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[gab13by13]

1. If Elon Musk is a Magat,

he's bringing a Trojan horse to Twitter.

[Walleye]

2. He will turn it into a hate platform that nobody wants to read

We get enough of their vitriol prejudice and violence in the public square without Musk encouraging it.

[Walleye]

13. I think most of us know hate when we see it

[Swede]

36. Please proceed, angue.

What hate is subjective?

[Quakerfriend]

3. He will definitely be allowing TFG back on

[ificandream]

38. And you know Dumbty is just juicing his drawers to get back there.

[C_U_L8R]

4. Weeding out disinformation and hate speech

is not censorship. It's good editing and housekeeping.

[Walleye]

14. 👆editing

People don’t expect the New York Times to print every letter to the editor

[bucolic_frolic]

5. If you want to see censorship, take it private

[Me.]

6. His Problem Is Too Much Moneyitis

He's a fool

[cutroot]

8. It is interesting that he wants to spend 43 billion for something that he says has a problem.

What kind of troubles are worth 43 billion? We could all use a few troubles like that.

[Pobeka]

9. How many users does "Mr. Free Speech" have blocked for repying to his twitter acct?

Robert Reich is one.

Musk is a megalmaniac IMHO, and want to rule the world now that he's acquired so much wealth. He feels entitled to rule the world.

Dangerous, dangerous man.

[global1]

10. I Have To Think That TFG Is The Little Birdie In Musk's Ear....

that is feeding him this line about censorship and free speech.

Probably telling him that us rich guys got to stick together.

Saying I'd buy it myself but it would look to self serving - but if you buy it - it will be more believable coming from you. You know they're all against me.

Don't do it Elon. You know that anything TFG touches turns to poop and dies. He's conning you. You should know better.

[William Seger]

11. I'm still trying to figure out...

... how such a poorly designed, disorganized piece of crap became so central to our politics. In hindsight, I guess it was bound to happen with some platform, but it's a shame that it wasn't one designed by someone smarter than Zuckerberg.

[jimfields33]

20. Zuckerberg? I'm pretty sure he doesn't own it.

[William Seger]

29. Opps, you're right -- it was Jack Dorsey

I dislike Facebook for other reasons, but it's not as poorly designed as Twitter.

[moose65]

30. What?

Zuckerberg has nothing to do with Twitter.

[William Seger]

31. Aw, you were just a few minutes too late

Better luck next time.

[irisblue]

12. Sure reads like a pump & dump ego event to me.

[stopdiggin]

28. +1. you're not the only one. -(nt)-

[Delmette2.0]

15. I was seriously considering joining twitter.

Not any more. And definitely not now after reading this article.

[tanyev]

16. Yeah, that's what Parler and Gettr and Truth Social claimed, too.

But they were all quick to censor any posts they didn't like.

[Hoyt]

17. If we can't counter trump's BS in the little white Twitter boxes, we have a serious problem.

[zuul]

18. If this egotistical piece of shit is successful in taking over Twitter

let’s all take a social media crap on Tesla and his other ventures and see how long he allows that. He will shut it down immediately. Bastion of free speech, my ass.

He’s a dangerous narcissist, a racist, and a fraud. Fuck that guy. Sideways.

[SKKY]

19. I feel like this might end up like when Fox bought MySpace...

...Not everything Musk touches turns to gold.

[geardaddy]

35. That's what I'm hoping

I could see a mass of people leaving.

[dlk]

21. Musk's version of censorship is being held accountable

He believes he’s above it all.

[Evolve Dammit]

45. bingo!

[Eyeball_Kid]

22. Someone has an inflated sense of self.

Musk is making billions with his cars. That doesn't make him a decent social engineer.

He should stop talking about social issues and stick to cars, or he'll start to lose money.

Musk is an oligarch. He says things that only make sense to oligarchs.

Trump is an oligarch, among other things. Musk and Trump have similar ideas about governance. Musk, as a politician, would be a disaster. Yet he views himself as an answer to social ills. That's guaranteed to engender tragedy.

We're seeing the development of another decline in democratic govrernance. Political discourse is losing out to wealth. Politicians are distancing themselves from the people and are listening to the money. Money is governing Washington more than ever. Musk is moving in.

[Jetheels]

23. Maybe Putin is writing the check.

[Warpy]

24. He's right that some moderation is necessary

and Twitter has been moderating with a very gentle hand. lowering the ban hammer only when repeated warnings haven't worked. Maybe Musk wants to expand moderation to include other languages, something that needs to happen. Dunno, in a free speech society, he needs to elucidate a bit more.

I can't see him turning it into a right wing sink, no matter what his personal politics might be. That would kill it off quickly. Wingnuts and trolls are there to pwn the libs, after all. Remove the libs and they dry up and blow away.

[stopdiggin]

27. I read his statement as an absolute clarion

call to unfettered free speech. (why else are you concerned about current efforts of restraint against MTG and clear falsehood?)

Now you can be in favor of unfettered speech (and many are) - but let's not try to sell it as some appeal to 'moderation.' That ain't what he's saying.

[stopdiggin]

25. never really been able to understand the US's

love affair - with it's own oligarchs. A full length movie on Zuckerberg? Are we really so enamored of the golden calf?

A handful of these people are of admirable character. The large majority are not - (and a great deal of them don't even claim to be).

[ananda]

26. Elon is a Musk-rat!

What an asshole!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

32. IMNSHO, Musk sees $ signs and power.

Remove the filters against offensiveness and wild lies and a platform becomes a lot anger, emotional fights and petty name calling. This type of activity tends to generate LOTS OF CLICKS. Clicks = $. $ = campaign contributions.

Political influence and money can enable various forms of unfair business practices. Musk is 50. He may be around for a long time.

[Initech]

33. So he basically thinks racists and sexists should be able to say things without penalty? Fuck that!

If Elon got his way and let all the trolls out of Twitter jail, it would be like when Bane took over Gotham at the end of Dark Knight Rises. Fuck that shit.

[geardaddy]

34. Musk is a disease n/t

[Sucha NastyWoman]

39. Abuse is not the problem either, Elon

Disregard for the truth and manipulative lying is the problem. And the only way to stop it is censorship..

[Hiawatha Pete]

40. This is Elon Musk

Link to tweet

[LiberalLovinLug]

48. Elon Musk is brainwashed with all the other MAGATS

I realized that after seeing this post comparing Trudeau with Hitler.

PM Trudeau actually allowed a loud disruptive protest including very large vehicles, honking their horns 24/7, to occupy the capital city of the country for over 3 f'n weeks. Then after the locals had had more than enough, they were asked to leave politely. Then given warning slips of paper. Then finally a very slow methodical stop and start, push forward, until finally the last of them left. No violence.

This mob of selfish antivaxers together with a rag tag tagalongs of general anti-government, anti-democratic and social media brainwashed idiots.

How many world leaders would allow freedom of expression and protest to choke their capital that long, and end it in a peaceful manner?

For that he gets the Hitler comparison? This post is where I knew Musk is not the brightest bulb. At least in any topic other than electric cars.

[Justice matters.]

41. Someone should educate that idiot about "free speech"

Like in "free speech is about the government having no right to punish based on "legal" (i.g., not criminal) speech about the government"

That's it. Every other entity, be it privately owned or publicly owned (shares), has the right to ban any "speech" from anyone it doesn't want to see or hear on/inside their property (or properties).

[Mike Nelson]

42. Warning, Warning!

... this is what Crooked Donald and his followers complain about... their "free speech" being curtailed. They want to get rid of, or control, social media like Twitter (plus Facebook, etc). The reason they are thrown off these sites is NOT due to free speech problems... it is due to them constantly violating the sites' "community standards." The Donald and his fans "shout fire in a crowded theater" and lie, Lie, LIE. This is what Eldon Musk wants to bring back...

[SunImp]

43. It's going to be even more of a shit hole with Elon in charge

[jmowreader]

44. Quick question

If Musk did buy Twitter, which he’s not gonna (he’s about $40 billion too low) how long will it take someone to set up a Mastodon-based competitor? I seriously doubt legitimate news people, advertisers and Democrats will want to remain on a service that’s full of the dregs of humanity.

[BlueWavePsych]

46. Fuck Musk

[Evolve Dammit]

47. Has big aspirations, and not necessarily ones that are anything constructive. Cult 45?