{"id":1726027,"date":"2022-11-06T19:43:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T00:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1726027"},"modified":"2022-11-06T19:53:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T00:53:23","slug":"chief-twit-elon-musk-is-the-latest-target-for-leftist-hollywood-elite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chief-twit-elon-musk-is-the-latest-target-for-leftist-hollywood-elite\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Chief Twit\u2019 Elon Musk Is The Latest Target For Leftist Hollywood Elite"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fchief-twit-elon-musk-is-the-latest-target-for-leftist-hollywood-elite%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=1726027&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>Few should be surprised by Hollywood\u2019s war against Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>The eccentric billionaire took over Twitter one day, and late-night humorists declared Musk their second-favorite target (behind Donald Trump) the next. Jimmy Kimmel compared Musk to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/31\/kimmel-elon-musk-a-piece-of-s-t-for-paul-pelosi-conspiracies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fecal matter<\/a> in one of the industry\u2019s most notorious slams.<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood stars, albeit from the B-list, followed suit. Tea Leoni, Debra Messing, Alex Winter and others decried Musk\u2019s takeover, fleeing Twitter in protest.<\/p>\n<p>For now.<\/p>\n<p>Horror maestro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-starts-and-apparently-finishes-blue-check-fee-negotiations-with-stephen-king\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen King recoiled at Musk\u2019s plan to charge Twitter users<\/a> for their verification status.<\/p>\n<p>Why would so many artists side against Musk, who vows to allow more speech on the platform? Because Musk vows to allow more speech on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>The entertainment industry should be in lockstep with conservatives when it comes to the modern free speech fight. Their careers demand unfettered expression, the ability to create fresh stories based on their lives and imaginations. It\u2019s the core of what they do. Yet for the last few years Hollywood dwellers seem either disinterested in free speech or actively against it. Much of that can be traced to President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The former president\u2019s brawling Twitter account enraged the Hollywood Left, so when Twitter banished Trump permanently in 2021 Celebrity Nation cheered. Few voices worried about the chilling effect on free speech or wondered what other political leaders Twitter might cancel next.<\/p>\n<p>Nor did they question why far more incendiary souls, like the Rev. Louis Farrakhan, still have a Twitter account but Trump doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Former R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe lashed out at then-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/michael-stipe-criticises-twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-2926986\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not suspending Trump sooner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood activists have been similarly silent as comedians and the web\u2019s premier faux news site suffered relentless attacks on their work. Comedians like Tyler Fischer got banned from TikTok for no credible reason beyond his gags hit the \u201cwrong\u201d target (like Dr. Anthony Fauci). Podcaster and comedian Steven Crowder\u2019s show is <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/steven-crowder-second-youtube-strike-suspension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">routinely punished by YouTube<\/a> without the Hollywood cavalry riding to his rescue.<\/p>\n<p>Fact-checking sites and the platforms that ascribe to them (like Facebook) have comically hounded The Babylon Bee over the last few years, threatening its survival.<\/p>\n<p>The Bee lean on social media giants to spread their stories and provide additional revenue streams.<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood similarly sat on its hands as social media titans censored inconvenient news stories, like the lab leak theory tied to COVID and the Hunter Biden laptop scandal. Stars who weigh in on virtually every hot-button issue flitting across their smart phone screens couldn\u2019t spare any outrage over these unprincipled acts.<\/p>\n<p>When Cancel Culture came for Dr. Seuss over images some deemed racially insensitive, Hollywood tastemakers collectively stood down. Some, like \u201cThe Late Show\u201d host Stephen Colbert, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P4qN-478bYw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">yukked it up over the cancellation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrities have stayed silent over chronic free speech assaults on college campuses nationwide. This critic once asked \u201cAvengers\u201d actor Josh Brolin about the subject in 2017 while chatting up his \u201cOnly the Brave\u201d fire fighter feature.<\/p>\n<p>Brolin said he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/josh-brolin-free-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hadn\u2019t heard of the issue<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Could that still be the case today for Brolin and his peers, given the high-profile cases of conservatives being chased off campuses, attacked or both?<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood\u2019s latest free speech cowardice hits close to home. The battle began in January at the industry\u2019s biggest film event. A documentary examining the fate of former Guantanamo Bay prisoners, \u201cJihad Rehab,\u201d earned a coveted slot at Robert Redford\u2019s Sundance Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>The film earned critical praise upon its debut, but soon naysayers savaged the movie on several fronts. Some claimed the film\u2019s white female director shouldn\u2019t be telling a story rooted in Muslim culture despite her extensive ties to the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Others suggested the former prisoners weren\u2019t unable to fully give their consent to be interviewed. The film, they alleged, put their lives in danger.<\/p>\n<p>That chorus, while small, got amplified by Abigail Disney. The heiress, who originally served as a producer on the project, rescinded her support and joined the mob eager to silence the movie.<\/p>\n<p>Those forces mostly succeeded.<\/p>\n<p>Sundance suits officially apologized for showing the film, while Redford has yet to publicly speak on the subject.<\/p>\n<p>The only significant Hollywood player to rally to \u201cJihad Rehab\u201d director Meg Smaker\u2019s side? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/oscar-winner-alex-gibney-defends-canceled-doc-jihad-rehab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oscar-winner Alex Gibney,<\/a> a staunch liberal and frequent Trump critic.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s still hope for the documentary, though. Smaker created a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/the-unredacted-jihad-rehab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crowdfunding campaign<\/a> so she could fund the film\u2019s distribution herself. That effort for the renamed documentary, \u201cThe UnRedacted,\u201d with a push from author Sam Harris, earned north of $700,000. That\u2019s more than three times what the director originally hoped to raise.<\/p>\n<p>It took Joe and Jane Sixpack to do what Hollywood stars should have \u2013 stand up for art.<\/p>\n<p>The film industry once celebrated free speech in blockbuster movies. The 1995 film \u201cThe American President\u201d ended with Michael Douglas\u2019 Commander-in-Chief rallying for the right to speak one\u2019s mind, even if the speech is ugly and raw.<\/p>\n<p>The 1996 drama \u201cThe People vs. Larry Flynt\u201d recalled the free speech implications of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Few should be surprised by Hollywood\u2019s war against Elon Musk. The eccentric billionaire took over Twitter one day, and late-night humorists declared Musk their second-favorite target (behind Donald Trump) the next. Jimmy Kimmel compared Musk to fecal matter in one of the industry\u2019s most notorious slams. Hollywood stars, albeit from the B-list, followed suit. 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