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    Elon Musk Says He'll Let Trump Back on Twitter: Banning Him Was 'Morally Wrong'

    Businessman Elon Musk said Tuesday he will lift the Twitter ban on former President Donald Trump after the deal for purchasing the company becomes final, saying a permanent ban on users is morally wrong.

    Trump was banned from Twitter in January 2020 following the attack on the U.S. capitol.

    "I would reverse the permanent ban," Musk said. "I don't own Twitter yet. So this is not like a thing that will definitely happen, because what if I don't own Twitter?"



    Musk called Twitter's ban on Trump a "mistake" and noted that Trump has since started his own social media network, Truth Social. Banning Trump, Musk said, "alienated a large part of the country and did not ultimately result in Trump not having a voice."

    Many social media users on the Right, Musk argued, previously abandoned Twitter in favor of platforms where those on the Right congregate. That, in turn, prevented ideas from being discussed and debated, he said.

    Musk favors a "single forum where everyone can debate," he said.

    "Banning Trump from Twitter didn't end Trump's voice," Musk said. "It will amplify it among the Right. And this is why it is morally wrong and flat-out stupid."

    Permanent bans, he said, should be reserved for spam and bots.

    "That doesn't mean that somebody gets to say whatever they want to say. If they say something that is illegal or otherwise just destructive to the world, then there should be perhaps a timeout, a temporary suspension, or that particular tweet should be made invisible or have very limited traction," Musk said. "But I think permanent bans just fundamentally undermine trust in Twitter as a town square where everyone can voice their opinion."

    Trump previously said he will remain on Truth Social.

    "I hope Elon buys Twitter because he'll make improvements to it, and he is a good man, but I am going to be staying on Truth," he had said.

    Elon Musk Says He'll Let Trump Back on Twitter: Banning Him Was 'Morally Wrong' - Michael Foust

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    I think I read he's supposed to fire 1,000 employees too.

    There HQs is close to where I live. I don't know who he would replace them with lol!

    Most of these millennials here are so brainwashed

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    I think I read he's supposed to fire 1,000 employees too.

    There HQs is close to where I live. I don't know who he would replace them with lol!

    Most of these millennials here are so brainwashed
    Bro, they are like that everywhere.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pentecali View Post
    I think I read he's supposed to fire 1,000 employees too.

    There HQs is close to where I live. I don't know who he would replace them with lol!

    Most of these millennials here are so brainwashed
    He will probably move it out of California like he did his other business?

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