StoneCold99 said:

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Pookers said:

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Musk is an interesting guy and will do a better job running twitter than the current group. However, conservatives / right wingers / populists etc. should not be quick to assume he one of us.

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This kind of statement reads hypocritical to me. I am very conservative/right wing and couldn't care less if he's "one of us".

As long as he allows both sides to have a voice, that's what I and all conservatives should care about.

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Conservatives need to get better at building their own platforms, not crying when their political enemies kick them off of platforms they (the left) created. It's why people on the right laughing at or not supporting alt tech like Truth, Gab, Odysee, Rumble, etc. are morons.

This appears to be a win for the time being. My point was simply to not to trust multibillionaires simply because they are pro free speech. It is possible to be pro free speech and still be a globalist / socialist / whatnot.

Pookers said:

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Musk is an interesting guy and will do a better job running twitter than the current group. However, conservatives / right wingers / populists etc. should not be quick to assume he one of us.

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I dont assume that about anyone anyway

I absolutely appreciate what Musk is doing....but defending free speech should not be contingent on an unelected official.

cityagboy said:

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We live in an oligarchy

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it's been that way for a while

Tex117 said:

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I absolutely appreciate what Musk is doing....but defending free speech should not be contingent on an unelected official.

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Yet here we are...its a cycle

baron_von_awesome said:

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Pookers said:

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Musk is an interesting guy and will do a better job running twitter than the current group. However, conservatives / right wingers / populists etc. should not be quick to assume he one of us.

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I dont assume that about anyone anyway

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Its a massive problem for conservatives. They get duped by grifters regularly.

CNN+, Disney, and now Twitter. Left-wing media dominance may be coming to an end. Let's welcome a new era of free speech, competing ideas, truth, and destruction for child groomers.

baron_von_awesome said:

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cityagboy said:

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We live in an oligarchy

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it's been that way for a while

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For sure but the divide is on a steep break over the last 10 years

Between Tesla, spacex, Twitter and all of Twitters subsidiaries Musk is going to arguably be the most powerful entity in the world. The amount of information, AI, tech, etc he owns will control whatever he wants

Tex117 said:

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I absolutely appreciate what Musk is doing....but defending free speech should not be contingent on an unelected official.

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Defending free speech should be everyone's job, not just elected officials.

But if the choice is between a government agent and a private one, I'll take the private one any day of the week. Last I checked, private entities have no authority to arrest me for my free speech.

Pookers said:

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baron_von_awesome said:

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Pookers said:

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Musk is an interesting guy and will do a better job running twitter than the current group. However, conservatives / right wingers / populists etc. should not be quick to assume he one of us.

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I dont assume that about anyone anyway

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Its a massive problem for conservatives. They get duped by grifters regularly.

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I don't see what this has to do with Musk buying Twitter. This more akin to CNN or the NYT being taken down a notch in their influence (an added bonus) - not Musk being elected to represent conservatives.

NicosMachine said:

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CNN+, Disney, and now Twitter. Left-wing media dominance may be coming to an end. Let's welcome a new era of free speech, competing ideas, truth, and destruction for child groomers.

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CNN+ was a non issue. Disney isn't going anywhere. Twitter will be interesting over the next few years but I don't believe he bought Twitter to help free speech. Musk bought Twitter for the information

ChrisTAMU said:

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Pookers said:

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Musk is an interesting guy and will do a better job running twitter than the current group. However, conservatives / right wingers / populists etc. should not be quick to assume he one of us.

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A defender of free speech is someone I'll go to bat for any day of the week. Regardless of political affiliation.

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Whats your opinion on Disney vs DeSantis?

American Hardwood said:

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Tex117 said:

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I absolutely appreciate what Musk is doing....but defending free speech should not be contingent on an unelected official.

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Defending free speech should be everyone's job, not just elected officials.

But if the choice is between a government agent and a private one, I'll take the private one any day of the week. Last I checked, private entities have no authority to arrest me for my free speech.

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But they can ensure you are homeless with no way to hold a job or obtain money. The constitution needs to be applied to private entities as well at this point as corporations own the government.

Now the hard work begins

His vow to remove the bots and only allow authenticated people sounds promising.

Pookers said:

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American Hardwood said:

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Tex117 said:

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I absolutely appreciate what Musk is doing....but defending free speech should not be contingent on an unelected official.

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Defending free speech should be everyone's job, not just elected officials.

But if the choice is between a government agent and a private one, I'll take the private one any day of the week. Last I checked, private entities have no authority to arrest me for my free speech.

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But they can ensure you are homeless with no way to hold a job or obtain money. The constitution needs to be applied to private entities as well at this point as corporations own the government.

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That sounds very socialist.

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Now the hard work begins

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The hard work or using all of his AI, information, data, tech etc that he has amassed from Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter… to takeover the world.

Let's hope he's more Superman than Lex Luther

larry culpepper said:

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Deputy Travis Junior said:

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Pookers said:

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Musk is an interesting guy and will do a better job running twitter than the current group. However, conservatives / right wingers / populists etc. should not be quick to assume he one of us.

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He doesn't have to be one of us, he just has to refuse to ban people who hold different points of view.

He'll still likely keep some sort of anti trolling and harassment policy, which will make some people mad, but it should be waaay better than before. No banning of Hunter Biden laptop or lab leak stories. No elimination of discussions on, say, the tradeoffs between economic damage and public health benefits when considering pandemic lockdowns.

I don't care if somebody disagrees with me, I just want them to stop trying to censor me.

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Yup. Twitter wasn't an equal playing field. And no one can justify them banning conservative accounts but allowing CCP and Taliban accounts. Having said that, there are some conservative accounts that are among the most popular on the website.

I personally dont care much about who owns it because that site is a dumpster fire of negativity anyway. But people losing their s*** over this are idiots.

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Social media is a Balkanized mob with one faction having significant superiority over the other and disunity, anger, hatred, and hostility are blossoming.

cityagboy said:

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Bag said:

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Now the hard work begins

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The hard work or using all of his AI, information, data, tech etc that he has amassed from Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter… to takeover the world.

Let's hope he's more Superman than Lex Luther

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More like Tony Stark

Jock 07 said:

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Can Texags staph outsource their moderation to Elon twitter? Asking for a friend.

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Tex117 said:

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I absolutely appreciate what Musk is doing....but defending free speech should not be contingent on an unelected official.

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says a lot about those elected officials then

Jeeper79 said:

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ChrisTAMU said:

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Pookers said:

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Musk is an interesting guy and will do a better job running twitter than the current group. However, conservatives / right wingers / populists etc. should not be quick to assume he one of us.

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A defender of free speech is someone I'll go to bat for any day of the week. Regardless of political affiliation.

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Whats your opinion on Disney vs DeSantis?

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By making Disney equitable with all other commercial landowners and theme park operators in Florida?

I thought it was all about equity these days and not mouse privilege and only mouse lives matter and such.

People who see the DeSantis vs Disney as some sort of free speech issue are a special kind of dense.

cityagboy said:

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Bag said:

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Now the hard work begins

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The hard work or using all of his AI, information, data, tech etc that he has amassed from Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter… to takeover the world.

Let's hope he's more Superman than Lex Luther

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wait, Elon is the boogeyman?

Ragoo said:

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cityagboy said:

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Bag said:

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Now the hard work begins

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The hard work or using all of his AI, information, data, tech etc that he has amassed from Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter… to takeover the world.

Let's hope he's more Superman than Lex Luther

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wait, Elon is the boogeyman?

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Elon reads like a Bond villain to me; just early in his career.

Hopefully some censor happy snowflakes will have to go discover a new meaning in life

NicosMachine said:

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CNN+, Disney, and now Twitter. Left-wing media dominance may be coming to an end. Let's welcome a new era of free speech, competing ideas, truth, and destruction for child groomers.

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Who knew these 3 things awould actually change the way the country is moving?

TexasAggie_02 said:

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Trump be like...

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I am reminded that Trump, unlike his brother, never drank alcohol.

Can anyone imagine what Trump woulda been like if he were drunk much of the time?