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Elon Cleaning House

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by gatormonk, Oct 27, 2022.

  1. tampagtr

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    Absurdity of the new parody rules demonstrated

     
  2. docspor

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    desantis school of freedom fighting. What a chode. Used to be a fan too
     
  3. Gatorrick22

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    Since when can you impersonate someone else... especially someone famous?
     
  4. okeechobee

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    Is he really alienating people, though? His follower count continues to rise.
     
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  5. mdgator05

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    Since the Constitution was written. If I walked into a bar and told people that I was Tom Brady, that would be perfectly legal until I used that statement to defraud somebody out of something of value.
     
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  6. Gatorrick22

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    I'm quite sure there are several types posts that can get you banned from Twitter even today...
     
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  7. okeechobee

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    C’mon, guys!! Free speech means you can do whatever you want.
     
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  8. mdgator05

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    Of course. Because Twitter nor Facebook nor Google violate your First Amendment rights by banning you from their platforms.
     
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  9. Gatorrick22

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    She has a known identity... so again, false equivalency.

    Try impersonating a police office in public. Let me know how that goes for you.
     
  10. mdgator05

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    What does her identity have to do with anything? If somebody knows my name and I tell them that I have a different name, that is legal as well.

    Talk about apples and oranges. Also, I am still allowed to do it unless, and I will quote the Louisiana law here, I have:

    the intent to injure or defraud or to obtain or secure any special privilege or advantage

    If I do not exercise the powers of the state nor attempt to gain anything of financial value, I have not violated the law.
     
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  11. okeechobee

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    Did anyone ever claim they did?
     
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  12. PITBOSS

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    Elon is quite the troll. This whole twitter thing is a interesting business case. But both sides, libs/repubs, have boycotted companies because of their politics. (ie publix, target, etc). And Elon could have more of a political impact by far. I would think he wouldn’t want to rebrand himself as maga and a twitter provocateur of owning the libs. Especially as he wants to sell Teslas to everyone. Elon = Tesla = maga?
     
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  13. mdgator05

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  14. mdgator05

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    Tesla is down another 4% today. Over 50% YTD now.
     
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  16. mdgator05

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    Amongst many others. Heck, Elon Musk has tried to claim that banning beyond what is legally required is a violation of "free speech."
     
  17. okeechobee

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    Free speech is just a marketing technique by Musk. I don’t see him making Constitutional arguments on Twitter. Other than Gaetz, who else?
     
  18. PITBOSS

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    Desantis/fla repubs we’re so concerned their free speech rights were being violated they attempted to pass a law….

    “….the law, which was signed by DeSantis in 2021. It was part of an overall conservative effort to portray social media companies as generally liberal in outlook and hostile to ideas outside of that viewpoint, especially from the political right.”


    An appeals court finds Florida's social media law unconstitutional
     
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  19. citygator

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    News flash. I do not think this is God.

     
  20. docspor

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    are you posting from North Korea?


    Edit. Even snowflaky Fla hasn’t gone this far, right?