Elon: "100% free speech, always!"
MediaMatters: "Here's evidence Musk is an antisemite."
Elon: "I'm suing you for speaking freely!"
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Is it really thermonuclear if it can easily be dismissed with a couple of screenshots? And he is trying to allege fraud. This is the flimsiest crybaby tantrum he has had yet.
Right? The media matters article screenshots clearly prove it’s allegations. Unless he tries the angle that they were photoshopped (and obviously he needs proof for it) this gets dismissed immediately.
Hoping it doesn’t cost media matters anything or that they can recoup any fees they may incur from this. Nice to have real reporting with proof to back it up like they showed.
Maybe he meant thermonuclear in the sense that it is mutually assured destruction because, as most trigger happy lawsuit threats tend to forget, a lawsuit means discovery. So a lot more dirt about Xitter and Musk would have to become public record.
It's not even mutually-assured, though. It's a kamikaze attack doomed to miss.
This is a funny way to spell 'frivolous' when describing a lawsuit
Musk throws thermonuclear tantrum
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I wouldn't put it past him to eat grandiose for breakfast even if it's some bacon and eggs wrapped in edible gold and glass full of his own magnificent piss.
Barratry should still be illegal
Well I just learned a new word. Also wikipedia says it is in some places.
Interesting. Essentially, the act of supporting a barrister. Clever.
"We must allow all free speech!"
"OK so I can choose to take my ads somewhere else"
"Wait no not like that"
as he has clearly abandoned his handlers, his outward communication gets worse and worse. hes like a stroke victim that refuses assistance, and is declining.
Sounds like every maga republican. Strange they share the same ethos.
Musk, the richest man in the world, said today that he will be 'holding his breath until everyone is nice to him'. The statement came as advertisers grew concerned about being associated with blatant antisemitism. A statement released by Apple claims that Musk is 'acting up for attention and needs a timeout and possibly a nap.' Musk responded with a post to X, formerly a semi-legitimate social media platform, that 'Apple is a big meanie who is in bed with the Jews. '
"Above everything, including profit, X works to protect the public’s right to free speech. But for speech to be truly free, we must also have the freedom to see or hear things that some people may consider objectionable,” he added.
Good to know you believe in free speech. Elmo. So you won't mind if companies exercise that right by choosing not to advertise on your racist, apartheid-loving network.
But for speech to be truly free, we must also have the freedom to see or hear things that some people may consider objectionable,” he added._
And the freedom to say "that's objectionable" and choose not to be associated with it.
Elon wants people to have the freedom to hear and see shit that makes them sick, but doesn't want them to have the freedom to leave it's presence.
Elon's a pretty twisted little shit, isn't he?
That's not freedom of speech, that's freedom of association. Different freedoms. Your point remakns though, I'm not arguing, just pointing that out.
Freedom of speech is connected to freedom of association, which also includes the freedom to not speak and to not associate (ie. halting advertising)
Also doesn't freedom of speech not apply to companies
Pretty sure it only applies to the government
“We’ll, well, well if it isn’t the consequences of my own actions “
Still don’t think anyone has put it better than Owen Jones .
supporting free speech by suing people for speech in the attempt to limit speech. I'm not saying media shouldn't be held accountable but in the age of PR bullshit do words mean things anymore?
Believing there are limits to free speech is not a crazy thing but just say what you mean. Media watchdog said things you don't like so you're suing them.
I really want to see him fall on his face suing people who choose to not do business at the nazi bar, then try to sue the ADL for pointing out he runs the nazi bar. Please, please, let him spend whatever he has left on this....
I’m sure all those big companies are really worried.
Ok can we agree to stop talking about MuskyBoy?
Who's upvoting this shit?
i think it's pretty funny to see this guy destroy everything he comes into contact with. we already have agreed that this guy is an idiot, so we can just circlejerk until this all goes away.
The word you're looking for is schadenfreude
What if I'm not actually ashamed to enjoy it?
I'm not sure it applies when the guy is the sole source of all his problems
thermonuclear lawsuit
Downvoted, ignored, bad journalism. This is frivolous
Why do we keep giving this guy a platform? Do we really care that much about twitter and his stupid shenanigans
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