Home Opinion Jimmy Kimmel's suspension: Capitalism, not censorshipIn the shadow of Charlie Kirk's assassination on September 10, 2025, at Utah Valley University — where 22-year-old Tyler Robinson allegedly gunned him down during a speaking event — America now grapples with grief, rage, and a dangerous erosion of free speech principles. Just days later, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel ignited a firestorm with his monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live! But this isn’t government censorship or Trumpian strong-arming — it’s the raw mechanics of capitalism at work. Some progressives are now crying “free speech” while conveniently forgetting their own cheers when conservatives were de-platformed from Twitter, birthing Truth Social in response. Even some conservatives misread this as Trump “attacking free speech.” He didn’t.