There are many, many important questions to ask about ABC’s indefinite “suspension” of the late-night show hosted by Jimmy Kimmel , which is being celebrated in MAGA-land as an important landmark on the road to a purged and intimidated entertainment industry. It draws attention to the FCC as an instrument for state-sponsored censorship, and the dubious ethics of media moguls eager to curry favor with the Trump administration and avoid trouble. And it challenges progressives and free-speech advocates to find more effective ways to fight back than hand-wringing.

But before we go too far down the road towards this incident’s future implications, it’s important to stop and note exactly what Kimmel was silenced for saying. Here were his comments from Monday evening:

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