Not sure if news about comic book cancellations is “in theme” with the community.
Freedom of speech is dead in the USA
The first amendment protects citizen speech from the government. It does not protect speech from consequences or actions by private individuals or companies. So, as much as I hate it, DC did not impede the author’s freedom of speech and they were full within their rights to fire the author and cancel the comic. It is also my right to make it a point to not buy DC comics and to publicly bash their decision on every public forum I have access to.
The first amendment protects citizen speech from the government. It does not protect speech from consequences or actions by private individuals or companies.
And free speech does not begin and end at the first amendment. A company can violate your ability to speak freely without also violating your first amendment rights.
Freedom of speech is infact dead. When the government and corporations are in bed with each other, that’s a convenient way to separate actions. And as we’ve seen in so many other ways, the government loves to use corporations to do the things that they “aren’t allowed” to do, because tech moves at light speed compared to laws
Daily Mail’s actual headline (according to her via her Bluesky account)
Bloodthirsty trans author mocks Charlie Kirk’s looks after she was fired by prestigious publisher for joking about his murder
I mean good for Gretchen. She’s right, and I’m glad she’s standing by her convictions. But there were other people working on that title. DC fucked a lot of people here, and really, so did Gretchen.
Its tough. On the one hand, facing the consequences of doing the right thing is inherently noble. On the other hand, making that decision for a bunch of other people is not.
Yeah, no, she didn’t fuck them. That’s the worst take you can have, just letting them roll over you.
It sucks if you stand your ground and someone else gets hit, but the blame is always on the bully, not the bullied.
Also totally ignores the fact that many comics aren’t done by their original creator, they could have just asked them to step away for awhile while someone else runs a storyline.
If DC were prepared to cancel the comic at a moments notice they were already considering it.
