1ºJames La Ronde Free speech does not entail saying what ever you want, where ever you want. There are no stories about Hunter Biden that even remotely measure to the same kind of corruption as President Trump colluding to withhold necessary and promised funds, you know WE the US promised that money!!!!, to Ukraine's President Z. "Other things people have ideas about"? WTF? It's most fascinating those promoting free speech as some entitlement allowing them to say what ever they want without any responsibility are always the ones who give the least support to the ideal of a Free Press that the Founding Fathers intended. But since there seems to be little defense of the other branches of government, there's no reason to think the "free speechers" would defend The Fourth and Fifth Estates.
2ºDavid Earl Williams III personally I think Twitter called his bluff. Remember how at first they took it seriously and moved to block it, then suddenly they were like "sure you can buy it". Since then he's done nothing but scramble for aways not to.
And I think he brought up the deal so he could cash out some Tesla stock without raising eyebrows as to why. He sold $7b before it cratered in large part because of his antics. Peiple are starting to rethink Teslas valuation, the competition is heating up, and he just moved the company to a state looking increasingly hostile toward the politics of most tech employees.
3ºif you read the article, he has an legitimate reason. He wants to make sure that majority of twitter’s consumer base is real and not a bunch of bots/fake account, which would deem the business worthless. The fact twitter is holding back key info, makes things very fishy about twitter on a whole. Seems like they’re hiding something that they don’t want their shareholders to know or the actual value of the company is far less than advertised. If you’re buying a company, why wouldn’t you want to know everything from top to bottom? He isn’t the richest person in the world from making bad deals. $44 billion is a lot of money to buy a business and not be extra sure.
4ºEd Rivero very true, but in those cases, it would be to tear it down and rebuild it. If someone doesn’t want to go through that and want something complete and functional to purchase, then due diligence would happen before purchasing. I’m not an Elon fan, I’m just thinking this post from an business perspective. Making sure the legitimacy of twitter’s users are real makes a big difference in the total value of the company. If it is, then sure deal is on, but if it’s not, then that number needs to come down to reflect that or just walk away.
5ºBetter just walk away Elon Musk, WWIII will occur soon. I said it and no one can stop it because it’s God’s punishment for the disobedience of the people of this nation. They Repent not and they didn’t turn away from their wicked ways. The people have no fear and respect to Almighty God. I’m still holding my peace for the little children who will suffer greatly when it starts. But I’m longing to have new heaven and a new earth already. For many of God’s children are waiting for so long for Christ to come back. John 14:3
“And after I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to myself, so that you will be where I am.”
John 14:3
6ºFrank Zoppi
First of all, both sides were at those BLM protests that seems to escape you trumpers. There were counter protesters like the proud boys doing destruction and breaking the law as well! They caused trouble for the protesters because they’re racist pieces of d!rt!
Don’t tell me what CNN is reporting! Unless you actually watch it, you have no idea what they report! Tired of that remark because it’s phony!  i’m talking about spreading hate and invoking violence which is what trump used Twitter for, along with his QAnon rats that attacked the Capitol! I’ve seen their personal published videos with their threats just like trump and his civil war threat! He is a troublemaker and needs to be put away!
7ºNick Foster I just wonder why he would even put a message out there about buying Twitter if he hadn’t already gathered this information? As someone said on this feed, you don’t buy a home without an inspection. Maybe he is having buyers remorse and looking for a way out.
He may have, and only guessing, realized what a mess he will get himself into, since buying Twitter has become so politicized. I mean free speech is great and he sounds like he wants people to say whatever the hell they want but n Twitter, without any base in truth or reality, but realizes the enormous responsibility of that. It opens a whole can of worms for hate groups, militant extremists, political extremists etc…to have a platform to communicate and gather followers through propaganda, conspiracy theories, fear and hate. Just a thought.
8ºJames La Ronde Twitter has never banned me for what I said. I have free speech on Twitter. It had only sent me warnings when using certain words that appear to be inappropriate. People have called me vulgar names and have ridiculed my looks as well as used derogatory terms and hateful remarks toward me. So what more do you want? You want to be able to start a civil war like trump is trying to do? Or incite a riot like the Jan 6 attack? Twitter doesn’t have the power to stop anyone’s thoughts or ideas. That is ridiculous. The 1st and 2nd Amendments have been severely abused which has caused the increase in violence in this country. It is an embarrassment.
9ºDavid Earl Williams III Oh!! So is that's wiseman talk, right?.... Nothing to do with ENVY at all? Mr Earl the IV... Or was the third?.. Must be a Royalty Dynasty, correct ? From the old country , and you are the 3rd in line to the Throne right?In Mozambique ? Tanzania? Or maybe is it Denmark, forgiveme ,I don't wannabe accused of racist, I haven't study the origins of your family legacy. But coming back.. Yeah, Musk doesn't know what he's doing, this wasn't a Master move? An exposure to the "twisted" true of Twitter, no, we don't think so, right Earl ?
10ºElon is a self-proclaimed "Free-Speech Absolutist",
but in reality he's a billionaire man-baby who wants to control the narrative of his image on Twitter and make more money with Twitter stocks along the way.
Elon is no free speech advocate.
Regardless left or right, if you don't fit Elon's narrative; you'll still get banned from Twitter.
This Twitter take over is just to manipulate the stock prices across Elon's companies & crypto values, in the longer run, to make more money for himself.
Jack Dorsey is either a tool for Elon to remain at the top or an enemy to be eliminated.
Everything Elon does is a PR stunt to benefit himself, his businesses or his agenda.
No one ever becomes a billionaire because he/she is a nice/normal person.
Elon thinks rules are to be broken; entitlement is when you think rules & laws don't apply to you.
Twitter is so saturated by bots or the left, why not just have your own social media platform for the right and see how well that goes?
Why is Twitter so important to the right when you know they're biased to the left to begin with? Elon can't do better at social media than Twitter on his own?
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