Musk confirms he would reverse Trump's Twitter ban if he completes acquisition.
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Elon Musk would let Trump back on Twitter, says ban was “morally wrong”
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In other news: the sun rose in the east today; experts predict it may set in the west.
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The rat has finally confirmed he's a full on fascist libertarian (used to say proto fascist) and a bootlicker for wannabe white nationalist dictators. Is he trying to make up for what he thinks wealthy white people should have done in South Africa when apartheid was finally being ended or something?
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Twitter is just barely worth me having an account today. If they put the big liar back on, I will lose the remainder of interest I have in the platform.
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Turns out being a piece of shit and a brilliant engineer / visionary aren't mutually exclusive.
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So Twitter just becomes a haven for extremists, crazed conspiracy theorists, zealots, anarchists, etc.? The platform had good potential when it was well-regulated. Guess those days are nearly over. It will just join the ranks of 4chan, 8chan, reddit before the /r/The_Donald crackdown, etc.
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Musk is an evil fucker who is desperate for attention.
Just like any other troll, it's best to ignore and move on ...
Just like any other troll, it's best to ignore and move on ...
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We didn't so much mind having a Nazi in our early rocket program.
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If Trump comes back on Twitter then Tesla owners might want to watch what neighborhoods they park their cars in. Gonna end up keyed or with your window smashed in some places.
What a way to drag your brand through the mud.
What a way to drag your brand through the mud.
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Which is just a lie. Truth Social is a useless turd. Trump has posted exactly two times on the site and those posts were seen by such a tiny number of people as to be completely irrelevant.
I would add that once Trump was deplatformed the mainstream media finally got a clue and stopped reporting every damn utterance of mouth diarrhea like it was breaking news. That also greatly reduced the secondary reach of his hate filled disinformation.
Deplatforming works which is the real reason why Musk wants to reverse that. I would argue that Trump should have been deplatformed for habitually violating Twitter TOS long before he did but even Twitter as spineless as they are drew the line at leading a coup to remain in power after losing an election.
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What isn’t said is how long “temporary” can be. I mean, is it like someone who is mentally unfit for conviction can be confined until they are healed or is he envisioning a not to exceed time period?
I mean, if a person eventually learns to behave properly in public discourse, at some point you let them back into the conversation, right?
I mean, if a person eventually learns to behave properly in public discourse, at some point you let them back into the conversation, right?
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Well there we go. Jack Dorsey still endorses this deal? Good direction for Twitter?
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Wait, it used to be "anything that's legal" but now might exclude "destructive to the world?" What the hell does that even mean? Further evidence that he's wholly out of his depth here.
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This is straight out incorrect. Trump got much, MUCH less media coverage once his social media accounts were banned. The vast majority of news coverage was not about what he did or was planning -- something he had plenty of official outlets for, as president -- but what he was saying on Twitter.
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I see you haven't read up on how Truth Social is actually doing in the real world. Might want to try that before you draw such conclusions.
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Oh, fucking please. Russia's done a lot of shit, but they're hardly to blame for Proto-Fascist/Libertarian billionaires. The secret is a lot of our problems are actually homegrown.
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"More radicalized" than storming the Capitol?
What his followers do in their isolated echo chambers is irrelevant. What they do to normal people in normal people spaces is what matters.
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Except he is not. Nobody uses Truth Social because it is worthless. Deplatforming works. A radical movement needs to continually attract and radicalize NEW MEMBERS who are currently not radical. If they are limited to the edges of society that is much harder to do.
Spreading hate and disinformation on a widely used platform like twitter is far more effective at recruiting members than a bunch of bigots talking to each other on stormfront on why minorities are trash.
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*I think that was a mistake because it alienated a large part of the country and did not ultimately result in Donald Trump not having a voice."
Yeah, wouldn't want to alienate the seditionists. If Trump didn't get deplatformed, I think things would have gotten worse.
Yeah, wouldn't want to alienate the seditionists. If Trump didn't get deplatformed, I think things would have gotten worse.
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I so hope Musk loses SO MUCH MONEY with Twitter's value going from 44b to nothing simply because Musk decided to allow all kinds of shit on the platform.
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Trump attempted a coup before being banned. The MAGAts were already radicalized a long time ago.
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More radicalized? You do realize that Trump was banned because he goaded his supporters into trying to overthrow the US Government, right? Sedition? That word ring a bell?
It's pretty hard to radicalize people even more than that.
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I've long been a fan of Elon and looked past his missteps, due to a belief that the net good he has done with revolutionizing the EV and spaceflight industries far outweighs the negatives, such as the idiotic rants on twitter.
After the anti vaccine nonsense from a few months ago, and now bringing the orange bufoon back, I have completely changed my opinion of him. Giving Trump his Twitter bully pulpit back will be a disaster for our already frail democracy. I'm so done with his crap.
After the anti vaccine nonsense from a few months ago, and now bringing the orange bufoon back, I have completely changed my opinion of him. Giving Trump his Twitter bully pulpit back will be a disaster for our already frail democracy. I'm so done with his crap.
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Please correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the "gilded age" characterized in part by industrialists holding sway by having their own media?
If so then the only thing we learn from history is that we do not learn from history.
If so then the only thing we learn from history is that we do not learn from history.
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I just can't package "allowed to be an active user on a social media site" in a moral framework. It's orthogonal to matters of morality.
What a strange, malfunctional, developmentally-stunted person.
What a strange, malfunctional, developmentally-stunted person.
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Truth Social also gets barely any visitors, and the number of visitors to it is consistently falling.
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Makes sense.
Only the little people should be forced to abide by the TOS.
(fuck Trump. fuck Musk. fuck Libertarian assholes. fuck Republican Nazis).
Only the little people should be forced to abide by the TOS.
(fuck Trump. fuck Musk. fuck Libertarian assholes. fuck Republican Nazis).
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He isn't needed for that to happen, again it is a misnomer to credit him with anything but the initial idea which is filled in by his underlings.
As for this announcement, it isn't shocking at all and just highlights what I consider the continued irrelevance of Twitter. Again the stupidity of paying a massive amount of money for a loss making venture that has somewhat limited profit raising options without fundamental changes. Hi Elon I've some magic beans you can buy for a billion or two if you like
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