Musk makes clear pledge to return Trump to Twitter

[bigtree]

...if he manages to gain control and make that happen he'll be a fellow insurrectionist, demagogue, covid misinformation monger and race-baiter, since that will be the dominant theme of Trump's tweets. There will be no cleaning up this Twitter cesspool after Trump takes a fresh dump here.

As a more sane Twitter admin ruled, Trump's “highly likely to encourage and inspire people to replicate the criminal acts that took place at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.”

Now it's clear, so is Musk.


Elon Musk pledges to overturn Twitter’s ban on Donald Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/may/10/elon-musk-pledges-overturn-twitter-ban-donald-trump

[dalton99a]

1. More fighting on Twitter, more money for Musk

[bigtree]

5. I'd think it would open up twitter to charges

...as a co-conspirator to trump's treason and threats.

Especially the way Musk is looking to ignore the previous ban and press forward, in spite (not despite) of the reasons given.

[Scrivener7]

9. And they will be subject to the same penalties that tfg has been.

[bigtree]

10. not a fan of cynicism and apathy

...besides, precedent apparently counts for nothing these days.

[Scrivener7]

11. I'm heartbroken that you are not a fan. Truly.

[bigtree]

13. what's the point in it?

...you're posting on a Democratic message board, essentially messaging that nothing can, or will be done about this clear injustice.

What's the actual point in messaging that here?

FWIW, not a fan of that either. Sorry to upset you again.

[Scrivener7]

28. Now I'm up to date on your opinions, and all the better for it.

Thank goodness.

[bigtree]

30. posting on this thread

...is entirely optional.

Things we find when we open threads, can be surprising.

Responses to our own remarks on those threads, not so surprising.

Thought I'd add that, since I have your rapt attention and consideration.

[Scrivener7]

32. Thank you so much for pointing that out. It never hurts to have someone

say these things, no matter how obvious they might be!

[JohnSJ]

2. Wrong headline. Musk pledges to support insurrectionist lies, misrepresentations, and fraud

[RKP5637]

7. Yeah, sure is what it is!!! n/t

[TheBlackAdder]

25. South African with additional Tri-USA & Canadian citizenships wants to shit on the USA.

[JohnSJ]

26. Another appropriate headline

[2naSalit]

3. Well...

There goes social media.

[cilla4progress]

4. Fuck them all!

I quit a couple weeks ago when this all started coming out.

SMDH...

[RKP5637]

6. When the billionaires+++ are fighting against the people it gets so damn incredible and hostile.

This guy wants nothing but chaos.

[pwb]

8. When this new money as speech we have

no say in anything. Bill Gates help us out here please?

[leftstreet]

12. If Trump isn't held accountable for an insurrection

...guess there's no reason he can't tweet

[bigtree]

19. I think when Musk actually owns the platform

...that would be the actual time when users would be 'supporting' him in some fashion.

But to put that into perspective, I had innumerable problems with the WaPo, for instance since my early adulthood. I wrote letters to their editor almost every week (got a half dozen published), but I don't believe I was 'supporting' every disinformation I responded to.

I'd pay for the paper, and read it, for what it was worth. That didn't make me a supporter, no more than their ombudsman.

I don't actually believe disengaging from major sources of news and information like Twitter helps much, especially if they still have that floor to themselves.

That might change if there's a mass exodus of reasonable folks. That includes all of the pols, newsmakers, reporters, journos, activists, and the rest that I trust implicitly. 'Twitter' doesn't blog much, but its participants certainly do.

[redstatebluegirl]

15. Musk doesn't want to pay taxes.

His only chance not to have to pay is to have Trump back and the GOP in control He sees putting him back on Twitter as a path to his reelection in 2024. I think it may backfire on him, people will grow weary of him quickly if he tweets every minute. Either way anyone who stays on Twitter after he takes over is throwing their support to the GOP.

[Baked Potato]

16. He will then monetize the resulting frenzy of hate. Nt

[Baitball Blogger]

17. Hopefully we'll get the Trump's North Korean dick pick in time to spread it around on Twitter.

[Fullduplexxx]

18. Of course we knew this ... trump probably asked him to do that

[Torchlight]

20. When/if the deal is signed and moves forward

I'll stop clicking on any twitter link. I will not be able to, in good faith, provide that platform with any additional revenue, clicks or eyeballs.

And if it means I miss out on the juicy, insider gossip for-profit media passes off as current events, then I suppose I'll miss out on all sort of nifty, shiny, pretty things. My loss, I guess; wish I could work up the passion to pretend I'll miss anything substantive.

[bigtree]

22. I assure you, there's much more than' juicy, insider gossip for-profit media' on twitter

...but I take your point.

I'd wonder where to find the activists, pols, journos, etc. that I trust, and who have kept me informed. There really wasn't a more comprehensive platform which featured the people who make and report the news, which features people who make then laws, who run the agencies.

What's left are the clearly compromised news orgs. and networks who only tell you what they want you to hear, and they don't feature some variety of sources. I remember well the days when we were forced to rely on what six or seven pundits on tv said about political events and initiatives.

The obvious result before Twitter offered its platform was groupthink that was nationwide, and it became an essential gathering for those folks I mentioned to convey their take on events. Really opened up the information landscape. Some good, some bad, but you're free to choose who you view on twitter, not so much on cable and network news.

And don't even talk to me about Google, which is one of the most subversive rw, platforms on the internet.

You know, actually the quickest way for Twitter to become a primarily right wing board is for most of the progressives and Dems to leave. Not sure how I feel about that happening.

[Torchlight]

33. I can't speak to anyone else's reaction, only to mine.

And as I've never had an account there, I doubt they will miss my voice or that I'll have any measurable impact on the ratio of left to right wing subscribers/generators/accounts/whatever-the-format-calls-them. Musk's acquisition had me skeptical of his end-game for a platform I've mostly ignored, and his announcement today just validated my continued avoidance of the platform.

[apcalc]

21. That'll be no more twitter for me! Screw Musk!

[Shermann]

23. Trump to start trash-tweeting EV's in 3...2...1... nt

[GusBob]

24. They shall be posted on DU 2 or 3 times each

That was the usual practice

Most posted here within minutes of the original

Irony can be pretty ironic

[Shermann]

29. We'll see what Musk does when Trump backs up these claims with "science" nt

[tanyev]

27. Meanwhile, over at TruthSocial....

[Takket]

31. if it comes to fruition, that will be my last day on twitter