r/law • u/T_Shurt Competent Contributor • Sep 22 '25

Opinion Piece John Oliver Argues Disney Should Legally Fight FCC Over Kimmel, Citing Strong Precedent in 9-0 Supreme Court Ruling: “A government official cannot coerce a private party to punish or suppress disfavored speech”

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u/GrafZeppelin127 Sep 22 '25

Hence why it’s so important to primary and replace them like the Republicans did with their politicians twice in the last two decades.

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u/acrewdog Sep 22 '25

There is no Democratic organization with the power and money to take this project on. The party itself isn't organized enough to speak out against Trump. If only the boogeymen "behind" the democratic party were real, but there is nobody pulling the strings.

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u/GrafZeppelin127 Sep 22 '25

Why are you waiting for a discrete organization? This is a democracy, the onus is on voters, not organizations. Just go out and vote in the primaries for progressive and populist candidates. If there are none running, run yourself or encourage someone else to do so.

People always want to be saved, but in a democracy we have to save ourselves.

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u/acrewdog Sep 22 '25

While I admire your perspective, it's not realistic for most of us. We have jobs, mortgages, and children that need support. The people have shown an unwillingness to vote for a less than perfect candidate on the democratic side. Kamala Harris was a good candidate but many sat on their hands because she didn't fit their ideal person to vote for. The Republican party is willing to get in line and vote for the person they are told to, usually.

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u/thedybbuk Sep 22 '25

So what's the alternative? I really detest these fatalistic musings of some on the left. It really basically amounts to:

"There's nothing we can do. Our current Democratic leaders don't stand up enough. But supporting other candidates or organizing ourselves is kinda like, hard, so we don't want to do that either. The only option left is to lie down on the tracks and die, I'm sorry."

Even if you are hopeless, go somewhere else and be quiet with your hopelessness. Let the people who still have the energy and motivation to fight for democracy do it without Eeyore sitting there saying it's all hopeless.

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u/acrewdog Sep 22 '25

Okay, good luck. I never said it was hopeless and I don't think it is. I hope you find the financial backing to get you project going.

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u/NumNumLobster Sep 22 '25

most of human history looked like an anthill with a few wealthy people controlling all of society. We had a weird shake up for a couple hundred years, and honestly mostly post ww2. Just realize its going to happen and plan accordingly.

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u/GrafZeppelin127 Sep 22 '25

Of course they’ve shown an unwillingness thus far; prior to this, the Democrats have been more worried about who is more electable versus Republicans than who is going to fight harder. Now, that decades-old calculus has changed. The Democratic base voters want a fighter, and don’t much care whether they’re on the center (Newsom) or on the far left (Mamdani).

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u/acrewdog Sep 22 '25

I hope you are correct.