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> Musk hasn’t said all that much since the takeover on Twitter, but he has replied to a couple of users who have complained about platform censorship in the pas

by nmilo 4y ago

> Musk hasn’t said all that much since the takeover on Twitter, but he has replied to a couple of users who have complained about platform censorship in the past. One is a user called “catturd2” who claims he’s shadowbanned and who tweets COVID misinformation among other things. The other is Canada Proud, a right-wing propagandist group that also spreads COVID misinfo and focuses on attacking Canadian PM Justin Trudeau. What a nasty comment from an otherwise fine article. A reply is not an endorsement, and not even linking the tweets in question really lets the author hide the evidence and twist the paragraph into whatever he wants it to mean. Besides, it's not like Justin Trudeau is lacking on things to attack him for.

goatcode 4y ago
>I bet he wasn’t feeling too great about that bit of litigation the deal closing helped him escape. >Maybe one of the cronies who were cozying up to him >freedom isn’t free. There are a few nasties in the article. This nerd writer got so angry his writing even got pretty sloppy in his section (3). Seething is in fashion!
markdown 4y ago
I don't think it's a secret that Musk has been cosying up to the Trump right for a while now. It's only a nasty comment if you find those individuals deplorable, and Musk clearly doesn't.
- conorcleary 4y ago
  Trump will never entirely forgive people like Musk who left his advisory committee(s).
freejazz 4y ago
What about it is nasty? It doesn't say he endorsed those posters, it literally just says he interacted with him. I think the point is that he is interacting with these kinds of posters instead of, like doing something useful or relevant, or like anything else at all? I can see why you'd think it'd be nasty if you have an incredibly partisan view that has to sort everything into either being for or against something.
- dymk 4y ago
  It's cherry picking who he's replied to.

by nmilo 4y ago

goatcode 4y ago

>I bet he wasn’t feeling too great about that bit of litigation the deal closing helped him escape. >Maybe one of the cronies who were cozying up to him >freedom isn’t free. There are a few nasties in the article. This nerd writer got so angry his writing even got pretty sloppy in his section (3). Seething is in fashion!

markdown 4y ago

I don't think it's a secret that Musk has been cosying up to the Trump right for a while now. It's only a nasty comment if you find those individuals deplorable, and Musk clearly doesn't.

conorcleary 4y ago
Trump will never entirely forgive people like Musk who left his advisory committee(s).

freejazz 4y ago

What about it is nasty? It doesn't say he endorsed those posters, it literally just says he interacted with him. I think the point is that he is interacting with these kinds of posters instead of, like doing something useful or relevant, or like anything else at all? I can see why you'd think it'd be nasty if you have an incredibly partisan view that has to sort everything into either being for or against something.

dymk 4y ago
It's cherry picking who he's replied to.