{"id":2006580,"date":"2023-08-21T00:27:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T04:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-woods-and-elon-musk-battle-it-out-on-x-ends-with-one-getting-blocked\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T00:29:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T04:29:28","slug":"james-woods-and-elon-musk-battle-it-out-on-x-ends-with-one-getting-blocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-woods-and-elon-musk-battle-it-out-on-x-ends-with-one-getting-blocked\/","title":{"rendered":"James Woods and Elon Musk engage in a heated exchange on &#8216;X&#8217;, resulting in one of them being blocked."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/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%2Fjames-woods-and-elon-musk-battle-it-out-on-x-ends-with-one-getting-blocked%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=2006580&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--><h2>Conservative Actor James Woods and Elon Musk\u200b Clash on Social Media<\/h2>\n<p>Over the weekend, a heated battle unfolded on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> between \u200dconservative actor James Woods and Elon Musk, the owner of &#8220;X.&#8221; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-rules-9-0-in-favor-of-catholic-foster-care-agency-that-refused-to-work-with-same-sex-couples\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Rules 9-0 In Favor Of Catholic Foster Care Agency That Refused To Work With Same-Sex Couples\">dispute arose<\/a> after Musk announced his intention to remove\u200b the ability for users to block other accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Musk stated, &#8220;Block is going to be deleted as a &#8216;feature,&#8217; except for [Direct Messages]. It makes no sense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Woods, in response to\u2064 the news, expressed his concerns about the change, stating, &#8220;In the midst of \u200ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-johnson-the-cia-has-become-the-kgb\/\" title=\"Larry Johnson: The CIA Has Become the KGB\">libel suit<\/a>, I was\u2062 targeted by thirty trolls the defendant enlisted to\u200b harass me. X will be untenable for people like me, who are willing to share their identities. If\u2063 he does this,\u200c I \u200dwill have no choice but to retire\u2062 from this site.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Later, Woods posted, &#8220;If Elon Musk removes the ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/then-delete-your-account-james-woods-vs-elon-musk-rapidly-heats-up-after-x-controversy\/\" title=\"Woods vs. Musk: Fiery Clash Escalates over X Issue\">block concerted harassment<\/a> by trolls or organized political entities, how will &#8216;X&#8217; be any different from Jack Dorsey&#8217;s horrid Twitter? Musk, whom I once championed, is only\u2062 doing this to protect his advertisers anyway. \u2063Users of X are mere pawns to turn the site into an \u2062electronic shopping mall. The man I thought was a defender of free \u200bspeech is just another greedy capitalist. Disappointing,\u200b but not\u200d surprising.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Musk directly responded to\u200d Woods, simply stating, &#8220;Then delete your account.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Then delete\u200c your account<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon\u200b Musk (@elonmusk)\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1693216678975287615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Woods later shared a \u2063screenshot showing that Musk had blocked him after their interaction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your prerogative, sir, which is\u200d exactly my point,&#8221;\u200b Woods wrote.\u2063 &#8220;Have a nice\u200c day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Musk tweeted that he was using the &#8220;block&#8221; feature against those \u2063who wanted it \u200cto remain, in order\u2063 to prove a\u200d point.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You prerogative, sir, \u2064which is exactly my point. Have a nice day. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qt8ZD3wbM9\">pic.twitter.com\/qt8ZD3wbM9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealJamesWoods\/status\/1693341978766041150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, \u20632023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pretty fun blocking people who complain that blocking is going away.<\/p>\n<p>How does the medicine taste? \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1693219734001500381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Woods has been a vocal supporter of Musk in the past, particularly after Musk acquired the platform, formerly \u2064known as Twitter, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-woods-and-elon-musk-battle-it-out-on-x-ends-with-one-getting-blocked\/\" title=\"James Woods and Elon Musk engage in a heated exchange on 'X', resulting in one of them being blocked.\">exposed internal files \u2063revealing<\/a> the company&#8217;s censorship of conservatives and its close \u2062relationship with federal law enforcement \u2063officials.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think Elon Musk has very possibly, very possibly saved America,&#8221; Woods said in a rare \u2064interview. &#8220;I think the ship of state has been on a course, rivaling the\u200d Titanic. And \u2062I think what Elon Musk has done is spend \u2063a lot of money, like I \u200cdid in that lawsuit against the guy who lied about me. You know, you spend the money \u2062because I&#8217;m going \u2064to\u2064 do this because it&#8217;s so important to my survival and my well-being.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And \u2064I think Elon Musk loves this country,&#8221; Woods continued. &#8220;It&#8217;s\u2064 clear that he does. Why would he spend all that money on Twitter, this rat-infested app? You know, why would he do\u200c that unless he could see its value? You have to understand something. Back when they had the power in \u2063Twitter, the Democrats were happy to say, &#8216;Well, it&#8217;s\u200d a private site. It&#8217;s not like it&#8217;s the town square. You\u200b know, they can say whatever they want.&#8217; They&#8217;re not saying it now that Elon Musk owns it, but\u2062 it was, in fact, the\u2063 town square.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative actor James Woods and Elon Musk, owner of &#8220;X,&#8221; clashed on social media. Musk announced plans to eliminate the ability to block accounts, except for Direct Messages. Woods disagreed, stating it was illogical. The debate between the two unfolded over the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":2006581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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-2006580","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\/2006580","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\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2006580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2006581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2006580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2006580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2006580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}