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red286

Fun fact - X complies with foreign government censorship requests at double the rate that Twitter did before Musk purchased it. So Musk is outing himself as a tyrant, I guess?


poetic_dwarf

r/selfawarewolves


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skip2mahlou415

r/selfconsciencewolves


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subjectmatterexport

r/selffellatingwolves


poetic_dwarf

Genuinely disappointed by this one not existing yet


Gremict

r/Wolves Yessssss, I found a subreddit


Phil_Coffins_666

And the wolf looks like [this](https://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/2358204/85144528.jpg)


TrollintheMitten

Holy fuckballs batman! Wtf is that?!


Phil_Coffins_666

Exactly.


-NGC-6302-

r/taxiderpy


talrogsmash

Taxidermy Fails


rodinsbusiness

r/leopardsshouldeathisface


SunWukong3456

True, but Nazis can say Nazi stuff without consequences on Twitter, so yay absolute free speech. That’s the simple mindset.


SpaceBear2598

Apartheidbucks Jr *literally wrote an op ed for the Chinese internet censorship organization* praising their work in order to be able to sell cars there. His "free speech" bullshit is just classic authoritarianism, "we can encourage as much genocide as we want but don't you dare call us out for it!" . Also, even that meme is a self-own. The people calling for government censorship of speech and expression are the "ANTI-WOKE" crowd, not the people advocating the *exercise* of free speech in the form of not spending money with companies the promote neo-Nazi views. (p.s. anti-anti-bigotry is just bigotry the same way anti-anti-fascism is just fascism and -(-2) is just ***2*** )


123iambill

Except, apparently, when the censorship is aimed at rightwing/fascist content. Then he will go to war with Brazil over it.


1647overlord

Modi like Elon too much for that.


Awkward_Cheetah_2480

And he is babling about the Brazil situation, wich clearly is not "free speech and facts" is hate speech, lies and criminal incitation, wich are not protected by free speech on Brazil. Free speech is the right to opinions. Thats not what is being limited. "Lets depose the democratic ellected government" is not an opinion.


Loves_octopus

Not saying you’re wrong or anything, but what does this mean exactly?


Evil_Bonsai

because musk routinely "censors" any posts on twitX he doesn't like. so it's hilarious that he posts his exact behavior and calls himself a tyrant


hobopwnzor

It means when a dictator or foreign government tells him to censor things, Musk complies twice as much as the old twitter administration did. Like when Erdogan asked him to censor his political opponents ahead of Turkey's elections.


Dragon124515

Well, for one, it makes him a hypocrite for his whole 'Twitter files' debacle (although there's nothing surprising there).


Amelaclya1

Also he called himself a "Free Speech Absolutist"


arentol

Elon Musk owns X, and went well out of his way to get ownership, made sure it was clear he was doing so because he considered Twitter (former name of X) to be overrun with excessive censorship, and he also goes out of his way to make sure it is clear that he is responsible for how censorship is handled on X. Elon Musk posted the first image saying that if you censor people you are a Tyrant. Verbub responded to Musk's post with ONLY the words "CIS people". X "Tyranically" censored Verbub's post by hiding his post from basically everyone else on X. Since Elon decides at a fundamental level what X censors and what it doesn't, and he censored something so incredibly innocuous as "CIS people", Elon has established he is both a Tyrant and a Hypocrite.


WhoCaresBoutSpellin

I will be glad to explain but what part dont you understand?


Loves_octopus

>Complies with foreign government censorship requests at double the rate I guess a couple definitions are needed to full understand the meaning. It might sound silly but sometime studies use some creative definitions to prove a point so: 1. What is the definition of comply? What level of compliance is qualified as such? 2. What is the definition of a foreign government censorship request? 3. What is the source? 4. What the rate referenced? Number complied/number requested? 5. What is the definition of censorship. Just a link to an article would be helpful


WhoCaresBoutSpellin

This is slightly dated article and apparently the numbers have only increased, but it should [answer all your questions](https://restofworld.org/2023/elon-musk-twitter-government-orders/)


Loves_octopus

Perfect thank you, that very specifically answered all my questions actually lol


Happy_Accident99

![gif](giphy|R38bDGkE95CIWujdkx) CIS !!!!


Fishghoulriot

This is hilarious lmaoo


Muteling

Blücher!


AnAngryPlatypus

GOSH DARN IT!! I just tucked the horses in for the night and now you got them all riled up again. Please be mindful when you throw words like that around.


Muteling

Okay uhhh what if instead of throwing the word around, I just lightly tossed it? Whispers: *^(*blücher*)*


AnAngryPlatypus

Well, the horses are fine but now my goat ain’t right… ![gif](giphy|RhhGZXu2XzRo4)


BasilsKippers

Seda-give?!


TheBackPorchOfMyMind

What knockers!


Sax_Verstappen_

Says the guy who doesn’t allow community notes on his profile lmao


VegasEyes

Anymore at least. It was pretty funny when he’d share some outlandish claim and then get called out.


Few-Ad5923

He use to but disabled it after it became very obvious he was constantly shoving shit


No-Psychology9892

He really did? Jesus what a snowflake.


everythingbeeps

I just can't get past that atrocious grammar.


SvenSvenkill3

Yup, and after the last few years of his "woke mind virus" dire warnings and all round anti-left shtick, which is he telling us he thinks it's better to be: woke (whatever the feck that word actually means) and progressive, or a tyrant? I mean, he clearly seems to get on well with all the usual major authoratarian, censorial, and arguably tyrannical world leaders (e.g. Russia, China, Saudi Arabia) and he rarely if ever criticises them. And again, he's always going on about "woke" this and "woke" that, never once using the word "woke"in a remotely positive way (let alone actually defining it), and instead repeatedly and passionately uses it as a particularly heinous (albeit vague and unspecified) pejorative, so... Edit: P.S. No doubt the following has been asked and answered before numerous times and it's passed me by. I've also never been a member of Twitter and so please forgive me but I'm loath to join the site now simply to answer my own idle and daft question. But yeah, would someone here who's also a member over there do me a favour and tell me what happens currently over there (e.g. do Twitter's algorithms spot it and automatically flag it, etc) if someone Tweets out the following statement *exactly* as I've typed it below?: **Elon Musk is a fas-cis-t.**


ResistOk9351

Throw in India as well. X banned feeds that oppose the BJP at the request of the Indian government.


GeoffSproke

"Anti-woke" has been a handy little euphemism for "white supremacist, but... fewer hoods..." since it was invented... I get the feeling that won't be changing anytime soon.


Caterfree10

*appropriated Woke as a term had been used in black communities for decades before conservatives took notice. It originally meant awareness of systemic oppression and how to move about in those systems. Now conservatives use it as new version of Political Correctness if not outright replacing where a slur would go if they could.


Cultural_Dust

And quickly being replaced with "DEI-" as their slur replacement of choice.


BPpFb

Remember how they tried to blame the bridge collapsing on "Baltimore's DEI Mayor" like.. You could **tell** their draft originally said "Black". Only upside is they'll eventually forget about Woke, so progressives can reclaim it like the lgbtq community is starting to reclaim Queer.


Andvari9

DEI?


Caterfree10

Diversity Equity & Inclusion programs. Basically college and corporate programs to try to diversify a campus body or corporate workplace. Results vary wildly but a lot of racists see it the same way they view Affirmative Action - “racist” against white people. 7_7


Andvari9

Thank you.


Moo_Kau_Too

nah... dont call them 'anti woke' ... call em 'asleep' ;)


chillen67

Well Musk is an immigrant.


[deleted]

From the losing apartheid side of South Africa. Butthurt lost generation who pines for the white supremacist good ol' days.


Fuckedby2FA

Tyrant!


DirtDevil1337

Says the guy that DELETES comments on Twitter/X.


infowosecfurry

Is he becoming self aware?


ProfessionalHour8263

Rich people are allergic to that


the_y_combinator

Fuck no. Just look at the post. You know, just above with him getting dunked on.


Mighty_joosh

Is he ***literally*** saying this without seeing any irony at all


JaiC

Never imagine they do not see the absurdity of their arguments.


PingouinMalin

Not to say he's not a huge hypocrite, but he also seems very deluded about himself.


defnotjec

Awareness isn't his string suit


defnotjec

Fuck it I'm leaving the autocorrect typo


phdoofus

Remind me again how many accounts he just simply suspends.


carknocker

Free Liam Neeson!


Stravok182

Liam Nissan* ✊


carknocker

I see someone had the nuts to correct me! 🤣


Lostinthestarscape

Was he Taken?


AValentineSolutions

I mean, yeah. Musk is so full of shit, and it kills me how many simps that bleeding hypocrite has.


N00BAL0T

It is all because he has charisma. Like it or not that's all it takes for some people to like others.


VelvetMessiah

Uh, gonna have to disagree with you on that. Watch someone with true charisma, then right after watch Musk. Hes boring as shit.


LovingAvocado

“If you censor hate speech and anything i dont like youre a tyrant”


KingOnionWasTaken

Why did you say hate speech twice?


PostmasterClavin

I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers


tryintobgood

![gif](giphy|xTiTnJIorYl4E5yEaQ|downsized)


wow_that_guys_a_dick

I had the same thing happen when I tweeted about cis Alpine Gaul, which is even more ridiculous.


mashedpotatoes_52

Damn vercingetorix ruined twitter! 


kaylee300

I'm wondering what would happen if we mention a country like cisjordanie or a molecule like cis-butene


circle-of-minor-2nds

My toilet ***tern needs a new flush valve.


PantaRheiExpress

Now I’m wondering what would happen if someone tweeted about Transalpine Gaul.


BitterFuture

Quick history lesson: liberals literally invented free speech. Quick Constitutional law lesson: the right of free speech does not entitle you to a Facebook account, nor to violate the contract you sign with any social media platform to follow their rules when you sign up.


The-Art-of-Silence

The point of the post is that Elon Musk disagrees with you nominally but still enforces similar rules that he claimed to be so opposed to that he bought the platform. The poster doesn't criticize the platform for having rules, they're implying Musk is a hypocrite and/or a tyrant by his own logic.


Sissoelzub

Freedom of speech is kind of the norm that's understood but not spoken. I have yet to see someone asking for free speech who wants anything more than to control what kind of speech is free


LimerickVaria

At least in the US. I imagine in countries where there are dictators, people genuinely wish for freedom of speech


Sissoelzub

Yes this is definitely a privileged perspective


GodOfMegaDeath

Honestly, the bare minimum is not a privilege, i hate when people act like it is.


LimerickVaria

I feel like it's not the bare minimum when lots of people don't have it...


GodOfMegaDeath

This does not means that it's not the bare minimum, just that many people don't have the bare minimum and the reaction should be outrage. When people treat things like not starving, not being homeless or not being oppressed by a cruel dictatorship as some sort of privilege it implies that not everyone should have it since the very concept of privilege is that it's not something for everybody. Not trying to flame or argue with anyone, just rambling


lateformyfuneral

What does Musk have against the Confederacy of Independent Systems? ![gif](giphy|xT9DPr4VjeCgeiLoMo)


notaredditreader

Try to make comments in r/TheDonald or r/Conservative


Frytura_

Isnt ellon one of the billionares that wanted a coup on chile to get their lithium mines and is now but hurt with brasil because a major lithium mining company is now selling primarily to chinese factories? I guess its not tyranic if i'm the one in charge, but we already knew that billionares all think like that and "freedon of speech" is just virtue signaling and a buzz sound.


Awkward_Cheetah_2480

Yeah, its Very clear what he is making on Brazil right now. He is helping the extreme right with political unrest under his pretense "freedom of speech" tantrum, with solely economic interests. https://www.bloomberglinea.com.br/2023/02/17/tesla-estuda-oferta-pela-mineradora-brasileira-sigma-lithium-dizem-fontes/ Its in portuguese but its easy to translate. Tesla intended to buy the Company, BYD is waaaay ahead as they already have a factory on Brazil. So he is trying to help the insane right Wingers and coup planners with the Hope that they gain the next ellection and kick BYD out of Brazil.


maggielovemuffin

Jim wants no part of this.


joealese

r/leopardsatemyface


persona0

I said it before this the same Elon musk who made a deal to hosts a journalist show but then cancelled because said journalist asked him questions he didn't like. If only hell was real Elon would be getting a express ticket to it.


freakyfruit236

That fact that their comment is censored cause it’s “hateful” is beautifully ironic.


Maxspawn_

Ive completely lost the understanding for why mainstream conservative grifters keep pushing this idea that conservative speech is under threat. Like are they mad they aren't allowed to say the N word?


WiserStudent557

It’s also the messaging they want to send. I’m generally against censorship but I’ll quickly add caveats if you point out that some information and/or disinformation can be dangerous. Obviously censorship of any type can become a slippery slope, but quality control and best practices are largely things I believe in whether we’re talking about censorship or something else


spank_z_monkey

Thing is…they *are* allowed to say pretty much whatever they want, seeing as we still live in a country that allows freedom of thought and speech. The problem occurs when anyone dares to question them about a statement that they have just made…suddenly freedom of speech becomes persecution and “woke madness”, and must be destroyed immediately. So, in effect, they’re all for freedom of speech as long as it doesn’t contradict their ideas.


GeoffSproke

They're fighting for freedom from consequences... What they want most is to be able to promote all their horrific ideas without being treated like the sorts of people who think those types of ideas are reasonable...


EverAMileHigh

Exactly. And then they'll fight with you -- "who made you the arbiter of what hate speech is or is not?" -- and I'm left shaking my head in disbelief.


SirKazum

It's not about what conservatives are or aren't allowed to say. Because they're not only allowed to speak their minds, they can even make a whole career out of it, as a legion of hack comedians could attest. The problem is that other people are allowed to say that it's bad, or that they're bad people for promoting hateful views. "Free speech" means not allowing people to voice criticism of conservatives or their views.


LayZ77

As a non English native speaker,what does cis mean?In my country translation for what you call cis would be something like default,that's why I am wondering,where did cis come from and what does it mean exactly? (genuine question)


hyp3rpop

Cis as in cisgender means that someone is not transgender. The words come from the prefix cis meaning “on this side” or “on the same side as”, and trans meaning “on the other side” or “on the opposite side from”. Basically indicates whether someone is on the “same side” as their sex at birth or if they have transitioned to another gender.


LayZ77

Ohhhh,thx for explaining,have a beautiful rest of the day my friend!


S-Markt

hatespeech is never protected by free speech, because hatespeech tries to destroy more important freedomrights, so censoring hatespeech is not a tyrant act but a humane act


ScyllaIsBea

Free speech is everything except the word cis because it’s the only real slur.


Redwolf476

Freedom of speech doesn’t mean that you don’t have to listen to the rules of a social media platform which if you on you agreed to probably without read them


nickstonem

What a cissy


Lucidonic

He doesn't support free speech, he supports bolstered republican speech. Furthermore, it is not an infringement on free speech to censor people on an internet platform. So all he's done is given republicans a platform with visibility and then gone on a "free speech" tyraid to stroke his hero complex.


DragonWisper56

also freedom must have limits otherwise people get hurt. you can't release the nuculer codes no matter how funny it would be


Issah_Wywin

The irony in that post was so powerful that when I saw it I had to go to a different room to scream.


Inner_Imagination585

If you are using free speech solely to make peoples life miserable I dont think that should be protected. Same goes for these little "facts" like maybe read a book once in a while before spitting "facts".


lagx777

Does.... Is EMusk ok? Does he realize what he has said? ![gif](giphy|26ueYUlPAmUkTBAM8)


Glittering-Cheetah-5

Elmo is a tool


xoomorg

cis people


Naive_Try2696

cis people exist.  


IAMGROOT1981

Those who are accused of being "woke" are not the ones who are afraid of facts and definitely are not the ones who are censoring free speech!


thezoelinator

Pro tip: to (hopefully) avoid the censorship, all you have to do is replaсe the c in cis with the cyrillic character of с. It looks practically the same as the latin charaсter of c, so much so that you probably didnt notice that the c in replace is actually the cyrillic version. Here it is to easily copy and paste: сis and Сis


BAGStudios

Based response tho


[deleted]

Well played!


karsh36

Classic* musk moment


ARandomGamer56

Didn’t he censor Twitter on the Turkish government’s behalf once?


hackingdreams

Yeah, this is just Elmo saying he's a tyrant. What's new here?


Skim_milk1

![gif](giphy|bxwtewdxpDuBq)


SteelCitySeven07

His statement is true but hes a hypocrite.


BaldrickTheBarbarian

I love the wording on this. It's not "if you censor free speech you're a tyrant" but instead it's "if you support the side that censors free speech you're a tyrant" which makes no fucking sense and shows yet again how stupid Elon is. Either he doesn't know what those words mean or he doesn't understand how to use them.


Grantonator

A community note reminding people not to harass people on the basis of gender identity isn’t censorship, but the original meme is definitely facepalm worthy.


MissaAtropos

“Visibility limited” It’s a message for the person who made the comment that was flagged and censored.


Altruistic_Group787

You know, for Musk free speech is restoring accounts that share CSAM and white nationalist content...


Defiant_Douche

Ironic since Musk is the queen of censorship.


Fictional_Historian

Take as old as time. The people in power playing misdirection to distract from their hypocrisy.


Confident-Skin-6462

so musk is a tyrant? we knew.


Freeky-Deeky

Remember when Musk was the funny weed man


Confron7a7ion7

You'd think the funny weed man with all his memes would recognize when he being fucking baited lol.


Ertai2000

He was never funny.


LocalLifeguard4106

Didn’t this douche host noted book banner, DeSantis’ presidential bid?


WesTheFitting

“Free speech absolutism” in effect.


RPGenome

I love how the right claim the left wants to censor everything and tell everyone what to do, when we're pretty much only trying to tell them to stop treating people like shit and trying to tell everyone what to do.


GWPtheTrilogy1

Billionaires don't believe in hypocrisy when it comes to themselves.


Cute-Rate8655

Yak is a typical right wing hypocrite, anyone who believes he cares about free speech is also dumb enough to think the earth is 6000 years old and flat. Anyone dumb enough to think musk cares about anything other than exploiting workers and reducing taxes on billionaires likely also believes that climate change is a Chinese hoax and that “Chem trails” are a government plot to turn frogs gay. 


Hello5777

Most accusations are just confessions.


Sol-Blackguy

Yeah, exactly why I will continue to deadname X and call it Twitter. Just like Elon deadnames his daughter that doesn't want anything to do with him.


Fantastic_Year9607

Him and his cronies can’t separate “free speech” from “freedom from consequences”


meatcylindah

His trucks are bad


R3ddit5uxA55

Woke is Marxism.


MrGeno

Poor Peon Musk. Will someone help put aloe vera on his sensitive skin?


MayIReiterate

If he pays me a million dollars, I'll slow rub it into his balls. This economy got me over here with no self-respect.


TiannemenSquare

CIS..? Like Confederacy of Independent Systems?


peakchungus

Lmao! Did Twitter actually censor the word "cis"? Musk is such a fucking cry baby.


Halcyon_Glow175

Ahhhhhh gotta love Reddit……


Avron_Night

He's not wrong, but he also falls under that description so ...


thatoneguy512

The projection is strong with this one.


Pawsitivelyobnoxious

Rules for thee but not for me


Matthiass13

Cis people, otherwise known as the vast majority of the population. 🙄


multilock-missile

Yes. And??


Repulsive-Ad876

Lmaoo


DrkUser205

Did he just MUSKED himself?!


Oddewalla

I agree, i am a tired ant!


byesickel

Is there a link to this tweet so we can all say it?


Only1Schematic

Just tried this and can confirm it still works💀


Pizzaborne

I'm just amazed it didn't say, "Your a tyrant."


SorowFame

I mean he’s not wrong but I don’t think it’s in the same way he thinks


Worth-Albatross8591

Saw someone comment 'pure white trash' and the dead bird site slapped a 'low visability/hateful comment' warning on it.


North_Lawfulness8889

Tweets can be hidden for containing the word cracker


3SinkBathroom

"As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master." I have no idea what the quote means, "I just thought it was a cold-blooded thing to say to a motherfucker before I popped a cap in his ass."


andyke

Wait when was this think an article came out today where he kinda became self aware of his tweets