The Emperor has now designed a new word that can get you suspended from Twitter.

[demmiblue]

Link to tweet

[hlthe2b]

1. This guy is really "something." And I see little to none of that "something" that is admirable.

Frankly, I think he is dangerous.

[Hortensis]

30. Oh, agree, Musk has become dangerous. In that, he's joined

other dangerous people heading giant media who aren't exposing themselves personally the way he is.

It's right to be afraid. We have to have government controls on what they're doing to protect the public and democracy itself.

A lot if not all of the professionals working for that, countering and sounding alarms about online hate, disinformation, election interference, etcetera, are holding ground via Twitter accounts to spread their messages there. Very active, no shortage of informative alarms to sound, and they were busy as hell before Musk bought it.

[pwb]

2. Comrade Musk has spoken. All will comply.

This Musk freak looks like he was already embalmed? Fuck your platform.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

13. Seriously.

[EYESORE 9001]

3. Apparently, his success is due to hard work

on the part of others. I can picture this fool lighting firecrackers in his office to amuse himself while the best minds he could find labor tirelessly on behalf of his companies.

[Laha]

4. The Loon should just merge with Troth Social and get it over with

They could call it Twit Social

[Alice Kramden]

29. Ha!

"Twit Social" - I like that

[90-percent]

5. from wikipedia

"A cisgender (can be shortened to cis; sometimes cissexual) person has a gender identity that matches their sex assigned at birth. A person whose sex was assigned male at birth and identifies as a boy or a man, or someone whose sex was assigned female at birth and identifies as a girl or a woman, is considered cisgender.[1] This is the case for the majority of people."


I have no clue why this evil overlord would want these words to be grounds for banishment? Sense it does not make. Like banning the word "waffle".
'
-90% Jimmy

[Roy Rolling]

14. Thanks

I was wondering the definition the little moron was using.

[Effete Snob]

6. Only "free speech" allowed

[Alexander Of Assyria]

7. It's not free speech thing...it's private com. company...can ban whatever they want. It's the law.

Is irony the right word for detesting Twitter, well deserved…while transmitting that derision…using Twitter??

It’s like if I set up a tin can on a string communications device and banned girls…I can do it!

[Effete Snob]

8. Yes of course they can do what they want with their toy

My point was that they think they are promoting free speech.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

11. They are promoting a lot of free speech...this thread is from Twitter!

But the large portion of hate speech…makes the whole thing toxic and…why folks still use it while criticizing it??

Most useless machine ever invented and worse than that…not just Twitter…all the distracting social media that turns the beautiful world into a million tiny pixels.

[ret5hd]

15. Yet you find it useful for your agenda.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

17. Mysterious! Expand!

[DonCoquixote]

16. including this very site?

DU is also social media

[Alexander Of Assyria]

19. There is more than one distinction. No hate speech allowed...the format is way different.

Etc…why many here and not over there on hate speech platforms disguised as something useful.

[DonCoquixote]

24. this quote is NOT very distinct

"Most useless machine ever invented and worse than that…not just Twitter…all the distracting social media that turns the beautiful world into a million tiny pixels"

[Recycle_Guru]

25. technically, DU is a message board--not social media. you don't connect to friends and share content

DU has more in common with listservs than it does with social media

[Alexander Of Assyria]

40. Message board, yes, suppose that's more accurate description!

The rapid scrolling of social media threads doesn’t happen here…it’s feels much different…cleaner.

[lonely bird]

26. Elon Musk allegedly promotes free speech

He does not adhere to his own claims. His claims are empty posturing.

[Laha]

10. I'm guessing the free speech comment refers more to the Loon than the company

Musk sure likes to bill himself as some sort of free speech hero by allowing lies and other garbage on Twitter. Up until he sees something he personally doesn't like.

The poor widdle billionaire has a sad because he doesn't want to be referred to with a word that in his mind implies being a sissy. He's nothing but a thin-skinned whiny baby.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

12. Disagree. This very confused man has the skin thickness of an elephant.

[Recycle_Guru]

27. he wouldn't be banning news organizations if he had thick skin

[Laha]

38. Thick head, thin skin

We all win!

[Takket]

9. Does he even know what cis means?

I’m cis. I have referred to myself as cis. I’m offended he considers that word a slur. This is why I quit twitter.

[Bluethroughu]

18. Is this Eloon, an agent of Putin?

He seems to sow chaos, and be a megalomaniac like his comrade rump.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. Old words. Designated, not "designed", not "new word". . . . nt

[Alexander Of Assyria]

22. Yes. Or redefined, or distorted. Not to be found in any dictionary...so it's all just word mush.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

28. Wrong. OEDictionary shows "cis-" has been in use since 1870. Look things up before posting

1870 english language usage is not "new" or redefined from the Latin.

The prefix cis- is Latin and means 'on this side of'. The term cisgender was coined in 1994 and entered into dictionaries starting in 2015 as a result of changes in social discourse about gender.[4]

Musk did not coin the word or design it or redefine it.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

39. Puzzling response as I agreed with you!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

43. You are wrong about your "redefined", "distorted", "not in dictionary", "word mush"

It is not redefined.

It is not distorted.

It is in multiple dictionaries.

It is not word mush.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

47. Cis definition wasn't my topic.

[allegorical oracle]

42. Thanks for the explanation...wondered about its origins.

[LAS14]

21. You've GOT to be KIDDING!!!!!! Is this The Onion?????? nt

[2naSalit]

23. The little Prince has spoken...

Up is down, black is white, cats sleeping with dogs...

Glad I don't have any skin in that game.

[Music Man]

31. What a fucking dumbass.

More proof that successful people in our society don't necessarily need to be smart.

The prefix cis has been used for a long time in the scientific community, in fields ranging from chemistry to genetics. It's not some "woke" invention.

[Farmer-Rick]

32. I think DU should ban all things Twitter

And Musk. But DU is not a feudal kingdom like Twitter is.

Twitter is going to get worse. Like so many stupid filthy rich people, Musk really wants Trump to be our next president.

[thesquanderer]

33. So I guess he wants people to type out "non-transgender" instead?

I guess it's good they don't limit you to 140 characters anymore.

[bucolic_frolic]

34. Cis Musk?

[area51]

35. Yet Eloon is fine & dandy

with a fine person like Dr. Peter Hotez being attacked on twitter.

[Swede]

36. Musk is a vile man.

Link to tweet

?s=20

[iemanja]

37. Musk is a steaming POS

[FakeNoose]

41. How about "witch hunt" - shouldn't that cause suspension also?

[Voltaire2]

44. Get off these f'ing platforms.

Stop giving Musk and Zuckerberg and whoever owns Reddit your content and your brain. They are monetizing you and they are actively making the world worse.

Social Media - the for profit versions - have shredded peoples minds with their addictive algorithms intended, successfully, to keep your attention on their screens.

Musk is a fascist and he has turned twitter into a fascist platform. Get off of it. Just say no.

[BWdem4life]

45. Well this is interesting:

I did a google search and found this...



Followed the link to wikipedia, no mention there of it being a "slur." Seems like Elon supporters have been doing some creative Wiki editing...

[SoFlaBro]

46. Apartheid Clyde is such a stupid motherfucker now.

n/t