Ok, so money is either speech or it isn't. I mention this because noted supervillian, Elon Musk is evidently planning to sue companies who bailed on Twitter when he took over and started platforming actual Nazis.
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Remember when the worst thing he'd done with his Twitter acquisition was just to ignore zoning laws? Man, those were the days... |
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And other times people pretend Trader Joe's isn't suing to end organized labor forever. |
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Remember that time he built a truck that couldn't get wet? Yeah, that was great. |
"X has no choice but to file suit against the perpetrators and collaborators in the advertising boycott racket."
-The guy that bought Twitter
so he could let Nazi's back on
And now he's threatening to sue, so I guess what I'm asking is why is an advertiser boycott a racket, but the world's richest man buys a social media site because he doesn't like that they banned Butterscotch Hitler for repeatedly violating their rules, it's not? Unless--hey, you don't suppose that Elon Musk just thinks that the rules don't apply to him. But where would someone who grew up super-rich thanks to his family's emerald mines, get the idea that he was somehow better than everybody else and that--oh, right, the life of wealth and privilege.
Under normal circumstances, I'd say this is nothing to worry about. After all, suing businesses for not advertising on your dumb website isn't a crime. But then the thin veneer of civilization has been wearing away recently what with the recent decision by a bunch of judges that president's have immunity for pretty much anything. So maybe worry?
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