Was Elon Musk Full Of Sh*t About Free Speech??? (www.youtube.com)

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Elon Musk's stance as a champion of free speech faces scrutiny due to his Twitter platform's direction. While Musk's purported dedication to transparency is questioned, his efforts to shape Twitter into an all-encompassing control hub have raised alarms about heightened surveillance and control. Appointing a content suppressor further fans doubts. While Musk has supported censored individuals, he's also accused of exacerbating divisions. Kanye West's return involves adhering to restrictive rules, sparking worries about constrained expression. The notion of Musk as a free speech advocate is contested, with his actions and intent arousing skepticism. Amidst a shifting Twitter landscape, suspicions grow regarding Musk's role in fostering genuine expressive freedom.

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[-] masterairmagic@sh.itjust.works 86 points 1 year ago

Elon Musk is full of shit about everything.

[-] UprisingVoltage@feddit.it 24 points 1 year ago

Always has been

[-] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago

It's literally how he makes his money.

Make huge unbelievable claims -> Claims get circulated by media -> Media gets recirculated by investors -> Stock is pumped up and sold -> Repeat

[-] Hyperreality@kbin.social 56 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He sued Top Gear for being critical of the tesla roadster in 2008. (And before someone pipes in about that being justified despite them losing twice, because you inadvertently bought the tesla spin on that case back when people didn't yet realise Musk was full of shit, please do a bit of research.)

He lied about founding tesla and continually lied about the actual founders. When they sued for libel in 2009, Musk settled.

He banned the guy who posted publicly available information about his private jet on twitter.

The list goes on.

Musk has never been free speech. He has always been a cunt.

[-] kitonthenet@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago

He still says he founded PayPal!

[-] moomoomoo309@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Okay, that one is hard to grok either way. Confinity and x.com merged, the resulting company, still Confinity, made Elon the CEO, where he was 6 months later fired for incompetence. Elon was the founder of x.com, but not Confinity, so it's more about how pedantic you want to be than anything else. Did the Confinity people found paypal, was it Thiel, under whom the name paypal came about, was it Musk? There's not really a clear answer one way or the other.

[-] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago

~~Was~~ Is Elon Musk Full Of Shit ~~About Free Speech~~???

Yes, next question.

[-] lockhart@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago

"Free speech for me, not for thee"

[-] Mozami@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

He's a liar obviously.

[-] rynzcycle@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

Yes.
Next question?

[-] ruckblack@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

Yes, obviously, moving on, PLEASE.

[-] theodewere@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

the only thing Elon has ever "believed" about free speech, is that he had enough money to tilt the arena in his favor.. so he wasn't afraid to take any of you on in a public space.. he figured he could out-troll anyone.. he doesn't believe in anything that is not immediately good for Elon..

[-] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

Whaaaaat?

My boy melon-musk ?

[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

For every person claiming to be a supporter of free speech as a general principle, and who'd defend it even for their opponents; count at least nine people who babble about it only when personally convenient, who'd happily silence their opponents when given the chance.

Little Musk is part of the nine.

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[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah

[-] gamey@feddit.rocks 1 points 1 year ago

I hope the questionmarks in that title are sarcasm...

[-] sarsaparilyptus@midwest.social -3 points 1 year ago

Do you do anything besides serial shitposting of ragebait?

[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

Musk deserves nothing but ridicule, are you opposed to that?

[-] sarsaparilyptus@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago

Musk deserves a long drop from a short rope. Aside from that, I'm a no sea lions allowed zone, so you'd best be on your way.

[-] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm a no sea lions allowed zone, so you'd best be on your way.

:wholesome:

I was just asking you a question.

[-] sarsaparilyptus@midwest.social -1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, you guys are always "just asking questions", aren't you? That'll be all.

[-] Kerfuffle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

What's wrong with sea lions?

[-] duncesplayed@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, I am strongly opposed to it.

Whether Musk receives public ridicule has absolutely zero impact on Musk, and a huge impact on the rest of us. It ruins the community to obsess over someone for no reason.

[-] ExLisper@linux.community 1 points 1 year ago

I disagree. I think it really hurts his ego.

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