Trump infinitely more evil, antisocial and any other derogatory adjective Shakespeare could invent. For some reason only Trump is “allowed” to get away with it. Everyone else has to behave. I call bullshit.there's only one reason for abc to can him. money.
Social responsibility? This is Disney not Salon.
Is 2025 too far in the distant past? On Sunday, April 13, 2025, part of the Pennsylvania Governor's Residence was set on fire in a political assassination attempt while Governor Josh Shapiro and his family slept inside. Old history, right?
"You can't make someone listen to reason if they aren't willing to think"-- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
@oneeyedundertaker I know that. How many times are they going to try to kill him. From Kathy Griffin holding his head to Jimmy Kimmel to the endless assassination attempts. But what can we do but try to teach them. To show them the moral high ground. To help them understand their divisive inciteful rhetoric about Nazis and Fascism has consequences. They are crazy people. And that rhetoric emboldens them. Maybe they're Greys? Maybe that will be the disclosure. Personally I will do what I always do. Turn my cheek. And pray that tomorrow when I wake up God will give me the strength to help them to finally see the light. That he will empower me with the words that cures their blindness....
Even if you cure their blindness, you’re still going to have to contend with their stupidity…
Is 2025 too far in the distant past? On Sunday, April 13, 2025, part of the Pennsylvania Governor's Residence was set on fire in a political assassination attempt while Governor Josh Shapiro and his family slept inside. Old history, right?
Don’t forget the Boston Tea Party Shooter!!!!
You have reached new heights of stupidity. Political violence comes from both extremes, right and left. That's not new, sadly.
Well, sad to most. Funny, to you...
"You can't make someone listen to reason if they aren't willing to think"-- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
One thing for sure, some of us old farts take death way too seriously. I kind of surprised our more religious brethren do considering our spiritual free pass…
I just like pointing out how they grade Trump on a curve and no one else. "OH THE OUTRAGE!!!"Fired? No. Well that's up to ABC. If they see him as profitable then I'm sure they will keep him around.Trump called the joke "far beyond the pale." Trump calling anything beyond the pale? Now that's funny.
Should Kimmel be fired for this? Why or why not?
Trump and first lady rip Jimmy Kimmel, call on ABC to 'take a stand'
It was a terrible shitty and distasteful joke though. There is no way I'd vote for him if he were ever to run for president. No way a bloated asshole who makes terrible distasteful and hate filled jokes would ever get my vote. Especially not some two bit TV personality.
You hear worse about liberals on Fox News fairly regularly and not even as a joke.
The only reason for the exaggerated outrage is from the shooting where trump was no where close to being in danger
Also don't forget J6 because MAGA seems to have amnesia. Although, as maga would say, that day was "mostly peaceful".You have reached new heights of stupidity. Political violence comes from both extremes, right and left. That's not new, sadly.
Well, sad to most. Funny, to you...
Trump called the joke "far beyond the pale." Trump calling anything beyond the pale? Now that's funny.
Should Kimmel be fired for this? Why or why not?
Trump and first lady rip Jimmy Kimmel, call on ABC to 'take a stand'
Are you asking if ABC should be forced to fire him? Or should they personally choose to fire him?
No, ABC should not be forced to fire him. If I was running ABC, I would fire him because I think he's bad for business. I don't think it matters long term because media will just continue to decentralize.
Kimmel has been showing the most growth over the past year among late night shows, and despite still not catching Colbert in overall viewers, he's long been #1 in the demo. He's objectively not bad for business.
he’s a propagandist. In 1860 he would have been calling Lincoln a “gorilla from the west.” In 1960, he woulda been calling JFK “the Pope’s President.”
He didn’t know what the Strait of Hormuz was until someone showed him on a map.
Ernie Pyle grabbed a trenching tool. Kimmel grabs his dick.
Jimmy Kimmel responded...
"You know how sometimes you wake up in the morning and the First Lady puts out a statement demanding you be fired from your job? We've all been there, right? What a day.
"As you know, they had to cancel the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington on Saturday night after a man with multiple guns and knives crashed the party and may have shot a Secret Service officer. Fortunately, the guy was wearing a bulletproof vest and is okay. He was charged today. No one was hurt, thank goodness. A lot of people were shaken up on a night that is supposed to be light-hearted.
"The White House Correspondents' Dinner, if you don't know, it used to be an annual event before Trump showed up, but every year they'd have a comedian roast the room. The President, the Vice President, members of the press—everybody got roasted. I did it once; I hosted it. It was a lot of fun.
"But this year they said, 'No comedian. We're bringing in a mentalist instead.' So on Thursday, three days before the event, in order to keep that cherished tradition alive, I did my own version of the correspondents' dinner on my show. I put on a tuxedo. We pretended we had an audience of luminaries. We used old footage of the Trumps, of Pete Hegseth, J.D. Vance, Kid Rock, Vanilla Ice, all the members of his cabinet, and we made it seem like they were all together in a room. We had a little roast.
"Again, this was Thursday, and there was no big reaction to it until this morning when I greeted the day facing yet another Twitter vomit storm, and a call to fire me from our First Lady, Melania Trump, saying I should be fired because of a joke I made, again, five nights ago.
"It was a pretend roast. I said, 'Our First Lady, Melania, is here. Look at her. So beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow.' Which obviously was a joke about their age difference and the look of joy we see on her face every time they're together. It was a very light roast joke about the fact that he's almost 80 and she's younger than I am. It was not, by any stretch of the definition, a call to assassination, and they know that. I've been very vocal for many years speaking out against gun violence in particular.
"But I understand that the First Lady had a stressful experience over the weekend, and probably every weekend is pretty stressful in that house. And also, I agree that hateful and violent rhetoric is something we should reject. I do. And I think a great place to start to dial that back would be to have a conversation with your husband about it... because, by the way, I also should point out: Donald Trump is allowed to say whatever he wants to say, as are you, and as am I, as are all of us. Because under the First Amendment, we have as Americans a right to free speech."
"You can't make someone listen to reason if they aren't willing to think"-- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
@shooter He’s exhausting. Guy just absolutely sucks.But he’s part of the ultra radical left wing Hollywood vaca crowd. What else would you expect. Many comedians have denounced what he’s become. But if that’s cool with ABC that’s all that matters really.
I think networks can and will find other more profitable models for late-night television.
Like what? Why would anyone watch network TV unless it is for a sporting event? Even the news is dying.
Also don't forget J6 because MAGA seems to have amnesia. Although, as maga would say, that day was "mostly peaceful".You have reached new heights of stupidity. Political violence comes from both extremes, right and left. That's not new, sadly.
Well, sad to most. Funny, to you...
That’s a good starting point. If we list the 5(or 10) biggest acts of political or adjacent acts of violence since is it safe to assume you would claim their fairly even between left & right?
Even more reason to fire his ass. He is a total idiot. The first amendment has zero to do with the shitstorm he thinks is a roast.
Note to Kimmel: what kind of a dumbass makes a joke about dead loved ones and then calls it a roast? Who got roasted with your dead guy joke?
what kind of a dumbass makes a joke about dead loved ones
He isn't telling jokes. He's using his platform as a vehicle to lash out in anger.