• Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works
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    Free speech; but only in the context of “You are free to agree with my speech”

    Why does this clown get so much coverage? There’s even sad fanboys who reference him with their username. Smh.

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      He gets this much coverage because for better or worse, he now owns the Internet’s equivalent of the Town Square.

      Every dumb-ass decision, stupid-ass contradiction, and dead-ass brain-fart are exponentially amplified as a result.

      Every one of his fanboys are the true definition of SIMPs; suckers idolising mediocre personalities.

      Maybe once we start calling a spade a spade, will those lemmings perhaps rethink their positions? Or will they continue to barrel head-first off the cliffs of self-respect?

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        Maybe once we start calling a spade a spade, will those lemmings perhaps rethink their positions? Or will they continue to barrel head-first off the cliffs of self-respect?

        Once we start, my dude, that’s been going strong since 2018 at the latest. At this point any Elon SIMPs left are following him blindly over the cliffs.

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      It may sound odd but this could actually be a sea change moment for a lot of people. Having been stuck around far right coworkers enough a lot of them have hung their hats on the whole “free speech” lynchpin. That’s the thing they condemn leftist spaces for doing, that’s the hill thwy will die on. Their sycophantic love of Musk is bound up in the idea that he’s some kind of champion of free speech. This likely is the rude shock some of them might need to realize that was never true.

      Is it going to get them to revisit their whole worldview? Probably not. But it’s a crack in the facade.

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            Shareholders need profit. Shareholders will chase the biggest profit. They don’t care what you are saying - they only care that their bank balance is rising… until it’s too late.

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      He’s been censoring anyone who disagrees with him, regardless of their political affiliation.

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    Realize the new tactic, trump admin will have the day of secondary goons fighting in public over multiple concepts, they’ll wait to see where public sentiment falls, and then trump will jump on the bandwagon and “punish” the face of the “losing” side.

    Realize that old orange bag of loose shit is silent through this “controversy”. And, in the meantime, heritage foundation directed gop will use every second of the distraction to quietly pass bad law.

    Examples:

    • they just quietly defunded the department that tracks and reports on foreign propaganda efforts after musk just attacked it publicly link

    • And they just gutted $20b from the IRS that could be used to audit millionaires and billionaires - the IRS famously brings in more money for every dollar funded into the service link

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    I believe Musk just threatened to go to war with the United States over his stance on H1-B visas on twitter.

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        I can see he is very serious, because he writes: “Fuck yourself in the face.”
        Not like when he said to advertisers they could go fuck themselves, back then he wasn’t serious, because when they actually did that, he threatened to sue them. But there’s a subtle difference in nuance, with the “in the face” part, so this time I think he may actually be serious.

        Obviously Musk is a very smart man and very eloquent. It almost takes an expert to pick up the subtle nuances.
        Like when he says Tesla will have FSD that is more secure than a human next year 8 years in a row, what he really mean is: “Fuck yourself in the face.”

        I think that most of the time, that’s what he means.

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        Even more reason to end the program, then. If Musk not “done Space X”, somebody else would have. There is nothing special about him, and maybe it should have been an American to own those businesses after all?

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          Glad to be of assistance. It’s like arguments amongst multiple ADHD children. The topic is always changing, nothing is truly resolved, and whoever was loudest, most aggressive, and talked the longest usually got their way.

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    This is all public theater to distract from his actual actions with the government—and the tech industry, too.

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      No, it’s not. Trump is too shallow for that. This is a legit question of policy with many racist motives from multiple parties.

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    They may be the Nazi fanboys that prop up musk and trump, but they forgot to be complete pawns, you never disagree with your dictators. They gave up freedom of speech along with all other rights, fools.

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    Oh boy, I think I may be a bad person. Because I so want to see everything go wrong for this guy. And I mean EVERYTHING!
    Lose his money, lose his home, get sick preferably something very painful, not be able to get healthcare, lose his family and friends.
    But all he has lost is his mind, and he is completely oblivious to that.

    But at least as the narcissist he is, I can at least find some comfort in the fact that his emotional life is probably pretty fucked up, and he will always feel sorry for himself for whatever ridiculous reason.

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      We can take comfort in knowing that narcissists generally are afraid of being wrong / outcasts. They hate themselves for their perceived weaknesses. Lonnie is deeply troubled, or he wouldn’t behave this way.

      I love myself. I love that he hates himself. Rinse, repeat.

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    Well who are his accusers? Can we even trust them; do they even have a blue check?

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    Fascist supporters when other fascists they don’t agree with do what fascists do and marginalize them to minimize their influence:

    Surprisedpikachuface.jpeg.

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    What an absolute fucking clown. I hope both democrats and republicans go to war against his companies.

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    He’s government now, right? So Twitter needs to respect 1A by law, right?

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    This is so rediculous. trump has recognized elon as his superior and the rest of the repbulicans need to fall in line. just like kamala took over for biden, elon has for trump.

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    [Scene opens on a wide, desolate savanna at dusk. The camera slowly pans over a leopard lying under a tree, its large body barely able to move. The sun is setting, casting a cold, dim light over the scene. Soft wind rustles through the dry grass. The leopard’s eyes are dull, its breathing labored.]

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    Narrator: Overfed and unable to move, these leopards have been left to a slow, painful existence. They can no longer hunt their prey, no longer climb the trees to escape danger, no longer feel the thrill of the chase. They are trapped in their own bodies.

    [Cue the soft, mournful opening chords of “Angel” by Sarah McLachlan. The camera slowly pans over a third leopard, sluggishly trying to rise, but its massive weight prevents it from standing. It lets out a heavy sigh, its once-strong legs buckling beneath it.]

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    [The music swells as the camera fades to black, and the words “Your donation can make a difference” appear in white text on the screen.]

    Narrator (whispering): Please, don’t let them suffer in silence. The time to act is now.

    [The music fades out, and the SPCA logo appears in the corner, along with a toll-free number and website for donations.]