I think it's laughable reading these two articles that frame Musk buying Twitter is somehow something the public should want. The first is an excerpt which was apparently Tucker Carlson's monologue a few weeks ago, the second is from the editor-in-chief of JNS.org, Jonathan Tobin. Interestingly, both excerpts frame Musk's purchase as though it has something to do with (useless) partisan politics and the restoration of freedom of speech and democracy, shaaa' right.
With the exception of the first one listed, neither should have a price tag:
"So, all of a sudden, the political party that's supported almost exclusively by oligarchs like Jeff Bezos and the Google guys is telling you that it's dangerous for rich people to have too much control over speech. Really? Facebook is controlled by one person, Mark Zuckerberg, but that's not a threat because Mark Zuckerberg is happy to work on behalf of the Democratic Party. Once again, if anything, we are understating what a big deal this move on Twitter by Elon Musk is. If free speech is restored to even one big social media platform, it all comes tumbling down."
Tucker Carlson: If Free Speech Is Restored To Even One Big Social Media Platform, It All Comes Tumbling Down
"Whatever we may think of Musk, his bid for Twitter highlights both the dangerously untrammeled power of Big Tech and the need to ensure that they are not controlled by anti-democratic forces determined to shut down public debate in order to advance a specific political agenda. It was already obvious that ADL’s partisanship and dangerous advocacy of censorship had little or nothing to do with the best interests of Jews. It’s equally clear that their stand is harmful to democracy unless you define that as the ability of leftist idealogues to control public discourse. As much as we may view the ability of antisemites to post hate on Twitter with dismay, the survival of free speech is far more important to defending both democracy and Jewish security.
It’s a shame that we must currently depend on a single wealthy individual to try to protect those values. But in 2022, Elon Musk may be all we’ve got."
Should Everyone Be Afraid of Elon Musk Buying Twitter?
By Jonathan S. Tobin (JNS) In February, the Anti-Defamation League announced that it had developed what it called an “online hate index” to monitor antisemitism on social-media platforms. The effort was conceived as a way to adequately measure the amount of hate speech being posted on sites like...
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