Long before Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show was pulled indefinitely by ABC on Sept 17, the podcast world – particularly in the so-called manosphere – was awash in debate about free speech, cancel culture and where the lines are drawn between humor and hate speech. In episodes devoted to the subject, many podcasters in that realm, and in conservative circles, were united in arguing that Kimmel had spread false information on his Sept 15 telecast when he said of Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing Kirk, that conservatives were “desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk...