It used to drive me nuts (and away) too. In this incarnation of my participation I’ve an entirely new attitude which is enlightening and rewarding for me.
Instead of judging I simply look at each post from the poster’s point of view. As if I were writing it. Not only gives me richer understanding of them but also frees me to focus on my precise point of view.
My basic reward is realizing everyone here is posting their truth (with accidental or intentional sophistry which I now observe and play with or ignore) AND we all actually care about our country and want it to be better. That’s something! So it’s now a fraternity to me. I like it.
The last time a US television station had its license revoked was in 1969, when a Mississippi station lost its license for segregationist, racist programming.
This latest development (and it's clearly related primarily to Kimmel and his monologues that Trump doesn't like) is obviously important 1A stuff, and needs to be closely monitored.
"Free speech is the counterweight - - it is the check on government control. That is why censorship is the authoritarian's dream." - Brendan Carr, FCC Commissioner, December 30, 2023, prior to becoming FCC Chair and a Trump bootlicker In Jan 2025
So is the Adam Sandler video AI slop, or did Sandler forget when he basically did the same joke in Big Daddy?
If that's you speaking "your truth," I'm all set without it.
@whatthefrik If you hate it here that’s on you. Make it better. This place is Somalia compared to the old place so contribute. The way to do that is to be objective. Hyper partisans kill the board and the country’s dialogue.
The problem with your post is you ignore the spirit of the messenger. Roasts are fine. When a “joke” is just a pretense for a new way to attack someone you hate it’s no longer a joke nor comedy. Kimmel isn’t telling jokes or roasting Trump. He’s bleating. He’s not a comedian. He’s part of the problem
@whatthefrik And if you're here to learn things just ask me. I don't remember you from any of the prior iterations of the board. But I tell it like it is from a position of knowledge and information and not bias. I get my national news from two sources: Clay Travis and Buck Sexton. Otherwise I rely solely on Instagram accounts. Biden was the worst president in US history and so far I give Trump a D- with an F still possible. He cleaned up the border and got rid of the inane Soros' attack on public safety and for that I won't flunk him. Otherwise he's been total dogshit from tariffs to no plan for wars to not getting costs down to messaging.
I'm here. For you.
Simply posting his truth. I personally don’t respect it. I adhere to the basic belief that comics have freedom to joke and Sandler is a comic and his opinion here degrades him as a comic.
I also respect but disagree with C Probert’s opinion on Kimmel’s Melania/Trump jokes. The audience laughed. I laughed. I rarely find jokes offensive but I often don’t laugh.
Chris Rock’s joke about Jada’s baldness that earned him a smackdown I considered offensive because it was hurtful to so many young people suffering with alopecia. But it was a well constructed and delivered joke that made the audience laugh. Will Smith’s blunder was to slap Rock instead of snatching the mike and pouring cold water on the gleeful but ignorant audience by enlightening them about the torment of teenage girls going bald.
@hhlurker Save Buck Sexton and Clay Travis I get all my news from social media. That's where the actual news exists. But you have to be able to vet it. Takes time
Trump and Carr have been a boon for Kimmel. He's been on a ratings roll the past eight months. He still trails Colbert in overall TV viewers but is frequently winning the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic. Digital engagement is even better. Nightly monologues on YouTube have been averaging 4.4 million viewers, tops in late-night.
Once Colbert's gone on May 22, Kimmel will be the clear #1.
With Colbert’s Exit, Kimmel Is Poised to (Finally) Take 11:35 Ratings Lead