(via Twitter Is a Far-Right Social Network)
Twitter Is a Far-Right Social Network
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Earlier today, NBC News reported that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is slated to kick off his 2024 presidential campaign in a Twitter Spaces event with Musk. Twitter, quite literally, is a launch pad for right-wing political leaders. Also today, The Daily Wire, the conservative-media juggernaut that is home to Ben Shapiro as well as the political commentators Matt Walsh and Michael Knowles, who are known for arguing against trans rights, announced it would bring its entire slate of podcasts to Twitter starting next week. And earlier this month, the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson announced that he would take his prime-time-show format—a dog-whistling broadcast style known for its fearmongering and bigotry——to Musk’s platform.
Media should stop referring to these right-wing racists, bigots, elitists and fascists as “conservative”. They’re the worst of the worst in a free, civilized society. Modern day Nazis who hide behind “Free Speech” to perpetuate their hate, lies, deception, and fact-free manufactured culture wars.