But Musk has effectively confirmed that the Media Matters report was accurate and that X did run ads against hateful content, which seems to take the teeth out of his complaint. “This lawsuit is riddled with legal flaws, and it is highly ironic that a platform that touts itself as a beacon of free speech would file a bogus case like this that flatly contradicts basic First Amendment principles and targets free speech by a critic,” First Amendment attorney Ted Boutrous told me. “And in some ways it’s a dream come true for the people at Media Matters because it could allow them to use the litigation discovery process to force X to divulge all sorts of embarrassing, damaging private information that it would much rather keep secret.”
ETA - A slightly more specific article just Popped:
And Elon may have been careful about where he filed the case to get a quite sympathetic judge
On Monday, X’s case was assigned to District Judge Mark Pittman, a Donald Trump appointee who was previously at the center of some of the nation’s biggest legal battles, including over gun rights and President Joe Biden’s blocked student loan forgiveness plan.
The big question, legal experts say, is whether Musk’s choice of venue — the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas — can help him overcome some of the lawsuit’s substantive shortcomings.
Another excuse he seems to think applies is that “it doesn’t happen that much.” I think most advertisers are looking for a “never happens” result for their ad dollars.
What? No one (in the PIT no less) commented about the two handed grip on the sword and it’s position? Not a single juvenile “Now I know he’s compensating!”* crack? I am simultaneously amazed, pleased, and yet somehow disappointed. Well, I’ve now lowered the discourse to our expected Pit levels, you may resume your enlightened dialog.
*- or “Musk gets sword-rection for the US flag” or “popped a sword boner for the flag” any other number of cheap shots!
Hash-tags are a thing on Twitter and are easily searchable (indeed, that is their purpose):
Since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7th and the ensuing war, antisemitism has been surging on X; according to Memetica, a digital investigations firm, the hashtag #hitlerwasright has appeared forty-six thousand times since October 7th, compared with fewer than five thousand times per month previously. Far from combatting the ballooning hatred on his platform, Musk was openly amplifying it.
Grandiose delusions…concerns about swarms of unseen enemies…fantasies about committing mass murder…middle aged white dude who lives in Texas…hey, I think maybe somebody outta do a welfare check on ol’ Elon there. He’s raising all the mass shooter red flags
“And after you’ve checked on Elon, Officer, can you swing by Linda Yaccarino’s place too, see how she’s doing? Maybe quietly take away any pills or Chardonnay bottles you find?”
Strange days we live in. This popped up in google searching “elon musk katana picture”. AI generated 314 days ago, 4 images. Bad as they are, I’d have to say they look slightly less ridiculous than the real-life Elmo cosplaying a 12-year-old boy living out his “imaninja” fantasy.
