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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJfc- Elon Musk just tweeted this
Link to tweet
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In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party.
But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.
Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold 🍿
Musk is a troll who loves drama.
Link to tweet
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HipChick
(25,485 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Elroy is such a robot. Why does he have to give us his opinion about everything?
No one cares what you think, Elroy.
MontanaMama
(23,375 posts)sop
(10,375 posts)"Tesla is having a tough day in the stock market, but not because of its stock price. While the automakers stock is down more than 7 percent today, the biggest news comes from the fact that Tesla has been removed from the S&P 500 ESG Index. As you may have guessed, Elon Musk isnt thrilled about this."
"The S&P 500 ESG Index evaluates companies environmental, social and governance data to rank and recommend them to investors. According to CNBC, the ESG Index uses criteria that includes hundreds of data points related to how companies handle their environmental impact and treat stakeholders like employees, vendors, partners, neighbors and customers. Each company in the Index is given a score based on these parameters."
https://jalopnik.com/tesla-booted-from-s-p-500s-esg-index-because-of-all-the-1848944760
rpannier
(24,356 posts)Pretty bizarre. In the Louis CK realm
Captain Zero
(6,903 posts)Why are Republicans such lechers?
SunImp
(2,228 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)NickB79
(19,313 posts)Poor persecuted Elon.
AZProgressive
(29,322 posts)He has been trolling the left for a long time on Twitter. I blocked him a long time ago.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,456 posts)SunImp
(2,228 posts)Doc Sportello
(7,560 posts)Bezos demeaned Biden this week. Imagine you worship him too. Strange the people you admire - for a Democrat I mean.
tenderfoot
(8,446 posts)eom
oioioi
(1,127 posts)Response to oioioi (Reply #38)
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Carlitos Brigante
(26,519 posts)Doc Sportello
(7,560 posts)Now that is clever.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,385 posts)Makes total sense for a sociopath.
demmiblue
(36,958 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)saying they'd never vote for Hiliary Clinton (after their guy lost in the primaries) . . . . . and enough of them didn't.
Doc Sportello
(7,560 posts)In fact, the number of Sanders voters who did not vote for Hillary in the primary was estimated by several polls at between 6 and 12 percent. That number is dwarfed by the number of Hillary voters who voted for McCain over Obama, which comes in at 24 percent, and the number in 2016 is about average for a presidential general election. And this analysis below shows that not all the Sanders voters were even Democrats in the first place or, in your smear, that they are even liberals. Who in your mind are ot blame for everything; guess that's easier than blaming your hero and others like him whose wealth and income inequality they helped to create has made the robber barons of the late 19th Centruy look like pikers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/08/24/did-enough-bernie-sanders-supporters-vote-for-trump-to-cost-clinton-the-election/
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Without that, we wouldn't have trump. Probably wouldn't have had the hack here on election night, either.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)"Fully 12 percent of people who voted for Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries voted for President Trump in the general election. That is according to the data from the Cooperative Congressional Election Study a massive election survey of around 50,000 people. (For perspective, a run-of-the-mill survey measuring Trump's job approval right now has a sample of 800 to 1,500.):
https://www.npr.org/2017/08/24/545812242/1-in-10-sanders-primary-voters-ended-up-supporting-trump-survey-finds
If only 100,000 in a few states, had controlled their misplaced anger, we never would have had trump.
And, there was another Democratic Senator bashing Obama and Clinton over trade right up to November 2016.
Doc Sportello
(7,560 posts)If you bothered to read the story it said between 6 and 12 percent so of course you took the higher number and ignored the part about many of them not being Democrats in the first place. And you're doing all this spinning and misleading simply as an attempt to deflect attention away from your hero - when the election of 2016 has nothing to do with him. Just stop it. You should be embarrassed but I guess your hero worship runs too deep. Truly sad.
progressoid
(50,056 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,385 posts)Are you saying hes justified because someone else didnt support Democrats?
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)force that.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,385 posts)Is he going to be ok?
muriel_volestrangler
(101,456 posts)and as such, has an affinity with Trump. And is just as bad as any anonymous Never Hillary voter, but has a million times greater power.
https://web.archive.org/web/20200803183739/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/07/elon-musk-kanye-west-president-support-again
He certainly never bothered to point out what a fucking awful human being, and choice for president, Trump was - because morally, he doesn't object to much Trump does (the only area Musk is clearly better about is climate change). He donates to people for strategic reasons, eg Rubio, because he wants government help for his space dreams.
spooky3
(34,570 posts)Cha
(298,354 posts)Gaslit POS Troll.. either way
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spooky3
(34,570 posts)Cha
(298,354 posts)💙💛
PatSeg
(47,842 posts)His behavior and attitude are so consistently erratic and hyper defensive. Sane reasonable people do not act like that.
bucolic_frolic
(43,641 posts)After all, Trump doesn't have the money to buy Twitter
Claustrum
(4,846 posts)He has definitely taken that page out of the TFG administration playbook to profit himself and his friends.
I don't think anyone has ever been so public about their buyouts if they are serious about it. Why would anyone want to inflate the stock prices before they finalize the price of the takeover?
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)What do they call it
manipulation? He will claim its the libs persecuting him.
That other trumpy guy that runs overstock(?) tried to damage Wayfair. So, this Twitter nonsense is just to damage trumps competition for his lame social media venture.
Always cheating and calling it winning. Whiny ass crybabies.
PatSeg
(47,842 posts)He now thinks he is God and can get away with anything it seems.
madaboutharry
(40,252 posts)Another rich man who believes in nothing.
What an asshole.
hamsterjill
(15,227 posts)Hes an unstable genius. Hes a genius in a limited capacity though - smart about some things and totally clueless about others.
Claustrum
(4,846 posts)If electric cars make him a lot of money, he is all in. If space travel makes him a lot of money, he is all in as well. It was never about the environment as others thought it is. He just conveniently uses it as it's a good marketing tool.
sl8
(14,186 posts)https://www.theonion.com/please-like-me-1848674003
3/24/22 7:00AM
Elon Musk
It can be strange, sometimes, to be me. Im the wealthiest man on the planet, for starters. Leaders across America, and indeed the world, look to me as a visionary driving technological progress in areas from transportation, to communication, to becoming a multi-planetary species. The kinds of projects Im involved in would blow most peoples minds. To the outside observer, Im sure it seems like I have it all. And maybe I do. Although Id like to make one simple request:
Please like me.
Please, for the love of all that is holy, consider me clever and interesting.
Honestly, I dont get why anyone wouldnt like me. I do cool stuff. I make cars. People like cars, dont they? I make stonks go to the moon. Isnt that cool? Isnt making stonks go to the moon something people like? Seriously, cmon. Appreciate me. I was on Rick And Morty. Wubba lubba dub dub, right? People love that show! I like to hang out. I microdose acid, a cool drug. Remember that time I went on Joe Rogans podcast and smoked that joint? Who else would be crazy enough to do that but me?
[...]
renate
(13,776 posts)I can totally imagine this being real, especially the first paragraph and the "please like me."
dchill
(38,676 posts)Carlitos Brigante
(26,519 posts)msongs
(67,561 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Asking for millions of friends.
OLDMDDEM
(1,583 posts)that the sale will never happen. This is a rich guy that is now flexing his muscles to see what else he can play with. SpaceX and Tesla are doing fine so he's bored and wants to delve into something to keep him busy.
He is a royal POS.
JohnSJ
(92,605 posts)it, and needs to figure out a way to sell more of his over-priced cars, which mostly are progressives who are his customers, so in his infinite wisdom he thinks insulting them makes good business sense
In It to Win It
(8,340 posts)We have higher priorities
world wide wally
(21,762 posts)Vote for the Republican party of peace, love, and unity.
Mad_Machine76
(24,471 posts)Cha
(298,354 posts)stupid Troll Fuck.
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Mad_Machine76
(24,471 posts)Sure, Jan.
relayerbob
(6,566 posts)Except Hughes stayed quiet publicly. This idiot porves that money can't paper over lack of class.
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)phony war on Twitter.
As if he voted for kindness.
And, assuming just a little sincerity in his spew, is he simply angry Democrats are fighting back?
Such a simpletons clash he is putting together, trolling for Tweets. Sad.
Meowmee
(5,164 posts)and NOT a genius by any means. A fascist all the way. I don't usually advocate it but I hope everyone half way normal leaves twitter and it gets run into the ground. I almost never pay attention to it unless something is posted here from there, which is all too frequent.
PXR-5
(522 posts)the party that gave him all the electric car incentives and breaks, also to his customers.
Meanwhile over at SpaceX he also received breaks, contracts and launch pad access.
Now conservatives will be buying electric cars, and will be onboard with climate change, we'll see...
standingtall
(2,787 posts)Sense he offered to pay travel expenses for any of his employees seeking an abortion. Of course I think he's lying about that, but okay.
TexasTowelie
(112,939 posts)for environmental issues at the Boca Chica spaceport on South Padre Island. The clearance has been delayed repeatedly over several months so it is beginning to impact the launch schedule for SpaceX.
maxsolomon
(33,489 posts)His vote won't move a single needle.
PatSeg
(47,842 posts)I think he values that even more than money.
Carlitos Brigante
(26,519 posts)who is constantly fellated by the media........ GTFOH!
Torchlight
(3,523 posts)and is doing this in an attempt to get in front of the story.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)Rebl2
(13,671 posts)Where is my tiny 🎻
LetMyPeopleVote
(146,257 posts)Nululu
(842 posts)Notice he does this after Buffalo.
Seriously, a bigot and a couple of theocratics decide to buy twitter and teach the US about free speech.
Sounds like a bad joke.
C Moon
(12,229 posts)Like trump, musk considers white supremacists good people.
dchill
(38,676 posts)TNNurse
(6,938 posts)Scalded Nun
(1,248 posts)Caliman73
(11,760 posts)Democrats are the party that believes that GOVERNMENT should be used as a force for good. To equalize and restrain the excesses of Capitalism and defend the vulnerable against the greed of the powerful.
Democrats believe that most perspectives are valid and that those which hold the least power in society should be protected from being marginalized.
Democrats believe that those who benefit most from society, should be able to and should shoulder more of the burden for that benefit. The wealthy have always gotten more from society than they put in. That is exactly how you get wealthy. Not just rich, but wealthy.
Musk switched to Republican because he realized that they fight hardest for people like him to be in control of everything. They bring confort to the comfortable and will fight for a hierarchy with people like Musk at the top. No other reason.
PatSeg
(47,842 posts)than he does "kindness". Meanwhile, I think he loves all the attention.
ZonkerHarris
(24,348 posts)make up the modern GOP?
Not me.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)NotHardly
(1,062 posts)Nixie
(17,027 posts)billionaires and now he wants to join the fray and have his fun with his own insults. Note his popcorn emoji.
Recently he addressed AOC in a Tweet along the lines of her desiring him because she talked about him so much (something like that). He was apparently trying to mirror her general Twitter comment that the GOP talking about her so much means they desire her. So now he can strike back on his terms.
The Twitter wars are pretty childish all the way around, actually, and it's quite predictable that eventually this payback effort would surface in some form.
AZProgressive
(29,322 posts)But Musk took it personally.
Nixie
(17,027 posts)I was referring to AOC's recent tweet about the GOP "projecting sexual fantasies." I don't follow her, but I saw it here I think a few months ago. He mimicked/mocked her about that tweet.
AZProgressive
(29,322 posts)She was tweeting about a billionaire with an ego problem and mentions hate speech and Musk responds thinking it is about him.
Nixie
(17,027 posts)But, in general, the insults about billionaires from her colleagues are one-size-fits-all. They are repetitive and often superficial insults about billionaires that we can all repeat from having been exposed to them, so he's not completely off base thinking he was being called out. That did tip his hand, though, on how he intends to proceed with this Twitter deal.
AZProgressive
(29,322 posts)I think he proves their point about billionaires. He said Democrats were the party of division and hate less than a week after the Buffalo shooting. Plus it would be like me trying to buy forum or social media site because I dont like the content or how it is run. Im not a billionaire so I dont have that privilege.
Nixie
(17,027 posts)He owns a major car company called Tesla that was headquartered in California but he moved it to Texas, so thats when some of problems started.
Elon is a well known public figure, so I dont need them to impose their billionaire hating agenda on me as I can judge for myself and see how he has deteriorated.
And, actually, he was specific about the extremists he was talking about in our party, but you left that out and we cant talk about that here.
Thanks for agreeing with my observationshe is ready to insult them more and can do it all through buying Twitter. Hence my reference to his popcorn emoji. What he is doing is very predictable. Predictable doesnt imply fair, it just means predictable. The insults about billionaires are associated with one group in particular since around 2016, so its not hard to see why he is targeting them back.
AZProgressive
(29,322 posts)Link to tweet
IMO the right wing has moved far to the right while the left supports mainstream things like universal health care, cannabis legalization, and taxes on the wealthy which is what Musk is most worried about.
He is from apartheid South Africa, his company his accused of racism, and he complained about a woke mind virus which is a dog whistle. I dont blame anyone but Musk for supporting Republicans.
Nixie
(17,027 posts)Last edited Wed May 18, 2022, 08:16 PM - Edit history (1)
means by the far left and its not rank and file Democrats. Although it started in California where he didnt like the regulations.
One of his detractors drives a Tesla, a company founded by Musk.
Mr. Sparkle
(2,966 posts)we should give it back to the Mexicans before it can do any more damage
betsuni
(25,909 posts)Somebody should give him a puppy.
AZLD4Candidate
(5,882 posts)iemanja
(53,137 posts)He lives for it. Most people would simply vote and be done with it. Musk thinks himself so important that all he has to do is announce his intentions and the world will fall at his feet.
jcgoldie
(11,674 posts)"Please pay attention to meeeeeeee!" He's a slightly smarter Trump. Have fun selling electric cars to Maga assholes, fool.
thesquanderer
(12,012 posts)...what a business move!
AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,407 posts)He'll have to buy one.
bluestarone
(17,197 posts)Then i have no fucking problem if you sleep with them. (SAME FUCKING BED) WE do not need this ASSHOLE anyway!
BannonsLiver
(16,556 posts)Who told me on this forum last week Elon is doing so many things for the good of humanity? I hope you're shutting your pie hole somewhere.
MerryBlooms
(11,778 posts)All just jealous? The defense of musk reminds me of the putin defense a few years ago. Something weird going on.
dalton99a
(81,772 posts)C Moon
(12,229 posts)moondust
(20,045 posts)fostering deadly domestic terrorism, censoring education, building walls to keep the "others" out, Muslim bans, calling Nazi marchers "good people," working to MAGA like it was in 1950 or 1850, etc., etc., etc. That's NOT the party of "division & hate"?
Maybe he figures he has sucked all the money he can out of the "clean energy" party and is moving on to the "profits over people" party of tax cuts and deregulation.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)Revolutionary Communist Party until I realized that the window-smashing GOP insurrectionists could help me grift my way into the Federal Treasury"
hunter
(38,367 posts)Anyone who wants to save Tesla, SpaceX, etc., should be figuring out how to kick this racist narcissistic piece of shit to the curb.
LetMyPeopleVote
(146,257 posts)Initech
(100,189 posts)Have you seen the MAGA party lately, Elon? They're nothing but division and hate!
WVreaper
(623 posts)Fucking idiot!
bigtree
(86,045 posts)highplainsdem
(49,186 posts)BootinUp
(47,260 posts)the guy is out-of-control at this point.
Diablo del sol
(424 posts)And there are plenty of DUers who support this spoiled little prick.
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