AN INSIDE LOOK AT FREE SPEECH

[Buff Scott Jr.]

An inside look at
FREE SPEECH
Should there be limitations?
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Under the circumstances, ABC probably did the right thing by taking the Talk Show host, Jimmy Kimmel, back. But ABC should caution him, and all of their other Talk Show hosts, about the sensitivity of some verbalizations, which do more harm than good. When we consider Charlie Kirk, a patriot and Christian believer, died at the hands of a demoniacal executor, Kimmel most certainly did indeed do more harm than good with his remarks.

It is irrational to advocate that free speech has no restrains. Our Founding Fathers said as much. The concept of no restraints is completely void of reality and common sense. The spirit of sensitivity is disregarded when we angrily spew out words of hate and disrespect for some fellow citizen who is not speaking or doing what we feel he should be speaking and doing.

Disagreements should never be outlawed. Dialogue, privately and publicly, should be induced and promoted. But a kindred spirit and courtesy should be the center of all conversations, not rudeness and impoliteness. Jimmy Kimmel was guilty of both. In this matter, his political background appears to be one of his negative traits and causative factors of his ill-favored remarks.​

 

[CrowCross]

An inside look at
FREE SPEECH
Should there be limitations?
​

Under the circumstances, ABC probably did the right thing by taking the Talk Show host, Jimmy Kimmel, back. But ABC should caution him, and all of their other Talk Show hosts, about the sensitivity of some verbalizations, which do more harm than good. When we consider Charlie Kirk, a patriot and Christian believer, died at the hands of a demoniacal executor, Kimmel most certainly did indeed do more harm than good with his remarks.

It is irrational to advocate that free speech has no restrains. Our Founding Fathers said as much. The concept of no restraints is completely void of reality and common sense. The spirit of sensitivity is disregarded when we angrily spew out words of hate and disrespect for some fellow citizen who is not speaking or doing what we feel he should be speaking and doing.

Disagreements should never be outlawed. Dialogue, privately and publicly, should be induced and promoted. But a kindred spirit and courtesy should be the center of all conversations, not rudeness and impoliteness. Jimmy Kimmel was guilty of both. In this matter, his political background appears to be one of his negative traits and causative factors of his ill-favored remarks.​

There's more to the Jimmy Kimmel story than meets the eye.

Basically the way I see it JK bucked the system of the narrative and was put back in his place. "The sensitivity of some verbalizations" was for the most part a convenient excuse.
The JK show was in the tanks and JK was making too much money for what they were getting in return. So they needed an excuse to "suspend" him.
The real reason...JK brought up the "E" word...Epstein.

But ABC isn't allowed to say that as it might get back into the news cycle....

Anyway, JK seems to have won and had to deliver some sort of non-apology to his viewers. Who knows, maybe his rating will spike.

 

[Buff Scott Jr.]

There's more to the Jimmy Kimmel story than meets the eye.

Basically the way I see it JK bucked the system of the narrative and was put back in his place. "The sensitivity of some verbalizations" was for the most part a convenient excuse.
The JK show was in the tanks and JK was making too much money for what they were getting in return. So they needed an excuse to "suspend" him.
The real reason...JK brought up the "E" word...Epstein.

But ABC isn't allowed to say that as it might get back into the news cycle....

Anyway, JK seems to have won and had to deliver some sort of non-apology to his viewers. Who knows, maybe his rating will spike.

Thanks for your remarks, CrowCross. I suspect many other readers will voice their sentiments as well.​

 

[Tambora]

Thanks for your remarks, CrowCross. I suspect many other readers will voice their sentiments as well.​

And here I am!

An inside look at
FREE SPEECH
Should there be limitations?
​

Under the circumstances, ABC probably did the right thing by taking the Talk Show host, Jimmy Kimmel, back. But ABC should caution him, and all of their other Talk Show hosts, about the sensitivity of some verbalizations, which do more harm than good. When we consider Charlie Kirk, a patriot and Christian believer, died at the hands of a demoniacal executor, Kimmel most certainly did indeed do more harm than good with his remarks.

It is irrational to advocate that free speech has no restrains. Our Founding Fathers said as much. The concept of no restraints is completely void of reality and common sense. The spirit of sensitivity is disregarded when we angrily spew out words of hate and disrespect for some fellow citizen who is not speaking or doing what we feel he should be speaking and doing.

Disagreements should never be outlawed. Dialogue, privately and publicly, should be induced and promoted. But a kindred spirit and courtesy should be the center of all conversations, not rudeness and impoliteness. Jimmy Kimmel was guilty of both. In this matter, his political background appears to be one of his negative traits and causative factors of his ill-favored remarks.​

The problem with trying to restrict free speech is that hardly anyone can agree on the exact definition of the restrictions.

For instance: You can have a restriction of "DON'T BE RUDE" and it will not fail that you will have folks argue on what constitutes being "RUDE" because what is "RUDE" to one is not "RUDE" to another which makes it almost impossible to resolve it.

It all ends up boiling down to whatever the mod reading the post decides.
And from experience of myself being a mod on several sites over the years I can tell you that not even the mods always agree that the mod who made the decision was correct in their decision.

And once you start making restrictions you keep adding more and more.
And you still can't get an agreement!

For a comical story:
I owned a Bible study site a long time ago and it was stated that there were no rules.
And of course I eventually had a member decide to test it and posted a link to a porn site.
I banned him for a week and deleted his post.
When he got back he pm'd me saying "Hey I thought there were no rules!!!!!"
I replied, "That's correct, there is no rule saying that a mod can't ban you or delete your post any time they feel like it".
He laughed and said "Toche! I will behave from now on."

 

[Buff Scott Jr.]

Interesting, Tambora, and funny! Thanks.

 

[makesends]

There's more to the Jimmy Kimmel story than meets the eye.

Basically the way I see it JK bucked the system of the narrative and was put back in his place. "The sensitivity of some verbalizations" was for the most part a convenient excuse.
The JK show was in the tanks and JK was making too much money for what they were getting in return. So they needed an excuse to "suspend" him.
The real reason...JK brought up the "E" word...Epstein.

But ABC isn't allowed to say that as it might get back into the news cycle....

Anyway, JK seems to have won and had to deliver some sort of non-apology to his viewers. Who knows, maybe his rating will spike.

Makes me think of when I worked for the state. Once I got officially reprimanded for something innocuous—not because there was anything truly wrong with what I had done, nor even actually against the rules, but, (I was told), because another guy had been abusing the same thing in order to skirt other rules, and they needed to show fairness before dropping the hammer on him. (In truth, I think, they needed to take care of what he was doing, in order to distance themselves from having allowed it, since it was likely to become public knowledge. This they needed to do in some way that would not come back at them when he wielded his [extensive] CYA file.) (I quit the job not long after that, for more-or-less unrelated reasons—I hate political intrigue, political correctness driving policy, and ladder-climbing (whew! I almost said, "brown-nosing")!)

 

[Buff Scott Jr.]

Thanks to all. You've been helpful. Your input appreciated.

 

[Tambora]

I hate political intrigue, political correctness driving policy, and ladder-climbing (whew! I almost said, "brown-nosing")!)

The older I got the more I hated those things too.
I blame those pesky democrats.
Can't have any fun with them around.

I long for the good ol' days when people didn't get offended over every little thing said and folks could say what they really mean.
Personally, I like the idea of free speech.
Keeps people honest and you know who you're dealing with, rather than everyone being forced to have to be fake by having to wear their "nice mask" all the time.

Think I'll go look for a pig to kick.
That'll make me feel better.