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Conservative Contradictions
I have to laugh, otherwise I’d forever weep for humanity
My recent article, Elon Musk is an Aspie Supremacist went “viral” (or at least, viral in that it got the largest reach of any article I’ve written on Medium in 4 1/2 years). Which, of course, meant my writing brought all the trolls to the yard.
It’s okay. Every hateful, ignorant comment means more pennies in the bank for me, so I’ll live with it — well, actually, those who had nothing intelligent to say merely got blocked and ignored. Those who engage in respectful disagreement and good-faith discourse are always welcome and encouraged.
Anyway…
I had a funny thought.
Or at least I found it funny. Funny-sad, not funny ha-ha, but I’ll try to make it humorous for you, because the world needs more of the latter and less of the former right now.
One of the most common lines in defense of Musk and his abhorrent behaviour was that he’s a “defender of free speech”. Yeah. I don’t know where people get this idea considering he bought Twitter (which he promptly gave a ridiculous name and “managed” down the toilet), he censors and suspends accounts of people he doesn’t like and doesn’t agree with, and essentially uses his platform as a tool for self-promotion and right-wing propaganda.
