Glenn Beck
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I would have never said that.
You know, look, if you're going to be Lenny Bruce, at least be funny and clever.
You're not.
You're not.
This guy is a radio morning show hack.
That's what he is, okay?
And he loves this.
Now, let's look at the speech here.
On the surface, this looks like a speech fight.
Can the government go after ABC for something Jimmy Kimmel said on Jimmy Kimmel Live, carried by ABC?
The instinct is this isn't funny anymore.
This is just political messaging.
This is somebody who has repeatedly helped call in the assassin culture.
No, no, you can't do that.
But if you go straight for the speech itself, you're going to lose because the First Amendment is super strong, as it should be.
Satire, comedy, commentary, opinion, all protected ground.
And the government doesn't get to referee jokes and decide which one went too far.
And I don't want it to ever, ever, ever.
The door needs to stay closed on that.
It has to.