OT Musk/Twitter - The Great Experiment

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    Free healthcare? How upsetting.
     
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    America has been been under the thumb of the Deep State's Uniparty since they killed Kennedy. It's why when Congress meets it looks like a 60th High School Reunion.

    It's also why everyone and everything they control went batshit crazy when they realized he was going to be elected and are still focused on taking him down even though he's out of office for another 2 and 1/2 years.
     
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    AOC Says She Got Killed From Elon Buying Twitter And Is Now Dead
    April 30th, 2022 - BabylonBee.com
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    WASHINGTON, D.C.—Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was brutally murdered this week as a result of Elon Musk buying Twitter, says AOC. Twitter accepted Musk's offer to buy Twitter on April 25th, which AOC says makes them an accessory to her murder.

    "I have never been more dead than I am right now," said AOC while attending a disinformation fundraiser. "A privileged white man violently assaulted me by legally buying Twitter and defending free speech! He literally cut off my head and now I am dead!"

    An official complaint was filed with the U.S. Secret Service which subsequently reached out to Elon Musk for questioning. Musk has reportedly denied any involvement in AOC's death and claims the congresswoman is not dead at all.

    "She's right over there," Musk allegedly told authorities. "Just turn your head."

    AOC has claimed Musk's words are disinformation of the worst sort and have caused her to experience a second death.

    "That makes him double guilty!" she wept.

    According to sources, Elon Musk was taken to Guantanamo Bay for further questioning "off the books" but then he bought the facility and had himself released.
     
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    Lol, the funniest part of this whole Elon Musk buying Twitter thing will be when it doesn't go the way the "right" thinks it will and they throw a fit...
     
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    As somebody who uses Twitter for breaking sports news….. music and movie updates and trying to get my daughter into college, can somebody give me a reader’s digest version of why this is such a big deal?
     
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    It's a big deal because the the right wing is very happy.

    It's not logical. Nobody knows what Elon is going to do. But if he does do what the right thinks... twitter will turn into a steaming pile and die.
     
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    I don't get it either and to this day Ive never been on Twitter or FB.
     
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    When the My Pillow guy goes on Twitter and spews nonsense and lies, he get suspended or banned. When Trump would go on and do the same, banned. Twitter regulates - not even remotely close to just banning people with opposing views- but tweets that are hurtful, damaging, harassing, misinformation- and still can’t even come close to catching it all of course. But if a poster consistently does it he’s done. With Musk, and his incessant “free speech” obsession, and history of being a little …forgiving….of the right, and I think many expect him to open things up more than currently. The right is really happy with Musk all of a sudden (another billionaire who laughs at Magats, but I digress) mostly because they know they can get away with more shit under the free speech excuse.
     
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    There is no big deal dude. Continue to use Twitter for whatever you use it for, ignore the hysteria, and you will never notice any difference. It’s just the latest thing for people to scream at each other about.
     
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    LOOOOOL
     
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    Elon Musk, the latest ‘symbol of hate’ lol. I’ll put him on the list with the scary pillow man.
     
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    Symbols are a funny thing. They don't have to be scary in and of themselves for their adherents to do terrible things in their name. By all accounts Jesus was a pretty chill guy.
     
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    Pretty much this.
     
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    It doesn’t effect the individual. Not really. But if anyone has paid any attention to the country the last six years I think it’s safe to say that the hate and misinformation and conspiracies etc have had quite a negative impact. So the whole “just use Twitter who cares” is, predictably, short sighted.
     
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    Twitter just banned the pillow guy today for trying to bypass his prior ban or something...

    Again, nobody knows what changes will happen. It's all just hysterics right now.

    Twitter was mostly owned by 8 people who didn't use Twitter. Now it'll be mostly owned by one person who does use it.

    I doubt there will be much of a change other than the edit button and probably some more options to ignore certain content at a personal level.
     
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