'White Dudes for Harris' X Suspension Sparks Fury: 'Election Interference'

[marmar]

(Newsweek) Asocial-media account for white male supporters of Kamala Harris was briefly suspended from X, formerly Twitter, sparking anger online.

Newsweek observed that the White Dudes for Harris X account had been temporarily suspended after the group held a star-studded virtual call on Monday night that raised more than $4 million.

....(snip)....

In response to the suspension, Ross Morales Rocketto, an organizer for the group, wrote: "Got @elonmusk [X owner] scared."

....(snip)....

Democratic commentator Mueller, She Wrote said: "The 'free speech absolutist' has now suspended White @dudes4harris. Presumably for raising $4M in a few hours. The fascists are terrified. Good." ..............(more)

https://www.newsweek.com/white-dudes-harris-x-suspension-1931827

[SunSeeker]

1. Elon is an election-interfering, free speech hating scumbag. nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

28. Child of apartheid.

[SunSeeker]

39. Yup, apartheid trust fund baby. nt

[Trueblue1968]

55. If i had my way, he would be in prison. Why you ask? I hate his Musk Ox's guts

[jimfields33]

2. I'm sure the algorithm probably thought white supremacy group.

Once checked by humans, it was brought back on line.

[Think. Again.]

5. Is THAT the excuse they're using????

That's pretty weak considering all the white supremist trash that DOESN'T get blocked.

[jimfields33]

6. Link?

[Think. Again.]

9. Here's one from a quick google search...

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/elon-musk-x-twitter-antisemitism-hashtags-trending-hate-rcna151945

Do you really doubt it's true or are you trying to protect white supremist social media?

[jimfields33]

11. I'm giving a reasonable reason why it disappeared for five minutes.

[Think. Again.]

12. It seems to me you reached far to the right to find that excuse...

...when a more simple and probable reason was a fundraising dusruption attempt by a known opposition agent.

[jimfields33]

13. Ok. It's over. The group is back up.

[Think. Again.]

15. Yep, we're winning.

[Torchlight]

35. lol ok

[Renew Deal]

7. Most likely, RW trolls repeatedly reported it as violating the rules.

[XorXor]

50. That would be my guess too

[Gaytano70]

17. Thank you

[LAS14]

30. Something to consider. (Not sarcasm) Any way anyone can find out? nt

[Susan Calvin]

32. I read the entire Newsweek article, and

It says the account came back online but it is still in read-only mode. That kind of negates your argument in my opinion.

[Crunchy Frog]

45. Based on what I regularly see on that forum, I'd say probably not.

[Lifeafter70]

51. I thought that at first too

But if you read the article, they were restored to read only mode not a full restoration. Newsweek contacted X and were told to try again later, because they were busy.

[cstanleytech]

56. "white supremacy group" If they actually did that every pro Trump account would be banned.

[EYESORE 9001]

3. I wish everyone - everywhere - would stop using his platform

It gets far too much exposure here for my taste. I’ll start the ball rolling by stating that I’m not giving any clicks to that evil dickweed from this moment forward. Screenshots only. If no text accompanies the twerk, I’ll just wait until it gets picked up elsewhere.

[2naSalit]

24. I stopped a long time ago...

When fuckwad bought it. I knew this was coming and too many blow off the danger because... convenience. I don't go there so screenshots aren't possible but I trash OPs that are nothing but a xitter link. I'm not participating in that shitstorm.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

37. I'm not giving them a click. If it's a tweet only post, I move on n/t

[Think. Again.]

4. Hoo boy they're scared, we can't back down now!

[samnsara]

8. wow they raised a lot of $$ for Kamala!!! Good for the white dudes!!!

I love self actualized men..

[Think. Again.]

10. I think White Women for Harris broke zoom with their numbers...

...so White Dudes for Harris didn't want to risk it?

[ananda]

23. Tim Daly's t-shirt said 100% Human

I like that.

It reminds me of Oprah Winfrey, who said
she always put "human" on forms that asked
about race.

[DENVERPOPS]

49. If you really want to confuse the Rwing

Put HOMO SAPIEN........they will think you are badmouthing Lindsay Graham.....LOL

[TommyT139]

52. He was great in Madam Secretary

My partner and I binged that, finishing the night before Biden passed the torch to Kamala.

Excellent series, I learned a ton, and a few of the previous Secretaries of State made cameos.

[Takket]

14. The message here is that you should be off X if you are a left leaning person

Let it become another Truth social echo chamber and it will die.

Plenty of other outlets now are well established. Let X die.

[Gaytano70]

20. I agree, but ...

Twitter has been around a long time, has so many users (including Harris, Buttigieg, et al), and yes, we HATE Musk and everything the despicable vile slime represents, but Twitter IS bigger than him. Renaming it X does not make it something different, because as scary as it is, Artificial Intelligence now rules how we communicate and interact and live. Twitter was built to last and Musk is just a punk if he thinks his "ownership" makes him the king of the internet.

[2naSalit]

26. If their...

Audience moves elsewhere, they will follow.

[ancianita]

22. Off X?

X is worldwide. What makes you think that leaving X will cause it to die?

[Rubyshoo]

16. More Here:

Link to tweet

[Rubyshoo]

21. Just Found This:

Link to tweet

[Qutzupalotl]

43. They have been reinstated. nt

[Liberal In Texas]

18. I don't know why people are still using Twitter.

(I refuse to call it X.)
There are lots of other platforms that this site could have been formed on.

[WA-03 Democrat]

19. Social media is not our friend

It is a tool to divide, separate and spread lies

[wolfie001]

25. I followed a link here at DU and immediately donated!!!

So glad I took part in this Historic Event! Go Kamala!!!

[gab13by13]

27. Putin puppet Musk

is more dangerous than Fox.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

29. Musk turned Twitter into shitter.

[orthoclad]

34. Every click to xitter is money in Musk's pocket.

[orangecrush]

31. K&R

[Joinfortmill]

33. Wow. They raised 4 mil.

[SCantiGOP]

36. If you haven't dropped X please do so

But first tell them why: That we don’t need another FOX News outlet.

[jaxexpat]

38. US elections have been tools of multinational forces since, at least, 2000. Sinking in.......yeah, and even before that.

The reality of the "Global Economy" transforms all democracies into commodities on the markets, stock and meat, during their election cycles. So, dis-spirited and corrupted is our own experiment that we have failed miserably to address this problem with legislation. We don't seriously discuss or even acknowledge the evidence of its existence in social conversation or on our common media platforms. Statutes to correct the course, which direction is so plainly obvious, would pretty much write themselves if it weren't for the open collusion and coercion which infests both branches of congress. At this point it is a question that, if such regulations existed could they be enforced?

Musk is the current would-be-world -master foolish enough to show his hand. A position for which many multi-billionaires are sincerely grateful as it maintains their relative invisibility, the real key to survival in the "information age". His controversial outrageousness is a given, for how could anyone presuming the mantle of power broker at that level be a person whose motivations are any with which real people identify? His high visibility and obvious eccentricities may be the best aspect of him for our purposes here on DU. A howling dog, even a rabid one, is, after all, less threat than a plague carrying rat hiding in the corn stores.

[Farmer-Rick]

40. Why would a Democratic group

Think they would get fair treatment on a website controlled by a Pedo Trump loving Nazi? He has made it clear he was buying up Twitter to get Pedo Trump elected.

I doubt Democrats get fair treatment from most large Internet social media platforms.

You are not treated fairly on X. You are mostly not treated fairly on Facebook. You are probably not treated fairly on Instagram. You very likely are not treated fairly on YouTube.

I don't know why Dems are usually supporting known biased platforms. If Dems didn't post on X, I would never go there.

[Metaphorical]

54. I wonder if he will put X up for sale if the Dems win?

For sale: One social media platform , slightly used.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

41. White Dudes are back

Link to tweet

[Old Crank]

42. Uber naxi Eloon

Typical of that disgusting nut job.

[Martin68]

44. Elon Musk does not now and has never believed in free speech. He bought Twitter to create a propaganda platform for

right wing extremists, fascists, white supremacists and groups that spread conspiracy theories to encourage violence against liberals. He has weighted his own posts to give him dominance. He will arbitrarily block any liberal he feels might be gaining popularity on the site.

[TBF]

46. I closed my twitter account awhile ago - Musk is toxic

move to threads/Insta or Tik Tok. My family members send me all kinds of TT videos ... I don't post on it myself but I do look at what they send me.

[OverBurn]

47. We're back, Fuck you Eloon.

Link to tweet

[B.See]

53. And no doubt eloon's musk-ratfkery

doubled if not quadrupled the response.

So thanks a lot, asshole.

[turbinetree]

48. Remember what happened to the Star-link in Ukraine...........

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/07/elon-musk-ordered-starlink-turned-off-ukraine-offensive-biography


again why are our tax dollars being spent on his corporations........he should be hauled into a hearing and explain himself................

[Stargazer99]

57. I am with you, why is the taxpayer money supporting Elon? Who OKed this robbery of the taxpayer?

And why did a corporation get a tax deduction for moving the business to another country? There went the jobs and the taxpayer paid for that screwing of the US. why is this allowed? Taxpayer is cowed and it is time to get together and stop supporting the well to do, they don't need it. A damn good case to prove that capitalism is not always the best platform

[turbinetree]

58. NASA was looking into privatizing part of there contracts............to launch satellite's

but they forgot to take full control of the system, they thought he would not do what he threatened to do........inject himself into a war.. .........and if it wasn't for his parents money he be a nobody who went to Canada and then landed in this country.......and he came by way from South Africa. He has "used" the largeness of the taxpayers to build his empire and he pays shit in taxes and gets tax breaks..........whats really galling is that after $168,000 in "earned" income he pays not one more penny into the social safety net programs like social security........