re: #254 Killgore Trout

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Yeah, I see some people are upset about that but I don’t expect him to become a champion of free speech (note: not synonymous with the 1st Amendment). He’s a comedian on a network with corporate ties. He wants to keep his job, I can’t fault him for that.

Colbert Declares Victory Over Twitter Activists: ‘Dark Forces’ Thwarted

Per Colbert:

“To recap, a web editor I’ve never met posts a tweet in my name on an account I don’t control, outrages a hashtag activist and the news media gets 72 hours of content,” he concluded. “The system worked.”