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Babylon Bee CEO: Twitter’s Bee lockout may have been ‘last straw’ for Elon Musk
Washington Times ^ | 4-4-22 | Valerie Richardson

Posted on 04/04/2022 7:22:08 PM PDT by dynachrome

Mr. Musk asked his 80 million Twitter followers in March 24-26 tweets about the platform’s commitment to transparency and free-speech principles, concluding with the questions, “What should be done?” and “Is a new platform needed?”

“I wouldn’t suggest that The Babylon Bee is the sole reason Musk decided to take action,” said Mr. Dillon. “Censorship is pervasive on the platform, and he‘s been concerned about it for some time. But I do think the absurdity of his favorite satire site getting suspended factored into his decision. Perhaps it was the last straw.” It’s no secret that the world’s richest person is also a Babylon Bee fan. In December, he did a 90-minute YouTube chat with Mr. Dillon, editor-in-chief Kyle Mann, and creative director Ethan Nicolle.

Twitter has kicked off plenty of big names on the right, none bigger than former President Donald Trump. The platform touched off an outcry in October 2020 for locking the New York Post’s account for 16 days over its bombshell report on Hunter Biden’s laptop.

Last month, Twitter froze several popular accounts, including those belonging to the Bee, Fox host Tucker Carlson, and Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk, for referring to Dr. Levine as a man, a violation of the platform’s “hateful conduct” policy.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Humor
KEYWORDS: babylonbee; censorship; demagogicparty; elonmusk; hesamanbaby; karens; musk; thebabylonbee; twitter
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A woke idiot or two are already quitting twitter.
1 posted on 04/04/2022 7:22:08 PM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

Dale Carnegie would figure out how to make Twitter stock go down in flames…
Then buy it up.


2 posted on 04/04/2022 7:30:44 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

Not a good way to win friends:).


3 posted on 04/04/2022 7:33:21 PM PDT by Ken H (Trump won.)
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To: dynachrome
Well, bye. twitterresign
4 posted on 04/04/2022 7:34:00 PM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: Beowulf9

Did you mean Andrew Carnegie? Dale wanted everyone to be his friend.


5 posted on 04/04/2022 7:36:16 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: dynachrome

Wow. That is one way to clear out the transvestites, fags and lesbos.


6 posted on 04/04/2022 7:37:27 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: dynachrome

Well . . . bye!


7 posted on 04/04/2022 7:38:48 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: dynachrome

Ha! I can’t wait to order from this guy at the drive-thru in a few months.


8 posted on 04/04/2022 7:40:20 PM PDT by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: Beowulf9

Elon spent 3 billion and it went up after he bought it and he made 180 million the 1st day as a stockholder. I hope he flushes Twitter 2 or 3 good times.


9 posted on 04/04/2022 7:41:09 PM PDT by Delta 21 (It started as a virus, and mutated into an IQ test.)
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To: dynachrome

That was satire.


10 posted on 04/04/2022 7:41:13 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: dynachrome

Good.


11 posted on 04/04/2022 7:41:15 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; ...

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12 posted on 04/04/2022 7:46:23 PM PDT by bitt ( <img src=' 'width=50%> )
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To: dynachrome

Notice that the Bee could not publish this information in one of it’s articles:)


13 posted on 04/04/2022 8:05:21 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: dynachrome

Jackoff needs to take a hike and examine why rational peeps don’t need Woke PoPos.


14 posted on 04/04/2022 8:12:06 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: for-q-clinton

“That was satire.”

A link or 2 to analysis?


15 posted on 04/04/2022 8:13:38 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Delta 21

Crowder says Musk made about a Billion dollars so far on the stock.


16 posted on 04/04/2022 8:22:23 PM PDT by TigersEye (Is it time for a general strike yet?)
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To: Beowulf9

Since Twitter is worth nearly 30% more today than it was yesterday, that’s basically what he’s done.

But everyone knows he isn’t buying as an investment.


17 posted on 04/04/2022 8:23:14 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Rebelbase

Yes. Mistake. Andrew Carnegie.


18 posted on 04/04/2022 8:25:19 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: dynachrome

Whod’a guessed that Jackson Mulholland @MulhollanLOver is a snowflake.


19 posted on 04/04/2022 8:25:47 PM PDT by Tellurian (Your phone is your cattle tag. 2/4/2004: DARPA Lifelog terminated, Facebook initiated. )
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To: dynachrome

Nosering Rasputin hears footsteps behind him... LOL.... Go Elon Go!


20 posted on 04/04/2022 8:38:38 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Let’s go Brandon!)
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