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Once again, we see that right wing accusations are really admissions and/or intentions. Those who pine for a black and white "absolutist" utopia are once again
by jqpabc123 4y ago
Once again, we see that right wing accusations are really admissions and/or intentions.
Those who pine for a black and white "absolutist" utopia are once again confronted with a reality made from shades of gray.
Extremist ideology and solutions appeal to simple minded folks struggling to navigate a scary, complicated reality.
- fsagx 4y agoThis is Musk being Musk. He is a contradiction stuffed in an enigma wrapped with bacon.
- jqpabc123 4y agoYes. Musk is just a posterchild for the ideology he has embraced --- the idea that real world problems have easy, simple minded solutions. Boldly declaring yourself a "free speech absolutist" is simple and appeals to a lot of people --- unfortunately, it is also naive and a poor fit for the complex reality of social media --- as Musk himself has just proven.
- bigtex88 4y agoAn easy heuristic for anything coming from the right-wing in the US: if they are screaming about it, it means they are doing it. Pedophilia? They're the ones diddling kids. Censorship? The supposed "censorship" literally happened during the Trump administration. We're spending too much money? The Trump administration increased the national debt by 25%. Anything coming from the right should be taken with the biggest grain of salt the world has ever seen. There's a 99% chance that they're screaming about nothing and a 100% chance that they're not telling the entire truth.