Chippopotanuse t1_iy69hym wrote
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He says Twitter will be a town square like it’s a good thing.
You ever go to a town square? There’s five crazy people with bullhorns yelling insane shit 24/7.
Why is that his ideal?
TintedApostle t1_iy69xnv wrote
YouTube search "Hyde Park Corner". Its the London "free speech zone" of Hyde Park.
If this is Elon's idea of a town square - hard pass. I have gone to HPC for fun, but to actually engage in conversation? Nope.
Aazadan t1_iy6g350 wrote
That's literally how Alex Jones got started. He started on street corners in Austin screaming his nonsense and handing out xeroxed pamphlets on the secret cabals of moloch worshippers.
burros_n_churros t1_iy6rcsu wrote
It cost him $1B. Elon sank $44B. Real smart.
cassinonorth t1_iy885ku wrote
That isn't true. He started on public access... Possibly as satire, and got worse and worse.
https://observer.com/2019/04/alex-jones-austin-public-access-tv-origin-story/
Aazadan t1_iyajwmt wrote
He did that yes, but he was literally on the streets shouting. In Austin in the 90's and early 00's it was one of the local sites.
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