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John Finley Dec 12, 2022

Amazing. When I checked this story (about #Musk getting #booed on stage at a #Chappelle gig) a couple of hours ago it had 3 embedded #Twitter videos of the booing on it. Since then Musk has had all 3 removed and had the account that posted them deleted —not suspended, deleted—completely.

There's no longer any pretence of it being a free, pluralistic platform.
https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-booed-stadium-crowd-dave-chappelle-sf-boo-1849881192

[Update: Musk did not delete the account. They deactivated. They're now back, and have posted the below.]

Elon Musk Gets Viciously Booed by Stadium Crowd at Dave Chappelle Show

“You shut the fuck up,” Chappelle said as the crowd booed the billionaire.

Gizmodo

CoolJojo 😄Dec 12, 2022

@hughster Watching Musk, I learned about how people with power turn into tyrants (or monsters).

#elon #elonmusk #birdsite

Lauren Dec 12, 2022

@Cooljojo @hughster
Any legacy he could have built, he is currently destroying.

Jacob Markey Dec 12, 2022

@lmediaarts @Cooljojo @hughster think what else could have been done with $44BB 😢

SUSPACK Dec 12, 2022

@Ebeneezer22 @lmediaarts @Cooljojo @hughster like solve world hunger.

Elizabeth Dec 13, 2022

@Bodo @Ebeneezer22 @lmediaarts @Cooljojo @hughster Or, you know, not killed over 1500 animals pushing development of his Neurolink chip, which in and of itself is a frightening proposition.

Frida Kahlua🌊🇺🇲🇵🇭🇺🇦Dec 13, 2022

@lmediaarts @Cooljojo @hughster
So does Jack. I bet he never have dreamed his platform to become the platform of the terrorist.

Dr. Guillermo Power

@Cooljojo @hughster I hadn’t thought about this, but yeah. This could be the perfect example of power corrupting a man.

Tim Ford Dec 12, 2022

@Cooljojo @hughster

Power does not corrupt. It reveals.

When you get enough power to do whatever you want, people see what kind of person you were all along.

Musk did't just change into a douchebag. He was a douchebag all along, but he didn't have the power to flex about it.

Dennis Jernberg Dec 12, 2022

@timfordwrites @Cooljojo @hughster
So it's like "in vino veritas". This is certainly true in Elon's case.

Tim Burnham 🇺🇸🇺🇦Dec 12, 2022

@timfordwrites @Cooljojo @hughster In that case, this is just another way of saying "all humans are naturally corrupt," because it always happens. My worldview can't accept this.

Tim Ford Dec 12, 2022

@timrburnham @Cooljojo @hughster

Not sure what you mean. If you're saying it has always corrupted, I respectfully submit that isn't the case.

Presidents like FDR or Lincoln have wielded power in pursuit of good. There have even been morally just monarchs, like Dom Pedro II of Brazil.

By no means are all people naturally corrupt. I'd even go so far as to say the majority aren't. If they were, we'd be backstabbing each other in broad daylight. We naturally form communities instead.

Tim Burnham 🇺🇸🇺🇦Dec 12, 2022

@timfordwrites @Cooljojo @hughster I won't say anything about monarchs, too far outside my experience.

I'd argue that presidents are poor examples. A prime goal of democracy is to withhold corrupting power from individuals: power is wielded by institutions, stewarded by people. In a sense, billionaires are more powerful (less constrained?) than presidents.

The way to be president is to reveal your character, not the other way round. Sometimes, voters choose a president of poor character.

Tim Burnham 🇺🇸🇺🇦Dec 12, 2022

@timfordwrites @Cooljojo @hughster I agree strenuously with your last paragraph. People are good.

I don't wish to quarrel. But I agree far more with the usual quip about power corrupting, than your reformulation.

MostlyTato Dec 12, 2022

@timfordwrites @Cooljojo @hughster Very true, I may quote you on the first bit sometime, if you don't mind.

Tim Ford Dec 12, 2022

@MostlyTato @Cooljojo @hughster

Feel free, but I can't claim this as an original thought.

Robert Caro most famously talked about this after he chronicled the life of Lyndon Johnson, who was a well-known narcissist, and Robert Moses, an urban planner who abused his power for racist and money-hungry ends.

Here's the interview he first popularized the theory: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/interviews/a6826/robert-caro-0110/

And here's a good analysis:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/power-doesnt-corrupt-it-just-exposes-who-leaders-really-are/2019/02/22/f5680116-3600-11e9-854a-7a14d7fec96a_story.html

Robert Caro: What I've Learned

Robert Caro chronicles his own life, before admitting he's scared to know what college kids think of his books

Esquire

MostlyTato Dec 12, 2022

@timfordwrites @Cooljojo @hughster Nice one, thanks for the links.

Frida Kahlua🌊🇺🇲🇵🇭🇺🇦Dec 13, 2022

@timfordwrites @Cooljojo @hughster
Spot on!

Shell Sheddy Dec 13, 2022

@timfordwrites @Cooljojo @hughster
...Musk had the $$$$$$$ all along --he just didn't have the BIG platform to exert his total control...

#ACCOUNTABILITY is long overdue

@Cooljojo @hughster I kinda think that you need to already be a monster/tyrant to become a billionaire.

Frida Kahlua🌊🇺🇲🇵🇭🇺🇦Dec 13, 2022

@Cooljojo @hughster
He grew up that way we only knew him as an adult bit he was raised a narcissist by his apartheid parents.

B Bigelow Dec 12, 2022

@hughster wow, straight up Napoleonic

WWarped Dec 12, 2022

@hughster I have just Tweeted it on my account, it's currently being retweeted. I await my ban 😂

It's Just Jenn 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 12, 2022

@hughster What a thin skinned little sh*t he is!

Bonnie Sonder Dec 12, 2022

@hughster Elmo is a tad touchy 😂🤣

Marilyn Freedman Dec 12, 2022

@hughster So much for “free speech.” And as we said when we were kids: if you can’t take it, don’t dish it out.

aoctavio Dec 12, 2022

@hughster I haven't tweeted since 2018, I retweeted the video today to see if I get my account deleted. 😅

LizÖ Dec 12, 2022

@hughster I just retweeted it to see what happens to my account. When I logged in earlier, Dave Chapelle was trending; now it's much harder to find. EM seems not prepared for the drawbacks of being a more public person and now having a spotlight shown on his bad behavior. If he didn't own Twitter (and be trying to destroy it) he could have said the same stupid stuff as he always has and not gotten nearly as much push-back.

ᴚ uɐᗡ Dec 12, 2022

@LizOzselcuk @hughster I downloaded it and posted it on YouTube and tweeted a link to that which is still up
https://youtu.be/aoNJNuWLU1E

MUSK gets BOOED for MINUTES at CHAPPELLE / ROCK show

YouTube

ᴚ uɐᗡ Dec 12, 2022

@hughster I might have a YouTube video of this

ᴚ uɐᗡ Dec 12, 2022

@hughster when someone shows you who they are, maybe don't give them control of the world's largest communication platform
https://youtu.be/aoNJNuWLU1E

MUSK gets BOOED for MINUTES at CHAPPELLE / ROCK show

YouTube

daveglanz Dec 12, 2022

@hughster "free speech absolutist" LOL

J🍩hn Fünk Dec 12, 2022

@hughster So how's that free speech absolutism going?

Quasi Dec 12, 2022

Josh Buchea Dec 12, 2022

@hughster idea: everyone still on Twitter should share these videos on Twitter today.

Maria May, PhD Dec 12, 2022

@hughster he is a total fascist! #twitterVideos

ares Dec 12, 2022

when a fascist says #freespeech he means for him and his friends, and if you criticize him he will threaten, censor, imprison or kill you to shut you up

johne Dec 12, 2022

@hughster I wonder how long my link to the YT video will stay up. https://twitter.com/johne_erhardt/status/1602347376206876672

mastodon.social/@johnee on Twitter

“Lets try some of that Freeze Peach. https://t.co/3zbKVWRMhD”

Twitter

hikewithrichard Dec 12, 2022

@hughster The Far Right now have several social networks, and knowing them, they will undermine and destroy Twitter too.

Blaidd Drwg Dec 12, 2022

@hughster he is so unbelievably sensitive and fragile

philtor 🇺🇦🌻Dec 12, 2022

@hughster why even invite him onstage? It's just obvious pandering to wealth. People didn't pay to see Musk

Sedunker Dec 12, 2022

@hughster The videos are back in the article, because they've been uploaded to YouTube and updated the links

Hughster Dec 12, 2022

@Sedunker That's right; only the original account that uploaded them is gone.

hikewithrichard Dec 12, 2022

@hughster "“Do you hear that sound, Elon? That’s the sound of pending civil unrest. I can’t wait to see what store you decimate next, motherfucker. You shut the fuck up.”"

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Dec 12, 2022

@hughster audibly laughing at Muskrat's shallow ego playing out in front of us.

quay Dec 12, 2022

It is right and noble that people post this video all over Twitter with every possible video streaming service.

Darwin Woodka Dec 12, 2022

@hughster Musk is just such a twinkie really

Jason Evangelho 🐧🎒Dec 12, 2022

@hughster He's also incredibly insecure. All links to Mastodon instances are now hidden and marked as sensitive content.

(h/t to @Crecenteb for pointing this out)

DanaBlankenhorn Dec 12, 2022

@hughster Rich man sad. Rich man mad.

Rich man thought he was doing a good thing. Found he was doing bad things. He is very angry about that.

He is angry at the wrong people.

Alison Wilder Dec 12, 2022

@hughster WTF was Dave Chappelle doing bringing him onstage? I can't fathom why that idea would even come up. It's a comedy show, and Elon is not only a horrible human being, he is the least funny human being on the planet. So confused. This is why I don't use corporate social media, I bet I would be confused like this many times a day.

Shield Maiden Dec 12, 2022

@hughster What a wimpy wimpy woo...time for anyone on birdshite to gratuitously add boo soundtrack to all their posts eh?🤣

ChrisStanton Dec 12, 2022

@hughster he cancelled my account for criticizing him

Dave DiBona Dec 12, 2022

@hughster What a shame he can't remove them from this site😄😄

jec&Dec 12, 2022

@hughster Streissand effect

Woodchaz Dec 12, 2022

@hughster Should be a wake up call for Dave. The right wing grift is not as popular as it appears. It's profitable, but you don't get to keep your integrity, which I used to think he had plenty of.

David Karban Dec 12, 2022

@hughster "Free speech"

Ces Felber🐞🌿🦎🌻🐳Dec 12, 2022

@hughster
Apparently there are so many ppl on Twitter putting this video up that Elmo's minions are running around playing whack-a-mole trying to delete them all.

Freedom of Speech. Yeah, right...