"Because our First Amendment, our constitutional rights are under attack all across the country. And I don't think that we or any other Americans should take it sitting down. We have to fight. And if we fight together in solidarity, we can win. Democracy has to be political, it has to be economic and it has to be in the bedroom. And it has to include everybody, and that hasn't been the case always in the past."
"The Committee for the First Amendment, it's the entertainment industry. We're storytellers. We're creatives. We need to come up with the narratives that put the lie to things like immigrants are an existential threat to American life, that protesters, people speaking their minds, if the government doesn't like what they're saying, become domestic terrorists. I mean, the firing of Jimmy Kimmel is, you know, it's the most recent example."
Jane Fonda leads a relaunched Committee for the First Amendment composed of hundreds of A-list celebrities including Whoopi Goldberg and Billie Eilish. The group aims to defend free speech and expression across the United States. The relaunch responds to perceived attacks on constitutional rights, with emphasis on protecting political, economic, and personal liberties. The entertainment industry will use storytelling to counter narratives portraying immigrants as existential threats and labeling protesters as domestic terrorists. The group cites examples such as the firing of Jimmy Kimmel to illustrate pressures on creatives and media figures.
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