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Initech

(100,039 posts)
Sun Nov 20, 2022, 10:06 PM Nov 2022

Hey Elon, we're not the brainwashed idiots. You are.

Elon said that the New York Times is "far left brainwashing". There's no such thing. He is the brainwashed idiot. He went down the internet conspiracy theory wormhole like so many of the deluded have done over the last 6 years since that guy who we inexplicably called president got elected. You can make that claim all you want but it isn't true. You can't provide any examples of that other than the New York Times or MSNBC, which do that weird thing called "reporting facts" and not "conspiracy theory bullshit".

I can, however, provide thousands of examples of far right brainwashing, and that shit is everywhere. There's Tucker Carlson, and Sean Hannity, and everyone on Fox News. There's Christian megachurch hate pastors. There's OAN and Newsmax, there's the New York Post and Washington Examiner. There's Sinclair Broadcasting. There's Ben Shapiro, Joe Rogan, Candace Owens, TPUSA, Infowars, hundreds of right wing podcasts and Youtube channels, I could go on and on.

We get what? One hour of Rachel Maddow a night? Shit, let us at least have that. And conservatives think that she's on the same level as Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson. Bull fucking shit. Right wing propaganda has a stranglehold on like half of the country and those who go down the wormhole aren't coming back any time soon. "Left wing propaganda" as you put it, doesn't split up families or inspire real world violence (like the Paul Pelosi attack or last night's night club shooting) and death threats or encourage people to dip their testes in orange goo to prove their "manliness". That's your side. Either you in the real world, or you live in batshit red pill make believe conspiracy theory fantasy world. I choose to live in the real world. I'm tired of this fucking bullshit.

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Hey Elon, we're not the brainwashed idiots. You are. (Original Post) Initech Nov 2022 OP
It's just projection relayerbob Nov 2022 #1
Look at him as though he were a spoiled 12 year old... paleotn Nov 2022 #2
He's definitely a member of the "give me that it's mine" wing of the GOP. Initech Nov 2022 #4
Gaslit Fascist Fucker. nt Cha Nov 2022 #3
Playing to His Crowd erpowers Nov 2022 #5
Sad example of Rebl2 Nov 2022 #6
KICK orangecrush Nov 2022 #7
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2022 #8

paleotn

(17,884 posts)
2. Look at him as though he were a spoiled 12 year old...
Sun Nov 20, 2022, 10:17 PM
Nov 2022

and his rhetoric starts to make sense. It's exactly how a spoiled little brat would view the world.

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
5. Playing to His Crowd
Sun Nov 20, 2022, 11:53 PM
Nov 2022

For months I have thought Elon Musk is playing to his right-wing crowd. He did not get the applause he wanted from the Democrats and the Left, so he went with the group that gave him the applause he wanted. Now he keeps saying things they want to hear. For the last few months, he has been talking in right-wing talking points.

Most of the time I have thought he had not even looked at the things he condemned. A few months ago, he claimed that Netflix has become unwatchable woke brain mush. This was shortly after Netflix had announced that it had lost a large number of subscribers. I believe Republicans were saying similar things around that time. I doubted Musk had spent much time watching Netflix shows. Later, he criticized the new Lord of the Rings series and claimed Tolkin was spinning in his gave over the way the series had been done. Again, I doubted Musk had even watched the new series. It would not surprise me to learn that Musk is not well acquainted with the Lord of the Rings universe. Now he is claiming that the New York Times is "far left brainwashing". That is exactly what Donald Trump and the Republicans want to hear. However, I highly doubt Musk has ever read a New York Times article, looked at the New York Times website, or even looked at a daily edition of the paper version of the New York Times.

I wish someone in the media would ask people like Elon Musk to present examples of the things they claim. Give one example of a Netflix show that is unwatchable woke brain mush. Please explain what Tolkin would hate about the new Lord of the Rings series and how it contradicts the writings of Tolkin. Please give one example of something that the New York Times wrote that is/was false. Please provide proof of the falsehood. Too often people like Elon Musk are allowed to make false statements without anyone asking them to prove their point/statement.

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