{"id":1751119,"date":"2022-11-25T08:48:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T13:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1751119"},"modified":"2022-11-25T12:02:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T17:02:03","slug":"left-has-another-meltdown-after-musk-announces-general-amnesty-for-suspended-twitter-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-has-another-meltdown-after-musk-announces-general-amnesty-for-suspended-twitter-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Left Has Another Meltdown After Musk Announces \u201cGeneral Amnesty\u201d for Suspended Twitter Accounts"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fleft-has-another-meltdown-after-musk-announces-general-amnesty-for-suspended-twitter-accounts%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=1751119&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\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2f6fec95-d69a-4294-b202-6d62ef5dc179-1110x740-1.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Elon Musk has done it again. Leftists are having yet another Musk-induced meltdown after announcing that he is taking another step to promote free speech on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Musk posted another <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/jeffc\/2022\/11\/23\/elon-musk-might-be-gearing-up-to-make-leftists-heads-explode-again-n663455\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> on the platform asking users whether the company should grant \u201ca general amnesty to suspended accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Predictably, the \u201cyes\u201d vote beat the \u201cno\u201d vote by 72.4 percent to \u00a027.6 percent, meaning there are far more users who aren\u2019t as keen on censorship than those supporting it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Should Twitter offer a general amnesty to suspended accounts, provided that they have not broken the law or engaged in egregious spam?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1595473875847942146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1595473875847942146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On Thanksgiving, Musk informed the platform that he would be granting the amnesty next week. \u201cThe people have spoken,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cAmnesty begins next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The people have spoken.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty begins next week.<\/p>\n<p>Vox Populi, Vox Dei.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1595869526469533701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1595869526469533701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He has not yet indicated what form this amnesty would take and which types of accounts would be reinstated. But from the wording in the poll, those who have used the platform to violate the law would remain banned. Naturally, folks on the right lauded the decision. Those on the left? Not so much.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Nichols, a columnist for <em>The Atlantic,<\/em> responded:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>He always planned to open everything up to banned accounts again, he just didn\u2019t want to take responsibility for doing it. (And yet he still can\u2019t understand why advertisers are reticent.)<\/p>\n<p>And he still doesn\u2019t understand the Latin phrase he keeps using.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">He always planned to open everything up to banned accounts again, he just didn\u2019t want to take responsibility for doing it. (And yet he still can\u2019t understand why advertisers are reticent.)<br \/>\nAnd he still doesn\u2019t understand the Latin phrase he keeps using. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ObuL4atn6d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/ObuL4atn6d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RadioFreeTom\/status\/1595905890225455104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/RadioFreeTom\/status\/1595905890225455104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alex Stamos with the Election Integrity Partnership, an organization responsible for much of the censorship that has occurred on the site, chimed in with a Batman reference:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This was correctly called \u201cJoker releasing the inmates of Arkham Asylum\u201d by<\/p>\n<p>@CaseyNewton, and in this case it\u2019s after 2\/3 of the Gotham PD was laid off or quit.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Thanksgiving! \ud83e\udd83<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This was correctly called \u201cJoker releasing the inmates of Arkham Asylum\u201d by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaseyNewton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@CaseyNewton<\/a>, and in this case it\u2019s after 2\/3 of the Gotham PD was laid off or quit.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Thanksgiving! \ud83e\udd83 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DWkXwNqYY1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/DWkXwNqYY1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Stamos (@alexstamos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexstamos\/status\/1595891110328430592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexstamos\/status\/1595891110328430592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Southern Poverty Law Center\u2019s Michael Edison Hayden pulled from the progressive playbook and pretended this move would only promote white supremacy. He tweeted:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Please feel free to associate Tesla and other Elon Musk-related companies with the ideologies of Milo Yiannopoulos, Nick Fuentes, David Duke, Stefan Molyneux and Jared Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s bringing white supremacy back in a big way and wants everyone to know about it:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Please feel free to associate Tesla and other Elon Musk-related companies with the ideologies of Milo Yiannopoulos, Nick Fuentes, David Duke, Stefan Molyneux and Jared Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s bringing white supremacy back in a big way and wants everyone to know about it: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3K8RVudbzb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/3K8RVudbzb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Edison Hayden (@MichaelEHayden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelEHayden\/status\/1595883352556507138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelEHayden\/status\/1595883352556507138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <em><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/elon-musk-technology-donald-trump-business-misinformation-c60bc41229339eaec5008188fa6d057c?taid=637fd994b0437c0001d25467&amp;utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a><\/em> published a report in which it noted that since Musk bought the company, \u201cgroups that monitor the platform for racist, anti-Semitic and other toxic speech say it\u2019s been on the rise\u201d on the platform. But this is a rather dubious claim given that Musk tweeted a chart showing that instances of \u201chate speech\u201d being promulgated on Twitter have <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/jeffc\/2022\/11\/24\/elon-musk-makes-an-interesting-announcement-about-hate-speech-on-twitter-n663650\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decreased<\/a> to even lower levels than it was before he took over.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the report still tried to blame this toxicity on Musk\u2019s decision to lay off half the company\u2019s staff and noted that he \u201chas been getting increasingly chummy on Twitter with right-wing figures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the author of the report failed to mention which supposed \u201cright-wing figures\u201d to which they were referring. But media-savvy folks understand that the activist media pretty much labels anyone with views that oppose progressivism as \u201cfar-right extremists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Activists have cautioned that such a move would make things worse if people like the former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke were allowed back on the site, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2022\/11\/25\/musk-suspended-twitter-accounts-amnesty-plans-alarm-activists?utm_campaign=editorial&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>. Imran Ahmed, CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, told the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/nov\/24\/elon-musk-offers-general-amnesty-to-suspended-twitter-accounts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardian<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Superspreaders of hate, abuse and harassment will be the only people to benefit from this latest decision by Twitter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hopewell Chin\u2019ono, a Zimbabwe-based journalist, pointed out that this would be \u201ca major disaster especially in Africa where State sponsored Ghost accounts were suspended for endangering human rights activists &amp; journalists!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This would be a major disaster especially in Africa where State sponsored Ghost accounts were suspended for endangering human rights activists &amp; journalists!<\/p>\n<p>You would have allowed vile people to put our lives in danger as journalists!<br \/>\nYou will have blood on your hands <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@elonmusk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hopewell Chin\u2019ono (@daddyhope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daddyhope\/status\/1595495766059016192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/daddyhope\/status\/1595495766059016192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But again, Musk has not yet indicated which types of accounts would remain banned. It is highly possible that Twitter will still not allow these bad actors to use the platform.<\/p>\n<p>But let\u2019s face it. This has absolutely nothing to do with white supremacy, folks. It has everything to do with a reality the left does not want to face. They are terribly frightened at the notion that their opposition would be empowered to express their ideas on an even playing field. Since they fear what this could mean for their influence, they are using the old \u201ceverything is racist\u201d strategy. Unfortunately for them, nobody\u2019s listening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk has done it again. Leftists are having yet another Musk-induced meltdown after announcing that he is taking another step to promote free speech on Twitter. 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