Kings Broadcaster): A Sacramento Kings announcer lost his job after tweeting "ALL LIVES MATTER" in response to DeMarcus Cousins' question about his stance on Black Lives Matter.
• Hal Marx (Petal, Mississippi Mayor): Was criticized for social media comments suggesting that Floyd's death was caused by an overdose or heart attack, and that if "you say you can't breathe, you're breathing".

 

[Islam Imamate]

Why would Kimmel come back when he can sue them all and not have to work a day for the rest of his life?

Don't you think law firms would hesitate to represent Kimmel? Trump has already retaliated against more than a few law firms for having worked with people he has vendettas against, whose to say someone like Kimmel won't have a hard time finding proper counsel when they know the POTUS might retaliate against their firm?