{"id":1453124,"date":"2022-04-25T15:14:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T19:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1453124"},"modified":"2022-04-25T15:14:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T19:14:57","slug":"shaun-king-elon-musk-buying-twitter-is-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shaun-king-elon-musk-buying-twitter-is-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaun King: Elon Musk Buying Twitter Is Racist"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fshaun-king-elon-musk-buying-twitter-is-racist%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=1453124&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>Author and self-proclaimed civil rights activist Shaun King claimed Monday that Elon Musk\u2019s purchase of Twitter is not about free speech but rather \u201cwhite power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt its root, @ElonMusk wanting to purchase Twitter is not about left vs. right. It\u2019s about white power. The man was raised in Apartheid by a white nationalist. He\u2019s upset that Twitter won\u2019t allow white nationalists to target\/harass people. That\u2019s his definition of free speech,\u201d King wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">At its root, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ElonMusk<\/a> wanting to purchase Twitter is not about left vs right.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s about white power.<\/p>\n<p>The man was raised in Apartheid by a white nationalist.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s upset that Twitter won\u2019t allow white nationalists to target\/harass people. That\u2019s his definition of free speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shaun King (@shaunking) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shaunking\/status\/1518576839777734657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>King added that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/25\/elon-musk-hopes-critics-stay-on-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Musk<\/a> \u201chas openly called himself a \u2018free speech absolutist\u2019 and said that he wants to create a space where anything can be said about anyone. That\u2019s why white nationalists are giddy today. Here on Twitter and other platforms that I track daily. It\u2019s dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Elon Musk has openly called himself a \u201cfree speech absolutist\u201d and said that he wants to create a space where anything can be said about anyone.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why white nationalists are giddy today. Here on Twitter and other platforms that I track daily.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shaun King (@shaunking) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shaunking\/status\/1518592253199065089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>King <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shaunking\/status\/1518592914347147265?s=20&#038;t=y_6_QUlvReMfaqFAjrWJYg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">added<\/a> it\u2019s not about politics but rather \u201chow the richest man in the world, a son of Apartheid, raised by a white nationalist, wants to be sure his speech, and that of other white men, isn\u2019t censored.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/26\/shaun-kings-tweet-promising-to-name-cops-who-may-or-may-not-be-officer-who-shot-jacob-blake-doesnt-violate-twitter-rules-spokesman-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Shaun King\u2019s Tweet Promising To Name Cops Who \u2018May Or May Not\u2019 Be Officer Who Shot Jacob Blake Doesn\u2019t Violate Twitter Rules, Spokesman Says)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/26\/shaun-king-accuse-cops-name-officer-jacob-blake-kenosha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">King<\/a> has come under fire for spreading disinformation concerning racism that eventually led to a man committing suicide over <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/22\/shaun-king-white-european-jesus-statues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">King\u2019s<\/a> false accusation.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Paul Cantrell was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellowoodlands.com\/montgomery-county-inmate-death-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">found dead<\/a> in 2019 in an apparent suicide after <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/24\/larry-krasner-shaun-king-lawsuit-carlos-vega-libel-campaign-finance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">King<\/a>, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/07\/30\/shaun-king-false-allegation-suicide-jazmine-barnes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">since-deleted tweet<\/a>, shared his description out and claimed he was responsible for the shooting death of seven-year-old Jazmine Barnes. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/17\/black-lives-matter-shaun-king-deletes-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">King<\/a> later said more than 20 people told him Cantrell was a racist. Authorities later arrested two black men who they believe were responsible for Barnes\u2019 death.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/25\/twitter-reportedly-plans-sell-elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/elon-musk-to-acquire-twitter-301532245.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> the sale to Musk on Monday after publicly battling the billionaire about his offer. The transaction is valued at approximately\u00a0<span class=\"xn-money\">$44 billion, according to a news release<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/14\/says-something-you-dont-like-elon-musk-free-speech-looks-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Musk<\/a> made the offer after <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/14\/liberals-decry-free-speech-elon-musk-offers-buy-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeting<\/a> several times about \u201cfree speech\u201d and whether Twitter \u201crigorously adheres\u201d to the principle of free speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally undermines democracy,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/07\/twitter-employees-worried-elon-musk-unleash-free-speech-reinstate-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Musk<\/a> tweeted. \u201cWhat should be done?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author and self-proclaimed civil rights activist Shaun King claimed Monday that Elon Musk\u2019s purchase of Twitter is not about free speech but rather \u201cwhite power.\u201d\u201cAt its root, @ElonMusk wanting to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":1480413,"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-1453124","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\/1453124","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\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1453124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1480413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1453124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1453124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1453124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}