News that ABC had suspended Jimmy Kimmel indefinitely from “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” moved like a tidal wave of alarm and dismay across social media Wednesday night.

As people announced that they were canceling their Hulu and Disney+ subscriptions in response to the decision, celebrities, TV writers and comedians condemned the silencing of Kimmel. Some issued calls to organize against the network’s actions.

Many of Kimmel’s comedy peers called the decision to cut his show censorship, symptomatic of creeping fascism that had suddenly creeped ever closer, or authoritarianism that was already here.

ABC suspended Kimmel because of comments he made on the show in the wake of the murder of Charlie Kirk. The late-night host criticized Republican reactions to the political identity of Tyler Ro

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