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In a surprise reversal, Twitter top dog Parag Agrawal tweeted Sunday night that gazillionaire and free speech advocate Elon Musk would not be joining Twitter’s board of directors after all. While at first glance this appears to signal that Musk will not be able to turn the social media giant away from its determination to silence voices that dissent from the far-Left’s agenda, it could turn out to be very good news for those who are concerned about the social media behemoths’ outsize influence over the public discourse in America today.
Agrawal announced: “Elon has decided not to join our board. I sent a brief note to the company, sharing with you all here.” In the appended note, Agrawal wrote: “Here’s what I can share about what happened,” suggesting immediately that what happened was far more fiery and dramatic than what he was letting on. “The Board and I had many discussions about Elon joining the board, and with Elon directly,” Agrawal continued. “We were excited to collaborate and clear about the risks. We also believed that having Elon as a fiduciary of the company where he, like all board members, has to act in the best interests of the company and all our shareholders, was the best path forward. The board offered him a seat.” Clearly Agrawal and the other Twitter bosses thought that a seat on the board would constrain Musk: he would have to “act in the best interests of the company.” The Lilliputians would have had Gulliver effectively tied down. But no such luck.
Agrawal revealed that Musk was supposed to join the board on Saturday, but it didn’t happen: “We announced on Tuesday that Elon would be appointed to the Board continent on a background check and formal acceptance. Elon’s appointment to the board was to become officially effective 4/9, but Elon shared that same morning that he will no longer be joining the board. I believe this is for the best.” Of course he does: Agrawal is open about his contempt for the parameters of free society, having famously said in 2018 that Twitter should “focus less on thinking about free speech” and more on “how we recommend content … how we direct people’s attention.” Whereas Musk tweeted on March 26: “Given that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally undermines democracy. What should be done?”
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notnolib says
I’m hopeful that President Trump’s first tweet (when the time comes) is:
“Breathing is good. Everybody should breathe….all day…..every day.”
Within a week, the air would be sweeter, climate change will have been solved, as well as the population problem……All with one tweet!
somehistory says
Ot” kind’a, but it’s about the curtailing of free speech.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/diverse-schools-are-taking-a-new-approach-to-anti-racism-training-white-parents/ar-
the article is all about “training” White people how to talk to school kids….because evidently, White people are all affluent and all non-white are poor and only do their best at all times.
gravenimage says
Just appalling stuff, Somehistory. I couldn’t get that link to work, but found the story here:
“Diverse schools are taking a new approach to anti-racism: Training white parents”
https://news.yahoo.com/diverse-schools-taking-approach-anti-090023586.html
You are right about the assumption that all whites are affluent–even though most poor families in the US are also white. I grew up in poverty as a white child myself, but this does not “fit the narrative”.
So now it seems that wanting your kids to eat nutricious food is “racist”. Apparently it is also “racist” to think that your children’s school might be enhanced by having a PTA, theater group, or garden. Caring about your children’s schooling at all seems to be “racist”.
And apparently the only bad thing about all of this vicious CRT is that it can lead to “white naval gazing”. Teaching whites–including white *children*–to hate themselves is seen as a perk. *Ugh*.
somehistory says
Good for Mr. Musk. The twits just wanted to keep him quiet and to have the celeb status it would give them to have him on the board…keeping quiet..
Infidel says
The advantage of him remaining outside Twitter’s board is that he is free to accumulate as many Twitter stocks as he likes, and not be capped at 14% or whatever the limit is. In other words, his ownership could grow to a point that he can fire that a?hole Agrawal, and decree any changes he likes
somehistory says
Yes, that is way some rich people operate. they buy until they have controlling stock. In this case, it seems like a good thing.
gravenimage says
Elon Musk Is NOT Joining the Twitter Board After All, and That’s Good News
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Yep, just heard this. Not sure what effect it would have had on Twitter if he had joined.
Infidel says
He would have been capped at 14%, and his ability to change that company would have been hamstrung by the woke hordes that constitute Twitter’s board
gravenimage says
Infidel, I’m not entirely sure what his aims were to begin with. I *hope* he is honest about wanting to protect freedom of speech.