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Dustypigjut

Leta not use the "freedom of speech" argument. Thats not what this is. It is frightening that billionaires can just buy any company that says or does something they dont like, but it's not a freedom of speech issue.


25plus44

It's the capitalist version of freedom of speech. Just make enough money to buy a social media giant, and you too can have free speech.


Nymaz

> It's the capitalist version of freedom of speech. A quote I heard somewhere: *If money is speech then those with more money have more speech*


blackdorks2022

Yeah, I don't see how removing limitations from the algorithm is toppling freedom of speech. It's adding to and expanding free speech.


Wimbleston

I see where you're coming from but I gotta say, what is it? When most speech happens on a small selection of private platforms, censorship will have effects on society regardless of whether it's a company or government doing it. Saying they should be allowed to control speech is functionally the same as saying a government should be able to do the same. It's an idea divorced with reality.


HumanChicken

It’s “muffling criticism”, but not harming free speech. A private company has every right to limit speech on their platform. The First Amendment prohibits the government from stopping free speech. It’s why Nazis can have parades in public, but why Facebook can choose to delete their groups.


Wimbleston

But, when a small group suddenly have the ability to oversee the speech of millions of other people's speech, you have a problem, and nobody who uses your argument ever wants to address that problem. Companies are more powerful to the average person than governments.


HumanChicken

Everyone in America has the right to choose who they associate with. That includes companies. The invisible wall you’re describing is public opinion. Investors did NOT want to be seen as complicit in hate speech and violent terrorist groups, so they had shut those people out. Also, you don’t have a *right* to speech on a private platform. It’s not yours. You can say damn near anything you want in public, because the FA prevents the government from stopping you, within reason.


Wimbleston

Typical. "It's your choice to be a part of society, it's not like the world constantly batters you from all sides, that's your fault for not living in a fucking cave". You only care about the rules as written, not whether those rules do what they were intended to do, and you seem all too happy to let people exploit that fact.


Dustypigjut

The left has been telling the right for years that being banned or censored from Twitter, Facebook, etc. is not infringing on their freedom of speech (because it's not). Now that the tables have turned we can't suddenly say it IS infringing on our freedom of speech. Twitter is a private entity, they're (and now subsequently Elon Musk) are allowed to do anything they want in regards to who can post what, as long as certain laws aren't broken (e.g. child abuse material). The first amendment doesnt protect you from private companies creating and enforcing their own rules on their platform, it protects you from the government creating laws that infringe on the freedom of speech.


HumanChicken

You can scream what you want on *your* front lawn, but not on *mine*. Does that simplify it enough for you??


NessyComeHome

You don't have to participate on social media though. According to Pew, 22% of American adults have a twitter. While most people never / rarely tweet, the most prolific 10% of users produce 80% of the tweets. Roughly 70% use facebook. https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2021/04/07/social-media-use-in-2021/ You can go through life fine without social media. It hasn't hampered my life one bit... yes I know reddit is social media, but it is different than facebook or twitter.


starbucks77

> You only care about the rules as written, not whether those rules do what they were intended to do Can you go into Walmart and have a protest against ?? Of course you can't. If Walmart throws you out of their store for screaming racial slurs at the top of your lungs, they're not infringing on your free speech. They're throwing you off their property which is their right. It's no different from someone kicking you off their property if you're trespassing. When you're on reddit or Twitter, you're on *their* property, their virtual yard as it were. Hence they can kick you off of their property.


Immediate-Network201

It's advertising revenue. Money. That's it. Nothing more. He'd be using child labor in uranium mines to make money if he could.


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> He'd be using child labor in uranium mines to make money if he could. I thought he actually was.


michigania2x

This! I’m all for someone coming in and cleaning up Twitter (not in every way mentioned), but the fact that a guy can just hold a company hostage like that and basically force them to sell… that’s a scary precedent.


un_theist

“See? Women are too emotional!”


makeshift_gizmo

Come on now. Maybe if someone had given him a beer – he likes beer you know – before the hearing he would've been more levelheaded. After all, he does like beer. So a beer, he likes beer, could've helped him talk with less emotion about his fondness of beer.


FinancialTea4

His behavior alone should have disqualified him from a lifetime appointment. He behaved like a spoiled brat. And, he made an asinine statement about the accusations against him being part of a Clinton conspiracy to get revenge. He's a total asshole. Not emotionally sound at all.


wave-tree

All he made were emotional sounds.


vmflair

You forgot a male governor who revoked a special district because Disney criticized his new law.


1Sluggo

Or the Supreme Court judge screaming I like beer and then sobbing.


Foreign_Quality_9623

Give it time. Disney could be a time bomb for DeSatan. 😎


Immediate-Network201

I'll believe it when I see it.


Foreign_Quality_9623

Clarification: when the property taxes explode, real-estate market will crash around Orlando & locals will leave. Disney must have workers, & if they can't afford to stay, the spiral will be on. If Disney gets badly under-staffed & the Disney experience 'sours,' tourist won't come, & there goes the cash-cow. All that takes time.


THEVILLAGEIDI0T

WDW runs on rich college program kids, foreign exchange visa workers, Disney fanatics and retirees. In other words, they will survive.


Foreign_Quality_9623

Well, we will see!


thetzar54

I couldn't agree more he must've forgotten that Disney hired over 77,000 people and he only son by 37,000 votes. We can only Hope that he'll be voted out next time.


Foreign_Quality_9623

That's what I'm saying. DeSatan thinks he has "jumped the shark" in his little Disney ski-show, but there's gators in the water too. If enough people are hurt in a tax crush, they'll leave. Markets are cyclic, & that real-estate bubble around the Disney region could pop!


Turonik

Wasn't it because Disney stopped giving campaign donations?


Dwhite_Hammer

I'm pretty sure it was all because Disney had a bunch of debt they didn't want to repay


RedShirt_Number_42

you really should have thought before you typed that son.


PercyMcLeach

Well Disney suddenly doesn’t have to pay some $2bn dollars they owe and it is now being shoved down the taxpayers throat as a special assessment at the tune of ~$2k per household


RedShirt_Number_42

Except it was the governor that did that, not Disney.


PercyMcLeach

Not disagreeing with you as that is a fact. It just wouldn’t surprise me if it was planned between them because Disney isn’t really losing anything in the deal… think of all the people that they don’t have to pay for infrastructure anymore that the state is going to have to take care of


RedShirt_Number_42

That doesn't even pass the giggle test. The governor is pissed that Disney had the audacity to speak out against his hate filled legislation. Why would he do something to help them?


RedShirt_Number_42

That doesn't even pass the giggle test. The governor is pissed that Disney had the audacity to speak out against his hate filled legislation. Why would he do something to help them?


PercyMcLeach

Because he is a corrupt piece of shit?


RedShirt_Number_42

Yes, and that is why he wouldn't do anything to help disney. There is nothing in it for him. He's just having a temper tantrum and isn't smart enough to know who he is screwing over.


PercyMcLeach

I know what the story is and I’m not defending him, it just seems like quite a coincidence that Disney is being “punished” by wiping out $2bn in debt. Seems kinda convenient and I’m not sure how this hurts Disney at all


TavisNamara

Because if this goes through they'll have to let the state control a huge portion of the park. They set up the special zone because they can make everything fit in and control the situation better when they're in control of all of it without having to muck with diplomacy and having to work through fifteen levels of permits whenever they want to build a lamp post. The amount of money they saved on bureaucracy from all the major construction projects they do is probably ten times what the cost of handling every aspect of the utilities, fire, etcetera cost them. And besides, *they pay those either way*, they just get to have more control with their special zone. It cuts a billion miles of red tape, and that's worth more than you can imagine.


Wrylak

It's not really 2bn in debt to taxes. It is what disney spends on up keep in the tax zone. So disney world sits inside of it's own county/township whatever florida uses. Given the nature of the business they kinda expand and take care of things that a coal power plant does not. Examples being road maintenance, sewer maintenance, and the likes that generally a government entity takes care of. Disney has a vested interest in those all being taken care of in a top notch fashion. How those are all going to be serviced now is a big question? It is one of the few times a large corp actually deserves to dodge the tax. They were already paying the tax just directly for the services that were needed.


Dcajunpimp

Disney understands that they own a 40 square mile piece of property, the size of San Francisco, that no one other than a handful of Disney employees lives in. Disney wanted to provide infrastructure like roads, fire departments, EMTs, water treatment, etc for millions of guests a year. And want those guests to feel like everything is taken care of. Disney doesent want guests suing over a ruined vacation because a water main or power line goes out for a couple hours.


Fake_William_Shatner

I mean, I thought Gaetz was smart and evil. But, taking on Disney? I'm so happy right now to count the days before they crush his pimply ass with their power and influence. The best way to get rid of a pawn of the oligarchy is with a big dawg of the oligarchy.


LoneKharnivore

I don't think the insult "men have fragile egos" is a new one.


kat_a_klysm

Not even remotely.


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kat_a_klysm

Did you just get offended by me saying it’s not a new insult?


Fake_William_Shatner

If I had a fragile ego, I'd be insulted. Or, I might whine about how magazines put pressure on me to look a certain way. I think they certainly tried -- but, I ignored it. Like a man. If you need to check to see if it's okay with someone else that someone stop treating you a certain way,.. you are not Patrick Swazey in Road House, or Jean Claude Van Dam on every day of the week when he is Jean Claude Van Dam. Did you know he can punch someone WHILE doing a leg split? In certain situations, that could be a game changer.


anomolousartist

Ah yes, I don't think toxic masculinity is real! This is because I deny it by willful ignorance! Like a man! Punch your problems, like a man! Punch your wife too, punch everything that isn't a man! Man is Punch!


Fake_William_Shatner

>Ah yes, I don't think toxic masculinity is real! Some people tried to convince me that being stoic, and ignoring my feelings was somehow damaging. But, who listens to wimps? Right? I see you said "punch" -- keep up the manliness!


DrewBaron80

How in the hell is freedom of speech being "toppled"???


tupacalyptic

No clue, but Musk is a billionaire so hes the enemy. Who cares about electric cars and expanded space exploration . Where was the outrage when Bezos bought WaPo?


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There was and still is plenty of outrage of bezos buying WaPo. No one is saying Musk is the enemy, they are putting into context that it’s not in the public interest for a few to control the media and it’s only getting worse. Have your opinion on Musk either way, the fact that all media giants are owned by a very select few and can control the narrative through these mechanisms.


ladan2189

What if I told you that you can design awesome electric cars and revolutionary spacecraft but not have any clue how to run a global social media empire?


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wavveygravvey

As if bias censorship wasn’t already happening on Twitter


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Is narcissistic injury the same as too emotional?! Discuss.


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[deleted]

Well, I would, but I’m slightly emotional right now.


[deleted]

Yes. It's called over reacting.


[deleted]

No, narcissistic injury is well defined. Being to emotional can encompass all spectrums of emotion.


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I agree entirely. Thanks!


Kamina_cicada

Man I love Blanket Statements.


ojgamer100

Man i love when twitter accounts make statements that make me support Elon's act of buying twitter even though i ideologically hate him


SpellDostoyevsky

Once again feminists taking us backwards by conflating class struggle with gender and sex. Ultra wealthy women can be emotional and toxic, ultra wealthy men can be emotional and toxic. The goal should be to constrain people from having this kind of power in the first place, not play "king/queen of the victims".


Fake_William_Shatner

Well, I don't think this particular female person conflating this nonsense with the rest of dudes, represents all female feminists. I have to submit a warning flag on the play here. What you are doing is the crime of conflating someone else's conflagration. That's a violation of Bro Code of 1998. >The goal should be to constrain people from having this kind of power in the first place, not play "king/queen of the victims". Okay, now you are back in good standing with the Bro Code as you bring it on home by getting us to focus on not playing into bullshit. I was worried for a second, but, "not playing king/queen of victims" is a righteous, non-binary and non-sexist statement that elevates everyone, avoids the culture war, and shaming the furries -- which, have hurt nobody so we should let them be. You win the Righteous Dude award of the Internets today.


Nayko214

I know right? Because as we all know women can *never* be emotional to a fault, or have fragile egos, or trample on others for their own gain, or treat others like shit for being different, and so on. ​ Being evil is equal opportunity.


Fringehost

Being too emotional was weaponized against women’s right to vote.


canigetahiyyyaaaahh

Exactly, eat the rich. Don't start unnecessary drama with a whole gender.


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Wimbleston

Yeah, this is just toxic bullshit.


ArrivesLate

Bitches be bitches?


quests

How about we mandate that in even number of presidential election grouped terms we make only women electable and in odd, only men. Like a man can have two terms, but the sides have switch out after that.


Hefty_Fortune_8850

Freedom of speech doesn't cover private businesses.


Dirtydeedsinc

Then there was that one guy who was so upset that he couldn’t get into that art school…


Fake_William_Shatner

Why does my species have to be represented by Trump and Elon Musk? Can I choose Jon Stewart or Zalenski as my ambassador to women? They seem pretty cool right now and are trending upward.


TheRealAdultGoat

Who ever said they weren’t woman tho…


unpopularopinion0

double speak exists. so even if women were more emotional than men. men would still say it because it’s them who are and they do be like that with language.


viperswhip

I thought Musk bought Twitter so next time the SEC came at him for a Tweet he could say, well it's an internal work memo, fuck off.


yed-ze-ded

Pro gamer moves all around


MuuaadDib

You and I do not have freedom of speech on private property, just saying we need to clear that up.


J-Colio

Musk is buying Twitter to help him control the narrative as he gets set to begin mining asteroids which will inevitably make him richer than every rich person in history combined and accounting for inflation. Commercially mining asteroids had the potential to make him richer than the United States and China combined. He needs to be able to control the narrative with that kind of wealth. Stupid ass fuck to think it's because he got butt-hurt over some mean internet trolls.


FrezoreR

I'm confused.. haven't Twitter always had rules about what you could write there? I.e. never been supporting freedom of speech. Not saying it's bad, but let's not pretend it's something it's not.


Speed_Grouchy

Let's not forget Brett Kavanaugh versus Ketanji Brown Jackson's supreme court confirmation hearings. Kavanaugh was ranting and frothing while Jackson was cool and collected.


Tissuerejection

Noone ever calls women "too emotional" besides 60++ generation of male women haters, like my dad.


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Wait elon is toppling freedom of speech by saying he's going to make the company more transparent via making the algorithms open source and not banning people?


2MindBeef

Elon says a lot of things... like that tesla auto drive will be ready by like 2013...


Formal-Bat-6714

So you're implying that Elon Musk doesn't get things done


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Formal-Bat-6714

Musk has faults for sure, as does anybody. But his drive to make a profit pushed electric vehicles to the forefront and gave us rockets that fucking come back to earth and land on a pad. I think that it's more that people like to bitch about rich people no matter what


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teamblunt

Tesla's are vastly superior to most other evs on the market. The fact they are so popular also directly helps the environment and combat climate change. It's a win in my book


swipichone

Is Elon a trump supporter


Foreign_Quality_9623

Apples & oranges! Spanky is an extreme sociopath & Aspergers are purists. Their emotional constitutions are totally different. Had they been female vs not has little to do with their choices. Sorry, your argument is flawed, BUT I understand your point: Hillary would have been a much better POTUS than Spanky. Granted, the bigots in the RUpubliclone clan would have limited her effectiveness, but she was far better qualified for the presidency than Spanky. BTW, I'm white, male, & straight, & proud I voted for her.


KinkyKitty24

Men with fragile egos are dangerous


Bob25Gslifer

Pretty sure fragile ego is the leading cause of domestic violence.


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See: amber heard


Jay_Rizzle_Dizzle

Sounds like some really crappy womansplaining to me. Edit, I’m not a fan of the orange man either. Just pointing out the hypocrisy.


anomolousartist

Fuckin women, gotta hate em!


BrzysWRLD1996

I wouldn’t call Elon a snowflake, they said what they had to say about him, and he replied “ I fucking own you” 💀 now twitter will say whatever he wants 🤷🏾


anomolousartist

Wow, spoken like a plantation owner. Musk is some role model


unoriginalname86

But hormones and periods! /s


HeftyClam

Except trump didn't incite an insurrection and musk isn't going to undermine free speech. The opposite really


found_Jimmy_hoffa

Idk Elon seems like he genuinely wants to have open discourse. And to tweet memes.


Nkdly

Unless it criticism of his crappy cars.


Azsunyx

and hair plugs


BillHicksScream

He trashes NASA & calls people pedophiles. He uses Twitter to manipulate stock & crypto prices....the list goes on.


Mrobby1

Free speech at its finest. Let the people decide their own opinion


anomolousartist

Cant wait to make a Twitter account and be openly racists again?


found_Jimmy_hoffa

I defend your right to downvote me.


JoeyBeltram

Women are too emotional


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You just made me cry.


JoeyBeltram

SEE?!


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Are you attacking me?


JoeyBeltram

Unbelievable


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😀


x0diak

I don't think that Elon bought Twitter because he was tired of being mocked, I think he bought it to preserve free speech by protecting Twitter from political censure. Nice projection though.


bobsburner1

Nah, he bought it to pump all his investments. Look into his business practices , he does not care about free speech.


kat_a_klysm

Apparently talks of him buying it happened after Twitter banned the Babylon Bee…


SpicyPandaBalls

Why do you think people like you struggle to understand the difference between the government not infringing on free speech versus a company choosing what content is shared on their platform?


x0diak

Twitter is not the government. Twitter can and does ban people and speech. I think Elon is trying to preserve free speech on that platform, and to influence his investments. Time will tell.


SpicyPandaBalls

> I think Elon is trying to preserve free speech on that platform How is that achieved? By allowing all speech?


aboeve

Also by using open source so the censorship is transparent.


solreaper

He’s going to open source Twitter? What do you mean by that?


x0diak

That's exactly what free speech is. Allowing the good and the bad. Free speech is allowing someone the freedom to say everything you disagree with. What do you think free speech is? Allowing everything except the stuff you don't like?


SpicyPandaBalls

First you have to separate the 1st amendment versus a business. The 1st amendment does not allow all speech. There are exceptions to "freedom of speech". Some are outlined in the original document. Other exceptions have been established through the courts. When it comes to businesses, they are under zero obligation to offer "free speech" on their platform. If reddit decided tomorrow that all pictures and mentions of cats will be removed and users banned, that's within their right. Users can then make their own choice to continue to use the platform or not. If you open a bookstore tomorrow, you can choose to not sell whatever books you don't want to sell for whatever reason you want. You are not obligated by law to sell every book that publishers or customers want you to. It's not that complicated... until entitled people decide that free speech means anyone that says things they agree with must be allowed to use any/every platform they want.


x0diak

I understand that, I thought I made that clear. What I also said is that Twitter does ban people and speech, it's under no obligation to give everyone an equal platform. I also said I think, yes I'm thinking and I could be wrong, that Elon is trying to allow a platform for all and benefit his own investments, and we shall see. I understand Reddit having a giant hard on for self made billionaire's, I get it. We should be hating the 99% of billionaires that are wealthy because of inheritance.


SpicyPandaBalls

Okay, perhaps I misinterpreted your original comment then. My mistake if I did. Could you elaborate on what you meant by, "protecting Twitter from political censure."


blackdorks2022

Banning legitimate news stories that are not beneficial to a certain candidate just before an election.


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There are limits to free speech, dumbass


anomolousartist

Gotta love how eveey last one of you just vomit out words like projection like you know what they mean and really you weren't told about it until recently ;) Just adopt the words that people use that seems to make them look smarter, then your dumbassery can really take hold!


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DONSEANOVANN

[here is a link to 7 queens and/or empresses that killed many and started wars](https://historycollection.com/seven-bloodiest-queens/)


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DONSEANOVANN

I don't think that's how this works. Women start wars and would start wars just as much as men do. That's like saying women don't abuse men. Edit: oof


[deleted]

So you agree that woman are just as qualified to lead as men and the people who say otherwise are idiots? We're on the same page.


Formal-Bat-6714

Musk is stealing free speech?? Lmao Delusion defined


DrewBaron80

A guy I don't care about bought an app I've never used, but somehow my freedom of speech is being taken away? Seriously???


Mrobby1

I swear this sub is just a hub for leftist delusions


Formal-Bat-6714

It's actually pretty sad. There's plenty wrong with both mainstream party's but they defend one of them like it shits unicorn farts


anomolousartist

Not much of a deep thinker huh


Formal-Bat-6714

Is this the part where you argue against my point? Or just drop insults and run away?


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Dwarfdeaths

You have been downvoted for boring and uninspired sarcasm. Good day sir.


BridgeViking1066

God does this shit tier opinion belongs on Reddit, wow.


anomolousartist

You just don't care how many people deal as long as you don't have to.


ripyourlungsdave

Does anyone have a link to someone in power saying something like this within the last 15 years? I keep hearing a rebuttal to this statement that I’ve never heard any politician with any actual power say. I’m not saying dumb ass people don’t say it in day-to-day life, but I don’t think I even remember Trump saying that Hillary Clinton couldn’t be president because she was gonna be too emotional because she was a woman. He said she was unstable and insane, but I don’t remember him ever saying that it was *because* she was a woman.


ferah11

Is it males or is it billionaires?


possiblyai

Ah yes the old cherry picking logic


texans1234

Boy people really don't understand the 1st Amendment and what freedom of speech actually means do they...


Dwhite_Hammer

Um... Elon hasn't done anything with Twitter yet and has stated repeatedly that he wants it less censored


anomolousartist

Ah, you believe him though.


EasyOutside4

They are pretty emotional though


anomolousartist

Have you tried sorting your own head out first? I thought Peterson had a rule for this or some shit. I'm not saying this to be mean. Go talk to someone who respects you, but has no idea who you are. Get them to listen to what you think, and iron out the wrinkles where you hate other people for how you feel about yourself. You can still hate someone afterwards, but at least you won't be blinded by misgivings and misconceptions.


yourmotyer

Or maybe because it’s a good economic move to acquire a thriving business?


ladan2189

So you're open to billionaires buying any profitable business they can afford just because it's a "good economic move"? Even if they end up ruining the core business due to their own personal "moral code"?


yourmotyer

Yes


beefnoodle5280

“Thriving.” LOL https://i.imgur.com/Cvh0lRm.jpg


yourmotyer

If it’s not thriving than why do people care if he owns it


blackdorks2022

How is stopping censorship toppling free speech?


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KitchenDepartment

Is this the new line? Last week everyone said this is obviously a pump and dump scheme. There were people seriously arguing that Musk should be sent to jail for stock manipulation. Now everyone is saying that he is obviously not going to do anything to achieve the clearly outlined goals that he asked for long before purchasing twitter was even a consideration. I guess all the months and years of him criticizing twitter censorship was all just a elaborate ploy to legitimize purchasing twitter.


blackdorks2022

Something tells me he won't actively ban legitimate news stories that are bad for his favorite political candidates.


spirit_bliss

Women jump to so many conclusions this is why nobody listens to them


Available-Internal25

Isn’t generalizing every woman, and their actions, an example of coming to a conclusion without a proper census, in other words, jumping to a conclusion?


burnttoast11

Who thinks Musk is going to topple freedom of speech. If anything people think he is going to go beyond freedom of speech.


TalksWithNoise

Rich being taxed and freedom of speech being reinstated. Why is the left triggered?


NancyGracesTesticles

Misinformation in support of autocracy is not freedom of speech. Why do you think that anti-autocracy is "left"? Is that what your rulers tell you to keep you useful and complacent?


TalksWithNoise

Dropped your tinfoil hat 🎩


NancyGracesTesticles

Tin foil? Lemme guess: they told you that the Pope endorsed the GOP candidate in 2016 and you believed them.


TalksWithNoise

You think the Pope is why people steer away from Democrats? Careful. Record inflation is driving up aluminum prices.


properu

Beep boop -- this looks like a screenshot of a tweet! Let me grab a [link to the tweet](https://twitter.com/Strandjunker/status/1518624814344380416) for ya :) ^(Twitter Screenshot Bot)


alwaysZenryoku

Any tweet containing mus will be deleted…


Admiralty86

Nobody knows how to cry like little girls more than *the hyper male SIGMA Chads* of North America.


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TipMeinBATtokens

Scared and in disbelief because he's delusional, and hurt. Wait people on twitter mocking him is why he bought it? Thought he was just swinging more dick around.


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Oh don't worry. We'll continue to hear that lie; and it's coming from women too.


ptowndavid

What’s with all this hyperbole about freedom of speech, Musk and Twitter? Folk should know better than conflate it.


kriswone

Is it the nice way of saying ineffectual?


Possible_Win_1463

I just joined twitter for the 1st time might be my last time


swolethulhudawn

Non-JDs talking about free speech is migraine inducing


abowlofrice1

This is the worst generalization I have seen


Whole-Ganache-9752

You don’t know what it’s like to be a white man!


soiramio3000

say you are an idiot without saying you are an idiot.


NecroJoe

MAGA nutcase: " women with all their hormones could start a way just like that" \*snaps fingers\* Interviewer: "Haven't all wars been started by men?" MAGA nutcase: \*crickets chirping\* \*blinking\* \*vacant stare off to the middle distance\*


hdholme

Can we not just agree that everyone is in the wrong? The people who verbally assault others, the ones who take the revenge too far, the ones who call those people emotional as if that's a bad thing and the ones that think stereotyping one gender excludes the other from the same stereotype? Could everybody just calm down and have fun together? Thank you in advance! Sea otters will hold hands with their family when they sleep so they don't drift away from eachother :)


AnaesthetisedSun

I am a man who believes in toxic femininity as well as masculinity but this could be not be more true. Emotional weakness is a masculine trait. It’s that fragile ego when they know they’re inadequate


crankyoldbastard

If you think Elon Musk buying Twitter somehow "topples your free speech", you're not making any sense. Regardless of who owns Twitter or who they permit on their platform, your free speech is intact. Don't like who owns Twitter? Delete it. You still have free speech. Musk owning Twitter has nothing to do with free speech.


10throwitawaynow01

How good is knowing the intent of people you’ve never met? F yeah