{"id":1458154,"date":"2022-04-29T12:44:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T16:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1458154"},"modified":"2022-04-29T12:44:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T16:44:52","slug":"dump-the-bird-william-shatner-says-elon-musk-is-adorbs-claims-he-wants-to-be-twitters-new-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dump-the-bird-william-shatner-says-elon-musk-is-adorbs-claims-he-wants-to-be-twitters-new-face\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dump The Bird\u2019: William Shatner Says Elon Musk Is \u2018Adorbs,\u2019 Claims He Wants To Be Twitter\u2019s \u2018New Face\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fdump-the-bird-william-shatner-says-elon-musk-is-adorbs-claims-he-wants-to-be-twitters-new-face%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=1458154&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1348017880.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Legendary \u201cStar Trek\u201d actor William Shatner made it clear on Thursday that he was in favor of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk\u2019s plan to buy Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Shatner was so taken with the idea that he even urged Musk to \u201cdump the bird,\u201d pitching himself as the potential \u201cnew face\u201d of the social media platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBTW, since it seems to be the latest \u2018thing\u2019 on here. I\u2019m stating that I\u2019m staying on Twitter,\u201d Shatner began, taking a jab at a number of people who had threatened to leave the platform because Musk was taking over.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BTW, since it seems to be the latest \u201cthing\u201d on here. I\u2019m stating that I\u2019m staying on Twitter.  Besides I think <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a> is adorbs.  Also, full disclosure: I\u2019m trying to pitch Elon to hire me as face of Twitter. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/dumpthebird?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#dumpthebird<\/a> \ud83d\ude09\ud83d\ude0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WilliamShatner\/status\/1519697196756525057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBesides I think @elonmusk\u00a0is adorbs,\u201d Shatner continued, adding a Disclaimer: \u201cAlso, full disclosure: I\u2019m trying to pitch Elon to hire me as face of Twitter. #Dumpthebird.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Warpcore founder Sahil Mohan Gupta suggested that allowing the Captain Kirk actor to become the new face of the platform might actually fall right in line with Musk\u2019s claim that he wanted a neutral space that irritated the extremes of both the left and the right equally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaptain Kirk as the face of Twitter will be the ultimate Kobayashi Maru for the extreme right and the extreme left, hence will abide by the @elonmusk\u00a0maxim of irritating them equally hence being truly neutral as a social media platform,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Musk recently <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-posts-meme-tweets-outlining-ideological-journey-to-the-right-far-left-hates-everyone-themselves-included\/\">documented<\/a> his own apparent shift from left-leaning, former President Barack Obama-supporting liberal to right-leaning free speech advocate \u2014 and he argued that he hadn\u2019t moved at all. Rather, he said that the liberal left had shifted to dramatic extremes \u2014 which resulted in the center shifting as well.<\/p>\n<p>Musk explained that his goal in taking over Twitter was making sure that it remained a free speech zone. He said that would be accomplished first by not reaching beyond the law \u2014 and by extension, beyond the voters\u2019 wishes \u2014 to curtail speech, and then by adopting rules that annoyed the extremes on both the left and the right equally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy \u2018free speech,\u2019 I simply mean that which matches the law. I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law. If people want less free speech, they will ask government to pass laws to that effect. Therefore, going beyond the law is contrary to the will of the people,\u201d Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1519036983137509376\">tweeted<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>He followed that up a day later, adding, \u201cFor Twitter to deserve public trust, it must be politically neutral, which effectively means upsetting the far right and the far left equally.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For Twitter to deserve public trust, it must be politically neutral, which effectively means upsetting the far right and the far left equally<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1519415674111672325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. 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