Quote Originally Posted by jmcilhinney View Post
In this case though, the hunter was killing a few rabbits to feed his family but now the rabbit is going to kill the hunter, the hunter's family and every other human being because they look like the hunter, so it's not really symmetrical.

We've seen people in the US lose their jobs for saying or doing something racist in public, so I don't actually see losing your job for actively celebrating the murder of Charlie Kirk as especially different to that. As an aside, I find it ironic that Americans like to claim that they have free speech but countries like Australia don't when no one in Australia would be losing their jobs for either of those things, except in the few rare cases where it would impinge on their ability to do their job, e.g. they were the public face of a company. Having said that, it should be obvious that celebrating someone's death and simply criticising someone are very different things and yet we're also seeing people lost their jobs for the latter, sometimes even for simply quoting Kirk's own words. That is taking things a significant step further and yet that's not even the worst of it. We're also seeing Tramp and his administration stating outright that they are going to target people who do criticise Kirk. That is fascism in action right there. Even if they don't follow through, they are trying to scare people into being silent. If you don't want to be called a fascist, don't be a fascist.

On the subject of fascism, we've also seen both Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel have their shows cancelled and, while that may not have been due to direct action by the government, there's a very high probability that it was done to gain favour with the government, particularly given that, in both cases, the parent company is in need to FCC approval to complete a merger. Does anyone really believe that Tramp is above using those approvals as a means to reward or punish a company that did or didn't do what he wanted them to? If you do, you might be in a cult.
From an outsider's point of view the current attitude to free speech in America seems to mean you are free to say anything you want, as long as Trump likes what you say. If you suggest the idea of murdering homeless people (Brian Kilmeade on FOX) then you are perfectly fine and that is absolutely okay to say.

If on the other hand you say something like why are we being ordered to have flags at half staff for the guy who was happy to have school shootings as long as he could keep guns, while not ever lowering the flag for any of the school shooter victims - then you are an enemy of the state and deserve to lose your job (and possibly passport).

Not only has Trump praised Colbert and Kimmel losing their shows, he also wants Fallon and Meyers to lose theirs as well - this is absolutely a dictator censoring any alternate opinions.

Then again he is also suppressing all evidence regarding his inclusion in the Epstein files and the likelihood he is implicated in paedophilic behaviour. I mean obviously it is more important to protect rich and powerful paedophiles and crack down on comedians, after all how else do you bring the cost of living down. Or something.