Musky Litigation
Elon believes in free "speech" but not freedom of who you advertise with.
For proof of how weird Donald Trump and JD Vance are, one of their supporters is Elon Musk.
Remember when Elon was kinda sorta cagey about who he supported politically? It was pretty clear after he purchased Twitter as he supported the conspiracy theories on Hunter Biden, allowed Trump and Nazis back on the platform (I know, redundant), allowed racist rancid liars like Laura Loomer to run free with her bullshit, and lent support to antisemites. Now, he’s spreading lies about “illegals” voting and promising to donate $45 million a month to a pro-Trump Super PAC.
It was his endorsement of a tweet from a Nazi a year ago that got him into this situation. The Nazi claimed “communist” Jewish communities were pushing anti-white racism and Elon replied, “You have said the actual truth.”
Remember, Elon is from South Africa… old-school Apartheid South Africa.
Elon, who claims he’s all about freedom of speech threatened to sue the Anti-Defamation League for pointing out hate speech on Twitter/X. Elon claims there’s not any hate speech on his platform while he endorses Nazis and tells us “illegals” are voting in our elections. Why isn’t pointing out hate speech considered free speech?
A lot of advertisers on Twitter decided they didn’t want to be associated with this kinda shit. Who wants their ad to appear next to a racist tweet? If you go to your homepage on Twitter, the bulk of tweets you will see are from MAGAts you don’t follow. Elon is making sure the first tweets you see are from racists because he’s one too.
If I go to my Twitter/X home page right now, among the first ten tweets I’ll see will be from Laura Loomer and Donald Trump Jr. Sometimes, Twitter will give me a notification for a DJTJ tweet, even though I don’t follow him.
When the advertisers left, Elon said, “Don’t advertise.” He followed that with, “If someone’s going to try to blackmail me with advertising, blackmail me with money, go fuck yourself.”
I don’t think Elon knows how blackmail works. If the advertisers who left didn’t make any demands, that’s not blackmail. Now, if they left and said, “We’re not coming back until you sell one of your 12 children from three different Baby Mamas,” then that would be blackmail. This is a hypothetical. No one is trying to force Elon to sell one of his 12 kids from three different Baby Mamas.
Speaking of kids, did you know Elon has a half-sister from his father having an affair with his adopted sister who his father adopted when she was four? This isn’t Elon’s fault but it might explain a lot of shit from him having grown up in that sort of creepy atmosphere. And also, eeeeewwwwwwwwww.
Now Elon has a change of heart and has gone from telling advertisers “fuck you,” he doesn’t need your money, to suing them because he needs their money.
Elon filed the suit in Texas, the Northern District where Trump-appointed Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk sits. Conservative legal groups have filed cases in Kascmaryk’s district in what’s called “forum shopping.” Usually, they don’t even live in Texas. Elon doesn’t live in Texas and at least for now, Twitter’s headquarters is in San Francisco which is NOT in Texas.
Yes, suing companies because they won’t advertise on your platform is a ridiculous lawsuit that should be mocked with much derision but with it being filed in North Texas, it has to be taken seriously. Kacsmaryk is a fundamentalist fucknut who assumed the job with zero experience as a judge. He had to be nominated twice as the Senate rejected him the first time. As with all of Trump’s judicial nominees, he was suggested by the Federalist Society. Kacsmaryk is Aileen Cannon with a penis…we assume.
Kacsmaryk will hear this lawsuit and then it’ll go to a higher court where it’s struck down because it’s stupid. For example, Musk says the advertisers are conducting an “illegal boycott.” Unilever and Mars, the consumer goods groups, Danish windfarm operator Ørsted, and American healthcare group CVS Health are the targets, alongside a body called the Global Reliance for Responsible Media. Musk claims the companies withheld “billions of dollars in advertising revenue” from Twitter/X in a malicious conspiracy that violated US antitrust law.
Unilever doesn’t want to buy ad space next to hate speech or even politics. Most brands don’t want anything to do with politics or content that’s even slightly divisive. They’re not all MyPillow. Unilever only spends about 20 percent of its advertising budget on social media sites. But no advertiser should have to explain to a court why they won’t advertise on a specific platform. “I don’t want to” should be reason enough. And quite frankly, not wanting to be associated with Elon Musk, his bigotry, hatred, racism, stupid-ass conspiracy theories, and his trolling in general is a very reasonable reason not to want to be associated with his brand.
Elon has ruined the brand. Users used to earn a blue badge of verification but under Elon’s “leadership,” anyone can buy the blue badge. For some reason, giving Elon $8 is verification although a lot of anonymous fuckers have blue badges now.
Elon also believes organizing a coup through his platform is free speech. He believes sharing lies and conspiracy theories is free speech. He believes giving Nazis a platform is free speech. But the thing is, the Constitution doesn’t promise you a right to free speech on a private platform. Commenting on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or even on this Substack blog is not a constitutionally guaranteed right. It’s a privilege. Don’t worry, I’m not going to remove your comments.
Elon Musk might be the smartest dumbass in the world.
These advertisers and the courts should speak to Elon with words he’ll understand and tell him to go fuck yourself.
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There is also a little thing called The Bill of Rights to the Constitution, which does not matter much in Texas these days. But it does guarantee in the First Amendment the right of association , as well as free speech. They are equal. And the right of association means you don’t have to hang around with anybody you don’t want to. And it is your right of free speech to also not say anything, even if you would have to pay to do it. All these companies need to do in court is say “First Amendment, association,” and be in the clear. Melon Husk is just playing the fool here, and he needs to get lawyers that are not idling in their Cybertrucks behind Home Depot.
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