{"id":1437617,"date":"2022-04-14T12:14:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T16:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1437617"},"modified":"2022-04-14T12:14:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T16:14:47","slug":"liberal-freakout-over-potential-elon-musk-twitter-takeover-commences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-freakout-over-potential-elon-musk-twitter-takeover-commences\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal Freakout Over Potential Elon Musk Twitter Takeover Commences"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fliberal-freakout-over-potential-elon-musk-twitter-takeover-commences%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1437617&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Following an early morning tweet from Elon Musk announcing that he has made <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-elon-musk-makes-43-billion-offer-to-buy-twitter\">$43 billion offer to buy Twitter,<\/a> linking to the SEC filing, some of the platform&#8217;s prominent, liberal users launched into <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/twitter-ceo-announces-company-will-hold-town-hall-with-elon-musk\">meltdown<\/a> mode.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>CUNY professor and author Jeff Jarvis compared the moment in the online town square to the end of Weimar Germany, right before the Nazis secured power and launched the world into war.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today on Twitter feels like the last evening in a Berlin nightclub at the twilight of Weimar Germany.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffjarvis\/status\/1514578609754812419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Twitter has long been a haven for leftists who have watched gleefully as conservative accounts that run counter to the corporate, liberal narrative have been banned, suppressed, and censored. President Trump was permanently banned from the platform as a sitting president, though shortly before the end of his term in January, 2020.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Recently, Tucker Carlson, <em>The Babylon Bee<\/em>, Libs of Tik Tok, Jack Posobiec, and Charlie Kirk, among others, have faced suspensions.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Glenn Greenwald commented that he&#8217;d cancelled all his engagements Thursday in order to watch this all unfold on Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">????<\/p>\n<p>Cancelling my commitments for the day so I can watch liberals become more unhinged, hysterical and panicked over the prospect that they may not be able to wield censorship power on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s only 11 am on the East Coast and we&#8217;re already at Nazi analogies: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K21Gq8Ybpc\">https:\/\/t.co\/K21Gq8Ybpc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1514617843626635267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Other Twitter users called Musk &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/bezos-owned-washington-post-warns-elon-musks-twitter-investment-could-be-bad-news-for-free-speech\">bad news<\/a>&#8221; for the platform, predicting that nearly 3\/4 of the company\u2019s staff would leave, as well as a majority of the users on the platform.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Some users have said that Musk&#8217;s intended takeover indicates the formation or furtherance of an oligarchy on the platform. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Elon Musk is bad news. He should start his own platform, maybe Oligarch Social, and leave Twitter alone.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dughsCApLQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/dughsCApLQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkJacob16\/status\/1514574483193016321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Others said that employees would leave in droves, but as Musk has no confidence in management, per his SEC filing, it&#8217;s unclear as to why Musk would see this as a bad thing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The thing is, 70%+ of employees will leave within the year if Elon actually buys Twitter. The company has a special culture and pride in the work they do. Doesn\u2019t mesh well with sporadic dictator behavior.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Melcolm X \/\/ melcolmx.eth (@MelcolmRuffin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MelcolmRuffin\/status\/1514576790324453386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Others said that users should leave and tank the platform on the way out, though it&#8217;s unclear where they would go. Conservative users have attempted to start new, free speech oriented platforms, only for Twitter to maintain market dominance.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Elon Musk buys out Twitter then we should all leave the platform en masse.<\/p>\n<p>TWEXIT<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ROCKY MOUNTAIN VIEWS (@RockyMountViews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RockyMountViews\/status\/1514568121851555840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I hope Elon does buy twitter, it means we can all leave: finally free<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Lees (@Jam_sponge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jam_sponge\/status\/1514555583264956416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">IM UP AND ELON MUSK CAN FUCK OFF!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tonyposnanski\/status\/1514581307661160457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>One Twitter user called those that would remain on the platform if the proposed buyout takes effect &#8220;losers&#8221; from other alternate social media platforms like Truth Social and GETTR.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So if Elon buys Twitter and all the sane people leave, he will have just the losers from Truth Social, GETTR, and Trump\u2019s other failed platforms. Have a good time, Musk<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kelly D (@KellDA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KellDA\/status\/1514567971024384000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>In regards to Truth Social, one user said that Musk should instead buy the Trump-created platform for $43, and &#8220;leave us alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Instead of buying Twitter for 43 Billion, Elon should buy Truth Social for 43 Bucks and leave us alone.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Davram (@davramdavram) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davramdavram\/status\/1514577825306714116?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Max Boot he is &#8220;frightened&#8221; about the impact that Musk\u2019s buyout would have on society and politics, adding that &#8220;we need more content moderation, not less.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am frightened by the impact on society and politics if Elon Musk acquires Twitter. He seems to believe that on social media anything goes. For democracy to survive, we need more content moderation, not less.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Max Boot ?? (@MaxBoot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaxBoot\/status\/1514570168730636290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>He added that criticizing Musk\u2019s potential buyout &#8220;elicits the same kind of reaction as criticizing Trump.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Criticizing Elon Musk\u2019s proposed takeover of Twitter elicits the same kind of reaction as criticizing Trump. These guys seem to excite the worst people online. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0bGlH6zuxC\">pic.twitter.com\/0bGlH6zuxC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Max Boot ?? (@MaxBoot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaxBoot\/status\/1514585613420347392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>One <em>Washington Post<\/em> tech reporter said that covering the recent Musk news cycle was &#8220;as a tech reporter really is about as close as you get to covering the Trump-on-Twitter news cycle as a political reporter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Covering the Elon Musk-vs-Twitter news cycle as a tech reporter really is about as close as you get to covering the Trump-on-Twitter news cycle as a political reporter<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cristiano Lima (@viaCristiano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/viaCristiano\/status\/1514585840030306310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Another user said that fellow platform users should &#8220;send a message to the shareholders,&#8221; attaching the hashtag &#8220;If Elon Buys Twitter Dies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I for one will leave twitter if Elon Musk takes over, and I bet the same goes for many of you.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s send a message to the shareholders:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IfElonBuysTwitterDies?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IfElonBuysTwitterDies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Lib (@HappyBitchFace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HappyBitchFace\/status\/1514573817259065344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>In response to the <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/twitter-manager-says-hes-been-radicalized-following-elon-musks-appointment-to-board-its-broken-me\">outrage<\/a>, journalist Jordan Schachtel threw out the common comment used by left-wing users of the platform when others were outraged: &#8220;If the libs are mad about Elon buying Twitter they should just make their own Twitter. It is a private company, after all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If the libs are mad about Elon buying Twitter they should just make their own Twitter. It is a private company, after all.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jordan Schachtel @ dossier.substack.com (@JordanSchachtel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JordanSchachtel\/status\/1514579878716264451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The news of Musk\u2019s potential buyout comes amidst over a week of a flurry of news about the tech platform, which founder Jack Dorsey ceded to the leadership of Parag Agrawal after he vacated the CEO position. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>In early April, Agrawal announced that Musk, who had then recently purchased over 9 percent in shares of the company, would be joining the <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-elon-musk-twitter-board\/\">board of directors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Days later though, he announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-twitter-ceo-announces-elon-musk-decided-not-to-join-tech-giants-board\">Musk<\/a> would in fact not be joining the board.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Some tweets liked by Musk in the wake of the news suggested that he was asked to &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/elon-musk-signals-that-he-was-told-to-play-nice-and-not-speak-freely-by-twitter-board\/\">play nice and not speak freely<\/a>,&#8221; if he were to join the board. He would also be constrained to buying just 14.9 percent stock, and would only have 1\/12 of a vote at board meetings, joining the other 11 members on the board.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/0001418091\/000110465922045641\/tm2212748d1_sc13da.htm\">SEC filing<\/a> posted to Twitter by Musk on Thursday morning, he said he would offer the company $54.20 per share in cash, representing a 54 percent premium over the closing price of the stock on January 28, 2022, and a 38 percent premium over the closing price of the stock on April 1, 2022.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following an early morning tweet from Elon Musk announcing that he has made $43 billion offer to buy Twitter, linking to the SEC filing, some of the platform&#8217;s prominent,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1437617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1437617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1437617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1437617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1437617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1437617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}