Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $54.20 per share.

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  1. Jenee

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    There's a huge difference between Amaris, or even FF getting uptight on this message board and a fucking barrage of emails, twitter posts, facebook posts and every other kind of media telling someone that they should die or "I'm going to kill you". The second is not the job of the victim, rather there should be laws against that sort of thing.
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    There should be enforcement of legit death threats against others, but that is still not, and never should be, the authority of Elon and the twitter mods. As for laws against insults, we would have to imprison everyone ever. People do not need to like every insufferable twat on the internet, especially those worthless cunts like you.

    I do not need the law to tell me that I have to be nice to you and UA. Fuck your whiny ass you UA cum dumpster.

    Really, one of the fastest way to promote a backlash against the trans community is to make laws saying that you have to like someone, including their gender identity, on your own time. Businesses should be free to fire any individual who compromises their business by violating their inclusion rules, even if it is that assholes truly held religious beliefs that they must insult others for their god. We also have stalking and harassment laws for those who feel the need to attack others and harass them. But we do not need to make laws forcing others to like people.

    And the first moment there is one I am having you placed in jail for not liking me. You better be prepared to like me you stupid fucking worthless sack of UA jizz because that is what your own stupid suggestion means. Don't think I wouldn't show up at your house with some morality police and have you smile and make nice with me for my amusement should anyone think this is a good idea.
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  3. Tererune

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    Good god you fucking moron, you are the littlest most thin skinned bitch around here ever. Any day you want to get the fuck out of WF and have the courage of those convictions you can skitter off for the last time like you have done so many times before.
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    Death threats are not free speech. And no, that is not an invitation to re-categorize everything as a "threat."
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  5. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Seeing everything as a threat is a cop thing, not a hippie thing, copkisser.
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    Kiss this, clownbot. :j:
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  7. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    Neither is watching a speech by Ben Shapiro at your university
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  8. Jenee

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    ??

    Please clarify.

    watching a speech by Ben Shapiro at your university is not a hippie thing?
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    I don't mind Shapiro and others having an opportunity at unused space in public universities we built. There are plenty of classrooms of various sizes to give him or others to speak. It would be nice if the public could get access to speak in some of these places during times when they were not being used. I also do not mind the students shouting at the Nazis when they come. If ben cannot provide proper prep and security for his event then he needs to stay home.

    However, in no way should a university be allowed to assign students to fill seats by forcing them to attend guest speakers like I saw at universities I attended.
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  10. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    Throwing yourself in front of bullets for a guy whose kryptonite is Cardi B doesn't help make you look smart.
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  11. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    Well it could be a hippie thing, but it’s definitely not a threat.
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  12. Steal Your Face

    Steal Your Face Anti-Federalist

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    Do you feel threatened?
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  13. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    By a guy I can scare away with an MP3? Not very.
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  14. Jenee

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    So, you were just reiterating what UA said. Got it.
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    true, but have you seen her fucking dagger nails? She has to be skilled with them because she has not stabbed herself to death. I would be a little nervous at finger stabbing length if I did not have some clothing made from the john wick people.;
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    Can I introduce this version of you to the one who was/is complaining about how woke Twitter used to be?

    Because surely the same principle that if you don't like Twitter, then create your own version of Twitter or quit social media would apply to alleged anti-conservative/censorship-favoring Twitter as it does to bullying trans-people Twitter.
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  17. Steal Your Face

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    Um… that’s kind of the point. Remember, when it’s people you don’t like, it’s okay. When I complained about Twitter, people told me to create my own social media platform or they would say it’s a private company, they can do whatever they want. I guess I could have just said payback is a bitch. It would have been easier.
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  18. Diacanu

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    If conservatives didn't have the thirst for vengeance for imaginary and overinflated grievances, they'd have no philosophy at all.
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  19. Raoul the Red Shirt

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    It is a private company and it can do what it wants.

    So why are you complaining about old supposedly woke Twitter instead of realizing that?

    Note: I don't think anyone talking about the clowncar Musk-run Twitter is disputing that he has the ability to cut its value in half by making dumbass decisions, invite fascists and racists back in the fold, making it a harassment filled place, or skew algorithms so that he appears more popular than he is, while banishing people who disagree with him or offend his sensibilities. We're mostly just laughing at him as an obvious clown/hypocrite for having done so.
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    Wow, that's a new level of entitlement.
    Can I sue the Megabucks lottery for not forking over a million cuz I just want it?
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  22. Tererune

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    I do not know about you, but if I were Trump I would sue for stealing my comedy routine. Elon is a lucky dufus son of a rich man who inherited all his money and likes to buy businesses and crash them. The musk name used to be trusted by idiots just like the trump name until everyone found out he was a fucking moron. He fires everyone of worth and thinks he is king shit because of it. He doesn't pay his taxes and works off of government funding and the investments for others. He doesn't pay his bills or the people who make his business work. He is a republican grifter who used to play with democrats. He has pissbaby fits. He is fat and dumpy. He thinks he is god. He has his dad bail him out. All he needs is some worthless kids and to paint himself orange and he is Trump. Maybe if he has some russian friends record him while he has hookers pee on him.

    Dennis Leary stole less of his material.
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    FF and other righties right now:


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    I’m guessing it has to do with the contract between twitter and Microsoft. Microsoft may be saying their contract was with twitter’s previous owner - kinda like what the Empire did to the Kaminoans.
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    In fairness to Elon, it would appear that he may be suing MS in retaliation for leaving, but it's not like he is suing them to order them to advertise with him. If I understand the story at the link correctly, part of the reason why MS is jetting out is because it has figured out a way to get what it needs from Twitter and its users through AI without paying Twitter to get it. So Twitter is suing for MS's allegedly illegal use of Twitter data rather than because MS up and left them.
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    I hope Elon takes a solo trip up in his next rocket. With or without oxygen.
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  28. Bailey

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    I don't remember anyone telling you to create your own platform, do you remember who it was so we can find the post?
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