After Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter for some $41 billion, liberals went crazy, foreseeing World War III and the destruction of the planet, a death blow to the free world, and massive globe-altering consequences. The thinking goes that free-speech absolutist Musk buys Twitter and unsuspends Donald Trump; Trump returns to Twitter and reignites his base, carrying him back to the White House in 2024; America plunges into fascism and democracy ends.
Drew Holden has gone back into the archives and compared some of today’s reactions to the reaction when Twitter kicked Trump off the platform. Remember? Twitter was a private company and could do what it wanted.
Okay, some of these are too good.
Quick 𧔠of the wackiest @elonmusk potentially buying Twitter takes vs. what those folks had to say when Twitter booted President Trump. —ïž
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) April 14, 2022
From Twitter is a private company âto which the 1st Amendment doesnât applyâ to âthis is what oligarchy looks likeâ in the twinkling of an eye. pic.twitter.com/A8mxUfmMOk
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) April 14, 2022
Live by the tweets, die by the tweets, @mmpadellan. pic.twitter.com/xXJVtJ8NJ5
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) April 14, 2022
We sure went quickly from Twitter can do âwhatever it wants toâ because âthat is its freedom of expressionâ to living in âthe last evening in a Berlin nightclub at the twilight of Weimar Germany,â @jeffjarvis. pic.twitter.com/D7at9ZEMfv
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) April 14, 2022
My personal favorite: Schrodingerâs private corporation. When it does something @maxboot likes, it canât be questioned.
But when it goes against Boot? Cue political outrage. pic.twitter.com/3R5SB8jTIG
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) April 14, 2022
A lot of “journalists” arguing for more “content moderation” of the hoi polloi today.
IâŠdonât really have anything to add to this from @David_Leavitt pic.twitter.com/CxW4RcEwzA
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) April 14, 2022
Shocking that @JRubinBlogger hasnât chimed in yet with a tweet that contradicts an earlier tweetâŠ
— Chris Williams (@CMarshallWill) April 14, 2022
The struggle is real for our moral betters!
— A Florida Manđđ (@AFloridaMan5) April 14, 2022
Oligarch must have been the DNC word of the day today.
I keep seeing all these DNC bots repeating it
— KyPatriotđșđČ (@tburtk) April 14, 2022
Twitter is a clown show for viral takes like this and they get massive engagement. I hope Elon can fix this obvious algorithm bias
— Ryan the millennial Dad (@patriotic_giant) April 14, 2022
Related:
MNSBCâs Katy Tur warns there are âmassive, life and globe-altering consequencesâ for âletting people run wildâ on Twitter https://t.co/VaTGnVGMSy
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 15, 2022
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