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  1. Sep 2022
    1. Put simply, conservatives hope that Twitter will now become a more willing vehicle for right-wing propaganda. Even if the platform tilts further in their direction, they will be motivated to continue to insist they are being censored—their criticisms likely exempting Musk himself in favor of attacking Twitter’s white-collar workers, whom conservatives paradoxically perceive as the “elite” while praising their billionaire bosses as populist heroes.

      This claim takes into account that those on the right wing are viewing the purchase of Twitter as a new way to push their narrative on this social media platform. However, they will still push the narrative that they are being censored. This is all a big scheme to make their followers view them as an oppressed group who are being silenced. I think it is important for platforms like this to implement free speech but we have to fact check sources and this is something I feel conservatives may not be taking into consideration.