Kanye West’s Twitter Ban Prompts Criticism of Elon Musk By Jack White

Jack White, the 47-year-old musician has shared a lengthy message on Instagram, criticizing Twitter CEO Elon Musk for allowing hate speech on the social media network.

To that effect, he posted a picture of Kanye west’s suspended Twitter account with caption:

“So Elon, how’s that free speech’ thing working out?” 

Oh, I see, so you have to CHOOSE who gets free speech and who doesn’t then? What kind of crybaby liberal suspends someone’s free speech? Hmm….”

Background

Just last week, Kanye West tweeted a swastika, which Musk claimed “violated [Twitter’s] rule against incitement to violence,” leading to the suspension of his account.

Jack White, who did not have a personal Twitter account, but whose Third Man Records profile was also deactivated last month as a result of Musk’s decision to allow Donald Trump back on the platform emphasized

“Conspiracy liar Alex Jones doesn’t get ‘free speech’ either? I see. So you’re learning that these folks incite violence and hatred but trump…DOESN’T?”

“Or is it that liar Jones, and anti-Semite egomaniac Kanye can’t provide tax breaks for billionaires the way the former president could?” he asked.

Moreover, he also posted a screenshot of a tweet from Elon Musk in which he declared that he would not permit former InfoWars anchor Alex Jones to return to the website because he had “no pity for anyone who would use the deaths of children for… fame.”

Jack White kept going,

“It’s nice to watch in real-time as you learn that all things need to be regulated, whether that be guns, drugs, alcohol, assembly, or speech because of the danger of someone or something being hurt or destroyed.

They’re sometimes called ‘laws.’ And perhaps you’re learning how harmful it can be when you let dangerous, hateful people say whatever they want on your stage.”

“Do the right thing Elon and don’t provide other hate mongers a stage, let them go talk in [the] town square, And no, Twitter isn’t a town square owned by the govt., it’s a private company owned by Elon Musk.”

White’s Reason

In a lengthy Instagram post published in November, White explained his decision to stop using Twitter.

Giving the former president his account back was described at the time as “extremely despicable” and an “a—hole action.”

“You did a lot of amazing things with Tesla, Elon, and you deserve a lot of compliments in that department,”

“But you’ve gone too far and are now using your power to promote horrible, violence-inducing liars, who are taking the country and the world backward and endangering the democracy that made you rich and successful in the first place.”

Conclusion

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