{"id":451388,"date":"2022-05-23T01:31:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T22:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-left-targets-people-like-elon-musk-for-not-conforming\/"},"modified":"2022-05-23T01:31:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T22:31:45","slug":"the-left-targets-people-like-elon-musk-for-not-conforming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-left-targets-people-like-elon-musk-for-not-conforming\/","title":{"rendered":"#The left targets people like Elon Musk for not conforming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4087c68438e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4087c68438e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-left-targets-people-like-elon-musk-for-not-conforming\/#%E2%80%9CThe_left_targets_people_like_Elon_Musk_for_not_conforming%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;The left targets people like Elon Musk for not conforming&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_left_targets_people_like_Elon_Musk_for_not_conforming%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;The left targets people like Elon Musk for not conforming&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Protect Elon Musk.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since Musk announced his intention to buy <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, he has faced a barrage of serious attacks.<\/p>\n<p>A hit piece in The New York Times this month sought to tie Musk to apartheid in South Africa, despite Musk having left the country when he was a teenager. The Times got one expert to contend that the country\u2019s lack of \u201ca free exchange of ideas\u201d protected South Africans from \u201cthe violent consequences of misinformation.\u201d When you\u2019ve reached the point of arguing that South Africa\u2019s censorship was actually good, you may have gone too far.<\/p>\n<p>Joy Reid, who regularly says crazy things on TV as host of MSNBC\u2019s \u201cThe ReidOut,\u201d hit a similar line, saying that Musk \u201cmisses the old South Africa in the \u201980\u2019s and wants that back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now there\u2019s a story out about an old sexual-harassment allegation, brought forth not by the alleged accuser but by a friend who claims to have knowledge of the harassment. Musk categorically denies the incident took place. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1527491436005957633\">He tweeted,<\/a> \u201cThe attacks against me should be viewed through a political lens \u2014 this is their standard (despicable) playbook \u2014 but nothing will deter me from fighting for a good future and your right to free speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everyone knows it won\u2019t stop there. Musk has done something unacceptable to the left and its media friends, and they will now seek to punish him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/AP22117828389820.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\" Elon Musk founder, CEO, and chief engineer\/designer of SpaceX jokes with reporters as he pretends to search for an answer to a question on a cell phone during a news conference.\" class=\"wp-image-22369145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/AP22117828389820.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/AP22117828389820.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/AP22117828389820.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/AP22117828389820.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The New York Times published a story this month trying to tie Musk to apartheid in South Africa.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/John Raoux<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In another time, Musk would be solidly on the left and a champion of liberals everywhere. He popularized the electric car! He has committed to donating the majority of his wealth! <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/elon-musk-outlined-two-critical-things-threatening-humanity\">He calls climate change<\/a> \u201cthe biggest threat that humanity faces this century, except for AI\u201d!<\/p>\n<p>But we\u2019re in an age of great conformity, and Musk has stepped outside the acceptable lines the left has drawn for us all. He engages with people across the political spectrum. He\u2019s having fun without making a speech about his progressive values every two seconds. He believes in real free speech. He dares to say that President Donald Trump should be reinstated on Twitter.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Last week, Project Veritas released a video of Siru Murugesan, a senior engineer at the social-media company, describing the atmosphere inside the organization as \u201cCommie\u201d and confirming \u201cTwitter does not believe in free speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This tracks with how Twitter behaves as a company. Murugesan added, \u201cWe\u2019re actually censoring the right and not the left.\u201d Musk, as a liberal, is supposed to be on board with this. That he\u2019s not is why he must be punished.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/16\/business\/elon-musk-politics-twitter.html\">An April piece in the Times noted<\/a>, \u201cOne person who has worked closely with Musk said that it is Musk\u2019s firmly held belief that in a functioning democracy, it is anyone\u2019s right to say \u2018whatever stupid thing you want.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We used to all know this to be true. But the left forced us into a culture of cancellation for joke-making and risk-taking to the point where a belief like this is worth mentioning. We watched lefties cancel each other for imperfect leftism and wondered what that meant for the rest of us.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-17-at-8.43.41-AM-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Siru Murugesan on video claiming Twitter is communist.\" class=\"wp-image-22369160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-17-at-8.43.41-AM-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-17-at-8.43.41-AM-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-17-at-8.43.41-AM-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Siru Murugesan, a Twitter senior engineer, said the social media company is \u201cCommie.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Project Veritas\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For every pollster who asks \u201cWhy is America so divided?\u201d the real answer is that the left pushed us apart and made us afraid to speak to each other. Musk is trying to build that bridge to connect us back together again.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just Musk either. The claws are also out for Joe Rogan, Dave Ch<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>elle and anyone else who dares challenge the rigidity of thought into which we\u2019ve all been forced.<\/p>\n<p>Musk seems aware, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1526961470562508802\">tweeting a few days ago,<\/a> \u201cPolitical attacks on me will escalate dramatically in coming months.\u201d But he should be ready for far more than political attacks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/AP22117828388632.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Elon Musk, CEO  of SpaceX speaks during a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Jan. 19, 2020. \" class=\"wp-image-22369168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/AP22117828388632.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/AP22117828388632.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/AP22117828388632.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/AP22117828388632.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Musk recently revealed his belief that political attacks made on him will escalate in the coming months.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/John Raoux<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week, Tesla <em>somehow<\/em> lost its spot on the S&amp;P 500 ESG Index, which calculates environmental, social and governance standards. Musk <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1526958110023245829\">shot back<\/a> that the rating system \u201clost its integrity\u201d and noted, \u201cExxon is rated top ten best in world for environment, social &amp; governance (ESG) by S&amp;P 500, while Tesla didn\u2019t make the list! ESG is a scam. It has been weaponized by phony social justice warriors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In January 2020, Trump told CNBC, \u201cI was worried about [Musk] because he\u2019s one of our great geniuses, and we have to protect our geniuses.\u201d He was right. Maybe in the future he\u2019ll be able to say it on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p><em>Twitter: @Karol<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Ever since Musk announced his intention to buy Twitter, he has faced a barrage of serious attacks. 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