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Elon Musk's X pushes Trump tags on all US users
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If you still have a Twitter account, you are a piece of shit. That goes for everyone of you
Most of the world doesn’t know or care about US politics. X is a hellish platform though that does crack on pro-Palestinian users.
If you don't care about US politics then don't use an American Nazi's website
Way ahead of you. I got banned from Twitter before Elon even bought it for a joke on the biased representation of Arabs in media. It has gotten worse since then.
I don't ever use it to think to delete it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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i got rid of mine shortly after he officially owned it but i used to follow a lot of certain people on nitter for a long time but the past year or so ive even been doing that less and less because i don't care about it anymore
A bit harsh I think
Nah it's fine
I should change my name to INHALE_BEEF
Is it? I don't think anyone gets a pass on supporting a nazi.
OMG A GUY IS DONATING MONEY TO A POLTICAL CANDIDATE!!!
You know very well that musk is not just "a guy", he is ultrarich and is using his money to get more money, no matter the cost to the rest of the world.
You know very well that the amount musk promises to donate monthly is more money than most people will see in their entire lifetime - including you.
You know very well that trump is not just a political candidate. He is a fascist piece of shit and has already stated that he will be a dictator.
Why do you simp for these fuckers? They wouldn't bother to piss on you if you were on fire.
Annnnnd this is where you go off the rail.
I simp for the truth and consistency. Elon is just another billionaire that is influencing things, the only reason you care about what he is doing is because your team tells you to care. You guys used to like elon, but since he left the circle jerk he is the enemy. You should like a troll billionaire but you cant get past the agenda.
None of the statements I made are wrong.
Did you not pay attention when trump said he'd be a dictator on day one? Or are you just ignoring that easily verifiable fact?
Will you be disappointed if he doesn't behave like a proper dictator on day one, considering your love for truth and consistency?
What were the two things he listed after he said he was going to be dictator on day one?
The issue is that they are misleading you with lying facts. For example if I said "A person is YY times more likely to die in a hospital than at the grocery store", that would be true but its misleading to believe that if I go to the hospital I am more likely to die than at the grocery store.
I believe that it was related to immigration and further ruination of the environment - Two hot topics among the majority of his cult; the racists and the coal rollers. Really makes no difference. His intentions are to shit on due process and law and order and do whatever he wants. Perhaps it will be for one day only, but that just doesn't seem likely considering his general approach to the law and the sycophants he got in the SCOTUS.
Uh yeah it does because the two things he listed are under presidential control, and it shows he was making a joke. You might not like the joke, but there is not stated intent to be an actual dicatator. And the all the rest is guess work or projection.
I guess this is down to opinion then. I think the only type of joking and humour trump is capable of is putting other people down and I think that everyone should be wary of every single word coming out of his mouth (how difficult that might be) because he speaks his mind with very little filter.
Sure, but the opinion has to be based in reality. If you hadnt noticed right now, the attack on trump has shifted to him being a fascist and a direct danger to democracy. Nothing has really changed, its the same basic trump.
And he is both. GOP played dirty and got a yuge majority in the SCOTUS. This was under trump. Rest assured that as soon as he is declared president, any lawsuit against him will be swept away. He fullfills most Umberto Eco's 14 features of fascism.
trump's handling of classified information has already put US agents at risk and we don't even know what else he has shared. His apparent inability to tell his cult to stop forcing their way into a US government building has cost lives. The whole abortion thing is downright medieval in some states now and will only get worse if he gets 4 more years (or however long it ends up being). And his love for putin and all things russia ("We have all the funding we need out of russia" - Remember this?) is a threat to Europe.
I'm sure there's more, but I get tired.
The Rs did exactly what the Ds would have done, and its actually a feature of being president that they cant be bogged down by lawsuits unless its impeachment.
Do you realize that everything you said is talking points and can easily be rebuffed or pointed also in the direction of democrats for doing worse things in the same area?
Sure. It was a pleasure, but the thread is getting old and I'm done.
It's really not.
Damn I just got back from twitter... It really changed in the past month it's all political stuff and I never used twitter to research politics I'm not even American I'm a Canuck but maybe that is close enough.
Moral of the story: I agree with you
It really has changed. I noticed it a few months back. Subtle rightwing and like, morbid "shock" content and even some animal abuse started popping up more and more. I just gradually started using it less and less, it was pretty obvious what was going on.
I still have a Twitter account. I mostly watch the cess pit argue with each other and to keep up with the latest misinformation.
But even that is growing tiresome.