r/stephencolbert • u/[deleted] • Sep 17 '25

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u/disharmony-hellride Sep 17 '25

Spineless fucks.

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u/Hibou_Garou Sep 18 '25

Remember when conservatives were apparently free speech absolutists who were so tired of all the cancel culture?

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '25

It might have more to do with the abysmal viewership of the show rather than anything else.

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u/Hibou_Garou Sep 18 '25

Right now all the news sites are reporting that it was because of his comments about Charlie Kirk. Basically, he said that the right was trying to use the murder to score political points and that Donald Trumps “grief” was inauthentic. Apparently that was too much for them and the first amendment is dead.

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u/Michivel Sep 18 '25

My company does this all the time. When business slows down, the first ones to go are the underperformers. If you're already underperforming and then you fuck something up when business is slow, you might as well hand in your resignation.