Jimmy Kimmel has failed one free speech take a look at after one other.
And, to be honest, he isn’t alone in La La Land.
Most Hollywood dwellers stood down somewhat than name out the serial speech assaults over the previous decade. Think about:
And a lot extra.
For each Rob Schneider, Invoice Maher or John Cleese, there are a whole bunch of artists who stood down when it mattered most.
And, sadly, Kimmel’s nightly monologues missed all the above. Evening after night time. Week after week. Yr after 12 months.
Why, it would simply be on goal.
Now, all of a sudden, Kimmel is seen as a free speech warrior after he was briefly suspended for deceptive viewers about Charlie Kirk’s homicide. Kimmel insinuated a MAGA Nation member pulled the set off, as a substitute of the far-Left man who allegedly silenced Kirk.
(Kimmel by no means apologized however swiftly went again to work)
Legacy Media retailers and the Left, however we repeat ourselves, insisted with out proof that President Donald Trump silenced Kimmel. That made no sense since Kimmel got here again on-air mere days later, and a brand new report reveals why Kimmel received benched within the first place.
Legacy Media retailers are nonetheless mendacity about it. Right here’s The Hollywood Reporter:
Trump tried to cancel Jimmy Kimmel. As an alternative, the president’s efforts made the ABC host a First Modification hero after his transient suspension, and Kimmel secured a contract renewal (hey, one 12 months is best than none).
Now, Britain’s Channel 4 has tapped Kimmel to present an “various” Christmas handle.
Kimmel teased the feedback will handle “fascism,” and it’s clear it’ll be an extension of his nightly rants towards President Trump.
Channel 4 elaborated on the speech to air on Christmas Day.
“Donald Trump’s return to the White Home and wide-ranging affect on the world has been the story of 2025, and it will be laborious to think about a greater particular person to deal with it than Jimmy Kimmel, who has discovered himself on the frontline of America’s battle over free speech,” the spokesperson stated.
In the event you’re afraid of fascism, look no additional than Mom England. Right here is the indispensable Metropolis Journal detailing the horrors popping out of the U.Ok. lately.
In response to police information analyzed by the London Instances, over 12,000 Britons per 12 months are arrested for speech-related offenses—a mean of 30 per day and practically a fourfold enhance over the 2016 determine. Current instances have reportedly included arrests for derogatory feedback about migrants, shows of the nationwide flag that others discovered offensive, and even silent prayer close to abortion clinics. Since 2014, police can report feedback merely perceived as offensive as so-called “non-crime hate incidents,” which stay on the offending social gathering’s report even when no expenses are filed.
Scary. Chilling. Ominous. And, some rightly concern, it may occur right here earlier than too lengthy. Heck, it nearly did.
Free speech is actually on the poll subsequent week. Kamala Harris needs to censor : pic.twitter.com/qwlk6huHti
— Finish Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 31, 2024
If Kimmel is ready to debate “fascism” and fails to say this sorry state of affairs, his free speech hypocrisy could also be viewable from outer area.
Does anybody suppose he’ll?
The speech hasn’t been aired but, so let’s hope Kimmel rises to the event. It could possibly be the sort of second that wakes up a sleeping populace and sends a shiver down the UK authorities’s backbone.
If a Trump Derangement sufferer addressed what’s taking place to speech internationally, it could possibly be a cultural second we’ll look again on a long time later.
Sadly, there’s little in Kimmel’s current resume suggesting he’ll goal Europe’s free speech disaster. (It’s not simply England, keep in mind?)
In any case, the wild and loopy “Man Present” left the air 20-odd years in the past.
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