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Should the New Twitter CEO Elon Musk bring back Donald Trump?

Should the New Twitter CEO Elon Musk bring back Donald Trump?

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Chomsky said:
This should not be about Trump, and to make it about Trump would be erroneous.

It is about Terms of Service.

Those that abide by the ToS should be allowed to post, those that do not abide by ToS should not be allowed tp post. Nothing to do with Trump. He's a non-issue, and irrelevant to the determinant factors in platform access.
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It was never completely about terms of service, either, though. Trump was only kicked off the platform in the days following the January 6th insurrection because he was so polarizing that twitter worried the more legitimately followed users and influencers might pull a spotify and leave in droves. It was a business decision, plain and simple.

On the one hand, bringing back Trump, Alex Jones, and other right wing nutters would probably create a lot of controversy, a lot of stir, but I'm not convinced it would be a great business decision. I suspect what Musk might seek is a middle ground, calling for a conditional reinstatement and maybe a general revision of the policy to include more long-term suspensions rather than outright perma-bans. But who knows where Musk's head is on that front.

I don't think Musk is doing any of this to curry favor with the right wing; I think he's buying twitter to make sure that he gets a lot of attention for himself and his brands. And maybe, just maybe, he thinks he can do something different with twitter beyond what it is now. Twitter is not Facebook though. The average person has no need for twitter, and it's not how the average social media user communicates with his/her social networks. It's more for people in public-facing endeavors get their message out to the public. It's closer to mass media than e-mail/rolodex.
 
Bucky said:
Open the forbidden doors and good things will happen.

Imagine if debatepolitics opened the forbidden door. Do you know how much more discussion would be created with all the old members returning?
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We could fill up an auditorium with a lot of amateur musicians. That doesn't make it a symphony.
 
Bucky said:
I definitely think it is time to bring back Donald Trump.

Elon Musk is a freedom of speech fundamentalist.

It will be good for Twitter to finally have competent management. Now the company has legs. Musk with his proven track record with Tesla and SpaceX is a proven winner. He will make Twitter great.
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Please …
 
RealityNow said:
Freedom of Speech is not about "spewing the vitriol that Trump and Right Wing Fanatics Spew. "Freedom, in anything is first and foremost, about RESPONSIBILITY".
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The only thing that the 1st amendment guarantees is that congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech.
This was extended by the 14th amendment so that no state can either, I think?

No social media operates under free speech rules.
 
Bucky said:
Open the forbidden doors and good things will happen.

Imagine if debatepolitics opened the forbidden door. Do you know how much more discussion would be created with all the old members returning?
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Imagine...
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us, only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today :)

At any rate, It really chaps the wokester's hide that there's a new sheriff in Twitter-town.

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Bucky said:
I definitely think it is time to bring back Donald Trump.

Elon Musk is a freedom of speech fundamentalist.

It will be good for Twitter to finally have competent management. Now the company has legs. Musk with his proven track record with Tesla and SpaceX is a proven winner. He will make Twitter great.
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I love the title, by the way:

Should the New Twitter CEO Elon Musk bring back Donald Trump?​


Like letting an ogre out of his den.
 
Bucky said:
Open the forbidden doors and good things will happen.

Imagine if debatepolitics opened the forbidden door. Do you know how much more discussion would be created with all the old members returning?
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WTF is "the forbidden door"? Some kinda porno thing?
 
trixare4kids said:
Imagine...
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us, only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today :)

At any rate, It really chaps the wokester's hide that there's a new sheriff in Twitter-town.

FROa8loWQAAXj3M
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John Lennon's son just sang this song for the people of the Ukraine. Some Americans are so self absorbed with themselves it is astounding. Most people in the world have way more to worry about than Twitter.....way more....
 
If anyone thinks this is an altruistic move by Musk,


I don’t always listen to Judas Priest, but when I do, so do my neighbors! - from the comment under this video
 
I left just now. I won't be where they allow that trash.
 
Bucky said:
I definitely think it is time to bring back Donald Trump.

Elon Musk is a freedom of speech fundamentalist.

It will be good for Twitter to finally have competent management. Now the company has legs. Musk with his proven track record with Tesla and SpaceX is a proven winner. He will make Twitter great.
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Well as I understand it, it's basically his company now. He can do as he pleases. If he wants to set it on fire (and I strongly suspect that this is his motive) then he'll do that.

Musk is merely the most recent example in a nearly infinite list of examples that money can't fill a soul's void.
 
Cardinal said:
Well as I understand it, it's basically his company now. He can do as he pleases. If he wants to set it on fire (and I strongly suspect that this is his motive) then he'll do that.

Musk is merely the most recent example in a nearly infinite list of examples that money can't fill a soul's void.
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LMAO
 
reflechissez said:
I've wondered about that. How hard is that to do?
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Start small and grow big. I'm sure it takes capital and probably Google's assistance to be discovered by the masses. Or maybe Google can do it. Heck, maybe they have already done it, I don't know.
 
i certainly have no intention of testing the Twitter Musk owned "free speech" envelope.

Lord knows I am already doing a 1000 year ban for asking a simple question on another Free Speech proponents message platform.

Have no idea what Musk's political leanings are nor do i care, but the site i was banned from had the name on it of one of Trump's biggest ass kissers outside D.C..
 
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