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

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**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: ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/2818 "2023-01-25T14:58:15Z")

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> [@Cheesesteak](#):
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> Did you READ the title of this thread? Because, and I hate to break this to you, Elon Musk and Twitter are the topic of the thread, the entire purpose of the thread, and the main thing people are talking about in the thread.
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> This particular documentary and it’s suppression is in this thread not as statement about the merits (or lack thereof) of the documentary, but the fact that Musk’s free speech positioning is completely fraudulent.

Well said. Those who doesn’t recognize and condemn Elmo’s blatant hypocrisy on free speech are themselves hypocrites.

> [@Gyrate](#):
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> In other words, his answer to
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> > [@Gyrate](#):
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> > So it’s okay to suppress media critical of the government as long as you don’t agree with it?
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> was “Yes, if India’s doing it”.

The appears to be exactly what @am77494 is saying. Whenever I have broached the subject of harmful speech, such as hate speech or the malign influence of disinformation on the political process, I’m consistently told by Americans how much they value the sacred, unconditional protections of the First Amendment. For @am77494 to now be able to claim that protection of their free speech rights in America is fine, but it’s morally OK for India to suppress speech they don’t like, must take some major cognitive dissonance.

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