Why Won’t Hollywood Rally Behind Ben Bankas?

Jimmy Kimmel used his Oscar presentation to decry countries that curb free speech.

He name-checked North Korea and, tongue in cheek, elevated CBS to nation status for “silencing” Stephen Colbert.

If the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host wanted to do something about free speech, he could invite Ben Bankas onto his ABC couch.

Bankas is an unabashedly right-leaning comic who has faced serial cancellations in recent months. He lost six sold-out shows in Minneapolis for making a crack about the late Renee Good.

Yes, a joke can still get you canceled in America. And the problem is even worse up north.