{"id":1716176,"date":"2022-10-29T06:30:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T10:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1716176"},"modified":"2022-10-29T11:18:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T15:18:46","slug":"paul-schrader-attacks-twitter-ceo-elon-musk-for-embracing-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paul-schrader-attacks-twitter-ceo-elon-musk-for-embracing-free-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Schrader Attacks Twitter CEO Elon Musk for Embracing Free Speech"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fpaul-schrader-attacks-twitter-ceo-elon-musk-for-embracing-free-speech%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=1716176&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Paul-Schrader-elon-musk-twitter-2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>The Modern Left is having a terrible, horrible, no good week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/digital\/news\/elon-musk-closes-twitter-deal-fires-ceo-cfo-1235416656\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk officially took over Twitter<\/a>, a social media giant renowned for censorship and political bias. Musk quickly cleaned house, firing key officials who oversaw the platform\u2019s censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story and more.<\/p>\n<p>He also plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/fairness-justice\/elon-musk-end-of-permanent-bans-after-twitter-takeover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">erase permanent bans for many ex-users.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Musk, to his credit, hopes to change that atmosphere. That\u2019s made him Enemy No. 1 for both the press and Leftists. Select corners of Hollywood aren\u2019t happy, either.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s one example:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The day <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a> takes ownership of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Twitter<\/a> I\u2019m out. Not that that means much. But I just wanted to declare. G\u2019night.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ken Olin (@kenolin1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenolin1\/status\/1583730940966150146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Consider Paul Schrader example number two.<\/p>\n<p>The acclaimed filmmaker (\u201cTaxi Driver,\u201d \u201cRaging Bull,\u201d \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/first-reformed-blu-ray-review\/\">First Reformed<\/a>\u201c) used his Facebook perch to blast Musk\u2019s Twitter acquisition.<\/p>\n<p>Schrader\u2019s views, reflected by many of his Facebook followers, aren\u2019t shocking. Today\u2019s Hollywood is wary of free speech, eager to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1637580991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> embrace woke restrictions<\/a> and happy to silence their political opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Consider how <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2021\/01\/08\/donald-trump-banned-from-twitter-reaction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hollywood, Inc. cheered<\/a> when tech giants banned President Donald Trump nearly two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The industry has lost its way. The same artists who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/being-the-ricardos-blacklist-conservatives\/\">relive the McCarthy era<\/a> through film after film see no problem with censoring some voices in the modern era.<\/p>\n<p>Schrader recently had a spate of bad health, pushing him to the brink of death. He\u2019s made a wonderful recovery and hopes to direct again should the financing fall his way.<\/p>\n<p>He used the film festival release of his latest directorial effort, \u201cMaster Gardener,\u201d to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/paul-schrader-good-chance-direct-again-hospital-scare-1849631929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> thank western culture for his career.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been blessed living in a bubble of <strong>creative freedom <\/strong>[emphasis added], affluence, leisure time, peace and good health,\u201d Schrader wrote.<\/p>\n<p>For Schrader, not all creative freedom matters, alas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Modern Left is having a terrible, horrible, no good week. Billionaire Elon Musk officially took over Twitter, a social media giant renowned for censorship and political bias. 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