Cont: Musk buys Twitter II

Or people like him would stay in their lane.

A special and very common type of Dunning-Kruger is the belief that because you know Something , that means you are an expert in Everything.
 
Samson said:
I have watched many voices rise from the ashes.
It looks as though Tesla will sink his wealth, which only enobles his authenticity.
In pursuit of Orwell remaining as a warning rather than a textbook he is saving the bleeding planet and the remnants of civilisation.
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Glorifying all that hates what you think killed your brother will not bring him back. You’re just siding with absurdity for the sake of absurdity.
 
Elon is calling for Fauci to be prosecuted over his "Sick lies" about US funded secret experiments in Chinese bio labs that released Covid.
 
The discussion on the Bulwark today was about propaganda. X-Twitter is doing nothing to halt or even slow down Russian propaganda.

Yay Musk. :rolleyes:
 
Well they have decided where they are in the war against trans people

"Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has begun restricting accounts for using the terms “cis” and “cisgender,” labeling them as slurs. According to the Independent, users attempting to post these terms now receive warnings stating that they may be considered slurs and could be used in violation of X’s rules."

https://www.advocate.com/news/cisgender-restriction-x-twitter

Many here will of course think this is good new from twitter.
 
Well they have decided where they are in the war against trans people

"Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has begun restricting accounts for using the terms “cis” and “cisgender,” labeling them as slurs. According to the Independent, users attempting to post these terms now receive warnings stating that they may be considered slurs and could be used in violation of X’s rules."

https://www.advocate.com/news/cisgender-restriction-x-twitter

Many here will of course think this is good new from twitter.
 
ponderingturtle said:
Well they have decided where they are in the war against trans people

"Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has begun restricting accounts for using the terms “cis” and “cisgender,” labeling them as slurs. According to the Independent, users attempting to post these terms now receive warnings stating that they may be considered slurs and could be used in violation of X’s rules."

https://www.advocate.com/news/cisgender-restriction-x-twitter

Many here will of course think this is good new from twitter.
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Musk has main stream views on most matters.
For some reason, ISF is Muskphobic but I am not.
Elon Musk is a free speech militant, which means he is considered a nazi and a bigot.
He is neither.
 
No he doesn't. No one is "muskphobic" we just think he's a moron because he is.

If he's militantly pro free speech why has he banned the use of "cis" and "cisgender" as slurson his platform?
 
MarkCorrigan said:
No he doesn't. No one is "muskphobic" we just think he's a moron because he is.

If he's militantly pro free speech why has he banned the use of "cis" and "cisgender" as slurson his platform?
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I don't agree with those bans.
I regard Michael Shellenberger and Greg Lukianoff as being the most agreeable free speech promoters. I doubt they would agree on cis as a slur.
This is no perfect world you have complete free speech within.
China Afghanistan and Gaza are catastrophes that come immediately to mind.
Elon Musk is a bit of alright in comparison.
 
The first bit of the post is actually reasonable. You don't agree with the bans, and that's fair. However that means he is not militantly free speech, doesn't it? He's banned words because they don't fit his personal political bias. That's anti-free speech.

The second half of your post is gibberish. Are you seriously saying that because Musk has a better record on free speech than say, China, he's got a good record? That's a pathetically low bar to clear.

ETA: You might as well say if you're taller than Gary Coleman you're a giant. It's ridiculous.
 
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MarkCorrigan said:
The first bit of the post is actually reasonable. You don't agree with the bans, and that's fair. However that means he is not militantly free speech, doesn't it? He's banned words because they don't fit his personal political bias. That's anti-free speech.

The second half of your post is gibberish. Are you seriously saying that because Musk has a better record on free speech than say, China, he's got a good record? That's a pathetically low bar to clear.

ETA: You might as well say if you're taller than Gary Coleman you're a giant. It's ridiculous.
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You kids are not following history.
Winston Churchill was arguably the.most important.player that affords you the leisure to discuss these matters.
Elon Musk is just another Winstone Churchill. I love the discourse, don't get me wrong.
 
Samson said:
You kids are not following history.
Winston Churchill was arguably the.most important.player that affords you the leisure to discuss these matters.
Elon Musk is just another Winstone Churchill. I love the discourse, don't get me wrong.
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I wasn't aware Winston Churchill constantly lied when attempting to limit free speech, or call people paedophiles.
 
GraculusTheGreenBird said:
I wasn't aware Winston Churchill constantly lied when attempting to limit free speech, or call people paedophiles.
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Elon Musk railed against a British tech who ridiculed his idea to rescue the cave children. Accusations of sexual misconduct are rife and lamentable in a language driven race of terrible actors right to the Supreme courts in all principalities
.Musk is a paragon of virtue by comparison.
 
To be clear, analogies matter.
Churchill saved the west.
Musk is saving the west.
 
Samson said:
You kids are not following history.
Winston Churchill was arguably the.most important.player that affords you the leisure to discuss these matters.
Elon Musk is just another Winstone Churchill. I love the discourse, don't get me wrong.
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A horrible racist you mean?

Churchill didn't save the west. Churchill might have improved morale on the British homefront but if you think he saved the west then history is yet another subject you know nothing about.
 
Samson said:
Elon Musk railed against a British tech who ridiculed his idea to rescue the cave children. Accusations of sexual misconduct are rife and lamentable in a language driven race of terrible actors right to the Supreme courts in all principalities
.Musk is a paragon of virtue by comparison.
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By comparison with whom, Putin?

Elon is not a paragon of anything. He's a petty little idiot who doesn't like people pointing out that he's a moron and his ideas are stupid.
 
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