Nobody said he couldn't have a different political preference. That was simply a refutation that Musk is a centrist.
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Elon Musk Claims Apple Has 'Mostly Stopped' Offering Ads on Twitter and Is Making Moderation Demands
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I love when people say I'm wrong and then prove my point seconds later.
Political lines are shifting. People who were traditionally left of centre, but weren't far left, are now being labelled as far right just by disagreeing with the far left. This is something that society hasn't really grappled with yet.
Liberal darling Alyssa Milano should issue a formal apology for the amount of love she threw in Elon's direction just a few short years ago. How could she love a "far right" personality as much as she did?
The First Amendment view of free speech is the only widely accepted definition. Meaning, the limits on speech are placed on the government and not on private parties.
You aren’t required to hand out flyers to your family with nudes from the guy next door who sees his nudes as freedom of speech and your family as people who absolutely has to see them. WalMart isn’t required to post his nudes in the isles either nor are they required to let him get a megaphone and stand in the middle of the store talking about his sad sexual conquests. You and others would find it offensive and are within your rights to tell him to piss off. He is free to get his megaphone and stand in front of City Hall and do it though...
I definitely don’t support forcing every website or online entity to carry any and all “speech”. I’m not interested in turning on Netflix and seeing Porn Hub content. Nor am I interested in logging on to Mac Rumors to be bombarded with snuff films… If I were into those things I can go to their communities for it… Just like if I wanted Android content I could go to an android focused website…
It is frustrating that there is so much confusion on basic civil concepts like freedom of speech. I used to believe that technology and access to the entirety of humanity’s knowledge would open the wealth of our specie’s knowledge to all. It is now abundantly clear that all that has occurred is people with marginal intellectual capacity are drowning in the ocean. Sadly, you appear to be one of them. I hope we find a way to throw you, and others, a life raft before it is too late.
Yea at least they remove themselves from something they don't agree with. Wish more customers would do the same instead of continuing to complain while pumping submit order
Hmm, most recent Tweet from over 5 years ago, well before Musk was publicly on the far-right train.
I wonder who has done more actual harm.
Tim or Elon
Context here
- I hate Elon because of his irresponsible approach and push of self driving tech.
But I think what he is doing at Twitter is what should have been done long time ago.
The media are biased and twist things out of context.
Apple thru it’s cut throat approach in cutting cost/efficiency- resulted in explosion that killed production workers, been caught using child labor, allowed 16 years old students to work at production line labors (up to 11 hours per shift).
Yet no one blames Tim for allowing those to happen under his watch- where people are actually being harmed.
Elon is expressing his views- which he is entitled to.
So it’s okay to virtue signaling? Come on.
Twitter hashed Hunter Biden story. That is fact.
NPCs when Musk was making electric cars: "Musk good".
NPCs when Musk announced he was leaning slightly right: "Musk bad".
NPCs when Musk bought twitter and enforced same rules for everyone: "Musk very bad".
NPCs when Musk announced he was leaning slightly right: "Musk bad".
NPCs when Musk bought twitter and enforced same rules for everyone: "Musk very bad".
My understanding is that social-media algorithms show you content based on your interests and search data.
I have literally never seen content like that even once on a social media platform. Plenty of guitars and music related topics though.
I can't believe The Simpsons got away with praising "far right" member Elon Musk a few years ago in an episode. How appalling!
Good, Apple should leave Twitter and pull the app from the App Store. Pretty sure they will both be aight without each other.
You don’t need an app to read Twitter and you don’t need Twitter to know Apple exists.
Such a petty tug of war from everyone over a platform. Pure silliness.
You don’t need an app to read Twitter and you don’t need Twitter to know Apple exists.
Such a petty tug of war from everyone over a platform. Pure silliness.
How did the Big Bang Theory remain on the air when they had Elon Musk guest star in an episode? He's far right according to some here, that should have been an immediate cancellation considering what "far right" really means!
Nice of you to admit that the left just wants to stop the spread of lies, misinformation, and hate from the right.
True- it’s only image and money google and apple cares.
Taliban on Twitter doesn’t hurt them.
It was never about fair reporting. Just virtue signaling at its best.
And rational people will argue the subject, not insult or call names within 2 posts/tweets....
This is such a silly suggestion. Each time someone disagrees with a certain political party or sentiment, its followers shout "cancel culture" or the likes. By doing so, they divert from the actual lack of argument for their statement in the first place, to some sort of weird mental ninja move that they are being silenced. The actual discussion is lost and the side that disagreed has to defend itself that they aren't silencing anyone. This, by definition, is actually cancel culture, because it prevents debate about the original statement. People just blur out crap and when people disagree with logic, the defence is immediately that they are being silenced. No, come with an argument that the statement is correct and let's have a debate. In this case, a moderation-free twitter is a bad idea, because of the implications it has on society. There are numerous examples, even non-political ones, that can argue that no moderation is a bad thing. On the other hand, bad moderation, such as that of some dictatorships, is also bad. Let's stop with these stupid one-liners just to get some likes and feel good about one self because "you made a point".
The problem is that liberals think "misinformation" is anything that is different than their opinion.
Provide an example. I'll wait.
Indeed! Also, freedom of speech or free speech also means freedom to remain silent. If Apple chooses not to advertise on Twitter or to reduce its advertisments on Twitter, that is covered under free speech.
People who are talking about wanting free speech online are mostly just wanting a place that isn't controlled and censored by one side of politics. They just want something where the place everyone is talking is censored as little as possible. Some censorship must occur on a business like Twitter, (incitement of violence, pornography etc), but what people are wanting is some place where there isn't a force from just one political side deciding what people can think and say on the platform.
Once you understand this, you'll understand why people are talking about "free speech". And then you might not be so condescending and rude to them.
I have an answer, but I spend enough time in MR Jail as it is. 👊🤐👍