"On the same night that Stephen Colbert delivered a passionate speech in support of the suspended Jimmy Kimmel, he brought back The Colbert Report to offer a satirical solution to the "free speech crisis." "Hello, nation. Daddy's home," Colbert said as his old Comedy Central character. He then transitioned into his signature segment, "The Word," to offer a solution to avoid hurting Donald Trump's feelings: Simply not saying anything out loud."
""You can have your [First Amendment] rights just as long as you don't use them," he said. "The thing is, all you have to do is repeat whatever the approved message from the White House is today... And sure, not using your rights out of fear might feel like not having them, but as George Washington said... Sometimes you have to destroy freedom to save it. So give up, America. Just give up and stop saying anything that might upset the president. And if you think that's a terrible idea, no, you don't.""
A late-night satirical persona returned to lampoon a claimed "free speech crisis." The persona opened with "Hello, nation. Daddy's home" and shifted into a signature segment proposing a faux remedy: remain silent to avoid upsetting the president. The persona framed First Amendment rights as retainable only if citizens did not exercise them, recommending repetition of the White House's approved message. The persona mockingly invoked George Washington with the line about destroying freedom to save it and urged Americans to stop saying anything that might upset the president.
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