Posted on 01/06/2023 6:59:50 PM PST by simpson96
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has been labelled the “richest troll on Earth” by a top gun safety advocate.
Since Musk took over Twitter in a £37 billion deal last year, he has allegedly allowed controversial posts to run riot on the platform under the guise of free speech.
And the Tesla founder has even posted some of his own shocking thoughts and personal images on the site.
One of which was of his bedside table featuring a can of coke, and an unlocked gun – which looked real at the time but later turned out not to be.
This image has been slammed by Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jamie was murdered during the deadly Parkland School shooting in 2018.
Seventeen people died during the shocking incident, and shooter Nikolas Cruz was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole.
Speaking about Musk's image and tweet, Guttenberg told Bloomberg Quicktake's Emma Barnett during an interview: “It actually doesn't matter whether it (the gun) was real or not, because the message is what matters.
“It's so strange now watching what Elon Musk is turning himself into. He is a business person who I was so mesmerized by for so many years, who I thought did the coolest things.
“If he had a vision, I automatically thought that if Elon Musk things he can pull it off, I'll be you he can.
“I looked at him that way until his pursuit of Twitter and what he has turned it into, which is a cesspool of indecency and the worst of humanity.
“Why he's behaving like the richest troll on Earth instead of this successful business person that he had previously been, I can't make sense of – but I hope he fails.”
(Excerpt) Read more at dailystar.co.uk ...
...because Musk made it appear as though he wants to be able to defend himself?
Musk is the new Trump. Any reason whatever these days for the MSM to trash Musk.
What a piece of trash.
I agree.
“ And the Tesla founder has even posted some of his own shocking thoughts and personal images on the site.”
Oh my isn’t free speech simply shocking 🙄
He is, and it’s marvelous!
The “guise” of free speech?
Guttenberg is a fool.
What is an “unlocked gun”?
a gun safety advocate or an anti gun advocate?
“an 18th-century-style pistol in a wooden display box, with Emmanuel Letze’s famous painting “Washington Crossing the Delaware” on the inside of the lid. Another is a replica revolver from the video game ‘Deus Ex’.”
CBS bought the screen rights to Dues EX in 2012. DuesEX Go runs on IOS (Apple)and Android.
So why does the ‘advocate’ single out Musk for a play gun used in an internet game that runs on multiple platforms?
Who gets to determine what is “controversial”?
Tom Mauser 2.0
Probably one that isn’t stored unloaded, under lock and key, until a bad guy kicks in the door. Guttenberg is a weenie.
The 2nd Amendment guarantees the first, as they say.
Musk is committed to the first, so it stands to reason he understands the 2nd.
“... under the guise of free speech”.
Yeah, he isn’t doing anything under the “guise” of free speech, he isn’t concealing or hiding anything. Free speech, is free speech.
” .... actually doesn’t matter whether it (the gun) was real or not, because the message is what matters.”
Right. I think the message is “don’t $&@k with Mr. Musk”; he might cap yer ass.
GTH, Guttenberg
And your daughter died because the school district and sheriff’s office worked to avoid the arrest of Cruz numerous times prior.
If Fred getting offended , Musk is doing his job.
Until DeSantis becomes the new Trump.
I can't keep them all straight, except that they seem to be liberals.
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