Dave Portnoy Still Doesn't Get It

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It took a few days, but after the Jimmy Kimmel suspension , not only did several prominent Republicans like Ted Cruz and Ben Shapiro take Kimmel’s side (with obvious reservations about his politics), but even most of the manosphere sided against Brendan Carr and the FCC, including Joe Rogan .

One notable holdout was Dave Portnoy, the owner of Barstool Sports, who inexplicably insisted the day after the suspension that this was not a free speech issue but a cancel culture issue.

Not that this needs explaining again, but cancel culture involves actions by individuals to get a show, person, or employee canceled for saying or doing something with which they disagree. Sometimes that pressure is justified; sometimes it’

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