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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 21-Sep-2023 05:40:39 JST Aral Balkan

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   • Dan Goodin

   @dangoodin I was using proto-fascist to describe Musk but I’ve lately dropped the proto prefix.

   • Dan Goodin (dangoodin@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 21-Sep-2023 05:40:40 JST Dan Goodin

     Here someone is challenging my use of pro-fascist to describe the dead bird site. "Pro-fascist? Really?"

     Yes, really.

     -- Elon personally intervened to get the pro-Nazi, pro-Hitler, anti-semetic Kanye West reinstated.

     -- Twitter is a haven for groups like White Lives Matter California, an organization the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated a hate group.

     -- Musk has threatened to sue researchers tracking hate speech on the platform

     -- The dead bird paid Andrew Tate $20k and End Wokeness $10k.

     -- It paid $16k to Ian Miles Cheong, a far-right user has used Twitter to falsely identify an innocent Black man as the “number one suspect” in the shooting of two police officers

     -- It has paid QAnon influencer Jacob Creech.

     -- Elmo has called for the the QAnon shaman who particpated in the Jan. 6 riot to be freed.

     -- He has defended the Jan 6 rioters, saying they were peaceful.

     -- He reinstated Michael Flynn.

     I could go on an on, but I would burn up way too much time because there are so many more examples.

     My point is: Twitter most definitely welcomes, encourages and even pays for far-right extremist views that include anti-semitism, support for Hitler and nazis, and support for an illegal riot that saw multiple members of the Capitol Police brutally killed.

     I stand by my description of Twitter as "pro-fascist."