Hi everyone,
Jimmy Kimmel's show has been suspended indefinitely. You can read all about it here, and how leftist pundits like Brian Stelter got super mad and screamed cancel culture, how Nextstar told ABC they would not be airing Kimmel on their affiliate stations, and you will for sure be hearing in the coming days about those conservative censors who are celebrating the Kimmel show's cancellation.
If you've been following along, you know I'm an ardent defender of free speech. But Kimmel isn't. He's not at all on board with everyone having their say, with everyone having the chance to have peaceful and open discourse. Back during the Covid era, he said people who wouldn't get the Covid shot should not be prioritized for medical care. That was the last time I paid attention to anything the man said until he disparaged Charlie Kirk on Monday night.
Not only was he cruel to the man whose body was not yet even in the ground, but in his Instagram post of condolences he mentioned the killing in passing, while both-sidesing political violence and offering sympathy for all victims of gun violence. All that in a 2-sentence post.
Here's the deal: cancel culture is when you're eliminated from public life for telling the truth, or for being pretty much normal in a world gone insane. Kimmel is cruel, lacking in civility, and a proponent of cancel culture when it goes his way.
Kimmel has free speech, for sure, but that doesn't mean he has the right to a late night talk show and millions of viewers. There are multiple digital soap boxes on which he can stand in the virtual town square and spout off to his heart's content. And of course, he could always learn to code.
On Wednesday, the sheriff in Washington County, Utah held a press conference to talk about Tyler Robinson's surrender to police and to clear up some confusion. One of his retired deputies who shares the same name as Robinson had been getting threats over the case and the sheriff wanted everyone to know he was no relation to the family of the suspect.
But he also revealed in that press conference that Tyler Robinson had negotiated a peaceful surrender, that he had been afraid of being shot by law enforcement, and that he wanted his parents to be able to accompany him to the station and to wait with him for the lead investigator to take him to face justice. He was terrified.
Evidence strongly suggests that Robinson committed this horrific and world-changing act, tried briefly to cover it up, had believed that he would get away with it, and then found himself unable to run from the consequences.After the heightened moment had passed, the week of planning was behind him, and the consequences all that lay ahead, perhaps he could hardly face what he did.
It's my hope that he repents and gives his life to God before he meets state punishment.