This is getting unbelievable. Elon Musk triggered just about every liberal on Twitter Thursday by tweeting a meme suggesting that liberals have moved farther left since 2008. We might have to round up some of the more unhinged responses in one post because there’s no way we could get to all of them. Musk has said that he wants Twitter to be politically neutral and cater to the 80 percent of Americans who aren’t on the fringes of politics. This too has triggered liberals, which is an obvious tell that they know the scales have been tipped in their favor. “Free speech” is now a bad thing and content moderation is what’s hot.
Bloomberg’s Steven Dennis reports that Democratic Sens. Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal have told him they want Musk called to testify before Congress about his plans to overhaul Twitter. He’s not even running the place yet, but they want a congressional hearing on his plans. What, so the Disinformation Governance Board can approve them?
NEW: Markey and Blumenthal tell me @elonmusk should be called to testify about his plans to overhaul @Twitter. Commerce Chair Cantwell tells me she’s thinking about it… https://t.co/71nzfbMC7R
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) April 28, 2022
This is absurd.
— Lee C Eldridge (@LeeCEldridge) April 28, 2022
So much for government not infringing on freedom of speech. This is going way too far.
— Razor_415 (@Michael03176254) April 28, 2022
Where was this concern when the representatives of the "other side" of the American people was being censored?
— CCinderella2 (@CindyGesualdi) April 28, 2022
I wish they had this type of energy for billionaires that buy newspapers.
— Andres (@I_gave_you_powr) April 28, 2022
lmao there it is. American political leaders are as fearful of the information space as their counterparts in countries without constitutional protections over speech, and they consistently prove the wisdom of such protections. https://t.co/4ZtjCb3bzC
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) April 28, 2022
"Subpoena the new CEO" is this fun game Congress likes to play, it's cool you get used to it after a while. Pro forma now.
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) April 28, 2022
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People are saying that Congress has called other social media heads to testify, but these were the people actually running the show at the time. Now they want to hear about “plans.”
Do they really want to do that??
Let's go!
— Pavil (@Pavilm) April 28, 2022
— Mark Harrison (@UCS_Mark) April 28, 2022
I’m more concerned with the disinformation czar
— Dagny-Reagan-Taggert (@Dagny_R_Taggert) April 28, 2022
Agreed.
Related:
NBC News cites ‘experts’ to warn about Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase (guess who the ‘experts’ are) https://t.co/2L2bhNg3mQ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 27, 2022
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