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Musk claims he hopes even his worst critics will remain on Twitter. (Original Post) highplainsdem Apr 2022 OP
Fuck off dick rocket. onecaliberal Apr 2022 #1
Good luck with that cupcake..how is your SEC investigation going with asiliveandbreathe Apr 2022 #2
Between Bots, fanbois, and trolls doxxing every critic they come across, no. haele Apr 2022 #3
Including the kid who tracks his plane? tinrobot Apr 2022 #4
Time to leave twitter. rockfordfile Apr 2022 #5
No, that is not what free speech means. Caliman73 Apr 2022 #6
+1. Fucker doesn't know the basics about U.S. law or government dalton99a Apr 2022 #12
Not exactly Zeitghost Apr 2022 #17
Deepfakers, racists and fraudsters rejoice C_U_L8R Apr 2022 #7
I immediately deactivated my account and deleted the app. belpejic Apr 2022 #8
Nope I dont fraternize I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2022 #9
I hope everyone leaves and he loses his investment. Bev54 Apr 2022 #10
"Free speech means I will destroy you if you don't say nice things about me" dalton99a Apr 2022 #11
Imagine DU with zero moderation ibegurpard Apr 2022 #13
Can he possibly be that naive? Baitball Blogger Apr 2022 #14
I just tweeted a picture of the Elon with Ghislaine. #ElonGhislaine. madinmaryland Apr 2022 #15
Twitter will become a stinking cesspool. So, no thanks! ananda Apr 2022 #16

haele

(12,661 posts)
3. Between Bots, fanbois, and trolls doxxing every critic they come across, no.
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 04:23 PM
Apr 2022

Free speech carries with it responsibility. Without that responsibility, you have a sewer of words. Elon Musk has never had to take responsibility, he could always buy his way out.

A lie is always a lie. Harassment is always harassment. And Elon is always going to be an egotistical rich frat boy.

Haele

Caliman73

(11,742 posts)
6. No, that is not what free speech means.
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 04:31 PM
Apr 2022

Free Speech means that the government doesn't interfere with your speech. Like when 18 members of the Republican Party threatned Twitter's board with investigations if they didn't agree to sell you the company. That would be free speech.

Allowing filthy right wing lies and misinformation on a large social media platform like Twitter is either a complete lack or morals and social responsibility, or it is a deliberately evil move toward fascism.

You just want everyone to stay because you know that once all your right wing troll buddies come along, emboldened by your stupidity, Twitter will become a cess pool and people will leave.

Zeitghost

(3,863 posts)
17. Not exactly
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 06:05 PM
Apr 2022

Free speech is a concept. The first amendment right to free speech embodied in our constitution is a prohibition against government censorship based on the concept of free speech.

C_U_L8R

(45,007 posts)
7. Deepfakers, racists and fraudsters rejoice
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 04:34 PM
Apr 2022

Libertarianism only leads to shit. Musk, like Zuckerberg and other selfish jerks, shirks his responsibility to lift the world higher.

belpejic

(720 posts)
8. I immediately deactivated my account and deleted the app.
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 04:36 PM
Apr 2022

I don't need it and there's no way that I want to support this clown.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,480 posts)
9. Nope I dont fraternize
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 05:09 PM
Apr 2022

With ogliarch losers or republican fascists.

Those people are beneath me, you musky moldy ruskie
monster.

ibegurpard

(16,685 posts)
13. Imagine DU with zero moderation
Mon Apr 25, 2022, 05:31 PM
Apr 2022

And trolls running amok. That is his ideal. It was bad enough when I left years ago. It will be intolerable now.

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