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highplainsdem

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4. A lot of his followers seem to think we owe him a debt of gratitude for everything
Fri Nov 25, 2022, 01:30 PM
Nov 2022

he does.

And I'm starting to see a lot of the "he sacrificed a life of luxury to help us" crap I used to see about Trump from his followers.

Hell, the Daily Caller even tweeted an article about how much less Musk is worth now, which of course is do to his crazy behavior and incompetence, as something he sacrificed for a noble cause.

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The most important innovation ever in Twitter's history dalton99a Nov 2022 #2
A lot of his followers seem to think we owe him a debt of gratitude for everything highplainsdem Nov 2022 #4
Yep, all the sacrifices he made for us dalton99a Nov 2022 #5
Another Musk lie. No one with that ego would go do without and sleep on the floor. Ford_Prefect Nov 2022 #18
Besides that... ShazzieB Nov 2022 #39
I'm having flashbacks to the Color Coded Alerts after 911 ... orange, red,and whatever. NotHardly Nov 2022 #27
I would bet money he wants everything White. nt fleabiscuit Nov 2022 #37
The tell is that blue is still going to be the one you pay for. Salviati Nov 2022 #3
Hmm... Mike Nelson Nov 2022 #6
Elon's color code...Let me guess: LudwigPastorius Nov 2022 #7
Good one! n/t iluvtennis Nov 2022 #12
+10 nt reACTIONary Nov 2022 #14
Not to mention that other color scheme he'd and his fans really, really want to use... NullTuples Nov 2022 #28
Hey, a color scheme, that's really WOKE for simpletons bucolic_frolic Nov 2022 #8
He needs to hire a CEO TimeToGo Nov 2022 #9
Oh boy. 2naSalit Nov 2022 #10
"Musk is giving gold to businesses and gray to government." rsdsharp Nov 2022 #11
I knew he was going to do a color-coded scheme There will be different price tiers. TheBlackAdder Nov 2022 #13
My guess is he'll end up requiring all accounts to be ID-verified as Facebook does*. NullTuples Nov 2022 #15
I've never heard of anyone being ID-verified on FB LymphocyteLover Nov 2022 #21
You've got it backwards about Facebook Ms. Toad Nov 2022 #38
So Musk thinks he can tell the difference between a "government" account and the account of Martin68 Nov 2022 #16
He can keep his ticks to himself Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2022 #17
This could present problems for some of the people who are color blind, no? Ford_Prefect Nov 2022 #19
well of course he fired all the people who work on accessibility for disabled folks LymphocyteLover Nov 2022 #22
You mean fired, not hired, right? ShazzieB Nov 2022 #40
Oops, yes, sorry! LymphocyteLover Nov 2022 #42
In a very Trump move he's also refusing to pay vendors' bills. NullTuples Nov 2022 #20
Now that's the move a plus-one genius who knows how to negotiate would make. Ford_Prefect Nov 2022 #26
lololol Solly Mack Nov 2022 #23
Whatever, man-child paleotn Nov 2022 #24
Fascist motherfucker somaticexperiencing Nov 2022 #25
"A Stupid Fascist motherfucker" Stuart G Nov 2022 #29
agreed. especially for an allegedly smart man who has made a lot of money, he has more than somaticexperiencing Nov 2022 #32
Woo... he's really showing the libs Achilles Skye Nov 2022 #30
The real test will be deployment Random Boomer Nov 2022 #34
Stand Down Kennah Nov 2022 #31
The article gets some basic facts wrong. CaptainTruth Nov 2022 #33
" My voice is my passport. Verify me." Ford_Prefect Nov 2022 #41
The flailing of an inept "leader" nt Javaman Nov 2022 #35
So basically it's to diminish influencers' influence. live love laugh Nov 2022 #36
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