Jimmy Kimmel is back on TV tonight, the despot in the White House is fuming, I don’t have to cancel my Disney Plus subscription when the latest season of Only Murders In The Building is in full swing and, for now, freedom of speech survives another day.
Phew.
The backlash over the suspension of Kimmel’s late night show resulted in an avalanche of protest.
Not just from fellow comedians and Hollywood stars and Democrats, but also conservatives. Those conservatives who don’t cozy up to President Donald Trump’s version of reality. Or unreality.
Most Republicans like to think of themselves as the party of free speech. This is the party, after all, of Rush Limbaugh, whose radio talk show, full of venom and falsehoods and outrageous opinion, could be heard loud and clear in Victoria.
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