The short-lived era of Elon Musk’s Twitter being a semi-“free speech platform” came to an end on Friday after Musk started banning right-wing critics of his who vocally opposed his plan to radically expand Indian immigration.
On Friday night, Musk called MAGA critics of Indian immigration “contemptible fools” who “must be removed from the Republican Party, root and stem.”
MAGA is taking a page from Democrats on how to lose elections while feeling good about themselves. https://t.co/axJBF4PyZY
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) December 27, 2024
Musk, who became a Republican just two years ago and originally supported DeSantis over Trump, made the comment in response to a post from Neera Tanden telling her fellow Indians to vote Democrat because Republicans are racist against Indians.
Neera Tanden is a lifelong Democrat activist who has worked under Clinton, Obama and Biden.
The “contemptible fools” I’m referring to are those in the Republican Party who are hateful, unrepentant racists.
They will absolutely be the downfall of the Republican Party if they are not removed.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 28, 2024
We’re basically as far away from an election as you can get and yet Musk evidently decided that the feelings of Tanden should be setting GOP policy.
He swiftly launched a massive purge of right-wing accounts he labeled “coordinated reply spammers/scammers.”
Beware the paid and pro trolls. They are out in force today.
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) December 27, 2024
Twitter is filled with “reply spammers” — that’s the main way people get views on the site — and yet it’s only the people who criticized him who are getting banned.
Another December Twitter purge…
Deja vu all over again. pic.twitter.com/l9Z9Clq4F8
— Nicholas J. Fuentes (@NickJFuentes) December 27, 2024
There’s even more pic.twitter.com/M7ztMCo8HJ
— Asuka Groyper 🚬 (@asukagrypr) December 27, 2024
X suspends all Project Groyper affiliated accounts after Musk promises to nuke “spammers.”
Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/yBi6Osy28D
— AF Post (@AFpost) December 28, 2024
Though Musk himself shares fake tweets all the time, he banned this guy for sharing a fake tweet of him.
Apparently this random small account posted a screenshot of a fake tweet from Elon and got nuked from orbit within a few hours. This is…
Concerning pic.twitter.com/k6o3qWqkoB— Clint Russell (@LibertyLockPod) December 28, 2024
For the record, that fake tweet went viral yesterday after it made the front page of Reddit.
Sriram Krishnan, the Indian immigrant whose appointment by Trump to be Senior White House Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence initially sparked much of this backlash, was described by an Indian Twitter user as “our George Floyd.”
“Man, Sriram sure didn’t deserve all this! He’s such a great guy,” Musk said in response. “I hope this ultimately pieces [sic] the boil of hidden racism and leads to a better America.”
Sriram Krishnan is our George Floyd.
— Krish Shah (@top_jeet_) December 27, 2024
Despite his criticisms of “reply spammers,” Musk didn’t apply these rules to his chief defender, Malaysian reply spammer/content ripper Ian Miles Cheong.
Without H1B you would not have FSD. https://t.co/K8ouoEkQ92
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) December 27, 2024
Cheong, who tweets almost exclusively about American politics despite living his whole life in Malaysia and never even stepping foot in America, is evidently Musk’s model citizen.
Perhaps Musk will get Cheong an H-1B visa so he can finally come to America and serve as his footstool?
This article originally appeared on Information Liberation and is republished by The Noticer with permission.
