The Internet has been turned upside down ever since Elon Musk bought social giant Twitter. The billionaire businessman has been outraging leftists for weeks, overturning their agenda to censor conservatives and shut down free speech. This week, he made them even angrier by reinstating numerous conservative users the left had proudly banned from the platform.
Of course, the biggest news was when Musk reinstated Donald Trump–after polling his millions of followers.
But that was just the start. Musk has continued to bring back users who had been cast out by the woke mob. You’d assume that means everyone who has been shut out is now welcome once again on Twitter. Sam Harris, noted liberal commentator and outspoken atheist, asked Musk if he was going to let Alex Jones back. What Musk said blew people away.
Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 21, 2022
My firstborn child died in my arms. I felt his last heartbeat.
I have no mercy for anyone who would use the deaths of children for gain, politics or fame.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 21, 2022
Woah. Harris asked if Musk was going to bring Jones back to Twitter. Harris is hardly a fan or ally of Jones. But it seems the liberal writer assumed Jones deserved a second chance if Musk brought Trump back. Instead, Musk responded by quoting a passage from the Bible, Matthew 19:14:
“But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”
I doubt anyone expected Musk to go to the Bible to respond to this situation. But it seems Musk is in no way willing to defend Alex Jones, over what he’s done. For those who might not know, Jones is infamous for claiming the Sandy Hook shooting was faked. He even said the parents of the children who died were actors.
Although he has since renounced those claims, Jones has been long attacked over what he repeatedly said on his news platform. He is currently facing extremely high legal fees and fines, as a court recently ruled he had to pay $1 billion to the families of Sandy Hook victims.
User Kim Dotcom tried to come to Jones’ defense saying the man “should be allowed” to return to Twitter. But Musk was not interested in hearing it. He replied by sharing the story of the death of his firstborn child. The billionaire wrote he “felt his last heartbeat.” He then said he had “no mercy” for someone like Jones, who used “the deaths of children for gain.”
It seems Musk is on the side of the parents whom Jones previously attacked. And he sees no reason to reinstate Jones, despite the man’s subsequent apologies.
Users have been very opinionated about Musk’s takeover of Twitter. Many conservatives have been irritated because they assumed Musk would immediately reverse every decision the liberal owners of the site made. Instead, Musk seems to be taking a hard look at the situation and making decisions about reinstatement on a case-by-case basis.
Does this mean free speech isn’t really back on Twitter? Will Twitter continue to censor people, based on the whims of its new owner?
I guess we’ll see in time.
Author: Bo Dogan
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