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Tucker just became the biggest threat to the establishment

Started by FingerRod, May 10, 2023, 04:32:13 PM

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FingerRod

His first video to Twitter has over 100 million views. That platform will NOT censor him. He does his homework and will rarely, if ever, get the community notes of shame applied to his content.

Fast forward a year when he is highlighting Trump ideas in those videos. There won't be enough voting machine issues or pipe bursts.

I seriously fear for the lives of him and his family.

Zelen

Elon just hired a woman as the new CEO of Twitter. Your hopes are misplaced.

SHARK

Quote from: Zelen on May 11, 2023, 09:53:02 PM
Elon just hired a woman as the new CEO of Twitter. Your hopes are misplaced.

Greetings!

*SIGH* I like Elon Musk--however, I'm not sold on the idea he is entirely Conservative. I also question his motives, and his level of commitment.

In any event, it is pretty obvious though, Carlson is *IN CHARGE* If Twitter doesn't like that--they are expendable, and can be replaced. Newsmax has offered Carlson $100,000,000 dollars, and absolute control of his program. Yeah, 100 MILLION DOLLARS. That is five times the 20 Milion/year salary Fox News was paying Carlson.

Carlson has enough leverage he can go wherever he wants, and HE calls the shots. The fact that he had 75 Million viewers on his first Twitter video where he talked for only a few moments, is so powerful that many people, in whatever way, are going to FIND a way to hook Carlson up, and let him do whatever he wants.

I'd imagine so, at any rate. Carlson's popularity--and the loyalty of his fans--are unprecedented. That kind of support provides Carlson with immense leverage and power.

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK
"It is the Marine Corps that will strip away the façade so easily confused with self. It is the Corps that will offer the pain needed to buy the truth. And at last, each will own the privilege of looking inside himself  to discover what truly resides there. Comfort is an illusion. A false security b

Grognard GM

How large was the Establishment's previous thread? Just how large can a thread get before it's technically a string?
I'm a middle aged guy with a lot of free time, looking for similar, to form a group for regular gaming. You should be chill, non-woke, and have time on your hands.

See below:

https://www.therpgsite.com/news-and-adverts/looking-to-form-a-group-of-people-with-lots-of-spare-time-for-regular-games/

Ghostmaker

Quote from: SHARK on May 11, 2023, 10:42:08 PM
Quote from: Zelen on May 11, 2023, 09:53:02 PM
Elon just hired a woman as the new CEO of Twitter. Your hopes are misplaced.

Greetings!

*SIGH* I like Elon Musk--however, I'm not sold on the idea he is entirely Conservative. I also question his motives, and his level of commitment.

In any event, it is pretty obvious though, Carlson is *IN CHARGE* If Twitter doesn't like that--they are expendable, and can be replaced. Newsmax has offered Carlson $100,000,000 dollars, and absolute control of his program. Yeah, 100 MILLION DOLLARS. That is five times the 20 Milion/year salary Fox News was paying Carlson.

Carlson has enough leverage he can go wherever he wants, and HE calls the shots. The fact that he had 75 Million viewers on his first Twitter video where he talked for only a few moments, is so powerful that many people, in whatever way, are going to FIND a way to hook Carlson up, and let him do whatever he wants.

I'd imagine so, at any rate. Carlson's popularity--and the loyalty of his fans--are unprecedented. That kind of support provides Carlson with immense leverage and power.

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK
Musk is not a conservative by any stretch, but he IS interested in free speech and dislikes the censorious nature of the modern left.

So coming to an agreement isn't out of the question or off the table.

And Newsmax wasn't just offering Carlson total control of his program. They were offering him an ownership stake in the company.

FingerRod

Quote from: Grognard GM on May 11, 2023, 10:53:09 PM
How large was the Establishment's previous thread? Just how large can a thread get before it's technically a string?

I fixed the typo, cund.

FingerRod

Quote from: Zelen on May 11, 2023, 09:53:02 PM
Elon just hired a woman as the new CEO of Twitter. Your hopes are misplaced.

I don't think I could come up with a worst background for the new CEO. WEF and Ad Council?

Trond

Trump himself also recently became the biggest threat to the establishment, after that interview on CNN. The last few remaining CNN viewers are having a meltdown 😄

Brad

Quote from: FingerRod on May 12, 2023, 11:05:52 AM
I don't think I could come up with a worst background for the new CEO. WEF and Ad Council?

RPG.net mod comes to mind.
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

Zelen

I'm glad I never got my hopes up after Elon bought Twitter. Total catastrophe incoming.

Ghostmaker

Maybe, maybe not. Musk does love to play games, and it wouldn't surprise me if this was a poisoned apple of a position. The kind where she starts to misbehave, only for everything she tries to do behind the scenes to be 'mysteriously leaked'.

Remember, Musk was ALL in favor of Matt Taibbi airing out the dirty laundry with the Twitter Files. Doubt he's going to change course now.

Mistwell

Quote from: Zelen on May 11, 2023, 09:53:02 PM
Elon just hired a woman as the new CEO of Twitter. Your hopes are misplaced.

So, just going for straight up misogyny now?

Grognard GM

Quote from: FingerRod on May 12, 2023, 11:02:53 AM
I fixed the typo, cund.

I'm glad I could be of hemp.


Quote from: Mistwell on May 12, 2023, 10:58:56 PM
Quote from: Zelen on May 11, 2023, 09:53:02 PM
Elon just hired a woman as the new CEO of Twitter. Your hopes are misplaced.

So, just going for straight up misogyny now?

Seeing patterns is istaphobic.
I'm a middle aged guy with a lot of free time, looking for similar, to form a group for regular gaming. You should be chill, non-woke, and have time on your hands.

See below:

https://www.therpgsite.com/news-and-adverts/looking-to-form-a-group-of-people-with-lots-of-spare-time-for-regular-games/

Thor's Nads

Quote from: SHARK on May 11, 2023, 10:42:08 PM
*SIGH* I like Elon Musk--however, I'm not sold on the idea he is entirely Conservative.

He is most certainly not a Conservative. He just happens to be one of the few Leftists who isn't batshit crazy because his businesses are forced to deal with reality. You can't live in fantasyland and have rockets successfully launch and return to Earth. I mean, yeah, his Mars plan sounds pretty fantasy but that's the kind of dream - setting an impossible goal - that pushes greatness.
Gen-Xtra

Thor's Nads

Quote from: Mistwell on May 12, 2023, 10:58:56 PM
Quote from: Zelen on May 11, 2023, 09:53:02 PM
Elon just hired a woman as the new CEO of Twitter. Your hopes are misplaced.

So, just going for straight up misogyny now?

She is likely a left wing nutjob that will bring shadowbanning back to Conservatives (if it ever really went away), and throttle the Right while boosting the Left. Maybe not to the extremes it was before Musk, but it looks inevitable.
Gen-Xtra