Gregg GonsalvesIf you know my history, you know I grew up as part of ACT UP, the AIDS activist group in the 80s and 90s. I've protested every President, multiple drug companies, and federal officials. 1/
But we NEVER rained down threats on anyone. Now Elon Musk on the bird site is tweeting out "prosecute/Fauci." 2/
This is an 81 year old scientist and physician. He and his family have had death threats for close to three years and needed Secret Service protection. 3/
I don't care what you think of the man, but the idea that Elon Musk, thug and right wing oligarch can amp up hate directed towards one man is evil. It just is. 4/
Put that into the context of the racist, antisemitic, homophobic hate unleashed on Twitter over the past few months and you can see that Elon Musk loves this, this monetizing of hate, it arouses him, it gets him going. 5/
From Trump to Musk, and the lesser demagogues like DeSantis, we're in deep trouble in this country. What is being unleashed is not going to end well. 6/
We all need to push back on all of this before it's too late. end/
Kim Scheinberg@gregggonsalves
Yes it's evil, he gets off on it, and it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better. We do need to push back.
But we shouldn't be doing that on twitter. Anyone who's survived an abusive relationship knows the only thing that works is grey rock / no contact. We should be organizing here and depriving him of oxygen there. The quicker we all disappear, the sooner he turns on his (current) inner circle.
Just look at how Trump is withering now that all eyes are on Elon.
The Spoonless Kitchen@kims @gregggonsalves This is exactly why I keep urging people to post links to the h*llscape of a h*llsite via Nitter instead. It deprives the other site of clicks.
Bonus, you can use Advanced Search syntax to retrieve what you need from your own Twitter feed.
I can't delete mine because it's got too much evidence of the #COVID19 #disinformation campaigns from 2021. It's ironclad proof Twitter is responsible for the #pandemic not being over, and in fact, now being unstoppable.
Shannon DeMaria@thespoonless @kims @gregggonsalves Thanks for the link. I've seen nitter links posted around before but never the interface for posting them. I didn't realize you could look up specific people by username. (deleted my acct a month ago before migration tools started to be commonly used and have people I've wanted to look up to see if they've moved anywhere.)