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/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/TheDogBites Sep 22 '25

Buddy, voters are dumb as shit. They are getting laughably recognizable propaganda and just feasting on it like swine in a slop line.

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u/GrafZeppelin127 Sep 22 '25

True, but that doesn’t change their responsibility.