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> "I'm glad so-and-so is dead" largely can't be a reason to, say, lose your drivers' license, social security benefits, or government employment, because the Fi
by adamtaylor_13 1y ago
> "I'm glad so-and-so is dead" largely can't be a reason to, say, lose your drivers' license, social security benefits, or government employment, because the First Amendment applies to government specifically.
Unless I'm mistaken, that's not happening. If it is, it's wrong and should be corrected.
- ceejayoz 1y agoIn Jimmy Kimmel's case, the FCC chair threatened ABC's broadcasting licensure to pressure them to punish his (very, very mild, incidentally) protected speech.
- adamtaylor_13 1y agoI don't believe that the FCC threatening ABC's broadcasting license has anything to do with free speech. There were murmurs about lawsuits for defamation of character all over Twitter. I'm no lawyer, I don't claim to know if that's even possible. But it's clear that with the emotional tension of the situation, ABC wasn't about to get itself in legal trouble over a second-rate, late-night show host. So, while the FCC may have been threatening, we have a legal system designed to prevent such over-steps of power, should they occur. It seems pretty clear ABC wanted no part of the storm that was brewing.
- ceejayoz 1y ago> I don't believe that the FCC threatening ABC's broadcasting license has anything to do with free speech. Even Ted Cruz is able to see it. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1kwzgrwdd0o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1kwzgrwdd0o And Vance is trying to play it off as a joke now: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5521172-vance-fcc-carr-kimmel-threat/ https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5521172-vance-fcc-carr-ki... > we have a legal system designed to prevent such over-steps of power That legal system recently immunized the President from the protections.