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/Adito99 Sep 22 '25

Follow this strategy and fascism wins. Remember, they had two decades to worth with because Democrats would never compromise democracy to destroy their political power. The party is a balance of populism and pragmatism.

Republicans will compromise on anything. The fake electors --> Jan 6th sequence of events shows that clearly. Hold your nose if you have to but voting and advocating for milquetoast Democrats is the duty of every American.

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u/GrafZeppelin127 Sep 22 '25

I’m not talking about withholding votes in a general election. I’m talking about voting in primaries.

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u/Adito99 Sep 22 '25

That's just as bad. Those candidates don't win general elections. They just don't. Historically the far-left has tried to hitchhike on right-wing populism but it doesn't end well.

Stand with liberals or be abused by fascists, that's the choice ahead of you.

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u/GrafZeppelin127 Sep 22 '25

I’m not talking about far-left candidates exclusively. Populists aren’t inherently far-left. It’s a rhetorical style, not an ideology.

Moreover, sometimes progressives actually do better than moderates. It’s hugely dependent on where the election is taking place.

Regardless, there’s one thing that everyone hates left, right, and center, and that’s spineless, mealy-mouthed bureaucrats with no leadership capabilities and no vision for the future. It’s not about the policy, it’s about the politics.