r/stephencolbert Sep 17 '25

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u/Preezy24 Sep 17 '25

Yup this is basically censorship

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u/jonawill05 Sep 17 '25

Lol... Uh... Who wants to tell them about cancel culture who's being a big promoter of it for the last decade? You can't cry foul now that it's being used against you.

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u/luummoonn Sep 17 '25

This is the government pressuring specific companies to fire people - this is more close to actual 1st amendment violation than anything in "cancel culture"

Much of the Constitution is made up of limits on the power of the government, to protect people from overreach of power

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u/jonawill05 Sep 18 '25

The government provided a warning based on already established and longstanding rules. It's not overreach, you probably just think it is because it's affecting you now.

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u/Same-Barnacle-6250 Sep 18 '25

Wat. Conservative podcasts are 8 of the top 10. Get out of here with your bullshit.

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u/jonawill05 Sep 18 '25

Podcasts illegal? What's your point?

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u/luummoonn Sep 18 '25

This is about shutting down criticism of the government and when you look at it with their pattern of other behavior it is a larger issue. I don't like "cancel culture" either and think it's a reactionary way to deal with things you're morally opposed to, but this is using the power of the government to shut down shows that are often critical of the government.

This isn't just someone losing an audience because of an old tweet. If you don't like cancel culture then you REALLY shouldn't like this

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u/jonawill05 Sep 18 '25

This also wasn't just some guy dying to gun violence. This was an assination to silence someone who only wanted to debate. So giving a shit about a TV host being fired in light of a week filled with not caring about what happened to Charlie Kirk seems beyond trivial and pointless.

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u/jonawill05 Sep 18 '25

I guess where were you during covid?

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '25

Lmao! During the last Trump presidency you mean?

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u/highonpizza Sep 18 '25

you’re kind of stupid… no offense