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Elon Musk Gives Hint About Twitter’s Future (Mike Huckabee wants anonymity abolished)
Conservative Brief ^ | May 1, 2022 | Carmine Sabia

Posted on 05/01/2022 9:40:08 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Billionaire Elon Musk has revealed part of his plan for Twitter’s future if his bid to become its new owner is successful as expected.

The revelation came in response to a tweet from former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee who said that all users should verify their name and identity.

“I hope @elonmusk will insist that all Twitter posters use their real names & not be keyboard cowards hiding behind silly little sophomoric screen names. Be man enough or woman enough (if you even know what that is) to stand by what you say! If you can’t own it don’t say it,” the former governor said.

The tweet caught the attention of Musk who has spoken about authenticating Twitter users in the past.

“Authentication is important, but so is anonymity for many. A balance must be struck,” he said.

Musk got some pretty broad agreement on the idea.

“Yes! Some people with large accounts have to use burners because using a verified account to talk on certain issues is risky in this current climate of oversensitivity,” one user said.


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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: assistantdemocrat; mikehuckabee; mikehucksterbee
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Mike Huckabee wants self-doxxing so Antifa can hunt you down.
1 posted on 05/01/2022 9:40:08 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Let's check what Publius said in the Federalist Papers.
2 posted on 05/01/2022 9:45:20 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference of the Devil...-Churchill)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Mike Huckabee has his own security.


3 posted on 05/01/2022 9:45:37 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That’s what I was thinking as well. They’ll pitch it like it’s to get rid of bots and keep people polite.

But it will really go down like you say.


4 posted on 05/01/2022 9:46:15 AM PDT by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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To: KarlInOhio

Nice!


5 posted on 05/01/2022 9:47:20 AM PDT by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Huckabee can’t help being an idiot. But in this case he’s right. Because the First Amendment explicitly states that you can have free speech only if you first identify yourself to every lunatic in the world.

Oh, wait. The 1A doesn’t say that at all.


6 posted on 05/01/2022 9:48:58 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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Mike is wrong.


7 posted on 05/01/2022 9:49:03 AM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hey Mike, why not ban secret voting too...


8 posted on 05/01/2022 9:56:47 AM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

In the 18th Century, without anonymity how would today be different? The authors of the Federalist Papers ysed psedonyms.


9 posted on 05/01/2022 9:57:10 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This guy is on our side?


10 posted on 05/01/2022 9:58:14 AM PDT by avenir (Information overload = Pattern recognition)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Mike Huckabee, the Christian candidate, doesn’t know what the h*ll he’s asking for.

Clearly knows jack-squat about concepts involved.


11 posted on 05/01/2022 10:15:39 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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No. He never really was.


12 posted on 05/01/2022 10:24:02 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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“This guy is on our side?”

Yes - totally.

Huckabee is a smart guy - he’s got to know that anonymity is important.

I have to believe he is just trolling the enemy here.

The Left uses anonymous sources and hides behind fake screen names - while at the same time doxxing the Right and calling us cowards for doing the exact same thing.

Huckabee is just returning fire and calling the Leftists cowards.


13 posted on 05/01/2022 10:36:07 AM PDT by enumerated
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Anonymous posting is critical, but there is a case for validating identity to keep bots and foreign actors under control. Problem is, I would not trust Twitter to protect the identity info - 100% chance we’d see names leaked to the lapdog press.


14 posted on 05/01/2022 10:41:51 AM PDT by Wayne07
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Mike, as you well know, ya don't have free speech on Twitter. If Elon requires you to post a photo of you worshiping the devil as your handle photo, I'm sure you would comply.
15 posted on 05/01/2022 10:43:38 AM PDT by Theoria
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Twitter bringing Huckabee and Antifa/BLM together.


16 posted on 05/01/2022 10:56:45 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Nothing wrong with screen names.


17 posted on 05/01/2022 10:59:23 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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Ben Franklin if he was online today would be posting as Poor Richard or Silence Dogood.


18 posted on 05/01/2022 11:02:45 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Nothing wrong with screen names.

Unless you want to hunt somebody down and punish them for what they said.

19 posted on 05/01/2022 11:02:48 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Your bat-excrement crazy mental illness does not impose an obligation upon me to deny reality.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I think the point of screen names is to keep from being hunted down don’t you? 😉


20 posted on 05/01/2022 11:05:50 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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