Why are so many liberals and Democrats afraid of an African immigrant owning Twitter? | Washington Examiner
By: by Christopher Tremoglie,
So much for diversity and free speech eh?
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Recently, equity, diversity, and inclusion have been the core tenets of left-wing political orthodoxy. So, with the news that Elon Musk would be leading a group of investors purchasing Twitter, one would think this would be celebrated by many on the Left. After all, an immigrant from Africa who received an Ivy League education and became a business owner and now leads one of the world's largest social media and tech companies should be the symbolic "dream" for Democrats and liberals. Yet, many have demonstrated a disturbing lack of enthusiasm.
Hardly anybody on the Left seems happy about the African immigrant's Twitter purchase. Furthermore, many have claimed they would be leaving the platform in protest because they object to Musk's promise of allowing free speech. It's odd behavior that should be exposed for its bigotry. After years of proclaiming to want to protect our democracy, many liberals and Democrats have protested protecting one of its hallmarks.
Consider the temper tantrum tweeted by former Vermont governor and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean. In a recent tweet, Dean said, "Hi Twitterverse. Many thanks for the knowledge and sharing over the past ten years or so. If Musk takes over Twitter I will be off within a few hours. Might be just as well for my well being but I've learned a lot of valuable stuff from many of you. Thank you all. Howard."
Democrat Howard Dean announces, 'If Musk takes over Twitter I will be off within a few hours' https://t.co/6IMxmEX6BU
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) April 26, 2022
Dean deleted his Twitter account soon after the tweet.
Or consider the tweet of race provocateur Shaun King. King was so distraught at Musk owning Twitter that he blamed white power, writing, "At its root, @ElonMusk wanting to purchase Twitter is not about left vs right. It's about white power. The man was raised in Apartheid by a white nationalist. He's upset that Twitter won't allow white nationalists to target/harass people. That's his definition of free speech."
Shaun King is just jealous that @elonmusk is *actually* African-American pic.twitter.com/iZPhoK9Q91
— Lauren Chen (@TheLaurenChen) April 25, 2022
King also deleted his Twitter account shortly after this tweet.
Of course, at the root of Dean's and King's objections is nothing more than bigotry and prejudice — ideological bigotry and prejudice. They, and all of the other liberals and Democrats who posted melodramatic freakouts on Twitter after news of Musk's purchase, want to do nothing but silence dissenting views and opinions.
These people feel morally superior to those they disagree with and feel such dissidents are not worthy enough to enjoy free speech. They don't care about racial equity or immigrants or any other causes they allegedly support. All they want to do is have people support, indoctrinate, and reinforce their political ideology. They want to tear down American democracy under the guise of protecting it. Democracy isn't their ultimate objective — totalitarian absolutism is.
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Truly amazing. And, you actually can self delete your account. Wonder why those that don't use theirs don't? Probably will now though in some form of protest (read childish tantrum)
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OMG, twitter without Howard Dean? How will we survive? At least he followed through with his threat, unlike all the people promising to move in 2016.
I have heard that conservatives have an increase in followers and liberals have a decrease in followers since the announcement. Not sure how true it is but it is interesting if true. I wonder if there will be an increase in the number of people buying puppies and looking for a safe space if they get their fefes hurt on twitter. Maybe they will start clubs in their parents basements where they currently reside. I also can't wait to see how many twitter employees will be quitting because their insurance does not cover all the therapist sessions they will need.
That being said it will be interesting to see what happens but twitter posters and followers seem to think they have alot more power than they actually do. I think that it is getting less based on the number of people not getting canceled by the woke twitter mob as there used to be and normal people fighting back. In the mean time watching liberal heads explode is must see TV.
After reading this 'article' all I see is 100% projection, deflection, and denial.
Typical.
Sounds more like you just didn't understand the article then, if THAT is all you can see.
What part specifically?
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100% projection, deflection, and denial is 300%.
Best relocate to Florida, where it is less about math and more about speaking to an agenda.
Responding to yourself again?
Explain which part of this is projection, deflection or denial.
It is no wonder.
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No one else will respond to tessy
Who is afraid?
Watch CNN or MSNBC coverage of the sale and you will see.
Probably most of the liberals who are up in arms that they may one day be exposed to reading something they don't like, or offends their rather delicate sensibilities.
What difference does it make that he's an 'African immigrant'?
Did you take the words "African immigrant" to be a dog whistle?
None, really, but why are you fixated on it?
I don't know for sure but she seems dumbfounded since she is asking herself.
Dumbfounded is your domain.
Now run to Perrie.
Nah I'll just leave your Pee Wee Herman comment up.
Speaking of domains:
That is your domain so get to it.
What did you tell yourself is the answer to the question that you asked yourself?
... said the track star.
Right wingers feel unfulfilled unless they can claim to be "owning the libs". They feel like Elon Musk's ownership of Twitter is a way to "own the libs". Its silly, ludicrous and meaningless, but it is their thing.
BFD.
Wow, that is some first rate projection.
Who did you get the quote from "owning the libs"? Site your source; or is this your own made up BS trying bring in slavery and racism?
Leftists against free speech; unless it is their own that is. That is what this amounts to.
Will you clowns please stop with the "cite your source" nonsense?
It is my opinion based on paying attention to media over the past decade. You dont like it? Tough.
It is my opinion based on paying attention to worthless partisan hack media over the past decade.
Fixed it for you
I knew it. You make shit up, pull it out of your ass and expect others to accept it as real. Glad you finally fessed up.
I couldn’t have said that any better. Well done!
All you have is your agnorant insults.
I have better insult but I am talking to liberals and must use words they will understand. It is hard for me to do, it's been a long time since I was six years old
Is that a combination of ignorant and arrogant? I like it
Nobody has said any such thing. Delusional as usual.
Elon Musk is the one that will be doing the "owning". The only people complaining and bitching are the lefties.
As has been explained more than once, no one wants to own a lib.
WTF would we DO with one besides having to become responsible for paying for their upkeep? No thanks!
It wasn't funny the first 100 times he said it and it's not funny now
If misguided liberals would stop making the asinine claim, I wouldn't have the opportunity to make my comments about owning libs.
I don't get why so many liberals are so proud of being owned anyway.
Shockingly, it’s still funny.
Maybe it wouldn’t be if you had actually used it 100 times but we’ll never know that since that will probably never happen.
But who knows .... you never know with all the angry kooks in here.
As far as liberals wanting to be owned. Freud would have some very interesting things to say about that.
It's a 100 times funny....
They keep peeing outside the litter box.
To the easily amused
Or to people with a sense of humor.
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I guess support for these demographics are nothing but lip service. No real surprise there. It's not like they haven't been doing it for decades.
Kind of sad how the jerk off writer tries to portray Elon Musk as an oppressed minority because he is "african". He comes from what was at one time the most white racist country in the world.
Kind of sad how you blow off a real African American citizen from a questionable country or not.
Why the need to put African in quotes? Is it because he doesn't fit YOUR narrative of what an African is supposed to look like? Pretty racist.
White people are not an oppressed minority, even if they come from Africa.
To claim otherwise is just silly. Carry on.
Never made a claim. I ask you why you felt the need to put African in quotes? Is it because he doesn't fit YOUR narrative of what an African is supposed to look like?
I know it's hard but you should really try to keep up.
Why are you repeating your comment, which was inane the first time you said it?
Why are you avoiding the questions I posed?
No, that is just typical of liberal projections. The author made no mention of race, did he? Is Musk from Africa or not--pretty simple question and one I am sure some liberals won't admit to.
Gee, baby Musk sure made a bad decision on where he was born at, didn't he?
What a cheap shot and epic fail.
"White people are not an oppressed minority, even if they come from Africa.
To claim otherwise is just silly. Carry on."
Yeah, how many times did the moron author mention he was from Africa - like it has any bearing whatsoever?????????????????
Since no one here CLAIMED that, the only silliness I can see is you trying to claim that is what someone said.
Why not debate what people actually write instead of your inventions?
Some people can't really tell the difference
Carry on my wayward son? Great song
Let's see, black good, white bad. Damn it John, that sounds racist!
If it works for exclamation marks, why not question marks as well? Think of the fun you can have with doubling or tripling ellipses.
Wow, let’s troll the whole internet, huh? Does it really need to be explained how stupid this straw man is?
First, not one person cares that Elon Musk is an immigrant, much less from Africa. So you have to play “Pretend” to promote the idea that being anti-Musk is somehow anti-immigrant or anti-African.
Second, as for him being some kind of liberal dream, that would obviously refer to black African Americans, who were enslaved and otherwise discriminated against, not because they were from Africa, but because they were black.
The author of this piece should be embarrassed to have published something so stupid.
Maybe he is applying to "The Huff Post".
Oh he has a long way to go before he gets that stupid
Exactly, like white Hispanics shouldn't count, liberals only dream about brown ones.
What the what?
The old Deep Purple song or the Liz Lemon line in 39 Rock?
The latter
Aren't white Hispanics like white Africans, not worthy of any special recognition?
Now, now, that ALL depends solely on their political association. If they are conservative or Republican, then that makes them Uncle Toms or Tio Thomas' and their skin color is irrelevant then.
The problem I see is that Musk is just too white for the woke folks.
Of course not. That's the entire point of the joke. Because he represents the wrong kind of diversity. If you took progressive paeans to diversity seriously, Elon Musk, an immigrant from Africa where he's a minority, would be a superstar. He's about as unique a person as exists.
But progressive "diversity" cheerleading only applies to those minorities who think and act in their assigned roles. It's the opposite of actual diversity.
Guess I missed it being a joke.
I’m honestly not seeing this writer as being that thoughtful. For sure, progressives forget all about diversity when it comes to diversity of thought. I know he mentioned it at the end, but it seemed like an afterthought. Maybe he should have led with that.
Well you know "you ain't black".
The sad irony is that he actually 'immigrated' from Canada.
Only due to the fact that he knew that immigrating to the US would be easier from Canada than from South Africa so he went there first.
He screwed up.
Head to the southern border and simply wade across a river ..... IN
That's a lot of words to say, 'you are correct'.
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"The author of this piece should be embarrassed to have published something so stupid."
The poster of this piece should feel the same way.
Just another day of owning the libs.
Perhaps libs should stop selling themselves.
That reminded me of grade school taunts like "Do you love pizza?" "Yeah" "Then why don't you marry it! Hahahahah!"...
Thanks for the nostalgia.
I was sure some would find it amusing, hence my attempts to communicate on their level!
You're welcome!
It's such a stupid comment.
I bet he thought it was really witty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am not the topic!
What a stupid comment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Does the way you punctuate your sentences have something to do with how you punctuate your life?
Trump was fond of overusing the exclamation mark on Twitter, your overuse may be an unconscious expression of admiration.
You think you're so amusing!
Wow, I only warrant one exclamation mark. How many do you use in a day?
I don't know what language is being used on screen in this video but I blame Elaine on Seinfeld for my exclamation point addiction.
NOT an unconscious expression of admiration for the steaming pile of shit.
So a television show from years ago STILL influences you so much?
Wow.
I see some folks have nothing better to do than to troll a comment from 22 hours ago.
Me too. I think he's a fuckin riot - especially when you spin a bearing.
Well, we have to be extra careful to accommodate your M-F, 9-5 comment schedule.
Did the strip clubs just close?
Look at how the left here on NT have been obsessed with Trump. The man's been out of office for 15 months now and he is all they talk about. It's no surprise we see little things like the excessive use of the exclamation mark like Trump.
If you engage them, you're helping them. I ignore Trump seeds.
That's not what it is. How stupid.
I know squiggy gets a lot of joy when he imagines/fantasizes that someone, anyone, on the 'left' is being hurt somehow.
I feel sorry for you.
You’ve managed to turn ‘you’ into ‘anyone on the left’ - and that’s really fucked up.
With you online persona, it's hard to imagine you feeling sorry for anyone.
No that's what you managed to do - and that's really fucked up.
Then imagine me not giving a shit about how you feel about anything.
I was already there with no imagination required.
Why? Did you lose your job at one?
They think that by bringing up trump Biden won't look like such an incompetent fool. In won't work.
For the most part I try to. But you have to admit that it is kind of fun to get them all riled up. It's so easy to do.
When you have the temerity to question and/or hold a different opinion here than the liberal mafia, you will be attacked, reported or otherwise harassed by them here. It’s how they roll and all they got.
Carry on Army, carry on .....
Oh that's an understatement. I've been ticketed quite a few times for answering a question and because it wasn't the answer they wanted. And don't ask them to provide a link for some idiotic claim they make.
AIRBORNE!!!
You could compare him to the 3 Stooges and Biden still comes out as the incompetent fool. It's just sad that they don't realize that.
Then why do you persist?
You all don't have the power to rile anyone up. We just laugh at your conspiracy theories and making heroes out of reich wing tools.
"I was already there with no imagination required."
Then why do you persist and continue to follow me around and lecture me?
I thought they woke up already riled up and pissed at anything that may challenge their view of the way things should be.
It is like being married, sometimes it is easier to ask what they would like the answer to be and exactly what words to use.
And the weird thing is, they don't even know that they are riled up............or won't admit it at least. No self awareness.
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We're not the ones riled up.
It's y'all that are always got your panties in a bunch with all of that faux outrage.
It can't be healthy.
Speaking of self awareness
Your comment sounds like that of a riled up person trying to convince others they are not.........
How am I doing that now?
It is you who continues to continue to make it about me. So DOTW isn't doing that?
???????????????????????????????????????????????????
You're doing exactly what Trout Giggles said you were the other day.
Now comes the denial.
I know how important the last word is to you.
Continue
"Then why do you persist and continue to follow me around and lecture me?".
That is you making it about you. People opening a post and then responding to a comment does not translate into following you around.
I would say triggered but riled up is nice too.
You are the one continuing to make it about me.
I also see how important the last word is to you.
Trout Giggles and I were correct.
Continue
Fine line between the two with some people
I think they do as well. Then when they see a particular name or situation come up, THAT'S when they set their hair on fire.
It's hard to ask that because THEY don't even know.
"Then why do you persist and continue to follow me around and lecture me?".
That is you making it about you. People opening a post and then responding to a comment does not translate into following you around. All the denial and projection in the world will not change the facts.
No, you continue.
How do you use that impasse thing?
That gets worse the more riled up they get. They loose all ability to even keep track of a conversation. They start quoting the wrong person, talking to themselves and seeding "Smoking Gun" articles or they just become trolls trying to derail or distract a seed.
Does issuing an impasse against yourself count as spinning a bearing?
Seems to happen daily, starting first thing in the morning. Maybe they should lay off caffeine.
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It's the Republican leadership that seem obsessed with trump. They barely make a move without his implicit approval.
So you're running with that delusion as well?
"running" ???
Simple day to day observation is all that's required.
We're not the ones with our lips firmly glued to trumpturd's immense backside like them.
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Hahaha...Dean thinks he is relevant.
Perhaps, like a lot of people, he doesn't want to pay the new subscription fees that are on their way...
Yeah, that must be why he never mentioned it!
Where did he say this? Perhaps you like to invent stuff.
Best way to get rid of the liberal subscribers......... Take away their free stuff and make them pay a dollar a month.
I guess that would be asking too much from liberal millionaires like Dean.
Heck, wouldn't they just start demanding that it be paid for by others?
Probably get lumped in with their demand for free tuition because they never knew they would be expected to pay it back when they signed the loan papers.
The number of liberals that are actually freeloaders, mooches or bums who want to cadge other people’s money is relatively small.
They are just a very loud and obnoxious group.
Agree but they too often get the politicians to buy into it thinking it will help them get votes. Of course in some cases getting free stuff can translate into votes.
Everybody under 40 just went "who is Howard Dean?"
Everybody over 40 just went "Howard Dean is still alive?"
YAAAHHHHH!!!
Howard who?
Why doesn't anyone on the right grasp that foreign ownership of media is a serious problem? Murdoch has Fox which has been banned in multiple countries as propaganda, and now Musk wants to privatize "Twitter. Most right wing nuts have no concept of the wars and apartheid in South Africa which was white rule that his family was a big part of and eventually was defeated. Musk cares nothing about Americans. I just wish the "America First" extremists would wake up to how badly they have been played by outside foreign influence even in our own elections. Embracing foreigners with the hope of getting to "own the libs" is self defeating.
What countries would those be?
Are you implying that Rupert Murdoch who became a naturalized US citizen in 1985 or Elon Musk who became a US citizen in 2002 somehow lied on their naturalization papers or when they took the Oath of Citizenship? Or are you implying that a person must be born within the United States like Jeff Bezos to be a real citizen?
Good God what lengths will you go to to defend the 'right'?
It's mind boggling.
wow, it's obvious that you don't read anything when you respond. You are so far off from the comment you replied to that you might as well be on Mars.
Ok, then go read it again and tell me what the fuck you are talking about.
Because my comment that you replied to is not a defense of the right and there's just no fucking stretch you can find to make it so. It was a dig at post 9 which was a bitching about foreign ownership of media with obvious reference to Murdoch and Musk and as post 9 was so fucking wrong I got to ask someone if he really thought those two currently US citizens had lied when they took the Oath of Citizenship. Hardly a defense of the right.
But please, go back and read it again and then tell me just what the fuck you are talking about in post 9.2.1. I can't wait to see how twisted your logic is.
Fuck it!
I suppose that is one alternative to reading, understanding, and responding intelligently to what others actually post.
Then that leaves you out EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
I would love to say she provided a well thought out cognizant and intuitive reply, but I can't lie that much. I do wish that at least once she would reply with an intelligent and on-topic reply instead of what she does... but as my grandfather used to say "shit in one hand and wish in the other, and see which one gets filled up first".
My post was merely based on YOUR own words:
Except for the fact it is what you just did when you responded with "fuck it". That would make the above comment denial and projection.
I might fall out of my chair.
They look at him as some type of hero and savior who is restoring free speech to all when it was never taken away in the first place.
He can do whatever he wants with his billions but he should do something that matters, not privatize a social media platform.
The only people's best interests he has in mind are his own.
Green is not a good color for you........................
I'm not letting you goad me any longer so you can run and cry to Perrie.
Then there is no reason for liberals to gripe about it then. Good!
He can spend HIS money however he wants. He doesn't try to tell you what to spend your money on, so why are you so special you get to dictate what he does with his?
So what? He doesn't owe you anything.
They need a reason to gripe? Did anyone tell them that? It does not seem they are aware.
You know they have to have something to set their hair on fire over.
I never said he owed me anything. He obviously can spend his money how ever the fuck he chooses but that doesn't make him a hero or a savior.
Pretty pitiful heroes you all have.
We look up to people who help other people.
Not those who only help themselves which would be the majority of today's gqp/alleged conservatives/republicans/gop and their enablers/supporters.
Since you are talking to yourself, it is quite clear you don't like your heroes any more.
Maybe it is time you got new ones.
That, or you were actually trying to reply to me but forgot to hit the reply button first.
In which case your invalid point is nothing more than projection.
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That could be as simple as waking up in the morning to discover Trump is still breathing.
You just can't help but to ooze empathy and kindness.
Or just hearing Trumps name. But I think there is a bit of admiration of Trump with the left. That's the only way to explain why they talk about him so much. There are a few here on NT that seem to have picked up some things Trump does like the over use of punctuation.
Don't worry tessy. You will hold the number one spot in that category for eternity.
That, and the king of deflection.
It's not a subconscious form of admiration.
We're not the ones with our lips glued to his immense backside.
Really!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So you consciously do it.
, you're star struck.
Your actions / statements appear to show the opposite.
Any thoughts on US owned media and their attempts and successes in influencing the elections?
Now you are just flat-out wrong.
I would just love to see any credible links you can supply to back up that preposterous, false claim.
I would love to see any credible links too but I don't expect to. Not even that bastion of truth Snopes.com shows anywhere that Fox News is banned.
Just a lie that far too many fools have fallen for.
It's a shame that a 10 second internet search is too hard.
Okay, let’s see if I can explain liberal logic for such claims. Like the lie told that Fox was banned in the UK.
You see, Fox hunting is banned in the UK. Therefore Fox must be banned in the UK. Such is how left wing logic works.
The words liberal and logic should never be used together when discussing such inane claims.
Lol true, like Military Intelligence.
A complete oxymoron
Actually FOX-UK was going broke and did not renew its license but now it is available on ... wait for it Disney+ @ $6.99 (£5.34) a month giving rebirth to the old adage that a fool and his/her money are soon parted.
With dogs it is, otherwise lock and load.
Oh the humanity!
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Locking the article. Seems someone went on a flagging bender. Thanks for all the contributions.