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Fuck Musk, Fuck "X" (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 168 points 1 week ago (37 children)

My pet theory is that Musk acquired Twitter to destroy one of the most effective platforms for anyone on the left to organize.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's incredibly cynical of you...

Well done! It is a scarily plausible scenario!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

To be honest, I'm basing this on screenshots of Musk's private conversations as reported by Gizmodo.

I distinctly remember this bit:

March 24, 2022
TJ [affiliation unclear] [Edit, October 4: We now know TJ is Musk’s ex-wife Talulah Jane Riley]:
Can you buy Twitter and then delete it, please!? xx
America is going INSANE.
The Babylon Bee got suspension is crazy. Raiyah and I were talking about it today. It was a fucking joke. Why has everyone become so puritanical?
Or can you buy Twitter and make it radically free-speech?
So much stupidity comes from Twitter xx
Elon Musk:
Maybe buy it and change it to properly support free speech xx

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