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Not even that, his vision was to buy russian ICBM and use them to send rats to mars, and he was laughed out of every room. He pitches a wild idea, and the actual engineers and scientists tell him what is possible. Then he pitches his wild idea anyway to attract investors. That is his only talent, not the science, not the vision, attracting investors with impossible promises, AKA snake oil salesman. Sure, he is not going, but he definitely belived he could eyeball a space program and get to mars like that.

Lets not distract him, let him focus on going to mars.

How to sail faster. Even when I think Im doing great, and do a perfect lap, Im always dead last in the scoreboard, like a good 2 minutes behind in a 13-15 min lap. Eventhough Ive been sailing for a while, I guess I still dont know how to sail fast. Oh, and scripting.

Its definitely a catcall where I live

The twits quoted, basically two people, completely anecdotal and irrelevant. But this part of your post, I agree 100%, calling people out for biases is not hate speech, calling a racist, racist, is not hate speech.

So, he had a heated gamer moment? Ill need more proof that he actually supports trans people.

Proof was given, but you simply ignore it or dismiss it when it doesnt support your views. The transphobe example is a crystal clear example of this behabiour. He mocks the pronounds people use to identify themselves, clearly transphobic, that is an action he takes, but you dismiss it because he CLAIMS that he is not transphobic by saying that he supports trans people. That is the classic "Im not racist, but..... ". You cant simply claim to support someone, and then undermine them with your actions.

What is a leftists to you? And you are talking about communists or socialists (not the same thing) Ill give you some clear cut examples to start from recent history. Fidel Castro Hugo Chavez Evo Morales Lula da Silva Who else would you put on that list ?

Wow! almost 12 billion dollars in personal tax! He must be broke after that! Oh, nevermind, he still had enough left to buy Twitter.

Why would people fall for Elon buying big brands for the lulz ?.... who knows, maybe he is seen as that type of guy.

If you have one side, saying that if you shoot yourself in the head you become a wizard, and the other side saying that if you shoot yourself in the head you will probably die. The truth is not "somewhere in between", sometimes people are just wrong.

Okay, you searched, but after the evidence that was presented to you, do you need to keep searching? Or can you accept that the man is not flawless and in this particular situation he messed up big time. Because hiring someone to dig up dirt, that´s extremely petty, and it clears all the doubts about what he really meant. So, give us this one, it´s as black and white as you can get with this guy.

I heard Elon is going to replace all the bots, with actual, real, tesla robots.

She is dying to say that covid is not real, but knows it would be too unpopular.

This is not what the word means and you should know it, I wont give you the benefit of the doubt because you have been chomping at the bits for a chance to try to redefine terms and dismiss any claims of "isms" as you claimed earlier. Dont do this, or be better at it.

I can´t agree with the sentence as a whole. Free speech being the bedrock of a functioning democracy is half truth, there are always necesary limitations, but lets just say that I agree with that part. The second part, claiming that Twitter is the digital town, I disagree completely, Twitter is, more than ever, a private garden at most. Full of biases and flaws, with little accountability and mostly concerned with profit.

Yes, in theory, that would be ideal. However, one of the reasons I dont like Twitter, is the moderation, wich is completely inadecuate for its size, and is very often more concerned with putting out PR fires than making sure the plataform is welcoming or conducive to discussion. Mostly automated and easy to game. So the argument on the floor would be more like wrestling in the mud, if wrestling in the mud was determined by how popular you are, or how many bots you can buy to mass report your opponent. Meanwhile, the cost of keeping the debate open, would be measured in lives.

Alright, I have a couple of issues with that statement, Ill try to articulate them. If we are still talking about Twitter, the plataform is not a News Organization, it´s a social media plataform, most of the information and misinformation is being spread by regular users with no credentials. We could call them opinions, but depending on the popularity of the account, a number of people might take them as fact. The second is not even an issue, just an aside, acredited news organizations, at least the ones worth listening, will consult with profesionals related to the news, for comments, clarification, etc. So while they are not scientific organizations, they (some of them) do plataform scientists, with their biases and all.

Im not talking to a news article, I asked your opinion, do you think that the rules to prevent misinformation about the pandemic is a clear case of censorship? Im not talking about a dictionary definition, but your personal opinion, Im sure you do have one, so please share it.

You pulled yourself, I didnt bring up the topic of misinformation. And I have no reason to expand my thoughts, when you are not willing to participate honestly in the conversation.

It absolutely matters, we cannot have a discussion without communicating our ideals, that is why I was asking question, just trying to figure out where you stand, and where to go from the piece of news you showed us in the OP.

Are you playing devils advocate, or do you think that banning the spread of misinformation in the middle of a pandemic with millions of deaths was "a step too far" ?

What do you consider censorship? Is having Terms Of Service a form of censorship in and of itself?

This is called "vertical integration", the OP makes the thread about interpersonal disputes, and also makes a thread RIPE for interpersonal disputes.

I despise Elon and Twitter equally, I hope this merge spells their doom somehow.