The Kimmel incident and free speech

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1. Carlin vs FCC in 1973 already relegated adult conversation and colorful political commentary to the late night slots to protect the children (who Carlin so often used as a symbolic punching bag in lieu of the cowards that decided that case 5-4). What happens now feels like yet another step back for public adult conversation and commentary in the land of the free where hate speech is normalized from the highest office on down and any dissension from approved boot licking is put back in its place by the threat of the heavy balled up fist of the government and its sycophants.

2. Mr Carr is full of and eating shit with both hands and also the author of the chapter about the FCC in that infamous Project 2025 contract with MAGAmerica, chapter that he opened with these words: “The FCC should promote freedom of speech.” I wonder if his definition of the word “promote” rhymes with ”garrote”.

3. You know America has reached a new low point when

the liberals are muzzled for pointing fingers at fascists on late night Disney TV slots (starting with the forgotten Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart canceling) and

we thank corporate America for giving us back that last sliver of loincloth to cover up our game of democratic make believe in which billionaires are duking it out year after year in picking Tweedle DeeMoCreaky or Tweedle DumpsterFire as their, pardon, OUR champion.

A nation that once gave the middle finger to a king and an empire has come a long way since, bending the knee to an unclothed wanna-be emperor of a crumbling empire.

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Sidebar: Who was Charlie Kirk (from the interwebs):

Charlie Kirk a fost un antreprenor politic de manual, un „gun for hire” care a transformat propaganda intr-un business de milioane (vreo $85 Mil in 2024, estimare de dublare in 2025!).
Startup-ul politic: Turning Point USA
La doar 18 ani, Kirk a fondat Turning Point USA (TPUSA). Nu a terminat facultatea, dar a intuit un model de afacere mai banos decat orice MBA: propaganda pe bani grei. Cu sprijin initial de la conservatorul militant William Montgomery (co-fondator) si apoi de la miliardarul ultra-conservator Foster Friess, Kirk a ridicat o organizatie care, in 2020, raporta venituri de peste 39 milioane de dolari si peste 150 de angajati iar anul trecut vreo $85 milioane si 300 de angajați

Bani si lifestyle

ProPublica a aratat in 2020 ca TPUSA facea „declaratii financiare inselatoare” si ca liderii se imbogateau pe spatele activismului. Salariul lui Kirk a crescut de la 27.000 $ la peste 325.000 $ anual. Intre timp, omul isi lua aparftament de 855.000 $ in Florida si o mosie de $4.3 Mil prin Arizona. Capitalism pur, impachetat in cruciada morala. La momentul mortii averea antreprenorului era (speculativ) estimata la $12 Milioane.