Why Elon Musk is so polarizing

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For a man who rarely hesitates to tweet his mind, Elon Musk has historically been coy as to his political leanings. On Thursday, however, he tweeted a diagram that offered a window into his views. It suggested he sees himself as a former liberal who was surprised to find himself right of center as the “woke” left grew extreme.

The tweet served as a winking acknowledgment of a reality that has been starkly evident in the public reaction to Musk’s bid to buy Twitter, an effort that he has framed as a crusade for “free speech.” The U.S. political right is giddy at the prospect, while the left is somewhere between apprehensive and panicked.

Liberals have sounded alarms, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) anticipating an “explosion of hate crimes” and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) calling the deal “dangerous for our democracy.” Meanwhile, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.) called it “the biggest development for free speech in decades,” and far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-Ga.) rejoiced.

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On the day Twitter’s board accepted Musk’s $44 billion bid, popular liberal Twitter accounts lost hundreds of thousands of followers — suggesting that left-leaning users were deactivating their accounts in protest. Conservative accounts gained followers, according to an analysis by the social media analytics firm Social Blade and the tech site the Verge.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/30/elon-musk-twitter-polarizing-conservatives-liberals/

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1. When he becomes owner just quit it. Easy.