# Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 25, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442 "2022-04-25T22:50:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6466 "2023-09-04T00:12:43Z")

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[X.com](http://X.com) redirects to [twitter.com](http://twitter.com), not the other way around. My understanding is he paid a lot for [x.com](http://x.com) a while ago.

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6467 "2023-09-04T00:15:53Z")

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> <https://twitter.com/stevesilberman/status/1698044538559054268>

> **[Elon Musk’s biography says he turned into a transphobe when his trans...](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/09/elon-musks-biography-says-he-turned-into-a-transphobe-when-his-trans-daughter-disowned-him/)**
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> Musk says art school turned his trans daughter into a hateful "communist...

Maybe if he actually spent some time _being a parent_ he’d understand and support his daughter instead of rambling about “wokeness” and “Communism”.

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**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6468 "2023-09-04T02:08:03Z")

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Elmo calling people he has disagreements with communists. He has something in common with MTG! Who knew?

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**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6469 "2023-09-04T19:08:04Z")

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> <https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1698631998875607245>

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**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6470 "2023-09-04T19:25:32Z")

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Musk blames the Jewish non-governmental organization, the Anti-Defamation League for generating anti-Semitism:

> <https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1698615533170557116>

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**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6471 "2023-09-04T19:28:55Z")

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OMG! And Jewish people create anti-Semitism by existing!!!

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**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6472 "2023-09-04T19:29:35Z")

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Well duh, it’s always the Jews fault.

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**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6473 "2023-09-04T19:32:22Z")

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All hail ELMO, arbiter of everything.

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6474 "2023-09-04T21:39:21Z")

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> <https://twitter.com/whstancil/status/1698761017260470438>

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6475 "2023-09-04T23:15:32Z")

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Says the leader of the League of Extraordinary Douchebags.

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**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6476 "2023-09-04T23:38:51Z")

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The Anti-Defamation League have been made the scapegoats for the loss of the company value of X/Twitter since Musk took over, so he plans to sue them:

> <https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1698828606598734225>

> <https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1698834460131651883>

> <https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1698831606943801525>

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**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6477 "2023-09-04T23:52:41Z")

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Before today, I didn’t know who the ADL was or how much influence they have over advertisers. This is very enlightening. I hope they soon turn their attention to the likes of Fox News, Truth Social, Newsmax, etc.

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**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6478 "2023-09-05T00:08:20Z")

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Least surprising X/Twitter news of the day:

> <https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1698837723543457862>

I always get the impression that the workforce in the X building is basically just Musk, Linda the CEO, a janitor, an IT guy, and a monkey in a waistcoat with a big X on the back who runs everything else in the company.

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**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6479 "2023-09-05T00:19:15Z")

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Oh, the irony indeed Elmo! What does he have planned as an encore for telling the Jews they’re the reason for antisemitism? Perhaps he’s going to enlighten us all that if those colored people would just stop being so lazy and shifty there’d be no racism?

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**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6480 "2023-09-05T00:33:31Z")

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If he goes ahead with the lawsuit, should be very interesting. As both sides are deposed, testimony is given, etc., I don’t think it’s going to tell the story he thinks it will.

Full speed ahead, Elon!

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6481 "2023-09-05T00:37:37Z")

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Someone should ask Grimes how short-staffed he is.

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6482 "2023-09-05T00:39:04Z")

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> [@Stratocaster](#):
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> If he goes ahead with the lawsuit, should be very interesting. As both sides are deposed, testimony is given, etc., I don’t think it’s going to tell the story he thinks it will.

Hell, the last time Elmo almost had to give testimony, he spent $44 billion to get out of it.

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**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6483 "2023-09-05T00:49:11Z")

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X says a “f\*\* the jews” tweet doesn’t violate rules:

> <https://twitter.com/EliotHiggins/status/1698799493460726240>
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> Brandon Friedman @BFriedmanDC

You can guess the result of saying something bad about Musk, though:

> <https://twitter.com/relaxinallcool/status/1698802228646347033>

I just checked by visiting the account that posted the “f\*\* the jews” tweet, and in the last two or three hours the tweet has been removed, having been visible for four days. However, there are many other similar anti-gay tweets by the same person. The semi-literate nature of this particular user’s tweets might suggest they’re some nobody with half a dozen followers, but they have over 900,000 followers.

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**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6484 "2023-09-05T01:04:58Z")

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> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#):
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> I just checked by visiting the account that posted the “f\*\* the jews” tweet, and in the last two or three hours the tweet has been removed, having been visible for four days. However, there are many other similar anti-gay tweets by the same person. The semi-literate nature of this particular user’s tweets might suggest they’re some nobody with half a dozen followers, but they have over 900,000 followers.

I’m assuming the twitter LeafyIsHere is the same former Youtuber [LeafyIsHere](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeafyIsHere), he was a big thing in a particular corner of the internet back when before YouTube permanently terminated his account in 2020 after his return after a 2-year hiatus. He was an attention whore and drama queen. Only (yes, only) having 900,000 followers on Twit is a sign of how far he’s fallen from any relevance even in those corners of the internet, he had 4.91 million subscribers on YouTube before his channel was terminated.

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**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/6485 "2023-09-05T01:13:59Z")

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Probably the same guy. Reading his Xs, it’s no wonder many advertisers don’t want to advertise on X.

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