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Columnist tells Elon Musk his ‘China state-affiliated media’ label is suppression of free speech
Twitchy ^
| 6:16 pm on April 30, 2022
| Brett T.
Posted on 04/30/2022 6:27:28 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
This is pretty rich: A columnist who writes for China Daily is concerned about the suppression of free speech. There’s really no word for that level of irony, but that’s his story, and he’s sticking to it. Chen Weihua replied to Elon Musk — who must be having a ball with the replies to his tweets — saying that his “China state-affiliated media” label should be removed, because it’s “totally discriminatory” and intimidates those who’d like to retweet him.
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
What is “np” at the end of Bob’s twit?
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posted on
04/30/2022 6:36:19 PM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: Deaf Smith
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posted on
04/30/2022 6:37:43 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Your bat-excrement crazy mental illness does not impose an obligation upon me to deny reality.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
He should add the “Deep State-affiliated media” label to CNN, NYT, WaPo etc. The meltdowns would be glorious!
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posted on
04/30/2022 6:38:16 PM PDT
by
Ken H
(Trump won.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Chen is a communist running dog lackey of the PRC so he can go suck Xi's duck eggs.
But, to be fair, Musk said the rules would be applied equally so the same label should be attached to the NPR twitter accounts. They are not ...
NPR Politics @nprpolitics
And to be fair to Musk he's not actually in control yet, but, "NPR Politics @nprpolitics / U.S. state-affiliated media" is what it is.
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posted on
04/30/2022 6:39:40 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Is it time for a general strike yet?)
To: TigersEye
The one way speech could constitutionally be regulated is not to supress it, but to require disclosure that the speaker is supported by foreign funding.
More information, not less.
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posted on
04/30/2022 6:46:54 PM PDT
by
TheConservator
(Beware the tyranny of the woke mob. There has never been a greater threat to liberty.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Read your link…So np is pronounced nip and was said to a Chinese guy?
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posted on
04/30/2022 6:47:36 PM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: Deaf Smith
To: TheConservator
And disclose when domestic gov funding is in play too.
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posted on
04/30/2022 6:49:51 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Is it time for a general strike yet?)
To: Deaf Smith
I don’t know. I just did a duck duck go search to answer your question.
The link seemed pretty self-explanatory to me, but I may not be as complicated as you.
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posted on
04/30/2022 6:49:53 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Your bat-excrement crazy mental illness does not impose an obligation upon me to deny reality.)
To: Deaf Smith
np = no problem...learned that last week...
To: Deaf Smith
I thought it was pronounced N.P.
To: Deaf Smith
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posted on
04/30/2022 7:00:51 PM PDT
by
dangus
(I had some sympathies for some of Russia's positions... until they started a G-d-damned war.)
To: ConjunctionJunction
The pic in Bob's twit looks to be a guy my age or older.
At my age, I would revert to using kids’s slang for words nor would I expect Bob since he had no other kids’ slang in his twit.
I think it was a vague shot
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posted on
04/30/2022 7:10:26 PM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Eye koo
ChiCom freaks. Cockroaches. He admits he wants to hide and deceive.
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posted on
04/30/2022 7:19:51 PM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: Deaf Smith
Twitter posts can have 140 characters, how many are in his Tweet?
People “your age” don’t call chinks “nips”.
One is Chinese, one Japanese.
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posted on
04/30/2022 7:25:37 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: EEGator
Understood.
I thought of that (Japanese) and guessed it as a more subtle hit.
*Refer to Chinese person as Japanese and wait for their reaction.
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posted on
04/30/2022 7:41:06 PM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: Deaf Smith
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posted on
04/30/2022 8:05:06 PM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: Deaf Smith
"Aha! There's definitely an "i" between "n" and "p"!
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posted on
04/30/2022 8:29:13 PM PDT
by
Ken H
(Trump won.)
To: Ken H
Consulting the Urban Dictionary for kids’ slang, NP is also verbalized.
My best guess is that kids use such slang to shorten words. As such, N & P would be two syllables where as NiP would be one.
Main point is reading Bob’s twit and language use and do not see him reverting to kids’ slang.
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posted on
04/30/2022 9:16:11 PM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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