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Heartily agree, but the 1st Amendment is supposed to protect you from FCC commissioners, and presidents and vice presidents restraining your speech, and that ce

Heartily agree, but the 1st Amendment is supposed to protect you from FCC commissioners, and presidents and vice presidents restraining your speech, and that certainly looks like what happened here.

throwacct 1y ago
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- Bratmon 1y ago
  So if the government passed a million-dollar fine for criticism of the ruling party, you would find that acceptable?
  - throwacct 1y ago
    Any criticism is protected under the 1st Amendment, and that includes what you just posted.
    - Bratmon 1y ago
      But in this case, the government threatened to yank ABC's broadcast licenses (worth way more than $1m) if they didn't cancel Kimmel for criticizing the regime.