• drcobaltjedi@programming.dev
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    3 days ago

    Boycotts don’t work either, for that matter.

    Dude, the internet just bullied Disney into rehiring Jimmy Kimmel. Do you know how? Boycotting Disney’s subscription services, unsubscribbing, and stating that it’s because they fired Kimmel.

    A for profit corp will absolutely change course if their wallet takes a big enough dent.

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      And yet it did fuck-all to solve the underlying problem of Trump shitting on the First Amendment and getting away with it.

      The solution to that can only be political.

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        it did fuck-all to solve the underlying problem of Trump shitting on the First Amendment

        You: “I want a rocket ship to go to work!”

        Everyone: “How about we start you off with a car, and we’ll work our way up to a rocket ship?”

        You: “Fuck that bullshit, Imma walk instead!”

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        The underlying problem is that like half of Americans only pay lip service to the First Amendment.