{"id":1725324,"date":"2022-11-06T18:21:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T23:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1725324"},"modified":"2022-11-06T18:23:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T23:23:29","slug":"battle-bird-musk-warns-of-thermonuclear-war-against-companies-caving-to-far-left-boycott-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/battle-bird-musk-warns-of-thermonuclear-war-against-companies-caving-to-far-left-boycott-demands\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle Bird: Musk Warns Of \u2018Thermonuclear\u2019 War Against Companies Caving To Far-Left Boycott Demands"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fbattle-bird-musk-warns-of-thermonuclear-war-against-companies-caving-to-far-left-boycott-demands%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=1725324&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--><p>New Twitter CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> warned that companies that continue to cave to boycott demands from the far-left will face serious consequences as he will publicly name and shame them to his more than 100 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> followers.<\/p>\n<p>The world\u2019s richest man, who said he bought the company for $44 billion in order to reserve a corner of the public square for open dialogue and free expression, induced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/leftists-fume-after-musk-takes-over-twitter-its-like-the-gates-of-hell-opened-on-this-site\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leftist ire<\/a>\u00a0after he officially took over the platform last week. Musk said that a number of advertisers have ended their relationships with the company over the past several days, dealing a significant blow to the business.<\/p>\n<p>Musk responded to a tweet that encouraged him to name and shame the companies that are boycotting the platform. \u201cYou have nearly 114,000,000 Twitter followers. Name and shame the advertisers who are succumbing to the advertiser boycotts,\u201d the tweet said. \u201cSo we can counter-boycott them. And get your $8 monthly subscription going asap. So we can start to makeup for lost revenue now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you,\u201d Musk replied. \u201cA thermonuclear name &#038; shame is exactly what will happen if this continues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The account that Musk responded to made the remarks in response to a separate tweet from Musk earlier in the day that revealed the massive loss in revenue the company has experienced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwitter has had a massive drop in revenue, due to activist groups pressuring advertisers, even though nothing has changed with content moderation and we did everything we could to appease the activists,\u201d Musk\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1588538640401018880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remarked<\/a> on the platform. \u201cExtremely messed up! They\u2019re trying to destroy free speech in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you. <\/p>\n<p>A thermonuclear name &#038; shame is exactly what will happen if this continues.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1588676939463946241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A number of leftist-aligned organizations, including Media Matters for America, the NAACP, the National Center for Transgender Equality, and the Union of Concerned Scientists, recently wrote a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freepress.net\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-11\/coalition_open_letter_to_twitter_top_20_advertisers_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a>\u00a0to the executives of major advertisers, calling on them to \u201ccease all advertising\u201d if Musk backs down from content moderation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only are extremists celebrating Musk\u2019s takeover of Twitter, they are seeing it as a new opportunity to post the most abusive, harassing, and racist language and imagery,\u201d the organizations alleged. \u201cThis includes clear threats of violence against people with whom they disagree. Without deliberate efforts by Twitter to address this type of abuse and hate, your brands will be actively supporting accelerating extremism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A number of large corporations, including Pfizer, Volkswagen, Mondelez International, and General Mills have temporarily paused their Twitter advertising, according to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/elon-musk-says-twitter-has-had-massive-revenue-drop-11667573127?st=3i6fqsrd5qo5h00&#038;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>\u00a0from The Wall Street Journal, while legacy car manufacturers GM and Ford were among the first companies to freeze advertisements on the platform, according to another\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/alanohnsman\/2022\/10\/28\/gm-ford-say-they-arent-running-twitter-ads-as-they-assess-changes-under-elon-musk\/?sh=3b2b350e2a19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>\u00a0from Forbes. Both firms are entering the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bidens-inflation-bill-made-7500-electric-vehicle-tax-credits-ford-and-gm-just-raised-their-prices-by-the-same-amount\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electric vehicle space<\/a>\u00a0against two-decade-old market leader Tesla, which is presently the world\u2019s most valuable car brand. The former companies have received a number of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-biden-visited-gm-factory-after-company-paid-160000-to-lobbyist-whose-brother-works-in-the-white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">special favors<\/a>\u00a0from President Joe Biden, who has also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/joe-bidens-electric-vehicle-summit-excludes-tesla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">snubbed<\/a>\u00a0Tesla.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ben Zeisloft contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Twitter CEO Elon Musk warned that companies that continue to cave to boycott demands from the far-left will face serious consequences as he will publicly name and shame them to his more than 100 million Twitter followers. The world\u2019s richest man, who said he bought the company for $44 billion in order to reserve &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1725340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1725324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1725324","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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1725324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1725324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1725340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1725324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1725324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1725324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}