After four days of backlash, Fox News anchor Brian Kilmeade has apologized for saying that authorities should “just kill” people experiencing homelessness and mental health crises with “involuntary lethal injection” — but it appears that he will remain in his role at “Fox & Friends.” Kilmeade made his original comment during a “Fox & Friends” discussion on a woman who was stabbed and killed…

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    “I’m sorry for advocating for the murder of the most vulnerable in society. I’m weally sowwy, pwease fogive me.”

    Life is a sham.

  • jjagaimo@sh.itjust.works
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    Firable offense to say you dont like charlie kirk but not to promote violence towards vulnerable populations

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      Firable as in should be able to be fired?

      If I had an employee with a platform saying something like that I’d fire at him, not just him. This guy is a fascist pig and firing him should be obligatory at the least

      But alas, we live in current times and nothing will happen to this shit stain on humanity

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    If any of us had got on the company chat, or FB page, or whatever, and said some vile shit like that we’d be unemployed in a snap. Hell, a lot of companies would fire you if they found you had posted that on your own social media.

    Considering all that, Fox News has zero problem with this sort of speech, not only related to their company, but coming directly from it. Think on that.

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    Maybe there’s a faction of even stupider right-wing propagandists who want to kill him for not suggesting they be turned into fuel for billionaire yachts.

    Weirder things have apparently happened.