I wasn’t going to jump into this particular sewer, but here we are. My frequent readers know how I feel about the Charlie Kirk’s honor killing. He had to be taken out for the greater good of our nation. I will not apologize for that and I am not afraid of being cancelled. So far, no one’s exposed me to my employer and no one, to my knowledge, has doxxed me. Yet. Even if those things happen, I am prepared to accept the consequences.
It’s my belief that Kirk’s alleged killer is a true American hero and a genuine patriot through and through. He saw the need for something to be done and he did it: he took Kirk out. The only thing I dislike about that incident is that Kirk died instantly. He felt no pain whereas he should have felt the strongest pain possible for longest time possible.
Kirk said some awful, hateful things and he had to be held accountable. I am pleased with how he was forced to face accountability. There can be no kind words about him. Yes, I am aware that both the Senate and the House have passed a resolution that will designate one day next month to honor Kirk’s memory. There’s nothing anyone can do about it except to hope that the House speaks out against it.
No, Kirk does not deserve a special day. He should only be remembered as a hateful person with vile views. So I say, on October 14th, let’s make it also a day to celebrate his death and the good that it has done America. The Senate and the House can have their day and I say the rest of us, those true patriots of our nation, should stand up and party to show the world how decent Americans feel about Kirk. I’m actually going to get to work on that and make it happen, at least in some form.
But let’s get on to the point of this article.
Along comes the now former late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel. He was humiliated when Disney, through its ABC television network, dumped him and, I’m told, was informed about it in a matter of minutes before the taping of his next show began. Now why was he pulled off the air at the literal last minute?
Kimmel made some disgusting remarks about Kirk and the Make America Great Again movement and he faced a lot of well-deserved splashback as a result. No one gets to call MAGA supporters such as myself a “gang.” It’s a four-letter word that should cost him everything.
His exact words?
‘The MAGA gang [is] desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
Well, we are not a gang. We are Americans who have basic decency, morals and we have truth on our side. That enrages Kimmel, who has none of those things going for him. As far as his other words, MAGA is a movement and not everyone in that movement believes the exact same thing. Me? I consider his alleged killer a MAGA hero. As for scoring political points, I’m not seeing that, so Kimmel clearly pulled that out of his hateful ass.
The big issue here, at least for me, is that he called us a “gang.” That word carries negative connotations and it is not an accurate description of MAGA Americans. We are a movement. We are true patriots. Gangs are just horrible. We are not gangs. We are not horrible.
Nexstar, a major owner of television stations and a prior employer, announced that they would be pre-empting Kimmel’s little show indefinitely. Even the Federal Communications Commission was prepared to do the right thing. On a podcast, the leader of the FCC implied that he would consider revoking the broadcast licenses of any ABC affiliate who aired his show. That’s a serious consequence for airing hate speech, but the stations would deserve it.
Another broadcast group and former employer, Sinclair Broadcast Group, spoke out, though they only demanded that he apologize and donate to some cause or another. They should have demanded his personal ouster. They had a chance to lay it on thick, and they failed. But then again, back when I worked for them, they never did the right thing, at least in my opinion.
Within minutes of the FCC and Nexstar situation becoming public, Disney put a statement of its own, announcing that Kimmel would be off the air immediately and indefinitely. When the financial security of a major network and their affiliates, at least those who air Kimmel’s show, are called into question, things tend to happen rather quickly. Funny how that works. I choose to believe that the FCC would have been prepared to make words reality.
The truth of the matter is that the FCC should revoke the licenses of any television station who airs Kimmel’s show. For right now anyway, it’s a moot point, but you don’t get to air hate speech such as Kimmel’s and expect to keep your license. You don’t get to do that and expect advertisers to do business with you.
If Kimmel hadn’t been yanked off the air without warning, I would absolutely support an advertiser boycott until said advertisers cut all ties with the network or at least Kimmel’s show. Let the advertisers feel the pain of a customer boycott, even if it costs innocent employees and their families severe financial hardship.
No station should air Kimmel and think that they’ll be able to remain in business. But again, this is all moot, at least for the moment.
Kimmel deserves every bad thing that is happening to him right now. He deserves nothing good given his little outburst on his show. But do you know who does not deserve bad things? His staff. Because of his selfishness, close to 200 people will receive their last paychecks this coming Friday.
Clearly, Kimmel put his own selfish agenda ahead of the well-being of his employees and, more importantly those employees’ families, especially their children. For that, and for calling us a “gang,” Kimmel should be shunned and blacklisted for the rest of his life. The things that he said were disgusting and can neither be forgiven nor forgotten.
I have to wonder if Kimmel considered the potential impact of his words before he walked out onto the stage and spewed his vile brand of hate speech. I can answer that: no, he did not. In his world, it’s all about Jimmy and to hell with everyone else. He basically spat in the eyes of all of his employees, their spouses and, again, the innocent children who will suffer. What grown man would spit in the eye of a child? Kimmel!
Oh, and CNN states his staffers suffered consequences too. Some of them were doxxed and many received death threats. On the one hand, when you work for Kimmel, you deserve everything bad that happens to you. But those children shouldn’t suffer threats to their safety. I don’t care what you want to do to a Kimmel staffer or two. They deserve that for working for him. But never put the children in harm’s way!
Not everyone has as many zeroes in their bank balances as Kimmel does and Kimmel obviously lost sight of that fact before he spoke without considering the ramifications of his words. Does Kimmel care about what he did? I don’t think so. Yesterday, he was seen at a law firm, so rather than holding himself accountable and walking away, he’s most likely going to sue, sue, sue.
Only scumbags sue in situations such as this. Decent adults will recognize that they did wrong and they will accept the consequences of their actions. True adults won’t run to an attorney when they want to be exempt from being held accountable. Obviously, Kimmel is no adult. He is a manchild who is too arrogant to dust himself off and walk away, leaving financially abused employees and their families in his wake.
Sadly, some media reports are that they will fold like a cheap suit and allow him to return, at least in some capacity. If they have any sense of decency, they will stand tall and never bring Kimmel back. They would be foolish to do so, at least for now, because Kimmel is now radioactive.
CNN reported that:
“[The FCC chairman] publicly stating that Disney was at risk to lose its local broadcast licenses was a ‘real, serious threat’ for all of ABC, a source familiar with the situation told CNN.”
For those readers who do not know what that means, it means that just like you can’t legally operate vehicle without a license, you cannot legally operate a radio or a television station legally, which would render said station to bring in revenue, thereby shutting that station down and thereby costing untold numbers of people their paychecks.
There was the very real threat of an affiliate mutiny and an extremely real threat off FCC fines and/or broadcast licenses around the nation being revoked, and rightfully so, so Disney/ABC had no choice but to cut ties. They not only made the smart decision, they made the best decision.
Yes, Kimmel has free speech. But part of exercising one’s right to free speech is realizing that there will be consequences for sharing one’s views, especially when you call millions of people a “gang.” Kimmel’s consequences are the loss of income and being on the receiving end of a well-deserved rogering. When you say hateful things, you get hateful prizes. Too bad Kimmel didn’t think things through.
The only right thing to do here is to shun Kimmel now and forever more. No one should ever employ him ever again. No one should ever do business with him ever again. His power company, cable/internet company, car insurance provider and banks? They should all cut ties with him immediately, leaving him and his family in the dark, without entertainment or the internet and without a means to operate vehicles legally. And that should just be for openers!
No, Kimmel deserves to lose everything over what he said. His wife should leave him and he should lose access to his children. I mean it. He should have absolutely everything taken away.
What’s scarier is that Kimmel planned to attack MAGA Americans again during his Wednesday monologue, but thankfully, they came in and shut the show down. What’s sad is that ABC executives, according to CNN, were trying to get Kimmel to turn down the heat. They should have skipped that option and just shut him down.
What should have happened is that the show should have been yanked off the air just as soon as he called us a “gang.” But ABC enabled him. I come from a broadcasting background, so I am well-versed in handling emergency situations like that. ABC could have gracefully gone to commercial and come back to backup programming.
Every network and every station has emergency programming that can be quickly brought to air. Then again, surely there was someone from ABC there at the taping. As soon as Kimmel uttered his hateful words, that person should have made the call to stop taping and replace the show with something else. Anything else. Kimmel’s bigotry could have been prevented from hitting the air, but someone somewhere failed.
If it were me in charge, I would have stepped right onto the stage and shut him down. I would have then consulted with the appropriate people and I would have made the preparations necessary to put something on the air. But then again, I have basic decency. The fact that Disney/ABC let this make it to air in the first place tells me something is not being done properly.
At the very least, the indefinite suspension of the show should have happened before the FCC’s chairman said anything and before at least one major broadcast group publicly pre-empted his show. Instead, Disney and ABC waited. They reacted instead of being pro-active. In the end, they did the right thing, but only because they got called out.
Now, Kimmel’s contract is up in May. Maybe that’s why he ran to a lawyer just like a bitch with a skinned knee. He wants a payout when he should get none. There must be some clause in that contract that renders him unable to collect any payment after violating some sort of morals-related misconduct. If Disney and ABC want to stay in business, they cannot bring him back, now or ever.
CNN is also reporting that Disney and ABC apparently want him back, but he has to tone it down big time. CNN also cites a source that said:
“Kimmel has always been free to speak his mind about Trump and has never been censored on his show. But with serious FCC threats, the company had to make a business decision.”
And therein lies the problem. Kimmel should have been reigned in long ago. He should have been censored. Actually, he should have been cancelled a long time ago, but Disney and ABC enabled him. They should suffer some form of consequence for that. Maybe the FCC will step up and fine them into oblivion for their failure to act sooner.
Kimmel has been allowed to do other things as well. He’s hosted the Oscars and even a game show. All of that needs to go away forever. He shouldn’t even be allowed to host a hot dog eating contest.
A lot of people have lost their jobs for expressing the views that I have expressed in this and prior articles. I have yet to be exposed to my employer, or maybe they already know and respect my right to free speech. If, however, someone finds out where I work and causes problems for my employer, I recognize that I will be like the lamb to the slaughter. If it happens, then so be it. Same goes for being doxxed.
I will not apologize for speaking out against Kirk. I feel no remorse for celebrating his well-deserved demise. Kirk had a lot to apologize for and he did not. That, combined with his hateful deeds and words, made him a target and I’m forever grateful to the man who is accused of doing it.
Kimmel sure had a giant megaphone, didn’t he? He had a huge influence and he blew it. If he merely expressed disgust towards the hero who seems to have done it, I would have no problem with that. That’s free speech right there, even if I disagree.
But words have consequences. The fact that he made villains out of MAGA supporters such as myself is inexcusable and should never be forgotten, just like how our nation has never forgotten Hanoi Jane. Her words and actions earned her the hatred that is felt towards her, even given all the time that has gone by since that happened.
My final thought here is this: you just can’t attack us like that and not expect swift consequences. I’m sorry for the families that will be affected by Kimmel’s well-deserved professional demise, but shutting him down is for the greater good for the entire country. Shutting Kimmel down to the point that he can no longer earn an income anywhere in the nation would be the cherry on top.
If Kimmel is returned to television (or radio) in any capacity, I will take it upon myself to organize advertiser boycotts and I will protest outside of Albany’s ABC affiliate, WTEN, owned by a prior employer. I will make it known that WTEN airs hate speech and I will let every one of its local advertisers understand the potential economical consequences of doing business with the station. I will likewise protest outside of those businesses who continue to pay WTEN.
A “gang,” Kimmel? Yeah, I got your gang.