After a group of ABC-affiliated stations said they wouldn’t air “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” The Walt Disney Co. pulled the show Wednesday just before air, prompting a firestorm of debate over free speech. “Regardless of our political affiliation, or whether we engage in politics or not, we all love our country,” the letter says. “This is the moment to defend free speech across our nation. We encourage all Americans to join us, along with the ACLU, in the fight to defend and preserve our constitutionally protected rights,” the letter concludes. Also Monday, ABC’s “The View” weighed in on the controversy after not raising it for two episodes after Kimmel was suspended.