Is that the mother of ALL oxymorons, or what ??
Posted on 04/25/2022 10:03:24 AM PDT by conservative98
Following reports that Elon Musk may be nearing a deal with the Twitter board to buy the company, leftist “verified” accounts on the platform once again went into meltdown mode at the prospect of the Musk, the self-described free speech absolutist, taking over.
“Leaving Twitter” began to trend shortly after the reports of Musk-Twitter talks. Observers quickly noted the similarity in sentiment to loud declarations from prominent leftists that they would move to Canada if Donald Trump won the election in 2016 (few, if any, did).
Charles Blow, a New York Times columnist who describes Trump supporters as “angry white men,” said he would “say goodbye” to the platform if Musk takes over.
“I will not stay on Twitter if Elon Musk owns it,” said former New York Times editorial board member Mira Kamdar.
James Fell, a historian, said he would leave if Musk unbans Donald Trump, who was banned by Twitter and other social media platforms while he was sill President, leading to an outcry against Big Tech censorship from leaders around the world.
Motherboard, a publication run by far-left Vice, began hawking Mastodon, a progressive-run decentralized social media platform, as a destination for disaffected lefties.
Yvette Nicole Brown, an actress associated with the embattled Disney corporation, said she would be joining a platform called Counter Social.
In a retro move, author Jeff Gibbard suggested fellow online social justice warriors return to their spiritual home, the blogging platform Tumblr.
Occupy Democrats executive editor Grant Stern took a contrarian approach, warning liberals they would be ceding the platform to “the wrong folks” if they left.
“We’re not moving to Canada,” said Stern. “Yet.”
Various other bluechecks posted some variation of “leaving Twitter” or “goodbye Twitter.”
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These hysterical over the top mentally deranged reactions are fun, but I eagerly anticipate their reactions to a Trump win in 2024.
It would be a great outcome if Conservatives stayed away and didn’t rejoin, leftist left because of Musk ownership and Twitter just went away.
Gee, they say that as if the majority of Canadians actually *want* them. Pfffft!
James Fell, a historian, said he would leave if Musk unbans Donald Trump...
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Does make for some interesting fallout... PDJT getting unbanned just at the same time as he has Truth up and running. Why would he go back to twitter?
LOLOL... what is it they always say? “Create a NEW Platform” right???
SELF Censorship! ya gotta love it...
Is that the mother of ALL oxymorons, or what ??
“We’re moving to Canada.”
“We’re not moving to Canada.”
They have themselves boxed in now, can’t wait to see how this plays out. Bring lotsa money, you’ll need it.
promises, promises...
Well, there are ghost cities in China and urban renewal vacancies in the Ukraine, if these whiners want to put there words into action.
I didn’t know you were a Canuck!
I live in Canada but am not technically Canadian.
As if the Canadians in Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and most of British Columbia want them in the first place. Probably most of Ontario outside of the Windsor-Toronto corridor, too.
They'll be right at home on Tumblr. A few days ago some snowflake was on there whining about the airline passengers who cheered the lifting of the mask mandate for airlines. According to this precious creature, the passengers were showing an "appalling disregard for human life".
I wouldn’t be surprised if Tumblr goes back to a web-only platform (no more apps on iOS and Google Play stores) so they can no longer be subject to the censorship whims of Apple and Google.
I remember looking at the official road map of Ontario as a child. It’s divided into 2 sections of southern and northern Ontario. Almost all the population is located in the southern part with a few communities hugging the shore of Lake Superior and a few mining towns in the northern section. Above those on Lake superior a vast wilderness of absolutely nothing but endless small lakes pockmarking what is known as the Canadian Shield all the way up to Hudson Bay and the lower part of it known as James Bay. In the middle of this vast nothingness as far as humans go were one or two markings on some lake listed as cabin. Probably were made of log but it didn’t say on the map.
Someone should quietly start spreading news among these liberals that there is now an alternative to twitter called “truth social” without any mention of who started it and see how many of them go. LOL
Yeah, like I believe that. How many thousands left today? They could pin a top tweet, saying they’re going to wait & see how Elon Musk “destroys” Twitter, then not tweet.
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