The story of Musk buying up Twitter has rather thrown the Left into a tizzy lately. They’ve been horrified that Twitter should allow Conservatives a platform where they won’t be de-platformed or just outright censored. So, as far as I can see, the Left is not a fan of Freedom of Speech.
The other day, on this site, under the “Ghost Guns” cartoon, there was a discussion on how a “Strong or Fascist” president should seize all guns. (Which would include guns legally owned by the people.) So as far as I can see, the Left is not a fan of the Freedom to defend one’s self.
Given that the impulses I’ve seen are against Freedom and towards Totalitarianism, I would have to say that it really doesn’t look like the Left has American’s Best Interests at Heart.
Musk has seen the amount of power owning a social media platform can give and he wants in. Misinformation is already running rampant and with someone like Musk in charge of Twitter it can only get worse.
Twitter deserves to be bought out and transformed. From Bloomberg: “A Kremlin-backed Twitter campaign claiming the Bucha massacre was a hoax orchestrated by the U.K and U.S. has become Russia’s most aggressive disinformation campaign of the Ukraine war yet, according to new findings”. If you’re a Twitter employee, how does it feel to be Putin’s tool?
Happy Tax Day! Although I doubt that many people here pay much, or any, taxes these days.
Also, on this day in history:
1912 The Titanic sunk, 1865 Abraham Lincoln died, 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, 1755 Samuel Johnson published his "A Dictionary of the English Language, 1947 Jackie Robinson plays in his first MLB game, breaking the color barrier, 1923 the first “talkie” is publicly played at the Rialto Theater in NYC, 1945 Brits liberate Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen during WWII, 1972 Joe Biden graduates at the top of his law class at Syracuse – Corn Pop there to congratulate him. :)
Hope it is for real, truth is Musk relies too much on Government. He has received over two billion in grants and loans from the U.S. He is in bed with China for his Tesla batteries. So how far can he go? Hope I’m wrong.
Nearly identical shares of Twitter users say the site is mostly good (37%) or mostly bad (38%) for American democracy, with 24% saying it has no impact either way. But Republican Twitter users (including Republican-leaning independents) are roughly twice as likely as Democrats and Democratic leaners to say the site is bad for American democracy (60% vs. 28%). Conversely, roughly half of Democrats who use the site say it is good for American democracy – just 17% of Republican users say the same.
Meanwhile, similar shares of Democratic and Republican users say that issues such as the tone or civility of conversations on the site or the presence of inaccurate or misleading information are major problems. But Republican users are far more likely to say it is a major problem that Twitter limits the reach or visibility of certain posts (59% vs. 17%) or bans users from the platform (61% vs. 6%).
“Twitter is too important to be owned and controlled by a single person,” tweeted venture capitalist Fred Wilson. “The opposite should be happening. Twitter should be decentralized.”
However, the $43 billion pitch faces uncertainty on several fronts, including potential board or shareholder resistance, as well as lack of information on how Musk would actually fund the all-cash offer.
Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has already come out against the proposal, saying it’s too low, drawing a sharp reply from Musk questioning Saudi Arabia’s “views on journalistic freedom of speech.”
Elon Musk is unattached with any political party. Elon Musk has given his money to members of both major US political parties. He claimed that he wanted it to retain an open debate.
However, he was a member of President Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum until 2017. He resigned when Trump announced the US’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. Despite all of the discussion about Elon Musk’s political views, he has rarely made any public statements on the subject.
One of Elon Musk’s Twitter followers stated that he was “openly socialist” after proposing a hypothetical settlement on Mars in early 2019.
Musk responded that he is “openly moderate,” in a rare instance of Musk making a political statement.
Better be careful, Lefties. Musk might even use his new platform to tell people what to think. And that’s Mika’s job, right? https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=what+to+think+that%27s+our+job&&view=detail&mid=9189A8F4BA717660EA449189A8F4BA717660EA44&rvsmid=A63C1CD48E358AFD7120A63C1CD48E358AFD7120&FORM=VDQVAP
The fake billionaire has already stated he will not be coming back to twitter if the real billionaire buys it. Pretty fancy for one that is banned from that platform for consistent prevarication.
I have to chuckle at the conservatives who bleat about the first amendment not being respected by liberals. If you read the text, you will see that the ONLY entity guaranteed by name to be free is the press. Now, remember who called the press “the enemy of the people” (besides Josef Stalin, of course), and who stimulated the masses to chant “CNN Sucks”, who made a doctored video of himself smashing CNN outside a wrestling ring, and who stimulated the masses to attack reporters and damage their equipment.
^ Laugh-a while you can, monkey-boy. – Lord John Whorfin
Yeah, I remember Obama constantly complaining about how he was unfairly treated by the press.
1st Amendment- “ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
“…or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…”. Seems like they included the press “by name” to insure that the press as separate entities had the same freedom of speech as the people. Of course, I can see how a left wing Marxist would like to interpret it as not applying to individual people as they are not specifically mentioned. Fortunately the Supreme Court has settled that many times. Then there’s the over all caveat that this the first part of The Bill of Rights of the PEOPLE as opposed to the government.
RAGs about 2 years ago
Is Bok actually dissing Trump?
Say What Now‽ Premium Member about 2 years ago
That is actually funny!
Ballast about 2 years ago
Good one, Chip!
B 8671 about 2 years ago
Real billionaires don’t commit treason either.
Concretionist about 2 years ago
OMG. Could one-upping be the real reason behind Musk’s behavior?
PraiseofFolly about 2 years ago
Musk: A full tusker of a bull elephant in must? Hear his toot of triumph.
braindead Premium Member about 2 years ago
Yeah, the Stable Genius getting slapped by another punk is funny.
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But then… Establishing an economy run by oligarchs is right out of Putin’s playbook. Republicans look to that playbook for guidance.
kelloggs2066 about 2 years ago
The story of Musk buying up Twitter has rather thrown the Left into a tizzy lately. They’ve been horrified that Twitter should allow Conservatives a platform where they won’t be de-platformed or just outright censored. So, as far as I can see, the Left is not a fan of Freedom of Speech.
The other day, on this site, under the “Ghost Guns” cartoon, there was a discussion on how a “Strong or Fascist” president should seize all guns. (Which would include guns legally owned by the people.) So as far as I can see, the Left is not a fan of the Freedom to defend one’s self.
Given that the impulses I’ve seen are against Freedom and towards Totalitarianism, I would have to say that it really doesn’t look like the Left has American’s Best Interests at Heart.
So, here’s my challenge: Change my mind.
shakeswilly about 2 years ago
Musk has seen the amount of power owning a social media platform can give and he wants in. Misinformation is already running rampant and with someone like Musk in charge of Twitter it can only get worse.
lavender headgear about 2 years ago
“Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover could be bad news for free speech”
— Washington Post, Jeff Bezos, prop.
billopfer Premium Member about 2 years ago
The best thing that could happen to Twitter is for it to just go away. Same with Facebook. Both are killing civil society.
Masterskrain about 2 years ago
ANOTHER in a long list of FAILED trump businesses. The Stay-Bull Jeenius strikes again!
nodjt about 2 years ago
Billionaires like to think they have all the answers. The only real answer they have is how to screw the 99% out of their money.
robcarroll1213 about 2 years ago
LOL! Nailed it, Chip Bok!
s49nav about 2 years ago
Twitter deserves to be bought out and transformed. From Bloomberg: “A Kremlin-backed Twitter campaign claiming the Bucha massacre was a hoax orchestrated by the U.K and U.S. has become Russia’s most aggressive disinformation campaign of the Ukraine war yet, according to new findings”. If you’re a Twitter employee, how does it feel to be Putin’s tool?
guyjen2004 Premium Member about 2 years ago
Happy Tax Day! Although I doubt that many people here pay much, or any, taxes these days.
Also, on this day in history:
1912 The Titanic sunk, 1865 Abraham Lincoln died, 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, 1755 Samuel Johnson published his "A Dictionary of the English Language, 1947 Jackie Robinson plays in his first MLB game, breaking the color barrier, 1923 the first “talkie” is publicly played at the Rialto Theater in NYC, 1945 Brits liberate Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen during WWII, 1972 Joe Biden graduates at the top of his law class at Syracuse – Corn Pop there to congratulate him. :)
RLG Premium Member about 2 years ago
To do that, he would have had to use his own money.
ChristopherBurns about 2 years ago
That’s actually funny.
Masterskrain about 2 years ago
Of course, the 78% of Americans that aren’t on Twitter really couldn’t give a Rat’s patoot about who owns it.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/08/02/10-facts-about-americans-and-twitter/
Jack7528 about 2 years ago
Hope it is for real, truth is Musk relies too much on Government. He has received over two billion in grants and loans from the U.S. He is in bed with China for his Tesla batteries. So how far can he go? Hope I’m wrong.
Ivan the Terrible about 2 years ago
Oh, snap!
Masterskrain about 2 years ago
Nearly identical shares of Twitter users say the site is mostly good (37%) or mostly bad (38%) for American democracy, with 24% saying it has no impact either way. But Republican Twitter users (including Republican-leaning independents) are roughly twice as likely as Democrats and Democratic leaners to say the site is bad for American democracy (60% vs. 28%). Conversely, roughly half of Democrats who use the site say it is good for American democracy – just 17% of Republican users say the same.
Meanwhile, similar shares of Democratic and Republican users say that issues such as the tone or civility of conversations on the site or the presence of inaccurate or misleading information are major problems. But Republican users are far more likely to say it is a major problem that Twitter limits the reach or visibility of certain posts (59% vs. 17%) or bans users from the platform (61% vs. 6%).
Radish the wordsmith about 2 years ago
Snerk!
Radish the wordsmith about 2 years ago
“Twitter is too important to be owned and controlled by a single person,” tweeted venture capitalist Fred Wilson. “The opposite should be happening. Twitter should be decentralized.”
However, the $43 billion pitch faces uncertainty on several fronts, including potential board or shareholder resistance, as well as lack of information on how Musk would actually fund the all-cash offer.
Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has already come out against the proposal, saying it’s too low, drawing a sharp reply from Musk questioning Saudi Arabia’s “views on journalistic freedom of speech.”
https://www.rawstory.com/terrified-musk-twitter-buyout-bid-rattles-tech-world/
Elon Musk is unattached with any political party. Elon Musk has given his money to members of both major US political parties. He claimed that he wanted it to retain an open debate.
However, he was a member of President Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum until 2017. He resigned when Trump announced the US’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. Despite all of the discussion about Elon Musk’s political views, he has rarely made any public statements on the subject.
One of Elon Musk’s Twitter followers stated that he was “openly socialist” after proposing a hypothetical settlement on Mars in early 2019.
Musk responded that he is “openly moderate,” in a rare instance of Musk making a political statement.
He has stated that he is not a conservative.
braindead Premium Member about 2 years ago
The important thing is for oligarchs to take over means of communication.
Journalists are less of a threat if you can drown them out.
s49nav about 2 years ago
Better be careful, Lefties. Musk might even use his new platform to tell people what to think. And that’s Mika’s job, right? https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=what+to+think+that%27s+our+job&&view=detail&mid=9189A8F4BA717660EA449189A8F4BA717660EA44&rvsmid=A63C1CD48E358AFD7120A63C1CD48E358AFD7120&FORM=VDQVAP
Radish the wordsmith about 2 years ago
^ Hopeful hater.
Subversive about 2 years ago
The fake billionaire has already stated he will not be coming back to twitter if the real billionaire buys it. Pretty fancy for one that is banned from that platform for consistent prevarication.
Kracklin Rosie - “Tolo Dan Nan Galad” Premium Member about 2 years ago
^ Radical leftist hater who ignores the truth.
I Play One On TV about 2 years ago
I have to chuckle at the conservatives who bleat about the first amendment not being respected by liberals. If you read the text, you will see that the ONLY entity guaranteed by name to be free is the press. Now, remember who called the press “the enemy of the people” (besides Josef Stalin, of course), and who stimulated the masses to chant “CNN Sucks”, who made a doctored video of himself smashing CNN outside a wrestling ring, and who stimulated the masses to attack reporters and damage their equipment.
Kracklin Rosie - “Tolo Dan Nan Galad” Premium Member about 2 years ago
^ Laugh-a while you can, monkey-boy. – Lord John Whorfin
Yeah, I remember Obama constantly complaining about how he was unfairly treated by the press.
1st Amendment- “ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
“…or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…”. Seems like they included the press “by name” to insure that the press as separate entities had the same freedom of speech as the people. Of course, I can see how a left wing Marxist would like to interpret it as not applying to individual people as they are not specifically mentioned. Fortunately the Supreme Court has settled that many times. Then there’s the over all caveat that this the first part of The Bill of Rights of the PEOPLE as opposed to the government.