CNN analysis: Elon Musk has become "a right-wing sh*tposter"

[frauenfelder]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/03/19/cnn-analysis-elon-musk-has-become-a-right-wing-shtposter.html

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[Melizmatic]

[RickMycroft]

I did not see that coming!

[jccalhoun]

Musk says the flawed and incorrect arguments and the blue checkmarks on twitter are all “Musk pwned Lemon with facts!”
No. No he didn’t. His arguments were flawed and factually incorrect.

[gracchus]

The fanbois will be split between pushing some 5D chess reverse-psychology BS explanation and others just admitting that they, too, were Nazis all along.

[danimagoo]

@frauenfelder

“if there is not a ‘red wave’ in November, ‘America is doomed.’”

Completely unrelated to this little fact, I’m sure.

@anon15383236

Wages have gone up for all but the top 20% of Americans, whose wages have fallen, reducing inequality.

[lorcan_nagle]

[chenille]

I mean, this is incredibly obvious, but you know what? Media also has a serious problem with not recognizing right-wing trash as right-wing trash. I’ll take them finally cluing in on this idiot.

[uniqueusername]

I miss the days when wealthy industrialists became urine-collecting hermits in their home theatres.

[angusm]

When Musk describes someone who upset him as “just a bad guy”, he sounds positively presidential.

For some very specific values of ‘president’.

[anon61221983]

@angusm

he sounds positively presidential.

[Mister44]

Concerning.

[Shuck]

Of course he’s a “right wing shitposter,” but at this point it seems like that’s all he is. Is he running Twitter (except into the ground, by being it’s chief shitposter)? Does anyone (outside the cult) think he’s contributing anything of worth to Tesla or SpaceX at this point? No, he’s a highly visible shitposter, who just happens to own some companies. He’s a security concern with government contracts.

@jccalhoun

the blue checkmarks on twitter are all “Musk pwned Lemon with facts!”

It’s weird to see the responses over there. Half the blue checkmarks claiming, “He’s a super-genius who will save the world, having single-handedly created the automotive and space industries!”

[smulder]

@frauenfelder

Musk trashed the former CNN anchor, calling him a “stupid asshole” and “just a bad guy, plain and simple.”

[smulder]

@uniqueusername

I miss the days when wealthy industrialists became urine-collecting hermits in their home theatres.

… so you’re saying he’s not doing that

[anon73430903]

@angusm

For some very specific values of ‘president’.

This, after it has been left in the hot sun for a few months?

[Melizmatic]

[GospelX]

Is this the future of journalism, reporting on yesteryear’s news?

[cool_catbad]

Does he not realise that he is just like the proverbial Internet Warrior in the basement of his parents house, astounding very few people with his bravado. The worlds richest middle-class brat.

[KathyPartdeux]

He’s just another idiot duped by the wingnuts.