Elon Musk Twitter

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(06-02-2023, 10:52 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I would respond though, with this question; is it better to have a person who believes in free speech, but sometimes doesn't fully live up to those ideals, or is it better to have a company that is obviously partisan in it's censorship?  I'll take the former.

I'd agree with this, but you and I clearly have different perceptions of Elon Musk's motives.  I think the guy is promoting his own views and his own ego and those who agree with him.  He can do as he wishes, but I'm still filing this under yet another ultra rich elite using freedom as a cynical marketing concept in order to push his own agenda.  His view of free speech involves a lot of his own fire-stoking and misinformation promotion flying to the top of the queue and feeds of everyone.  Is that freedom?  I guess.  The speech is more free for some than others, but that's standard stuff, internet or not.

But that goes back to what Nick Fuentes was saying about the good ol' days of the internet where everyone was free to threaten and insult and use the n word and promote Hitler and all that jazz.  Good or ill doesn't matter, but this isn't new and this doesn't scream $45 billion worth of brand recognition of Twitter being worth buying, either.  Dude shoulda bought Kiwi Farms, in my opinion.

But, I guess we could argue if a person with ulterior motives can still do good things, but that puts me right back into the headspace of our current political climate and Trump and his ilk, so consider my mental waters contaminated. 


EDIT - again, I'm just going overboard here, I just get leery seeing the 1A strapped to Musk the same way the 2A and Christianity have been strapped to folks like Lauren Bobert...it's performative and they're latching onto things for what I deem to be less than good faith reasons.