John PanzerDec 17, 2022

https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/16/elon-tries-badly-to-defend-the-banning-of-journalists-as-twitter-starts-blocking-links-mentions-of-mastodon/

Thank you @mmasnick for doing the definitive first draft of the last 48 hours. This destroys any pretense Elon (and Jason) have of intellectual consistency. Their only refuge is to lie and deflect. It’s all here in black and white.

Elon Tries (Badly) To Defend The Banning Of Journalists As Twitter Starts Blocking Links & Mentions Of Mastodon

Look, I fucking warned Elon that this is exactly how it would go. It’s how it always goes. Remember Parler? They promised that they would moderate “based off the FCC and the Supreme cou…

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Show threadScott StedmanDec 17, 2022
@jpanzer @mmasnick Jason’s bullying of Jack Sweeney gave me such a visceral response. It was so disgusting.
Show threadJohn PanzerDec 17, 2022
@scottmstedman @mmasnick Mike's piece, along the way, metaphorically reduces Jason Calacanis to a (tiny) pile of smoking ash. And I'm glad he did it. Jason is an enabler for a dangerous narcissist and needs to be called out.
Show threadMike Masnick ✅Dec 17, 2022
@jpanzer @scottmstedman i called him out directly on twitter (he follows me) and he chose not to respond after that initial response.
Show threadJohn Panzer
@mmasnick @scottmstedman Given what I've seen from him the last few weeks, that doesn't surprise me. He used to be semi reasonable, if a bit of a hypester. I think he is an opportunist and he knows he's being ridiculous.
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Show threadAdam CookDec 17, 2022

@jpanzer @mmasnick @scottmstedman Jason has always been a fill-in-the-blank for Musk.

For years now.