Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter's permanent Trump ban

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://www.axios.com/2022/05/10/elon-mask-twitter-permanent-trump-ban


Elon Musk said Tuesday that he would reverse Twitter's permanent ban of former President Trump if his $44 billion bid to buy the company is successful.

Why it matters: Musk told the Financial Times that the ban "was morally wrong and flat out stupid." Trump has publicly said he would not return to the social media platform and will instead use his own platform, Truth Social.

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[hlthe2b]

1. When the majority of sane Twitter users stampede away, those RWers are going to find a climate

very similar to that which they disdain (i.e., TFG's Truth Social) where no one wants to go. And Musk is going to lose "bigly"-- TFG or no.

[JohnSJ]

2. Of course he would. It matters little to that piss ant that trump incited an insurrection against

the US

Glad I don’t use Twitter or FB

He also said it was morally wrong to ban him from Twitter

Musk has no moral standards and can go f**k himself

I will never buy one of his over-priced vehicles

[CrispyQ]

3. Wasn't that the point of this purchase all along?

Give the bigots an open mike to spew their vile & hate. Rev them up to nominate him again in 2024.

[BootinUp]

4. Ha ha ha fuck you too elon. Nt

[captain queeg]

5. Now TFG will consider him his best bud

Till he says something trump does like. Musk is a putz but I don’t think as bad as TFG. Both have huge egos, their love affair won’t last.

[BootinUp]

6. My doctor said I wasn't getting enough misinformation. Nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Who is surprised by this?

I doubt that Truth Social will be around much longer

[TheRealNorth]

8. I don't use Twitter that much....

So what is the Twitter alternative?

[obamanut2012]

11. Nothing for now

[andym]

9. There needs to be an effective way to combine freedom of speech with fact checking

Many Democrats are strong advocates of freedom of speech-- it'a a traditional liberal value. Foe example, Bush Sr. helped himself win the Presidency by accusing Dukakis of being a "card carrying member of the ACLU"-- that was back in the day of Neo-Nazi marches in Skokie Ill. Unfortunately freedom of speech can lead to all kinds of problems as was seen in the 1920s in Germany and Italy. Mechanisms to fact-check and warn of manipulation should be in effect, especially in these times of such slick marketing technology.

[SoonerPride]

10. the second trump is on there I delete my account