What is going on in the US with the canceling of Jimmy Kommel’s TV show? From what I read all he said was that the shooter might be right wing and that MAGA is desperately trying to pin it on the left. That appears exactly mirroring MAGAs messaging who have been blaming the left very hard everywhere, including the President. How is what he does wrong according to his employers but what MAGA is doing OK? I honestly don’t understand the difference

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    You got it in 1.

    Trump’s a wannabe facist, so his crony at the FCC corruptly pressured the employer of a comedian he doesn’t like into firing said comedian.

    Make note of this, and refer back to it for the next several decades anytime anyone on the right bitches about “cancel culture” or “free speech”.

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      Not sure I’d call him a “wannabe” fascist at this point. Dude is ignoring the constitution, consolidating control over the media, isolating the US culturally and economically, and has picked at least two out groups to pin blame on while sending one (for now) to concentration camps. He’s playing blackout on the fascist bingo card and we’re less than a year in.