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Return of the Grifter
Elon Musk’s plans for Twitter are as expected — rooted in evil
Everyone on Twitter now is at a crossroads. It is like that song by The Clash — “should I stay or should I go?”
The reason? The Grifter’s account (The Grifter for those who don’t know is America’s 45th President) has been reactivated by the other Grifter who owns it now, Elon Musk.
After someone tweeted and said it was okay for the Grifter to be back on based on free speech, the opposition weighed in strongly against this line of thinking:
I agree with the above and there were hundreds more. Everyone is for free speech but #45 used the platform for evil means. His free speech rights are intact; he just should not be assisted in exercising those rights for terrible reasons such as hate, lies and misinformation.
He has the right to stand anywhere basically or even drive down the street with a bullhorn blasting his lies. However, to allow him a space on a digital platform…
