Good for Letterman. More high profile people in the entertainment industry should be speaking like this during tv interviews and guest appearances. Now is the time for those who love the 1st Amendment to be at their most visible and critical. Because have no illusions, the ouster/cancelation of Colbert was pure political censorship by oligarchs. Even MAGAts who love America should be sounding the alarm.
There is a universe of difference between viewing an object and being the object. Scientifically or intellectually knowing what something is has no relation to experiencing what something feels like. When something shuts down entirely it no longer experiences' anything though observers may continue looking at it forever.