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Thank God Musk bought Twitter. I don't fully trust him, but I can't deny that he opened up speech on the platform.

Thank God for Trump. I don't fully trust him, but he is against the liberal wave. He's the best chance we got. Liberals may not be able to see it, but we will fight for a better country for you whether you realize it or not.

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18 minutes ago, 5-Points said:

And you keep confusing Musk, the man, with X, the company. 

His company is politically neutral, meaning he doesn't use it to favor one side or the other. That doesn't mean he can't have, or as you seem to be struggling with, express, his own opinions. He's not preventing anyone on his platform from expressing their political views, whether he shares those views or not. 

I'm not sure why that is so difficult for you to understand. Let's try this. 

Elon = person with political views.

X = company with no political affiliation 

It ain't rocket science. That's his other company. 

 

 

 

Again.

It’s not just “the person” speaking when the person is speaking ABOUT the company, in a political manner.

 

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21 minutes ago, TrailGuy said:

This is a complete lie.

The x algorithm pushes his content to everyone's feeds and his content is right wing maga rhetoric, often falsehoods.

I have an x account I use for sports, gambling, etc.  I don't follow musk.  I see musk tweets about how migrants are eating pets or fema ignoring flood victims.  I tell x I want to see less musk, I don't.  I block musk, still see them. Anytime I accidentally click on a musk post, I see more right wing propaganda.

So you can't say that his opinion is different from the platform.  The platform has allowed and pushed his opinion on its users.  Facts not feels.

If true, this would be another way that X is not politically neutral.

But all these idiots care about is whether or not posts are being censored.

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27 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

If true, this would be another way that X is not politically neutral.

But all these idiots care about is whether or not posts are being censored.

Yeah it's the "idiots" that care about free speech. Good one comrade. :doh:

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7 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

Yeah it's the "idiots" that care about free speech. Good one comrade. :doh:

Right over his head. He doesn't realize how important freedom of speech is. Well he doesn't right now. If someone who had an opposing view took control of what was considered acceptable speech, then he would be bigly mad.

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5 minutes ago, Frozenbeernuts said:

Right over his head. He doesn't realize how important freedom of speech is. Well he doesn't right now. If someone who had an opposing view took control of what was considered acceptable speech, then he would be bigly mad.

Right over your head.  I never said I didn’t care about freedom of speech, I do.  But there is more to “being politically neutral” than just having freedom of speech.

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3 minutes ago, Frozenbeernuts said:

Right over his head. He doesn't realize how important freedom of speech is. Well he doesn't right now. If someone who had an opposing view took control of what was considered acceptable speech, then he would be bigly mad.

Right. And he didn't mind running his mouth all over the internet for 2+ years with his thoughts on the chinese flu shots. I wonder if on day one he was banned for throwing his dangerous obnoxious opinions out at everyone if he would have felt a little different about things. 

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3 hours ago, TrailGuy said:

This is a complete lie.

The x algorithm pushes his content to everyone's feeds and his content is right wing maga rhetoric, often falsehoods.

I have an x account I use for sports, gambling, etc.  I don't follow musk.  I see musk tweets about how migrants are eating pets or fema ignoring flood victims.  I tell x I want to see less musk, I don't.  I block musk, still see them. Anytime I accidentally click on a musk post, I see more right wing propaganda.

So you can't say that his opinion is different from the platform.  The platform has allowed and pushed his opinion on its users.  Facts not feels.

You disagree with him politically yet he allows you to freely express your opinions on the platform. Hence the platform is politically neutral. 

I see leftist propaganda on X all the time. I don't follow those people but their tripe clutters up my feed constantly. It goes both ways because he doesn't stifle free speech on his neutral platform. 

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2 hours ago, TimHauck said:

Again.

It’s not just “the person” speaking when the person is speaking ABOUT the company, in a political manner.

 

Yes, it is. His account is his personal account. If his account was "X" instead of "Elon Musk" you might have a point. But it isn't, so you don't. 

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4 minutes ago, 5-Points said:

Yes, it is. His account is his personal account. If his account was "X" instead of "Elon Musk" you might have a point. But it isn't, so you don't. 

Disagree, but you are welcome to your opinion, and me mine.  Merica

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Moving away from Musk himself, I thought this was a good thread discussing things I’ve mentioned before.  TL/DR:  free speech is great, but X is now incentivizing hate speech (such as Nazi accounts I’ve linked to previously) and lying for engagement (Springfield and Helene being some of the latest examples)

No clue who this guy is, just popped up on my feed (so thanks Elon for not throttling it)

 

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Some more information on Musk using his power as the owner of X to steal the “America” handle.  And then proceed to post that “Trump is the only candidate on the right side of these issues” with that handle.  But nope, you guys are right, Musk the person and X the company are totally separate.

https://www.disruptionist.com/p/elon-musk-takes-america-x-handle
 

 

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2 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

Imagine the outrage here if Bill Gates or Zuckerberg posted this in support of dem ideas:

 

EleCtiOn IntERfeRenCe!

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20 minutes ago, Horseman said:

Oh no, a White Dude for Harris is deleting his twitter app!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:lol:

You’re a sheep, he didn’t even say anything about Trump or Harris. 
 

Still waiting on those discord screenshots from the Georgia shooter, liar.

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Yeah, elon is clearly supporting Trump, and Elon is clearly using the X platform to amplify his voice above all others.  Therefore, X can't be considered neutral.  

It's not as bad as MSNBC, CNN, Fox, and all that, but it's certainly not neutral 

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59 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

You’re a sheep, he didn’t even say anything about Trump or Harris. 
 

So you don't think that dude is white or he isn't voting for Harris?   Which one is it?   :doh:

Get a grip Dopey.  You don't even know who Jack McCain is, just popped up on your twitter feed.  🤣🤣🤣

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Kind of sad that a decorated military pilot and son of John McCain can only garner 30K followers on twitter though.  Low rent onlyfans models get that.  No wonder he quit.  

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21 minutes ago, Horseman said:

So you don't think that dude is white or he isn't voting for Harris?   Which one is it?   :doh:

Get a grip Dopey.  You don't even know who Jack McCain is, just popped up on your twitter feed.  🤣🤣🤣

 

16 minutes ago, Horseman said:

Kind of sad that a decorated military pilot and son of John McCain can only garner 30K followers on twitter though.  Low rent onlyfans models get that.  No wonder he quit.  

You got me, I’m not up to speed on the careers of children of politicians that have been dead for 5+ years. 

So being a military veteran and son of a Republican, you think it’s a sure thing he’s voting for Harris?   Looks like within the last hour or so he’s made his tweets private so can’t see the history.  

And about those discord screenshots.  Gonna admit you’re a liar?

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I'll give you an example of censorship for political reasons. The My Pillow guy supports Trump and Walmart pulls his products from their stores and stops doing business with his company.

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1 minute ago, Gepetto said:

I'll give you an example of censorship for political reasons. The My Pillow guy supports Trump and Walmart pulls his products from their stores and stops doing business with his company.

Umm, he is also going bankrupt and his distribution is all focked up, so he hasn't been fulfilling orders. You think Walmart cares who he votes for? Ask the Walton family who they're voting for, it's probably Trump.

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13 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

You got me, I’m not up to speed on the careers of children of politicians that have been dead for 5+ years. 

So being a military veteran and son of a Republican, you think it’s a sure thing he’s voting for Harris?   Looks like within the last hour or so he’s made his tweets private so can’t see the history.  

You really struggle to read a room don't you.  

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1 minute ago, Fnord said:

Umm, he is also going bankrupt and his distribution is all focked up, so he hasn't been fulfilling orders. You think Walmart cares who he votes for? Ask the Walton family who they're voting for, it's probably Trump.

His company is going bankrupt because of all the businesses/retailers refusing to do business with him after he came out publicly for Trump a few years ago.

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7 minutes ago, Horseman said:

You really struggle to read a room don't you.  

Gonna admit you lied about the Georgia shooter’s discord?

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9 minutes ago, Fnord said:

Umm, he is also going bankrupt and his distribution is all focked up, so he hasn't been fulfilling orders. You think Walmart cares who he votes for? Ask the Walton family who they're voting for, it's probably Trump.

Critical thinking is hard for some here

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6 minutes ago, Gepetto said:

His company is going bankrupt because of all the businesses/retailers refusing to do business with him after he came out publicly for Trump a few years ago.

Seems like a poor business decision then. This is how it is supposed to work. Owner of the company gets too political, turns off his customer base, loses business. It has nothing to do with censorship, and is actually the opposite; people are speaking with their pocketbooks. Free market in it's purest form.

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1 hour ago, Fnord said:

Seems like a poor business decision then. This is how it is supposed to work. Owner of the company gets too political, turns off his customer base, loses business. It has nothing to do with censorship, and is actually the opposite; people are speaking with their pocketbooks. Free market in it's purest form.

Perfectly fine when it happens to Coors/Disney.

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10 minutes ago, OldMaid said:

Perfectly fine when it happens to Coors/Disney.

It was budweiser toots.

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2 minutes ago, Horseman said:

It was budweiser toots.

Meh. Aren’t sh!tty beers interchangeable?

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20 minutes ago, OldMaid said:

Meh. Aren’t sh!tty beers interchangeable?

Sure, until one of them puts a tranny on the can.

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23 minutes ago, OldMaid said:

Meh. Aren’t sh!tty beers interchangeable?

Yeah, kinda like pillows

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2 hours ago, Gepetto said:

His company is going bankrupt because of all the businesses/retailers refusing to do business with him after he came out publicly for Trump a few years ago.

Ah no.  Lindell has been an avid and open trump supporter since 2016.  He only lost retailers between 2021 and 2023 due to low demand.

The reason he's bankrupt is because he was named in a $1.3B lawsuit by dominion voting systems after he spread lies about the voting being rigged.

He was also ordered to pay a software engineer $5m after lindell claimed he had proof that the election was stolen and offered anyone $5m to prove him wrong.  He was proven wrong.

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2 minutes ago, TrailGuy said:

Ah no.  Lindell has been an avid and open trump supporter since 2016.  He only lost retailers between 2021 and 2023 due to low demand.

The reason he's bankrupt is because he was named in a $1.3B lawsuit by dominion voting systems after he spread lies about the voting being rigged.

He was also ordered to pay a software engineer $5m after lindell claimed he had proof that the election was stolen and offered anyone $5m to prove him wrong.  He was proven wrong.

Dang pimpledoosh, you are dumber than even I thought. And there are a shltload of people who think you are dumb.  😆

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35 minutes ago, Lou Gee said:

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This is your brain on Twitter memes.

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25 minutes ago, OldMaid said:

This is your brain on Twitter memes.

These are your thighs for real. 

 

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51 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

These are your thighs for real. 

 

When I was a young single guy if I was drinking pigging wasn’t beneath me but this would be tough 

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5 hours ago, Fnord said:

Umm, he is also going bankrupt and his distribution is all focked up, so he hasn't been fulfilling orders. You think Walmart cares who he votes for? Ask the Walton family who they're voting for, it's probably Trump.

You don’t know shitt. The Waltons are one of the biggest proponents of open borders.  Let’s see if you can figure out why. 

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