I hate him so much.

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    The fact that we have so much of our politics in a private company is dangerous.

    Musk has the power AND ability to post tweets as if they were from any of the candidates.

    Not as a sock puppet. But as them directly.

    This is a dangerous ability.

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      I hadn’t considered that. He couldn’t get away with it now, but if the orange bad gets back into power and we go full-fash, I definitely think it’d be used against “enemies.”

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        He very much could get away with it now. None of the candidates, as far as I’m aware, have a public key published and none of them have any way of verifying that the tweet is from the account holder.

        Sure a tweet from Kamala saying, “I believe we should execute all illegals” might be an easy one.

        But think of this more subtle tweet: “The United States believes in the sovereignty of all recognized nations.”

        We need our politicians to stop using Twitter for official communications.

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      I hope someone destroys Twitter

      Melon Husk is trying his hardest to make that happen. For some reason people are still using it though.

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        But my friends are all on there! —The excuse I hear most often

        The other one is:

        I’m still on there to throw sand into the gears of the alt-right propaganda machine.

        As if the literal dictator of the platform is scared of some mean tweets. SMH

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          I saw something a couple days ago where someone said they tried switching to Mastodon but they missed their thousands of followers from Twitter.

          It’s like, have a fucking backbone. Someone has to lead the way.

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            For real. If they have that many followers, they should tell the followers to move with them, ffs. Tell them which instance you’re joining, and while I bet they’d lose some, they’d probably succeed in moving a sizeable portion, and those people would be their real fans anyway.

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            He’s not, or he’d change his behavior. As it stands, he can unilaterally ban anyone for any reason, real or imagined.

            Him banning or blocking people isn’t fear, it’s a demonstration of power.

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    Don’t ever let conservatives tell you they don’t appreciate fashion. The pride they take in their heels and hats are telling.

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      It’s a fucking shame that he has more money than god and couldn’t get someone to help him pick out a cowboy hat that would fit his face. Or tell him when it’s backwards. Or have it properly shaped. Or have it customized in any way.

      I have no issue with someone wearing a cowboy hat who has never been near a ranch. I have no issue with people who don’t know what to do with one but want to wear one. They’re practical and can be stylish. I have a huge issue with someone who can afford to have an army of image consultants wearing it incorrectly to pander to idiots who are too cowardly to call him out on it.