YOU BETTER WATCH OUT YOU BETTER NOT DEFY YOU BETTER NOT POUT AND YOU BETTER NOT CRITICIZE YOUR EMPLOYER HAS THEIR NOSE UP YOUR ASS

Gentle Readers . . . and Maxwell,

I wonder how many people have lost their jobs because they commented on Charlie Kirk's death. The most prominent occurred earlier this week when the FCC threatened ABC's (Disney) license––as in if you don't have a license you are not on the air at all––over the mild observation Jimmy Kimmel made about Kirk.   

When the Colbert cancellation was announced, 🟧 said Kimmel and Fallon would be next. 

One down; one to go. 

Supposedly, Kimmel is suspended and could return to his show. But under what conditions?

Affiliate giant Sinclair demands Kimmel make a public apology to the Kirk family and use personal funds to make a donation to the Kirk family and to Kirk's organization, Turning Point USA. 

I hope he doesn't do it. Jimmy Kimmel doesn't owe anyone an apology.

Plenty of ordinary folks who don't have money to fall back on have been losing their jobs, too, and not necessarily because their employers are monitoring their social media. Instead, the Web site "Charlie Kirk's Murderers" was set up so friends, neighbors, and strangers could report people for their "inappropriate" comments on Kirk. The site was rebranded as "Charlie Kirk Data Foundation" before finally seeming to disappear after claiming to receive 50,000 submissions that were reported to employers, if possible. 

Although a lot of people are relating what's happened to cancel culture, that is not what it is. It's a freedom of speech issue. Members of the right can and do say whatever they want. I won't even bother to quote Kirk. I suspect we're all sick of reading about the crap he said.

Of course, those of us on the left already know we're not allowed to share facts and opinions unless they're in line with 🔶. 

He who must not be named filed a $15 billion lawsuit against the New York Times a couple of days ago because they hurt his feelings during the election. A judge dismissed the suit Friday because it doesn't have a "short and plain statement of the claim." The felon has 28 days to refile. IF he refiles and the the Times settles with him, I will be so disappointed.

This is a long post, so if you've stuck with it to the end, thank you for your attention. Hang in there. I know T47 is even worse than T45. I'm upset and disappointed in the ways of the world, but I'm still here and kicking and so are you. We won't stop fighting!

Infinities of love,

Janie Junebug

Click on the link and it will send you to a YouTube video from Stephen Colbert's show.

https://youtu.be/HMGD1KCYFOw