Chief Twitter Troll Elon Musk just tweeted a snide, juvenile response to Ed Markey - UPDATE

[highplainsdem]

Senator Markey's tweet on the 11th - apparently it took Musk two days to figure out a response - then Musk's idiotic comment, then Markey's reply - which I'm editing to add thanks to leftstreet's reply 7 below.

Link to tweet

Musk's response:

Link to tweet

Markey:

A @washingtonpost reporter was able to create a verified account impersonating me—I’m asking for answers from @elonmusk who is putting profits over people and his debt over stopping disinformation. Twitter must explain how this happened and how to prevent it from happening again.

Musk:

Perhaps it is because your real account sounds like a parody?

EDITING to add Markey's reply to Musk (again, thanks to leftstreet, reply 7 below):

Link to tweet

One of your companies is under an FTC consent decree. Auto safety watchdog NHTSA is investigating another for killing people. And you’re spending your time picking fights online. Fix your companies. Or Congress will.

[sakabatou]

1. Muskrat is an asshole through and through, but that's stating the obvious

[highplainsdem]

15. He's doing his "best" to make sure everyone knows he's an asshole.

[PatSeg]

20. And in that sense,

he is clearly an overachiever. Just when I think he couldn't possibly be any more dickish, he surprises me. Is he really trying to be the most hated man on the planet?

[a kennedy]

2. Totally despise this piece of shit.

[highplainsdem]

16. Me, too.

[Sky Jewels]

3. Wow.

Can't really type what I want to type.

[highplainsdem]

18. Know just what you mean.

[leftstreet]

4. Musk seems kinda pitiful

This alleged genius and billionaire, with every advantage at his fingertips, planning to conquer Mars !!.... but basically sitting in front of his computer for hours, surfing social media for mentions of his name

Trump did the same thing

[highplainsdem]

21. He would be pitiful if he didn't have the power to do so much harm, and the apparent

intent to do harm, at least via Twitter.

Btw, I don't believe he bought Twitter planning to destroy it. I think he believed he could use it as a tool to promote his other companies (which he's been doing with his tweets), to promote RW politics, to keep himself the center of attention, and to strike back at the people he thinks are too critical of him and his companies and beliefs.

And he does seem to have grandiose plans to make Twitter a social media platform that will replace other major social media platforms. Making Musk king of his own online world.

But he's making a complete mess of it, showing how incompetent and thughtless he can be, and worsening his image instead of improving it.

And he's under scrutiny not only from our government but from other governments around the world.

[PatSeg]

23. Yes, in so many ways

he reminds me of Trump. This fool needs serious help.

[DetlefK]

5. Time for an FTC-investigation how much money Twitter makes from hosting scammers and fraudsters.

How many of those "verified" accounts are actually scammers? Multiply by $8... and we know how much money Twitter makes by enabling crime.

[leftstreet]

7. Oh LOLOLOL

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=h4KX8M0oI35NMbWDYBSJsQ

[highplainsdem]

12. Thanks! I'll add that to the OP and give you credit. Hadn't seen

that till now. Musk's disgusting tweet had bothered me so much I went back to YouTube for the music.

[emulatorloo]

19. Perfect reply. Seems like Musk is yet another sleazeball MAGA crook.

[gldstwmn]

6. With Musk's government contracts he'd

do well not to piss off a sitting United States Senator.
He was talking shit about Elizabeth Warren the other day who would grill him like a hot dog on the Fourth of July if she ever got hold of him.
I'm reminded of her takedown of John Stumpf, the CEO of Wells Fargo. Musk was probably still in high school when that happened.

[highplainsdem]

25. No kidding.

[LakeArenal]

8. Hi. I'm Elon Musk. Richest 10 year old bully in the world.

[highplainsdem]

14. Nailed it.

[crickets]

24. This. It's pathetic, really. nt

[dalton99a]

9. Typical Republican low-life thug

[highplainsdem]

27. He certainly fits in with Twitter's worst trolls.

[Beachnutt]

10. Dems are the big electric vehicle buyers

rethugs are stuck on fossil fuel vehicles so keep it up Eloon..
There are many other ev builders out there now days.
Fisker coming soon, Fisker Ocean made from recycled material.
Lucid already in production
and The Big 3 are ramping production.

[highplainsdem]

31. Maybe he suffers from the delusion that RWers will start buying Teslas if he can "elevate"

their "citizen journalism" and help them troll and impersonate the liberals they hate.

[Nevilledog]

11. Markey torches Elon......

Link to tweet

Tweet text:

Ed Markey

@SenMarkey
·
Follow
One of your companies is under an FTC consent decree. Auto safety watchdog NHTSA is investigating another for killing people. And you’re spending your time picking fights online. Fix your companies. Or Congress will.

Elon Musk

@elonmusk
Replying to @SenMarkey and @washingtonpost
Perhaps it is because your real account sounds like a parody?
9:16 AM · Nov 13, 2022

[highplainsdem]

13. Yep. DUer leftstreet posted that in reply 7, and I just edited the OP to add it.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

17. Smackdown!

That had to hurt!

Love Markey!

[highplainsdem]

38. I love Markey, too.

[Takket]

22. every day musk proves i made the right choice quitting twitter

and he also proves everyone was right, that he wants to make it over into a right-wing paradise

[niyad]

26. Does it strike anybody else that muskrat's account sounds like a parody?

[highplainsdem]

30. Often. And the twit is now using a photo of himself in his Halloween costume for

his profile pic.

Link to tweet

[niyad]

32. Exactly who, or what, is he supposed to be in that image? Sorry, I am not

familiar with comicbook heroes and villains.

[highplainsdem]

33. Not a superhero, and not from comics. It's a costume called "The Devil's Champion":

https://people.com/human-interest/elon-musk-heidi-klum-halloween-party-twitter-controversy/

Although Musk, 51, seemingly didn't dress up as a specific character for the night, E! News reported he arrived in what appeared to be a costume from a local costume shop in New York City. The outlet reported that the costume is called the "Devil's Champion—Leather Armor Set," which is $1,000 to rent or $7,500 to purchase.

https://abracadabranyc.com/products/devils-champion-leather-armor-set

[niyad]

43. a grand to rent?? ooooookaaaaay.

[highplainsdem]

48. I'm guessing he bought his. Probably squeezes into it and admires himself in a mirror now and then.

[Voltaire2]

34. spanx work wonders.

[highplainsdem]

36. LOL! Especially when a marshmallow wants to pose as a champion warrior:

Link to tweet

[niyad]

44. you could have warned us!! Now I need a drink!

[Mosby]

28. Thank God we don't have trolls and socks here.

[tblue37]

29. Easier to read with larger print:

[highplainsdem]

37. Thanks!

[republianmushroom]

35. LIKE IT

[Joinfortmill]

39. Hope Musk crashes and burns.

[Wild blueberry]

40. Another twerpy billionaire who could have used their money to feed, house, and educate people

Instead, vanity

[Carlitos Brigante]

41. Holy shit balls! Between the 420, 69 "jokes" and these "I know you are but what am I?" "sick

burns". He is truly one of the comedic geniuses of our time.

[allegorical oracle]

42. Musk's reply doesn't even make sense. How old is he? Twelve? nt

[highplainsdem]

45. Emotionally? I'd guess he's 10 years old or younger.

[BlueIdaho]

46. The world needs to tombstone Twitter.

It’s of no obvious value to anyone but it’s owner.

[highplainsdem]

47. It's important to a lot of people. I posted a thread from an editor/publisher here days ago, will

see if I can find that.

Here:

https://democraticunderground.com/100217306410

[BlueIdaho]

49. There is nothing unique to Twitter

Any social media platform can do what Twitter does. As more users leave Twitter, the smart media consultants will move with them.

[Hekate]

50. Now that's a real Senator

[highplainsdem]

52. Definitely.

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

51. Success has defeated him.

Is that possibly what is happening here?

[highplainsdem]

53. Made him so arrogant, I think, that he won't look for the

expertise he needs from others, and can't accept criticism when he screws up trying to manage things on his own.

If you won't learn from others, and won't learn from your own mistakes...

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

54. Yes & Yes

So arrogant that he makes fun of a US Senator, someone that can cause profound effects on his businesses.

He doesn't seem to take it seriously enough. He seems to be like a teenager having fun trolling on a gaming forum. He is not operating like his livelihood is at stake.

So successful that he operates as if he is an emperor that doesn't need to much temper his ideas at the suggestion or criticisms of the experts, as you say.