• aceshigh@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    He was fired because that was the plan when Colbert was fired. They literally said he was next.

    • Optional@lemmy.world
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      21 hours ago

      Okay but why in that way - during the taping of a show? That doesn’t seem very “planned”. That seems like a desperate rush.

      Over the weekend would have been smoother. Hell, just about any other way would have been smoother.

      They gave Colbert another year.

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        20 hours ago

        Someone in the administration (not Trump obviously) is smart enough to know to strike while the iron is hot. Use the Charlie Kirk killing to justify all kinds of shit that they want to do anyway while they have an angry army of supporters to shout down anyone who dares to speak up against their actions.

        They were always going to declare antifa a “terrorist organization.” They were always going to come after Kimmel. They were always going to put democrats on lists to be investigated. The MAGA anger over Kirk’s killing just gave them the opportunity to speed up the timeline and they couldn’t let it go to waste.

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        20 hours ago

        Colbert getting canned was a test. They saw they could get away with it, so now gloves are off and off Kimmel goes in one night.

        Everything they do is a test to see if they can get away with something. If they do, they ratchet up to the next horrendous idea.

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          20 hours ago

          I don’t doubt they wanted to gauge reactions. I doubt ABC was part of that in any way.

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            8 hours ago

            Sorry I can’t gauge your sarcasm I just watched Anne Rice bullshit. So just in case:

            When asked by Jonathan Karl at ABC News asks

            What do you make of Pam Bondi saying she’s gonna go after hate speech? I mean, a lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech

            Krasnov responds

            [I] should probably go after people like you, because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your heart. Maybe they’ll come after ABC.

            And a few days later an open loudmouthed and funny critic of Krasnov gets fired at ABC. No connection whatsoever.

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            18 hours ago

            Whether they were or weren’t, they didn’t try to stand up and say no. That’s all the information I need.