{"id":1129,"date":"2025-10-21T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T13:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2025-10-15T10:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:31:08","slug":"silencing-kimmel-means-silencing-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2025\/10\/21\/silencing-kimmel-means-silencing-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Silencing Kimmel Means Silencing You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3><em>When Private Companies Do the Government&#8217;s Dirty Work<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rogan-kimmel-.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1130\" width=\"614\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rogan-kimmel-.png 759w, https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rogan-kimmel--300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><figcaption><em>Joe Rogan &amp; Jimmy Kimmel<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/why-therapy-is-so-hard-for-men\/\">Why Therapy is So Hard For Men<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/according-to-research-you-and-i-are-probably-wrong\/\">According to Research, You and I Are Probably Wrong<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/the-diary-of-existing-beliefs\/\">The Diary of Existing Beliefs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/the-dirty-s-word\/\">The Dirty \u201cS\u201d Word<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/tidbitsofaudacity.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/dont-throw-the-message-out-with-the-mess-ups\/\">Don\u2019t Throw the Message Out With the Mess-Ups<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This is a mini-post addressing Kimmel\u2019s suspension and return to ABC<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you read this list, what do you think of?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Joe Rogan<\/li><li>Ted Cruz<\/li><li>Clay travis<\/li><li>Ben Shapiro<\/li><li>Candace Owen<\/li><li>Tim Dillon<\/li><li>Andrew Schulz<\/li><li>Rand Paul<\/li><li>Mitch McConnell<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I can guess your thoughts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Conservative. You\u2019d be right about all except 1.<\/li><li>Republican. You\u2019d be right about all except 2.<\/li><li>Politically motivated. You\u2019d be right about all except 3.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>You ready? They all condemned the suspension of Kimmel and praised his return. Wait\u2026 why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I could not, for the life of me, understand why people on the right were happy Kimmel got suspended. It made no sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After watching Roseanne get the ax, Gina Carano get bounced over a tweet, and Trump get banned from Twitter. And millions of verified shadow-banning conservative posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram all through Covid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If this is on your memory, why, for the love of the man down by the river, would you enjoy Kimmel\u2019s removal for <em>speech<\/em>? This is exactly what you used to get fired up about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary reason that list of people stood in solidarity about this issue is because they remember. If the FCC has that kind of control, we are all doomed. Unfortunately, this isn\u2019t new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been a few Supreme Court cases involving private companies acting on behalf of the government, but one of the more important ones happened to be in my area. Brentwood high school, in Brentwood, TN, sued the TSSAA, the primary governing body for high school athletics in Tennessee. They sued declaring that the TSSAA had acted on behalf, or in place of, the government. This case went all the way to the Supreme Court, and Brentwood High won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ruling was that the TSSAA had acted on behalf of the government, thereby removing its protections as a private company and becoming subject to government regulations and policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does this have to do with anything? When Twitter, FB, and IG were removing conservative posts, we now know they were doing so at the request of the federal government. Which makes them acting on behalf of the government and subject to first amendment protections of citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meaning, they can be sued for violating First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So this concept isn\u2019t new. The government keeps trying to dip its feet in the private domain masking as private companies that do their bidding. And it\u2019s usually aimed at conservatives. But this time it hit Kimmel. Here\u2019s the problem, if they are willing to take out Kimmel, you\u2019re next. Regardless of your political affiliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You better hope the federal government doesn\u2019t continue to be in the speech suppression business. Because if you open a history book, you\u2019ll see where this ends up. And it\u2019s catastrophic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay Classy GP!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grainger<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The is a free publication. But if you really enjoyed this post and want to support our work, I would enjoy a good craft beer after writing an article. 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