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I don't see how any of that is being inconsistent. Wanting companies to remain advertisers without bullying him into censoring users (or his own speech) is a va

by dmix 3y ago

I don't see how any of that is being inconsistent. Wanting companies to remain advertisers without bullying him into censoring users (or his own speech) is a valid position and obviously something he wants. But he doesn't have to bend over to make it happen. I highly doubt Disney etc would suddenly start coming back if he was simply polite in response to them making a very public statement about leaving. Obviously they want him to make concessions in censorship that he finds untenable and his response was to fuck off if that's their demands. He didn't buy Twitter just to run it the same way as @jack and say yes to whatever powerful company/gov agency demands of them.

anigbrowl 3y ago
Nobody owes him advertising $. If he wants to tell advertisers to go fuck themselves because they don't want to appear next to nazis that's his prerogative, but whining about how it's hurting his company is his problem.
wredcoll 3y ago
> He didn't buy Twitter just to run it the same way as @jack and say yes to whatever powerful company/gov agency demands of them One of the many ironies is, of course, that musk's twitter says "yes" to government requests far more frequently than jack's did. In case you're wondering, this is one of the many reasons people dislike him in relation to twitter, he talks a lot about "free speech" but his actions are consistently about supporting only the speech he himself makes.