The right gives the left a dose of cancel culture and regulatory abuse.
Maybe now our progressive friends understand why these columns oppose government control of business and fought liberal cancel culture. Regulatory power in the hands of a willful President can too easily become a weapon against political opponents, including the media.
That’s what happened Wednesday as Brendan Carr, President Trump’s man at the Federal Communications Commission, threatened Disney and its affiliates if they didn’t punish late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for comments about Charlie Kirk. “We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Mr. Carr told a podcaster, in words that could have been uttered by a New Jersey mob boss.
When Doug Ford won the last election in Ontario, he began cracking down on teacher unions. When the unions cried foul, people pointed out that they had visciously - not just aggressively - campaigned against him during the election. What did they think would happen?
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, they thought he would lose. Never occured to them that he'd win, be mad and hit them back because why would they lose?
And the Left, for several years, did the same thing - abuse power, censor, cancel, ruin lives and now suddenly they're not in power and are crying "Why are you doing this!"