Apparently many on the left are up in arms about the recent firing of Jimmy Kimmel after he claimed--after news was coming out that Charlie Kirk's murderer was living with (or romantically involved with) a trans person, had inscribed socialist writings on cartridges, etc..--that the murderer was somehow "MAGA" and a Trump supporter.
For those unclear about the matter, yes, the First Amendment does, with narrowly defined exceptions, to say just about anything. However, what it does not do is prevent others from making decisions on whether they will associate with you based on what you say. So if you're running a TV show based on current events, and you completely misrepresent current events, your employer just might wonder if you're up to the job. It is worse if your interpretation of current events will offend half the prospective audience.
Again, there have been very real, very nasty fascist movements out there. Firing Jimmy Kimmel when he spouts off nonsense is not evidence of one.
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