“F**k You, Make Me”

John Oliver, Disney, and the Fight for Free Speech  

John Oliver just handed America its new national motto, and put Disney’s board, Trump and the maggots in their place.  

Last week on *Last Week Tonight*, Oliver torched ABC’s brief decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel after Trump threw another tantrum over being mocked. Corporate cowardice or rather surrender, reportedly tangled up with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr’s social-media saber-rattling, turned into a teachable moment about what happens when billion-dollar broadcasters bend the knee to political bullies.  

Oliver’s advice? Four small but seismic words: “F**k you. Make me.”  

That’s not just defiance, it’s historic! It’s what the colonies said to King George III. It’s what democracy must say to censorship dressed up as “regulation.” When a wanna-be dictator tries to muzzle free speech by threatening entertainers, it’s not governance, it’s mobster cosplay with a spray tan.  

So here we are: free speech hanging on a punchline, and corporate America learning that the right to mock power isn’t optional, it’s patriotic.

And maybe, just maybe, the next time a fragile politician calls for someone’s head over a joke, our journalists, corporate boards and  weak-kneed politicians to respond with the only correct reply:

“F**k you, make me”

PS: Crazy that our comedians are doing a better job with news analysis than mainstream media 🧐