President Musk maintains that what he says is inherently true and therefore free speech
this post was submitted on 06 Apr 2025
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Can I say the C word about musk I feel like I should be able to
Someone should point out that Elon tried to sue advertisers for stopping their advertisements on X
He did a nazi salute ... then called Tim Walz a jerk for taking joy in Tesla's falling stock.
Sensitive-ass MAGA types.
Elon is often talking about freedom of speech. But there hasn't been one time he protected the freedom of speech of people he disagrees with.
Further, he pressured reddit to censor posts critical of him and his products. So much for Mr. Free Speech.
this is what virtue signaling actually is in case anyone is interested. the right calls caring about stuff virtue signaling. the left, to whom words actually matter, understands virtue signaling is pretending to care about something until the rubber hits the road and you have to actually stand by that position.
musk talks a big game about how important self expression is until someone expresses themselves
Caring about stuff alone is never virtue signaling. Telling people you care about stuff can be, especially if you think your audience agrees with you:
"Virtue signalling is the act of expressing opinions or stances that align with popular moral values, often through social media, with the intent of demonstrating one's good character. The term virtue signalling is frequently used pejoratively to suggest that the person is more concerned with appearing virtuous than with actually supporting the cause or belief in question."
It's not hypocrisy, it's conservatism!
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect
More specifically, conservatism is an umbrella for the sociopathic/grifters, bigoted/fascist, and just plain stupid/ignorant.
Elon is all 3 of those.
This fucker needs to go, and so does the people who still swallow his words like gospel. They're all a burden on society.
Go is a very nice word for what needs to happen to this leech on humanity
I'm sure they would be swallowing more than just his words if given the chance.
I really like this bit by Jon Stewart, because he really talked about exactly this, about the huge hypocrisy which I feel like no-one else really talks about or even acknowledges, that the Republicans constantly talk about free speech but actually behave in an infinitely more authoritarian and speech - restricting way than anyone else in the US would actually do.
Hearing someone else just speak that out load feels so good to me: Jon Stewart on Which Speech Is Free and Which Will Cost You in Trump’s America
TW: I’m unmedicated right now and as such, I’m in an extremely violent mood.
That said, I would love nothing more than a couple of piñatas that look like Musk and Trump.
The rest is left as an exercise for the reader.
I need those piñatas delivered to me, daily, for the next 4 years
Hm. That gives me an idea for a business model. 💡
No consistency, no logic, no consequence. That’s the world we live in.
It's not really hypocrisy, it's that they're jealous that black Americans took that word away, and if they can't get it back, then they should be able to delete a word TOO, IT'S NOT FAIR!!
Free speech = my speech
Aversion to hypocrisy is an exclusive trait of good faith interlocutors.