Jimmy Kimmel is back on the air.
The people spoke in the way they had to speak — selling their stocks and canceling their subscriptions to the Disney Channel and Hulu. Hollywood got into the act. People protested against censorship.
Somewhere, we got the idea that Free Speech was still free in America.
Since our first president, George Washington, political commentators, journalists, and political cartoonists have poked fun at the President. (No late-night television in those days) But journalists and artists had the power of the pen, and they used it. They have criticized Presidents, mocked them, and said outrageous things about them. And the Presidents probably didn't like it, but they took it.
Our present President can't.
He issues threats against companies, people, citizens, corporations, universities, the free press, books, and late-night talk hosts. Against anyone who criticizes him.
But then we gave our present Presidential immunity. (That is so stupid, I can't think about it.) Did they really believe that man would live forever, or that the Republicans would always be in power? When you grant immunity to the office, it is passed down to the next. Didn't anyone think of that?
Don't give immunity to anyone--you, me, not anyone.
We thought the Constitution was the authority, and the President, hand on the Bible, the other hand in the air, has twice vowed to uphold the Constitution—it is a prerequisite for the job. It seems that doesn't matter to him.
Why do you think we have the Congress and the Senate? We have judges, lawyers, and the Supreme Court? It is hoped to ensure a safe and just system.
We are trying to keep our freedoms, not tear them down.
And this Right-wing, Left-wing thing isn't enough; now it is extreme right or extreme left. And if anything goes wrong, the President immediately screams that the Left-wing radicals did it.*
Oh please!
And stop besmirching the word "Liberal."
*The are probably out championing the cause for a tighter gun control.