Sheep From Goats

Jimmy Kimmel is not a free speech martyr. It’s absolutely disgusting, evil and vile that he is being turned not just into a victim, but into the liberal’s Charlie Kirk. It’s not the same, not even remotely so. This is a massively dishonest campaign, and loudly displays for the whole world to see the wicked hearts of those making such claims.

The truth—speaking the truth is such an important aspect of this website, and conservatism in general—is that Kimmel was canceled due to three things: low-ratings, an offensive and dishonest remark, and an unwillingness to apologize for that remark. He hasn’t actually been fired, only temporally and indefinitely suspended, which means that he could resume his show at any time, presumably once the heat dies down over his words. This didn’t happen because of Trump or anyone in his administration, either. Yes, Jimmy Kimmel probably broke an FCC rule, which might have (but probably didn’t) put his employer in a potential position to lose their license to broadcast or maybe fined, but Kimmel was not suspended because of that.

ABC broadcasters are actually local affiliates. Like when you go to McDonald’s, that location is not owned by the corporation. It’s locally owned and operated by a franchisee. Local affiliates own and run the local TV stations. It’s those local affiliates who demanded from ABC and Disney that Kimmel be pulled off the air. Why? Because his ratings were already low, which hurts their revenue opportunities. Because they were offended by what he said, and I’m sure their audience and customers (advertisers) voiced their opinions, too. The largest ABC affiliate (by number of stations) told ABC that if Kimmel doesn’t apologize and pledge a donation to Turning Point USA, they would not air his show. Kimmel refused to apologize, and even indicated that he would double-down on his rhetoric on the next show. That’s why he was suspended (not even fired).

“The Left” is now trying to turn Jimmy Kimmel into Charlie Kirk. They minimized or downright mocked Charlie Kirk’s assassination. They spread untrue defamatory comments about him, and took his statements out of context to make it appear he said the opposite of what he meant. He can’t even defend himself because he’s dead. It’s disgusting and evil. Charlie Kirk died for exercising his 1st Amendment free speech. He was shot in the neck in front of his family and in front of a large crowd where all he was doing was having conversations. They didn’t like the truths he was saying, so they labeled it hate and murdered him for it. They called him a fascist without any proof, then they acted like fascist themselves—demonstrating through their own actions what a fascist really is—all in the name of completely (and ironically) misnamed “anti-fascism”. To be as clear as I can: so-called antifascism is marxist fascism sold with lies, and it’s violent and dangerous and evil, and we cannot tolerate it as a civil society, no matter your political affiliations or religious beliefs. Unfortunately and sadly, this isn’t a small fringe group; it’s becoming more and more mainstream within the Democrat party.

Jimmy Kimmel was not suspended for exercising free speech. First, “the Left” has no credibility when it comes to free speech complaints, after years of using cancel culture and so-called “fact checkers” to silence the free speech of Americans they disagreed with. They celebrated when Donald Trump was kicked off of social media. They cheered when Tucker Carlson was fired from Fox. They danced on Charlie Kirk’s grave. Because of this, the pathetic attempts to claim that their sudden concern for free speech is meaningful just falls completely flat. It’s meaningless. We don’t care what “the Left” thinks about it because their hypocrisy is waist deep on this topic. They have no credibility. Second, the facts don’t match the claim that Kimmel was fired as an attempt to silence him: he was fired for poor ratings and as a consequence for unapologetically spreading blatant and despicable misinformation about an important event, and various ABC affiliates around the country had had enough. The liberals are being both dishonest and hypocritical about this, which is par for the coarse and completely expected. It’s who they are and what they do.

Charlie Kirk was fired upon for what he said; Jimmy Kimmel was only fired, and actually not even that. It’s not the same thing, not even close. Trying to compare Kimmel to Kirk is intellectually dishonest at best, and probably much worse than that. Charlie Kirk is a Christian martyr; Kimmel was not a martyr at all, which we can know because he’s still alive. Kimmel can say whatever he wants on the platforms he has, and be with his family right now. Kimmel mocked a grieving family and nation. He faced a little pushback for it because it was gross, and then he refused to apologize for it. His suspension was simply a consequence of that and his low ratings.

Most sickening of all are the people on “the Left” now stating, “I am Jimmy Kimmel.” This is a mockery of those saying, “I am Charlie Kirk.” The reason people began to say “I am Charlie Kirk” is because he wasn’t some radical that the Democrats and the news media inaccurately portrayed him as. He was fairly moderate. He leaned more to the center than the far-right. While he was extraordinarily good and successful, he was otherwise quite ordinary. If they could kill Charlie for what he said, they could murder any one of us “on the Right” for what we say. If they could celebrate his death, they could celebrate ours. The attack on him was an attack on all of us. We are all Charlie Kirk. Those saying “I am Jimmy Kimmel” are saying what exactly? It’s meant to mock us—to minimize and ridicule us. What they don’t understand is that what they’re actually saying is: we can all face consequences for our disgusting rhetoric. Yes you can, yes you should, and I hope you do. They didn’t consider the logic of their words, but they did expose their dark hearts. They are indeed Jimmy Kimmel.