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(Jewish Group) An anti-ADL campaign is erupting on Twitter and Elon Musk endorsed it
A couple of times over the last two days, I have seen the term "BantheADL" trend on twitter. There are some truly disgusting posts on twitter by some really nasty antisemites who hate Jews and the Anti-Defamation League. Before Musk, the posters on these threads would have been banned but under Musk, it is okay to hate Jews and the Anti-Defamation League.
I am not going to post any of the vile tweets that Musk is evidently promoting on Twitter.
https://forward.com/fast-forward/559394/ban-adl-twitter-campaign-musk/
When the hashtag #BantheADL suddenly blew up on Twitter with more than 89,000 posts Thursday and Friday as part of an ongoing campaign to defame the Anti-Defamation League, Elon Musk joined in.
“Elon Musk likes my call to #BanTheADL,” tweeted @keithwoodsyt, a pseudonym for the far-right Irish activist Keith O’Brien. “The people have spoken, we want free speech!”....
The campaign against the ADL alleges that the organization is hindering free speech by demanding that social media platforms sanction neo-Nazis and other extremists who promote antisemitism, racism and other bigotry.
O’Brien’s original post accused the ADL of “financially blackmailing social media companies into removing free speech on their platforms. … Why should they have a platform on X to hold @elonmusk to ransom?” ....
Responding to a request from the Forward for comment, the ADL said it was “unsurprised yet undeterred that antisemites, white supremacists, conspiracy theorists and other trolls have launched a coordinated attack on our organization. This type of thing is nothing new.”
The organization said the onslaught follows “a meeting with the leadership of X, formerly known as Twitter, that clearly upset these hateful groups.”.....
The ADL said that “such insidious efforts don’t daunt us. Instead, they drive us to be unflinching in our commitment to fight hate in all its forms and ensure the safety of Jewish communities and other marginalized groups.”
“Elon Musk likes my call to #BanTheADL,” tweeted @keithwoodsyt, a pseudonym for the far-right Irish activist Keith O’Brien. “The people have spoken, we want free speech!”....
The campaign against the ADL alleges that the organization is hindering free speech by demanding that social media platforms sanction neo-Nazis and other extremists who promote antisemitism, racism and other bigotry.
O’Brien’s original post accused the ADL of “financially blackmailing social media companies into removing free speech on their platforms. … Why should they have a platform on X to hold @elonmusk to ransom?” ....
Responding to a request from the Forward for comment, the ADL said it was “unsurprised yet undeterred that antisemites, white supremacists, conspiracy theorists and other trolls have launched a coordinated attack on our organization. This type of thing is nothing new.”
The organization said the onslaught follows “a meeting with the leadership of X, formerly known as Twitter, that clearly upset these hateful groups.”.....
The ADL said that “such insidious efforts don’t daunt us. Instead, they drive us to be unflinching in our commitment to fight hate in all its forms and ensure the safety of Jewish communities and other marginalized groups.”
If this topic comes up on the trending list, do not open the tweets unless you have a very strong stomach. Musk evidently hates Jews and it is okay to post some truly disgusting material on X (formerly twitter).
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