Elon Musk trying to buy Twitter (edit: deal has been finalized)

[RustyShackleford]

I think you're underestimating the victim complex of folks like Elon.

And it's not like the GOP is above taking his money and banning EVs and high storage batteries, which would be a peak "Leopards ate my face" moment for Elon.

I don't think that I am. Sure his is fragile and thinks he is the victim

I just think that Elon is also rational. And he knows he can find a larger audience if he attacks liberals on cultural issues.

It is also convenient for him because those same people he attacks as extremists also get on him for:

-Treating his workers like ****
-Being anti-union
-Allowing racism to run wild in Telsa
-Being against anyone taxing his huge amount of wealth
-Having the first-mover advantage
-Animal Cruelty
-Etc.

He knows he can't find a very sympathetic audience with this stuff in the general public.

So he makes it about "woke progressives" because he knows there are a bunch of reactionary and aggrieved people ready to cheer him on.

 

[elpablo21]

Highjacked by extremist

 

[mplsdunk]

Biden is

 

[1995]

Mans whole worldview is based on an argument on NT

Lawdddddddd

Someone needs to get in contact with Ben Shapiro and let him know he's being plagiarized

 

[RustyShackleford]

It is amazing how fast progressives went from snowflakes to bullies

 

[thehealthinspector]

Funny, I don't share any of Ben Shapiros political views but yet I'm being labeled like him

What a surprise

 

[RustyShackleford]

Funny, I don't share any of Ben Shapiros political views but yet I'm being labeled like him

What a surprise

He compared your argument to his, not you personally

Stop clutching your pearls and every perceived slight

 

[Brownstone]

Elon snitching on himself...


Obama's centrist liberal VP is now the president. The leader of the GOP tried to stage a coup.

But sure, the Dems are the extremist.

I sure as hell would hope so. No Tesla without those tax credits Obama handed out to his ***

 

[Brownstone]

People cry over light rails here. Idk about a bullet train anytime soon.

Light rails go through mostly populous and high income neighborhoods. A bullet train could conceivably go through states/areas where literally nobody lives.

 

[thehealthinspector]

He compared your argument to his, not you personally

Stop clutching your pearls and every perceived slight

Easy for people to give advice they never take

I'll just continue to enjoy comedy that "kills" people

 

[1995]

He compared your argument to his, not you personally

Stop clutching your pearls and every perceived slight

Not to mention that the idea of progressives using "bullying" to suppress "disagreement" is ABSOLUTELY a political view

Funny how certain people looooove to mimic these talking points and then cry foul when very clear similarities are pointed out

 

[thehealthinspector]

Not to mention that the idea of progressives using "bullying" to suppress "disagreement" is ABSOLUTELY a political view

Funny how certain people looooove to mimic these talking points and then cry foul when very clear similarities are pointed out

Except I don't lean right and I'm being painted similarly simply because I disagree with progressives

Do people here lean left? Or do they just "disagree" with conservatives?

 

[RustyShackleford]

Easy for people to give advice they never take

I'll just continue to enjoy comedy that "kills" people

You are making no sense beyond playing the victim

Two people with dissimilar political views on aggregate can make the same bad faith/incorrect political argument. It happens all the time.

You don't need to have the same views of Shipiro for someone to point out the similarities in a bad take

 

[thehealthinspector]

Incorrect? Bad faith?

Sounds like the kind of takes from people who are never wrong

It's funny how whats happening here is exactly why Elon posted that picture

The left-center and right guy never moved but now they're both "Bad" because they're not "culturally educated"

 

[gry60]

The left-center and right guy never moved but now they're both "Bad" because they're not "culturally educated

Nothing says our political values didn't change like going from respecting the office to claiming that the election was lost with no proof four years later.

There have been many times when the conservative position on issues drastically changed depending on which aisle was the most vocal about said issues.

If you think what Musk posted in that picture is accurate, you haven't been following the last two decades of conservative politics.

 

[RustyShackleford]

Incorrect? Bad faith?

Sounds like the kind of takes from people who are never wrong

It's funny how whats happening here is exactly why Elon posted that picture

The left-center and right guy never moved but now they're both "Bad" because they're not "culturally educated"

good grief

Dude I criticized your argument, not you personally.

You what to clutch your pearls at everything someone says to you, cool.

But this victim act is just fragility.

 

[thehealthinspector]

Nothing says our political values didn't change like going from respecting the office to claiming that the election was lost with no proof four years later.

There have been many times when the conservative position on issues drastically changed depending on which aisle was the most vocal about said issues.

If you think what Musk posted in that picture is accurate, you haven't been following the last two decades of conservative politics.

Except people are not understanding the picture

Far right hates far left and doesn’t care about the center, that hasn't changed

The far left now hates anyone that disagrees

As center left, why am i being labeled a trans hater just because I support Chappelle

 

[SoleByThePound]

Why do we even call them conservative?

For trying to conserve white supremacy?

 

[mplsdunk]

Why do you care if anyone labels you a trans hater for liking Dave Chappell though?

No reasonable person is going to say you hate trans for going to his show or watching his Netflix specials.

 

[blackfrankwhite]

Guys a bum who makes cool cars

Lmao I saw this on Twitter today and couldn't stop laughing at it.

The implication that the right hasn't moved farther right in the last 15 years is comical. They literally invaded the US Capitol by force, but they haven't moved further right?

I also find it funny when people say "far left extremists". Like how dare they try to give you free healthcare and education and livable wages?!

 

[yobyellav]

The right guy didn’t move in that pic, but in real life, they’re suppressing votes, banning math books, and trying to charge women with murder for having an abortion. “Having that rapist’s child is an opportunity. That kid may cure cancer.”

They also planned and tried to execute a coup. And when it failed said it’s no big deal.
The right guy moved so far he’s close to lapping the guy on the left.


Also, I like Dave Chappelle.

 

[mplsdunk]

This is why I don’t get caught up on the culture war ****.

You can’t be like oh well I’m with the right because I like Dave Chappelle and trucks because that’s what the news said I had to do.

 

[thehealthinspector]

Why do you care if anyone labels you a trans hater for liking Dave Chappell though?

No reasonable person is going to say you hate trans for going to his show or watching his Netflix specials.

I think there's a problem with people accusing me of having views i don't hold

"agree or else..."

 

[osh kosh bosh]

Except people are not understanding the picture

Far right hates far left and doesn’t care about the center, that hasn't changed

The far left now hates anyone that disagrees

As center left, why am i being labeled a trans hater just because I support Chappelle

i think you are confusing elite cultural institutions FOR the broader democratic party coalition.

yah it's obviously true some elite institutions have become more
uniformly progressive and have moved to the left in various ways.

but the median democrat isn't as guilty of these things your describing.



the Dave Chappelle thing is a good example,
I think the average Democrat probably doesn't think Dave's comedy is that big of a deal.

but the overheated online discussion makes it seem like random median democrat
will call you transphobic for thinking Dave is funny.

 

[thehealthinspector]

i think you are confusing elite cultural institutions FOR the broader democratic party coalition.

yah it's obviously true some elite institutions have become more
uniformly progressive and have moved to the left in various ways.

but the median democrat isn't as guilty of these things your describing.



the Dave Chappelle thing is a good example,
I think the average Democrat probably doesn't think Dave's comedy is that big of a deal.

but the overheated online discussion makes it seem like random median democrat
will call you transphobic for thinking Dave is funny.

You're kidding yourself if you think I'm talking about random median democrats or that the people here are "random median democrats"

How concerned do you think random median democrats are with history in our schools?